Chapter 79: For the Fur! For the Empire!

The fortress's narrow interior passage.

Having fully considered urban‑war design, and with the Mechanical Church personally overseeing construction, the few remaining defenders finally began to hold back the Tyran insect swarm using the terrain.

At the entrance, crowded with sandbags, Asitat Zhanduan and Black Watch, leading many ordinary soldiers, continuously slayed the insects trying to charge in, while behind them, the slightly more spacious interior of the fortress was littered with wounded.

Facing the last line of defense with no retreat, a wave of despair spread through the cramped interior of the fortress.

"I told you! Lord Xisi will definitely bring reinforcements!"

Fanluosi's angry roar came from deep inside; the wounded outside showed no sign of hope upon hearing it, only deeper despair in their hearts.

Since Xisi left, Fanluosi has uttered that 'reinforcements' countless times.

Yet facing the imminent death, they saw no trace of any reinforcements at all.

Especially the Ustali garrison of the Star Realm Army, who had been conscripted, did not expect the Empire's Arctic defenders to come running to rescue them.

Even if they truly wished to rescue, with half a planet between them, it would be impossible!

The wounded treated Fanluosi's words as nonsense, and deep inside, Fanluosi faced the local Star Realm Army soldier who lay on the ground, shot dead by his own hand, his complexion turning extremely grim.

Other officers nearby who wanted to propose a breakout sweated profusely, bowed their heads, dared not look directly at Fanluosi, and just wanted to leave quickly.

After doing all that, Fanluosi sat back down, then, for the umpteenth time, glanced at the nearby display, hoping to spot Xisi's figure on it.

He glanced once, found nothing, and reluctantly withdrew his gaze; just as he was about to order these officers to launch a 'counterattack' against the Tyran, a soldier on the other monitoring console hurried over with a face full of despair:

"Alien Form! More Alien Forms! Right behind us!"

The soldier's face was completely pallid; the already tense defenders instantly stared in that direction, and Fanluosi staggered slightly.

He quickly switched the feed, and upon seeing that the chitinous swarm was not white but a group of Green Skin, Fanluosi's floating steps abruptly halted!

Those around still wore desperate expressions, but Fanluosi only gave a serious glance, and his tension built up for days finally eased.

Turning to the soldier, his face unflinching, he unleashed his fury:

"What Alien Form? That's the Empire's reinforcements, just with greener skin!"

Inside the fortress.

The battle at the entrance no longer drew anyone's attention; everyone just watched the display, watching a group of Green Skin slay through the insect swarm, their faces repeatedly bursting with the excitement of finally getting a good fight.

Then they followed those Green Skin, eyes shifting forward, landing on the human at the front.

The crowd wasn't unfamiliar with this human, after all he had led them in a slash up here not long ago; they glanced at Xisi, then at the Green Skin behind Xisi, and still wondered if something was off about the scene.

Especially since Xisi, whether to boost morale or prove he was merely a Green Skin with a human appearance, after cleaving a Tyran overlord in one stroke, raised the Red Sword toward the already wildly excited Luchao, and roared:

"For the Fur!"

"Waaagh!!!"

Xisi himself let out a Waaagh, and behind him, hearing this Waaagh, which was vastly more powerful than those of other Green Skin leaders, the Green Skin grew even more frenzied, joining the Waaagh.

And Xisi watched his own Waaagh amplified a hundredfold, the Green Skin behind him fighting to the extreme, and when those eyes in Subspace began to stare at him, he kept urgently muttering 'For the Empire'.

Then feeling two more pairs of eyes getting a bit excited, he could only sigh helplessly, continuing after 'For the Empire' with another 'For the Fur'.

Nevertheless Xisi kept himself steady and did not conveniently shout 'For the Fur Empire'.

But the Green Skin youngsters behind him, already in a frenzy, couldn't care less!

Inside the fortress, the crowd heard the earth‑shaking 'For the Fur Empire' from the Green Skin, and their faces were completely at a loss for expression.

They could only furrow their brows, their eyes full of 'Is this even okay?'

Then a group of people could no longer hold back, repeatedly glancing at Fanluosi, the Judge.

For such a scene, doesn't Honorable Judge say something?

Fanluosi, who had previously comforted himself by thinking they were only a bit greener‑skinned, now faced the crowd's cautious gazes, his complexion so dark it seemed about to drip water.

Only after Xisi, with the Green Skin, drove away the surrounding Tyran did the humans in the fortress finally become safe; Fanluosi then forced himself to rally the crowd toward the Green Skin.

Later, seeing the Green Skin beside him gradually shift to saying 'For the Empire' under Xisi's guidance—Fanluosi, who had shouted 'For the Empire' his whole life, silently vowed in his heart to thereafter only shout 'For the Divine Emperor'!

Luchao followed Xisi, the Green Skin leader with a human appearance, picking up more human‑faced Green Skin youths, and while shouting 'For the Empire' on one side, excitedly struck toward the rear.

It's unclear whether the scene was so awkward that even the Insect Tide Will overseeing the battle here unusually paused several times, stunned by the combined firepower of humans and Green Skin.

Moreover, the Green Skin Crown's special suppression against the Insect Tide Will meant this odd squad truly marched all the way to the Arctic.

Meanwhile, along the way Xisi kept consolidating Green Skin tribes whose leaders had been assassinated, and this small unit grew like a snowball into a Green Skin frenzy so massive that even from orbit it was clearly visible!

And this rapidly expanding Green Skin army was soon spotted by the few remaining satellites in orbit.

When the footage returned to the Arctic forging zone, in the Dadian representing the highest command of the unbroken defense line, the Judge, the Foundry General, and Asitat Zhantuan Zhang now all watched the ever‑snowballing Green Skin on the screen, their breathing growing heavier.

Sha Hansen, the Judge who single‑handedly built the unbroken defense line, first glanced at other displays showing a terrifying chitinous frenzy, then turned back to see the Green Skin joining the fray, his expression sinking completely.

He was at a loss for words, weakly sitting back in his seat.

Sha Hansen kept his head down, powerless, while other relentless superiors, meanwhile devising ways to muster forces, continued to scrutinize this suddenly emerging Green Skin frenzy.

The first to notice something amiss was a Star Realm Army Commander.

He seemed to have spotted a terrifying detail comparable to a Divine Emperor manifestation, and, disregarding how others viewed him, wildly rushed to the display, standing on his chair and pressing his eyes directly against it.

This odd action instantly drew everyone's attention, and even Sha Hansen looked over curiously.

He even reached for his weapon; if the Star Realm Army Commander kept acting abnormally, Sha Hansen wouldn't mind killing this mortal corrupted by 'decay'.

After multiple checks, the Star Realm Army Commander, eyes wide, strained to turn his stiff neck toward the screen, and, to the people behind him, asked in confusion:

"How are these Green Skin handling......"

"Empire flag???"