Distorted World: Rise Of The Black One - Volume 2 Chapter 74 31
A loud heaven piercing boom is heard and something fell down around the Emile’s troops
When the rumbling stopped the Ron got up from the ground
“R: what was that?…”
Ron asked
“Si: that would be the signal of our impending victory”
Sieg said
“Sir! Sir! We have a problem!!!”
A mage frantically reported
“R: what!?”
Ron screamed
“The three towers have fallen it’s rubble have surrounded our position”
“R: Nani!!!”
“Si: hehe…”
(Si: Asher and Elise was right, Emile fell for it hook line and center)
“R: what have you done?”
Ron asked
“Si: maybe you should ask your boss”
“R: what?”
Meanwhile…
“Milady! We have spotted the enemy king and his colleagues”
A guardian reported
“Em: where?”
Emile said, she has completely lost her cool
“R..ri…right in front of the castle!”
“As: it seems like we were on spot”
Asher exclaimed
“E: yes, quite accurate if I do say myself”
“Ai: she fell right for it”
“Re: how did you know this was gonna work?”
Regis asked
“As: simple, if this didn’t work then I would have never accepted Emile’s challenge in the first place”
Asher explained
“Au: it’s like you can read her every move before she even makes it”
“As: Emile is what you would call a textbook leader type of person, all of her decisions, strategy and battle tactics were calculated and optimized which makes her a somewhat formidable opponent”
“As: but…always going for the optimal route makes you completely predictable and easy to read, it also makes your expectations of others pretty apparent”
“As: the three main weakness of her armies were:
1. They relied to much on their numbers and gears
2. They’re predictable
3. They’re susceptible arrogance”
“As: knowing that creating a plan to counter them when there’s not much to counter in the first place is not what I would call hard”
“As: although I didn’t come up with this plan myself so… credit where credit is due”
Asher said looking at Elise
“E: I only worked on the specifics the ideas were his”
Elise said throwing an intentional glance at Asher
(As: I thought I told you to take all the credits!)
Asher thought annoyed
Elise and Asher’s plan:
Raise three high columns on their side of the battlefield and make them look like towers (most of the magic used in construction spells are focused on making the interior and maintaining structural integrity but since they just raised three very unstable earth columns it was easy enough), because the columns were disguised as towers they made Emile think that they were exhausted from the construction
Have Regis used “exercitu auxilium” to temporarily siphon all the team’s magicol to Sieg since Sieg was a master illusionist he created the image of a third structure over the River on the back of their side, and since he was dripping with everyone’s magic signal he was the perfect bait to lure in Emile
This brings up the third part of the plan: the seemingly idiotic use of exercitu auxilium, since this spell is used to administrate armies Siphoning all the energy of the army into one person with very specific skills, no matter how brief is a foolish move, but that element of unexpectedness is exactly what Asher and Elise’s plan were counting on
After the dye was cast and Emile’s armies were captured by the rubble of self destructing the columns, the coalition walked straight to Emile’s stronghold
“Au: I gotta say, only you two can come up with something like this”
August said sighing
“Sa: well it’s not like it’s a bad thing”
Sakuya smiled
“E: isn’t the whole point of a mage to do what others can’t?”
Elise asked
Her question baffled the team a bit
“As: enough chit-chat…Airi is it done?”
Asher shouted
“Ai: almost…just a little more magicol from everyone please”
Airi said while drawing something in the air
“As: Sieg, how is it on your side?”
Asher took up his soul crystal and asked
“Si: how do you think? I’m trying to hold off 40 people with fireballs, lightning and swords coming at me”
“As: get over it! They’re stuck between a river with fast flowing water and tons of rubble your status could have been worse”
“Si: I’m an assassin! Not a one man army”
“E: then get good! We need you to hold them off for at least a few hours”
Elise said snatching the soul crystal off of Asher
“Si: I’ll try…but you better give me a worthwhile reward for this!”
“E: I will…if you live”
Elise said cutting the line clearly not expecting much from her childhood friend
(Si: that little harpy!!)
Sieg became enraged lashing out at the troops
“What will we do now milady? The enemy is preparing something big”
The guardian said, now in a state of complete panic
“Em: calm down! The enemy may have trapped our main force but this castle is still made with the combined power of 62 noble mages! Don’t let their momentary victory waver your will to fight! We are far from losing”
Emile delivered a speech
“Em: show them your pride as nobles of the Proxia empire! We will not be defeated by any means!”
“….YES!!! Milady!”
The 5 remaining guardians cheered
“Your orders milady?”
A guardian asked, the fires of determination rekindled in his eyes
“Em: all of you here focus on defending, I’ll siphon half of the remaining power from the main force to cast infernus cmento (hellfire mortar)”
“Emile-sama, wouldn’t that slow down our force’s escape?”
The guardian asked
“Em: no, we must realize our enemy’s strength they have gotten this far so it’s only common sense to answer them with equal force”
The guardian asked no more and proceeded to raise security as ordered
Emile began to chant…
“Ai: okay guys I’m done”
Airi said finishing her magic circles that’s suspended in the air 7 feet away from her
“As: than do it!”
Asher compelled her
At completion the multi-layered formation disappeared and a rumbling sound could be heard
(Em: what now?)
Emile thought her focus shifted
“Emile-sama! The castle it’s…”
Before the guardian finished Emile suddenly felt like she was falling, losing balance she caused the formation for the infernus cmento to dissipate before she could complete it”
(Em: oh craaaapppp!!!!!)
A blinding light engulfed the room
Emile’s castle sinked into the ground itself falling victim to the coalition’s favorite tactic: turning the ground itself against their enemies
(As: by combining contundito (crush) with madefio (moisturize) and cedo (transmute) Airi crushed the earth beneath the castle into sand added some clay to it and waterlogged it, creating a giant pit of quicksand turning the very size and weight of the castle against itself)
The coalition members were breathing a bit erratically
“Au: damn that took a lot of magicol, I don’t even have enough energy to lift a finger”
“Re: yeah..ha.haha”
Regis said giggling
The only one not affected (too much) is Asher who has some extra magicol stashed in his personal reality
(As: wow, this was definitely worth the effort of casting “second consciousness”)
“E: hey, what’s that?”
Elise said spotting the light coming from the castle
“As: huh?”
Asher said before covering his eyes from the light
An explosion bigger than any the team has seen before erupted from inside the castle as if they had a volcano in there
(E: that’s infernus cmento! It’s a intermediate level army bombardment spell!)
And with that the match draws to a close