Zapdos

THE WAR FOR MYTHERIA - Isekai Adventure

The trees and roots Adam had created would help defeat any enemies, he had hoped, creating a barricade that would allow him to take on multiple foes at once.

Nope.

What he didn’t count on - really, couldn’t have expected - was the stone battle axe of Zacharius, destroying the majority of the defenses in one fell swoop. The rest were aimed straight at the Druid, attempting to cut him up into pieces. This was certainly no wolfman.

The red-eyed man didn’t have much time to think beyond what the heck is that? and this guy reminds me of- before he had to react. Somehow, miraculously, he was able to dodge the next two strikes. Narrowly, but successfully all the same.

The next? Not a chance. This new enemy had cornered Adam, and the American knew he was going to get hurt.

Not, however, without making this metal menace pay. So, as Zacharius slashed the adventurer’s stomach with his axe, the Druid slammed two trees into him like a pair of cymbals, then pushed him away from his bleeding self. This would inflict some damage upon him, and more importantly, give Adam a chance to prepare what was next. With one hand, he fired a natural energy beam at his opponent, and with the other he grew more trees to prepare for the inevitable counter-response.

Something (perhaps the significant pain of the first attack) had told the caster that the magical blast would not be enough to defeat this new foe. With that in mind, he had said something before launching his magical blast.

“Hello, Zigmund.”

He knew it was inaccurate, but maybe it would get this guy talking. Anything that would give the Michiganer even the slightest increased chance of victory would be worth it, and he intended to find and take whatever advantage he could get. It took all of Second Chance to defeat the water ninja, and now Adam had to fight one of them himself?

Yeah, any advantage would be great right about now.

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@AvaP oh, there's a plan in mind, I can assure you of that :P

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Success. Briefly, that is, as one tower halted. Adam thought that his magic might be able to help stop the towers further, but that was not the case. Instead, the enemy was advancing, and the Druid wasn't sure what to do. His trees could be useful, though with the coordination of the archers, perhaps they'd just be in the way.

An explosion to the southeast was heard, and he had his answer. While growing a tree and turning it into improvised armor, the red-eyed man had his second and final order for the three men protecting him.

“Do what James says, and don't worry about me.”

Following this, Adam surged away from that specific battlefield, heading towards the explosion. Innocent people were in trouble, and the red-eyed man knew everyone else had specific military assignments. Out of everyone in Second Chance, he was the only one free to stop whatever this was.

Once the Druid got closer to the scene of chaos, he identified what looked like a military officer directing an operation of some kind. Maybe an evacuation? The American couldn't really tell, and he didn't have the time to learn. Instead, he had a somewhat different thing to ask about.

“Excuse me, what's attacking the citizens here?” Adam pointed to his source crystal, hoping he could be taken seriously because of it.

“Wolfmen. They're attacking anyone with those crystals, so I'd be careful out there.”

The Druid nodded, then headed further into the scene of chaos, though he deliberately chose a section free of civilians. It was not a pretty scene; it felt like there were body parts every other street, many of them belonging to adventurers. He did not waver though; once the man got far enough in, he held out his crystal in a lackadaisical fashion, seemingly advertising himself to the enemy. 

“Now, where are they…”

Adam said this, but he knew where they were. Or knew enough, anyway.

One Wolfman charged at the caster, thinking he would get an easy kill.

This was not the case. Instead, the Druid held out an acorn he had in his hand, turning it into an oak tree and slamming it into the enemy in one motion. The dog had been successfully put down. There was little excitement though, only anticipation and dread. The nature magic user knew - and in fact was counting on - that more Wolfmen would be arriving, attracted to the scene of their fallen comrade. 

It was not a role Adam relished, but he knew every enemy after him was one that wouldn’t be hurting innocent people. And he also knew they would hunt him specifically, as someone who the Witch Queen desperately wanted dead. And so he prepared more trees and roots, ready to battle against the vile forces that would strike against him.

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There really wasn’t more time.

Between the work at Golden Tree Park and the lumbermen politely forcing Adam to a celebratory dinner for his newest achievement, he wasn’t able to meet MacKensie like he wanted. And now, the siege had begun. No time for searching.

4 AM wasn’t an especially early time for the Druid, who was an early riser anyway. He went down to the lobby of the Drum, wanting to talk to the Ranger in case he didn’t make it, but she was nowhere to be found. Nobody from Second Chance was there, in fact. That or he was just too distracted by what was to come to notice. That notion annoyed him; it would not do to be unaware when it was time to fight. So briefly, yet intently, the man meditated. Whatever his personal feelings were at this time, they would not overcome his desire to help the people of Valheim.

Immediately running towards his assigned position after that, Adam held some acorns in his hand. Seeing ghouls here and there on the way, the red-eyed man had a fully-grown oak tree for each one, splatting them into oblivion. This was certainly a different variant of the phrase “hit and run” - there was no time to linger, not when there were bigger fish to fry in the northeast part of the city. Or in this case, a monstrous bat-like thing that was dropping enemies from the sky. Strangely, the first thing he felt was pity towards the creature, clearly suffering in some way. Perhaps this was like putting down a sick farm animal, in an odd way. And on the bright side, James was approaching the platforms there also, swinging his anchor and shouting commands at his men.

To arms! Melee fighters kill the ghouls before they cause more damage! Light Domain bring down the Corpse Dropper! Earth and water target the troops! Everyone else go for the towers!

James Sirius

The American knew he wasn’t Light Domain, but he did know how he could help stop the abomination. He also knew he formally had command over some troops - a mage of each Domain and a few melee soldiers - though he felt less qualified on that topic. An 18-year old fresh out of high school was not going to kill others with his inexperience.

“Mages, follow his commands,” Adam said, gesturing to James. “Soldiers, protect me please.” Basic orders only, yes. These were grown men and women, they didn’t need to be micromanaged. Now he could focus on what he was good at; plant magic. Without saying anything else, the spellcaster held his hand up, carefully aiming at the Corpse Dropper. Once he felt confident, he fired a Natural Energy Beam at the large creature.

Whatever the result of that was, he would then focus his attention on the slightly more conventional forces invading Valheim. Specifically, the parts of them made out of wood. His “nature sense” gave him an advantage in this way, knowing what vulnerabilities of each structure to target specifically. A siege ladder? Snapped in half, leading to troops falling to their deaths. More advanced siege towers? Wheels slid off to stop them in place. Flaming logs fired by catapults towards the good guys? Stopped mid-air and sent back to their place of origin. Some of this took more time and effort than others, but these efforts would hopefully help the city stay safe.

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Hello! I'm ready ^_^

@Loksfjoer

Hi ready, I'm Zapdos, nice to meet you :P

I hope everyone here had a good new year's holiday break!

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Hi

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Merry Christmas to you also Teyao and to everyone else here!

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@Teyao I've forgotten things regarding this more than once, and I'm sure it has happened to everyone else here also. I'm sure your new post will be good!

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It's the holiday break, brother haha! Did you forget? You can post if you want, but you don't have to.

@xenon

Sshh, quick, delete that so we can get 10 Teyao posts in a row lol

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@xenon check. I know these puns put everyone here on cloud nine.