pertwk Chapter 1159: Chapter 1158: Wartime Decisions
Chapter 1159: Chapter 1158: Wartime Decisions
Chapter 1159: Chapter 1158: Wartime Decisions
"The estimation from what we can see is approximately one and a half thousand normal soldiers with an equal amount of monsters being corralled outside of the walls. There are most definitely numerous Fiends within the city, both because of the obvious controlling of the monsters as well as the power emanating from the city itself."
Anput was now completely awake as she swung herself off of the Jackal and leapt onto the wooden platform with her Mom, joining her in the perch overlooking the city, and more specifically the legion of cultists and monsters that were garrisoning the city.
"That's a hell of a lot of bodies to deal with... is there a plan currently or were you still mulling over it while we were riding over here?"
The towering Sultana turned her head slightly to stare at her daughter, fixing her with a heavy stare from beneath her veil as she expressed her minor irritation at that slight jab before replying "There was little need for a complicated siege plan..."
I listened from below the platform as I got the Jackals tended to, taking this moment to appreciate the wonderful animals and care for them while everyone else switched focus right away, and having all of these giant fluff balls surrounding me was more than pleasant as I listened to their discussion.
"So are we just going to go head on? There's no way we can sneak into that city with that many monsters present, and with an unknown number of Fiends I don't really want to risk that either..."
Enchanted with a few different things, I want to have a walking wall of mana repellant and relatively impervious shields to push the city with, and the other preparations was just churning out thousands of arrows enchanted with compact explosion spells to deal a lot of damage to people, but not a lot to the city itself."
Before the next barrage of questions could come out, she added "And we have more than enough smiths and enchanters working around the clock to get those things done, so there is no need to stress yourselves. However, help would be appreciated, and the primary thing that I will admit we have a lack of is alchemists."
She stared pointedly at Leone before turning towards me with a quizzical tilt of her head, clearly asking if we would help brew up some potions en masse for the battle to come, and although I knew little of it myself I nodded alongside Leone, knowing that there was little else I could do right this moment to help.
"Well... damn, if I had known we had more time I wouldn't have pushed myself all of last night! Argh... whatever; I'm gonna set up shop again and churn out the rest of our armor. If you need me I'll be right here."
Anput hopped off of the platform and ignored the soldiers around her as she scooped up the bags with the Fiend parts and erected her forge once more, the simple earthen walls rising from the sand as the Jackalkin got to work immediately.
"So swift to act on her own..."
Clicking her tongue and shaking her head, the Sultana turned back to her maps and resumed her deliberations, occasionally looking up to study the city in the distance while everyone else prepared for the battle to come, psyching themselves up for what could be their last day alive... though admittedly few of the soldiers seemed to hold fear in their heart as they moved around with a purpose and with confidence.