“Now, I am listening.” Peppers eyes lit up like the lights of a Christmas tree, all twinkling and shining within the midst of her dark ruby eyes.
“The current plan is that we get you to fly up high on Que Er’s magpies, Wyrstiker’s wyvern or maybe even Mr Derpy himself and from there, you will provide numerous bombardment artillery against the Giants,” Jin told Peppers that those giants would be specifically targeting the animal people that Jin wished to rescue and recruit.
The idea was to get them out of hiding immediately with the flare which Hamatarou would be firing. After which, find out where they were located and send the Penguin Ninjas to escort the animal people back to the Sanctum of World’s guest instance.
During the mass transfer, the Giants might be a hindrance, and that was where Peppers would come in to remove them out of the equation.
“So, you want me to use Scan and explosions at the same time?” Peppers realised the task ahead of her might be out of her league especially when she knew how much mana the scan could take. Even if the little bellator could scan kingdom wide, she would not be able to differentiate who was friend or foe.
“Yes, that is why I am sending Ayse with you. I recalled reading a little on her recent report about you. She had prepared some contraption that would aid you in regulating your mana. Besides, she had been training you for quite some time, I doubt you will faint as much as you used to. Have some faith in yourself.” Jin was encouraging Peppers more positively than the way Kraft did to him, but the essence of the message felt like it was a grim reminder way too soon.
“Alright, but I demand more sweets and candies! Especially ones from Big Sis Lynn! Else!” Peppers attempted to take advantage of Jin, and he nodded his head slightly as a sign of agreement.
After which, Jin had passed the message to Derpy as he imagined the support from Ayse would need some space to bolster Peppers’ magic powers. That big fellow was so excited to go into action and even asked if Jin needed the Deep Ones to assist with the expedition. Jin humbly turned down his offer and told him that only he could do the job, which made him even more elated.
With Peppers’ aid, Jin had his very own improvised Search and Destroy satellite of destruction. (Just that this particular ‘satellite’ isn’t as reliable as he wanted it to be. Still, it was better than nothing.) To have air support was something that Jin desperately needed but always overlooked.
So, with Derpy acting as the floating platform, Peppers, Ayse and Que Er would be providing the much needed aerial support. Peppers would supply the bombardment strikes as Que Er used her newfound powers to reinforce the operation. She had her murder of blood explosion crows to be hovering all around the Kingdom to keep an eye for the animal people as well as distracting the Giants long enough for Peppers’ bombardment strike to work.
Jin had also contacted Lynn, and she had graciously lent more Penguin Ninjas along with Kido to aid Jin with his rescue mission while the raid was ongoing. She knew how important it was for the penguins to aid their fellow animal people since they knew what it was like to live through day by day in horror.
The Dungeon Supplier also figured that if they could not defeat Maeve, they should at least complete the grand objective of saving the animal people as quickly as possible and leave the area. While having Maeve will definitely be a bonus, its not their main priority. At the very most, Jin would cut short the cultivator’s raid and reward those who had fought valiantly in the fight.
However, that did not mean Jin was going to stop short. He knew that Maeve will definitely be a fantastic addition to his roster (and so did the System) and even he did not say it out loud, the desire was plain and clear for everyone to see. (Well technically, only the System was around…)
Yet, the only ability she had shown was to summon the Valgs, so she should not be underestimated if they were to fight face to face.
That was where Jin had decided to take heed in Kraft’s request.
“Kraft, You say to rely on you guys right? How about you loan me your Dark Elves? I heard they were trained to be your elite adventuring force. Thought I can see them in action.” Jin asked through the System Channel.
“Ehhhh? They will cost you.” Kraft thought this would be an opportune time to take advantage of Jin.
“I will provide additional funds to revamp your Tavern base. How about that?” Jin knew that Kraft would want more but the dungeon supplier had something up his sleeves.
“How about giving me an extra-“
“No, then the deal is off. I will find other monsters to take over.” Jin then shut the System Channel and began to look at the directory of monsters.
Perhaps, he could field the Orcs as part of training for the upcoming fight against Demon King Baal. Meanwhile, he was hoping Kraft will take Jin’s bait mainly because he knew that even though Kraft was a bellator with some authority, he did not have rights to acquire additional funding for his personal use. Besides, if he did not appear to take Jin’s request on, it meant that Devilman was shooting himself in the foot for telling his master a lie that he should rely on his monsters as well.
It was the first time, Jin had the upper hand on the issue against Kraft and that Original Bellator knew that too.
In less than five minutes, Kraft did appear in front of Jin, and with a twisted face of agony, he reluctantly agreed to it. “I should remind myself not to encourage you too positively in the future,” Kraft said slowly, and Jin shrugged his shoulders with a slight smirk expression. (If the Dark Elves ever knew that Kraft was defeated by Jin due to a logic loop, they would be praising their ‘actual’ master to no end.)
Regardless, the Dark Elves were eventually scheduled to be the first responders against Maeve if the cultivators failed badly. The dungeon supplier had also decided to send a few fighter dark elves with the cultivators so they could find out any weakness against the Valgs.
When the Dark Elves heard of the opportunity to go into battle, their elder suggested setting up a few ambush sites when they fight against Maeve in case she wished to escape or bring the fight out of the throne hall. Jin did not understand why and the elder explained that it was solely because they would be fighting against a Fey.
“We have previous encounters against fairies in the Goblin World as well. They were a rare sight even to Elves, and not all were friendly. The first we reached out, nearly killed us with her words. And because of that, my elders had made countermeasures against such malevolent creatures. …though I am not sure how effective it would be against this Maeve.” The Dark Elf Elder said, and suddenly he felt a death stare coming from the Devilman himself. Oh, but the Dark Elf Elder was smirking widely back at him. Very widely.
Kraft did not bother to check their memories when he first captured them which was why he did not know that they had countermeasures against Feys. The fox bellator did not think it was worth the time and effort.
But now, even though he could forcefully enter their minds to check what they had seen, Kraft rather not waste his energy breaking the barriers he had ‘painstakingly’ trained them to create. After all, they were his minions and obliged to tell him anything he wished to know.
“You could have told me that earlier! Ah, but I did not really release information on the situation in the Giant World out…” Jin wondered if he should keep his minions notified about the current situation so that they might provide help if they were able to.
After all, the System did not possess full knowledge of all their abilities and memories unless the monsters voluntarily decided to release that information.
But with that new information in mind, Jin had already begun sending out the Dark Elves to be paired with the cultivators to scout for the ambush sites while he prepped the rescue operation.
