Chapter 285 Serious Talk (5)

"They aren't pulling their punches…" Jake thought. "Those enemies are… minotaurs and skeleton archers. Things might get troublesome if all of them get too close."

The enemies truly were thinking of surrounding Jake in all possible ways. It was only natural that they would go that far against the enemy that apparently killed them in another universe, at least from their perspective. Jake couldn't see them as anything else but stupid morons.

In any case, it looked like Jake misunderstood them since they weren't attacking and were only letting their numbers increase. They were going to attempt an all-out battle to defeat his troops and turn them into a pulp… the only annoying part was that Jake had to keep using potions to summon more crystal wolves.

"They sure calm about defending their bases…" Jake thought. "Do they have other allies nearby to stop the attacks of the others that aren't with them?"

If Jake were in their position and saw people of the same species fighting against each other, he would use that chance to attack their backs. That kind of attitude in that type of mission was beyond insane, after all. Putting that aside, Jake wondered if they were also taking their time to prevent him from using Master Thief. They probably realized that such a mission would be perfect for him and that skill…

Regardless, Jake didn't let that bother him, and he kept working on his future plans while he rested as much as possible and trained some skills. With his current Recovery, Jake could train a lot of skills, even if it was more efficient to use them against some targets.

In the end, Luke and his groupies waited for three days to amass an army of twelve thousand monsters, and they began to move to attack Jake's base at the same time. Once that happened, Jake made his golems create an earth tower using Earth Walls, and then he jumped to its top. He was pretty exposed there, so the others wondered what he was plotting.

They only realized what was happening when some of the harpies began to fall dead on the ground. All of the enemies couldn't help but frown… Jake was supposed like the most basic type of melee warrior, and he was easily attacking and killing enemies that were one kilometer away from his base…

Your Recovery increased by 02 points.

Your Recovery increased by 02 points.

Your Recovery increased by 02 points.

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"Come on, send more of them, jackasses," Jake said while smirking.

Although he said that, the harpies kept coming while using wind attacks to counter Jake's enhanced bolts. While they couldn't react in time to them or even block them completely, they made them lose a lot of power, so more than one had to hit them before they could die.

Jake also didn't mind that since it was within his expectations. While the Harpies were taking their time approaching. The minotaurs were the first ones to reach the middle point between the bases. They were quite vicious, and physical strength was their forte, so it wasn't surprising.

Still, once they approached a bit more, one after the other, they began to disappear. It didn't take long until their master realized that something was off… after looking at their groups for a while, he saw them falling into holes, and even those holes disappeared after a while. That was one of Jake's plans, he made the golems create tunnels with Earth Manipulation, and they ambushed the enemies one by one. Since they didn't expect the attacks, they were easily killed underground.

The second group to approach had been the ice golems, and Jake had just sent his crystal wolves to deal with them. Since their magic power was higher, they were able to slow down the enemies, but killing them with ice magic was a really slow process.

In any case, while Jake was dealing with the harpies, the skeleton archers got close enough to attack the crystal wolves. Since they were long-range attackers, it was hard to deal with them. Going there himself was an option, but Jake didn't want to make the enemies think that he was that desperate.

"No signs of Luke or anyone else… it might be a bit soon to use this, but I guess it can't be helped," Jake thought.

Jake created a saw of dark flames and made it spin while it approached the skeletons. While looking at them, he kept attacking the harpies, but this time, without using the dark flames. Thanks to that, the bolts weren't piercing their defenses anymore. Still, he was satisfied when he saw the skeletons being destroyed.

Your Recovery increased by 02 points.

Your Recovery increased by 02 points.

Your Recovery increased by 02 points.

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When they noticed that Jake was too busy to deal with them, the harpies began to fly toward him a lot faster than before. He also considered that such a thing would happen, but Jake still bit his lips in annoyance.

The harpies got close enough and began to attack the walls by flapping their wings and firing wind blades. The walls began to get damaged, and Jake let the enemies get carried away for a while… until he began to bombard them with Thunder Arrows.

The monsters tried to escape, but they were too close, and the projectiles were too fast… still, with the level of his magic power, Jake couldn't kill them. Still, some Thunder Slashes solved the issue.

Much to Jake's surprise, the enemies made their monsters retreat all at once. While that has been a good decision on their part, they still lost a few thousand monsters… Basically, they lost a full day of resources when it came to the monsters spawned by the crystals. Still, it was hard to say if that had been a good hit…

"I lost a few hundred Golems and wolves, and well, still, they can make them spawn faster than me," Jake thought.