Chapter 737 737 Unconventional Delivery Man
?This stop was less surprised than the last one had been, when Wolfe came hurtling down out of the sky atop a brick of ammunition and spare rifles. They had already heard from the main base that he had been there to drop off an elite Fae assistant, as well as some special weapons, and their leadership had ordered them to call if they couldn't handle what came their way.
To see the people from Forest Grove being so generous as to drop supplies at every location along the Myrrh Coven border within the attack zone was a welcome surprise and one that had come just in time.
"Mister Wolfe, it's a pleasure to see you. What all have you got for us?" The Lieutenant in charge of this position asked.
"Just weapons and ammunition, I'm afraid. There was a bit of a rush to get everything out, so we didn't take the time to pack up food or medical supplies this time." He explained.
"That's alright. Some of our stronger officers have reached Rank Two in the last few weeks, after the mana increase really started to take effect. That's enough that we've got plenty of healing vials available. The food still sucks, though." She replied with a laugh.
The other soldiers laughed. Myrrh Coven ration packs weren't terrible, but they had nothing on the magically preserved fresh meals that they had heard Forest Grove delivered when they did supply drops.
The villages east of them, closer to the border, had an agreement in place for a while already, and they were quite familiar with the emergency rations, as well as the garden charms and fresh produce that the town shipped out in exchange for technological items that couldn't be easily made with Earth magic.
"We're already on it. Also, Ella could sense your thoughts about parachutes, and we've got the design team making some. They found a few diagrams among the first plane's instruction manuals, and they think that they can make their own, with a pull cord to open them as they leave the plane.
It should be fine, and if it works, we will be able to drop relief food supplies much more quickly in the future, with just some simple air magic to make the process a bit less violent. It doesn't even have to be strong air magic, just a bit to push up on the cargo while it's falling, so we can keep loading as much as we want and not have to expend the extra cargo space." She replied.
Ella gave him a thumbs up, and the radio operator tapped her headset to indicate that she understood and had already sent the relevant messages to let everyone know that they were coming, and to inform the troops on the line that there would be supplies and that they weren't being overlooked when they saw the plane but got no care package.
They were naturally a bit disappointed to find out that they were the first in line after the plane had been emptied, but everyone understood, and they had been considered fully equipped when they arrived, just not quite to the standard that Forest Grove could provide.
"Ten minutes to the central camp for the defence against the Undead Tide." The pilot announced some time later, and everyone moved to the windows.
Wolfe also looked down at the ground, and saw a very familiar energy pattern. He had only seen it once, but he would know it anywhere because it had been the first such life form that he had ever encountered.
When he last saw the Lich it was a Rank Two undead, but now it was Rank Four, and the guard that it had assembled was likewise empowered. A thousand Rank Four undead, surrounded by a hundred thousand weaker undead, was the sort of formidable force that even an elite group of Fae and Demons was not going to have an easy time defending against.
That undead had granted him spell knowledge, then left the battlefield. Perhaps if he went down again, there might be a similar response.
That might be wishful thinking, but the worst it could do was attack him, and he was now three Ranks higher than it was. If anything, he should be able to hold his own long enough to either defeat the Lich or to return to the sky and out of their attack range.
But Ella had different ideas.