954 Attack, attack! Part 1 (2/2)
”Nailisi, I'm going to do one thing, and I need this space of yours for ferrying troops. Expand it as much as you are able, so much so that you can enable demons to actually stay here.” Saleen and Lex looked around for quite a bit, and they were still unable to find any loopholes with the space. They then made the decision in their mind, that they would attack Sikeqinya using the equipment.
Saleen and Lex felt rather excited at the prospect. While their army of demons were powerful, it was utterly impossible to move using stealth when done conventionally. If the space was to be expanded further, it would have served well to keep countless demon armies within. Anywhere warships were able to reach, Saleen had only needed to have his magical elemental tower erected and fly up the shore. Countless demons would have been able to be summoned easily afterwards.
That was how ancient humans went about their assaults, which enabled them to ferry great numbers of troops and transverse planes.
The original plan of theirs had required them to wait until Lex advanced into grade-19, or even grade-11, before she became capable of storing lifeforms within her God's Ring. That meant troops in that case. Nailisi's success in crafting true equipment capable of ferrying troops happened at a very convenient time, which enabled the ancient tactics of war to be used again on the Myers Mainland itself.
Nailisi's the Twelve Notes of Purgatory had always been able to hold lifeforms, but even demons would not be able to stay long within. Only a handful of mages were capable of staying alive within it for extended periods using special skills. Conventional troops would simply be killed off by the inherent elements of the equipment, if they were to be thrown within the original Twelve Notes of Purgatory.
”Master?” Nailisi did not know what to say. She found out that when she entered the purgatory of devil, she did not have a single room there...it was something that happened on its own, and that required time. ”I can arrange for demons to come stay here, I...” Nailisi stuttered, reluctant to tell him that she feared that place.
”Who would you need to assist you, tell me.” Saleen thought her tired look made her look rather pitiful. The imp was able to feel pain when expanding her own space within, and she was not able to tell if it was all just an illusion. Regardless, Nailisi held on to Saleen's hand and did not let go.
”Nailisi, what happened?”
She looked completely helpless.
”Eleanor,” Nailisi blurted the name. She felt that she was able to relax when she was with Eleanor, as she had no need to be on guard against the elf.
Saleen thought for a moment and said, ”Well then, return to Metatrin City for the time being. You won't be needed here for the fight. Go seek help from Eleanor and have some demons from the Demon City stay within this space.”
”Yes, master.” Nailisi let out a sigh of relief. She had originally intended to keep collecting souls there. Having more than eighty-thousand souls at her disposal enabled her to set the foundations of the devil space right. It would not have done the space any more good collecting more souls. Seeing how Saleen needed her demon armies, she knew that he needed them to launch an assault. He indeed had no need for her to hold the place they were in.
Saleen had forty-eight ancient warriors at his disposal, thus making him more capable to hold his own in a fight than she did.
Saleen waited for everyone to leave the purgatory of devils and then sent Nailisi away, before discussing it further with Lex and Aini.
”Aini, how much of the spirit army can you maintain here?” Saleen tried to gauge Aini's combat capacity.
”The limit of my summoning is eight-hundred-thousand spirits, but if I were to actually keep them, I would be able to keep only six-hundred-thousand, and I need more than two-hundred death mages' help to do that.”
”So that is to say that you can replenish the loss of one-hundred-thousand spirits within three to four days, no?” Saleen asked while doing the calculations in his mind.
”Four days at most. If we don't have to keep fighting, three days.”
Saleen clapped his hand and called for the twelve ancient warriors standing guard outside and said, ”I will hand over command of these twelve grade-9 warriors to you. Will you be able to hold Lonestar City?”
Aini peered at the twelve ancient warriors for a moment and said, ”Saleen, these warriors are powerful, but how come their souls are so weak?”
”Sigh...” Saleen sighed. Every time he laid eyes on the ancient warriors, he was reminding himself that grade-9 sorcerers were no big deal. In ancient times, grade-9 professionals served as little more than elite troops. The ones most pitiful in a war were the soldiers. They would have to move forward even if that led only to their deaths!
”Don't bother with that. Make good use of these grade-9 warriors. I won't be able replenish their numbers for you for a while.”
”Saleen, you are going to attack then?” Aini heard the conversation between Saleen and Nailisi, and he was able to make a good deal of deduction out of that. Aini had wanted to make use of Nailisi's equipment for ferrying troops. He would not want to do so if he did not intend to hit some faraway targets.
”Indeed. I'm heading to Sikeqinya. As such, Lonestar City has to stay in one piece.”