Walker got the party ready. Alice was already at his side. She knew that she would be able to make more difference at a village being terrorized than here. There were so many healers that they wouldn't need much more.
The mages they had in other groups had been taken from the walls and it was clear that the other armies would be catching up soon. But Walker decided that the groups that could move forward, should. Reinforcent groups could be sent along the spiderweb of routes made later.
These routes took in to account multiple villages. They were set up to be able to move the groups to whatever village was being held captive by powerful demons or enemies. This would allow them to move to each other on single notice. Perfect for reinforcing and freeing village after village.
It also helped that the dragons would not be staying at the walls. Ventus was still working as the eye in the sky communicating everything she could. The scribes with her slowly making more detailed maps so that they could pass on better and better information to those arriving at the walls.
King August had started a route along the wall to visit and drop more supplies. He was not joining the battle personally but had brought more healers.
The healers were a mix of experienced and inexperienced. So had just started their journeys to villages as Alice had recently. Others were prominent and well known for their healing abilities. Especially those who had made hos in nearby human villages. Therefore, the healers paired up and joined groups with their unique support skills.
What Walker had ensured was that the healers knew to use purifying skills against the decaying purple slis, and to wash away the acid yellow slis attacks with water. This would help keep more people unhard by them. The fire slis were the issue that everyone faced.
Ignus seed the most interested in the fact that the fire slis were around. He was already sending his dragonkin out to handle them. Apparently, the sli cores of a fire sli had unique fire elental mana in them. It wasn't sothing that Ignus needed, but sothing his dragonkin could use to beco stronger in so way. No one argued with them. They were the fire experts around.
"Should we really be leaving like this? Feel like we should stay here until Alma makes it." Gil felt a little uncomfortable not waiting. He wanted to march with the best chances possible. He also didn't want to miss Alma arriving with the other elves.
"You can stay if you want. We need to make sure we get to the villages though. The demon soldiers and the slis are coming down to attack villages. I don't know why but that's not a good sign."
The entire party along with every soldier knew that this was a very bad sign. The demons attacking their own villages was normal for them. They were cruel. But the slis attacking the villages suddenly proved to be an issue. It ant that soone with higher power was going to attack the villages.
The few things that this ant was clear. The demons no longer cared about the weak being around and were getting rid of them. There was sothing going on causing a fight between the demons. Or even worse, there was a large scale ritual going on that required a great number of lives to be sacrificed. Regardless of the reason, it was bad. Very bad.
"I'm not waiting. I just wanted more mages with us. I am ready to move out. I even have so of my wither spike arrows full of Rey's potions still to deal with the acid slis." Gil was not backing down; he knew that the more things he defeated the better.
"Good, then we need to catch up to Midnight." Rey walked away first. Midnight was already traveling ahead. She had taken the lead because she knew that they absolutely had to leave.
The party was going to head toward a smaller village that was reported not to have any demon soldiers at it currently. The problem was that it had a multitude of acid slis nearby when Ventus gave her reports. This was why they needed soone with experience fighting the acid slis to fend them off.
"Drink another low mana potion." Su kept her voice a whisper. She had already caught on that the walker was still low on mana after using the elental dragon aspect skill.
"I will. I just wanted to get moving again." Walker looked behind him to the mix of dragonkin following. He knew that the other dragons would send them with him regardless. The ten dragonkin were their way of showing support to him as he pushed toward the demon capital.
"The dragonkin are fine too. They will need to follow you to get back to your top condition." Su refused to walk away until Walker listened to her. She was thinking about the problems they might have and could not allow Walker to get hurt even in the smallest way.
"Su, do you think you can handle protecting Gil and Alice from the slis? The acid slis might break the twin shields. I know they were reinforced but they are still made of so dragon scales. They will be damaged by the acid slis." Walker knew how attached to the shields Su was. They were extensions of herself.
"I don't want to lose them. But I can handle it. I will do whatever I need to keep everyone safe." This reformation of Su's determination was what she needed. She has to be able to let her armor and shields fall away in the worst case. Walker just wanted to make sure she saw that clearly.
By the ti they could not see any other groups in the surrounding area, Walker had recovered better and Onyx had started to scout ahead. The village was closer than they realized but was surrounded by a few small hills covered in bushes. It made the village nearly hidden from sight.
"Brother, I think we should sneak up on them. The villagers are moving around a lot in panic. But I do not see slis anywhere." The warning from Onyx was enough for everyone to slow themselves.
"Midnight, use your shadow wrapping to get a closer look. I want the exact details of what's happening." There was a slight huff and Midnight left.
"Gil, have your arrows ready for long range attacks." Gil was already preparing before Walker said anything.
"It's not a large village but we can't surround it if there are hidden enemies escaping." Onyx's analysis was the sa as what Walker expected. The village was made up of about ten hos and an eleventh main ho for the leader. It was spread out between these hills to hide the houses and take more space up.
Midnight returned with a look of hurry in her eyes. She was not going to wait too long for the party to act. "Sister says there are very small yellow sli attacking the village. She says that they are hard to see unless you get close." That was all they needed. Walker jumped up.
"We are going to clear the yellow slis. Get to the well near the large house and do your best to douse them in water. It will force them to lose their acidic nature. When you can, stroke the core and avoid the puddle of acid sli body." The dragonkin needed no other encouragent. They sped forward to deal with the slis upon their order.
"Alice, I need you to sing that calming song again, the demons are in panic and we have to evacuate them safely without panic." Alice nodded. She would take on any role needed. Gil fell in line next to her with Su in front.
"Walker, I have my potions. But give a few more." One of the crates of potions that Walker had never gotten rid of were the potions Rey made specifically for acid slis. Ever since they faced them, Walker carried potions to counter the various slis and even a few others they haven't personally t.
"Good, I want to deal with those sli squick. They aren't even worth capturing as ingredients for options." Rey was going to focus on the slis since her potions were the best defense against them. That ant she would use her speed to handle any larger slis.
The first demon woman that saw Walker showed a look of fear. She could tell that the dragonkin and party were there to fight. Believing that they would be the victims, the woman holding the hand of a child fell to her knees defeated. She had nearly escaped.
When Walker touched her shoulder using a healing skill, her eyes popped from her head. "Just gather outside the village and wait for us. We will handle these slis and get you sowhere safe." The woman could only watch the party walk in to the village in stunned silence.
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