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Richard turo Sora with a serious expression. “Check the war menu,” he said. “You should see some new options there. Captains have more information”
S his status panel, spotting a ab that hadn’t been there before. He selected it, revealing the [War Menu]. A list of stats and summaries appeared, and as he began to read through them, he shared the details with Kara and Richard.
“So, it says here we’ve won 400 squad battles and lost 600…” Sora's voice faltered slightly, the weight of the losses unpleasant. “That’s… not great.”
Richard crossed his arms, nodding solemnly. “Yeah, it's rough. But we khey had the advantage in terms of levels and troop experie was actually way worse before reinforts came”
Sora scrolled down, and more stats filled the dispy. “It shows they’ve had 187 aces and 115 fwless victories.”
Richard smirked slightly. “That’s not surprising. Going for a fwless win is usually harder than aiming for an ace. When you’re trying to get that st blow with oeammate, it mean sacrifices—one or two pyers might get picked off. They’re fog on Aces as they give more points.”
Sora sed further down. “We’ve managed 152 aces ourselves and… 130 fwless victories.”
Kara’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Wait, we got more fwless wins than they did?”
Richard nodded, a bit of pride flickering in his expression. “We may be outnumbered, but we’ve got some serious talent. We pulled ie forces from all over the New European Union. Most of our captains and vice captains are top-notch pyers. However, our squad members are local military forces as we couldn't request too many reinforts. The war in Dubai requested even more reinforts than we did and NEU also sent reinfort there. Our strategy’s different, as we focused oe troops to win the main battle. Even then, we have thousands of pyers who are eveer than us and did not e back for the war... I wonder why.” Sora processed the information, a sense of hope mingling with the urgency of their situation. “So, maybe we have a ce at winning the war?”
Richard shook his head, a grim look crossing his face as he reviewed the numbers. “It’s not that simple. Sure, we’re way strohan a few weeks ago, but I 't say for certain that’ll be enough. They’ve held onto a solid lead, and we’re still pying catch-up.” He g Sora, then added, “Check the overall score—only captains and above access it.”
Sora tinued sing the s until he found the summary. He read it aloud for the be of his vice captains. “In this round, we won 4,170 points, but they scored 5,445 points. Total so far is 41,895 to 24,870... Damn, they’re really ahead.”
Kara sighed as she heard the numbers. Richard ran a hand through his hair, visibly frustrated. “We’re looking at a massive gap, and they’ll probably use the points for one hell of a debuff in the final battle.” He looked around, sensing the tension rising among the team leaders who overheard. “It’ll hurt, but we’ll have to face it head-on,” he added resolutely.
Sora turned and looked at his pany, all divided into squads and teams, some of them discussing the results of their ret battles. He saw the mix of relief and frustration on their faces—many had given it their all, but a handful wore faces full of self-bme. They khe stakes were only getting higher.
He turned back to Richard, a question f in his mind. “Are there bonuses from winning fwlessly or killing all enemies in the battle?”
Richard ughed, his tone a little lighter this time. “That’s the kind of wishful thinking only a newer would have! Both generals tried going for full Aces and fwless wins in the sed wave of fights. Even when Generals got close, there were always casualties on both sides. If one pyer tries to hog all the kills, it means the rest have to hold bad that’s when it starts falling apart.” He shook his head. “People lost entire pahat way. So, no ories it anymore.”
Sora nodded slowly, taking in Richard’s words. It made sense; evero pyers faced limitations, especially wheo level 80. Still, something in him stirred, a lingering desire to attempt the impossible.
'My strength and innate skill would be wasted if I don't even try going for it'
The sed wave of battles was set to start in 30 minutes. Sora opehe pany chat, summoning everyone. He could feel their collective focus shifting towards him as they ected.
“Let’s talk strategy for the 100 vs. 100,” he began, his voice calm but carrying a weight of authority. “I’ve been watg yhts, and I’m gonna be ho with you: our pany didn’t perform as well as others. We’re below average. We ’t keep handing points over to the enemy like this.”
A murmur rippled through the pany, a few voices muttering in agreement. He tinued, “We racked up 4 fwless victories and 4 Aces, thanks to Kara, Richard and Jordan. But our results were g. Our pany handed Dark Elves 13 fights and a whole lot of extra points.”
He took a breath, steeling himself as he prepared to y out his pn. “What I’m about to suggest, plenty of others have tried before us. I’m not pretending it’s a new idea.”
One of the Team Leaders, a grizzled soldier named Slim, cut in. “You’re talking about a total Ace? One pyer taking out all the enemies? Or a Fwless?”
Sora nodded. “We will attempt both. But the main goal is the Ace.”
A chorus of skepticism filled the group, mingled with curiosity. Aeam leader spoke up, “But that’s crazy! If we try that and mess up, we’re handing over points like dy.”
The pany may be preseo the world as an army corps, but it was full of pyers, and pyers of pany weren't real soldiers. They saw how real soldiers fought and lived, and they weren't ready to live such a life.
Richard's voice chimed in, steady and resolute. “Look, our captain is right. I've seen his strength, and we do it. If you listen to the arras, we make it work. A’s face it, the current strategy isn’t cutting it. We’re going to keep losing ground unless we try something new.”
Sora tinued, “Right now, we're sidered one of the weakest panies in this Coliseum. And we have to make use of that. We'll take them by surprise. And they'll regret giving us the ce to act. And I swear you t of me to make these words into reality. We will crush them.”
They didn't know why, but the pyers in the pany started believing Sora as he made his speech. Richard smiled, an evil grin on his face. “Let’s give them a reason to sweat. They'll taste hell, like I did.”
Over the en minutes, Sora outlined his strategy, detailing the timing, the roles, and the adjustments each squad would o make. As he spoke, the doubts in the pany gradually turned into murmurs of disbelief.
One squad leader chimed in again. “There is no way you do all of this, right? If we believe you, we're basically cheerleaders.”
Sora finished, “Follow my instrus, I'm fident in doing my part! But you o stay alive at all costs.”
As the pyers buzzed with newfouermination, Sora looked at the sky, feeling the weight of their expectatioling on his shoulders. He g Kara and Richard. “This will go down as an epic victory.”
Richard smirked, his eyes glinting with excitement. “This strategy ... This is not a strategy! This is madness! But if we’re going out, we’re going out with a bang.”Soon, words appeared in the sky:
[panies who have been notified, advao the field number prepared for you, and fight.]Five panies from each side were summoned. Sora and his teammates barely spared them a goo focused on preparing a pn to ter each situation. Their captain’s pn was undeniably bold, maybe even crazy, but they were tired of handing points over to the enemy. They trusted Richard when he said the Captain was a monster. It was time for a ge.
Sora took a moment to review the skills in his arsenal, refined over hours iime Space] and during his releraining since arriving in Paris. His Martial Titan css had unlocked a variety of powerful skills, some of which he copied and recreated and evolved as he pushed his limits.
'It's been a while since i've st used my css skills. The Martial Titan really has det skills for a tank css'.
[Blood e]Description: Summon copies of yourself by drawing orength of your blood. These es be ordered to use skills at the cost of blood. Their strength is a portion of the inal’s power, scaled to your achievements in Supreme Skill.Effect: Affected by your [Eternal Body Craft] and limited to ten es at present.Effect: Affected by your [Mana Evolution], it gains the ability to store mana and self-detonate[Wind Whip]Description: Shape wind into a thorned whip that extend at will, shing out with incredible reach.[Earth Dome]Description: Create a protective or trapping dome of earth around a designated area.[Ice Rain]Description: Summon rain with mana-trolled droplets that freeze mid-air. The size of ice drops, velocity and quantity of the ice depend on the amount of mana used.[Titan's Might] Description: Pnt your feet in the ground, make your blood boil, and unleash your full potential. You will be immuo any crowd trol effects for 10 seds.
[Titanic Strike]Description: el your maximum strength into a ground strike, sending a shockwave that stuns or trips enemies within a radius proportional to your body level.[Extreme Bloodlust]Description: Unleash your emotions, strength, and mana to create an overwhelming shadow of yourself that terrifies enemies and disrupts their ability to use mana. The skill’s effectiveness depends oensity of your emotions, mana trol, and strength.[Blizzard]Description: Summon water and slow its mana flow until it freezes, f a blizzard around you. Enemies on the frozen ground are slowed, and those caught in the blizzard experience further effects.[Floor is Lava]Description: bih and Fire to cover the ground with a yer of molteh with intense heat, c it in a substahat burns all who step onto it.
Sora’s most signifit development, however, was a new addition to [Mana Evolution]: a sub-effect within his Mana ization that allowed for unparalleled flexibility.
Sub-effect: [Elemental trol]. By recreating elements through [Mana ization], you unlock a sub-effect allowing for perfect skill creation based on your prehension of each element.Elements Unlocked: 5.Srinned as he scrolled through his skill panel. With this range of abilities, he felt like the sky was the limit. He was ready to unleash everything itles ahead.
