Elysion Online ~The Dragonewt and The Summoner~

Just to be safe, we set up a gate point, decided on our position and strategy and rushed into the square.

Then the ants were waiting for us.

Queen Sand Ant?

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King Sand Ant?

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Bishop Sand Ant?

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Knight Sand Ant Lv25

Normal Monster Subjugation Target Active

Rook Sand Ant Lv20

Normal Monster Subjugation Target Active

Pawn Sand Ant Lv10

Normal Monster Subjugation Target Active

These ants...they're armed with their upper bodies standing up...and the tops and walls of the square are covered with Sand Ants.

They're equipped with swords for the pawns, shields for the rooks, swords and shields for the knights, staffs for the bishops, large sword and shield for the king and four spears for the queen.

I can't keep track of the number. I'm pretty sure there's one king and one queen and four bishops, but...this isn't a bad idea! I think it's crazy! Anyway, let's give it a try.

"Raging Flames! Haaaa!"

The other summoned beasts attacked at once, with Hanabi-chan leading the way. In the meantime, the rearguard was chanting magic, but the Sand Ants were sending stones at them, so they couldn't use magic.

And when Hanabi-chan and her friends defeat the Pawn Sand Ants, the Queen Sand Ant screams. The Queen Sand Ant lays eggs and the number of Sand Ants increases.

If we don't defeat the Queen Sand Ant first, we're stuck!

"Setia!"

"Yes!"

Setia aims an arrow at the Queen Sand Ant, but the Rook Sand Ants uses provocation and it is defended.

Hanabi and the others are also forced to attack the Rook Sand Ants and the Sand Ants swarm into the gap.

The vanguard and rearguard were completely separated. This is no good!

"Return!"

Grasping at straws, I used Return and was able to return to Lieblich. Then there were players everywhere. Mel and the others are coming.

"Takuto-kun, you've escaped too..."

"That's impossible..."

"Yeah...that's probably why they were able to return"

Then Rook and the others came to talk to me.

"...What do you want to do about the attack?"

"I cant do it today...fortunately, there's a warp point in front of the boss. Let me try that one with a full team"

"Can you win?"

"I'll have to use a trump card...can everyone participate tomorrow?"

I checked and it looks like we can all meet at 21:00 at night. Then we'll have to wait until tomorrow. It's going to be tough if I don't have a full team.

The players participating in the event will share information.

First of all, the armed ants were all using martial arts. The bishop is confirmed that he used the earth magic Sandstorm.

Rook asks.

"How do you plan to attack them?"

"The queen first. If we don't defeat the queen, we have no chance"

"I know, but..."

『Rooks are in the way(Right, arent they)』

"You all know what I'm talking about, don't you?"

It's true, so there's nothing I can do about it.

"Did Yoichi-san´s Arrow Rain fail?"

"Unfortunately, everything was prevented by the Rooks...the provocation skill is a skill that activates as a whole, so arrows are inevitably disadvangteous. But once you defend yourself with a shield, the effect wears off, so you have to aim for that. But there are a lot of other Rooks and if you're an archer party, you'll outnumber them, so you can reach the queen, but after you shoot, you'll become ant food..."

So that's it...if there's going to be a breakthrough, it's going to be oil...I guess the Sand Ant's stones was originally meant to set the ant army on fire.

However, if we can't use oil, we'll have to think of another way to attack.

What we need to do is to break through the provocative Rooks, break through the Knights and King who are probably the Queen's guards and destroy the Queen. If we can manage the Queen, we will have the upper hand.

The one who can make this possible is Darley. If I and Darley work together, we might be able to break through the Rooks.

All that remains is the timing of the surprise attack and the final touches.

We withdrew this time, but we got the stones, which were our original goal. It was the same for the rest of the party, and a lot of stones were delivered to the Alchemy Guild.

I'll make my own bombs, for the ants, of course, but also for the zombies.

And outside, the production workers are hard at work. Especially Yug-san and the woodworkers are hard at work. They're making catapults again to send the oil farther away to make the siege towers.

"Yug-san´s Catapult! Look at what we've done!"

"Yug-san´s Catapult! Is this what you want?"

"Yug-san´s Catapult! We don't have enough material!"

"Then go get them! Get more! And don't give me strange nicknames!"

Yug-san is shouting such a thing, but I know that she said it herself.

And now, in Freetia, there were various subraces that had abandoned their homes and taken refuge in Freetia.

At first, they chose to fight against the zombies, but after the defeat of the Draugrbeast, the appearance of the guardian dragon and the King's announcement that Freetia had a plan to annihilate the zombies, the subraces gathered.

They also decided to fight with us. But there are some who will not fight with us.

"Good grief! How dare they run away!"

"They say that it is in times of distress that one's true nature is revealed, but I never thought that so many nobles would run away"

Liese and Princess Henri are drinking apple drinks and complaining. Apparently, the zombies were closing in on them and many nobles quickly fled to other countries.

"We're better off without them if they're not going to be able to fight anyway. It would be nice if their food could go to people who believe in this country and are willing to fight for it"

They look at me.

"Umm! You're right, Takuto is right!"

"Huhu. Takuto-sama is really a good talker"

Is that a compliment? That.

"Airtis says that the main zombie army will arrive the night after tomorrow"

"We won't be ready in time, so we'll use Ion as planned. Can you do that for me? Ion"

"Leave it to me! I'll take them all down myself!"

I'm counting on you...now, I've got school tomorrow, so I'd better get to bed.