Chapter 442 - Deceived
After they had heard the intel that less than 200,000 Ifrytor and Ifry were hiding within the Yaslörn caves, everyone felt at ease.
Even Midra, who was worried about what they should do, was of the opinion that they should attack as long as their timing was good.
It was not as perfect as it would have been three days ago, but after they had figured out that the Yaslörn caves did only Inhabitat 200,000 Ifrytor at most, it was much better than having perfect timing without any intel about the number of opponents!
Thus, even Jason, who had a bad premonition deep within him, found that they should give it a try.
He held from saying anything about attacking as he had done before and his masters had noticed this.
They had asked him about what was going on, but not even Jason was sure what had caused the bad premonition.
As such he could only say that he felt weird about the Ifrytor and the Intel of the Ifrytor he had tortured.
Nevertheless, after the scouts had returned with recorded information, not even Jason could say anything about it.
Every single area in the surrounding was void of an Ifrytor and Ifry, and only the Yaslörn caves were filled with them.
Shane and Dalia understood his worry to a certain extent, but there had yet to be a single clue that his bad premonition could be true.
This told them that Jason was just too overcautious, and when he had said that he didn't want to participate in the attack everyone had carefully created to cope with the large number of Ifrytor, the others were astonished.
Jason was essential for their plan to succeed because he was able to use Solaris' mana nullifying and life force absorption ability, and now, he didn't want to participate?
He was frowned upon by the Ariyor and the extra marks he received from them had decreased drastically because of his decision.
Even Shane and Dalia felt a little bit weird, and everyone was trying to convince him to attend the attack.
There was only Emily, who didn't say anything because she could tell that Jason felt bad about not wanting to participate in the surprise attack!
According to her understanding of Jason, there should be something wrong, but nobody except her seemed to notice or care about this.
In the end, after several hours had passed, Jason reluctantly accepted their proposal.
They said that they would just enter the Yaslörn caves shortly and that he had to take care of the lowest Lique stage Ifrytor and Ifry, nothing more or less!
This was not problematic and it was barely the end of the day when they had departed.
The morning sun shone on the face of more than 100,000 Soldiers at the Lique stage that had mounted their mounts or flew through the sky as Jason did.
However, there were still a few thousand Ariyor next to him in addition to humans at the Prismar stage.
The number of solidified prismarine crystals they had inside their mana core was at three or below, and Jason could only hope that the Ariyor were able to take care of everyone stronger!
He was not sure how late it was when they had arrived nearby the Yaslörn caves, but that w
Their distance was still far enough for Jason to be unable to see anything clearly with his mana eyes, and the only thing he could outline were several tens thousand bipedal beings, that were most likely Ifry!
He had yet to find a single Ifrytor but that was not what he tried to perceive right now!
"They're really less than 200,000 opponents…" Jason had tried to use his mana eyes to see something odd in the surrounding areas for the last two hours.
But, he had yet to find something that seemed to be wrong!!
'Did I become too cautious?' He wondered, and it didn't pass much time before the Ariyor and others had finished their final preparations.
They didn't want to attract too much attention, which was the reason for them to use simple high-mana density bombs, instead of large-scale bombs that would destroy the Yaslörn caves completely.
By utilizing the Shaibi clan members' and Shane's spatial affinity, this shouldn't be much of a problem and two dozen high-mana density bombs should be enough to eradicate the largest masses of Ifrytor.
That was if they didn't notice the ambush early, and to countermeasures against it!
There was nothing like a perfect plan because it was always possible for unforeseen things to happen.
A plan might seem perfect if he was employed perfectly, but trusting a plan, just because one thought that it's perfect was imbecility!
Nevertheless, Jason had to acknowledge that the plan they employed was not bad.
When they had arrived in front of the Yaslörn caves, the members with a spatial affinity released their mana fluctuations as small spatial portals appeared in front of them.
This should have been noticed by the Ifrytor and Ifry, but it had already been too late to do something because the high-mana density bombs had already ignited and thrown through the spatial portals.
Only a moment later, the ground below them shook as two dozen explosions that came from the Yaslörn caves, resounded through the surroundings.
At the same time, Jason's mana eyes perceived how tens of thousand Ifry had been obliterated in an instant.
Yet, instead of feeling gleeful or overjoyed, Jason couldn't help but stare through the ground, with his mana eyes full utilized as he tried to make sense of the mess he perceived within the Yaslörn cave.
'What am I missing?'
Jason was not sure what he missed, but it was definitely something important.
Unfortunately, before he could even think about it, the first humans and Ariyors at the Prismar stage had already jumped through the spatial portal.
The others followed suit, and only a few hundred people remained in front of the Yaslörn cave as it was Jason's turn.
He looked at Shane, Dalia, and Emily before he forced himself to smile lightly.
"I'll be back soon!"
After that Jason, had stepped through the spatial portal, and three more soldiers followed him closely.
However, suddenly as the fourth soldier was about to step through the spatial portal, he noticed that there was some resistance.
Exactly the same occurred with the other spatial portals that began to disperse out of a sudden.
At that moment, shock spread through Shane's entire being as he mumbled.
"They...sealed the Yaslörn caves space!!"
At that time, shock spread through everyone as Fasro, who stood next to Midra and the Shiabi clan patriarch couldn't help but blurt out
"Have...we been deceived??"
This thought resounded through everyone's mind as Emily began to shiver.
"Jason...is inside the Yaslörn cave!!"
Only a few moments later, huge streams of mana and an astronomical heat could be perceived from the Yaslörn caves, and everyone who had already fought against the Ifrytor and Ifry once knew exactly what was happening!
"The Ifry sacrificed the life force within them to overload the Creato flames!!!!"
Every single moment that had passed, more and more streams of mana could be sensed and the heat increased further, shocking everyone.
If even those above the surface felt the unbearable heat, how could anyone within the Yaslörn cave come out unscathed?
At that moment, the earth shook once again, however, instead of light vibrations as it had been when the high-mana density bombs exploded, it felt more like an earthquake now!
This forced everyone to retreat as Shane, Dalia, and Emily's faces paled, recalling everything about Jason's bad premonition...
"What have we done...Jason….please survive!"
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