Chapter 161 - War (2)

( The real world ) 

Ethan Grey was sitting in his private lounge. One of the finest whiskeys in the world in his hand , as he watched Rudra's livestream. 

Today was a crutial day for Ethan as today was not only the Elites facing the Alliance , where he had a whopping 100 billion dollars on the line , but also the day where his hired team of world class mercenaries blew up Ambani's petroleum mine . 

It was safe to say that Ethan Grey was a confident man , he would never drink to relieve stress , yet today his nerves were at the edge , it was a make or break day for him , as he would either come out the other side today as a tycoon who would expand his net worth by trillions , or someone who would have to lay low for a while, loosing large sums of money. 

When Rudra kicked the snake Orochimaru after name dropping his connection with the Ambani's , Ethan felt a sense of satisfaction and releief , as he muttered under his breath " **cking snakes !! ". 

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( War arena , The alliance POV) 

Beachboy of surfers united was livestreaming hence the world was watching the alliance leaders having an impromptu meeting regarding the change in the chosen terrain 

Scorpio said " The spy's information turned out to be useless , there is no f****** forest ! , Damn that idiot spy , our whole strategy is ruined , We have no way to tackle a fort siege , we have no ladders or wall climbers ". 

PinkLotus said " Although what you are saying is true , not everything is as bad as it seems , i have seen previous battles in fort knox , it has two gates at East and North , the north gate is the biggest gate made of wood , our assaulters should be able to hack through the gate after a bit of struggle. We will loose some numbers , however thats not an issue is it? Once the gate crumbles , soo will the Elites ". 

TrueRhythm agreed to PinkLotus as he said " I agree , this is not necessarily a better choice than the forest , the fort is a smaller area to defend and run , we can rest assured about the guirella warfare tactics , once the defenses of the fort are breached the war will end ".

The alliance leaders had a logical discussion about what to do next , but time was running out , as the 10 minute preperation time was about to run out , they were yet to relay important information to the 2,50,000 strong army of theirs. 

And as for now there was but one command , that was breach the gates and attack the fort. 

The war timer hit the final 30s , and everyone became laser focused .... Victory or defeat , everything would be decided now.

Unbeknownst to them , an deadly assasin party of 20 lead by SMG had sneaked through the hidden gate and started to make his way upriver , unnoticed by the alliance army. 

5....4....3....2...1... War starts! 

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( The true elites pov ) 

The war had started and everyone had taken battle positions , the task of handling the archballistae was left to the archers , whereas every lifestyle member and non wizards were given a bow and quiver of arrows. 

A few people like Rudra and Karna chose the javellin , to strategically target enemies. 

Just as the countdown hit zero , a sea of people started to charge from the nothern gate towards the fort. 

Rudra smiled at them as he said " Come! ". He gave Karna the nod and Karna gave the War command. 

" UNVEIL THE BALLISTAE , ARCHERS LOAD YOUR ARROWS ". Karna shouted 

The cloths covering the ballistae were removed. The weapons were already armed and loaded. 

" HOLD ". Karna said , waiting for the perfect time to unleash the arrows , making sure that maximum enemies were inside the range of arrows to maximize damage. 

" FIRE! ". Karna shouted , and for a second the sun got blocked out a sea of arrows fell on the charging alliance members , as thousands were hit with the incoming arrows. 

But to the sheer horror of the alliance members , unlike the traditional arrows that hit in waves after waves , these arrows were continuous. 

Like a goddamn machine gun , the ballistae kept blasting arrows after arrows , with an insane rate of 200 arrows per minute. Atleast 150 alliance members died under its relentless assault every minute , while 20 more were injured. 

And there were 8 such beasts mounted on the walls of Fort Knox . 1200 alliance members fell each minute to the ballistae and about 300 more fell under the arrows and spells of the members. 

There was panic , disbelief and sheer horror inside the alliance members eyes. They could not even defend properly under the relentless arrow assault . 

Chaos rained inside the charging party as to defend the arrows the alliance members moved around and bumped into each other , falling tripping and breaking the attack lines. 

Scorpio looked at the ballistae and just went batshit crazy " WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING ..... WHY DO THE ELITES HAVE SUCH A GAMEBREAKING THING? ". 

His mind went blank , and the same happened for the other five alliance leaders , they were speachless seeing the beast of a ballistae in actions , thousands being slayed every minute under its unending assault. 

Meanwhile the world watching the unfolding of the ballistae went totally nuts ... The elites had their own mediaeval machine gun , how cool! 

The common adventurers seeing the war for fun were very very happy seeing the entertaining ballistae in action , whereas the various superpowers saw it as a must have tool in their arsenal . 

Win or loose , many interested parties were going to contact the elites post war , for this technology. 

The first phase of the war had started , and 10 minutes into the war , the first alliance member finally reached the nothern gate , after going through hell in the face of incoming fire , and started hacking at the wooden door with his axe. 

However within these ten minutes close to 16,000 alliance members had died , and there was no signs of slowing down. 

/// 3 chapter day today , as both the powerstone and golden ticket targets have been hit ! Congratulations guys , your wish for a faster war arc will be granted today. 

Special shoutout to caleb_poling for the 1000 coin gift and mystic genius for the 500 coin gift. 

Thankyou for the patronage guys , it motivates me a lot ! ///