Jasmin called Luna a Tier 5 Paladin her right-hand woman to imminently notified the leaders that the sacrificial count is sufficient and to organize the assembly at 10:00 pm at the tower 1 hour from now, she also inform Merlin, and Kalim to finalize everything and report at that time, she wants to cast the spell as soon as possible.
Exactly 10:00 pm at the tower. Jasmin reports to Aston and the other leaders confirming that her side is well prepared only waiting for Merlin and Kalim's arrangements and can be deployed at any moment.
Merlin and Kalim took the stage and inform them that Kalim wants the spell core to be placed at the tower, and alterations are made to the sacrificial formation, Merlin has no problem with it, anywhere is fine as long as the spell doesn't get interrupted or destroyed, while Aston readily agrees to it since they will also need to protect the tower, the main target of the invasionist.
With the help of Sages, Maguses, Popes, and Runemasters they devise that instead of gathering almost 300 million at the north gate which is likely 5 times of the city itself they will distribute the 300 million evenly to surround the city with the help of the formation the sacrificial souls will be collected and gather to the center of the tower, Merlin will be there to cast the spell while the Legion of spell defender will patrol the proximity area of the formation.
Aston will lead the vanguard troops which consist of 200,000 tier 5 adventurers and a mix of tier 3-4 adventurers of 30 million they decided that tier 2 below are not even qualified to be cannon fodder there is no need for senseless death. In the far northern gate, they will intercept the invasions coming from the Rift tear.
Aston also clarify to the leaders that the main goal is to defend if they can defend for 7 days, it will be considered a win they will have another 500 years to improve, prepare and prosper and the key point is to buy Merlin enough time. Merlin said he will need at least 2-4 hours to cast the spell if it's fast and 4-8 hours if slow.
It will be my 1st and maybe the last that I'm casting this forbidden spell but I will do my best to get the best result.
In truth, Merlin is scheming he can cast the spell imminently after collecting enough soul sacrifices which will take 2-4hours to gather but the best result is to hold as long as he can to get more sacrifices, it is the truth but not necessary that the sacrifices must be 100% willing, Merlin doesn't have the ability to kill 50 tier 5 adventurers alone much more 10,000 in a single day, soul sacrifice can only be used at the same day or the soul will disperse, and even a single Aston can kill him if he is not careful, so yes those tier 5 needs to be willing as for the best result if he gives his all he can continue to channel it for 8 hours as long as no one attacks him or interrupt his spell channeling. He also plans to use the soul of the enemy and fallen defenders which will give him more than a 50% chance of the minimum success if only it's possible he wants it to be 100% hehehe.
And with these reasonings and manipulations, the oath and contract wouldn't trigger the backlash. and as far as Merlin is concerned they will not detect it or they choose to ignore some minor information since this is the only solution at the moment, there is a proverb that a person will never question his salvation and only hope in despair.
It is finalized at 11:00 pm all troops are assembled to their designated area.
The Sacrificial formation is starting, the sacrifices also started to pour their mana into the formation since this formation also needs mana to work not only soul when they empty their mana its time to sacrifice their souls at 11:15 pm some tier 1 adventurer starting to die one by one at 11:30 pm almost all tier 1 died only those who are having second thoughts are alive, some are crying looking a shame, and some are expressionless and in deep thoughts
11:55 pm the rift tear starting to stabilize soon at midnight it will be stable enough for the creature to enter they still have no idea what race or planet is going to invade them all they know are the estimated tiers and numbers from the system information. They are nervous hoping and praying to have a racial or class advantage over the invasionist.
At 12:00 midnight the 1st creature appeared it is a Tier 3 Skeleton Knight followed by Tier 3 Ghouls and Tier 3 Skeletal Dark Magician Tier 3 Wraith.
Aston Shouted while using his communication device it's the undead race, Everyone use the holy water.
Bishops, Cardinals, and Pope focus on Holy Enchantment then Buffing and healing
Damn many of tier 5 and 4 popes and cardinal are in Sacrificial formation they could have done more damage 3-10x than the other class but with holy water, holy enchantment and buff the other class will not do bad either it just comparing 3-5 to 10x a bit distasteful
Wizards and Magic Scholars are using ice and earth small area spells since they are trying to hinder the Undead advances, while High Wizards and Magic Professors use mid to large-area fire or lightning spells.
12:45 pm Tier 4 Undeads starting appear such as Dark knight, Death Knight, Banshee, and Liches. Flesh Golems.
Jasmin monitoring the Sacrificial formation and its volunteer, she estimated that 80% of tier 1 already died sacrificing themself and the remaining 20% are still alive. she order all living tier 1 to go back to the evergreen planet. she also order the Tier 3 spell defense legion to help bring the supply of Holy waters and Materiels for Runemaster. They are not needed here at the moment it is better to make them help the logistics since normal attacks are not really effective to undead they need a lot of enchantment and enhancement items
Merlin is so excited soon he will see his parents again and his twin pets hehehe, deep inside his mind he is jumping and can't contain his happiness not a single thought or sadness can be traced for more than 300 million lives his going to sacrifice.