Necron: The Legend Of Rezar DeathWind

Chapter 130: The Battle Of BoneFire Valley 1

The previous location of the goblin Kings mounted division had been a small basin with two entrances on both ends, of course both entrances have been blasted into a pile of rubble, turning the basin into a small valley. It would serve as a small fortress or the personal estate of some noble if there was ever anyone interested in it, but be that as it may the prospects of this piece of land was not what was at the forefront of the minds of the people now standing one two different ends of the basin now turned valley after Rezar had led his first campaign, and decimated everything that had been built within it.

But now on the other side were rows upon rows of armored hobgoblins, obviously these were the most elite of the goblin King's forces. There wasn't a single common or high goblin within their ranks, there was just well formed rows upon rows of silver armored goblins, and Rezar had to admit this was a lot more intimidating than he would have expected. When Priest had told him that the Goblin King's armies were on their way here, he had honestly expected a rabble of players and unskilled uploads like the ones he had previously faced, but even then those guys had been caught off guard with every tactic Rezar has had to employ, this would be his first full on confrontation.

With both armies staring down at each other, the sun rose high above his head, reaching its peak height of noon. Gynaika was further back nestled within the shade of the trees and covered in a thick cloak. Unfortunately, his Daylighter abilities didn't full translate to the vampires he turned. Gynaika was just the first so there was a possibility it would be a bit different in the future, but at the moment Gynaika couldn't be out under direct sunlight from 10 am to 4pm, which was basically the hottest times of the day. It wasn't too bad though as she's gotten what she wanted and she was now tied to Rezar in more ways than one.

"Do we make the first move Master?" Brutus asked as smoke billowed out of his skull, and eerie green flames within shook with an unsteady light.

"I find it common courtesy to let them make the first move, however this is not some noble meet and greet, whoever throws the first punch takes the initiative. ANTS AT THE READY!"

The moment Rezar gave that order, all of the ants that were either mounts or part of the undead unit came forwards. At first such a move surprised everyone, including the Hobgoblin army on the other edge of the ridge that made up the valley below them. after all these were just ants, so it was hard to imagine what sort of damage they could cause to them, especially when they were fighting from so far away, there was at least a 100-meter separation between both armies, but whatever it is Rezar had planned with the ants, distance didn't seem to be a problem, and unfortunately for the Hobgoblins that turned out to be true.

"FIRE!"

[Fire Acid Spit]

In unison with his commands, all of the ants angled their heads upwards and spat out luminous globs of greenish spit that crossed the 100-meter distance between both armies and then some to come down splashing on top of the army. However, those globs of spit could land, gleaming silver shields in tandem with the armors were raised to intercept. However, this was spit, not arrows, so it was expected that there would splash damage if gamer terms had to be used. Most of it was defended, but the sound of sizzling and the smell of flesh getting burnt was prevalent all the way to the other side. Nobody died, and barely any damage was taken, but at least now Rezar had made their first move, and now he was going to make the second one.

"Rapid Fire!"

The ants went wild with their spitting, of course they were limited in the amount of times they could spit as even the most evolved of them could only spit out their [Fire Acid Spit] ten times before needed to rest for an entire day to rebuild their reserves. The Necrotic ants weren't any better, but their spits were actually a lot more lethal than those of the other undead.

Rezar watched as whoever was in charge gave the order for the army to retreat a little way back so as to move out of the range of the undead ants. But even then Rezar had already fired the warning shots, he had the ants keep up with the barrage until the hobgoblins were well out of their range. The grounds they once occupied hand turned into numerous puddles of smoking acid that slowly ate into the ground they once occupied. The Hobgoblins rearranged their formation and soon enough a division of them wearing what seemed to steel plated robes and steel chain mail under hardened leather armor took the forefront. These were obviously the mages and long range attackers, and since Rezar had already began the attack by trying to utilize long range tactics, they probably felt it was about time they returned the favor to him.

But that would only go so far as Rezar turned and gave orders for the undead to take a step back, at least those that were more flesh like while the Armored giant fire ants grouped up together, their forms seemingly forming into a giant helix that was spread out enough to cover almost everyone, while the others escaped into the tree line. Anyone who looked at it from above would see a shield made of numerous helix shaped objects that glinted a rustic red under the glow of the sun. and it served its purpose as seconds later, a rain of arrows and spells landed on their backs.

And therein laid a massive surprise to the Hobgoblins as 50% of the attacks and spells they used, were actually bounced back or to be more accurate repelled, while the other fifty just impacted their hard chitins shells, and did almost nothing in impacting their defense. It was crazy, and not just the Hobgoblins, but also the Kitsunes, and Melves on Rezar's side were shocked by the sheer amount of defense the ants carried. It was completely unexpected, and if Lenore was here, she would have a rather proud smile on her face as she was the one who had focused their evolution on defense.

The ants already impressive speed, but when you add into that a defense that was nigh impregnable, then the ants became a division of walking tanks, really swift tanks that could bear the brunt of most common spells and attacks. And the stronger they became within this evolutionary path, the more dangerous and fearsome they'll all be, especially when they start gaining sentience of their own, which Rezar has to admit was taking a little longer than he had expected.

The Hobgoblins carried on with their bombardment for another 5 whole minutes, Rezar lost 13 of his ants with that period, but no one else was hurt. And with every ant that died, the formation was quickly reshuffled as the gap would be hastily closed. It was completely amazing when ants with the numerous legs can rapidly reshuffle themselves into a proper defense formation, but they all shared a mind or rather took unified orders from the mind of their master. As soon as the barrage ended, Rezar gave swift orders and the ants quickly rearranged themselves, with everyone else quickly mounting. He was about to give the orders to charge when one of the wild tribe follower of Gynaika ran to him and whispered in his ear.

Priest looked confused from beside him, but he knew the only reason why there would a measles right in the middle of the battle was because Gynaika had finally divined something. Her ability as a diviner wasn't full proof as the ability only worked twice in a month, and even then the duration varies based on her mastery of it, and there wasn't much to be said of her mastery of the skill yet, it would take a few more years, or at least a few hundred skill points to get everything in track. Rezar nodded his head to the messenger before using his [Telepathy] to talk with Priest.

"The Goblin King is not leading his armies."

"What!" Priest asked with his eyes widening in surprise, turning his head from Rezar and then back to the army that was standing opposite them.

"Then where is the Goblin King now?" Priest asked as he turned to look back, hoping to catch a glimpse of Rezar.

"Gynaika says he's gone to seek refuge from the Order of the Innkeepers. At the moment he is also trying to negotiate a deal with them." Rezar answered.

"What sort of deal is that?" Priest asked again.

"A deal where he can have a sit down with me without the danger of me eating his soul."