Chapter 743 743 Barrier
?There was a lot of tense waiting at the airport while the weapons were distributed to the defence lines, and magical fortifications were erected to go along with the actual barrier.
Now that they understood that this was an all winter every year sort of event, the Fae and Demons that had borders to protect were working quickly to obtain the services of others with solid Earth Magic skills, in order to erect walls, and dig moats that would keep the attackers at bay, even if there were no magical barriers in place.
That was an infrastructure project far beyond anything that had come before, but with a handful of very well-paid Rank Six Fae involved, they were going to be able to create the border wall as fast as a Faerie could fly.
It would be a game changer for the defence of the Free Covens, and for Myrrh, who was already starting on the same plan, but starting from closer to the Fae Forest, where they had come to recruit helpers.
That would actually end up diverting a lot of the monsters toward the Frozen Wastes, but it would send them past the Fae Forest first, where the defensive spells would calm them and remove curses. It would be a logistical nightmare for Forest Grove in the near future, unless they also erected a wall to keep the monsters in the mountains, but there were enough people who relied on the movement of the monster packs that they were unlikely to do it.
Instead, they would let the spells calm the monsters, then hunt them at their leisure. Once they were no longer berserk and only attacked based on instinct or hunger, the problem would be back to the normal state for the region, which everyone was already accustomed to.
"You know, if you're going to go all out, you should hire people to do roads as well. Most of the connecting roads through the Free Covens and Myrrh are in lousy shape at best, and having a nice, solid surface would really speed up trade caravans." Ella suggested.
Everyone who could fly took to the air for a better viewing angle, while some of the more enthusiastic Wrath Demons flew to the back of the crowd to hack their way back to the wall. For them, it was a two for one deal. They got to see the barrier in action, and they got to fight.
"Are you going to fight?" Ella asked as Wolfe carried her up into the air with a platform of Gravity Magic.
"Not today. The guards have it, and nothing is getting through that barrier. It's been activated and fed by a whole group of Rank Six Fae and Demons. These are Rank Three undead, even in a massive group, they don't stand a chance."
Ella shrugged. If they took action, it could be even quicker, but most of the group was more interested in what was going to happen when the attacking line got to the actual magical barrier. There was no question that they would have to repay Wolfe in some way for helping make that barrier core, but exactly how much would be determined by how well it performed.
Both the Fae and the Demons were particular about debts, though the Fae usually used them to play pranks on people.
Pranks being a relative term, as they were occasionally fatal, but they were done for the amusement of the one owed the debt.
The first Undead made it to the barrier, and giant vines, covered in deep blue flames, reached up from the ground and smashed the creature a hundred metres backward into the crowd, tearing its body apart on impact with the other undead.
There was a shimmering fire barrier ten metres tall, with flaming vines at the base, and the Demons were looking at it the way that most men would look at a lover.
"It's beautiful. It burns, it smashes, it can be put up around the yard. What more could a Demon ask for?" A woman near Wolfe sighed in longing.