Chapter 322: Assault On Spirit Tree
It had been three weeks since his first skirmish. The Spirit find itself bored. There is nothing else that happened otherwise, though she could not put her guard down less she get caught by surprise.
It is a good thing she is paranoid as an attack came at the 2nd day of the third week. She did not have to search for the enemies as they blatantly making their moves.
However, while she was glad they finally stop doing the annoying skirmish, the sight in front of her made she wish they stick to it.
The enemy had gathered a force numbered about 200 000 monsters, all of them looking like they are more than capable of leveling the forest on their own.
She did not know the average strength of the enemies but she could easily find the really powerful monsters, those that equal to her strongest guardians.
And with no luck on her part, there are 59 such beings, not including the flying leaders. Aside from 59 powerful monsters, she could also see several humans of similar strength, all looking out of place in an army of monsters.
She wondered if they joined forces with the demon, before pushing the thought away. Speculation will not help her now. She need to prepare for what will likely decide the fate of the Spirit Tree and the forest she spent so long protecting.
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"Looks like someone's afraid," Alros exclaimed with a smile. From the way the ene,yes forces were mobilized, he could see hint of panic and fear. Since the guardians are more like puppets to the Spirit, it's likely her feeling that cause them to act like this.
The Archdemon did not know if his plans accelerate it or the fact the large number of monsters that cause her to be this way, but either way, it weakened his enemies.
"Order them to get into formation," since one day they will need to go against the standing armies of Astor Kingdom, Alros taught them of battle formation and the importance of it.
Thankfully, they are smart enough to understand. Though, he wish some of the intellect can be changed into discipline. Thankfully, they will follow order of their superiors so he did not have to worry about it.
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He then watched as his monsters formed the standard formation. He split them based of species due to their sizes and their behaviors. Even Demon Goblins are small, at least compared to other Demon variants, so, they could not be put into a formation with the other monsters, or there will be vulnerable spot as a result.
Hobgoblins and Orcs are larger than the other monsters, causing the same trouble as Goblins. The only one that could form a battle formation together are the Kobolds and Lizardmans, and it still not perfect due to the difference in walking and strides.
Alros then watched as they formed up, something almost impossible few days ago. He had truly gone far since the first time he caught a Slime.
A smile formed on his face before it turn serious. One last order was given to his leading monsters,
"Prepare to fight,"
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As the monsters formed up, they began making their way towards the Spirit Tree. As they get nearer, arrows of woods rained down towards them. It would have killed many if not for the fact every monsters carried a shield.
The shield in question are made of strong woods with steel at the edge, allowing it to be a deadly weapon if needed.
As they walked in the rain of arrows, there bound for some to die, arrows hitting the opening of the shield and hitting the chinks of their armor, if they are wearing any.
However, the number that fell only mere drops compared to the number of monsters slowly making their way towards the Spirit Tree.
Seeing this, the enemy retreated, unleashing their second trick.
Soon, rain of green orbs fell from the sky.
"So, the mages decided to attack. Intercept them, my beasts," with his order, all of his flying bugs flew towards the green orbs, catching the attack in place of the monsters below them.
Since they reproduce fast, Alros did not mind sacrificing some of his flyers, in favor of keeping his stronger monsters alive.
When the green orbs stopped, Alros decided it is their turn,
"Fire," behind the melee fighters, mages began to cast their spells. Leading them are his first Goblin Archshaman, the next tier of Goblin High Shaman, Zena, and a Ogre Enchanter, one of the next tier of Ogre.
The spells soon flew towards the enemy, raining down towards the tree used as barricade. While the trees are able to hold some of the attack, it soon shown sign of wavering, with some burned and destroyed by the overwhelming magic.
It did not take long before some of the guardians to meet their demise, unable to block the heavy onslaught. However, trees soon grew in place, as it covered the guardians, protecting them from being hit by the spells.
Alros looked at the newly grown barrier with a frown, before a smile replaced it.
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The Spirit watched calmly, as her guardians made their escape. This is clearly a real assault, not fake like before. Thankfully, she was able to erect a barrier in time, allowing more of her guardians to survive against the enemies.
She soon frowned as 10 beings flew towards the barrier. The frown turned into panic as black flame appear on their hand before they unleash burst of Demonic Flame into the barrier.
The Spirit could not help but feel into panic, giving order to her magic user to destroy the black fire. The result is a limited success as whenever one fire was put down, another burn brighter.
The Spirit could only watch fearfully, hoping that her enemy would be merciful this time and don't try to burn the forest. Maybe they will have some use for it.
To her surprise, aside from burning the barrier, they did not do anything else. They did not even chase after the retreating guardians. This cause the Spirit to frown once more, unable to tell what is going on inside the demon's head.
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"Keep most of them alive if you can. They will be good addition to our forces,"