Alphard was taken by surprise. He hadn't received a message from Ballard. He was sure that there was no one around waiting for them and that he could attack Orion easily, but how did the Draka army come here? Even if Ballard was caught, how could the Draka army come so fast to Orion? There was something that he was missing.
The Nyxers fought against the two armies. Even the ten squads that Alphard had with him were smaller in front of the two armies which looked like an ocean. Though taken by surprise, Alphard's first instinct was to somehow get out of this mayhem and go back to Hydra or at least to the borders of Hydra. He knew that they would be defeated in no time and so he opened his mind link with the Nyxers and asked them to retreat. It was better to retreat in a situation like this rather than fight and lose him.
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