Rocky's return to Earth was a massive deal as in the six months absence that he was away from Earth, his popularity seemed to have reached the sky.
His face was plastered on absolutely random places such as coffee mugs, gym wall papers, light poles and more.
Pope Cole had a photo of him working out from one of his Vlogs as his screensaver and somehow Rocky felt in his guts that the same photo was bound to be the screensaver of many teenage girls as well.
Just on his way from Ground Zero to Country X, he found illegal use of his image rights in 13 different locations, however, there was absolutely nothing that he could do about it.
"All of Earth will rejoice at the news of your return, Sir Rocky, especially the soldiers, they would all have a huge surge in morale" Pope Cole told him, however, Rocky felt unsure if this would really be the case.
Rocky knew that people of Earth were fanatics regarding the Gemini gods, however, he did not think that any man with half a brain would have much hope from him in the upcoming war.
He had not even been in a serious sparring duel yet, let alone a war and although he had returned home, he was unsure of the kind of role he was to play in the upcoming monster tide.
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( Climber's Association Headquarters, Country X )
Instead of going to the upside, Rocky first went to the Climber's Association Headquarters alongside Pope Cole, where he was scheduled to meet with Association Leader Cody, Guildmaster Karna and more important people.
"Greetings Champion-"
"Greetings-"
"Thank you for coming back-"
"Bless Gemini"
From the second Rocky walked into the climbers association headquarters, human staff and veteran climbers alike began bowing and greeting him.
Their eyes seemed to be filled with devotion and their aura when seen through his aura skill appeared to be incredibly thick green in color, as for a moment Rocky felt uncomfortable being on the receiving end of such genuine devotion.
Smiling and waving at all of them, Rocky kept his composure, however, his VIP treatment did not end there.
The moment he stepped into the lift with Pope Cole, the lift operator, who was trying his best to hold his tears, could no longer do so, as he began crying out loud as the lift began to ascend.
"Please Lord, bless this despicable human..... if you bless me, I'll surely live a long and fruitful life" The lift operator said, as he piously bowed to touch Rocky's feet.
For a split-second, Rocky felt like receding his feet, as he did not wish for a man elder to him touching his feet, however, he did not wish to deny the man's sentiments either.
Standing calmly, he let the man touch his feet as he placed his hand over his head and said "May The Gemini Gods Bless You"
However, when Rocky completed writing his suggestions and submitted them back to Karna, the guildmaster of the elites felt sweat trickle down the side of his neck.
"Y-you just thought about this on the fly?" Karna asked Rocky in shock, as Rocky nodded his head calmly.
"Hey, Neatwit, take a look at this-" Karna said, as he passed the paper with Rocky's suggestions to Neatwit, who studied it for a while and then beamed "THIS IS GENIUS"
By this point, all the room's attention had been diverted to Neatwit and Karna, as the rest of the room wondered as to what the two were talking about.
"What is genius? I thought you both were just trying to keep the kid busy, do you really expect us to take his advice seriously?" Asked Guildmaster Mark as Neatwit shook his head and passed the paper to Mark.
"Here, take a look for yourself and decide" Neatwit said, as Mark snatched the paper from Neatwit rather arrogantly, before studying it in depth.
At first, Mark did not want to admit it, however, after a while even he started to have sweat trickle down his neck, as he had never seen such a thorough and lethal plan.
"This....this is good" Mark admitted, as now the curiosity of the room reached its peak.
"What's good? What's going on?" Asked Cody, as Karna gestured for Rocky to speak up.
"Basically, I think we are not using the terrain of ground zero fully to our advantage in my opinion.
We have massive pits built near the tower, however, we are not using those pits as a trap but rather as a speed-breaker, which is not optimal in my opinion.
Alternatively, We can fill the ground zero pit with an artificial/hollow base and allow the undead army to cross over initially.
Then, as we feel that the area above the false base had been filled fully with undead, we detonate the base and have the undead fall into the pits where we can have fire inscriptions built into the walls.
Not only can we cut the first undead tide in half using this strategy, once the undead fall inside the fire pits, they will incinerate to ashes in such a way that their regeneration would become impossible.
Not only that, but we will also have cut off their first wave, and the undead that have crossed initially would be without backend support and easy to deal with.
This way, we can kill more undead and still have the pit serve as a speed breaker, but my plan also modifies it as a trap" Rocky explained crudely, as all the guildmasters present in the room were dumbfounded listening to his plan.
"Shakuni.... This is the great god Shakuni speaking through him. This strategy.... It's too good! "said Paladin Patrik, as tears of joy began streaking down his chin.
"Hey, Rocky, come sit here with me, have a look at what I'm planning too...."
"Once you're done with it, come have a look at my strategy too, tell me if I can make any adjustments"
Once Rocky showed a glimpse of his competency, the more moderate elements of the room instantly asked for his counsel, while even the more extreme ones found themselves smiling.
Although they did not accept Rocky as a warrior, at least as a strategist, he seemed to be a natural.