379 By Chance? (1/2)
'So that's it… I guess I do have to thank that demon in this case…'
A go-over through the happenings that took place starting from the time the formations were activated to this point allowed me to reach a quick conclusion about the current situation.
The shamans were a much more important key than I predicted.
Everything has progressed normally for the last two hours without anything special taking place. Yet, it was only now that things took a strange sudden turn…
Although it didn't happen exactly after I was done with the last shaman, it did happen not long after that. Of course, there was no exact confirmation that the perishing of the shamans was the cause behind it, judging from the other factors, I found the probability for that to be high.
'Plans aren't screwed on their own after all…'
If it was just a normal attack plan that was made after days of planning, then the possibility of it getting screwed up on its own by a planning mistake was indeed there, however, the current plan in discussion was one that had years of work and scheming.
With that being said, and knowing that the other top powerhouses didn't play out of the script, I dared to bet that the reason behind what happened was my swift extermination of the shamans!
Although having been implicated by the 'Bloodline Burning Curse' wasn't exactly the greatest experience I had in my life within the 'Lost Realm', it was still the reason that I decided to finish the shamans as soon as possible, leading to the current favorable change on our side!
For that reason exactly, the demon shaman that I encountered in that base definitely deserved my thanks…
'Indeed, I will thank him plenty by sending every single one of your fellow colleagues in his way.'
The main reason for the vital change caused was probably our home ground advantage…
As silly as it may seem to be, such an advantage actually appeared to mean much more in our current situation after thinking thoroughly about it.
Originally, my only encounters of demons outside of bases was restricted to opponents that I could actually easily 'pick-off' that I hadn't realized that fact until now, but taking the observation of veteran master into account, everything seemed to point out what the big picture I was looking at was missing…
Other than meeting those demons that have escaped their base using the possessed player Jean to create a diversion, who I easily took care of using a few barrages of elemental crossbow arrows, the closest thing to a demon I encountered was the assassin who even failed his demonification. Naturally, as I didn't manage to witness their prowess within the base, I didn't assume anything back then, but…
'The 'suppression' that those old 'Hunters' applied is probably more potent than I previously expected…'
I had the presumption that the extent of what those ancient powerhouses had done was nothing more than pushing the demon into their 'jails' which they later turned into bases and placing tests and legacies around, but that seemed to be an underestimation.