LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 1480
“What are they?” I demanded, straining to make since of the little specs racing out onto the field, moving nearly as fast as the wolfkin.
“It’s squirrelkin!” Shao confirmed.
Some of the arrow shots were sent at the squirrelkin, but no matter what happened, they seemed to be able to dodge them. The squirrelkin appeared to be much smaller than the wolfkin. Wolfkin could be rather large, with powerful legs and a sleek body. They were like bulldozers able to put a great deal of momentum into their attacks, while still having some flexibility and agility. The squirrelkin dropped the strength and were pure agility. They seemed to leap around the field, almost appearing like gymnasts. As a result, few met an arrow.
As soon as a squirrelkin reached a bunker, it leaped into a slide, and then slid right into the bunker. They were much smaller and thinner and seemed to have no problem quickly working their way through the tight crack and into the underground bunker. Several other squirrelkin joined the first, and a few moments later the arrows stopped coming from that bunker.
“Master, we’re getting casualties!” Miki announced.
The first of ours started dying, but they’d be resurrected soon. As for how quickly we could get them back on the battlefield, it was hard to saw. How long it took a resurrected to recover depends on a lot of factors. How quickly they were resurrected, how much damage was done to their soul, the condition of the body, and how skilled the resurrector was all played a factor. In this case, recovering the bodies was impossible, so these guys would not be brought back immediately. However, if it was Miki doing the resurrections, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were back on their feet in an hour or two. Still, a lot could happen in an hour. We weren’t even at ten minutes yet.
“Terra, cease defense alpha. Celeste, initiate epsilon attack.”
“Roger!”
“Yes!”
Terra lifted her arms, and the ground rumbled again. Two of the bunkers had already fallen and a third was being attacked as the bunkers suddenly sank back into the ground. A squirrelkin that was trying to slide through the crack got caught and was torn in half. This kind of power move might have once been impossible for Terra, but since communing with Gaia and living as part of the stone for several months, her Earth manipulation had seemingly grown significantly.
As the squirrels found themselves unable to enter the bunkers, and the wolfkin was no longer under attack, the two clans united and renewed their attack, the wolfkin protecting the squirrelkin as they continued. That was when an explosion of magic fell on them, tearing apart their new charging line. A line of fairies was flying overhead, lead my Celeste. Like bombers, they sent down dozens of spells, rending the earth and tearing apart the charge.
The wolfkin and squirrelkin who had only just managed to gather were once again placed into a chaotic state as the spellcasters, swept over them wave after wave. None of them had brought bows and arrows, and even if some were shot from the forest line, it’d be difficult to strike the fairies. I had specifically looked into what a safe height would be. Any fairies that had struggles flying that high were helped by Celeste. She was able to create a wind tunnel that didn’t just allow them to fly higher, but also would deflect various attacks.
“The next wave!” Shao cried out.
“Where, I don’t see them…” I could see red on the map, but I looked at the forest line and there were no new animalkin coming out.
“The sky! The birdkin are attacking!”