<<With the empire strategy of using the merfolk as means of hiding and transportation, our line of the defense was in completely shambles…. And in the end, this allowed the empire main force to enter the continent land.>>
<<This…. Obvious did not meant good for the alliance.>>
<<With now clear entrance to the continent, the empire army was no longer held back, allowing their soldiers to do a head on confrontation.>>
<<But obvious, that also meant that they couldn't use Great Barrier anymore, since they were on the land, right?>>
<<Well…. Yes…. They are "naked" in a sense….. But the obvious problem is that they are god damned strong.>>
<<Not only that, but those invasion attacks from many different spots at the same time that were both precise and devastating, causing quiet chaos on our side as well as making any sort of transfer of troops pretty much hard, since they were needed everywhere.>>
<<In the end, the empire was able to start their conquest.>>
<<A small portion of the continent where their main army broke through was conquered, with empire not only taking docks but entire city near it as well as area around it.>>
<<The wises option would be to just focus all of our forces at that conquered city and kick out the empire, but again, the chaos everywhere.>>
<<If the alliances pays too much attention to the main army, the other armies would cause chaos.>>
<<In short, we are royally fucked.>>
<<The empire will keep sending their soldiers this way and they are also planning on setting up the heavenly gates in order to summon angel reinforcements.>>
<<As for me?>>
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T BE JOINING THE WAR?!" – shouted pissed off Thanatos as she visited Phantasia base.
"It is not like I don't want it, it's just like I can't." – said Phantasia as he welded something.
"I'm maybe one of the strongest players in the game and my presence alone can terrify people."
"That is pretty much a thing everybody knows."
"But right now I'm focused on developing weapons."
"If you place me on the frontlines, sure, I can go berserk, I can use necromancy to create undeads or make chimeras out of the empire soldiers."
"I could also command my own army of monsters."
"But what we need more are weapons."
"Even "Kid" said himself that I need to develop weapons."
"And, from what I've heard, the Great Barrier was not even once breached, besides bombardment?"
"Well, yes. But what does the Great Barrier has to do with anything right now!? They are already here!"
"And what if they deploy another Great Barrier at their "new base"?" – asked Phantasia.
"THAT is the problem, we won't be able to push them out of this continent."
"From the "Kid" informations, the Great Barrier form you saw at the sea was the heavily modified version."
"The real deal is a dome barrier that cannot move."
"And that fucker "Kid" wants me to make a weapon that would be at least able to damage the bloody thing….. Fucking nice."
"…"
"Great Barrier and Daughter Of Mercy."
"Those are the two most annoying things."
"Even though they still have yet to deploy the barrier, they have the Daughter Of Mercy, a little girl that can deploy a safe heaven and heal countless soldiers."
"They can fortify their location with her help and then use that time to set up the barrier."
"And then what?"
"…"
"…"
"Now, you get it?" – asked Phantasia as Thanatos went silence, realizing the danger.
"I need to develop a weapon that would be at least able to damage that barrier in order to put pressure on these empire soldiers." – said Phantasia.
"So sorry, but not sorry."
"My hands are tied."
"…"
*Sigh*
"I understand." – said Thanatos.
(Still, this sucks.)
(Having this madman join the fight would be extremely beneficial.)
(Still, he isn't wrong.)
(That barrier was way too annoying, even though it was only placed at front…. But if the barrier real form is truly a dome, then we won't be able to kick out the empire for good…. If only I didn't failed in that stupid assassination!)
(Not only that, but our "sniper her twice" plan isn't working…. Or more exactly we can't put in action.)
(They are extremely paranoid about the assassination, be it from close range or from afar.)
(Even some players that were also [Shadow Assassins] who were on our side were exposed out of a blue and then eliminated.)
(I maybe could had sneaked in, with my high level stealth, but then what? That barrier would save her from my first most powerful attack and if I were to try again, they would just swarm me….. So nope…. And since she is in the city all the time that is filled up with soldiers…. How in the bloody hell can we eliminate the Daughter Of Mercy.)
(We can't snipe her, since she is hiding in the city and to enter it you need to be high level assassin, no half assed assassin build would do.)
(But snipping her is the only answer, since attacking from up close would be physically impossible.)
"…"
"Say, you wouldn't have some sort of long range death laser that can be fired from kilometers away that travels so fast that nobody would be able to react?"
"Huh?"
"No? If I had something like that, I would be using it long time ago…. Why do you even ask?" – asked Phantasia.
"Welp, it was worth a shot." – said Thanatos.
<<The battle between alliance and the empire continued for days….. And honestly? Things were not looking great for us.>>
<<The alliance tried to deal with the two children of the holy emperor, but obviously it wasn't easy and not only that, but the empire army was solei focused on protecting the conquered city while also spreading chaos around…. Just how many bloody soldiers do they have for spare?! I mean seriously right now! I maybe not fighting at the frontlines right now, but the amount of soldiers that were encountered from the empire side? It was massive.>>
<<That even surprised the "Kid", who said himself that he did not believed it.>>
<<Not only that, they are not using merfolk to attack us directly either…. "Kid" said that he doesn't like this.>>
<<Me either, this is way too weird.>>
<<The empire that should be focused on their recovery is spending so much resources, both material and human for this war?>>
<<Why are they THAT desperate? Is it that goodness of light doing? A revenge?>>
<<" Kid" said that it could be possible…. But in reality, the goddess of heavens are extremely divided.>>
<<Even the goodness of light and her fourth daughters aren't on "friendly" terms… Or more exactly, the daughters between themselves are "half friends", "half enemies" like the "Kid" described, but their mother is "friendly" to them all.>>
<<But even so, he still finds the situation weird.>>
<<….Welp, let him look into it, I have already my hands full.>>
<<Creating a weapon that could possible damage or piece that Great Barrier won't be easy, especially with the Daughter Of Mercy reinforcing it.>>
<<…..And to make things worse, they deployed the barrier after enough time had passed.>>
<<Yeb.>>
<<They now gained a solid base of operation.>>
<<With this, their armies will be now able to conquer the alliance territory much easier…>>
<<But not things were lost, the progress of developing the anty Great Barrier were going great...Em…. But we can't use it.>>
<<Reason?>>
<<Well…. Now that empire has gained a solid grounds here, they are now able to summon angels or organize their troops properly.>>
<<And that obviously made things way easier for them to conquer this continent land, causing their empire to grow.>>
<<So yea…. Even if the anty Great Barrier weapon(s) are made, we won't be able to deploy them… This sucks.>>
<<…>>
<<Anyway, as the time went by, the situation changed into the dead lock.>>
<<The good chunk of the territory, mostly around the sea was fully taken over by the empire, with several towns, villages and some cities being taken over.>>
<<But they were not really able to make any progress anymore, all thanks to the vampire kingdom war machines that were striking down any angels or soldiers that the empire had deployed.>>
<<However, the empire own defenses were too high as well, making any reclamation efforts to be quiet in vain.>>
<<So, deadlock. Neither side was able to make any progress at all.>>
<<But at this rate something will definitely happened.>>
<<And that something is happening on the empire side.>>
"YOU WANT US TO JOIN THE WAR!?" - shouted the furious merfolk princess as she was called for the meeting by the Son Of Glory.
"That was not in our agreement!"
"It is now." – said Godfrey.
"And your father already agreed to it."
"?!"
(HE DID WHAT?!) – thought furious princess.
"The attack will be led here and you will be the one leading the troops."
"Your goal is to cause distraction and chaos in order to- "
"AND I'M SAYING THAT THIS WASN'T THE PART OF OUR ORGINAL AGREEMENT!" – cutten in the princess.
"Our kingdom is still recovering! We straight up have no way of providing you troops, but now you are telling me to gather any remaining men and woman that can fight for what?! To die as distraction!?"
"NO!"
"I DRAW A LINE HERE!"
"I WILL BE NOT PART OF THIS!" – shouted the princess before then leaving the room.
"…"
"I've told you; she won't agreed to it." – said Iron Will.
"It was obvious." – said Godfrey.
"Honestly, I wanted her to refuse in order to put somebody in charge instead."
"Her hostility towards us was too much, honestly I just want to kick her out of here before she does something."
"But won't that damage relationship between us and merfolk?" – asked Iron Will.
"Nah. If anything, I never trusted merfolk." – said Godfrey.
"Their king is a coward that will bow their head to the strongest or if it means saving his own skin."
"That kind of king could betray us at any moment, even siding with the hell itself that destroyed his kingdom and murdered his wife."
"I see the merfolk kingdom as nothing more than ticking bomb….. A bomb that will be need to be dealt with sooner or later."