94 War for the Pocket 1

Gin POV-

"So in conclusion, the best results that we could obtain from this war is for the Union and the Black Iron Pyre to cease their existence. Either that, or for them to become completely submissive to the Theocracy." Vulki

"We can make great use of Kess and her spiderlings' tunneling abilities for attacking and retreating. Ravel's spiderlings can be used to collect information on top of buffing the regular troop's luck and perception attributes." Vulki

"While Bolts and Haunt are moving through the Union, we can attack the Black Iron Pyre and hopefully destroy or capture the territory obelisk in their capital." Vulki

Vulki summarises our talks. Ravel and Vulki seem to get along well from what I've seen. They were both drow previously so, maybe that has something to do with it?..... In fact, there was not that much resistance to her joining our group..... Whatever the reasoning is, it's good that everything is fine between everyone.

'Bitch.' Set

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'What was that Set????' Gin

I ask through telepathy as I thought I heard her say something.

'? Nothing Master, I was just admiring Ravel's ability when it comes to planning and advising.' Set

Hmmmm..... The Pyre should be aware of this possibility though..... It can't be that Haunt is that immature? Right?

Bolts POV-

Boss Envy put forth a real challenge. It.... She plans on doing something extremely ridiculous. So much so that even I have doubts on her plan's success. Luckily, I have father following that worm in his mind. With the way things are going, the Theocracy should attack our country while our main forces are away. My double is currently with father as they march on Raveth's doorstep. Still. This 'Gin' is annoying. My god. My boss. Rather my 'godess' is too interested in him.

"Shit." Bolts

"Lady Bolts, we have the projection ready." Random Fallen Dwarf

"Who's a lady? Me? Bah, my brothers are more ladylike than I.... Only thing left is to get that 'Gin' here.... No longer have much pull in the theocracy now...." Bolts

'He will come, Sillith will make sure of that.' Envy

"!?!?!" Bolts

When did!?!?

'Just do your job.' Envy

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Mad. That 'Gin' has made me mad. To make my boss take a stern tone with me.

Gin POV-

I explained the plan to Farblight, Drun, and Siegfried. They discussed it for awhile with several strategists and made it into something tangible. The plan was good, right? We're not just going with this since I put it forward, right?

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After that a large force was made. A main force I guess you could call it. Composition from front to back is like this.

Advance Scouts- Made primarily of those with fast classes that have good perception(boosted by Ravel's spiderlings)

Heavy armor troops- Elven troops that wear heavy black and golden armor. They are supported by slaves that act as squires. These squires are important as they carry and maintain the armor of the heavy troops. They must remain by their master so, they can be equipped quickly in case of emergency. The troops themselves are equipped with a wide variety of weapons. Halberds, swords, maces, specialized hand-scythes, etc.

Various mages- Mages of all kinds stand behind several lines of heavy armor troops. Usually the composition depends on the objective of the force itself.

Royal Guard- The royal guard protect the VIPs, strategists, siege weapons, logistical personnel, and mages whenever they have any leeway.

Rear guard- The Rear Guard is a combination of mages specialized in tracking, heavy armor troops that are all equipped with Tower Shields, and scouts that watch the sides and rear of the mammoth formation.

This is how the formation is set up from what I can see anyways. My spiderlings will be mixed in to where they would belong. For example Kess' spiderlings are mixed into the heavy armor troops while Vulki's are mixed into the mages. As we begin moving I listen in on the Broodmothers

"???? Wouldn't it be better to have a seperate force for us? We can protect the Saint just fine." Nemesis

"It's not like we will remain in this formation~! This is just one that is used while moving. Puts you at ease to know that a bunch of slaves will take the brunt in case of an ambush~." Ravel

I'm not too sure about how to feel about that. Not that I'll naturally feel anything about it though.

"Wouldn't want to waste our subordinates~. Better to use useless people~." Ravel

"Well, my spiderlings are useless so if we adapt something like this to ourselves make them the meat-, or fungal-bags?" Nemesis

"Not useless...." Xelu

"They are though? At least they don't die after letting out spores now...." Nemesis

"Experiment. Curious? Mush moosh?" Xelu

"Ahhh, I don't have that hobby, no. Honestly, I'm more attached to the undead created from my spores. Although they can't talk, they have great intelligence and have taken up the saint as their focus of worship." Nemesis

"Why didn't you bring any along?" Vulki

"I-i have been teaching them some common sense so it would be a waste! I need them to teach newer generations common sense!" Nemesis

"Why did I give those corpses up to you? You're not even making good use of them?" Kess

"Huhh!?!? You want to talk about waste? All you do is consume things all day! Your spiderlings are more useful then you are! At least my clergy will spread the word of the Saint!!!!" Nemesis

Nemesis' 'dragon tail' is beating off the ground as I can see that she is upset. It seems that it's a good way of interpreting her mood....

*sluurppp-Kess

"Just-!?!? Ignoring!?!" Nemesis

"Calm.... Neme.... Calm." Xelu

Xelu grabs onto Nemesis' tail and tries to keep it from waving resulting in Nemesis getting more upset.

'Really a pointless conversation here.' Set

I'm not sure if I can agree with Set or not. Speaking of, I'm not sure if she interacts with the others that much anymore. She has always been a bit of an introvert.... Especially since she evolved last. She got a human figure, however, she has basically stayed 'glued' to me most of the time. Is it an individual thing? I've thought that it may be due to her nature as an arachnid guardian, I guess I'll have to figure that out after getting another guardian....

Ravel comes hopping over to me with a grin on her face. I can see that her eyes are 'grinning' as well as I observe the black and white cross pupils are bent so that the horizontal lines in them are 'grinning'....

"Nemesis is a bit angry~! It's a bit fun to watch~." Ravel

Vulki comes over as well seeing that Ravel is next to me.

"Taking the 'right' side, fufu??" Vulki

What's with the weird way of saying 'right'? Wait, that 'fufu' was even weirder???? Who the hell says 'fufu'?

"I belong here. 'Fu....Fu.....'" Ravel

A weird tension grows in the air. Nemesis and the others stop their shenanigans and start to watch out of interest.....