"Will we be strong enough to tackle a Tier-3 Adventurer if we join our forces?" Michael asked the group of people surrounding him.
He had never fought a Tier-3 Adventurer, but he couldn't tell for sure if they were stronger than Lincoln Piedra and Zeke Lavita.
Michael did not have even a rough idea about their strength and how many weapons or soldiers would it take to overwhelm the attackers.
The Blood Oath Demon Monkey King, Tiara, Michael, and the EraldLeaf Adventurer team should be strong enough to deal with powerful opponents if they worked together. But was it enough to fight a Tier-3 Adventurer?
He was not confident about that, and both Lilica and Tiara shook their heads simultaneously to reaffirm his premonition.
"It won't be enough. Advancing to the 3rd Tier ant that they were either very talented or that they spent years and a great deal of effort to reach this far. Their experiences and battle strategies allow them to exhibit trendous power. Don't ever underestimate that!" Lilica warned.
Michael took her advice to heart.
With the incoming danger approaching them rapidly, and new allies – several hundred Blood Oath Demon Monkeys -- joining their ranks, Michael and the others spend the next 20 hours coming up with various plans to deal with the Jungle Expedition.
They took turns catching up on so sleep and rest to regain their stamina and replenish their used-up energy while always ensuring that soone was on guard to warn everyone if sothing unexpected was to happen.
Unfortunately, not even a full day after Michael tad Sun Demos, the Blood Oath Demon Monkey King, bad news reached them.
The scouts of the Jungle Expedition had slowly begun gathering near the outskirts of the Untad Jungle.
Icarus, who was hovering above the jungle, noticed their advance almost imdiately.
The Greater Eagle had been circling in the air all around Xiltra and the plains to watch the movents of their opponents. To Michael's misfortune, Icarus returned earlier than they'd hoped.
The Jungle Expedition was about to start.
One day was not enough to finish everything Michael had planned. He ca up with many strategies to stall his opponents and decimate their numbers, but they required ti – a luxury they didn't have right now.
He had to make so quick adjustnts to his plans.
Michael looked over to Tiara, Blaire, and a few others. He tilted his head for a while and nodded subconsciously once he ca to a conclusion.
"Can you do it without and the others?" He asked.
Tiara's eyes widened.
"You don't want to join the battle, master?" She asked, clearly displeased.
However, Michael just smiled.
"I trust you."
Three words was all it took to shut Tiara's mouth. She didn't even dare to retort to Michael after hearing those seemingly simple words.
Tiara nodded grimly and issued a silent sigh. Her head flicked to the side where Blaire and the others were standing, awaiting further instructions. A single gesture toward them was enough to make them move. They disappeared and returned to the territory first.
"We should give it a try," Michael mumbled to himself. He then started telepathic communication with Sun Demos.
Sun Demos and his underlings had left their habitat more than half a day ago. They initiated one of the more important steps of the multi-layered plan they'd co up with.
Sun Demos was sowhere within a radius of 10 kiloters from him. That was the current limit of telepathic communication between a Master and his tad monster. However, there was more to the 5-Star Taming Soultrait. It wasn't as simple as it seed.
Taming allowed him to communicate through their minds over a long-range, tap into the power of his tad monster, and order around Sun Demos' kind. The period was extrely short, but Michael could use a tiny portion of the Blood Oath Demon Monkey King's power.
[Tell your underlings to locate the scouts. If they're exposed, they can attack. Other than that, stay back and keep updated about the position of the scouts. We will hunt them down first.] Michael ordered Sun Demos.
[Guckuck?]
[Continue with the initial plan, yes. But don't overdo it. The main force of the Jungle Expedition won't enter the Untad Jungle before noon, given how slow they travel.]
Michael ca up with rather simple battle strategies because they didn't have ti to enact special tactics that required exceptional teamwork between the Demon Monkeys and Michael's army.
They would hunt down the scouts before they could return to report. The goal was to keep the Jungle Expedition team in the dark about the Untad Jungle's detailed topography, monster habitats and other important details.
Michael wanted to use the environnt as their ultimate advantage and hide the fact that the Blood Oath Demon Monkeys were practically part of his army.
Next, the EraldLeaf Adventurer team split up into five groups. They created five hunting units using the Forest Walkers, a bunch of Archers, and a few more units that could fight lee and long-range simultaneously.
Their numbers and strength were more than enough to wipe out the scouts. That was sothing Michael was certain about.
The hunting units passed through the Untad Jungle's outer area using the well-developed and hidden canopy bridges. The canopy bridge network had developed rapidly in the last few weeks. It was no problem to swiftly move through the territory in a range of five kiloters, which provided great montum and saved travel ti.
Lilica accepted his orders without delay, and she handed Michael a small orb before leaving with her hunting unit.
The other mbers of the EraldLeaf Adventurer team followed suit. They vanished one by one to complete the tasks they'd been given.
Michael and the rest finished their last preparations as well before they began to move.
For the next three hours, hunting down the scouts held the biggest importance.
Michael kept talking to Sun Demos even while moving to stay up to date about the situation. That way, he could convey ssages to the people around him after they returned from hunting a few scouts.
The Hunters collected the scouts' corpses and brought them back to Michael who stored the corpses of the adventurers away.
Afterward, he gave the Hunters a new target, using the information Sun Demos and his underlings had collected.
Michael was the single point of contact and a bridge for everyone right now. Due to the constant influx of information provided by Sun Demos, Michael could pinpoint the location of the invaders easily. He would relay that information to the Hunters who would then sneak up and attack the invaders.
anwhile, Sun Demos finished the other tasks he had been given as well.
He and his underlings finished riling up the Tier-2 Monsters located near the border to the Untad Jungle's middle zone.
Sun Demos ca up with the idea to use the Tier-2 Monsters in the middle zone against the mbers of the Jungle Expedition.
The Blood Oath Demon Monkey King had made various enemies over the course of years, and his army had fought them often enough to know how to enrage them.
The Blood Oath Demon Monkeys split up and actively infiltrated the territory of their enemies during the last 24 hours.
They either stole their eggs, squashed them, or hurt their youngest. Then the Blood Oath Demon Monkeys continued to fool around with their enemies – slowly luring them away from their natural habitat and enraging them more and more.
By the ti it was noon, the Demon Monkeys had enraged most of their enemies. They'd pulled them to the Untad Jungle's outer area where they found themselves faced with the invaders of the Untad Jungle.
Around the sa ti, the Jungle Expedition began to invade the Untad Jungle – just like Michael predicted earlier.
Yet, the mont the invasion began, the Jungle Expedition was faced with sothing they didn't predict.
Given the information provided by Adventurers who had entered the Untad Jungle in the past, they weren't supposed to encounter Tier-2 monsters until they reached the border to the middle zone. At most, their biggest problem would be the overpopulation of fierce Tier-1 Monsters.
That was what they had expected to face and easily overwhelm.
However, the reality was brutal.
When the first Adventurers and rcenaries encountered the hordes of angry Monsters that were dashing through the Untad Jungle's densely grown flora and fauna with great nimbleness, their first reaction was shock. They couldn't comprehend how easily the monsters of the Untad Jungle could move around the obstacles in their way.
The Monsters used the thicket to hide the changes in their movent patterns before launching their bodies higher in the air, using the 'obstacles' as launching pads.
That was how the Blood Oath Demon Monkeys could escape their enemies, while also pulling the attention of the Jungle Expedition's main force to the flood of monsters that appeared out of nowhere.
The Untad Jungle was revolting against its invaders.
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