The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 238: Reinforcements (2)

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(Third PoV)

"How can this happen?" the Chief commander of the capital troops slammed heavily on the table as he asked the commanders that were present at the meeting.

Though they didn't say anything, their expressions told everything.

"You ask us, who should we ask?" this is what they all thought. Everything they knew, the chief knew. There is nothing extra that they only knew. They can't answer the commander that.

They can't say what they thought either as that could be considered insubordination, especially now that the situation they are facing is very problematic.

An hour ago, they received news that the monster tide appeared before the estimated time and there was no warning from the scouts. There was no contact from them. It was as if they disappeared up into the air.

The message was to send for reinforcements as the estimated number of casualties increased and the chances of the town falling increased too as they were caught with their pants down.

To rectify the situation, they needed some reinforcements that would fill in the gaps in the defences that would appear as the battle went on.

The higher-ups were deciding on that matter.

They can't just pluck some troops assigned to a location where they were needed, and send them to Repest to resist and end the monster tide. No, they can't do that because doing that would open gaps in the defence that the enemies can utilize.

The problems come from skills that people learn, rather than granted by the system.

These skills start from level 1 and end at level 100 but to this day none were able to reach level 100. There were even rumours that maybe level 100 don't exist or maybe it was not the end. This can't be verified as of now until someone reaches level 100.

Anyway, the issue was there were not many who could challenge the monsters once the rear end of the frontline from the town's centre.

Once that happens, the fall of Repest is guaranteed.

The warriors that are fighting on the ground are not weak but most of their skills are not AOE skills. They can't do much damage to multiple targets as spell casters do.

They are well useful for guard duties, to protect something or someone but in these battlefields, unless they cross to Tier-7, they don't impact large areas at the same time as the spell casters do.

Without the spell caster's support, they would be overwhelmed by too many monsters at the same time. they can't fight more at the same time and it is why everyone believes that once the spell casters are gone, they will fall quickly.

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"Now that monsters have breached through the town, there are only two options before us and not much time. One is to order the town to retreat from the town. Two we immediately send reinforcements to support the town from collapsing", the chief spoke.

Seeing that none of them responded, "Now damn it. Say something about what we should do", he shouted which caused some answers to spill out of their mouths, but they appeared to be arguments rather than solutions.

The reason why they didn't say anything in the first place was because if their idea brings any damage to the kingdom, then they would be the ones that get punished. Of course, the rewards would be theirs too but the risk was too much now to act.

"Shut up everyone. I want a solution, not arguments. If you are too afraid, then I would take the responsibility myself. My decision is to..."