Chapter 77: Plan of Attack (1/2)
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A Few hours earlier, in the demon king's castle.
Located on the ground floor of the north wing was a room that contained two long metal tables positioned in an L-shape, and standing within this room were three living creatures and what looked like a massive black armored skeleton with practically black shriveled-up skin.
One of the living beings in the room knelt on one knee and reported to another while the last, stood by the side and listened. Tyler received a report from the sentries stationed on the tower on a very concerning situation.
According to Jarret, the sentries had noticed an abnormally large movement in the forest a distance away from where they had just fought the masked girl and whatever it was, was now headed in this direction. They had originally thought it to be monsters attracted to the smell of blood but it was just too large to only be that.
The disturbance it caused was also not natural to these parts of the forest and it felt organized. It almost felt like, whatever that was, be it monsters or not, they were tracking something.
Tyler could sense the vague nervousness in Jarret's voice when he had given the report. He was probably thinking the Great Five was tracking those scouts' corpses back here, which made him feel responsible as he had been the only one without any scouting experience on that mission.
Naturally, the thought had also crossed Tyler's mind. Based on the information he had gotten, he hadn't predicted any such movements so soon. While they were safe in the barrier for most opponents, the Great Five could break through the first layer of the barrier protecting this castle, which was bad for them.
Still, there was nothing that could really be done without first identifying what was approaching the castle. If it was one of the Great Five armies, they needed to know how large a force it was and how powerful they were. Tyler ordered Jarret to immediately return and have the sentries confirm the enemy using a remote observation scroll and if they were headed here or not.
It was risky to use certain observation tools and scrolls on unknown opponents because most intelligent creatures Wound have some sort of protection against it and opponents like the Great Five would even give aggressive countermeasures set in place which would let them know when someone tries to spy on them and also attack.
Tyler thought about what to do for a while before turning to his new creation (the undead knight) and ordering it to follow him as he left the room and was trailed by Albert. There was a part of him that wanted to send his new knight out to fight so he would feel like a necromancer but that was unrealistic.
He only had one knight he could control and wouldn't want his first actual undead creation to die pathetically against a large army. Until he gets more, he decided on the best way to utilize this creature at the moment.
He had the undead knight stand guard in front of the jail Albert had placed the two earlier undead in and relieved the scared ogre of his duty. Since his undead wouldn't get tired and could stand forever, it was the best guard until he learns how to control those two.
The lich stood quietly at the far end of the cell but the black knight had to be restrained with so enchanted chains as it kept struggling. It quieted down in front of Tyler though, which was weird, but soon started throwing a tantrum again the moment Tyler was done and left.
Tyler then sent Albert to prepare the settlement to defend the castle and gather as much fighting force as possible. The castle still didn't have any defense mechanism so they had to do everything themselves. Of course, due to the five-layer barrier around the castle, they would still hold an advantage even if it was the Great Five.
They would still be in trouble if that happened though. The ideal situation would be to avoid fighting anywhere near the castle but they would have to know the strengths and weaknesses of their enemy to have any chance of doing that.
If their enemy's target was the castle, then there would be nothing more they could do but attack them from within the barrier. Tyler left the castle and met up with the girls who had heard the news from Albert and were wondering how they could help.
He shrugged as there wasn't much to do right now, at least until Jarret returned with the information he wanted. Still, after privately browsing through the list that Albert had prepared for him, he had Erin use her spell to calm down everyone in the castle and improve their morale.
When she complied and was done, Tyler felt the nerves of everyone calming down which was a relief. He couldn't think of what to do next so he went back up to his new office and awaited the report as he continued to browse through the list in the Overseen, hoping to find someone with an interesting ability. Of course, the girls had followed him up since they didn't have anything to do either.
Tyler disappointedly leaned back into the couch as he sighed, he then brought out a few scrolls he was considering using to get the information himself. However, Albert soon knocked on the door and came in with Jarret in tow.
Jarret quickly took a knee and Tyler asked. ”Were they able to confirm the enemy?”
”Yes sir, they had no protection against divination on them so it was fairly easy. We confirmed it to be a large group of the same trolls we encountered on our way here my Lord, they were also accompanied by some goblin riders.”
”Trolls again?” Tyler was confused and turned to face Albert hoping for confirmation, which Albert gave by a simple nod.
”Yes sir, it was a group of around thirty Gray trolls lead by what we believe to be two Gray-War trolls, as well as around sixty goblin riders compromising of different goblin tribes.”
Tyler let out a sound that seemed to be a cross between being dumbstruck and confused. He blinked his eyes a few times before finally asking.
”Where are they headed?”
”We are sure of it now my Lord, the group seemed to be headed here. Perhaps they came to rescue their captured comrades.”
”Can trolls sense each other?”
Jarret remained quiet for a while before Albert spoke up instead. ”While I'm unaware of the full capabilities of this species of trolls. I don't believe they should be able to do that.”