While Leonard Churchill was sneaking into the Orlan Legion's rear to raid their base, the battle at the Jilan Defense Line had already entered an extremely brutal hand-to-hand combat stage.
Apart from some small alliance units fiercely battling the enemy in the worm sea, the defensive lines on both sides of the Hell's Gate Canyon were almost entirely taken by the Orlan Legion.
Soon, after paying a massive casualty cost, the Orlan Legion's vanguard elite also breached the hollowed-out mountain belly at the Jilan Defense Line.
Now, both armies were engaged in the final offense and defense within the complex joint defense passages.
Although this war was far from reaching its end, it was clear that the Alliance Army was gradually showing signs of defeat.
