With the fall of Billy and Barnes, the morale of the Storm Council members completely collapsed. Seeing this, some of the members who were still struggling dropped their weapons and begged for mercy on their knees. The members of the Resistance quickly took control of the situation, and cheers of victory rose.
Ian let out a soft sigh of relief, his eyes swept over the surrendered members of the Storm Council on the battlefield, but his mood remained heavy. Although he had won this crucial victory, this war was far from over. He slowly walked towards Mia, who was currently looking into the distance with a gloomy expression, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Mia, we won." Ian said softly.
Mia came back to her senses and glanced at Ian, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, revealing a hint of a pleased smile, "Yes, we won, but this is just the beginning."
The two then came together in front of the dying Green, who stared at Ian, "You... You're horrible, the plan I thought was foolproof turned out to be all in your plan! "
"Wouldn't someone who could come up with such a plan be even more terrifying? " Ian asked rhetorically.
"Uh .... Become a king, give me a break." Mia heard Green's words and turned her head intolerantly, sensing the change in Mia, Green repented at the last moment, "Mia .... You have to be careful .... They're not as simple as you think ...."
Ian stretched out his finger, a beam of lightning pierced through Green's heart, and Green left this world completely.
[Successful looting, gained ability: metal transformation (can transform part of the body into metal, can choose any form, the hardness of the metal is determined by the level.)]]
[Congratulations to the host, branch mission completed: Knowing the face of others]!
[Mission Reward: Talent Enhancement Points X20]]
Ian consoled Mia, "Mia, don't be sad, from the moment he decided to betray, his end was already doomed, if we lose today, our end will only be worse."
"I know, it's just that he was after all the earliest person to follow me, he just couldn't accept it for a while, thank you Ian, if not for you, all of us would have been in a bad way today, who exactly is that outside help you found."
"It's crowded here, not a place to talk, let's find a place where no one is around."
Mia nodded her head and signaled the crowd to leave the aftermath to the other top brass, then walked with Ian and the mysterious man towards a relatively secluded grove of trees.
The three of them came deeper into the woods, and after confirming that no one was following, the
"Ian, I came in time enough. "The mysterious man slowly removed his helmet while speaking, revealing his true face. The face under the helmet was none other than William.
"You obviously arrived a long time ago and had to wait until the last moment to make your move... what a good show off. "Ian laughed and teased." Mia, introduce, the number one expert of the City of Ashes - William. "
"I've heard a lot about you. "Mia smiled and shook William's hand, the two were considered to know each other.
William looked at her with a serious face and nodded his head gently, "I'm sorry for keeping my identity hidden, however, if my true identity is exposed, it will bring trouble to the City of Ashes."
Mia hurriedly shook her head, "No, there is no need for you to apologize. If you hadn't stepped in to help today, I'm afraid that our losses would be incalculable, and the Resistance's victory would have been thanks to you."
William's face remained serious, "This time I took a great risk to come and support you, however, I can't stay here for long and must return to the City of Ashes as soon as possible." He turned his head to look at Ian with a grave gaze, "Ian, you've already delayed for too long in Storm City, there can't be any more delays over at the Iron Fortress, time is very tight for us."
Ian nodded slightly with a gloomy expression, "I understand, things here are over for now, I will depart for the Iron Fortress as soon as possible."
William gently patted Ian's shoulder and instructed, "Remember, the matter of my appearance today must be kept absolutely secret and must not be divulged by half, otherwise the City of Ashes will be subjected to great trouble."
Ian solemnly nodded, "Don't worry, I will take care of it."
William once again looked deeply at Mia and said in a serious tone, "Mia, you have to hurry up, the Storm Council will not relent, you know what I am risking so much for to come to support, in addition, the supplies for the support of the City of Ashes have already departed, and it is expected that they will arrive in a week or so."
Mia looked resolute: "Thanks for the reminder, we will be prepared, thanks again, you have helped us a lot, what I promised you, I will definitely do it."
William nodded gently and said nothing more, putting on his helmet, he turned and disappeared into the woods.
The two then left the woods and returned to where the Resistance had gathered. By now the aftermath had been completed, the wounded had been temporarily healed, and the Storm Council prisoners had been brought under control, with the intention of bringing them back to the stronghold together to try and interrogate them for some useful information.
On the way back, Mia revealed a hijacked expression and said to Ian with some grumbling, "This is your real plan, you even hid it from me, I thought it really came down to a situation of certain death. "
"I'm really sorry, Green is also a very smart person, I'm afraid that after telling you the truth, Green will find out the cracks, good thing that everything is going well now. "Ian said with a bit of heart.
In fact, Ian had another layer of consideration and did not tell Mia, that is, he wanted to use this incident to test whether Mia was really that determined about the path she chose, as well as whether she had the courage to sacrifice herself for the sake of her like-minded comrades.
Along the way, Ian explained more details to Mia, such as the fact that when he took over the mission at the very beginning, it occurred to him that the ultimate target of the traitors must be Mia, who was the soul of the resistance, and that attacking the small strongholds and looting the supplies were only means of weakening the resistance, and could not inflict a fatal blow.
And to take out Mia, at least multiple Luminary level characters are needed, and Ian can't offer much help in such a battle, so, just in case, Ian contacted William early and asked him to come and help for the time being, to hide .
There is also Linda's whereabouts, after Linda found out that night that the supplies warehouse was on fire, she originally wanted to find Mia to explain, but was stopped by the people that Green had arranged in advance, telling her to leave temporarily first, and that Green would help her prove her innocence afterward, Linda is a person with a delicate mind, and she is also aware that it is difficult for her to explain herself at this moment, and so she left the camp together with Green's people.
But all of this was arranged by Ian in advance of the Rayon in the eyes, he asked Ian, then shot to knock out a few people, Linda will be taken away to temporarily hide in their own room, the reason why I let Rayon to do it, because Rayon is always a hot-blooded young man's image, he is the most easy to let Linda to believe the person, and then Ian secretly found the people who were knocked out by the Rayon, with the ability of memory seizure, and know everything.
Ian then informs Mia that Jack's suspicion can be ruled out, and that there should be another reason for his strange behavior the other day, and asks Mia to make a special reminder to Jack in the meeting, so that he might be able to get Jack to speak up for himself, and sure enough, after a special reminder from Mia, Jack thinks that Mia has misunderstood him, and hastily volunteers a report on his plans to Mia.
Grimm thought the time had come and started the operation, and Ian informed William and ambushed him well in advance before finally pulling off the counterattack.
As for William, the reason why he had to hide his identity was because of the upper world's big power's rule that all the city's powers could not clash with other cities. Otherwise it will be wiped out by the upper world, as for why William risked so much and still came to meddle in the Storm City, on the one hand, it was the relationship with Ian, but the most important thing was the conditions given by Mia.
Just that Mia did not take the initiative to mention it for the time being, Ian decided not to pursue it for the time being, giving Mia a little time, he believed that Mia was not a person who went back on her word.
When the people were approaching the stronghold, the fire in the distance was so bright that it reflected the dark sky, that was exactly the direction of the stronghold, Mia and Ian exchanged a glance and rushed over together, the rest of the people also accelerated their footsteps to follow.
After arriving at the stronghold, they found that the once stronghold had turned into a sea of fire, the stronghold was filled with the bodies of resistance members, Mia quickly ordered, "Everyone, search for any survivors! "
Soon Roy's voice came, "Come on! There's a survivor here! " Mia and Ian rushed to Roy's side and looked at a badly wounded resistance member in front of them, "How are you doing, what happened, are there others alive? "
"Great .... You guys are back, you didn't leave long before the Storm Council people started an attack on the stronghold, we couldn't resist, many of us died in battle, but most of us were taken away by them, they .... Let Ms. Mia go to negotiate, if not, they will kill all the people they took away, they left me here to tell Ms. Mia all this. They said that you can use this to contact them at any time. "Finished handing Mia a communicator.
Ian sighed, "Still careless, they still left a hand, it seems that the Storm Council didn't fully believe in Green's plan either, and that's why they arranged this backup plan. "
Mia arranged for the survivors to be taken down for treatment and looked firmly into the distance, "I must go and save them. "