12. Gaining ground amidst the tide.

Half of her first shift goes by, thousands of beasts are killed, with more taking their place. Its at this point, silver finally gains another level, reaching level 22, with the replenishment of her dwindling reserves, she continues on, watching over the soldiers below her, doing her best to snipe beasts that are about to kill soldiers or medics alike. It's at this point avi arrives with a young male avi, dressed in royal clothes. "how is the fight? you seem quite relaxed all things considered." avi says, the young male remains silent as he observes her current post, a look of indifference on his face, but his eyes betray his curiosity. At this point silver flashes a bit of a tired smile. "not too bad, been taking out the big targets, and when I have the opportunity, try to keep your troops alive over here, so what brought you over so soon? it's only been a few hours?" Silver asks and avi responds whilst looking at the young man beside her a bit. "Some were worried and wished to tour the wall and ensure the safety of the city." Leaving it at that, silver gets the gist, that the young man was worried that She alone couldn't hold this front as well as avi had said. Nodding in understanding, Silver hops down from her perch to stand in front of the group. "only thing I lack is mana, everything else has been taken care of, but I have to play conservative to hold out so long, perhaps if I had a stockpile I could create a bt more breathing room and allow more troops to rest." Silver hints without requesting, if she asks it'll be considered part of the payment, but hinting and letting them do with it what they will, makes it separate. The young male avi frowns, speaking for the first time to her. " how many troops can you replace?"

Instead of replying, Silver chooses a moment to demonstrate sacrificing a huge chunk of mana fring as fast and impactive as possible. The turrets start gaining ground, forcing the tide back, first one meter, then slowly, two...eventually three, this continues on for nearly ten minutes clearing out a 50 meter radius around her station, taking the place of hundreds of soldiers, just before Silver reduces her consumption again only keeping a few additional meters for breathing room, burning only a bit more than before in mana. "is the demonstration good enough your highness?" Silver states with a smirk, having shocked herself but refusing to show it. "ahem, how long can you maintain such agression?" the male asks, genuinely surprised at the firepower displayed. "Full volley can be maintained for half an hour, currently i have enough mana now to maintain this for roughly an hour after that demonstration." With a glance to avi, as if silently signalling, avi steps to the side making a series of calls before coming back. "you will have a shipment of mana potions in the next half hour, and at that time, we would like to request you free up as much land as possible, new payment arrangements can be negotiated outside of your original job and use." Avi says in a militaristically matter of fact tone, showing no friendliness at this time for the negotiations. "I just need more advancement scrolls, guarding from here isnt gaining me any real combat experience or inspiration so, its bit of a loss playing tactician." Silver says, making it sound as although her turrets are excellent defense she is more at home in taking the offensive the most.Frowning the unnamed asari royal male thinks for a moment before looking at silver. "how many scrolls? I am willing to pay from my own collection in order to save as many soldiers as possible." With this, Silver's greed awakens for a moment before she buries it deeply. "how does five scrolls sound? and a decent meal?" She tacs on the last bit as her stomach rumbles loudly. The male looks out over the hoard, frowning deeply, he says nothing and doesnt move for awhile, before the two leave. Time passes and a shipment of mana potions, in crates stacked as tall as she is, is delivered as well as a stack of scrolls, confused at the sight, Silver first focuses on downing two mana potions at once, one to refill her spent mana, and the other to be devoured by her newest ability, though only gaining ten permanent mana which doesnt even reflect her current state yet. Opening up her turrets and letting them burn as much mana as possible driving the tide back meter by meter making a small field under her section of the walls, the soldiers that notice it quickly start cheering as now many more can rest and recover before fighting so soon. Glancing at the 5 advancement scrolls and a note, she opts to read the note first beford using up the scrolls. 'Hello silver, at first I was skeptical that a single mercenary should hold an entire section combatively, but you not only shocked, but impressed me, a feat not easy to accomplish, thus accept these scrolls as payment and gifts, may you fight well and earn even more rewards, sincerly, third prince allen.' With that She doesn't hesitate, immediately using her scrolls, she opts to add more turrets for 3 of them, giving her a total of 12 turrets 6 main and 6 artillery turrets, summons the additional, causing a heavier drain but worth it as starts opening even more space, the mana fires alone blooming hot enough to be felt throughout the camp below. the additional two she looks closely at her new options, trying to decide her next plan of action should be.