Chapter 486: Attack on the Demon King's Army's bases (1)
Allen's party and the generals from all troops stood on Heavy User Island, the thousands of soldiers in front of them. He was finishing their preparations there.
"General Lud, are the troops working together properly?"
"Yes, we've also trained together with Beast King Zew's army."
Allen asked for an update from Lud.
Since Shea had stopped pursuing the crown, some in Alabahar were wondering what would happen next, some believing she should still return and forming factions.
But now most of that unrest had been dispelled, and Allen had a friendly relationship with Zew's side. That led to Allen's Army and Zew's men training together while Allen went to the gates.
At the same time, the 2000 beastmen in Allen's Army went from 2 Star Talents to 3 Star ones.
Shea's troops had started as her bodyguards, and most started with 1 Star Talents.
Talent Changes gave them 2 Star Talents, but now they were switched over for soldiers born with 2 Star Talents, who gained 3 with Talent Changes.
Shea had no issue with Allen's decision to make that switch.
Dogora and Shea were taking part in the next fight as well, and they listened to Allen silently.
"..."
Those men had been with her since she started hunting the Evil Cult, but Allen had replaced them, not getting carried by sentimentality but to strengthen the army.
The difference in Talent Stars was enormous, which was necessary for a war.
It also made the relationship with Zew better, so Allen felt it was the ideal choice.
Seeing that things were going smoothly, Allen gave more orders to Lud and Rath, then went to talk with a different group in his army, the 1000 that came with Ryback.
"It won't be long before the war starts. Does that work for you?"
"Yes, everyone is ready. The frontlines are where we belong."
Ryback had plenty of time to prepare so he was itching to go, raising his new orichalcum shield.
"I make it a point to have all generals equipped with orichalcum. Make sure all of your men also have the right type of equipment too."
All generals had orichalcum weapons, Zenov too even though he was a rank lower.
The men that came with Ryback also received adamantite and hihiirokane weapons.
500 of them used shields, so Endurance was an important stat as they stood in the frontlines.
Allen had plenty of equipment that raised Endurance, like rings that increased it by 5000, or necklaces by 3000. So far he had little need for them, so he gave them to the shield users.
[Allen's Army rough member count]
-2000 Beastmen
-2000 Elves
-1000 Dark elves
-200 Dwarves (half golem pilots, half magic engineers)
-2000 Mermen
-1000 Humans
'Everything's ready here too.'
A report came from Merus.
'Galara's Army is also ready. Heehee.'
A Wraith A summon also brought a message.
Merus was in front of the Hero's Army and Galara's Army.
They had asked to be part of the mission as well, and Allen let them in.
(I wonder how the bases I left are doing.)
He had tried using Insect A summons to destroy the ten or so forts he discovered in the Central Continent, but Basque and other Demon Great Generals had stopped that.
"Kurena, Haku, you'll fight Megadeth when we're done."
"Mhm, we'll do our best."
'Gyau!!'
They had multiple goals, one was to bring Kurena and Haku's Levels to their max.
There had to be Demon Generals in the bases after all.
Once that was done, they would fight Megadeth.
Another was to take the initiative for once, since the Demon King's Army had been laying low for half a year now, and they were likely planning something soon.
[Endurance] 24000
[Agility] 28000
[Intelligence] 22000
[Luck] 25000
[Blessings] Strength 200 + 200, Attack 200 + 200
[Special Skill] Dig a hole
[Awakened Skill] Live in a hole
The moment the summon hit the stronghold, its front claws began tearing the walls apart.
The stronghold was built to resist long range attacks, but the summon dug a hole 10 meters deep, tearing the roof apart.
The nearby monsters noticed the cracking sound and gathered around it.
But the summon kept burrowing deeper, so the monsters also tore the walls apart to follow.
"Cecile, everything is ready now.."
Makris' Awakened Skill [Royal Aura] was already applied to make Cecile's power stronger.
"Small Meteor!!"
A giant fireball appeared and fell onto the opening on the stronghold.
There was a loud crashing sound as the monsters and building were crushed under it.
More monsters came out from inside to see what was going on, while the monsters outside took formation, realizing they were under attack. The incoming armies were also visible now.
Some monsters went up the stronghold, while others got ready to fight the armies.
Some monsters also could fly, so Cecile, Sophie, and Formar's long range attack took them down one after another..
"There's more flying monsters than I thought!! Kurena, Merle, you help out too."
"Got it."
"Alright, let's go Tam-Tam!!"
'Gyau! Leave it to me Mama!!'
Allen wanted to take out all the flying monsters.
At the same time the armies and the monsters on the ground clashed.
The soldiers all had far better equipment and Talents, so the monsters could not do anything.
Then a 100 meter tall giant with one eye came out of the stronghold, wielding a large axe.
That had to be an S Rank monster.
Ryback's men held their shields ready to defend the army, feeling no fear.
"We'll go forward, don't break formation!"
"Yessir!!"
Ryback's men gave an energetic response. They knew that a direct hit of the one eyed giant's axe could kill hundreds of men.
Ryback raised his orichalcum shield and shouted.
"We are here to protect our country! Knights of Bronze!!"
A round wall of light appeared on his shield.
'Hegha?!'
The axe's impact was absorbed and the shot back at the monster, Ryback's Extra Skill [Knights of Bronze] shattering it into a rain of blood.
"Charge on! Don't leave a single one alive!!"
Ryback's commanding voice thundered.
The monsters had not lost their morale seeing the giant be defeated.
They just continued trying to attack the armies, so Zenov also moved forward.
"Right, our fight still hasn't ended. Aura Blade!!"
Zenov's Extra Skill spread 100 meters ahead, crushing all the monsters there.
Hundreds of monsters fell with that hit.
The rest of Allen's Army followed up.
"Alright, the army is doing well."
Allen looked down, the held his hands out and summoned an Insect and Beast H on his palms, which looked like a grasshopper and a mouse.
"It's finally your time, Denka and Churosuke."
Allen's fight to crush the stronghold continued.