*bows once more* Your Highnesses...*waits patiently for an answer to my last post(4posts before), looks around, sees how everyone is magically appearing with armor that looks fantastic*

I need requests, I am bored.

[Sorry I haven't been here too much, kids, as life keeps me busy. It's funny because it's already been a week. The war is late. ]

MustEd4ever, you may be the castle chef.

And please, no more applications for positions until after the war, children.

*starts writing letter to queen*

Dear Queen of the Queendom,

Thank you very much for you response, I shall start setting up a blacksmith shop somewhere near my house if anyone needs weapons please send them my way and I shall provide them with one...it shouldn't take long to set one up all I need to do is to gather some materials I might require in order to start working hopefully we can have everyone equiped before the attack. Thanks again for your response.

Signed,
Full Metal Engineer
Serk

*posts letter in throneroom, then leaves castle to create his shop*

*a giant glowing tempest starts to form over the castle, a column of light shoots forth from it. suddenly an army of 40,000 human troops led by the king appears.*

OK BOYS AND GIRLS I WANT EVERYONE IN POSITION IN TEN... MOVE OUT!!

*the troops scramble to defensive positions along the castle walls. the king runs into the castle in search of the queen*

*hear's the King's voice in the distance*

Ahh, so it's begun . . .

*wanders the halls in search of random people not fighting with the army to send them out to be evacuated*

I'm certain Falling has the village evacuations covered already.

*looks at all the scrambling people heading to their posts*
Kut e ruba draca yna dnyehat cumteanc yht tud cusa tisp vilgc
*cough* can i be of any assistance

Either help any stray villagers/citizens evacuate, or arm yourself and go to the battlefield.

*runs up to the queen in a hurry*

whoa... its ok... those are just the troops from the persimmon lands. i've been training snipers and gathering wizards for last couple of days. thats the good news.

the bad news is that demon troops are already here and holding position, awaiting even more reinforcements.... you see, when we use the chamber last time it was like turning on a giant searchlight. apparently now that they know we're in control of the chamber, they are reassessing their battle plans.....

this buys us a bit more time, but we're already rather outnumbered... i've been in contact with the fairy queen and she's trying to pull a few strings to get the other fairy queens to help. its seems that fairy hierarchy is composed of thousands of fairy queens, each controlling a fairy conclave on different worlds. right now, i believe, our best course of action is to hold out for the calvary to arrive.

Ahh, at least the Persimmon troops add a little more, which is always good . . .

*takes a deep breath, a little worried*

Will the numbers of fighters on both sides become more balanced once the thousands of fairy conclaves arrive, or will we still be outnumbered? How soon until the reinforcements of the enemy arrive? How are the advancements on the chamber itself?

ok.... lets see....

even if all the conclaves showed up, which is highly unlikely, i doubt the numbers would be even. but the average power of a fairy warrior far exceeds that of the average demon warrior. like all large royal courts, the fairy leaders don't see eye to eye on most matters; though our fairy queen is one of the more higher ranking queens and has a few favors owed to her.

as for the enemy troops we have reports that they are already amassing on some kind of artificial staging area type plane and will be slowly pouring in some time within the next 72 hours. i was thinking about closing their portal, but the amount of troops we'd lose just to reach it would be to large a gamble.

the chamber? alarin and i decided that no matter how large we made the burst it wouldn't be enough to stop the enemy; or even shift the balance of power long enough for us to do anything significant. so we've been modifying it to be used as a giant shield. the problem with that plan is the fact that the "battery" inside the chamber is not designed hold a sustained amount of energy; its just supposed let it all out at once. when i left we had the shield up to a four hour run, but i'm guessing that we're gonna need at least a day out it though.

Hmm . . . then, taking that fairy to demon power ratio into consideration, even if we are outnumbered, will we still have a fighting chance, assuming only half of the conclaves decide to grace us with their presence?


Ahh, quite right. If they are coming slowly, would it be possible to have a few troops stand at the portal and take care of them as they come, assuming that the demons are arriving at a slow enough pace? Perhaps the demons may not be expecting that, but then, we never know . . .


Hmm, although that helps, things are still not looking up . . . is there no other alternative?

if half of conclaves showed up, its my opinion that we'd be able to obliterate the demons easily... but it looks like, at most, we'll only get a handful of them to help. in my last meeting with ruinia, we estimate we can get enough of the conclaves to have a 50/50 chance though.

it might be possible, but the portal is in the middle of their encampment. if we were able to get to the portal and clear out the encampment we might be able to pull it off; but if we fail we'd lose too many troops to win the war. so basically it would be an all or nothing plan.


well we knew we were kinda of screwed from the start, and it doesn't help that the beings that are controlling the enemy troops are almost as old as the fairies.... alternative? i've been trying to figure that one out myself...

Sir, perhaps if we could fly over their encampmet we could close down down the portal using only a few men. Aerial warriors have a advantage over ground warriors. Plus, the demons don't have much air support. FM and myself can fly. But I don't know who else.

what about tricks? *popping up in the castle* I knew the tricks from the historical periods

Hay Xithion i'm in for this

Well then lets see we have three people that can fly and the king can teleport but I doubt we should risk the king's life for the portal so that means for sure we got like three people that can get to the portal I personally dont think thats enough people but then again I'm just a blacksmith...

you want to lead a small strike team in to the midst of a demon army of over a million... not to mention the ritual to seal the portal itself would take at least ten minutes... do i need to tell you how insane you're sounding right now?

Yes, we need him right here

I personally think we should work on the defensive more than offensive and then as they come we wipe them out and then we can work our way to them...

Excuse me your majesty, myself, FM and Xithion done something like this before. Only we were in a cave, there were demons, and we were after a necromancer. Which we all killed mostly......i think

so if demons knows that trick again, what do you know other plans?

I'm not scared of Demons! Besides if we stay high enough in the air then we wont have a problem with that many. Just a few projectiles to dodge. And yes, I am insane otherwise I wouldn't have suggested it!



Those demons were weak! These demons are the elites of our world. They're probably 20x stronger than the one's at the castle. Not to mention the generals. But they're pretty big and slow

while i am pleased to see your enthusiasm, but volunteering for a suicide mission is not very wise. i highly doubt you comprehend what the operation you are talking about will entail, so let me explain this to you....

you would be inserted into the midst of a demon army of over a million, most likely the highest ranking officers would be located at this location. then you would be required to hold off this million demon army, with NO support, for over ten minutes. all the while you have to defend whoever is performing the closing ritual, which most likely would be me...

now putting aside my own lack of enthusiasm for putting myself in a suicide mission, this is an insane and rather dumb idea.....

do you want to go for that???

It's not a suicide mission if you don't plan on dieing.

Lets scratch thats idea off. Obviously you people aren't as insane as me, but what do you expect from someone like me?

Here's a thought! If we can't go straight to them or over them. Maybe you could use your alchemy to transmutate a tunnel extending into their camp and underneath the portal.

Or I could attempt to take on my demon form and try to infiltrate their ranks. But I don't know how good of an idea that would be. Besides what would I do once inside?

hmm heres something along the lines of xithion's idea...we can make a big ditch underneath all of the demons that leads to like a pit of death of something then we'll just send like a strong projectile to them breaking the ground so they can fall right into it hopefully killing alot...hmm I think it sounds like it would work but who knows...

this is the SAME plan... all you did was change the method of arrival. once the ritual starts the demons will know what's going on, or at least something is going on.


while this could work, the question here is do you have the power or sheer force of will to close the portal? mind you that to do this one would have to not only have to summon up enough mystical engeries to seal the portal, one would have mostly like win a test of wills against whoever is on the other side of the portal trying to keep it open. also keep in mind that whoever is on the other side was powerful enough to create an entire artificial plane...

Yah, I don't have that type of power. Plus I'd need a location where I could remain unseen near the portal. I haven't really mastered this Raw Magic yet, so I don't know if I could sustain that type of control.

I suppose if we could disquise you that would be easy enough. Hmm, nevermind that. They'll be able to locate your energy right as soon as you begin the proccess.

So our best bet is still to get the weapon working. Which the fairies are working on.

Anyone else have a plan?

@Xithion i think i'm as crazy as you, if not more.
Well i was all hyped up for the susicide mission, i would of done it. I'm sick of my office job here.

i have my own "special" magic

well heres my plan that hasn't had anything said to yet so um yea...

LOL...Special Magic? Despite how special you think it is someone else knows it and probably uses it better. Show me this "Special Magic"!

pit of death? how do you place a pit under a chunk earth without it caving in? also how would you place a tunnel over this pit?

Rember back when we were friends, *sigh* power has changed you......
You have seen my magic before

good question glad you asked...its very simple you know that you can make like underground mines and tunnels and stuff well we'll just make one underneath them all and then in the tunnel we'll have it lead to a big room with a pit leading to like a pit of eternal fire or something that will kill them of course we'd have to use alchemy to save us the time... I think that this idea is foolprooth

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

are you calling me a fool? *starts crying*

Power hasn't changed me. It's simply opened my eyes. I have come to the realization that there's always someone stronger that you and me. Even when you think you've created some new magic it's not! We can't create magic or own it. We can simply use it.

Oh yah, your magic which one was it?
*holds out his had and a dust of magic fills it in. Colors begin to change and it takes on many different forms.*

Raw magic has the capability to change into any form of magic.... This is the basis for my belief that we cannot create or use magic. It's part of us. The only magic that you can really own in true magic. Which I've never tasted!

i still have no idea of what the hell you are talking about... so you just want to destroy the ground beneath them and then blow up the pit? do you have any idea of how much engery that would require? if i were to do this and it didn't work, which i believe it won't, i'd be drained and useless when counter attack started.

hmm your right ok scratch my idea off so I guess we're back to the drawing board although I think a defensive plan would still be the best thing we could do.

Vuum, luhdnum yht ghuf ouin bufan ed lyh cyja ouin meja. Un tacdnuo oui
I have the raw power of fire and flame, maby i did not create the magic. I CAN use it very well.

I really don't have a plan, but if no one can think of one i'll go face the demons head on.

so your going to go on with another suicide idea then?

you have fun with that....

I know you can use your magic very well. Raw power of fire and flame isnt the same as raw magic.

See, you body contains the magics of fire and flame. My body contains raw magic. Chances are your body can absorb raw magic but can't contain it so your body stores it in those two forms. My body can absorb and store raw magic. The King, of course can contain any magic he wishes and doesn't have a need for raw magic.

actually the key is not contain any magic... you have to use your lack of magic as a vacuum to draw in the energy, which you then bend and form to your will.... its an old trick that the first humans that mastered magic used... or you could just go the higher being route like the fairies and actually be magic, though thats rather hard to accomplish.

50/50 is better than nothing.


Earlier, you mentioned that:

Is that using only the "battery" inside the chamber? Can we not make use of an external power source, adding it to aid the sustenance of energy? The Philosopher's Stone, perhaps?

yes that is possible, but from the findings and figures that we currently possess the philosopher's stone is pretty weak compared to the amount of energy inside the "battery". it would be like adding a drop of water to a bucket of water; sure it increases the total amount but not by that much..

though maybe we could harvest the souls of the demons as they are being slain, remove the inherent energy within them, and use that to supplement the "battery"

Ahh, I see. A shame, that.


Yes, that might work. How long would the harvesting procedure take? As long as the demons keep coming and we keep up the slaying, then we would be able to accumulate that much more power to at least hold off the advancing forces for a little while longer, correct?

A battery recharge. Perhaps we could use this? *Holds out a small box*

This is the Navitus Capsa. At first glance it's nothing but a small box. But it actually contains a small portal to a realm of where raw energy can be stored. It's been in my family for eons...perhaps since the beginning of the human race. It's origin before that is unknown.

It can absorb and life, organic matter, or magic and turn in into raw magic. No-one has ever been able to measure it's magnitude because you can only absorb the magic as a recharge. I've been wondering if it has something to do with this castle because it has the same type of ruinic symbols. Perhaps you could ask the fairies about it. It looks like it'd fit in some swort of slot!

*hands the Navitus Capsa over to the King.*

I'd like it back after you've finished with it. It's a bit of a family heirloom..

well the way i see it we would need some kind of device to capture the souls as we slay the demons, another to purify and convert them and then directly input that power into the "battery". while normally this would require a insane kill per minute rate, a demon soul has a good deal more power to it than a human soul. rough estimate.. i would say if we had a 40-50 kill per minute rate we could sustain the shield indefinately. but the problem with that would be eventually the demons would, most likely, get wise to the plan and just wait us out... though that kinda is what we are goin for...