BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power-Chapter 37 – Part 4 Underworld Insects. The Lesser Secret Disaster.

Chapter 37: Chapter 37 – Part 4 Underworld Insects. The Lesser Secret Disaster.

"Where are you.. Ali?" Monali muttered anxiously.. as she stood looking helplessly toward the insect legions whose numbers exceeded ten thousand..

For the first time since the start of the battle.. she felt helpless.. she had only 50% of her Accumulation left. while the others were nearly depleted..

The insects of the second wave that remained near the destroyed wall.. had already been eliminated by the ten warriors..

Then they moved quickly forward.. to catch up with the new wave..

Zzzzzzz .. Zzzzzzz .. Zzzzzzz

The legions continued to advance.. and under the weight of their noise, which was painful to morale and hearing

everyone fell silent..

Then ..

Suddenly ..

In the middle of the green arena and under the radiant moon...

A voice roared loudly, echoing in the souls..

"ROCK FIGHTERRRRRSSS!"

The Leader of the Fighters shouted with a thunderous voice that drowned out the sound of the swarms.. he stood atop a rock and launched his cry again..

"Today shall be your day.. no power shall stand before you.. life and death.. both are a sacrifice for Master Ali.. he gave our families the best homes. and treated us with the utmost respect.. he gave us our homeland after being outcasts and made us masters of our lives..."

The Leader raised his club and roared again.. his voice reached everyone without exception..

"Sacrifice for the sake of the future.. move out, soldiers!"

There was no anxiety. fear or awe

The feet of the thirty fighters moved with a heavy, harsh weight.. not the weight of hesitation, but the weight of destiny’s footfall..

They were strong.. very strong

Their strength was acknowledged by everyone.. despite that..

Numbers overcome courage..

Before more than ten thousand insects launching as a destructive wave.. it was almost impossible for them to intercept it..

And come out alive..

This is what Monali, Lois, and Suman thought. and perhaps the rest as well..

But these thirty did not think of that; rather, their goal was different... the insects must not cross at any cost...

In front of the wave.. the Captain of the Guard stood and activated his lethal property..

(The Leader Leads)

Suddenly, blue rays launched and surrounded twenty fighters.. controlling them in an instant...

The fighters launched with balance and coordination, then ten jumped to the right and ten to the left.. and attacked a single narrow spot from each side..

At that moment.. the ten fighters of the Forgotten Moon arrived.. before they attacked..

their eyes widened in surprise..

"What the hell is happening?" one of the fighters shouted.. his eyes could not believe what they were witnessing..

From afar atop the tower, the three leaders stood looking in surprise as well..

"What kind of plan is this?" Suman asked.. while no one answered him..

Near the massive fourth wave... the strikes of the Rock Fighters were moving in a consistent path.. but

Not a single insect had been harmed yet...

The strikes of the Rock Fighters were not lethal.. rather, those were not their intentions..

In moments of silence for words.. the sound of weapons was what was running through the place...

A few minutes.. then

What was happening became clear..

From the sides, two waves from the right and left began to separate from the main wave..

The strikes of the Rock Fighters did not aim to kill.. but to hit and push a number of butterflies consecutively to exit the path..

"He aims to distribute the larger wave into smaller ones again" Monali said.. her eyes began to shine with some hope

"Why did they do that instead of killing them?" Suman asked

"Because the butterfly aims to follow the butterfly in front of it.. if you push fifty butterflies in a certain direction.. you are building a path by making fifty others follow the swarm, then 50, then 50 until you reach massive numbers in a new path..

But if you kill a butterfly.." Monali sighed then added

"Then the butterfly behind it will follow the one in front of it among the living and will not care about the one that was killed.."

"He is clever.. I thought he was just a rock with a rock’s brain" Lois muttered..

A few more minutes.. then there were two independent waves heading to the sides in large numbers.. each wave began to increase consecutively..

Near the wave, the Rock Leader stood and watched.. "700 . 750 . 800 . 900" he muttered internally.. then added "1000"

He raised his hand.. and the fighters stopped striking..

In an instant.. the supply path toward the two new waves was cut, and the insects returned to feed the main wave again..

"Goooo and hunt them..!" the Rock Leader shouted and gave his orders to the ten fighters of the Forgotten Moon..

The fighters’ steps moved quickly toward the left side and they began hunting the insects that were moving in a curve toward the edges of the walls..

"Do not consume your Accumulation quickly.. be smart" the Rock Leader shouted behind them..

One of the fighters stood up.. he had yellow hair, standing like a hero from the Dragon Ball anime.. with blue eyes, thick eyebrows, and a muscular body..

He raised his sword with his right palm.. it was a sword similar to samurai swords and had a length exceeding a meter and a half.. its scabbard was black.. but its blade was yellow as well..

"Listen up!" he shouted toward his comrades..

"Let me try something"

He closed his eyes, then gripped his sword tightly and repeated.

(Critical Point = Critical Accumulation)

(Activated)

In his right hand, that blonde youth named Logan raised.. his specialized sword with the inverse property..

{ Inverse Sword }

{ The Inverse Sword possesses an inverse ability.. every time it kills, it loses Accumulation by an amount that decreases as the fighter’s own Accumulation develops.. and every time it achieves a critical point, it gains an Accumulation point }

No one knew anything about his sword’s ability.

He himself did not hold respect for this ability..

He counted the days to change his sword and obtain a weapon more useful to him.. his comrades possessed weapons with cutting, fire, water, and power accumulation abilities.. while he remained a prisoner of critical strikes that only increased his accumulation..

Only now.. he finally smiled

"It’s my time to shine.. " he shouted then jumped toward the scattered wave of a thousand butterflies.. then delivered his strike and cut..

Over the grass, the butterfly fell with a severed wing.. it writhed on the ground then died

"Again!" he shouted.. then jumped and cut

Another butterfly fell with a severed wing again.. but the cut was less.. even so, the butterfly writhed for a longer time and died..

Logan stood dejectedly.. "I thought my plan succeeded.. why did the butterflies die?"

"Hey, are we going to wait for you long?" one of the fighters shouted while they all stood waiting for Logan to finish his experiment..

Logan’s eyes were filled with surprise. some tears fell from them and he said "Don’t wait for me you fools.. do you think there is a fool like me who discovers something good?.. my plans have always failed"

Laughter rose from the others.. then one of them said "You are the smartest among us.. do you think we won’t listen to you on important days like this?.. we may joke a lot on ordinary days.. but.. today we trust you completely"

"Guys.." Logan muttered then pointed toward the butterflies and raised his sword..

"I have a plan for us not to lose any Accumulation.. and we eliminate the entire wave as well.. but..."

"Whaaat"

"My sword’s property requires that I hit the opponent and not kill him.. then I gain an Accumulation point.. these butterflies possess nothing but their wings.. perhaps if I cut their wing they won’t be able to fly.. then I will be able to reach an increasing accumulation instead of a decrease and at the same time their numbers will decrease as well.."

"It’s a good ability if you could truly refine it.. but I think something else" one of the fighters said.. then added "Try to hit one of the butterflies.. I want to be sure of something"

"Fine" Logan answered. Then he jumped directly toward the swarm and cut one of the insects from the side..

The butterfly fell with a severed wing.. then

Quickly that other fighter came. and stabbed the butterfly with total lightness..

(Combat Accumulation +1)

"It worked!!? How is that?" Logan declared

The second fighter stepped forward then patted Logan’s back.. and said

"My friend, perhaps you now.. have won us the battle without knowing haha"

"What?" Logan wondered..

"Never mind.. all you have to do now is perform the same cut.. everyone" the other fighter turned toward the others and continued "Listen, every butterfly that Logan brings down.. target it directly. The important thing is that the one who finishes it off is one of you and not Logan, then Logan will gain double accumulation. And as for us, we will use the swords normally.. we won’t lose significant accumulation.. move out!"

The voices of the fighters rose.. and the hunting campaign began again..

On the other side.. the other wave was roaming without a guard and approaching closer and closer to the side..

As for the middle.. confusion was drawn on the face of the Rock Fighter Leader..

"Should I send 10 fighters to deal with the other wave? Then I would lose a thread of the plan.. where are these fools" the Leader muttered.. while the tower was boiling under Monali’s eyes..

"Have you not reached half of the Accumulation?" she shouted toward Lois and Suman..

"Not yet.. just give us some time" Lois answered.. her voice was not loud this time.. the traces of the fight were clearly visible on her face..

Monali gritted her teeth and prepared to jump toward the secondary wave..

Suddenly ....

BOOM .. BOOM .. BOOM

Everyone’s eyes narrowed..

A severe strike.. hitting the secondary wave from the side and piercing it to the other side..

Then again ...

BOOM .. BOOM .. BOOM

"That bastard.. " Lois shouted

"He is stealing the spotlight again" Monali smiled.. then raised her arrow and aimed

The moment he delivered his third strike and pierced the wave again from the side.. the yellow arrow had arrived directly and hit large numbers..

"Haha are you trying to steal my glory, Princess?"

At the top of the tower Monali smiled and muttered

"Welcome back, Jo"