Chapter 947: Targeting All of Them (1/2)

”It has finally begun,” Krune muttered, dragging a large bag with him as he ran through the forest. Using a full-powered Sonic Radar, he managed to get a glimpse of everything that happened in one part of the Primary Landmass.

As for everything he managed to sense, Krune took around a minute to process all of it, soon coming up with a plan for a scenario that he had already accounted for. After all, his prime mode of attack was to rely on the traps.

So, no matter the plan, only the arrangement of his traps differed. Now, upon seeing that both the first and second villages were gearing up for war, Krune darted through the forest, collecting most of the traps he had set over the months.

The number of combatants in each village numbered around 300, a tenth of their total population. At this moment, they were geared up from head to toe, brimming with bloodlust to tear their opponents apart. Their primary weapon was still their fishing rod. But now, they had also sharpened their fangs and jaws while holding in their mouths something that seemed like a pouch.

As for what it did, he was unaware. Though, upon seeing all the Monster Geckos hold one in their mouths, he judged that it was a potent item. There was a straight path from the first village to the second. It was the widest path in the forest terrain.

Because they were marching forth with an army, they were bound to use this path. Otherwise, they would lose their advantage in numbers. So, Krune carefully waited to see their approach, instantly sprinting forth with all his speed towards the center of the path.

Calculating the collision point based on their speed of march and their time of exit, he approximated a place where the forces from the two villages would clash with each other. With that, he dragged the bag of traps with him, immediately setting them up in the approximated place of the battle.

This way, the inflicted damage would be maximum. That was Krune's plan all along. He quickly set things up, sweating along the way as he was pressed for time. After that, he sprayed the rock powder over the traps to assimilate them into the surroundings.

Krune inspected the terrain using his Sonic Radar, noticing that the position of the traps wasn't evident. After all, they were just tiny spikes that one wouldn't even notice at first glance, looking no different from the rock that formed the ground.

They weren't sharp enough. So, their efficiency also wasn't much. Then again, he made up for that with their numbers.

As long as his targets were attacked, he would be satisfied.

Once he finished the setup, Krune left the area, heading far away from the battlefield as he hid behind a large tree. From there, he hummed with a low tune, spreading his voice into the surroundings as the sound waves reflected back to him eventually, allowing him to perceive the entire place clearly.

Krune continued to do that as he activated his Ocean Heart, supplying more energy to his throat, which increased the power behind his Sonic Radar. Through this, he increased its range and precision, also making it more difficult for the monster elites to detect his position.

Over time, the sound waves he continued to emit resonated with the land as Krune's eyes shot open, muttering to himself, ”This is the land's resonant frequency.”

At a particular frequency of the emitted soundwave, the land would resonate with it, allowing the sound wave to travel with almost no loss in energy. That was the phenomenon of resonance. The sound waves caused the land to mildly vibrate.

Though, due to the difference in energy levels, the vibration of the land was negligible. Only if one was in a meditative state would one be able to sense it. As for Krune, this was a chance.

After achieving resonance with the land, his Sonic Radar worked even better, allowing him to spot the two marching armies. Moreover, the Kings on both sides failed to locate him. He was spying on them using the land itself, so they were unable to pick up the traces through whatever method they relied on before doing so.

Now, he could spy on them without any tension, watching twenty Monster Geckos on both sides carry their respective King. The Mutants of both sides took the lead, brimming with killing intent.

Both sides were evenly matched in numbers and elites, so it wasn't possible to determine the victor among them. Soon, they were two hundred meters from one another, now able to see each other.

The armies paused as the Kings gazed at each other with a frown, expressing anger as they felt betrayed. In their minds, the opposite King had let go of their pride as a King and went against their word. As such, they no longer had any intentions to talk.

Diplomacy was always the solution for peace in a war-strained situation. But if diplomacy was attained, and the situation remained the same as before, both sides would never be able to trust each other ever again.

This was basically what Krune had achieved before when he unleashed a beam of light on both villages.

Now, the two sides had no other choice but to duke it out until one of them emerged victorious. The two Kings bellowed a war cry, causing their underlings to do the same as both sides charged forth.