BXBX NOVEL Chapter 547 546: Planning... Again
And honestly, some of their points were worthy of agreement and distraction, but it was still a tad annoying to have our train of thought derailed as we all focused instead on the best place for a futa to finish besides inside.
So I placed a thin wind barrier around us and got us all back on track, allowing sound to slip out but not in as we discussed what we needed to without being distracted, which Jahi did with a sigh.
"To start, let's review the Monster Den. Those organic tubes were likely the first key for stymieing the flow of monsters into the battlefield, but that also means that the Ant Queen is important as well, since it was surrounded by eggs. We all agree that getting rid of those tubes would be the first priority, yes?"
She looked around before continuing on when she saw our nods, saying "Then for the Ant Queen, I imagine it would be less of an attacker and more of a supporter type enemy. Something that applies buffs or directs its underlings to do the work for it, meaning we need to be able to hit it extremely hard before it can call for backup..."
Slicing off a filet from the large fish, I glanced over at the Demoness as I asked "Are we doing it with all of us together or are we hitting both the Monster Den and Bone Fortress at the same time? Split into two groups to do both before meeting up at the mountain?"
Jahi frowned as she heard that, though Leone spoke before she could, making her frown deepen as the Vampire began to provide her own thoughts.
"If we allow one faction to get reinforcements and stop the other, the faction that is being bolstered will be able to turn their focus onto the mountain, meaning the Golems will be attacking that faction instead. This is something that could be beneficial or it could be detrimental. It distracts the Golems, sure, but that means that we have two different enemies to focus on inside the mountain. If we stop both at the same time and clean up the battlefield, we deal with only the Golems. Both have upsides and downsides, so we'll need to pick."
Anput was the next to speak, her smirk aimed at Leone and I as she asked "Then if we were to split into groups, which would you pick for yourselves? We can't send the two mages off on their own, so one of you will go to one place and the other goes to... well, the other place."
I rolled my eyes at the Jackalkin's layered question, her intentions clear as she tried to get Leone and I to pick and choose amongst her and Jahi for this plan, which made my mate smirk more as she looked between us, curiosity dancing inside her obsidian eyes.
Leone and I exchanged glances before we looked at Jahi, then turned to stare at Nirinia as well as we considered what we would need at either location.
"Wouldn't it be best if you and Anput went to the Monster Den, and I took the Bone Fortress with Jahi and Nirinia? The compact space would do wonders for your magic, and Anput should be the one to go to the Monster Den because of her Earth Magic..."
"And if you use your Ice to slow everything at the Bone Fortress, that would allow Jahi and Nirinia to focus on that undead with the sarcophagus after clearing away the weaker undead, right? Another large Domain spell over the Bone Fortress, lead the undead outside, and then bring it down... As for Anput and I, if we move quickly and she covers me for thirty seconds? Maybe a bit longer, we could probably kill the Ant Queen before retreating, and even if that fails we could use explosions to shake the tunnels and collapse everything..."
"Or that liquid fire you had; if you could use a lot of that, or find a way to make the spell easier to cast, that could be used to block off the entrances for a few minutes while you do anything else."
Leone nodded at Jahi's words, before leaning against the table as she began to think on her magics and version of the plan, leaving the three of us to decide if that was good enough.
"I don't... particularly want the two of you to go off on your own, but Leone had a point with the reinforcements. All it would take is us getting unlucky during our subjugation of one of the two bases to have the mountain overwhelmed with the other faction, making it a complicated mess. But still, letting any of you out of my sight is..."
Jahi grit her teeth and looked away, making the three of us smile back at her as we appreciated her possessiveness, though we pushed through it and returned to planning, discussing more and more of what we might want to do.
The conversation eventually shifted from how we would be subjugating the two bases to when we should do it, discussing if we should take another day or two to hone ourselves further before taking this to the end.
Like with the plans for the bases, all of our ideas had pros and cons that we needed to weigh carefully before executing them, and we eventually came to a decision on what we should do.