159 Confrontation (1/2)

”Since we have the advantage for now let's get to it, we need intelligence on our opposition, scouts you know what to do.We need Numbers, Class distribution and visual confirmation of the enemy and most of all we need to know if there are other elites assisting the Ronin at this time”.

The troops crossed over the ravine and continued to move forward and gained ground, they had to quickly leave the area where the canyon was directly to their backs which in an intense battle it could mean their lives since it cut their path of retreat, it was important to get a better position.

The troops of the Asura side were not the most discipline bunch but they understood when to goof around and when to get serious.In a sense, the forest really play to their advantage which was guerrilla tactics as oppose to the deva that prefered organized military action.

”Make sure we got a map of the area and see if there high grounds we can take” said Liz

Jazz continued to follow The Ronin while having his mount send sonic waves looking for the enemy and he finally found them making their way about 100 miles from the Ravine.People were coming out of a portal and spreading out in a very organized manner with the shield warrior classes first that were ready to activate their defensive skills at a moments notice.

Accelerando!

Jazz activated his movement song and head it back to his own camp to informed them of what he had seen.The discipline of the troops were pretty impressive to say the least as not everyone in the squads he saw were regular people in the army but they had adapted pretty decently to the lifestyle during the year they had in basic training.

The Ronin arrived at the camp and waited for the person in charge of the transfer as well as the leaders of the different squads to report what he had seen and take command of the troops.

The transfer of 30,000 troops was done relatively quickly and by the time the last person crossed over, the leaders were already on a tent discussing the way they should move to encounter the enemy.

The first problem on their table was if they should wait for the enemy to come to them and counter-attack them or if they should move forward and force them towards the canyon so they could annihilate them when they had nowhere to run.

”I believe that the strength of our defensive warriors is second to none and under their protection we can push the enemy back while sustaining minimal loses”.Said the Leader of the shield classes.

”The Evil Alignment bastards are extremely tricky to handle, do you really think that they would go toe to toe with us, not to mention they arrived before us and have a home court advantage if we push forward we might be falling into a trap that we cannot get out off, I vote to let them come to us, we can set up a very organized defensive system and not worry about falling into a trap”.

”What if we get surrounded, if they have necromancers a war of attrition won't be beneficial to us and every casualty will refilled their ranks not to mention those pesky defilers and their poison element, we will be sitting ducks”.

The Ronin quietly listen to the opinion of the division leader and thought it a little bit more before deciding to move forward, they couldn't wait for the enemy to get settle and it was better to die in battle than smoked out by poison and not only that, they were in Asura territory and once the element of surprise was gone the Asuras could send more reinforcements.

”Prepare to move! we are attacking immediately… Send the flying division to scout”

WHOOSH!!!

The Ronin drew his sword and send an energy blade to one side of the room and destroyed the wall of the tent before a deranged laughed and a shadow bolt came flying and was easily caught in half.

”Not bad but you miss…enjoy your evening, it would be your last”

”What was that?” asked the leaders of the divisions.

”A demon” said the Ronin.

The leaders were scared witless, they had no idea that it was there all along and if it wasn't cause she was about to move into the nether to leave even the samurai wouldn't have notice.

Hennessy flew as fast as she could while holding onto her bleeding shoulder, if it wasn't that she was almost into the nether by the time the attack came she would have died then and there.

The moment she went back to the team, she was immediately attended to by Elune and the rest of the group just waited for her to say what happened, ”They are coming to attack us and should be within range in about and 5 hours.I counted at least 40,000 strong but I didn't see anyone as strong as the person that fought the phantom”.

”Well done, now just sit and rest and leave the rest to us for now”

”How are the tunnels going, the enemy is coming!”