178 An Early War
When I first started my search I was having an idea in my mind about what I wanted. This item would be a far ranged trap that could travel long distances until it reached the target.
But when I looked, I couldn’t find anything like that at all. Every single trap in the market was something that could only be used a limited distance away.
The one with the farthest distance was a trap that looked like a ball. It held inside a big net made out of special material that could trap anyone and pin him to his place.
I could throw off this ball but the reach it could get was limited to my power of throwing. Which was, obviously, low range compared to my target location.
Yet I didn’t lose hope and started to look for things that could trap others while having a long range. At some point I was this close to giving up until I found something interesting.
[Grenades of illusion: Dark gold grade item. Can be used by any throwing weapon. Once launched, it can trap anyone inside an illusion for an hour. Can be linked to any weapon as long as it’s categorised as a throwing weapon]
I looked at this description and two things appeared in my mind; my newly acquired daggers and the special cannon-like weapons I got from the dragon I killed before.
Up till now, I never found a way to use such a weapon. But now after seeing this I couldn’t help but recall it in my mind, especially when the image of these grenades came just like the ammunition that dragon dude used before.
“Buy… Buy it in batches,” as I found it, I started to look for similar items. As expected, I found lots of grenades just like this one. I bought them all in large quantities while thinking about the weapons I left to dust for a long time inside my inventory.
The first thought I got was to install these into my chariot. What my chariot lacked the most was offensive weapons that could cause great damage in AOE fashion.
These weapons could do that! So why shouldn’t I use them like that?
But looking inside my inventory I only found thirty of these weapons, plus that gigantic one I got from that dragon dude.
In my opinion that big weapon was the only one suited to be used in my chariot. Others weren’t that bad, but only thirty could only weaponise one floor only.
I then turned my attention to the market. Yet as expected, I found nothing there.
[Do you have any weapon that looked like machine guns and looked big?] As I found nothing in the entire market interfaces I had, I turned my attention towards the Bringold impact.
[Do you have something in mind? Or a weapon I can take as a sample?] That nymph was sent back and I didn’t know what to do.
[I have a weapon here, but I don’t know how to share its details with you]
[Just wait…]
[Warning: Lady green nymph wants to initiate a synchronisation with you]
[This synchronisation will allow you to share many things with Lady green nymph]
[Both of you can now share details about goods without the need to purchase them beforehand]
[Do you agree?]
I didn’t find anything wrong with accepting such an offer. Once agreed, I felt like a connection was established between me and something far, far away from this world.
[Now you can simply select the item you need to share with me and select share to my name] she sent it to me and I did as she said. She didn’t answer for few minutes so I had to ask:
[Did it work?]
[I’m just looking for similar weapons] she sent, [After all this one is specially made from another forging impact]
This wasn’t the first time to hear about such an impact. This chariot was also made by another forging impact.
[So you don’t have it now?]
[Inside the impact? I doubt that… But give me more time and I can bring as many as you wanted]
[How much time are we speaking about here?] I frowned. In the upcoming war I needed such a weapon.
[Couple of days at least] she gave me the bad news. But what could I do?
[Alright] I sent to her, [But once you found similar or even stronger weapons, just tell me about it at once]
[Sure] she sent before adding, [Will you use the same way to pay?]
[Bones are still precious, aren’t they?] I smiled as I knew how greedy she was to get my bones.
[Sure, but such weapons are also precious]
[Nothing can be compared to my bones my dear] I laughed while waiting for her answer.
[Let me see how much it will cost before returning to you] I closed the chat and then turned my attention to the grenades I just bought.
Each grenade was like a big diamond, in the size of a closed fist. They were branded together in a leather-like belt.
“So this is how I can use it,” I found a small button under each grenade’s socket. Clicking it released that grenade into my hand. Just holding it made me feel a little cold while it kept shining and dimming like it got a life within.
I took out my daggers first and tried to stick it to one of them. I chose the short dagger and just placed the grenade over it.
*Sizzle!* in a flash of light the grenade just vanished and hid itself within the dagger. I examined it closely yet found no change at all.
If not for me to place the grenade on the dagger, I’d doubt it even existed there.
*Phew!* just to make sure it worked, I threw the dagger far away. It flew for hundreds of metres before it got inserted in the ground firmly with a big explosion.
“That’s cool!” The grenade worked the moment the dagger hit the ground. That meant it would be instantly activated once the dagger travelled to that illusionist.
Then I found a small issue when I thought deeply about this while putting the different weapons on the surface of my chariot. I placed the big cannon-like weapon just in the centre, next to my big ballista.
With it I now had two big weapons of destruction alongside thirty smaller ones.
The issue I found was that the grenade would be activated once it hit the shadow of that bastard.
But after experimenting with it a few times, I got an easy solution there. I simply stacked lots of grenades into the dagger, and they simply got activated one at a time.
So even if that illusionist had some sort of self defence mechanism against such an attack, he would still end up being trapped no matter what. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀꪶ
“All settled,” I looked in satisfaction towards my armoury who was now filled to the brim with lots of different types of grenades.
Aside from the illusion grenades, I bought lots of explosive, fiery, icy, and even elemental grenades with darkness and light. Each grenade’s description gave me a favourable impression about them.
The next battle would be a big stage for my grenades and deadly weapons to shine.
[Are you ready?] I sent it to all my teammates as more than one hour passed already.
[We are waiting for you] Isabella sent back.
[Where do you want your army boss?] The spearhead asked.
[Just place it in the middle between your forces] I sent before adding, [The one to lead it will be Karoline]
[Can we help her as well?] Angelica asked but I firmly refused such a proposal. If they were allowed to do so, then there was no point in punishing them in the first place.
“Let’s go,” I shouted in a thunderous voice while leading the grand army out of the city.
The army looked majestic from my high up position. Yet the sad thing about it was the fact we still were overwhelmed in numbers.
The enemy got ten folds this army of mine. But this was where my allies would step in.
[I’m heading towards the enemy now] I sent to Wryly and Fang, [Will take roughly two to three hours to arrive there]
[I’m gathering up my forces and will be there in three hours at max] Fang sent this brief message but Wryly asked about the updates about the tower building process.
[I’ve already destroyed the ovens] the jumper replied once I sent him a message. That dude kept all silent after our last talk.
[Everything is alright?]
[I believe they are using a way to locate me using messages… Sh*t! They seem to have found my location!]
[Don’t message me again until you arrive]
I looked at his message in a mischievous way. For a moment there I was tempted to keep bugging him with messages, giving him a hell of a time until my arrival.
But I didn’t do that. Despite him being too annoying, he was still considered my strongest and most reliable member.
[Ok, I’ll come in three hours]
[Stop messaging me!]
Just reading this message overtook my earlier decision. [Or what?]
[I swear if you didn’t stop doing that, I’d kill you!]
[Coward!]
[Loser!]
[Chicken!]
[Screw you!]
I sent him a laughing emoji before closing up the chat with him. That was enough teasing for now. “Keep moving and try to save up your stamina,” I shouted towards my large army while giving them this vital instruction.
If we went there with our stamina depleted, it was like handing our necks to them on a golden plate! [Everything is fine up there, how long will it take for you to arrive?] I sent to Wryly who took few minutes before replying:
[Three hours]
[At least!]
I looked at his message and could only sigh. From the look of it, my army would be the first to arrive there.
I knew that delaying wouldn’t do me any good. The angels were already over my shoulders spying for that damn illusionist.
So they would give him updates about the size and location of my army all the time.
Even if I delayed my army marching speed, they would warn him from the other two coming as well from two different directions.
If I was him, I’d simply lead a large part of the army to meet me ahead. Having a battle with such disadvantages at numbers away from the tower would put my army under danger without gains.
We had to pick up the pace and arrive there as early as possible. After all, mobilising the enemy army would take at least an hour to happen.
By then we would meet them just at the outskirts of the city.
Yet after marching for almost an hour, a change occurred at the frontline.
[We saw an enemy approaching!] I first saw a large cloud of dust appearing at the horizon. It was so big and stretched out that it took over the entire horizon even from my high up place.
[Keep yourselves ready for a fight while I’ll see who is coming at us] I sent back to Isabella who seemed to take the role of scouting the front for the army.
As I flew over with my chariot, I was surprised to see endless numbers of monsters roaring and galloping earth towards my army. They came in such great momentum and with ferocity enough to tell me they weren’t just normal monsters at all!
Yet their numbers were so great to be special monsters… So what was happening right here? Were such advanced monsters common right now?
The first explanation I got was one person; the illusionist paragon!
For sure that death breath weapon wasn’t something a simple archlord could afford. Putting that paragon into the picture would solve this mystery.
[Be ready, a colossal number of advanced monsters are coming this way] I sent back to all of my team members.
[Like the ones we fought before?] Sara asked and I had to give them the bad news in pure honesty.
[Not even close! They are much fiercer and far more dangerous than those!]