"That means the cultists don't have heavy firepower, not even some guns. It's all because of the large number of people and the messy underground tunnels that are difficult to destroy, right? Sivir asked Kingsley at the station of the Sixth Regiment in Sarah.

"Yes, Lord Sivir, I think it will take multiple Astral Forces to sweep through the underground tunnels before we can completely clear the cultists." Kingsley replied.

After some discussion with Kingsley, Sivir had already understood that it might be difficult for the planet Sara to purge those cultists in a short period of time. Fortunately, the cultists are all gathered underground and have no heavy weapons, as long as they are guarded in Berkshire, it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated.

"Report to the regimental leader, those cultists are starting to storm our positions on a large scale."

A soldier came in to report to Kingsley.

"Huh? Without the tunnels that extend in all directions, they are lambs to the slaughter, and now they dare to take the initiative to attack, and let the soldiers stationed at the mouth of the tunnel teach them a hard lesson. Kingsley said viciously.

Hearing that cultists were attacking, Sivir became interested and wanted to go to the front line to observe.

Kingsley naturally did not dare to raise objections, and led Sivir to a position in front of the mouth of a certain tunnel.

The mouth of the tunnel is several kilometers long and leads straight underground, like a planet opening its mouth. Countless cultists rushed towards the Astral Army's position.

But this was just a senseless act of death, and under the powerful firepower of Sarah's Sixth Corps, not even a cultist could rush to the front of the formation three hundred meters.

Looking at the cultists who were carrying out this death charge, Sivir noticed something out of the ordinary.

"Kingsley, didn't you say that these cultists are unarmed, how did I find some cultists wearing armor and equipped with short swords?" Sivir asked.

Hearing this, Kingsley also hurriedly began to carefully observe those cultists.

Some of the cultists did wear armor, but they did not participate in the charge, they only stood behind and gave orders. That's why Kingsley didn't find out in the first place. The cultists also seem to have rescued some of their injured companions and pulled them back into the dark tunnels.

No, no, the cultists were just slaves and laborers, and in the absence of medical drugs and medical personnel, it would be difficult to change the fate of their dying companions by pulling them back. Kingsley also didn't think the cultists would have good intentions toward their dying companions.

After asking the soldier next to him for a telescope, Kingsley finally saw what the cultists were doing. What a dying companion is simply a complete corpse, and the cultists are collecting corpses!

A bold guess arose in Kingsley's mind.

"Lord Sivir, these cultists may have found or recast some alloys in the mineral refineries of some underground cities, and then forged these equipment from those alloys."

Kingsley answered Siwell's question, then continued:

"I also found that the cultists were collecting corpses, and they may have been experiencing a shortage of food. I think their attack may have been aimed at depleting the excess population and bringing their corpses back to the ground as food. My lord, maybe we could..."

"No, no." Sivir understood what Kingsley meant, and he wanted to trap the cultists underground. But there are many factories in Sarah's underground, and they cannot be destroyed by the cultists, and those loyal subjects of the empire cannot be easily abandoned.

"Kingsley, organize some of your soldiers to lead the way for us, and I will lead my troops to retake those underground cities." Sivir ordered.

Sivi brought with him the First and Second Legions of the Holy Presence Crusaders, totaling 200,000 men. It may be difficult to clean up all the cultists, but it will definitely be more than enough to take over all the underground cities.

There are five underground cities in Sarah, and the Crusaders of the Holy Presence are divided into five teams, with an average of 40,000 Coming Crusaders per city. The Holy Crusaders, who were planetary defenses a few days ago, may not be as effective as the Astral Army's Sarah's Sixth Corps, but their numbers make up for it.

Sivir believed that after the battle of Philimon and the training of Sarah's underground battles, the Holy Presence Crusaders would be able to grow rapidly and become an elite team even in the Astral Army.

After the preparations were completed, the five Crusaders of Ilning set out at the same time, and Sivir led a group of Crusaders of Ildnance, led by the reconnaissance force of the 6th Regiment of Sarah, to the underground city known as "Bobaka".

On the way, the cultists launched several small-scale attacks, which greatly affected the speed of the army's march. Sivir didn't understand the significance of the cultists' actions, until a figure suddenly appeared in a narrow tunnel.

"The emperor is above, the emperor is above!"

He shouted loudly as he ran towards Sivel. Thanks to what he shouted, the soldiers around Sivir didn't immediately give him a shot when they spotted him.

"Those cultists are about to completely occupy Bobacca, and we loyal people of the empire are about to be unable to hold on, Lord Astarte, please hurry up and support Bobaka!"

This scrawny, gauntlet miner risked being killed by cultists and mistakenly killed by soldiers to come to deliver a message, how loyal!

Sivir also understood at this time why the cultists came to harass him frequently, and he immediately ordered the whole army to march hastily to Bobaka as fast as possible.

In one of Bobacca's warehouses, a group of workers are trying to stand against the door of the warehouse.

"Hurry up and get those heavy loads here! I can't stand it!! A worker yelled at the man behind him, his arms and neck bruised, his face flushed, and he apparently had exhausted the strength to feed.

"Hey!" Several workers hurriedly worked together to lift a minecart over and block it behind the door. Temporarily stabilized the door that was about to be pushed open.

This greatly reduced the pressure on the workers, but they still did not dare to relax, and fought against the gate, after all, the cultists outside the gate would be slaughtered once they rushed in.

"Alas, mine chief, do you think someone will come to our rescue? I can't tell the time in this underground, and I feel like it's almost a year coming. One worker complained.

"Idiot! If you had starved to death in a year, and now it's only been five or six days, and you're dizzy! When the Astral Army takes care of the traitors, they will definitely come down to save us. Mine Manager Thomas snapped.

The worker who heard this looked incredulous and pouted, the cultist was just outside the door, and even if there was support, he probably couldn't wait. But his heart was still filled with hope by the words of mine manager Thomas.

Thomas shook his head as he looked at the worker who didn't believe his words, in fact, he didn't even believe his words, and he knew that he might die in this warehouse. If there was any support, it would have been there a long time ago, and what had only been five or six days had passed was just a lie made up casually by Thomas.

It may not have been as long as the workers said it had been a year, but it was definitely not a short time for them to hold on. After holding on for such a long time, he didn't wait for support, how could the turnaround happen just when he was about to lose his hand.

But, what if, if something happens to the real Astral Army, Thomas still has a glimmer of undue hope in his heart, and it is this glimmer of hope that allows him to lead the workers to stay here.

Thomas reverently knelt on the ground, closed his eyes, folded his hands and began to pray.

"O Emperor! Show your kindness! ...... Or give me salvation when I die! ”