Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Chapter 123

Froki looked deeply towards his lord. He had heard about him from Mamor. Mamor had warned him that this young lord was impulsive in nature so his main mission was to handle this.

He must do his job and try to convince him not to take part in this war personally.

"If there is a situation then we can send one army or more of your personal army my lord."

Ibro looked at this strategist. He wasn't stupid. This must be Mamor arrangement. He said in a decisive tone:

"I will take part in this war if I sensed any need for me to participate. I won't stand in the back lines while my boys are risking their lives for me."

Froki was about to argue with him but Ibro said in a cold tone:

"This is non-negotiable. This is an order. If you can't follow simple orders like this then I don't need you in my army."

Froki was shocked by Ibro's resolve. He thought he was a nave young lord who didn't know anything about the truth of this world. He didn't imagine he was this stubborn.

Froki kept his silence while the generals around him began their work. The main commanding division camped in the center of this huge area. The two war zones were like two huge hemispheres.

Ibro stayed beside Froki in the middle of his personal army listening to this man's orders. This man was a really experienced strategist. Every decision he made was right on the spot.

Ibro felt impressed by him. He watched him as he gave his nonstop orders formulating the last modifications to the war. Each war zone was handled by one great army.

Each great army was divided into five main divisions. Each division was formed of 5 million troops. They were responsible for attacking 4 war areas. That made 4 divisions enough to handle each war zone.

The 5th division acted as a firefighter force. In each division, 4 armies were responsible for attacking 4 areas. The 5th army played the joker role. It would appear where it was needed.

35 areas would be handled by 35 million soldiers. That was the final plan of this strategist. After he finished his arrangements which took nearly 2 hours, he looked towards Ibro and said:

"We are ready my lord. The other war on the surface will start at the same time. Do you grant us the order to attack?"

Ibro looked to him and then to all his army soldiers that extended to the distance without end. He then said with deep confident tone:

"Start the war. Let's have our victory."

"Start the war."

Suddenly a chain of commands started. Ibro wasn't nervous at all. He was very excited. He waited for this war for so long. While waiting for the first horn in this war he activated the food consumption scroll.

He had produced a huge number of soldiers right now. After the use of this scroll, the food toll over his village had been decreased by a major part. He then waited for the start of this war.

After half an hour, the first war report came. As a lockdown curse, they weren't able to investigate the actual state of the enemy. When they started attacking all regions at the same time, this curse was lifted immediately.

In front of these huge armies appeared many huge armies. The first reports that came from the front described how large were their enemies. The earliest reports indicated that they were around 500 million monsters.

The reports also talked about the level of these monsters. They were around level 20 with the highest being at level 30. Although Ibro was surprised by these reports, he wasn't shocked.

He expected his enemy to be prepared for him. His surprise attack was depending on hitting all areas without exception. He waited for the weakest points in the enemy's armies to appear.

After one hour of brutal fighting, many reports came describing the actual situation on all fronts.

"As you can see my lord, we had 6 weak areas which are divided equally on the two war zones."

Ibro heard the reports before so his mind was thinking deeply about this. What made him feel great doubt was the number of these regions. There were also 6 regions.

He really needed to conquer 6 regions. Was his enemy trying to use his deepest desire to hit him hard?

"I suggest we move the extra 35 million soldiers and focus on these 6 regions to rapidly conquer them."

Ibro didn't respond immediately but kept his deep thinking to himself. After a few minutes he asked Froki:

"Tell me Froki, if you are the strategist for these monsters. You know exactly our need to conquer 6 regions here to relieve this curse once and for all. What will your plan be?"

Froki was surprised by Ibro's question. He thought he would ask for joining the fight with his army. His mind was full of many excuses and long arguments to convince Ibro to stay here.

He never imagined his young impulsive lord to think in such a deep way. He took minutes to think then he answered:

"I will try to use 6 areas as a decoy to ambush this enemy."

"That's right. If you plan to do this then you will choose three areas and decrease the total numbers of your enemies in it, right?"

"I might do this or I may not decrease the numbers. If I decrease the numbers then my enemy will suspect my trap. To make my ambush appear legitimate enough I will use the same number of troops like any other area."

"If you do so then you will ask your men to fight less strongly and try to retreat soon after the start of the battle."

"No, I won't do this. If I did so then my enemy may suspect my intentions."

"Then what will you do?"

"I will replace these troops with lower-level troops to act as cannon fodders. I will ask them to fight hard to trick them."

Ibro thought a bit and found that this approach was more effective. He then asked:

"Can your men know the level of the armies in these 6 regions? Can they also know the level of the armies in all the remaining regions?"

"Sure, I will pass the order immediately."

He then issued some commands and after he asked Ibro:

"May I ask why do you want to know the level of all soldiers in the two war zones my lord?"

"It's simple, if my enemy has used your setting then he must have prepared hidden cards in other areas."

Froki thought for a moment before saying:

"If I am their strategist then I will distribute high-level soldiers in the areas adjacent to these 6 areas. I will lure my enemy deep and give him an illusion of breaking through my lines.

When he gets deep enough, I will move my high-level soldiers to cut their way of retreat then I surround them and kill them piece by piece."

"Exactly. That's why we need to accurately assess our enemies' situation."

Froki's vision about Ibro had completely changed.

He wasn't such an impulsive young lord but an experienced very mature one. After 15 minutes, the reports came again about the status of the enemy's soldiers.

"As you suspected my lord, the levels of enemies' soldiers around these 6 areas are much higher than in other areas."

"What do you think we should do Froki?"

Froki felt this question wasn't a simple one. This was a test from his lord to him. He thought a bit and then he said:

"The most rational approach is to avoid this trap."

Ibro's features didn't change at all as he commented with a neutral tone:

"I want to hear your own opinion."

Froki didn't know if his lord was satisfied or dissatisfied with his reply. He didn't think much and said what was on his mind:

"In my opinion, war is about deception. If I have the final call then I will use this chance and con a conman. I will fake falling in his trap but I use this to counter-attack him."

Ibro finally smiled. He wasn't in need of a defensive passive man beside him. He needed such an aggressive man who didn't hesitate to take risks if needed to obtain victory.

Ibro then said in praise:

"Nice approach. I like your philosophy. I need to hear your strategy. How do you plan to apply this approach?"

"I will put some troops inside these places. Then after he makes his move and tries to cut the road to retreat for my boys then I will hit him hard. It will be a battle of the last man standing wins all."

"You are a gambler too. I like that. But I want to tell you that our enemy is more ready than you think. So let me modify your approach for a bit."