"-and that’s all the information related to the enemy’s main players. The war will not end before we can at least defeat these six ’individuals’. Select your roles, and pray for victory. Any more questions?" - Carion
...I cut the thread leading to the Union as people were throwing their complaints at the Union Master in sothing akin to panic. I an, who can bla them? I also wanna panic...
War Quest: Civil War for Velantas
Allied Gods: Lusalki, Ultimate Goddess of Water.
Quest Description:
Monsters are attacking the city. Combatants, defend the city with your life!
More information
1st phase: Role Selection
Striker: Deal as much damage as you can!! One who slays the enemy from close range!!
Blaster: Give them no ti to rest!! One who snipes at the enemy from a distance!!
Tanker: Defend everyone with your sturdy body!! One who defends every ally!!
Battle Support: Make sure no one dies!! One who heals and supports allies!!
Rear Support: The lifeline of the army!! Support the front line by producing, producing, and producing weapons and consumables!!
I clicked on the "more information"-button and re-read what Carion had just said. An army consisting of Desert Tuna monsters, volcanic monsters, and goblins plus trolls, are all coming to Velantas. The size of the army is around four tis that of our numbers even...
Their average racial rank? D. Us? A flat E...
And there are those six bosses as well...
Yea-ah-ah-ah-ah... this is impossible...
I know. I designed that octopus and the Desert Shark after all. They’re bad enough on their own, and they’ve got armies with them. "Bosses shouldn’t have reinforcent like that!!" is what I wanna shout, but is anyone gonna do sothing about it if I do?
No. Not that there’s anything anyone can do...
And those "rcenaries"? "Give a break!!", is another thing I wanna shout out, but, like before...
This is impossible... we’re dead...
"Garami? There you-wha-!? You’re-! That Garami-! Cryyyyying!?" - ???
I turned my gaze up and saw... a half-Birdkin with black wings?
Na: Noire
Race: Fallen Nehushtan | Gender: Female
Level: 1
Karma Value: -155
Main Class: Thaumaturgist Lv.Max
Sub Class: Craftsman Lv.44
Sub Class: Archer Lv.6
Skills: 49
Titles: 16
Blessings: 0
Skill Points: 30.2
HP: 269/269 MP: 469/469 SP: 229/229
STR: 211 VIT: 217 MAG: 483
RES: 467 SPD: 379 DEX: 397
INT: 85 LUC: 95
Skill List:
Ability Skills:
[Health Increase (Small) Lv.15] [Mana Increase Lv.5] [Reduced Mana Consumption Lv.15] UP4
[MP Auto-Regeneration Lv.8] UP4 [Strength Increase (Small) Lv.2] UP1 [Vitality Increase Lv.1]
[Magic Increase (Small) Lv.Max] [Resistance Increase (Small) Lv.12] UP3 [Speed Increase Lv.1]
[Dexterity Increase (Small) Lv.Max] UP6
Attack Skills:
[Bow Arts Lv.5] UP2 [Mana Burst (Holy) Lv.13] UP1 [Glow Bullet Lv.26] UP1
Magic Skills:
[Holy Magic Lv.Max] [Healing Magic Lv.Max] [Support Magic Lv.37] UP1
[Purification Magic Lv.28] UP2 [Illusionism Lv.9] UP4 [Wicked Magic Lv.1] NEW
[Dispel Magic Lv.7] [Reactive Heal Lv.37] UP1
Crafting Skills:
[Accessory Creation Lv.34] UP1 [Arrow Creation Lv.5] NEW1 [talworking Lv.3]
[Carving Lv.35] UP2
[Polishing Lv.30] UP1
[Accessory nding Lv.4] UP2
[Mystic Confernt Lv.16] UP1 [Energy Confernt Lv.11] UP1 [Ability Bestowal Lv.16] UP1
[Magic Bestowal Lv.15] UP1
Active Skills:
[Holy Veil Lv.41] [Fallen Haven Lv.1] NEW [Workshop Creation Lv.9]
Passive Skills:
[Archery Lv.16] UP3 [Marksmanship Lv.2] NEW2 [Threadsmanship Lv.14] UP1
[Celestial Mana Manipulation Lv.2] NEW
[Magic Reinforcent Lv.5] UP2 [Deprave Lv.1]
Resistance Skills:
[Fear Resistance Lv.36] UP3
Perception Skills:
[Detect Evil Lv.45] UP4 [Crafting Analyze (Accessories) Lv.11] UP1 [Hawk Eyes Lv.6] UP2
Leadership Skills:
[Party Lv.39] UP7
Elents:
[Holy Elent Lv.39] UP1
Monster Skills:
[Fallen Halo Lv.1] NEW [Flight Lv.32] UP2 [Celestial’s Sight Lv.Max]
[Dreamlike Form Lv.4] UP2
Title List:
Achievent Titles:
[Holy Technique User] [Rescuer] [Magic Arts User]
[Legion of One] [Vermin Bane] [Accessory Artisan]
[Giant Killer] [Dungeon Raider] NEW
Hunting Titles:
[Undead Slaughterer] [Monster Slayer] [Skeleton Slaughterer]
[Zombie Slaughterer] [Ghost Slayer]
Status Titles:
[Fallen From Grace] [E-Rank Adventurer] [Liberator of Tir na Nog] NEW
No, just the sa old fallen angel. Her wings have just lost the purple parts for the blackness. Whatever...
"Why are you looking at with so disappointed eyes!? No, not that. Why are you crying all alone, not to ntion in a back alley that has been turned into a sloppy, gigantic spider nest?" - Noire
"Shut it! And why’re you even here!" - Garami
"The eyes of a Celestial never let a demon escape~. No, instead of that... ooh." - Noire
The fallen angel stopped midsentence after bragging about her [Celestial’s Sight] as if she realized sothing all of a sudden.
"You scared of the war?" - Noire
I didn’t answer and faced away from her. It’s not the war itself, but... the King Cobra. He’s also participating in this war. On the enemy side.
That guy’s bad. No matter what else, maybe except for Alvatria, that guy’s the last thing I ever wanna face. It’s not a question of strength or whatever. That guy’s just not possible. The fear carven into my heart those first weeks in my second life is not that easy to overco.
"...It is better to go down fighting than to go down doing nothing." - Noire
"Huh?" - Garami
"Those are the words lady Filyn gave to when I t her for the first ti. They are her motto in life and her reason for existence. I am not talented in cheering up people, but I know for certain those words have no ounce of falsehood in them." said the fallen angel with a gentle smile...
What the heck am I doing? Being so scared that I need the fallen angel, outta all people, to comfort ? Forgetting about the sa slogan I’ve been living with my whole life?
"...AAAAAAARGH!! You wanna see resist!? Then you’ll see the greatest mber of any resistance since forever!!" - Garami
Yeah, it’s not like to turn into a shut-in without any plans. The fact of being the trapped one instead of the trapper must have knocked off my ga. And you, stop smirking, you fallen-for-real angel...
"Why’re you in a bikini?" - Garami
The fallen angel was currently dressed in a beach fashion with a bikini, sandals, and even sunglasses. Other than that, and her black wings, she looks not that different from before, despite evolving...
"I was at the beach. A woman needs so sun every now and-" - Noire
CAPTURE!!
---
Later, at Armveil’s shop
"Sorry for my behavior..." - Garami
"Nah, no biggie." - Alf
"It’s nice to know there’s sothing Garami can’t handle." - Revi
After returning to the gang, which I had left behind without even an explanation, they seem to take my apology quite well.
"Then, what’s the plan for the war? Are we escaping?" asked Mira, who had been waiting with the rest at the shop.
"Sorry to say, but that’s impossible. The whole region’s locked away from the rest of the world, and the city is locked by those volcanic walls," answered Armveil, while still busy making loads on loads of items.
"...Can’t you take a break?" - Garami
"No can do. This is the work of the Rear Support group. Also, choose your role already! Those damn goblins could arrive at any mont!!" - Armveil
If you say so~. Still think Armveil’s good enough for Striker, rather, Smasher.
"I’m a non-combatant, but I’ll try to help Armveil here at the shop." - Gust
"Thanks. I could need the help of a cat, let alone a bird." - Armveil
"Striker for ." - Mira
"Then, Tank, I guess?" - Alf
"Tank." - Iron
"What are the roles for?" - Revi
"They are so the commanders can easily distribute orders to people, and those who you fight alongside with for the first ti in the war will understand what your disposition is thanks to the roles being visible when you focus on soone." - Mira
A natag in the order of teamwork, eh? Then I’ll be doing-
"If you are planning on doing so, can you release already!?" shouted the fallen angel, still tied in a bondage-style over her bikini, with everyone trying not to look at her out of pity.
Let’s see... the closest thing for to take must be Striker, due to the lack, and need, of scouts in this battle... thods of fighting are through skills and magic... Darkness attribute... movent through walking, since it may not be wise to use the Pale Horse... done!
QUEST SSAGE:
The Commander and all Officers have now registered. Proceeding to the next phase: Standby
Wait, we were the last ones?
QUEST SSAGE:
You have been selected as the Commander of the War Quest, so your role, Striker, has been replaced.
"HUH?!" - Garami
"What’s wrong... Commander!?" - Alf
They do see it. I can see theirs too now. The roles are written with the local letters and are above their heads, like titles in MMOs.
"Ho? Thinking about it, that’s no surprise." - Armveil
"Why not?" - Revi
"Because the Commander of a War Quest is the sa as a Party Leader for a Party. And just how many royalties are there in Velantas that are registered as combatants?" - Armveil
Ah-, aaaaaahhhh...
---
Later again, at the Union.
"Alright everyone, get to your positions already! Only the Commander and a few Officers are allowed at the strategy eting!" shouted the Union Master, chasing away the mobs.
F-finally... I thought I was gonna throw up... too many... peooooopleeeee...
After emptying the Hall, the Union Master sat down at the make-shift conference table where just a few individuals, such as myself and Armveil, were waiting.
"Excuse them. The Union’s mostly made up of n, so having a beauty for a Commander made them kind of excited." - Carion
Huh? Oh, no prob. I fainted when they all glared at , no harm done. *Shiver, shiver, shiver*
"Still, I never expected that our miss MVP would be a Royal Monster. Reality is stranger than fiction then." said the Knight Captain who was with us when we defeated the boss-spider.
"Strange or not, having a Commander that gives everyone an increase in both their stats and morals is warmly welcod." said the other knight at the table-, ey!! You’re the guy who visited the Water-Knot before! I knew I recognized the species of the Raptor parked outside! He said his na was Per-sothing, I think.
"Now, now. Take it easy on the girl. This is her first large battle in her life." - Armveil
*Sniff*. Glad I have one ally here!
"Then we will have the Officers of each division take charge of their group, with our princess-Commander giving us simple instructions." - Knight Captain
"With the Quest being so sudden, there’s no ti for additional Commanders after all..." - Carion
Yes, yes... who’s calling a princess, you bastard!!
Not hearing my complaints, the Knight Captain finished the list over the divisions.
Commander: Garami
Land Division 1: Knight Captain
Land Division 2: Mira Aureola
Artillery Division: Carion
Mobile Division: Percel
Support Division:
Rear Division:
Weapons: Armveil
Consumables:
Transport: Waylin
No clue who the guys in the Support Division and Consumables are.
"We will have the first Land Division consist of high-leveled warriors who can stand up against the various soldiers. Even a few C-ranked trolls have been spotted by the familiar scouts." - Knight Captain
"Then, the second Land Division needs to pull their weight against the remains?" - Armveil
"No need for that. The scouts have shown that the front-line of the enemy army consists mostly of goblins, with quite the amount of Lava Creatures from Iron Isle increasing their average rank." - Knight Captain
Wait, what!?
"Then, the real at is those Lava Creatures then." - Percel
"That’s right. We will have the second Land Division to take care of them. Your Mobile Division is nad such because you can travel over the water surface, so you will have to take care of the Desert Tuna-species." - Knight Captain
"Consider it done." - Percel
"As for the various boss-class monsters, we probably need to think with our feet. No telling what they will do." - Knight Captain
"About that, I think we can defeat at least one of them without many sacrifices." - Armveil
Armveil retrieved sothing from the suitcase-like item. It looked like a large needle, with an ominous-purple liquid inside. Everyone took a large step from the table when they laid their eyes on the object. ? I jumped to the wall.
"Relax. This is safely stored unless you break the pipe." - Armveil
"I-if you say so, sir Armveil. However, may I have the chance of asking, just what is that... thing?" - Knight Captain
"Specially-diluted Lean Hydra Poison!" - Armveil
I knew it!!
"That’s a sure ticket to the jail you’re holding there! And in such large amounts!" - Carion
"That’s why I asked you guys to relax. This is specially diluted to the point where the potency of the poison is reduced to a non-lethal level... as long as you do not get injected with the whole thing. If so, then even A-ranked Dragons will not stand a chance! This one is sothing an inventor-buddy of mine wanted to test out, so I was supposed to let a fiery companion of mine test it out the next ti she encountered a high-ranking monster. Never thought it would be used to defend the town. Makes wish she had sent more." - Armveil
"Uhm, I guess we can say it is in the grey-zone then, considering it’s not the real poison, and it is being used to hunt down a monster?" - Percel
"...Normally, we would not accept such an excuse, but this ti around, we have to look between our fingers." - Knight Captain
P-phew. Armveil escapes jail. And that ans we escape one of the two B-ranks... hmm?
"Uhm, I think I have an idea for the other one..." - Garami
I explained my plan to the Officers...
"What in the na of the Ultimate Gods-!?" - Knight Captain
"A-ha-ha-ha! Brilliant! Hey, Carion. Got sothing that fits the bill?" - Percel
"Hmm... yes, there is. At the docks. We just need to lure the victim over there..." - Carion
"That also decided the victim for the poison then!" - Armveil
And with that, the plans for the two biggest problems in this war were resolved... theoretically. I can’t just shrug off the feeling that sothing’s gonna flop...
"Just asking; there’s no way to be sure how to attain Leadership Skills without the risk of Waning?" - Garami
Not expecting anything, but hey, at this point, anything’s possible~.
"Garami, you have been struck with Waning before?" - Carion
"Over it now, but-" - Garami
"Then you should just have asked! Many of the knight guards often gain Waning before since they always gained too many Skill Points thanks to the constant work, or Quests if you want to call them that, for the gods and the city, so we created a magitech to observe the health of the soul. We do not need to fear Waning thanks to this! Here, you can have mine if you need it." said the Knight Captain before throwing sothing that looked like a wristwatch.
I slapped it on, and saw it showed so numbers in a section called "space left". Around 20...
"Hey, hey, hey, mister Captain! Why have you guys never told us about this device!" - Carion
"What, you wanted one as well? Then, after this battle is-" - Knight Captain
"Oh, no you don’t! Waning is the worst threat for adventurers, and you guys kept such an incredible item like this a secret? Are you picking a fight with all adventurers that exist! Do you want to die!" - Percel
"Say what?" - Knight Captain
"Better accept your just desert now, mister Knight." - Armveil
"N-now you have to be joking. Right, miss Garami-" - Knight Captain
"You damn tin can-geezer!! Get down and accept the wrath of this demon lord Garami!!" - Garami
"W-w-w-wait until after the battle-*KABOOOOM!*-GYAAAAAA!!" - Knight Captain
---
After... filtering the final details, we finally went to the battlefield, the harbor right in front of the stripe of volcanic land. Well, if you can call sothing that’s 1-kiloter wide a "stripe", that is. The harbor has been swiped clean in case there’s gonna be a battle on here, except for a stage made of wood. Was there sothing like that before?
All the combatants, sans for the special "Commander Defense Force", had jumped onto the volcanic land, ready for battle. So of them even looked bloodthirsty!
"Hey, are those guys alright?" I asked Armveil, who had also remained on land to be an ergency repair shop.
"It seems like a rumor has spread among the adventurers and the knights. Sothing about being able to ask out the extrely shy ’Princess-Commander’ if they make enough kills in the war or sothing." - Armveil
"That’s not even an iota amount of truth in it!! And why’re they wanting that kinda reward!?" - Garami
I hate to say so myself, but I’m not the kind of person you wanna enter a relationship with.
"Seems like all the negative rumors about you took a 180-degree turn after you evolved. Sothing about your appearance makes people’s hearts swoon." - Armveil
"That’s just so suspended-bridge-effect or sothing!!" - Garami
"Say that to the origin of the rumor. Think it was a certain Sprite wielding a sword..." - Armveil
That little-! ...Oh-oh.
"They’re coming." - Garami
"Finally able to see them, eh." - Armveil
A large army consisting of goblins, trolls, and what appears to be human-shaped globes of lava, marched towards the city with an order that could make you mistake them for so military from so prosperous country. And behind them, I could make out two silhouettes, One serpentine, and the other multi-headed. Hmm? Did they stop?
People looked restlessly at the other army until a stupid-large System ssage window appeared in the sky.
QUEST SSAGE:
READY?
"Ready"? Of course, we’re ready! Wait, why’re they asking us? Then, another one popped up beside . Eh? Wait, are you joking with !? Please say it’s a joke!!
"Yup, it’s one of those drama-wars. Expected it would be so after hearing it was only one commander." - Armveil
"Stop sighing and start explaining!" - Garami
"It’s just as I said. The gods like their wars with a touch of drama, so they force small acts like this. It’s kind of helpful, as there won’t be any backstabbing maneuvers while performing the act, except when that goddess of yours is among the sponsors." - Armveil
I can imagine that.
"...Do I have to?" - Garami
"Calm down and relax. But be quick about it. People and monsters are getting impatient." - Armveil
Which one is it!? Argh, fine! J-just stay c-c-cool. I-it’s just so-so r-roleplaying... in front of thousands of people... I think I’m gonna faint again...
Okay, new plan. Think about sothing else. Like Revi! ...Don’t work. Cute stuff doesn’t work here? What heresy!
If that’s the case, what about the opposite? The fallen angel... that tin can-geezer... the fact that stupid snake and its friends are trying to smash my perfect, civilized (to certain degrees) life...
*STAMP!*
I walked onto the stage, took a deep breath, and...
"Glad you could make it, O’ brave warriors! It is ti for war! A battle against the pests that dares threatened our and our beloveds’ ho! This cri deserves a thousand deaths, so let today be their first! Make them pay for even thinking to disturb our peace! May the blessing of Goddess Lusalki be with you! All troops, start the massacre! Leave no monsters alive!" - Garami
Along with the end of my line, a light-blue light enveloped the participants, I included, before being sucked into our bodies.
QUEST SSAGE:
War Quest: Civil War for Velantas has started.
War Blessing of Lusalki has been temporarily granted to all participants.
The combatants on both sides raised a warcry with enough force to make the city shake. The goblins and trolls were the first to move. The war had started. Show those bastards hell on Earth-, I an, on Terra Sol!!
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