Arpious of the Planes

"Seems making my own cloud for the surprise defense was pointless," I say, looking up at the dark sky before scanning my eyes downward towards a tree.

Sophia was sitting on a tree with her army right below her. They were back up for a sticky situation or a surprise attack to end the war even faster… to be honest, I didn't know what to do with Sophia's army since it was a mix of different weapons and styles, which was the reason why I didn't mention her during the meeting… so in the end, I chose to reserve her for emergencies.

Zoe gave a deep bow towards me before continuing her slaughter and orders. Zoe didn't have to go that far, but in the end, I knew she wanted to please me, so of course, I accepted her offer.

Her skills were quite good, and I could tell she has improved greatly compared to the last time I saw her. She has a deep understanding of her skills, allowing her to move like she is one with the wind.

... Oh yeah, that's one of her titles, isn't it?

She's one of the leaders that have to work the hardest since her soldiers are spread everywhere. Just one slip up will cause our formation to crumble, allowing the humans to break their way in.

The other commanders seem to be doing fine. Akito calmed down and is doing his job properly. Owen seemed to escape the slight predicament he was in thanks to Akito. Treyni is doing a good job at ordering her summons to fill in gaps in our formation, and finally… There was Olivia. She has outstanding leadership skills, but I feel like some of her soldiers might be as strong or maybe even stronger than her.

If she doesn't evolve or pull something out of her ass during this war, I might have to drop her. Kumo did say she had multiple candidates to pick from, so we can use the declined ones and replace Olivia with one of them.

"*sigh*... maybe I'm too harsh. Kumo should've picked her for a reason other than her leadership skills," I mutter to myself.

"Your highness, why aren't the heroes making a move even though we are clearly overwhelming them?" Mia asks.

"You don't know?"

"Forgive me. I have no clue," Mia says, bowing her head apologetically.

"Try and figure it out. I'm going to make you the head commander if we win this war, so only talk to me once you've figured it out… It isn't that hard," I say.

Mia bites down on her lip, clearly disappointed in herself. But that only lasted for a couple of seconds as I gave her one clue.

"Look at their eyes,"

"[Watch Tower Eyes]... [Grand Telescopic Sight]..." I hear Mia mutter.

Five rings appeared in both of Mia's eyes. Each ring got smaller the farther they went in, eventually reaching her pupils. Her pupils were dilated slightly, and they were now glowing a slight yellow.

"You didn't need to do that, Mia,"

"I-I didn't!?"

This is getting annoying…

"*sigh*... Just look at how their eyes are,"

"I-I think they are relaxed… as if they are observing or waiting for something," Mia says.

"Close. They are scaling the commander's powers. But, that is to be expected by the heroes,"

"Is that why her highness ordered for the commanders not to use their full power?" Mia asks.

"Yeah, but it was to be expected if I'm going off of Yin's description,"

The war was proceeding just as I had planned out. There were just a few anomalies, such as Akitos blood drunken state and Owen getting lost in the cloud of blood, but besides those, the war was going as we had planned.

Even though we are severely outnumbered, our stats, strategies, and choice of biome gave us a slight advantage… but I knew that once the heroes joined in, the tides would turn instantly.

The next heroes of the human kingdom are riding on the current heroes' horse-type monster. It had the head of a horse and a horse's body, but it also had a horn protruding from its head, with brown scales covering its legs.

[Mud Unicorn]

[This monster is the lowest tier of divine horses. It is so low on the scale that it is classified as a common monster despite having a partly divine race. Due to its muddy environment, this unicorn has learned to tread through the mud with ease and can't slip in it. Finally, this unicorn uses its long brown horn to pierce any of their enemies, but most of the time, they prefer to flee a fight if possible.]

I see… So divine horses are just unicorns… I wonder what new skills I'll get.

After about 30 minutes, we were in a stalemate. Everybody was getting tired, and thousands of corpses littered the border between the [Forest of Poison] and [Blood Swamp]. The only reason we weren't losing was because of the massive debuffs that the [Blood Swamp] placed on the humans.

"Mia, I'm going to make my move. Tell Zehar only to come out once I separate the heroes from the younger heroes," I say, slowly descending to the ground.

The last thing I heard before landing on a tree was,

"As you wish, my queen,"

Landing on a massive branch inside the [Forest of Poison], I sat down and used [Evolution Switch]. Imagining my Cursed Wings form, I felt my body shrink and my muscles crush into each other.

My bones shrunk, and the feathers from my wings started to wrap around me. The lost blood that had escaped from my body during the process immediately gets sucked back into me, fully completing the transformation.

"Cheep,"

Uh, I forgot I couldn't talk.

Jumping down from the massive tree branch, the wind pushed up against me. I've never been skydiving, but I would assume this is what it felt like if I did go. Once I landed on the ground, I dashed towards the battlefield while disabling [Heightened 5 Senses and More].

If I didn't deactivate it, my mind would've been throbbing from the amount of information assaulting my brain. And what I mean by information is the shouting of dying soldiers and the putrid smell that lingered in the air.

Weaving my way through the thousands of soldiers and dead bodies, I made my way towards the Mud Unicorns, carrying the 6 heroes and 5 next heroes. Due to my lowered stats, nobody suspected a thing, even the heroes, as I got very close to the Mud Unicorns.

They only moved around when the heroes wanted a better look at what was happening. They weren't even giving orders, just letting the seemingly endless flow of humans try to overwhelm us.

How overconfident… maybe I should wait for the right opportunity to not only double the amount of despair but also throw the heroes into the dark void as well…

The war continued to go on, with the sun not giving a hint of rising at all. I also used this chance to [Inspect] the heroes since it was hard to focus on them with so much happening simultaneously. Plus, I needed to pay attention to my commanders in case they slipped up.

『Status』

[Name: Ted]

[Race: Human]

[Status: Nervous]

[Level: 82]

[HP: 500/500  MP: 500/500  SP: 300/300]

[Strength: 100]

[Defense: 100]

[Magic: 80]

[Speed: 100]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 30]

[Skills: [Body Enhancement] [Enhanced Senses] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Contortion] [Concentration] [Tangible Bloodlust] [Earth Shattering Strike] [Grand Spear Enhancement] [Spear Coating: Fire] [Destroying Spear Swing] [Fire Enhanced Spear Swing] [Enhanced Spear Stab] [Fire Enhanced Spear Stab] [Fire Control]

[Titles: [Hard Worker] [Grand Spearman] [Hero] [Leader]

…

『Status』

[Name: Finn]

[Race: Human]

[Status: Nervous]

[Level: 93]

[HP: 500/500  MP: 500/500  SP: 300/300]

[Strength: 100]

[Defense: 100]

[Magic: 80]

[Speed: 100]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 30]

[Skills: [Body Enhancement] [Enhanced Senses] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Contortion] [Concentration] [Tangible Bloodlust] [Earth Shattering Strike] [Grand Sword Enhancement] [Grand Shield Enhancement] [Shield Coating: Earth] [Earth Control] [Tanks Immovable Body] [Berserk]

[Titles: [Hard Worker] [Grand Tank] [Hero] [Leader]

…

『Status』

[Name: Ester]

[Race: Human]

[Status: Nervous]

[Level: 86]

[HP: 500/500  MP: 500/500  SP: 300/300]

[Strength: 100]

[Defense: 100]

[Magic: 80]

[Speed: 100]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 30]

[Skills: [Body Enhancement] [Enhanced Senses] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Contortion] [Concentration] [Tangible Bloodlust] [Wind Walker] [Silent Steps] [Pickpocket] [Presence Eraser] [Grand Dagger Enhancement] [Dagger Coating: Wind] [Wind Control]

[Titles: [Hard Worker] [Grand Assassin] [Hero] [Leader]

…

『Status』

[Name: Eloise]

[Race: Human]

[Status: Nervous]

[Level: 69]

[HP: 500/500  MP: 500/500  SP: 300/300]

[Strength: 100]

[Defense: 100]

[Magic: 80]

[Speed: 100]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 30]

[Skills: [Body Enhancement] [Enhanced Senses] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Concentration] [Grand Healing Magic] [Healing Aura] [Calming Aura] [Ally Haste] [Ally Empower] [Ally Greater Mana Flow]

[Titles: [Hard Worker] [Grand Healer] [Hero] [Leader]

…

『Status』

[Name: Tayber]

[Race: Human]

[Status: Nervous]

[Level: 102]

[HP: 500/500  MP: 500/500  SP: 300/300]

[Strength: 100]

[Defense: 100]

[Magic: 100]

[Speed: 100]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 30]

[Skills: [Body Enhancement] [Enhanced Senses] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Contortion] [Concentration] [Tangible Bloodlust] [Earth Shattering Strike] [Grand Sword Enhancement] [Sword Coating: Light] [Destroying Sword Swing] [Light Enhanced Sword Swing] [Enhanced Sword Stab] [Light Enhanced SwordStab] [Light Magic] [Inspect]

[Titles: [Hard Worker] [Grand Swordsman] [Blessed by the Overlord Spirit of Light] [Hero] [Leader]

…

『Status』

[Name: Lex]

[Race: Human]

[Status: Calm]

[Level: 276]

[HP: 500/500  MP: 500/500  SP: 300/300]

[Strength: 100]

[Defense: 100]

[Magic: 100]

[Speed: 100]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 50]

[Skills: [Greater Body Enhancement] [Greater Enhanced Senses] [Greater Enhanced Regeneration] [Contortion] [Concentration] [Tangible Bloodlust] [Destructive Earth Shattering Strike] [Grand Sword Enhancement] [Grand Sword Coating: Light of the Heavens] [Grand Destroying Sword Swing] [Grand Light Enhanced Sword Swing] [Grand Enhanced Sword Stab] [Grand Light Enhanced Sword Stab] [Grand Light Magic] [Inspect] [Heavenly Light Sword] [Heavenly Light Spear] [Heavenly Light Flag of Increased Morale] [Summon: Lower Light Unicorn]

[Mastered Weapons: [Sword]

[Soul Equipment: [Heavenly Light Sword: Lux]

[Titles: [Hard Worker] [Blessed by the Overlord Spirit of Light] [True Hero] [Leader] [Commander] [Respectable Figure] [Godly Swordsman]

…

Before I could [Inspect] the other heroes, the Light Hero gathered a massive beam of light within his palm.