Countree-Offensive

Countree-Offensive

Year 127

Activating the hero-item, the Holy Cannon of Alantara! The templars shouted. The hero item itself was a small item, but to power it, they had to build a massive array of crystals and mana-storage items. The array was ten times larger than the hero-item itself, and that single use broke most of the crystals.

The cannon was really just a small shotgun shaped item. Probably one of the heroes was a gunner or something when they made it.

The item glowed, and woosh a huge blast of energy shot out towards the walls.

I activated 5 [Steelwood Barrier]. Is this power stronger than the demonic supercannons long range attacks? It easily tore through my 5 barriers, and then defensive shields that were already there. Then, that entire section of reinforced wall exploded.

Wow. I was impressed. The heros item really made my wall look like cardboard. So, in short, the demons attacks had previously failed to break through my defenses because of my innate anti-demonic properties. Against the heros items, Im blocking it entirely based on stats and levels, and on that front, its still not enough.

Does this mean if Harris or Mirei tried to kill me, they could have succeeded? From this incident alone, I think the answer is yes. They could. They really could.

So, I decided I needed an insurance of some kind.

Like the grass that regularly regrows after fires scorched the lands, like the plants of the floodplains that respawn after every flood, I decided to extend my roots deep underground. As deep as I possibly could.

Then, I put my [Tree-heart] there. Even if they chop off my entire tree, as long as my [tree-heart] survived deep underground, I believe I can survive. I also added a big batch of [tuberous storage] around my tree-heart, like a seed, I have the nutrients and energy from the storage potatoes to respawn should I need to.

They wont be using that for a while. Edna said.

But we dont know what else they will use. Faris said, as the crusaders charged at the hole. The forces quickly retreated to the next defensive point. The temples have a lot of inherited items.

But each use is a waste. Edna frowned. Why didnt they use such items against the demons?

Im sure they did. They just have a lot of it.

Maybe since the heroes were around, they didnt see why they needed to use it, unless they were really desperate.

Since the strategy for this entire plan was to delay the enemy as long as possible, there were numerous layers of walls made.

Jura came and mentioned his concern. Since the temples are willing to use heroic items, its possible they may attempt to use an elite force, armed with heroic items to attack you directly.

I agree. Of course. There are probably heroic-grade teleportation items, or heroic-grade stealth items that they can use to attack me directly. The problem, of course, is that their users probably cant fully activate their abilities. Which is why the most heroic items are defensive in nature, because they needed large magical formations and runes to channel power to the heroic items.

Unless, there are heroic-grade batteries. Which makes a lot of sense.

> Already? I had hoped this war would last until the next demon king. Surely the older races would remember. It probably is. Your long wars... is it the demons and the gods? Relatively. If only it wasnt so. So it is. <

Spaizzer

I'm probably sounding like a broken record by now, but I'm still crazy busy with work, so I've not been able to work on side stories. That said, the regular chapters are still on a normal schedule. I had hoped to find some pockets of time and grow the gap between patreons and regular chapters, or create new tiers, but that'll have to wait :S

Anyway, this public chapter is one of my longest chapter to date at 7,300 words. I hope you like it. I edited it a few times to grow the Valthorn's role in the battle.

Thanks for reading, and just to shill a little, my patreon's 3 chapters ahead :)