Chapter 207: Glass-Shatter
Reckless. That’s what this plan was—a beautiful style of reckless that Erec could only be in awe of; the tactic that was so crazy, it might work or get them killed. Still, after going over the plan with VAL and conducting some tests with Colin… He was posed to pull the trigger. All five of them were much farther from the pit than before.
After Garin sent the vulture, they’d confirmed what it appeared like from above. There were layers of these crawling monsters down there. They festered below, their mucus-lined bodies squirming against one another. According to the vulture, they were akin to maggots—but with several hands and arms on each—malformed limbs.
Garin’s connection with the bird gave him a visceral image of them squirming in bulk like they’d infested a wound in the land.
It once more reinforced the idea that they couldn’t be that strong. Typically, monsters such as these weren’t a great threat in a singular one-on-one fight. They simply overwhelmed. If ordinary civilians were to fight one, they would likely win. Against five? Ten? That’s how swarms like this presented a danger.
In this case, falling down the hole was much more likely to kill a person before they fell prey to the monsters within… Which is what made VAL’s plan so recklessly beautiful. In one simple move, they would eliminate two hazards at the same time. After running the calculations, VAL estimated it to be within acceptable safety perimeters for their ‘advanced human physique,’ but Erec was still tense.
Colin raised a hand and looked towards Erec for confirmation—even further away were Garin and the two senior Knights. Positioned to be well out of the danger zone.
As for himself… Erec couldn’t let Colin be here alone. Not when he was the one asking him to take this risk.
The plan was simple. Hit the thick glass on the side of the pit with a blast of lightning powerful enough to send cracks running down the whole thing and break it like a giant maggot-containing vase.
Erec looked up at the sky. With the testing, consultation, and talking Colin into this… They’d spent a good hour or two.