(A.N. I tryed a different writing style this chapter... If you like it give me a heads up so that I can start writing on it...If you don't Ill edit this one tomorrow.)
When people think about forts, the first thing that comes to their minds are High and sturdy walls, and impenetrable gate, fully armed knights and an indestructible drawbridge that covered a river full of Lava... All in the compact shape of a castle.
This fort is not like that... not completely that is. Yes the walls are made of sturdy stone and there is a door, but, none of it looks like a castle!
'A sphere ?'
I was dumbstruck... How could I not? There was none of the mages and warriors I expected and the castle I used to see from the outside....
Vainished, Just like that!
Right after being hit by my attack what I previously assumed to be the forts barrier broke... And It seems like it took the castle with it.
'wow'
Why was there a need for an illusion over
.. A sphere made of rock? It's not like they had made this illusion for me seeing as it already existed even when I first came here besides that sphere is too small for the amount of troops I saw.
Only then did I realize something... There where debris everywhere. A broken wall here... The missing drawbridge there ...
'.. And is that a corpse?'
It's not that there was an illusion on the fort.... My attack was just so strong... It actually managed to completely wipe out the fortress from the face of the map that is.
'Wow I didn't even aim it at the castle.'
Speaking of which I can see my poison clouds already starting to fall on top of island yet not a single person is coming out...
'Maybe I scared them.'
Maybe yes, maybe no... Regardless my goal would not change, I need to find a way in.
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_(shaman POV) -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
"Look! What. Do. You. See!"
"... An island."
The elder seemed reluctant... How was he supposed to answer? Even the shaman, did not know what just happened.
"IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FORT ON TOP OF IT!"
"Stop shouting, we are already departing... Shouting will not help in any way."
The shaman couldn't help but complain, for all his strengths in the art of politics and economy.... The village chief surely was a loud and obnoxious fella when stressed.
"Why are you so calm! That thing blew up a for! That means it at least in its third evolution!"
"Didn't you say so yourself? This is war... What we have to do doesn't change...Besides I fough against a third evolution beast before when I was young and traveling the world."
"... Did you win?"
"Hahaha of course no!"
"THEN HOW THE FUCK IS THAT USEFUL!"
"It's useful because it means I was able to fight a third stage monster alone and survive to tell the tale. I might have gotten weaker with age but there's three of us here."
"hmmm."
"Excuse me chief?"
"Yes second elder?"
"Am I not going with you guys?"
"No."
"No."
"No."
"W-Why!? I'm strong! I once killed a first stage monster!"
"Shut it! Your a weak ass punk! The only thing about you is your mathematics!"
".... Your just not fit for the current role second elder... If I survive this I'll help you train..."
"Thank you shaman!"
'*sigh * it's good that he is excited to save the village but... There is a big difference between stages in monsters.
1 evolutionary stage monsters can only use two elements at best, and all the magic they can do is instinctive with some not even having magic.
Most 2 evolutionary stage monster can use at least one magic and there's records of some of them using up to 4... Seeing as the cactus can use air and poison he at least as two... Again mostly on instinct
Third stage monster are different.... The strength difference between the second stage and the third is huge.
Their power itself doesn't increase by much and usually other than some reproductive skills they only get two to three skills... But something sacry happens...they become smart.
Well... Not smart, as in capable of making hovering devices but smart enough to think of strategies and use their magic consciously. '
"Listen I know it's hard to think af the cactus as a person.... With all the killing it did... But I want you to understand that while monsters at this stage are emotionally impaired
They definitely can and will try to outsmart, trick or straight up lie to you in order to win the fight."
"... Isn't life unfair? How some random plant has access to magic beyond reason, and to attacks that killed hundreds of people that trained for their whole lives... In what? Seconds? "
" Indibidually? maybe. But you have to think about this as in species.
Let's use humans for exemple, do you know how many of them there are? "
" Those rats? Sheesh probably a few trillions... Oh sorry I forgot your... "
" No offense taken... They are rats,if they weren't they wouldn't have raped my mom... "
" Sorry... "
" It's not your fault first elder. *sigh*
AS I was saying before... Humans are numerous and sometimes among those numerous people a genius is born.
After being born that genius is sheltered and educated so that it may progress its research and develop the species as a whole.
Even if a strong monster appears and kills the genius he can't kill every human that improved from him because of how many there are....
With time humans became what they are now."
" Can't monsters do the same? "
" No. "
" Why? "
" The church prophet himself said that monsters HAVE NEVER or WILL EVER work together... Except for teacher student relationships that one is very common. "
" If his holyness said so then it must be true. "
(A.N. Yeah! monster never work with others! 😮*cough*💨 system😮*cough*💨)