Seeing that Syradil had finally read her text, Shiro decided to call her.
Waiting for a short moment, the line connected.
"Hello?"
"Yo, sorry I couldnāt pick up the call. I was a bit busy." Syradil chuckled as Shiro nodded her head.
"I had figured. What happened? Itās not like you to ignore the texts." Shiro asked.
"Some of Rokarnās followers have come to Earth earlier than expected. Did you interact with the gate at all before? If you did, you might have started a countdown for it to open ahead of time. But itās fine. Start gathering everyone since weāll be preparing to fight it out soon. Iāll give everyone a briefing once I heal myself."
"Alright." Nodding her head, Shiro ended the call.
"I suppose we should wake everyone up." Nan Tian smiled as Shiro nodded.
"Mn, for them to keep Syradil busy for this long, itās not going to be an easy fight." Shiro furrowed her brows as Nan Tian nodded.
"Perhaps we want to move with a small group of people to avoid casualties." Nan Tian suggested.
"Maybe. Weāll have to see what happens." Shiro shrugged while clearing up the table.
Sending out an announcement to the core fighting force, Shiro made her way towards the conference room.
Suddenly, a portal opened beside her as Estrella landed with a slight yawn.
"Sorry for waking you up but thereās been a slight change to the situation." Shiro apologised with a small smile.
"Mn itās fine Shiro. Whatās the situation about?" Estrella asked curiously.
"Remember how I told you about our cooperation with Syradil for the time being since there is an imminent danger? Well it turns out that I might have accidentally forced this danger to come early thanks to my actions before. Weāre gathering to figure out a plan of action." Shiro said as Estrella paused for a moment before nodding her head.
"If youāre uncomfortable with seeing Syradil, I can give you a briefing later." Shiro offered but Estrella shook her head.
"Itās ok. I can keep my cool."
"If you say so. But if somethings wrong, tell me, ok?" Shiro said as Estrella smiled and nodded her head.
Making their way to the conference room, Shiro could see Silvia yawning while propping her head up with her hand. Even though Chen Yu seemed like he was relaxed as usual, Shiro could tell that he was wanting to sleep.
Looking around, Shiro realised that everyone was in a similar situation.
āI suppose this is the first break they got in a while since we were clearing dungeons non stop.ā Shiro thought with a forced smile.
"Sorry for waking all of you up so late but as you read in the message, the time has come for us to prepare for the big raid. Weāll be challenging a Demi God and hopefully kill him before he lays waste to Earth. Even though I have killed a God a while back, this Demi God is many times stronger than this God so we have to be careful." Shiro cautioned as most of the people had arrived.
"Before we go, I will introduce you to a few new helpers. One of which is Revel that youāre familiar with. He can act as vanguard for us in the battlefield and he excels in clearing large armies. Next is Syradil, many of you know of her while some donāt. She is the Dragon Empress who is one of the stronger people that Iāve seen in this world."
Explaining both Revel and Syradilās strengths to the party, Shiro noticed one slight problem.
They were a super offensive party with practically 0 defence without Madison!
Both Revel and Syradil could be described as Nukers much like Shiro, Yin and Attie as three examples.
They excelled in completely thrashing the enemy with large scale destruction spells that could shape the environment.
In Revelās case, the more mana the enemy has, the stronger his storms become. For Syradil, she was essentially someone who invested 80% of her stats into pure offence.
Thinking about how one sided their party composition was, Shiroās lips started to twitch.
"Whatās the highest level tank that we have?" Shiro asked as Nan Tian scratched his cheek.
"329." He replied as Shiro was silent.
"Any chance that theyāll survive 1 attack from level 900ās?"
"I donāt need to answer that now do I?" Nan Tian smiled helplessly as Shiro leaned back.
Suddenly, she saw a figure flying towards them from the window and noticed it was Revel.
Waving her finger, she let him in.
"Sorry sorry, I had to finish that game quickly. So whatās this meeting about?" Revel asked as he sat down on his chair.
Seeing his loose clothes and nonchalant expression, the party members wondered if they were hallucinating from a lack of sleep.
āWas this the level 900+ leviathan that Shiro cautioned them about?ā They thought but didnāt say anything.
"Weāre talking about our plans for the raid. I know that you canāt cast any spells and most of your power comes from your control over storms right? Are you able to give us examples of what you can do so that we can plan accordingly?" Shiro asked as Revel nodded his head.
"Sure. Hmm... letās see.... I can mimic most lightning based attacks such as chain lightning. But I have to absorb their mana first. Put it this way, what I can do depends on what my opponents can do. Sure I have my physical prowess and my storm is powerful even without mana. But, if my opponent uses 0 mana and uses pure physical power, then Iām afraid thereās not much I can do when it comes to using lightning. Iām the worst enemy for mages but thatās about it." Revel explained as Shiro nodded her head.
"It doesnāt have to be enemies does it? I can fuel your storm, no?" Shiro asked as Revel nodded his head
"Yes you can. Iāve done that before with my allies but thereās a catch. Youāll have to take some of the damage. Since Iām a storm leviathan, Iām immune. But I canāt say the same with you." Revel said as Shiro furrowed her brows.
āI can avoid taking damage with my mana but the mana usage will shoot up dramatically. I havenāt even done much testing with this skill so Iām not sure how quickly itāll drain my mana. If itās something that could potentially one shot me like the fire dragonās breath then it might just empty my mana and health instantly.ā Shiro thought to herself while trying to estimate the mana usage.
"Do you want my honest opinion?" Revel asked.
"Go for it."
"If you try to fuel my storm with your mana, youāll kill yourself in one hit." He said as Shiro paused.
"Come again?"
"If you fuel my storm, youāll pretty much lose all of your health instantly. Iāve sensed your aura before and I even doubted if my immunity could hold up before we fought. It was immunity but with how much mana you had, it put doubts into my mind. Now, let me ask you. How much lightning resistance do you have? Because if itās anything less than 90% the damage is massively amplified." He shrugged.
"I think you might be able to get away with powering my storm using remote methods but itās a bit risky."
Hearing this, Shiro scratched her hair.
"Weāll I suppose we can experiment before the raid." Shiro shrugged.
Looking at the time, Shiro couldnāt help but frown since Syradil should have come here by now.
Thinking about it, she decided to call Syradil and to her surprise, she picked up.
"I know I know Iām late but give me a moment. I didnāt think these bastards could find me again!" Syradil shouted out as Shiro could hear the sound of spells being fired in the background.
"Need any help?" Shiro asked.
"Nope. You better clear some space in there for me, Iāll teleport in a second!"
Hearing this, Shiro waved her finger and the table disappeared.
Quickly moving back, everyone watched as a red portal appeared in the middle of the room and Syradil came charging through, slamming a monster onto the floor before closing the portal.
There were holes through her body but she didnāt seem bothered as they were healing with each passing moment.
"Right then, Iām a bit late but I believe I have a live test subject so that we know what weāre up against in the raid." Syradil smiled as she knocked out the monster in her hands.
Creating a cage that had a no mana zone within it, Shiro placed the monster inside and set it aside for now.
"First of all, they tracked you down without you knowing. Are you sure they wonāt just come to my city?" Shiro asked as she had a frown on her face.
"Ah donāt worry about that. It was because of the scout they attached to me. Iāve already dealt with it so it wonāt track us down anymore." Syradil reassured. Looking around the room she noticed Estrella.
"Oh my, a familiar face." She muttered, causing Estrella to narrow her eyes.