508 Traps on Traps on Traps on Traps on Traps!

It was early in the morning when everyone was notified of the Wild Hunt's arrival, the preparations had been made, the keep repaired, the supplies stocked and the weaponry ready. Roche and Ves had returned late last night with Keira after setting traps in the forest, while the House Elves finished repairing the fort, not only repairing but cleaning as well, much to delight of Vesemir.

Ermion had also recently finished releasing pockets of gas from the earth, making a few area's inside the forest rather... Explosive. The only people who weren't satisfied with the situation were Ciri and Nerissa, the former because they refused to let her fight on the frost lines and the latter because she was tasked with taking care of Carimir. The vampire sitting on the entrance steps of the keep with a dull expression on her face and cat sitting on her lap.

It wasn't long after the bells had rung that everyone was awake and ready, the Sorceresses, Prospects, Witchers, Chaos Servants and anyone else present in Kaer Morhen all get up and examine the situation outside. Geralt makes his way to the wall while Yennefer waits on the highest balcony with Dumbledore, prepared to conjure the shield at a moments notice.

Geralt "See anything?" he asks as he approaches Reima and the group with him.

Reima nods and points over to the forest, "They're gathering their troops over there, hopefully those traps will catch a few of them."

Geralt "When should we send out the Prospects?" he asks, not really knowing the best time to send them.

Reima shrugs, "Probably after they've set off most of the traps, it's be stupid to have our own guys getting caught in them. Though it's your call." he says while looking over the forest, extending his Observation Haki as far as it will go to try and spot anyone approaching.

Solaire "This situation is reminding me of our time approaching the Kiln my friend."

Reima "Why? Is it their numbers or the edgy armour they're wearing?" he jokes.

Solaire shakes his head and smiles, "Both but neither! It's due the amount of Jolly Cooperation we're about to embark on!"

Behind them all armoured up and waiting in the courtyard the Chaos Servants all raise their weapons and shout "JOLLY!"

Reima "... You've completely and utterly corrupted them... Hey, Priscilla? Wanna take a couple pot shots?" he asks with a smirk, the Half-breed nodding in agreement at his words. Hopefully they'd hit Eredin if he was around, though Reima expected him to only turn up if the battle was going well for them or even.

They both retrieve their GreatBows and stab them into the ground of the stone wall, the sharp tips piercing it to keep them stable when they're drawn. Geralt watches as the duo both insert Dragon Slayer Great Arrows into the bows, he feels anxious just looking at them as they are more comparable to spears or ballista bolts than arrows... Truth be told he'd rubbed his eyes to check if what he was seeing was real a couple times when both of them drew the metallic strings with ease.

Wild Hunt Army :

Eredin steps through the portal after a quarter of his troops had entered without dying, he looks around and frowns at the fact the forest is blocking their view of the keep, though this was the reason they chose the spot.

The Wild Hunt soldiers get into formation and begin to scout ahead into the forest, as they do Eredin looks at Imlerith and asks, "Has there been any movement from the keep?"

Imlerith nods, "They were ringing bells earlier, they must have sensed our arrival" he states, not wishing to make known his opinion about using the Navigators magical reserves to use the White Frost to signal their arrival. He understood that fear was one of the greatest weapons in their arsenal but when sieging fear is only secondary to other practical applications.

Eredin nods and is about to say something when a Navigator stops the advancing troops, "Halt! There are illusions present!" they shout.

The Navigator waves his staff and dispels some of the nearby illusions, causing spike traps to be revealed. A soldier nods his thanks to the Navigator and begins to walk again, only to find himself stepping into a hidden spike trap and instantly being skewered as it falls into it. The elf screams for a moment before his voice and life are cut off.

Imlerith growls before shouting "Watch out! There are traps lain around everywhere!"

One of the soldiers point at a revealed spike trap and shout about it being an illusion, however none dare to step into it. The Navigators themselves can't dedicate their time to dispelling all the illusions due to them having to transport an entire army through portals.

Imlerith "Enough! All of you follow me!" he shouts while readying his tower shield and mace, using the latter to tap the ground in-front of him as he walks to check for traps. A Navigator dispels a revealed spike trap and a soldier walks over the revealed ground, only to tumble in to his death.

Eredin "Fools, send the hounds in first to check for traps!" he shouts, furious that Imlerith had not ordered it first. The Golems sprinting ahead and falling into the large amount of pit traps scattered through the forest, the Generals find it almost unbelievable at how many traps had actually been laid, while Eredin silently remarks to himself about how genius it is to make illusions of traps which hide traps, or illusions with no traps at all to confuse and lower the morale of the enemy. Truly once he conquered these lesser beings he would record this tactic for later use.

Imlerith follows the hounds with his men trailing behind him, his shield is raises in-front of him to protect against anything that may come from the keep. However...

*TWANG!*

*WHISTLE*