Chapter 402: The history of the Sandy Town part 1 (1/2)

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

The planning lasted until the late evening.

Almost all the lights throughout the Sandy Town, except for Mayor Jong's manor, were already turned off with only a few dozens of lamplight outside giving light to the territory.

It was because unlike any planning that Leo had a lead in the past, this time was very different. In the past, aside from having powerful Mages to be part of his plan, specifically his Master Olivia, Queen Maria, Madam Silva, and Elder Rain, he also has tens of thousands of soldiers ranging from No Star to 6 Star level.

However, the situation in Sandy Town was, aside from Mayor Jong who was a 7 Star Mage, the other important officials were only 5 Star to 6 Star level, with only a few hundred being 4 Star, and while the rest were No Star to 3 Star level.

It was really a huge difference to the situation back then at Silver Kingdom during the war.

Although their opponent this time wasn't the same as the fight against the Silver royal family back then at Silver Kingdom, still the manpower that the Sandy Town has wasn't enough to fight against the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest.

Aside from that, Mayor Jong also doesn't have a clear estimation of just how many Sandstone Spiders were exactly inside that Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. The only thing they knew was there is a Sandstone Lord Spider ruling this Sandstone Mother Spider's nest with over hundreds of Sandstone Mother Spider. As for how many other Sandstone Spiders are there aside from those two, Mayor Jong only gave them an estimation of over one hundred thousand. They don't even have any slight clue whether there's any Knight Spider or only Soldier Spiders and ordinary spiders.

With only an estimation, Leo couldn't possibly make a plan very quickly as he needed to take every variable he could think of into consideration, such as what plan they should use when there is actually a total of 200,000 and more Sandstone Spiders, how would they react in the presence of a Knight Spider, and many more. It's also still a big question that what if there are actually millions of Sandstone Spiders? No one could really tell, since there were only 2 people who were able to return alive after entering the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest, and the latter investigation was mostly done far away from the area.

Aside from that, they also need to lure the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm to the surface of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest before they could explode the ceiling, in such a way, when the Sandstone Spiders go up onto the surface and see the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm they would not hesitate to blame it to them and thus the reason for their fight.

Leo and everyone proposed plans after plans, debated over them, and made many changes so as to fit every given situation.

This in turn causes they're planning to take a very long time to finish.

In the end, the final plan was they separated themselves into three different groups.

The first group was made up of only Leo alone, with his main task of sending 10 of his Earth Elementals to dig a very wide and big tunnel so as to make the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest ceiling as thin as he possibly could. What they needed right now was to be quick and at the same time silent, that's why he didn't allow anyone to help him in fear of them being the reason for this plan failing.

The second group was made up of Ethan, Elaine, Edward, Chief Lago, Sebastian, Dan, Sele, and old man Torre who are in-charged of luring the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm up on the surface of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. They would need to buy time as much as possible until Leo finishes with the thinning of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest ceiling because they need to have the perfect timing so as to make it looked like that it was the doing of the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm why the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest was destroyed.

And the third group was made up of Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, Ash, Charlotte, Mayor Jong, and a few capable others from Sandy Town. They would try their best to distract the Sandstone Spiders so as to not make them notice any of Leo and Ethan's movements up above them.

Each of the three groups is equipped with tens or so of plans to counter any given circumstances. A few examples would be...

Leo's thinning method was to make the Earth Elementals as big as possible so that they can quickly dig a much bigger and wider hole while at the same time can still move in silence.

Ethan's luring plan was to go into zigzag with some occasional fights in between to slow the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm.

And Cassandra and the other's plan was to go back and forth to constantly distract the Sandstone Spiders while at the same time reducing their casualties as they would be distancing themselves from the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest every now and then.