Chapter 114.2 – Twist (1)
Chapter 114.2 – Twist (1)
It took me hours before I finally figured out what the English equivalent of that StarCraft term was. Researching about this also made me realize that I’m really bad at strategy games. Like, this is too much for my brain to handle.
On another note, chapter 115 will be released tomorrow, not today as I’ve said yesterday. I’ve actually finished translating 3/4 of it, but I’m really sleepy now, so I’ll post it tomorrow morning once I’m done with it.
Terms used in this chapter:
Fait accompli – French phrase commonly used to describe an action which is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it.
One-punch fight – aka Han-bang timing/attack; StarCraft terminology
A Han-bang attack refers to a move when a player stops improving their own economy in order to mass an army to attack and finish the game, sometimes at a specific?timing window. It shouldn’t be confused with an?all-in?move as a player performing a han-bang style attack will prepare for it from at least equal footing with their opponent and as such it isn’t a move made out of desperation from a disadvantaged position.
The term han-bang translates from Korean as “one punch” referring to its nature.
The eastern and western forces faced each other with the Snow Breeze Plain in between them.
Red Wind and Sun Song comforted each other, and Ga?l told Count Hr?svelgr about the circumstances.
A day before.
At a time when the prelude to the great battle that would determine the fate of the wild lands would begin.
“Oooh, it’s a real star!”
“If you say so, it must be like that then.”
“No, it’s a real star, okay? You saw how the light spread when it exploded with a ‘bang!’.”
“If my princess says so, it must be like that then.”
“No, it’s true, okay?”
“Dobby believes in what the master says.”
“I hate it, stop annoying me.”
Cordelia was annoyed even though he believed in her, so she stomped her feet and grumbled, and Jude saw Cordelia’s actions as cute before he turned to the scene of the explosion.
‘As expected.’
The rear of the western forces, which was located beyond the Sky Roof mountain range, did not have much defenses.
All of the already corrupted wild gods had been mobilized for the battle, and each village or city only had a few troops left to maintain security, so it was virtually empty.
‘Because they would never have imagined that we would cross the Sky Roof mountain range.’
There was a reason why Melissa waited for almost 40 years.
The Sky Roof mountain range was like a roof in the sky, so no one could cross it.
‘Anyway, we should focus on this now.’
The dragon veins in the west numbered twenty-one in total.
It was natural that the Golden Dragon King couldn’t open his eyes and was weak because all of the dragon veins were contaminated.
‘If we blow up the rear, the front will be shaken.’
Therefore, Jude chose to hit the rear instead of directly going to the front line.
They wouldn’t be able to properly fight if they were anxious of their back.
‘The longer the battle, the more it would become advantageous for us.’
Jude and Cordelia were not just operatives.
They were powerful combatants who could fight against a mid-ranking demonic human alone.
Therefore, sending a small number of troops would only help a little and even aggravate the situation in the long-term for the enemies.
However, the enemies couldn’t just watch their rear being destroyed, so they would have to mobilize a lot of troops in the end.
‘Then we can pick and hit them.’
There were as many as twenty points to defend, and the enemies had no way of knowing on which of those points would Jude and Cordelia attack.
‘There’s also our mobility.’
Jude wasn’t talking about running with Cordelia on his back.
He was talking about the benefits of getting Melissa.
‘We’re able to use the central tunnel.’
The research facilities built by Magellan’s high elves.
Most of the sites overlapped with the sanctuaries of the wild gods, probably because they were research facilities that utilized the dragon vein.
In other words, if they could use the underground tunnels between the research facilities, they would be able to quickly go back and forth the dragon vein stream without being noticed.
‘Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, they’ll be in touch with the front.’
When the news that the rear was being exploded would reach the front, it would be difficult for Haraken to fight properly.
In short, the battle between the eastern and western forces would not become a one-punch fight, so it would be possible to conquer the western forces with a strategy.
‘It will probably be tomorrow when they will move.’
If they focused on defense, the two would be able earn enough time.
‘Then the only problem left is Kriemler.’
The great demon of Belial who destroyed the northern part of the S?len Kingdom.
Numerous northern powers were killed by that powerful magic swordsman.
‘Father and brother.’
It wasn’t just Count Bayer and Ga?l.
Count Chase was also killed by him, and Count Hr?svelgr, the head of the Jackdaws, also died from his sword.
‘We can’t win with our usual methods.’
Jude and Cordelia had become stronger than when they first entered the wild lands, but it was still impossible for them to fight against Great Demon Kriemler.
However, not stopping him would make their dream of a perfect happy ending to be unachievable.
‘The time when he was summoned.’
It had yet to occur.
Haraken had conquered the barbarian lands first before summoning Kriemler to this world.
A great demon like Kriemler wasn’t summoned the usual way.
‘Our best course of action is to stop the summoning itself.’
If he had not yet been summoned, they would have to prevent him from being ever summoned.
‘Our second-best option is the Golden Dragon King.’
They could quickly wake up the Golden Dragon King, even for just a moment, to stop the summoning or completely kill Kriemler.
It might only be a short moment, but the power of the Golden Dragon King they had personally met was tremendous. They would become able to defeat Kriemler with that power.
‘We can do it.’
His original plan was to stop Kriemler with Lena’s power, but things had changed.
They would stop Kriemler with their own power or use the power of the Golden Dragon King to defeat Kriemler.
If they couldn’t do any of the two, they would then get Landius and Kamael involved regardless of the means and methods.
It would obviously take a considerable amount of time to mobilize the two people who were in the central and southern parts of the S?len Kingdom, so the method was almost a lesser evil, but it was better than nothing at all.
‘Okay, let’s do it.’
Jude himself had already greatly disrupted Haraken’s plans with their activities in the east.
Unlike the original, Haraken failed to take control of the east nor could he kill Red Gale.
The Eastern Alliance was formed, and the Devil’s Eye had lost several mid-ranking demonic humans. Jude didn’t know yet, but they also lost as many as ten mid-ranking demonic humans because of Count Chase and Ga?l, so the Devil’s Eye had suffered a devastating blow.
Therefore, Haraken himself had to join the big battle between the east and west which he didn’t have to do in the game.
Jude was slowly driving Haraken into a corner.
Just a little more now, and they would be able to completely defeat him.
It was a grand strategy to gradually tighten the enemy’s breath.
It was Jude’s own specialty and favorite method.
“Your eyes look evil. You must be thinking of something bad.”
Cordelia said as she narrowed her eyes and looked up at him.
As their difference in height widened by more than 10 cm, it became difficult for them to see each other at eye level unless she jumped, or Jude lowered his posture.
Because of this, Jude saw the fluffy rabbit headband first in front of him. He saw Cordelia’s face afterwards.
Naturally, it was Jude himself who thought of the grand strategy he was pursuing with a long-term plan.
‘It’s a fait accompli.’
He would first establish the environment.
He would then make the people around that environment believe it to be so.
If his former colleagues had seen him, they would say, ‘what’s this crazy guy doing?’ and be unable to avoid clicking their tongues. Because this was Jude’s own way of fighting.
Gradually, little by little.
Drive the enemy to the corner step by step.
“What, what is it… What are you seriously thinking?”
“Good thoughts, righteous thoughts, beautiful thoughts.”
“Are you sick? Do you have a fever?”
Cordelia touched Jude’s forehead, and he smiled.
“Let’s go to the next area. Let’s pop it in a star shape this time.”
“No, it was a real star, okay?”
“Yes, if you insist.”
Jude intentionally replied mischievously, and after hearing the grumpy Cordelia’s grumbling, he moved forward.
And the next morning.
When the eastern and western forces clashed, and a second dragon vein exploded.
An unexpected variable shook the wild lands.