“Properly, that was an amazing present and all, however will not the following individual come up?” I leaned again on my seat on the bottom and regarded over the busy crowd.

“Me!”

“Ah, me too!”

“Depend me in, woman assistant!”

In a flash, elves of assorted ages and builds and weapons gathered round me. It was virtually onerous to consider how reluctant they had been just some seconds in the past. Morale positive was an necessary factor to all the time be saved in thoughts.

I sighed and groaned, “Jeanne, would you please assist me manage this mess?”

Alongside with a comfortable, comfortable chuckle, a blonde common in a neat ponytail got here as much as us, “positive. I can deal with a couple of troopers.”

“Nice. Thank god you are right here.” I grinned whereas giving her leg a hug.

——–

Because the solar was beginning to make our shadows smaller, so was the pile of stuff that was as soon as over 5 meters tall. The extra it was beginning to disperse, the extra troopers gathered round us, all with comfortable faces having acquired their reward.

It did not actually shock me {that a} small a part of them, who wasn’t keen to serve Firiell in the beginning, was now willingly throwing away their lives for a easy pan or a double mattress. I imply, individuals combat for various causes, proper? I’ve seen youngsters homicide a soldier only for half a bit of stale bread. And I had additionally killed individuals and risked my life for much less.

“Are we carried out but?” Common Zhang pouted whereas he sat beside me and leaned his head on my shoulder.

“No.” I replied flatly, already giving up on shaking him off since some time in the past. There have been simply a few elves left to confess, after which we must be good to go.

“Are we carried out but?” He repeated, ticking me off.

“I stated no.”

“… Are we carried out—”

“Shut up.” I replied whereas stuffing his face with a donut.

“Mmm. I like this.” He mumbled whereas he continued munching on the chocolate donut.

“Uh-huh, eat up. We gotta go quickly if we wanna attain the minotaur’s kingdom by nighttime.” I stated as I ate one other piece of chocolate donut.

Whereas we organized the newly-built military of elves, we took turns to eat, so we may set off proper after lunchtime. There was no time to dilly-dally, and coaching the elves would’ve taken an excessive amount of time, so we figured that we would as nicely simply wing it.

The technique wasn’t very complicated, in any respect. The orcs can be the tankers, and simply swarm the minotaurs. Orcs cherished to combat in teams, so if all of them ganged up on a single minotaur, plus with the elves’ assist, they need to be superb.

In truth, we had determined to separate the fighters into small teams of 30, with 20 orcs and 10 elves. The rangers can be comprised of elves solely, because the orcs weren’t so dependable with long-ranged weapons. After which for the scouts, whoever was left may be part of that aspect.

In any case, their goal was solely to distract the minotaurs whereas we, the primary group, infiltrated the primary village. And by ‘major group’, I principally meant myself and common Zhang. And large brother Luke, in fact. Now that my mana was jacked up, I may summon him anytime I needed.

“Chae, we’re carried out right here.” Jeanne stated as she approached me who was casually munching on my donut.

“Nice,” I threw the remainder of the donut into my mouth without delay and spoke with a full mouth, “we go now?”

“We go now,” common Emilio responded, “put together your weapons.”

“Wait a minute. Let’s not neglect about one essential factor.” I grinned and stood up, leaving common Zhang alone on the ground.

“What’s it?” Common Emilio raised an eyebrow in query.

“The healers. Let’s fish them out. Hmm, the reward can be…” I put a finger to my lips whereas wanting up, considering of one thing good, “… A home, for the very best healer that performs tonight.” I acknowledged with a smirk.

——-

“Whoa, cannot consider that therapeutic magic is so highly effective on this world…” I exclaimed whereas I moved my fingers repeatedly, admiring the handiwork of an elf healer. My damaged fingers that had been swollen and blue had been now wholesome once more, as if the harm was by no means there to start with. Possibly I ought to search for a talent e-book with therapeutic magic in them?

“It is partly as a result of they’re proficient,” Jeanne defined whereas she checked her personal wounds that had been now utterly healed, “the one one who can heal this quick might be solely Hayun. Wow, if all of them work collectively, we would have an opportunity in opposition to the minotaurs…”

“Not would possibly, however in fact now we have,” I chuckled, “we can’t be enjoying truthful, Jeanne. Since when was enjoying truthful rewarded?”

“Ooh~ What do you bear in mind this time, little cub?” Common Zhang butted in our dialog.

“Just a bit tricky-trick to counter their entice,” I smirked, “ah, I can not anticipate this to be carried out. How for much longer do now we have?”

“Not lengthy. Fortunately, with this wagon and their horses, it took us sooner than final time. The solar is nearly to set.” Jeanne answered as she uncovered our wagon’s curtain a bit bit, having a look at our environment.

“Hmm, I may get used to this alliance.” I spoke as I leaned again into the picket wagon’s wall.

Surprisingly, the elves had a lot of horses, full with wagons. I assume though they lacked trendy innovations akin to pans, stoves, and such, that they had an abundance of pure, natural stuff, like livestock and picket or clay objects. Huh, most likely Erenduill was too centered on connecting with nature, that he solely managed to prosper one facet.

“Let’s cease in a bit. We’ll station the scouts someplace round right here.” Common Emilio acknowledged with a stern face.

“Good concept.” I fortunately agreed with him.

“The command can be… Kill each non-ally you see.” Common Emilio stated as he stood up.

‘Knock, knock!’

Jeanne knocked on the wall surrounding us, signaling for the wagon to cease. Upon halting, all of us hopped down and gathered everybody collectively.

‘Growth!’

Common Emilio launched a blue smoke sign into the air, and the elves and orcs instantly dispersed into teams.

Earlier, we had all agreed that shouting instructions on the battlefield can be ineffective, particularly since there have been 1000’s of troopers, and we had been in an open area. So, we made use of alerts. Plain and easy.

The blue sign was for ‘get into teams and get into positions’, whereas the yellow sign meant ‘enemies noticed’, and lastly, the pink sign meant ‘need assistance urgently’. We did not have a retreat sign, exactly as a result of we weren’t going to retreat below any circumstances.

As a result of, if we fail this mission, then there can be no coming again. All three races, people, elves, and orcs, would all be doomed… Properly, actually, my celebration may nonetheless retreat if we needed to. I had this mentalist talent, anyway. I may simply shoot some messages at them. Though I doubted anybody would ditch the mission, particularly common Emilio, Jeanne, and Firiell.

“I believe the scouts must be on their option to their place already. We could proceed?” I tilted my head at common Emilio.

“Sure. By foot. Get the horses again to the village,” he commanded, “advance in formation.”

“Sure sir~” I hummed as I stretched my legs that had been inactive whereas we rode the wagon.

From this level on, we had been within the minotaur’s territory. There is likely to be some patrolling, or there won’t be, we by no means knew. We solely knew that it was not clever to threat giving up our horses and provides.

As we ventured deeper into the minotaur’s territory, we began to disperse increasingly. I and common Zhang, although, separated from the group to go on our very personal sneaky-sneaky mission.

‘Growth!’

One other blue sign went up within the sky as I watched the smoke slowly wafted within the air.

“That have to be the sign for the rangers to take positions.” I remarked whereas the each of us sat comfortably on a tree department that was fairly near the maze wall. Not the entrance wall, although, we determined to sneak up from the aspect. Did not take us lengthy to circle round since we bought the trusty Timmy.

“Yup~ Aww, I used to be actually having fun with our time collectively. However oh nicely, it is killing time now~” Common Zhang hummed with pleasure.

“… You understand we’re nonetheless going inside collectively, proper?”

“A killing spree date? I am down.” He grinned.

“As soon as we get residence, I am reserving a psychiatrist for you.”

I flew my gaze over the horizon, and noticed that the rangers had been already shifting into totally different positions in squads of 30. From this far, I noticed that our troops had been really small in measurement in comparison with the huge maze construction in entrance of us.

“C’mon, eel. We have to get going.” I hopped down from the tree department and opened my stock to take out the summoning scrolls.

“Now? However we’re not shifting till the fighters get into place, proper?” Common Zhang requested, however he adopted me down the tree, regardless.

“Nah, I am gonna do my very own factor,” I laughed, “nicely, are you coming?”

“After all~”

With a smile, I regarded over on the blue display that was floating in entrance of my face.

[Would you like to use the item ‘Low-grade Summoning Scroll: Fox Spirit’?]

‘Poof!’

Upon clicking, we had been immediately surrounded by 20 white foxes who floated round playfully. Surprisingly, every one in every of them was a minimum of half the scale of a traditional human.

‘Yip, yip!’

“Hehe.” I could not assist however let loose a small giggle after they excitedly jumped round, flailing their teal-tinted tails. Their crystal blue eyes adopted our actions the place ever we walked, blinking each few seconds in anticipation.

“Wow, little cub. Since when had been you capable of summon spirits?” Common Zhang questioned with an clearly shocked look on his face.

“As you’ve got stated, a person has his personal secrets and techniques, proper?” I tilted my head upon listening to his query.

“However you are—by no means thoughts. Who says it applies to males solely?” He chuckled with amusement.

“Precisely,” I grinned in approval, “alright, foxes! Let’s play a bit sport. You guys love video games, proper?”

‘Yip, yip!’

Instantly after listening to the phrase ‘play’, they bought all excited and jumped as excessive because the bushes round us. Splendid.

“Hear up, then. The rule could be very easy,” I began explaining, “you see that maze over there?” I pointed on the minotaur’s maze.

‘Yip!’

“Good. Now, let’s play hide-and-seek. You realize that sport, proper? You bought half-hour to get inside that maze, and discover 2 individuals. They’re people, 2 males. Perceive?” I smirked, “on the rely of three, undergo the primary entrance. Keep in mind to discover eeeevery nook and cranny, and do it quick, since you solely have half-hour.”

‘Yip, yip!’

“Alright. Three… Two… One…”

I raised my arm and shouted,

“go!”