Chapter 299: A Prepared Rematch.

Chapter 299: A Prepared Rematch.

Were trapping them!

Those were the words Hestia said when we discussed how we should deal with OBloom. She said it with full confidence, as if she already had an entire plan in her head. When Reajaen asked her to specify, she really blew my mind with what she was planning, especially her secret project.

Youve entered the restaurant, right, Lady Reajaen? Met King Drangleic and his Duke? Well, Ill unveil the mystery, I am a void-touched. I have [Space-Time Magic]. Reajaens tilted her head in confusion at the sudden revelation. As such, we will trap them in my [Room]. Specifically, I will lead the dragonslayers into my lair, whilst you can engage the OBlooms army within another confined room.

W-Well, this is certainly a sound plan, but how will you get them to enter this [Room]? From what I saw, the only way to enter your subspace is through that door, correct? At the pastry shop?

Reajaen guessed the limitations of Hestias [Room] well enough after only one visit, but she didnt know all the details of how we, Aurora, were using it. Waving her hand as if to tell Reajaen didnt need to worry about it, Hestia continued.

Itll actually be pretty easy, really. We know exactly where they want to go, right? Thanks to Saoris info. She then turned to me, prompting me to answer in her stead.

After thinking it through, I replied, Their goals are driving Hestia out of Gleisvale, kill Lady Reajaen and destroy the Resurrection, and to reclaim what you stole from them. If we are talking of locations and places where its easy to catch them Hmm, it would be Lady Reajaens mansion and the dungeon. Entrances, easy to hide your subspace, Hestia.

But what about you, Lady Hestia? Tasianna brought up. The dragonslayers will want to agitate the people against you. Leading them to your lair wont do much, or are you planning on killing them?

No, no, of course not! Well, unless they actually attack me, but thats a what if moment. Actually, my plan for them is to pull the Uno reverse card on them. Hestia casually confused all the Peolyncians. If they want to make everyone hate me, then Ill simply overwhelm them with love first. They wont be riling up anybody. They will be the ones to leave the city in embarrassment in the most pop media fashion possible. Dont fuck with a public icon, is what Ill say.

Then how will we do this, lass? Grimnir pushed the discussion back to the labyrinth, seeing as we didnt need to worry about Hestias public stunt. Last time we attacked them, we were at their base. This time, home advantage. You can ask any tazong you want, all of them would say having the home advantage is the most important thing possible.

Oh, right, I think I read about that. Something about during the War for the Faefolk, the dwarven forces managed to protect one of their cities from four human armies and support from the Empire? Kyouya remembered a passage in a history book he read when he was still trapped by the Church of Aurena.

Hadjuk-Orn, the largest dwarven hold in the east part of the Ankoran Mountains, Ellaine answered. It was the landing spot for the North-Western Alliance. If the city fell, the war would have probably extended even further, to the detriment of the elves and dwarves, due to a lack of numbers compared to their enemies.

Grimnir nodded, stroking his growing beard. Aie, the city was left in shambles after the attack, but we delayed them long enough for our reinforcements to arrive just in time. Even with all our defenses, the Empires magicians and elite warriors were a force to be reckoned with.

So, are you suggesting we do something similar for our battle, Grimnir? Tatsuya asked. Can we even do it in a weeks time? Seems like a very short time to create things like cannons or stuff.

Not at all! Hestia and Grimnir simultaneously announced before grinning at each other. It seemed the two were in sync again.

The lass is a treasure trove of materials we could take and transform into traps, in addition, the girl has a very high leveled [Trap Creation] with the ability terraform using [Volcanic Blaze]. [Lavakinesis] and a pseudo-[Terrakinesis] are the lynchpin of my plan.

And Grimnir has help with Ellaine and Daichi. Hestia followed up by mentioning our trio of crafters, the ones responsible for all our tech and equipment currently. We dont need traps to beat thousands of soldiers, we only need enough for our forces to beat down a couple hundred mercenaries. Traps, environmental hazards, and some divide and conquer. Also

Hestia turned her head around to Asaka. Its time to make good on your promise to them. Lady Reajaen, you will have no complaints, alright? You will follow up on your end of the deal.

Yes. But, as I said, my people and my son are out of your reach. I am the one responsible for everything, so punish me after all that is done. The foxian woman had a determined face, already knowing what would happen with Tasianna around.

Mother, please, we Her son once again tried to dissuade her from doing this, but his mother rebuked him.

A merchant follows up on her deals. You may contort and twist a contract, but you never break them. Reputation is what a merchant lives for. Even that damn OBloom understood that, so do not act like a fool, Parilostro.

Alright then. Asaka nodded at everything working well enough. I will lead the onnikais into this fight. I guess theyll want to let out some steam after being imprisoned for so long, anyways But I wont do this ever again, alright?

Disliking her role or not, Hanazawa was acting mature right now. I was happy to see her finally overcoming her limits, even if reluctantly. Her true potential was so much more, so I hoped she would continue like this.

As such, as her former Sensei, I needed to show my own growth.

Hestia. I directed all attention to me. The strongest force they have is the demonkin of wrath. If you are too preoccupied with your part

Yup, Ill be relying on you once again, Saori. Dont die, alright?

I am not planning on it Hanazawa-san. I then looked at Hanazawa right in her confused eyes. After this is done, I will relieve you of those fenrirs. Let us go to the Belzac forest and meet my great-whatever-grandfather.

She widened her eyes in surprise, probably not expecting me to say something like this after our last talk. She calmed down a moment later and shrugged her shoulders. Cool. Tatsuya, make sure you dont die either. Well be going on a class trip with our Sensei.

Heh Tatsuya smiled wryly. Our first real battle as Heroes fighting back against the demonkin scourge. Yeah, sure, dying now would be too embarrassing! Kyouya, you hear that?

You heard our party leader, dude. Guess you two will be my VIPs to protect. Kyouya fist-bumped his best friend.

Yeah, you two better not. Daichi also joined in his partys rapport moment. Blacksmiths cant do their jobs without people to wear our stuff, so come back alive. I'll get good enough to make you guys some legendary tier weapons and armor in the future. The Tale of Daichi is the Mastersmith starts here!

I cant do much in combat, sorry! But, Ill cheer on you guys, so please, dont get hurt! Haruka encouraged them despite being a non-combatant. However, considering how Hestias brain worked, I presumed Haruka would have a pretty large role in her part of the plan.

And that was how our Anti-OBloom mission began.

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Stygian Blade Lv. 3] [Stygian Voltage Lv. 3] [Nights Caress Lv. 2] [Monster Tamer Lv. 5] gained

After all that planning and preparing, I had to say it was a landslide in our favor. [Room] runes placed at the entrance of Reajaens mansion and the dungeon. The mercenaries and intruders all funneled in pretty easily as we placed no opposition in their way. They could become as wary as they wanted, but it didnt matter. They didnt have any other options either way.

All the non-combatants of the Resurrection were given refuge inside another area of our subspace Hestia made in the image of a bunker. Meaning, the mansion and both beastmen villages were devoid of people. No casualties will come from them.

After our enemies entered Hestias subspace, the real fight began. Isolated in a labyrinth-like area, the enemy had to traverse the place under the mistaken belief that this was the actual dungeon. While they were careless, the members of the Resurrection led by Parilostros three puppet bodies began assaulting them in a guerilla fashion.

But, that wasnt the only threat to them. Grimnirs crew created quite a few traps around the place, triggering small, one-time use attacks. Everything had to be made with runes or manatech, sadly, so we had to invest some money into it. Still, the cost of war. I would rather see our coffers slim up if it could save the life of one of Auroras members.

After their numbers dwindled, the now stressed and agitated mercenaries arrived at the last area we had. A week was a lot of time, but not enough to create something even more complicated. But that wasnt needed, thankfully.

In the last area, our main fighters would eliminate the remaining enemies. And, to ensure we wouldnt get the wrong enemies, Grimnir used his experience as a miner to advise Hestia in the construction of the place. And one of them was a way to lead people around like a train track using manatech.

That was why I was now alone with the enemy I had to take down the demonkin of wrath.

Graaaaaa! Lets go, Saori! We reap, to water the blood lilies!

Effects: [Excited: 85%] [Anger: 5%] [Fear: 50%]

It wasnt the demonkins multi-armed form, but the one he assumed mid-way through our battle at the bandit base. Four shotel-shaped horns grew from his head with fire flaring from HeeRlaks body like Hestia in her solar power form.

However, unlike our previous encounter, he had equipment with enchantments, though they lacked runes. An aura of flame surrounded him, using the fire his body was emitting as its source. It blasted backwards, creating a drift that catapulted him forward.

[Shadow Armament (Full Body)] inflicted on [Young Stygian-Scaled Fenrir, Saori Segawa]

My shadows wrapped around my body as a response before I let out a burst of electricity from the white fur around my head. The demonkin dodged it and transitioned his flame sword into a spear. Like a rocket, the spear burst into flames and gave him another boost of acceleration, sending him flying at me like a bullet.

I sidestepped his attack, letting him fly past me. I cast [Dark Tendrils], shooting them at him only for them to be destroyed by his spear. Seeing as it was hard to fight like this, I allowed my shadow to expand into a mist with [Smokey Haze], enveloping the whole area in complete darkness.

Ahhh, this trick again! Lets see if this can change things up! Guraaaagh!

Through my heat vision, I noticed HeeRlaks armament changed again, this time to his hammer form. With one strong strike to the ground, it exploded into a fiery twister, creating a pretty terrible smoke from the obsidian floor melting. It was like volcanic gas!

Guf! What the fuck! This smells like a magma chamber! Fuck! Why isnt this smoke disappearing?!

Luckily for me, he still hadnt found out the secret of this spell. I guess it would be hard to figure out without prior knowledge, and he had only seen me use it twice now. Regardless, that was his problem.

Thunder!

Streams of stygian electricity streamed around the shadow smoke, flowing through it like water. It assaulted my enemy, and without Tasianna or the others around, I made sure to up the voltage to really hurt him this time. However, I guess his high [Lightning Resistance] wasnt there just for show as he was barely slowed by the current.

While enduring the electricity, the demonkin kept searching for me, though it was more like a wild goose chase at this point. With [Nights Caress Lv. 2] being the upgraded version of my stealth skills, it was too hard for his [Enhanced Enemy Sense Lv. 8] to do anything. A basic skill versus an advanced merged skill; it was obvious who would win in this perception duel.

Fuck!

Effects: [Excited: 93%] [Anger: 42%] [Fear: 71%]

Although it was good for me for now, it wouldnt once his emotions reached the next level of their respective brackets. KleaHatma had given me a more detailed lecture on how wrath demonkins functioned. To summarize, the numbers themselves didnt matter much, but the brackets for the three emotions.

Each demonkin had a different breaking point for each of the three emotions they had to manage. Once they reached one of them, for example 50% or 100% depending on the person, their body would forcibly enter their next form, until all emotions reached 100%. At that point, they could be considered literal demons in a sense. If they couldnt control their emotions, they would be put down like a rabid dog.

Third of the three Warbringers of Lord Wrath. Voltaic Red, VifiYok. Nothing personal, but you did try to kill my stupid apprentice. Hope ya can keep up with my speed, wolfy! We reap, to water the blood lilies!

Her figure suddenly disappeared from thin air, leaving only a streak of red lightning behind. As my instincts told me to search for her, something hard suddenly crashed against the side of my head, causing me to lose consciousness for a moment.

When I woke up, I noticed I had flown far away from where I first stood. As I tried to stand up, something pushed down my face, holding me down.

War is a bitch, bitch.

S-Shit!

Level: 150

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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