Master Of None

Leon was sure that he was making the right call. He had a lack of information on the state of affairs when it came to the land. But he did have the communication crystal messages. The demon-human soldiers had heavily relied on them so they were passed out before everyone left for their army marches.

This proved very useful because Leon knew that dangers had become worse over the time of the village's liberation. Not only were there demonic monsters to worry about, but the demons were destroying their own lands now. It made all the soldiers under Leon worry more about how they could help.

"Listen up, I have the scout's map of rivers." Leon held a map up. It was the gathered information from more than thirty scours that had risked their lives to get.

The waters along these rivers were home to many monsters that could kill an individual merfolk, tamer, or demon0human. But they had the skills to get close to them and discern if they were worth the risk to explore.

"I have three entry points that we can take. One had a lot of waste coming from it. It is thought to come from the nearby human port city. We will ignore that. They don't have to worry about the demons because of their unique cliff side homes." The commanders were in agreement with this. Their goals were not to find a city that didn't need help. The age place that was untouched due to the location of the city and the fact that the demons had no interest in it at all.

"That means we have this larger river. There will be many monsters in it. We will have to fight our way up river to get to the nearest village which we believe is here." The time in the foreign river would be the challenge. They were not familiar with the monsters there and that was dangerous.

"The second river is smaller. But we have strange plants surrounding it without any signs of monsters. It is believed that we would all perish if we went down it. The plants aren't damaged by any predators. They could mean they are the predator themselves." Leon had seen the underwater plants that consumed entire beings. They were living plant monsters the same as the land had.

"Then we go through the large river and stay tight in formation." The demi-human aquatic troops had the best formations for this. They had traveled rivers before and had more experienced than the merfolk who had open water experiences.

"Our tamed monsters will follow whoever we need. The large rover gives them the space to battle compared to the smaller two. That's all we have to say." the tamer in charge of the other tamers held a lot back. He was a little annoyed at the merfolk due to the last incident between tamers and the kraken spawn.

Fortunately, this was not a timer directly involved. Just a friend of a friend that was a little on edge. But this was a battle to free a people. He couldn't just let his prejudice win him over. He would stand by his beliefs and save someone before condemning another.

The decision was made. Leon took the lead as the spearhead of the group. He had many soldiers behind him that were ready to face whatever enemies they came in to contact with. The demi-human soldiers were spread out on the outside since they had the most experience and could handle the combat the best.

The waters were slightly warmer than the open ocean making everyone a little more on edge. The high temperature usually allowed for more growth of plants and monsters. This would make more trouble. However, they saw none. There were no signs of fish around since they had entered the mouth of the river.

"Stay on alert. There has to be a few monsters around if there is nothing to be seen." Leon made the announcement. They would stay under the water to avoid attracting the other monsters. This was a simple method that many merfolk used in the ocean as well.

"Sand in the water! Be on look out!" One of the soldiers near Leon gave the warning. He had seen a large amount of sand suddenly burst up from the bottom of the murky river water.

The soldiers all stopped their motion using only a little strength to stay in place and not get washed back down stream. "Get ready!" One of the tamers shouted out in panic. They were all able to hear and communicate using their unique skills as underwater specialists. Their systems were perfect for this.

"I know this type of monster. It's similar to a piranha that lives in dense jungle rivers. It's called a flesh eating karp. They are smaller than regular karp and fast." the tamer that spoke motioned for his tamed electric eel to move closer to him. "They eat anything they can. Kill them on sight."

The flash of silver and brown scales was all that Leon saw as one darted out at him. He was well trained with his spear and easily skewered it. However, the scent of blood drew the others out of their hiding under the sand.

"It's a swarm. Defeat them all!" The water was in turmoil. Many of the flesh eating karp were attacking at once. The flashes of silver and brown scales that went by were all they could go on. None of them seemed to stop moving.

"Damn demonic monsters. Tear them down!" The order went out and Leon felt some of the soldiers with water related magical skills begin to work together. Ice spikes formed under the water causing some of the flesh eating karp to impale themselves. But what was really impressive were the water elves that had come along.

The water elves lived underwater in lakes. They had the abilities because of their unique elemental affinity. They did not have gills but they had the ability to filter air from the water with magic. They also had the ability to use the water as their weapons.

The currents in the river were fairly soft for such a large moving body of water. But this helped the water elves create bending currents like whips. The skill outside of the river would be a simple water whip. However, in the water they became forced that drastically controlled the current around them. They sliced the fish in to pieces over and over.

"This is how we do things in the elven waters. It has been too long since we stretched like this!" a few of the older water elves felt great pride to be out in the world and fighting against those that had caused their pain. They would give everything they could to get the entire army to where they needed to be.

" good work. All forces move out!" Leon was hoping that everyone else on land was meeting easy challenges like this. Easy because they were prepared. Easy because they were winning. However, he was not going to say it out loud. He couldn't risk taking the luck away. But one thing was for certain. The aquatic forces were on their way.

Back on and…

"We have gotten close enough. This will be the last camp set up before the final march toward the demon city." Scylla knew that she was stopping many people well before the city. Yet, she had the expertise here. No one would question her.

"So we just stop here?" Remey wanted to charge all the way through to the demon capital city. She couldn't' risk waiting any longer. Things had gotten worse. There were slimes all around them that they had to constantly deal with the past hour alone.

"Yes. we need the forces together. More importantly, we need rest. How many soldiers behind us that have joined us do you see with extra energy?" Scylla knew the limitations of long marches well. She knew that every soldier would need a lot of rest.

"She's right. Look at how exhausted the five groups that joined us are? They are not the same as us. We have been used to constantly pushing our stamina." Su was on Scyllas' side. So was Alice. They both planned to take the time to help the soldiers rest properly.

"Good. Remey, Su. stay with me. I want the two of you to sit with me and have a conversation. Gil, you too." Walker was sure that he needed to speak about the grand elemental spirits before this battle. Things would not be easy.

"We will get everything ready. Just leave the supplies you have here." Alma and Scylla chimed in to let Walker know that they understood what he had in mind. They would be needing every trick they could possibly get. That meant the new skills that came with the grand elemental spirits. The skills with clear drawbacks that could only be used once in a battle."

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