The Treemen are all on high alert. A group of 20 Treemen bad been lose, telling the others of presence of powerful monsters, or a large tribes.
At the moment, no Treemen forage, all keeping an eyes on the surrounding. Some even look upward, in case the attackers come from above.
However, two days since the lose of the 20 Treemen cause the others to slowly lowered their guards. Their movement become less orderly, with some holes appearing in their patrols.
Considering they are tree-monsters, they are not fast, and they don't like moving, so they rarely do such an extensive patrols. When given the reason to not do so, they will just walk around, instead of doing the Treemen equivalent of running.
The monsters would have never suspected there is an intelligent mind behind the loss of the Treemen, which take them by surprise when the attack come without any warning.
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Night had come, a time where the Treemen become even more passive, the lack of sunlight causing them to be somewhat lethargic, especially the larger Treants.
So, when the attack come, they could barely react. The attack start with a volley of arrow, black flame flickered at the tip of the arrows. When the arrows hit any Treeman, screech of pains unleashed by the tree-monsters, the flame burning them.
They tried to dive into the water to extinguish the fire, to no avail. Even when the flame is completely submerged, the fire remain burning, to the anguish of the living trees.
The one that was burned ran outside the grove, not wanting to spread the flame inside their home. However, they merely fall into another traps, as Demonic Goblins fire arrows at them, the end connected to chains.
Lizardmen, and Hobgoblins pulled the chains, bringing down the Treemen down, before the fallen Treemen were dragged elsewhere. As the Treemen's number began to die down, the other plant-based monsters began to move, assisting the main protectors of the grove.
However, such action is plain stupid, especially to a group of monsters, all no slouch in thinking abilities, at least compared to the other monsters. They also several with mind equal to capable tacticions and strategist.
With capable monsters, they took the chance to bring down the Treants. Large iron chains were thrown to the large monsters, which was pulled by the combined might of Alpha Lizardmen, some of the huge Bugs, and a lot of Hobgoblins.
One by one, Treants began to fall, as more chains wrapped around them, keeping them on the ground. However, even as the strongest fighters of the enemy side being taken down, the Treemen continue to head towards the Mother Tree.
Alros could sense them coming, which will put him great danger. However, he keep on attacking, knowing the reason for the monsters coming is because they were called by the Mother Tree.
Letting them came towards him will make it easier to make them fall into a trap, his monsters continue to trapped and chain the monsters, slowly bringing them down, one Treeman at a time.
"Let's get serious," Demonic Fireball appeared in his palm, this time a lot larger than he ever did.
Alros throw the Fireball at the still target, as they shield the Mother Tree. The flame came close to burn them to the core, thought the Treants manage to survive, even at the cost of their armor.
However, their sacrifice will be in vain as his attack did what he intended to, creating a large enough holes for him to enter.
Alros flew towards the gap, passing through the bodies of the Treants before arriving in front of the Mother Tree. His hand bathed in black flame as he move it closer to the tree, screech of terror causing the Treants to stop moving.
"I know you can think and send message to your subordinates, so tell them to stand down, or you will die," the Mother Tree send out a message, the other monsters stopped moving as they bow towards the Mother Tree.
Alros smiled as he was able to achieve victory swiftly.