Master Of None

Chapter 2299: 2299. All In Place

The way that the forces traveled to where su was outside of the mirrored hills was simple. Those with the ability to fly partnered with the dragon or the mages to move much faster. Using wind mana to speed their movements was easily the best option for them. While those on the ground had prepared carriages or were running in formation.

Buffs from healers were also a perfect addition to those who wanted to get there faster. It was the single biff that could improve how everyone recovered from this quicker travel while also the buff that allowed them to even get there. Other supporters felt the same and ensured that they had buffed many before they found their own way on to a carriage to maintain those buffs over the trip.

As the forces began to gather, the information about why was shared. It was also clear that the size of the area was not as small as originally found. Those who had gotten the original research were shocked to see that the area of the mirrored hills had more than doubled. Proving that they had a large problem on their hands.

While it took a day or more for some forces to get to the camp, Su had not faced a perfect and calm wait. Instead, the aggression of the monsters within the mirrored hills, no, within their nests, had grown.

"I have eight teams of ten archers each. They can handle whatever flying monsters appear during the day. You mentioned that they have wings covered in wind mana, so we have forged arrows made of metals that will disrupt their wind mana control due to the runes on them." Gil didn't hesitate the moment that he landed with his archers.

Ventus had carried a great deal of archers. All of them had multiple arrows forged for situations where they might needed to combat wind affinity monsters.

It had been some time since the crafting guild and the elves had become closer in some ways. It was the way that the elves crafted their own arrows for archery that caught the attention of the crafters within the guild.

They cared about the high class techniques being used which others could not use unless they were an archer themselves. Otherwise, they also had their own ideas which were already being mixed in to forging and crafting in general. One idea was using runes to disrupt the natural mana flow of a monster or enemy.

The idea was already used by mages to some degree since whoever had the better understanding of a mana between two mages would normally be able to take over that mana in a magical battle. Halting the ability of the other mage to use it properly. But there were also skills which disrupted mana entirely, which Walker could do.

Therefore, the principal was used with arrows, specifically, elemental arrows which were now being readied by the archers Gil brought with him.

"Good, That will help control any damages that we need to worry about from anything that flees and tries to lay their eggs in the fields somewhere else. We need to keep this handled." Su stopped for a breath before pointing ahead at some monster bodies. "Those are the monsters that have stopped so far. Fire magic was able to cause them some issues since their wind affinity wings made the fire increase, but they can fly too fast so your archers will take the perimeter with the dragonkin to guard them from the front."

The order was followed well since Su was the most knowledgeable of the situation. Also, since this was her expedition in the first place. She had called everyone here for the risk which they would all face.

"Su! Ignus and I have explosive potions, but we are setting them up so that they can be thrown and drilled in to the ground using these cheap metal tubes made by the dwarves. I thought that they would be useful for when the dwarves need to break a lot of tough stones. They loved the idea."

Saying this casually was just stunning to Su for a moment. Remey had causally partnered with the dwarves on using the explosive potion in a more controlled method for their clearing of stone or caves. Yet right away it had become a weapon to destroy the nests of invasive monsters which could cause a great deal of death? It was hard to wrap her head around.

"The dwarven golems can bring them in since they can be controlled with just orders. We aren't going to let the spirit race controlled golems anywhere near these monsters since the mana they use might have some issues." Since Remey and the dwarves had already worked this out, Su just pointed at the archer squads so that Remey could start splitting up the explosive potions and other materials along with the dwarven mechanical golems.

"Onyx is remaining with the serpents as they are beginning the excavations of the newly found ruins. They are also prepared to leave everything and use a teleportation rune formation being crafted now to come here if need be." Walker's arrival had been quick enough to give an update. He had trusted that onyx would not be needed here since the serpents were not going to be a focus on the battle strength of these forces.

This was not an insult to the younger serpents who had partnered with other researchers to explore the ruins. Instead. It was a sign of trust that they would remain focused on the exploration and potential betterment of Genesis while major issues were being handled. It also separated them from the dangers here since other dangers could appear. Temporary elemental tune teleportation formations were not easy to build, but the rune carvers were talented. They could only be used a few times before degrading since they were not as well planned out. However, they were valuable since they would allow there to be a better chance that reinforcements could arrive at a moment's notice.

Reinforcements that could surprise an enemy by coming out of nowhere. Literally.

"I finished reading the appraisal too. And the bodies were also enough to get more information. You were lucky that they have not been swarming because most of them are in their false rat form right now. But those ones recently hatched from that form in to the blade flies."

Su stopped in her tracks. "You are saying that they are going to be causing us more issues sooner rather than later then." She was ready for this eventuality, but she had yet to put everyone in place.

"Ignus! Get the fire mages, the tamers with fire affinity monsters, and anyone else with the right skills. We are going to push forward faster. Before things get worse." There was a large snort from Ignus since he hated being ordered.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

But what he hated more was the fact that these small little monsters could cut through his dragon scales. Something that Terron also had found incredibly insulting. He was an earth dominator dragon, yet here he was, hearing that some monster which relied on earth mana could become a wind monster able to cut through his defenses?

The earth dragons were some of the toughest dragons, yet some small thing could cut through them? If that was not an assault to his pride and history, then what was?

"Simply put, Su, we need to move faster and Mordant and I will help. Rise is already keeping an eye on the sky to make sure nothing flies away and out of sight. Current and the water mages are preparing themselves to extinguish the flames. Terron has brought some of the larger earth crystals to be able to break open every single nest in these mirrored hills." "Yes, I know Walker. We have the right people working the right positions. Now we need to do the work." Su set her shield down and stretched her arms out before taking a deep breath. "All forces, prepare for the extermination of ancient monster pests. We are the only ones with the preparations and knowledge to protect this world from them as we are now!"

Her shout brought forth a shout from everyone preparing and separating to keep things under control. She had used a little bit of her mana in her voice proving that she could easily use a weaker version of a dragon's roar if she had desired to do so. As it was, this had been more of a call to action than anything.

The plans were in place. The people were ready. Now they would move united to handle this problem and prevent it from becoming an issue to plague them for years to come. "I'm ready." Walker nodded to Su after she said this. She would be following his movements in dropping the last pieces of the puzzles in to place.

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