The reality of the situation was very difficult to swallow . During the entire court meeting the only thing that really bothered Rudra was the lack of concrete information about enemy strength.

There was only a general bifercation available that there were approximately 23-26 million enemy forces , but the report thoroughly lacked in quality and substance.

How many of the forces of darkness were tier 1 ? , How many were tier 2? How many were tier 3? , How many tier 4 warriors ? Is Mazikeen the only tier 5 existance amongst the group? No solid information was available and everything was a mystery.

What means did the enemy have , do they have long range artillery that can cripple walls , can Mazikeen just blow out air and wipe out a portion of the Purplehaze city wall?

What will be the chosen mode of warfare , will it be outside Purplehaze city walls? Will it be within the city? What techniques would be employed in the war ? What are the key pointers to take care of before the fight.

No information about these things were available at all , and Rudra hated that , he hated the fact that for once he was not in a leadership position and did not need to look at the bigger picture and only the part assigned to him , as the bigger picture was being seen by Emperor Cervantez .

Rudra was a firm beleiver in the power of information , being a reincarnator who had climbed the ranks of the game through the power of knowledge , he knew firsthand the difference of waging an intelligent war and a dumb war and he really did not want to wage a dumb war.

The sheer scale of this was meant that it was not possible to micromanage every front at which the fight was going to be happening. There would be individual fronts , and individual battles breaking out at all the parts of the battlefield.

If there was one key to winning this war , it was definitely the fall of Mazikeen. With Mazikeen's fall , assuming that there was no other tier 5 powerhouse within the forces of Darkness . Then with Emperor Cervantez sweeping the battlefield the war was definitely going to tilt towards a Hazelgroove victory.

Conversely the fall of Emperor Cervantez would spell the end of Hazelgroove kingdom.

Rudra only had one question in his mind currently , and that was how was he going to utilize his two days of preperation time before the war.

He was someone who was least interested in fraternizing with the other guilds of Hazelgroove kingdom , although he was invited to several meetings , he attended none of them , as pointless speculation was a waste of his time.

Just like he suggested , a player enlistment act was given out by the kingdom , along with the sub bifercation of what guild had to perform what duties.

This was unexpectedly good decision on the part of the kingdom as they divided penalty and rewards fairly.

The guilds that did not take part in the war were going to loose ownership of their territory and were going to be banished from Hazelgroove kingdom. The guilds that failed to carry out their tasks in the war were going to face heavy penalties for failing their given duty. The rewards were equally great as the completion of the tasks gave the guilds incredibly generous merit points which could be traded for any item from within the Hazelgroove Royal treasury. This was a good opportunity for guilds to gain major rewards .

The individual players were banded under the label of 61st 62nd and 63rd division. Which was headed by viscounts of Hazelgroove kingdom , most of them were low level players who had yet to join a guild , while there were very few high level independent players. The role of this division was definitely going to be cannon fodders and they were given a fixed amount for participating in the war (70 silver) Payable on Victory . Considering that most were level 10-30 players , 30 silvers was a considerable sum for them and a fair compensation.

In this way the massive player force was divided efficiently and given independent tasks . The task of the True Elites guild being to man the walls , and slow the advance of enemies into the city.

The plan of action that Emperor Cervantez decided for the war , was that him and Mazikeen were definitely going to fight outside the city , as far away from civilization as possible.

The battleline would definitely be outisde the city , as the Hazelgroove forces would meet the Forces of Darkness in the open battlefield and only in dire situation may fall behind the walls.

Emperor Cervantez did not want civilian casualities in the war and wanted to keep the fighting away from the city for as long as possible. But , he understood the strategic advantage the wall brought , especially with the inclusion of the Elven forces that were to arrive , helping on the walls.

Thinking soo , he kept Rudra's True Elites , and First division on the walls , alongside the Elven forces .

Trusting his most capable lieutenant with the most important task , Emperor Cervantez only gave him one single instruction , which was to not let a single enemy behind the walls of Purplehaze city.

Rudra had dejavu as emperor Cervantez gave him this instruction , as it was a flashback for him of the war that had just passed against the triads , where he set the same challenge for himself.

However the difficulty of the job at hand this time was monumentally more difficult than the one he did last time , as the forces of darkness were not just comprised of tier 1 and 2 players without any means to retaliate.

They were a ruthless bunch set out to destroy Hazelgroove kingdom. It would not be as simple as just keeping them in check using tricks , untill their numbers thinned out.

It was sure to be waves after waves after waves of endless attacks! Some attacks were bound to be strong enough to cripple the walls , as although the wall was strong , there were wizards of tier 4 that could use spells like the solar beam and blast a hole straight through the wall .

Rudra did not need to focus on the overall situation of the war , he only needed to hold his line for as long as he could , and kill as many enemies as he could . Hence Rudra thought of the best way to prepare for this war , and decided to do 2 things.

) Put the entire guild into production mode and bulk purchase commodities like arrows and potions.

Rudra wanted to restock the depleted supplies of the guild after the triad war , especially arrows to use in the Archballistae.

) Take Jhonny and SMG to scout the enemy and gauge their strength. Rudra did not have enough Intel on hand to formulate enough countermeasures and prepare for the war . He needed to go and understand the position he was in firsthand , by understanding the enemy strength and abilities.

This was an extremely difficult mission , as being caught by the forces of darkness would probably spell disaster for anyone. Especially when their leader was a psychotic b*** who had been imprisoned for centuries.

Thinking on this fact rudra naturally wanted to take the most capable person alongside him to scout the enemy , that man being Jhonny English and SMG

Little did he know that this was the absolutely worst teammate that he could have brought to the enemy lines , as he would be caught in one disaster after another because of bringing English alongside him .

However for now , the trio set off towards the village of Thol , on their direwolves , to scout the enemy strength!

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( Meanwhile in village Thol )

Mazikeen also had a simmilar idea as to Rudra , as she sent scouts of her own to have an understanding of the upcoming battle .

The forces of darkness had one single major weapon prepared that was their trump card in this fight. The name of the weapon was Lucifer's eye.

It was a magic device that could manifest the eyes of Lucifer . Lucifer had the power of petrification , which meant that those on whom Lucifer's eyes fell , would be turned into stone.

This obviously had limitations as such , that it was not as effective on tier 3 individuals as it was on tier 1 . The power decreasing as the individuals prowess increased , completely being negated at tier 4 and above. However , to be able to turn thousands of enemy soldiers into stone at once , only through a glance was a terrifying weapon to bring to any battlefield . Completely avoiding a scuffle with the cannon fodders , wiping the front of the battlefield clean .

This gave their forces a tactical advantage ,and the cannon fodders on the dark side would now fulfill a much pivotal role than to fight the cannon fodders of the other party.

Mazikeen's forces also had a better quality of troops than the defending forces , as the soldiers from hell were tier 2 level 90 on average . With the better forces being at level 110 and captains being tier 3.

The only people tier 3 in the Hazelgroove kingdom were the Lieutenant's or higher military personnel. With the captains still being level 110 tier 2. Meaning that the quality of troops was inferior to Mazikeen's forces.

However both sides were in dark about the true prowess of the opposition , hence the scouts were dispatched.

Little did scouts from both sides know that even before they went to their location , they would encounter enemy scouts midway .... And it would escalate into a scuffle!

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