Chapter 114.2 (1/2)
It took me hours before I finally figured out what the English equivalent of that StarCraft term was. Researching about this also made me realize that I’m really bad at strategy games. Like, this is too much for my brain to handle.
On another note, chapter 115 will be released tomorrow, not today as I’ve said yesterday. I’ve actually finished translating 3/4 of it, but I’m really sleepy now, so I’ll post it tomorrow morning once I’m done with it.
Terms used in this chapter:
Fait accompli – French phrase commonly used to describe an action which is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it.
One-punch fight – aka Han-bang timing/attack; StarCraft terminology
A Han-bang attack refers to a move when a player stops improving their own economy in order to mass an army to attack and finish the game, sometimes at a specific timing window. It shouldn’t be confused with an all-in move as a player performing a han-bang style attack will prepare for it from at least equal footing with their opponent and as such it isn’t a move made out of desperation from a disadvantaged position.
The term han-bang translates from Korean as “one punch” referring to its nature.
Source: Han-bang Timing
The eastern and western forces faced each other with the Snow Breeze Plain in between them.
Red Wind and Sun Song comforted each other, and Gaël told Count Hræsvelgr about the circumstances.
A day before.
At a time when the prelude to the great battle that would determine the fate of the wild lands would begin.
“Oooh, it’s a real star!”
“If you say so, it must be like that then.”
“No, it’s a real star, okay? You saw how the light spread when it exploded with a ‘bang!’.”
“If my princess says so, it must be like that then.”
“No, it’s true, okay?”
“Dobby believes in what the master says.”
“I hate it, stop annoying me.”
Cordelia was annoyed even though he believed in her, so she stomped her feet and grumbled, and Jude saw Cordelia’s actions as cute before he turned to the scene of the explosion.
‘As expected.’
The rear of the western forces, which was located beyond the Sky Roof mountain range, did not have much defenses.
All of the already corrupted wild gods had been mobilized for the battle, and each village or city only had a few troops left to maintain security, so it was virtually empty.
‘Because they would never have imagined that we would cross the Sky Roof mountain range.’
There was a reason why Melissa waited for almost 40 years.
The Sky Roof mountain range was like a roof in the sky, so no one could cross it.
‘Anyway, we should focus on this now.’
The dragon veins in the west numbered twenty-one in total.
It was natural that the Golden Dragon King couldn’t open his eyes and was weak because all of the dragon veins were contaminated.
‘If we blow up the rear, the front will be shaken.’
Therefore, Jude chose to hit the rear instead of directly going to the front line.
They wouldn’t be able to properly fight if they were anxious of their back.
‘The longer the battle, the more it would become advantageous for us.’
Jude and Cordelia were not just operatives.
They were powerful combatants who could fight against a mid-ranking demonic human alone.
Therefore, sending a small number of troops would only help a little and even aggravate the situation in the long-term for the enemies.
However, the enemies couldn’t just watch their rear being destroyed, so they would have to mobilize a lot of troops in the end.
‘Then we can pick and hit them.’
There were as many as twenty points to defend, and the enemies had no way of knowing on which of those points would Jude and Cordelia attack.
‘There’s also our mobility.’
Jude wasn’t talking about running with Cordelia on his back.
He was talking about the benefits of getting Melissa.
‘We’re able to use the central tunnel.’
The research facilities built by Magellan’s high elves.
Most of the sites overlapped with the sanctuaries of the wild gods, probably because they were research facilities that utilized the dragon vein.
In other words, if they could use the underground tunnels between the research facilities, they would be able to quickly go back and forth the dragon vein stream without being noticed.
‘Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, they’ll be in touch with the front.’
When the news that the rear was being exploded would reach the front, it would be difficult for Haraken to fight properly.
In short, the battle between the eastern and western forces would not become a one-punch fight, so it would be possible to conquer the western forces with a strategy.
‘It will probably be tomorrow when they will move.’
If they focused on defense, the two would be able earn enough time.
‘Then the only problem left is Kriemler.’
The great demon of Belial who destroyed the northern part of the Sälen Kingdom.