There were a few chuckles and the tension was largely out of the first few squads but they weren’t relaxed They were stretching muscles and tightening shield straps squeezing the shafts of their axes and adjusting their fur and snakeskin armor These were the men that had survived at least two nights
Although they hadn’t been at this for long they knew their business If they didn’t they would be dead already
The front runners of the monsters had slowed scared but the second wave surged forward running past screaming their fury Again and again the Ghosthound pointed his finger the harbinger of death
But there was a 3rd wave of monsters and a 4th and 5th and the Ghosthound drank a mana potion and broke them all
10 more surged forward Grim eyed he reached up and cracked his neck Above a bird screeched and a strange winged creature with a woman’s head and torso dove towards them talons flashing
Clarissa
Oh doggy The blonde girl interrupted batting her eyelashes How about you let me go first
A strange glowing hawk condensed on the girl’s outstretched arm and threw itself up wings beating Then it streaked upwards meeting the harpy creature midair The screeching was abruptly cut off and the harpy fell down in two pieces The hawk swooped around ripping through some of the approaching harpies but there were dozens
The Ghosthound rolled his eyes looking surprisingly human as he grinned at the blonde girl If that’s all Clarissa
Would it be that uncomfortable to give a compliment every once and awhile The stoic type is cool and attractive but a lot of people are drawn to the gap too The blonde girl muttered But then she stamped her foot and waved her arms and suddenly a crow a hummingbird a goldfinch and an eagle sprung into existence all made of that strange glowing energy and flew up joining the hawk
Each of them seemed to be more weapon than natural creature ripping holes through the harpies just by flying into them Harpy bodies fell like rain The bird bodies sizzled and flickered but they silently screamed their fury and slaughtered their way through the harpies
But as soon as they appeared they faded the blonde girl collapsing in a sweating heap
I suppose that’s my cue Clarissa said stepping forward and summoning icicles which she began to throw expertly spearing a flying harpy
You too The Ghosthound rumbled and Annie started Her
He wanted her to hit wildly flying birds
At night While they swooped down and tried to kill her
Admittedly the Ghosthound shot any down that came too near all the while throwing fireballs at the ground army leaving wide gaps in the flood of monsters
Gritting her teeth Annie knocked an arrow and raised her bow taking aim But as she tried to track the Harpies her vision just blurred their movements too confusing
So she just closed her eyes and loosed hoping for the best
She was rewarded with a screech She opened her eyes shocked to find an arrow through the eye of a harpy the body crumpling and falling to the ground She gained a level in Archery Mastery
Feeling giddy she quickly knocked another arrow and shot it That one ripped the throat out of one harpy and ricocheted away taking another in the chest
She gained another level in Archery Mastery
The Ghosthound gave her a long look
Nice shots
But then he was turning away glaring towards the sky Still too far away He muttered
Aegis The call came a golden light suffusing the first squad as they ripped easily through the first wave of enemies and then the second But as more came they came more thickly Wolverines and Lizards and Imps
At this point the people in the first squad were all above level 10 and could take several of each enemy on at once But if there were 100
They weapons slashed forward in short brutal strikes Admittedly they were still pretty clumsy but they were getting the hang of roman legion style fighting
Annie killed another harpy and shook her head sadly That was another reason why her Dozer wasn’t in charge his fighting style didn’t match the strategy
Finally the Ghosthound said looking up towards the sky Here they come
Chapter 47
Randidly gathered fire and released it aiming upwards He didn’t bother with calculating wind or speed but just reached up and adjusted the flight path slightly with his extremely high control stat backed by his willpower
His fireball struck the wing of the first huge condor the bird screaming and sliding sideways losing its ability to glide with a huge chunk of its wing blown off But dozens more cruised lower aiming for the base
First Squad switch Donny called his squad sliding back one individual at a time a member of the second squad It was a smart ploy Having the first squad at the back to deal with what came would be smart
Randidly threw several more fireballs upwards The first condor crashed into ground its fully 30 meter wingspan smashing dozens of monsters on the ground It didn’t appear to have a high level or any offensive weapons but it was able to carry around 30 monsters on its back while gliding Randidly had seen them hoping off the mountain looming Donnyton them to get up speed and slowly gliding down here
It was annoying but the condors themselves weren’t too big of a problem it was what they represented that was scary Randidly activated his Eyes of the Spear Phantom and looked the back of the horde But low leveled monsters rushed out unendingly
Not yet huh
Randidly drank a mana potion and tossed a dozen more fireballs up into the air ripping holes in wings and blowing heads entirely off bodies Most crashed into the monster mass sowing chaos but there were far too many of the condors Several times the condor crashed on their side of the wall around two dozen groggy monsters staggered off the condor met by the newer squads backed by the 1st squad
The only problem occured when a condor crashed onto the wall splintering the wood and giving the monsters hand holds to crawl over the tall walls
Luckily Decklan’s group appeared like ghosts ripping through the distracted monsters while Sam gleefully had his men drag the condor over the wall Shaking his head Randidly admitted to himself that Sam’s pursuits were getting decidedly strange Randidly saw Sam just a small gash and his head and rub blood on the body before looking at it with greedy eyes
The way he looked at a fresh monster body he had never seen before it wasn’t moral
Randidly continued to rain fire down on the attacking monsters his skill level increasing the explosion getting marginally larger inch by inch
The squads rotated smoothly the fresh recruits stumbling but surviving Ptolemy was there healing scratches bandaging wounds replacing any wooden shields that broke
Randidly spared a glance for the Weather Witch and the Archer Both possessed a surprising amount of mettle standing tall while harpies attacked the group of them up here Not that he would let any get close enough to matter but still Both were accurate Both were practical Both were blessedly silent
Mana potion Lyra chirped playfully poking Randidly’s side Shaking his head he tossed her a mana potion As annoying as he thought he should find it it was hard to be too put off when every time she summoned those glowing birds of hers she ripped through a dozen enemies clearly demonstrating her skill It was almost nice Randidly admitted to himself to have someone who didn’t look at him with fear and awe She treated him like a person
The fact that she was a lovely teenager who managed to master skills that Randidly hadn’t managed to imititate didn’t hurt her appeal either
After dealing with Lyra he turned back and scanned the battelfield a long slow smile forming
Looming at the back crouched down but abundantly clear was a large wolverine Too large And Randidly could clearly see it’s name and Level glowing blue
Godmother Wolverine Lvl 19
Randidly prepared to go meet it then thought better of it Instead he turned towards the forces below Half of which were grunting and fighting half of which were bent over and panting