Regardless of how many snide remarks I made in my mind, there was clearly no way he would have heard them. As for this talk about aid, the Warhorse obviously had sothing else to add onto that.
Just as I saw him nod his head, the Warhorse elder then spat out a few words that almost made want to murder him: The gist of it is correct but theres just a little sothing you got mixed up: the ones drawing their attention is you all, we are the ones doing the rescuing. I hope you dont get this mixed up later on.
how about I just say no? Hmph, only a moron would accept that, you clearly want us to be cannon fodder!
How about no.
What if I
Im terribly sorry but we dont have a lot of ti to waste. Every second we waste here, the chances of our kin getting injured becos higher. Thats why I hope you lot will be more cooperative lest I have to resort to force.
By my rough calculations, the Demonic Fire Igneous Giants took roughly ten minutes to chase us up to this point. If they were to take this exact route back, the distance and ti taken would probably be the sa as well. However, since they werent chasing anyone this ti around, their speed should be noticeably slower; given my recent experience with them, that should be about thirty minutes of walking.
In order for the Warhorses to return to their kin, they would have to circle around the giants undetected, aning they would have to take a longer ti than usual, bringing the approximate timing to about thirty minutes as well. In light of that, it was basically impossible for them to rescue their kin.
Naturally, there was no way the elder would accept such an outco, especially given how much importance he placed on the lives of his fellow horses.
It was precisely because of this reason that he was wasting ti on us now, forcing us to be a decoy for them. While we held the attention of the Demonic Fire Igneous Giants, the Warhorses planned on rushing back to save their injured mbers. While it might have sounded difficult, it was basically just a matter of ti difference. We simply had to delay the giants on their way back.
Forcing us like thisI bet you already thought of this whole plan when you were retreating Gritting my teeth and holding back my fury, I stared unblinkingly at the elder.
I truly wanted to give his horse face a resounding punch right now, but unfortunately I couldnt. He was clearly stronger than us and the weak had no say in such matters. I was but a piece of at before the cleaver that was his power; resistance was futile. Looks like I really have to be a moron this ti
One minute, if you cant co to a decision in one minute, Ill kill off one of you. Dissatisfied with our hesitance, the elder coldly eyed us all before finally stopping on Mo Na, who was still in my arms right now.
Mama The pressure of a Six-stars wasnt sothing an infant like Mo Na could endure right now so the mont his cruel gaze fell on her, she whimpered slightly before burying herself in with a tighter hug, body trembling all the while. She was scared. For the first ti ever, my little daredevil was scared.
well go. Mo Na was my weak spot, that much was certain, and that d*mned horse actually used that to force into submission. Blast it allif only I was a little stronger As those thoughts ran through my head, I forced my head down and averted my eyes. Looks like theres no escaping this fate then
As the saying went in this world, never doubt the threats of a fiendish creature or you will not live to regret it.
All we need is thirty minutes. Seeing that we finally understood our situation, the Warhorse elder instantly dropped the threatening attitude and instead put on an air of absolute generosity as he said: If you manage to kill the Demonic Fire Igneous Giants, the rewards are all yours, we wont try to snatch them from you.
Horsepoop! What makes you think we can magically take them down after over a hundred of you failed to do so! Youre off your rocker, I swear! Even sarcasm has its limits, theres clearly just a hole in your brain right now!
Unfortunately for him, all that would never escape my lips, dood to forever be buried in my heart.
In the face of an insurmountable foe, the best course of action would be to not provoke him. After all, the one who would suffer in the end would always be you.
Just like that, we were sent on our rry way back along the sa route we just passed by not too long ago. Right now, we were like flies rushing towards the light: even though we knew that it would spell certain doom, there was just no resisting that urge to do so. Why? Because the Warhorse elder was tailing us like a shadow in the distance so as to prevent us from escaping.
Even if it was just him alone, there was no way we could stand up to him he was a Six-stars after all. Moreover, splitting up wasnt an option either as that would rely give him an opportunity to take us down separately Compared to facing him, delaying the giants would be probably the better option.
After rushing forward for a few minutes, we finally caught sight of the Demonic Fire Igneous Giants. Naturally, the fact that we noticed them, ant that they could spot us as well. A re mont after spotting them, they were alerted to our presence.
Turning their lumbering bodies around to look, they so happened to see us rushing right towards them like an arrow. Imdiately, all three of them did a complete one eighty to face us and charged towards us.
As their figures rapidly towered over us, we began to deeply feel the tremors of the earth resonating within us. Thankfully, we didnt have to face these goliaths head on but rely delay them; that ant just luring them away was enough.
Having successfully attracted their attention, I imdiately signalled for Sinmosa to turn tail and run at full speed. As expected, the giants ca chasing after us like bees to honey. However, as always, good things never lasted long. Perhaps they realized themselves that there was no way they could catch up to us with their speed, but rely five minutes later, the giants then turned around and gave up on the chase
In their minds, we probably werent as attractive as those horse corpses and injured Warhorses. After all, those casualties couldnt run.
Naturally, that Warhorse elder stalking us would have none of that. Like an evil slavedriver, he imdiately barked out a few threatening commands to have us rush forward once more.
Still, with his position being clearly superior to our own, we had no choice but to listen to his bidding and rush off towards our doom once more. Initially, our back and forth worked out pretty well but as ti went on, the effectiveness of this tactic took a nosedive. Soon, the giants realized that chasing us was futile so they completely lost all interest in us and rely rushed back to the battlefield, no matter how much we taunted them. Even tossing rocks at them wouldnt force them to budge.
Compared to us pesky flies, those helpless horses were more to their liking.
Normally, this would have been great for us, but the mont those giants lost interest in us, the elder stalking us beca interested instead. With no other choice in this matter, we rushed off once more, this ti to engage them.
To prepare for the gruelling battle ahead, my first instinct was to summon up so expendable skeleton troops but no matter how hard I tried, the spell would always fizzle and the mana refused to flow.
Mama, are you trying to summon skeletons? Being extrely sensitive to Undead magicks, she soon sensed what I was up to.
Thats right, Im planning to send so skeletons after the giants since they no longer have an interest in running targets. I then proceeded to voice my confusion: But for so reason, the spell just wont work? I know that I can cast it, I did so before, extrely smoothly in fact.
Mamadont you knowUndead magic requires a dium to work Mo Na gingerly said. Theres no corpses or bones here so
Undead Summoning magic requires a diu The mont I voiced that thought out, I shut my mouth imdiately. Was there even a need to ask such an obvious question? Of course, it did. Even back on Earth there were clear precedents for such a requirent; in all those gas Ive played, wasnt a corpse a basic requirent for summoning undeadhow did I even forget such a basic premise?!
Am I slowly turning stupid or sothingno wait, its not that I forgotits that the two areas Ive been in before, the Land of the Dead and the Prison of the Dead, both had sothing in common, and that was that they were filled with corpsesespecially the Prison which was basically made out of bones
It was such a convenient setting that ended up creating a misconception in that I could cast my Undead Summons anywhere, and without restrictions
Now that the plan was a bust, there was only option left to ususe ourselves as bait.
No.3, Big 4, the two of you can fly so I want you both to fly around them. Be careful, dont fly too close, just grab their attention, thats all. Based on my previous observations of them, I learnt that they had no effective long range attacks to speak of so having the two of them fly around should be relatively safe.
Yes, Master. The two took to the skies imdiately upon receiving my command.
Having now had ti to acclimatize to their wings, their flying skill was impeccable. The two of them would maintain a distance that was just close enough to draw the attention of the giants and yet not close enough for them to be attacked. Like a deadly dance on a razors edge, they would poke in and out, never once allowing themselves to be in striking range for long, in part thanks to their practised flying skill and in part thanks to the clumsiness of the giants.
Very good, just like that, keep stalling for tias long as we hit the thirty minute mark, we are free to retreat..
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