"At least 100 in the first rank and 40 in the second. I can't be certain though the trees are blocking my view" Tina reported, one eye in the scope of her sniper.
"Distance ?" Lex asked
"6 miles , they will arrive here in 4 minutes tops" Tina replied professionally. Laura smiled as she had to constantly remind herself that these where 16 year old teenagers. 'Bryan would be proud of me' She thought, her mind drifting off to her late husband.
"Laura ?" Lex called looking in her direction, Laura immediately knew what Lex meant by that.
"Captain." She replied with a confident smile, causing Lex to smile a bit. Laura put her trust in him and he was not going to let her down. 'Dragon mode 100%' he thought, and his previous smile was immediately replaced with a firm expression.
'This is gonna be a hard battle, we only have 100 meters between the forest and the village. Considering the size of the opposite army, a hundred meters is not enough at all. Some will have to take the fight to the forest and i can't put anyone's life at risk like that so i will have to do it myself' Lex thought
"The real fight is against the rank two beasts , the others are just cannon fodder. Jennifer, you take 5 hunters from the village and dig as many pit traps as you can in less than three minutes, they won't do anything to the rank two's but they should kill some weaker beasts." Lex ordered to Jenny.
"Yes captain!" she said with a salute while already jumping down to gather the hunters.
"Michael, I need you and Mia to take care of all the lions who make it past Jennifer's traps. Take full advantage of your speed take 'em down fast and hard" Lex said not even looking at Mike and Mia as his eyes where still on the horizon.
"Tina you stay here, you have the support role. Your bullets will be not able to do anything against the rank two, so focus on the cannon fodder. Laura and Linda you stay at the gate, we can't let any beast get into the village, we are lucky as it seems they are only attacking from one front.
"Captain but that would mean only you and Adam will be going for the attack on the rank two's ?" Linda asked with concern, trying to be as professional as possible.
"That is correct." Lex answered, not even a speck of emotion in his voice. Linda even wondered if this was still her boyfriend.
"But captain!, Two Cultivators against more than 40 rank two beasts th----" Linda was then cut off.
"Those are my orders and you will follow them, is that clear soldier? " Lex said in a stern voice and Linda could do nothing but slowly nod her head, hurt could be seen in her green eyes.
"Protecting the villagers is our main mission I trust you will not let me down. Everyone to your positions!" The captain shouted and everyone except for Tina jumped down the roof and quickly ran to their positions.
"I don't get it, it's like he is a totally different person!" Linda complained to Laura as they reached the gate.
"He is professional, and believe it or not it's actually a good thing."
"How can this be a good thing Laura ? , him and Adam are going to take on 40 rank two lions alone! he might die before i even tell him what i think about---" Linda stopped herself mid sentence.
Laura wanted to ask what Linda was about to say but decided to just let it be. Linda stopped herself on purpose which meant it was supposed to be a secret.
"I know it's dangerous Linda but trust in your man. If he says he can take care of 40 lions then so be it. Lex is strong believe me." Laura reassured
"Ok but please promise me that you will keep an eye out and save him just in case something happens?" Linda pleaded.
"I am still your teacher Linda, I will not let any of you die" Laura said with a chuckle.
Close by at 30 meters away was Michael and Mia, their job was to take care of any lion which managed to pass Jenny's traps. Michael was trying to comfort Mia, who seemed to be worried, but he knew the reason for her anxiety. She was fighting to protect her own village so there was a lot on her shoulders.
Meanwhile, Jennifer was about 50 meters away from the gate where Linda and Laura where stationed. With her where five burley men who all had the earth element. Even though they could not manipulate earth like Jennifer, they could dig way faster than the average man.
Jennifer and the men had dug a trench abou 5 meters deep and the same distance wide. Jennifer manipulated the earth at the bottom of the trench and made sharp earth pillars which would impale any beast, unlucky enough to fall inside. She also put a two meter tall wall on their side of the trench to make it harder for the lions to jump.
Jenny was still a rank one Cultivator though so her defenses would do absolutely nothing to the tough skin of a rank two beast. If even a single rank two arrived at their location they would not stand a chance however she had trust in her captain.
Speaking of the captain. Two red haired Cultivators jumped over her trap like it was a pothole and landed on the other side, the ground beneath their feet bursting into flames as soon as they touched the ground.
'Huh is it me or is my fire weird' Lex thought to himself as he looked behind him at the trail of flames.
"Hey Adam, you notice anything strange about my fire ?" He shouted to his accomplice.
"Huh ?" Adam said as he glanced behind Lex.
"Well no shit Sherlock its colour changed " Adam said. That confirmed that Lex really did see it and it was not an illusion. His flames where now dark red instead of the normal orange. However now was not the time to think about it as they had a war to win.
"Let's clear these trees, we need to make more room to fight before they get here!" Lex shouted. According to his calculations, they had less than a minute before the enemy arrives. So Lex wanted him and Adam to clear at least 50 meters of forest in half a minute.
Adam didn't ask twice, immediately activating his [Inferno] skill, burning any tree in his path to the ground. Lex however resorted to cutting down the trees with his sword and the [Scorching blade] skill
{
Name : Lex Black
Race : Lesser Void Dragon (Human form)
Rank : 2
Force : 53 / 53
Strength : 61(+10)
Speed : 45
Endurance : 57
Mind : 25
Elements : Fire ; Darkness ; Light.
Fire element -> Lvl 3.
Darkness element -> Lvl 2.
Light element -> Lvl 1.
Human skills :
Absorption Lvl 2
Flame blast Lvl 2
Flame bullet Lvl 1
Scorching blade Lvl 1
Laser Lvl 1
Inventory (Passive)
Dragon skills:
Roar Lvl 1
Sensitive (Passive)
}
Exactly 30 seconds later the two had cleared about 40 meters of trees and that's when they finally saw the incoming army.
"Uhh..I think Jenny was off on the numbers by a few dozen" Adam said.