The Line of Defense

The front line has been erased with the two leading the front line. Jack the Ripper and Guy Emerson have been defeated.

Guy Emerson hit his own comrade in an attempt to salvage a revenge from an already dying Jack.

While Jack in his dying breath disclosed the location of Guy.

Which enabled Jay to track him down and gain the achievements of

Return to Sender.

Delcado who was watching the battle was shocked when these events happened. But Thoth calmed him down.

With this the Front Line has shattered. Only Jack the Ripper has died in this battle. Rest having a zero casualty rate.

Because Jack was not killed by either of them.

But indirectly.

So a special exception was made.

The mercenary which were injured were constantly picked up and moved to medical camps set up by the evacuated residents.

There they were tending to their wounds. But surprisingly those who were severely injured were estimated to recover after a certain period of rest.

It's been almost 3 hours since the fight started. And the current time is 9.30 am in the morning.

Thoth was scratching his brain . Countinously writing something in the paper .

Using different formulas , taking many situations into account he was trying to formulate a plan .

Working alongside Thoth were two of his lackeys who helped him in calculations .

Thoth :

You

Within 10 seconds calculate the distortion from the situation .

And you estimate the numbers at hand as well as the percentage of chaos produced due to the deviation.

To formulate an effective plan . It was necessary for Thoth to establish a new plan to overthrow both of them .

Using the new information he acquired at the battlefield .

He adjusted the percentages which were now had shifted from 0.21 to 15 %

This number was starting to increase further the further the fight went on .

Thoth :

One thing doesn't make sense . They been fighting for 3 hours so they should have been tired by now .

Think Thoth think . What can you do to defeat them . Or stop them dead in their tracks .

Lackey 1 :

Here are the calculation for the distortions . They are calculated to be within the limits .

Lackey 2 :

This is the approximate chaos as well as the number of personnel remaining with the one outstanding marked .

1596 soldiers were injured from them 290 soldiers have once again returned to the battlefield after the treatment.

Thoth :

Our numbers are falling much faster than what we can recover .

But one thing that doesn't quite fit with me that in the battlefield there has been only a single casualty from our side . And that too the casualty was done by

Guy Emerson of all people .

That Guy was known for being calm like a still surface of water. But what happened there that he shot his own side .

I also need to come up with something quick before the defense lines fall .

It was true since a normally average person cannot fight for that long .

The truth was Jay was mentally exhausted due to the utmost concentration required control the Metal Asuras .

And also constantly maintaining the iron wall . To protect him from attacks of the support line.

There are many who slip from the cracks and attack Jay but that is also taken care of by a single mechanism .

One which is very primal and rudimentary in nature .

One attack which keeps the evil at bay while also maintaining the storms ahead . A technique which brings deadly storms into the hearts of the people.

While shattering their inner balance of yin and yang .

A technique so rudimentary that anyone can do it but yet difficult to master . One which breaks and re makes the focus of the mind , the subconscious and the unconscious.

This technique is so primal that it does not have a name .

The steps for the techniques are as follows.

Step 1 :

Detect the foes in your surrounding area .

Step 2 :

Maintain your focus till they get close .

Step 3 :

Break your focus and punch the ever living shut out of them in a single punch . And once again refocus on the soldiers .

I'm sure this lesson might have been a little too much enlightening for you all .

While McElroy's pace was also starting to slow down .

And this wasn't good since there were the defense line and support line left .

The support line couldn't fire any spells because both Jay and McElroy were deep in the defense line . Any spells could mean potentially hurting allies as well .

And after a long sprint . Guy Emerson returned to the kingdom walls . And this time he joined the support group .

He once again laid his sniper to the exact point he wanted .

And waited for his chance .

The defense line had one Dragon hunter who was standing proudly with multitudnal weapons .strapped on him .

Long black scattered hair , a proud noble face which was healed from injuries , legs so strong that can cross mountains without feeling tired .

And the most important aspect of all he possessed an aura .

The aura of a dragon hunter.

They say the aura of dragon hunter comes after killing an dragon and the dragon acknowledging you .

This aura is special for both humans and dragons .

But to achieve this aura one has to be in contact with dragons blood .

The aura or you can also distinguish as a special smell .

Which let's dragons differentiate from the regular humans and dragon hunters .

Their blood after acknowledgement irreversible binds to the flesh and emits a special smell . Which a dragon can detect .

This allows a dragon to determine the threat .

The more a human kills a dragon the more he is exposed to their blood and the more concentrated smell is emitted .

So dragons who are weaker generally tend to avoid these targets .

And for humans . One can say that this is a mark of honor .

That one has slain a dragon either on their own or with the help of someone else .

Normal humans cannot detect the smell as they do not have the receptors for binding of the particles.

But other hunters can feel an aura being emitted from their body . A dominative aura but it's faint . It helps in the detection of other dragon hunters .

And that's how Thomas detected and recognised Jay and

McElroy as dragon hunters .

Although Jay's aura might be slightly stronger than McElroy's because he also killed a dragon during the attack on the village .

And now on the defense line . Niro had recognised both of them as dragon hunters . Not just Nero but something else had also recognised them as dragon hunters