( Rocky's POV )
Rocky noticed the loud noise coming from the tower entrance.
With all the bright attacks and strong shockwaves, it was hard to miss. But he couldn't let himself get too distracted as he had to mirror the God Ravan, which was his top priority.
"Quick revision boy, what was the second rule?" Ravan asked Rocky, as without missing a beat Rocky replied "Battlefield Awareness".
Grinning, Ravan threw him a thumbs up sign as he was happy with Rocky's response.
This was the first time that Ravan was interacting with Rocky and although he was only demonstrating and restricting his movements to a fighting style that Rocky could mirror, he also acknowledged the fact that Rocky was doing a good job keeping up with the pace he set for him.
9999999/10000000 warrior's would have failed to keep up with the pace War God Ravan set for them, however, Rocky was special.
Having spent a few minutes with him, Ravan began to feel as if choosing him as a champion wasn't all that bad of a choice either.
"Correct! And according to your current battlefield assessment, what do you think needs our most attention?" Ravan asked Rocky, who looked around for a bit before fixing his eyes towards the area where Karna and Cassius were fighting hordes of undead alone.
"Guildmaster Karna won't make it out alive without our help. I think he's the one who needs our help the most" Rocky said as Ravan smiled and gave him the double thumbs up sign.
"You're a quick learner.... That's a correct assessment! The one who needs our help the most right now is Karna" Ravan said, as he looked towards Karna and calculated a path through to him.
"Well Rocky, if you want to earn your name as the Champion Of Gemini, this is your chance.
Pope Cole is fighting to our left and the True Elites are not too far off either.
Holding the front lines will achieve nothing, this fight only ends when the Lich dies. However, breaking ranks now and pushing forward will be risky.
Do you have the charisma required to rally men to Karna's support?
Do you have what it takes to win this war for Earth?" Ravan asked in a teasing voice, as Rocky took his words as a challenge.
In Ravan's point of view, whoever made Earth's Defense strategy was clearly a fool as Earth's plan was seriously flawed when it came to ending the fight.
The victory or defeat of the undead army was solely dependent on the life and death of the commanding Lich, which was why according to Ravan, the main focus of Earth's forces once the Lich appeared should have been on taking him down.
The moment these words entered Pope Cole's ears, he felt a chill run down his spine as he immediately swore fealty to Rocky.
"My strength is yours to command-" Pope Cole said respectfully as Ravan clapped from a distance looking at this performance.
"Alright then, please be ready to charge at my signal" Rocky said, as he began cutting a new path forward towards the area where the True Elites Guild's main force was fighting.
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( Meanwhile Neatwit )
The moment Karna bit into the third sword and charged off on his own, Neatwit understood that he was now the acting guildmaster.
Usually, Karna was the only one involved in day to day guild operations as Neatwit rarely ever showed up to fulfill his duties.
Today however, Neatwit had to step in and fill Karna's shoes, and although he did a good job leading the guild, he simultaneously felt extremely suffocated on the inside.
If he had his way, he would have handed off the guild's responsibilities to someone else and rushed to join Karna in his battle against the Lich.
However, the guild needed him and he could not abandon his duties as the Vice Guildmaster when Karna was absent.
"Hey, Faizer fall back, you've pushed on too much.
Rex, cover him. That idiot will get himself killed.
Hey, Mohsin, if your sword is broken then throw it, pick a new one from the ground, there are plenty lying below" Neatwit screamed as he tried to coordinate the troops around him.
However, even though he was focused on leading the guild, his eyes darted towards what Karna was doing constantly, as the stuffy feeling in his chest kept growing larger and larger.
'Damn I wish I could help Karna, he looks completely surrounded by undead-' Neatwit thought, as he gulped a mouthful of saliva in his dry throat.
He wanted to go help Karna desperately, however, he lacked the courage to defy central orders and change attack strategy on his own.
'Ha- I am so useless.....' Neatwit thought, as he laughed a self-deprecating laugh, however, just as he was having these self doubts, a voice cut through the bustle of the battlefield and entered his ears.
" VICE GUILD MASTER NEATWIT..... VICE GUILDMASTER..." A kid seemed to be shouting, as looking behind, Neatwit was surprised to see Rocky approaching.