As a top combat expert, Misery naturally understood the immense value of what Kanna said. Under suitable conditions, Kanna alone could handle all defensive and reconnaissance work.
If Kanna had been present during the Kazdel civil war, coupled with the Doctor's tactics, Theresis would have been easily overthrown by them.
But it's not too late now. He was one of the people who knew Amiya's thoughts, and before, he didn't believe that the Doctor's return would be of much help to Rhodes Island.
The Doctor, as a chess player, excelled at strategizing. Simply treating him as a battlefield commander was a pure waste of talent. Moreover, with his disregard for human life, it was hard to guarantee that Rhodes Island wouldn't become the next entity he abandoned.
He had been very worried that Amiya would be unknowingly usurped by the Doctor, but now with Kal'tsit for strategy and Kanna for combat, plus their group of old veterans providing protection, Theresis's tragedy would certainly not happen again.
Suddenly, Kanna looked outside, "Something is rapidly approaching from the southwest! That's the direction of Rhodes Island, so it should be our reinforcements."
Hearing Kanna's words, Misery picked up the still unconscious enemies, one in each hand.
"You contact the helicopter. We need to get these two captives back to Rhodes Island as quickly as possible. I suspect our opponent this time might be a major noble, or even a country."
After hearing Misery's words, Kanna nodded, then leaped out of the house in three strides.
After coming out, she looked towards the horizon. Indeed, a helicopter bearing the Rhodes Island emblem was rapidly approaching. Normally, the helicopter that had returned from their side might not have even reached the landship yet, so it was impossible for reinforcements to arrive so quickly. It was clear that Kal'tsit had arranged for more people to assist after Kanna and her group left.
With her exceptional qualities, Kanna quickly reached the tallest building near the safe house, then picked up the communicator and searched for the helicopter's channel.
After a burst of static, Kanna successfully connected to the support team's channel on the helicopter.
"Hello, hello! This is Kanna, can you hear me up there...?"
After a brief silence, Amiya's voice came through the communicator, "This is Amiya and ACE Squad. We have reached the edge of the battlefield. Please report the battlefield situation and where you need us to rendezvous."
"It's Amiya! We have successfully annihilated most of the enemy's effective forces. The enemy is fleeing outwards. Misery captured two prisoners, saying they are very important and need to be immediately brought back to Rhodes Island for interrogation. Their location is in the third grey house to the left of the tallest red building."
While speaking, Kanna jumped onto the roof of the house, waving her small hand at the helicopter, then released lightning to signal them.
Although the helicopter's visibility was not as good as imagined in the cloudy and rainy weather, they still spotted Kanna's position at a glance after approaching the battlefield.
After all, the lightning constantly crackling above her head was too conspicuous.
As the helicopter approached, Kanna stopped discharging electricity and guided the helicopter closer to Misery's location.
Soon, ACE led the team in a rapid rope descent, entering the house to rendezvous with Misery.
On the way, they had encountered the helicopter carrying Rosmontis back and learned from a brief communication that the enemy was very powerful. But they didn't expect that the enemies who almost wiped out Rosmontis's squad, according to her, were directly annihilated by Misery's squad and Kanna.
At this moment, the sniper Operators noticed an anomaly on the battlefield: the "Kanna" clones appearing everywhere.
Operators who knew explained the origin of these "Kanna" clones to them, but this only made them more confused. From what they understood from the explanation, the clone's effect only lasted about a minute, but from the edge all the way to the center of the battlefield, more than three minutes had passed. During such a long time, the number of those "Kanna" clones visually hadn't decreased, which was very illogical.
Amiya jumped off the plane, looking at the battlefield, which could be described as littered with corpses, her face looking very grim.
ACE poked a corpse on the ground and said, "Heh! Victorian!"
Hearing ACE's words, everyone's gaze turned to them.
"Although the weapons and equipment these people used had no markings and looked like generic products, I am too familiar with this scent originating from the Victorian army. According to Misery's statement, I have a rough guess about the identity of these people: Victorian Military Intelligence. They are from the agency that made Agent Bond famous worldwide."
As an experienced warrior, ACE was very familiar with the forces of various countries. After a brief reconnaissance, he had almost figured out the enemy's origin.
"Is the Victorian government preparing to act against us? No, Dr. Kal'tsit didn't say there were allies in Victoria, so why haven't we received any news?"
Hearing ACE's words, Amiya seemed a little flustered.
"Don't worry, Amiya! Our allies in Victoria would never betray us. Remember that ship inspection incident? I suspect they might be behind this. After all, as a Grand Duke, he could secretly mobilize agents to ambush Rhodes Island without going through the council. However, all of this hinges on the ambush succeeding and minimal agent losses. In a situation like this, where they failed spectacularly, even if we don't act, losing so many agents and personnel will surely make things difficult for that Grand Duke once the news reaches Victoria."
Misery saw Amiya's ears beginning to twitch. He walked over, patted her head, and comforted her with a confident gaze.
"If it really is that Grand Duke, we can use our allies to send a message ahead of time and hit him hard in international politics. With so many people and such elite equipment, I'm sure many of his best agents are among them.
If they die here, and the news gets back, even if he keeps his position, he'll likely have to pay a hefty price."
ACE commented on this.
"But we still need to send these two captives to Rhodes Island. We must confirm the accuracy of this conjecture as quickly as possible before the other side reacts."
Misery pointed to the two unconscious captives lying on the ground.
"Amiya, you and Kanna take the captives back first." After deciding on the next course of action, Misery, as the temporary field commander, said.
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