Chapter 535: Giant Arachnid
Tala snapped into action as the instructions came from Masters Clevnis and Meridius.
Their quickly pieced together redoubt was to be a fall-back point, but it wasn’t designed to stand up to Paragon—let alone Reforged—level threats. Thus, the time had come to strike out.
Meallain was going to keep the hunting cat engaged. She essentially could not use her magic at all due to her soul damage, but just holding the power within herself granted increased reactions and strength in a similar way to how Refined were generally improved by that advancement. Though, in her case—and in the case of all arcanes of a similar level—it was more extreme, but only lasted as long as she held sufficient power. When she was assigned to engage the large cat, the implication was almost explicitly stated that should she die in the attempt, that wouldn’t be too much of an issue… so long as she gave warning before she did so.
Rane and Master Girt were tasked with the cyclops, along with the fire wielding Arcane Hunter.
Tala was assigned to the scorpion looking creature.
And finally, two Arcane Hunters were assigned to each of the last two Reforged level creatures, Master Meridius partnering with the ice user against the conglomeration of limbs.
The goal was for Tala and Rane’s Defender unit—without Master Girt or Mistress Vanga of course—to work with the Talons and Terry to remove the Paragon level threats and the few lessers that were still scattered around the battlefield. Then, assuming no one was in dire straits, they would assist the Paragon closest to victory. At that point, they would turn and continue as such until all the greatest threats had been dealt with as well.
It was a solid plan as things went. Simple, easy to understand, and something that should survive first contact with the enemy.
Even as Alat conveyed all of this, Tala had lunged from the battlements, closing quickly on her target, ignoring the creatures who were on par with her and below—advancement wise—that she shot over.