GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?



She used to think that the introduction of the flag was a bad idea. She doesn't think that anymore. It can be said that she is a firm believer in the flag. It has dragged the focus of most of the paragons and that is good enough for her for it to be a good idea. In fact, it is a genius idea. It will spare the rest of them from trauma if they lose. They have peace now because the paragons don't need to focus on them to win. That is very good in her opinion. It's not like they can win in any other way.

Her moment of respite was cut short when the army of Vipers became close to them.

She shouted to everyone, "Get alive everyone. I want you on your feet if you're not dead. We have our targets incoming."

They began to regroup so that they can put up resistance against the Vipers. It would have been impossible to put up any meaningful resistance if the spell tower were still here. She will be too busy trying to keep her life for her to fight against them. The battle sage monkeys would have been slaughtered like easy prey. Fortunately for them, the spell tower isn't here.

"Look alive people. Look alive because it is time to die right." She yelled to rouse her soldiers.

Some laughed at her joke. They can now die right without the spell tower. Their life can mean something soon. They formed up despite the carnage around them and the sight of the paragon leading the Vipers to battle.

"Don't bother about that one. He is harmless." She pointed to the paragon and said to her soldiers. 

Her soldiers were getting uneasy when they spotted the four-armed figure. It has silver scales and it is taller than the other Vipers. It is also flying in the air with its arms folded on its chest like some war god. Battle sage monkeys have had a bad experience with paragons so they are very afraid of one. She has to do something to alleviate their fears.

"What, you don't believe me? Soverick said so and I believe in the child of the plane. Don't you believe in the child of the plane?" She asked them.

No one answered but they know that she is right. They believe in Soverick and if he says that the paragon is harmless then it should be harmless.

"The child of the plane is currently fighting 6 paragons right now. If he can handle six of them then all of us should be able to handle just one harmless paragon." She told them. 

They muttered in agreement. If she had not added harmless to qualify this paragon then none of them will agree with her. They might even think that she has lost her mind. They experienced what a paragon can do so there's no way all of them can handle a paragon unless it is "harmless."

She said to cheer them up, "How about this? If we survive this, Soverick is going to give every one of you kisses. I know some of you like him. You want to kiss his lips?"

It made them laugh. They don't see Soverick kissing anyone. The image is just wrong. So they laughed. There are others that truly wish to kiss Soverick though. Those ones decided to fight better and survive. They might just get that kiss from him.

She nodded in satisfaction. "That's the spirit. Now look alive and give them hell."

She stood in front of her soldiers in preparation to join in battle with the vipers. Her heart will be thundering in her chest if she had a heart. She might even be crippled by fear despite what she said about the paragon being harmless. She didn't lie about that. Soverick did say the attack buff paragon will be harmless. But harmless to Soverick might be dangerous to others. 

She has to fight despite her fears. They all have to do their part and their part is to reduce the connections available to the paragons. Their part should be easy. The attack buff paragon is not fearsome individually so they should have a chance of success. 

"Ranged attacks now." She commanded with a shout."

Spells flew from the battle sage monkeys and covered the Vipers. Their spells bombarded their enemies and created serious causalities. She smiled at the sight.

"Again." She yelled.

The results of their attack made her very happy so they repeated it over and over again. The battle sage monkeys bombarded them with spells and ranged weapons while the Vipers could only retaliate with physical ranged attacks.

None of the Vipers can use spells. It is the complete opposite of the spell tower which was dishing it out like a one-man army. The vipers hadn't bothered to comprehend the laws of this world because there was no competition amongst them or impetus to do so. It is a massive oversight on their part. Now it is coming back to bite them.

"Withdraw with slow synchronized steps." She ordered them.

The battle sage monkeys stepped back as one and continued to step back while constantly flinging spells at their enemies. The vipers continued to approach them despite the decimation being visited upon them before the two armies even met.

A lesser army would have broken apart due to the massive disadvantage. But the Vipers didn't lose morale. They are not a army so they don't care about morale. They are selfish hunters who only care about how much prey they can kill. The death of the other paragons doesn't discourage them, it only made them happy to lose competitors. Now, there will be more prey for them.

So the Vipers continued to run forward eagerly and they are faster than usual thanks to the paragon empowering them. They are reducing the distance between the two armies so she ordered her side to step back so that they can continue to bombard the Vipers with spells for much longer.