Lightning [4]

Over half a year passed in Grand Heavens Boundary.

The Hephaestus raid was in full swing and the universe's forces remained focused on the goal ahead.

They were a fourth of the way through the ceasefire already, but they hadn't made much progress.

The Hephaestus raid was far more difficult than their projections suggested.

Most of the universe's willing experts were sent to the Nox base camp after months of preparation, yet they found that the Nox had long been prepared for it.

Millions were lost, and despite another 3 months passing, the raid was still ongoing.

Realizing the true extent of the effort they'd have to put into securing Hephaestus, Heaven's Army made the decision to split their efforts.

Millions of 4th class and lower experts were sent to the Infected Source Worlds in the Beast Domain and the Giant Domain since those two were judged as the weakest of the remaining targets.