Novel Full 709 Invasion (2)
Those three could only look at each other after hearing that. Still, to think that they would have so little time to prepare… their hearts were filled with worry…
Billy told his friends and to some leaders of the tribes that the enemies might be coming from that green world. While it was hard to believe, they also saw the planet approaches. They asked him how a human being could do that, but he couldn’t say. He didn’t know, after all.
“Can we see the enemies from here?” Natalie asked.
“No, the planet is covered in trees, and they are pretty tall, but there is also the chance that they are hiding on the other side,” Billy explained.
“We don’t know where they will attack, do we?” Totaic asked.
“No, but I can decrease the number of their targets a bit,” Billy said. “The demi-humans decreased in size, and they are scattered, but their strength still is larger than most of the average human. Thus, I believe they will attack this continent. Any of the states’ capitals would be a good target. Still, I would attack the samurai capital or the temple city in their place.”
“Because of the relics…” Sarah said.
“That is right… then again, they might consider that we will think like this and choose another or other targets,” Billy said. “That will delay our response speed, and they will benefit a lot from that.”
“The first strike defined the result of many wars,” Drew said. “We have to warn everyone.”
“I already did that. For that kind of situation, I have allocated some merchants all around the world to gather Intel and to pass Intel to our allies when necessary,” Billy said.
“I would like it when you had time to do that, but time isn’t something we can waste now,” Drew said.
“Making a large army move fast in a situation like this is impossible. That is why we are working to strengthen everyone, but to think that we would have such a short window of time…” Camilla said.
“Don’t say such pessimistic words,” Anna said. “The attack isn’t certain now that we know about them… if they didn’t increase their speed, then they didn’t notice that we noticed them. Or perhaps they can’t move faster.”
“That is… ah!” Billy said. “We can attack them first!”
“With the armors and Mana Shield, right?” Kate asked. “That seems like a better idea than letting the enemies attack first, but we won’t have support there.”
Totaic and Luso were having a hard time following the dungeon because they could only see it as nonsense the idea of attacking the enemy when they hadn’t attacked the planet first. The idea of leaving that world was hard to think of, even when they saw Lily flying with her armor before.
“What about our armors, big bro?” Samuel asked.
“Now you call him big bro…” Samara frowned.
“Ah, it can be used for the travel, but it isn’t complete…” Billy said. “Besides, I don’t think we should take everyone with us. Those who are good at long ranged attacks should stay behind in case the enemies send their soldiers anyway.”
“While that is annoying, it makes sense,” Lily said. “Did you already alert those three as well?”
“Yes, they will go wherever the enemies appear,” Billy said and then took the core of the new armor. “This one here will have to gather a lot of mana to be usable.”
The core of the new armor could protect him from the cold and radiation of space. However, it didn’t have enough room for him to store oxygen. He couldn’t summon much with magic either… Not to mention, the armor couldn’t recover mana in space… They could only use the ones of his friends. Billy could summon a copy of his old one, but it could cost a ton of mana, more than he had with his reserves.
Time wasn’t something that they had to spare, so Billy began to think about what he could do. It didn’t take long for him to get an idea… The answer was the Frost Hydra that he summoned once. Instead of summoning the same creature, Billy decided to summon a frozen wyvern, and then they would travel in the back of the monster. Those creatures had a lot of mana and magic power, so they would resist the travel. Moreover, Billy could increase its speed with Acceleration Manipulation.
“You usually have such good ideas, Billy… Why all of a sudden are you proposing that?” Kate asked. “If the dragon is killed, how are you going to return?”
“I just have to summon another,” Billy replied. “Besides, the enemies will keep approaching, so the trip back will be a lot faster. Nevertheless, we don’t have time to waste. Who wants to go should decide now.”
“What about you said earlier regarding leaving the ranged fighters behind?” Lily asked.
“That is what I think is the best option,” Billy said. “If you think that isn’t, there isn’t much more that I can say or do.”
“I don’t like that idea either, but…” Kate said and then signed. “You have a point. I will stay behind and believe that Alexander and Natalie will watch your back.”
“I guess… It would be wrong not to do the same,” Sarah said.
“What about us?” Samuel asked.
Billy looked at his parents, but they just shrugged. Those two were already old enough to decide things by themselves, and their parents couldn’t give them orders like before. That being said, while Drew and Camilla were melee fighters, they knew that they couldn’t keep up with Billy and the others. They going would put more weight on Billy’s shoulders than anything.
Despite that and the fact that they weren’t on the same level as Billy’s parents, Totaic and Luso looked like they wanted to see the reality of the situation by themselves. That would be useful to make everyone work together, but it would be a pain if they ended up dying. Unfortunately, Billy couldn’t stop them…