Titan King: Ascension of the Giant - Chapter 682

Chapter 682: Invasion plan
Orion was deeply impressed. The more he grasped the true depth of Leonidas’s and Alexander’s capabilities, the more keenly he felt the gaps in his own strategic understanding.

This partial map had been charted by the Shadow Paper Figure that Alexander had given him.

Orion had dispatched the Shadow Paper Figure about nine months ago, and in that time, it had traversed half the continent, meticulously mapping the terrain.

Simultaneously, it had provided Orion with intelligence about hostile forces in this region.

Although the Shadow Paper Figure wasn’t as potent as the Deputy Commander’s owl, its effectiveness was still enough to astound Orion.

“Bro, look.”

Orion reached out, pointing to an icon in the top-right corner of the map: a small, three-leafed diagram.

“The Emerald Dream Realm has three leaf-shaped continents, which is why it’s also called the Tri-Leaf World.”

“The continent we’re on is called the Twilight Continent, right here.” Orion pointed to the bottom-left continent on the small diagram, beginning his explanation to Leonidas.

Leonidas studied the map intently, saying nothing, waiting for Orion to continue.

“Currently, my Shadow Paper Figure has explored half the continent; the other half is blocked.”

Orion’s finger moved down to the middle of the Twilight Continent, pointing to a pattern of undulating lines.

“There’s a mountain range here called the Ashenfang Traverse. It divides our continent in two. We don’t have information on the northern half yet.”

“However, this southern region where we are has been completely explored.”

Orion gestured expansively at the map, his expression animated as he spoke about their current region.

Especially when he mentioned their first invasion target, Orion grew increasingly excited.

“Bro, before you arrived, some clueless pests already came to test us.”

Orion’s finger moved west on the map, pointing to a mountain range.

“This is the Stratus Range. There’s a Stratus Nest here, inhabited by a flock of Aarakocra – creatures with human heads and bird bodies.”

“The Aarakocra are flying dark creatures. They were the ones who sent small units to probe us earlier.”

“Bro, they are the first target we need to eliminate.”

“We must wipe them out first because, aside from them, there are no other large flying-type dark creature units in this southern half of the continent.”

“Once that’s done, we can quickly sweep across this half of the continent.”

Orion lightly tapped the location of the Stratus Range on the map, his tone icy. A palpable killing intent radiated from him, causing the temperature in the cave to drop noticeably.

“Flying creatures?”

“Hehehe, an air battle right off the bat?”

“I like it!”

Leonidas sounded dismissive of the enemy.

Of course, this wasn’t underestimation, but rather strategic contempt.

When it came to actual battle, old hands like Leonidas paid meticulous attention to every tactical detail.

“More importantly, this mountain range is coastal. If we take it, we can bring Kraken over.”

“Then, we conquer the land, Kraken conquers the seas, and with mutual support between land and sea forces, this half of the continent can become our stable rear base.”

Orion’s finger continued westward, moving to the sea area on the map, where he drew a circle.

“Hahaha, that’s great! Let’s get Squiddy(Kraken) over here too. We’ll do as you say.”

Honestly, Leonidas was all for a plan that not only accomplished the invasion but also allowed him to bring over his subordinate, Kraken.

Leonidas had felt a bit awkward about not having Kraken join him sooner.

Now, with the plan to secure the coastal Stratus Range and eventually the passes of the Ashenfang Traverse, bringing Squiddy over would be perfectly feasible.

Then, with their three forces—sea, land, and air—assembled, establishing a firm foothold on this continent would surely be a piece of cake.

Orion was also smiling. He was very happy to be able to repay a favor to Kraken.

“And these areas.”

Orion’s finger moved east, back to the continental map, as he spoke seriously to Leonidas.

“Bro, in this half of the continent, from south to north, there are eight major races.”

“They are the Vyrkolath Bloodreavers, Ashenveil Sprites, Obsidian Skaleth, Zephyrkin Swifts, Charghast Infernals, the dark fiend race, and Nethervarg Soulflayers.”

“And the Aarakocra race, who provoked us and are about to be… cleansed.”

“In other words, we two will be facing eight lords of unknown strength.”

Orion’s tone was no longer icy, becoming much calmer.

Eight lords of unknown strength—while a bit numerous—weren’t a big deal for peak Legendary level individuals like Orion and Leonidas.

The main thing was not to alert these lords before the invasion plan launched, and not to let them unite.

In other words, the invasion of this half of the continent on the map had to be swift, a blitzkrieg.

“Eight lords, even a few more wouldn’t matter,” Leonidas mused.

“The key is not to let them unite. Otherwise, your spider armies and my wyvern armies would suffer heavy casualties, if not total annihilation.”

Leonidas briefly assessed the situation, understanding the scenario they would be facing.

“For a blitzkrieg, the armies we two brought aren’t enough,” he continued.

“We need Arthas’s subordinates, Rumbold or Vexis, to come over. Otherwise, it’ll be difficult to steamroll them with our current forces.”

Rumbold and Vexis were still in the Valkorath Realm, assisting Orion’s forces in clearing out fungal creatures.

Orion nodded, agreeing to this, and prepared to make the arrangements shortly.

“Hulk, one more thing,” Leonidas added. “Those Vyrkolath Bloodreavers, Charghast Infernals, and Nethervarg Soulflayers you just mentioned—we suspect they aren’t native creatures either. They’re likely evil beings.”

Orion frowned; he hadn’t actually considered that.

Leonidas’s words were a reminder to Orion that those three races, whose names sounded dark and sinister, were very likely guided into this world by that Reaper.

“Bro, are you saying these three races might be tough to deal with?”

“Whether they’re tough or not is hard to say, but I don’t think it will go too smoothly,” Leonidas replied.

Orion frowned. He had little experience with this kind of invasion warfare, and there were still many things he wouldn’t have thought of.

“Regardless of whether they’re difficult or not, if we bring Arthas’s undead armies over, nothing will be a problem.”

“Even if those lords unite then, we won’t be afraid.”

Leonidas chuckled. He had cooperated with Arthas for many years and had a profound understanding of the undead armies, filled with confidence in them.

Orion strongly agreed with Leonidas’s idea. After making a copy of the map for Leonidas, the two of them closed their eyes in contemplation.

Survivor’s Platform – Public Channel

Hulk: Alexander, have you and Isabella successfully arrived?

Alexander: Arrival successful. Currently preparing for the invasion.

Orion and his group were quite lucky. When Delilah previously led a cross-realm invasion, the continent they arrived on was a different one in the Emerald Dream Realm.