BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 27: The Real Attack

Standing in front of the gate of District A, can be seen clearly the figure of the destructive fortress that began to approach. Scorpio is now in combat mode capable of destroying anything in front of him.

While noticing the Scorpio attack pattern, Jell was sitting on top of the gate. Followed by Mai and Emma behind him, for Rin he is preparing an army to attack the second wave.

Rin had a hard time persuading people, that was because none of them would foolishly face a power capable of obliterating human lives with a single strike.

In the first attack there were casualties, about 2 White, 1 Bronze, and 4 Rookie level adventurers had fallen victim.

Knowing that while he was looking for help, made Rin put on a difficult face.

But now that it was different, this time the strongest adventurers had sided with them. Rin's heart when Jell joined in the attack felt very calm, he did not know where the sense of calm and security was, but he knew it was all thanks to Jell.

Getting down from the top of the gate, Jell went towards Rin. Rin, who was busy preparing everything, was surprised when Jell was suddenly beside him.

The purpose of his arrival is to have Rin drive him to meet Marina. Not knowing what the reason was, but Rin easily brought these two people together. They were in Marina's tent, where the commander of the army was.

Marina as the commander and supreme leader here was shocked when Jell and Rin suddenly came, not only that, Mai was also there following the two. While Emma, she was banned from entering by Mai.

“What are you guys doing in this place.”

One of the knights with a large body blocked them with the spear he was holding, followed by the other knights, they also prepared their respective weapons.

They seemed to dislike their arrival, especially their gazes at Jell, they just looked at him and did not look at the others. Like they have a grudge against him.

But such conditions can be stopped quickly, Adolf by raising his hand he shouted to put his subordinate's weapon. And of course following orders, they put back their weapons and let them meet Marina.

“So, what is the reason for your arrival.”

He behaved haughtily towards them, by crossing his arms and crossing his legs as well, he was truly a perfect match for his role as a commander. He sat on the King's throne, with such aura and charisma certainly being one of Jell's alluring attractions.

Just as Jell had said, he would be happy to help Marina in the competition and even overcome Scorpio. But, his relationship with Rin becomes a reason to reject him.

To Jell, Marina was a figure very similar to one of the people she knew, her cousin. Cousin Jell was very similar to Marina in terms of attitude, and charisma they had.

That was the reason when he first saw Marina, he had a chance to look towards Mai because Marina was very similar to Rita, and he hoped that Mai also had the same thoughts as him.

And until now, when he saw the style of sitting and charisma, he accidentally glanced at Mai again.

(What an amazing figure.)

Jell in her heart praised Marina.

Continuing the conversation, Jell answered Marina's question on their whereabouts here. Jell casually said what his goal was.

“Give full control of this war, and I will give you victory.”

Listening to his words made Marian's face that had been shriveling with annoyance now even more upset by his stupid words.

Giving Jell complete control was tantamount to having Jell as commander, and even Marina alone did not know how Jell was in charge.

And not only Marina, Rin and the people in the tent made shocked faces upon hearing what Jell said.

“You don't mess around.”

Marina was furious, she clasped tightly onto the thin sword on her desk and was ready to slash at Jell. He gave off a suppressive aura that filled the room. But in contrast to the knight who was affected by Marian's aura, Jell only made a smile and slightly lowered his head in front of her.

“I'm really sorry for my sassness, your majesty. But you have seen for yourself how and what the consequences of your actions in this war, and you certainly know that you are actually unable to deal with this, right?”

Marina who heard reacting to her words, she who was desperate for her failure in this attack, naturally she did not want to bear it all, she desperately wanted someone to take her place. But because of his figure as a leader, it makes him unable to do that.

“And therefore, I want you to give up all full control of this war, and I will promise you victory.”

“What are you thinking! Don't be arrogant just for beating Adolf. You don't know anything about this war, and you just want to say it.”

Marina, who could not bear to explode, yelled at Jell and said that she would not be able to overcome this just because she was able to defeat Adolf. Rin who was shocked by his request, also took a voice in this.

“True Jell, what are you saying to take all control, you just don't know anything about Scorpio.”

Jell who felt herself at a low and disbelief, made her slightly raise a smile. The smile could be clearly seen from his face, and instantly everyone in the room broke out in a cold sweat.

Jell, by emitting an aura from within him, made the people in the room fall silent when they felt it.

They were silent and could not lift a word. And not only did the aura suppress hers, in the latter Mai also exerted a pressure that drew Jell's pressure, which resulted in two great pressures occurring at once.

Mai let out her aura not because of following along with Jell, but she was angry when people underestimated Jell.

While enveloped in an enormous aura and pressure, Jell said it once again.

“Marina-sama, give me all full control and I will give you the victory. It's not a disadvantage, just think of it like I'm happily working under you. That way you no longer need to carry the burden, how?”

Marina is currently unable to decide that easily, at the moment she is very worried about the options that are in front of her.

Take a break from all of these responsibilities, or stick to these responsibilities. Right now those two options are what was in front of him. A little long wait, the answer Marina gave was, yes.

“Good. But, if you fail, you will get a death you never imagined.”

Hearing her reply, Jell stopped her aura and smiled while thanking her, and she walked out of the tent.

Hearing the answer Marina gave made Rin distrustful and angry at her, she did not take it easy for Marina to give it to her. He thought Marina would still refuse even under such circumstances.

“Rin, that's what you saw.”

“Eh, yes, I see a very terrible power from his aura.”

“So, yes. But what I saw was a flower garden.”

“Eh, flower garden?”

Rin stood up from her chair and headed out, watching Jell and Mai leave. With the words of Marina, make Rin wonder by what she means by “taman bunga”.

“At the time when you saw a terrible figure, at that time what I saw was a very beautiful flower garden. The feeling was very calm and warm, just like when Mom and Dad were alive. When we went to safety at that time, that's how I felt earlier.”

Turning his gaze to Rin, he said it with a smile attached to his face that was always pouting.

“Daddy once said to me, that there will come a time when there will be someone capable of handling and saving this kingdom. And for a moment, I felt that he was the one that Dad meant.”

Hearing her brother's words, made Rin bow. He had always hoped and believed that his father would be able to deal with the destruction of Athera, but at the time of the attack that occurred six months ago left him devastated.

And from there, Rin always develops himself and wants to become stronger, so that he is the one who is able to save his kingdom.

But upon hearing the arrival of Scorpio, it breaks Rin's heart in despair.

The conflict within the kingdom was still unfinished and suddenly came out of nowhere coming its true destruction. It was something that always haunted these two sisters.

And getting a savior was the thing they wanted the most, and came the figure of Jell who was able to carry out their duties. Strong and self-evident, Jell is a true savior.

***

Moving on to Jell and Mai, the two were currently in an open-air tent where they gathered people to discuss their next strategy.

Currently Scorpio is being held down by the long-range attackers to provide them with information to defeat him in the second wave.

They were equipped with cannons capable of holding Scorpio back, but that was only temporary. And for every time the attackers give, Jell will use it as well as possible.

They are currently discussing their next move, and how they will stop Scorpio before it gets to the gate.

And of course the same as Rin received, Jell easily accepted the rejection, the adventurers were not willing to help or follow the war anymore. They are already very scared even if they only see Scorpio approaching.

And in this condition an exit appeared, from the back of the tent that was a horde of knights with complete equipment lined up behind him. There was Marina who led the force, and Adolf told them their purpose.

“We came to help.”

Her voice rang out, Marina came with the horde and offered them help. Followed by Rin also goes behind her brother.

“Marina-sama, thank you for the help.”

“It's nothing, after all you who have said will give victory. So to provide help like this I think will be useful.”

“Thank you very much, Marina-sama, we are helped.”

Jell was shocked by their arrival, but something like this really pleased him. To create victory requires a strong army, to expect volunteers from the guild is not enough, it is because the volunteers who participate in the war are only the lower rank who are interested in the prizes given.

But the arrival of Marina and her squad had a huge impact on Jell's plans, with this winning percentage rising dramatically.

“What if we also participate.”

It sounded from behind her again, in contrast to Marina, this time Yinn came with top-ranked staff and adventurers.

They were very numerous and exceeded the knights Marina sent, Yinn by walking from behind gave her help as well to Jell.

Jell who got his help was very happy, it was because the strength of the top rank adventurers was needed in his plan.

In the first attacker led by Marian, Yinn did not participate in the attack or rather he reacted behind the scenes.

But when he heard of the decision to hand over all control to Jell, making himself unable to stay silent to not help the adventurers who were under his watch.

Yinn gathered many high-level adventurers and staff who could fight on the front lines. The adventurer who was chosen by Yinn was an adventurer with a silver rank up.

He did not receive any help from the lower rankers, as he thought they would only burden and increase the number of casualties.

That way, the troops of the guild can be said to be their strongest troops, and Yinn is confident in the strength of his troops.

And not long after Yinn entered the group, another person appeared who offered them help.

“We also, we will also help.”

Another person came to help, but this time he was the head of the witch organization.

In the attack led by Marina earlier, Marina only borrowed about 12 witches to help in her plan.

But this time it was different, the head of the organization came with an entourage of 30 magicians following him.

Jell who saw the arrival of the head of the magician organization was shocked and greeted him, like they already knew each other. Both seem familiar.

“Sancun-san, you came to help us.”

“Umu, of course I will help my savior.”

Seeing their familiarity, made Mai interested since when Jell knew important people like him.

“Jell, dia?”

“Ah, let me introduce you. Mai, she is the person I saved last time, Suncun-san. Sancun-san, she is my childhood friend, Mai.”

“Happy to meet you.”

“Ah, nice to meet.”

Both shaking. Yet it was still not enough to explain the relationship between the two, since when did they meet, save? When, when did it happen. Is what's on Mai's head at the moment.

Unbearable, she tells Jell to explain what their relationship is, and when Jell saves the woman.

Answering her question, Jell explained that she met Sancun-san while she was finishing her affairs.

At that time Jell was walking around the border of districts A and B, while he was walking to do something very important, there he saw a woman who was passing out in a narrow alley between two buildings.

Jell saw it and ignored it. He was picked up and brought in one of the places to rest and Jell gave him a healing potion.

(He fainted in a narrow alley, did something happen to him?)

Jell who was sitting next to him tried to think about what happened to this woman, she thought that this woman might have been robbed or something.

In district A, robbery and other criminal acts are not very high, not as high as district D. In district A many adventurers and knights who make district A is a district that contains strong people and obedient to the applicable law.

And finding a felony act like theft or such is quite rare in this district.

But those things did not allow for any crime, and the evidence of this woman seems to have been robbed.

It didn't last long since Jell gave her the healing potion, the woman began to wake up.

He sat at the table where Jell laid him. She was shocked by her condition when she opened her eyes, she was a little hysterical when she regained consciousness and saw Jell was already beside her.

“Ahh! Who are you, what are you doing to me.”

“Wait, relax. I didn't do anything, so just calm down.”

The woman looked at Jell with a sharp look, she did not believe Jell, but seeing her blanketed self, she became a little confident to listen to Jell's words.

Jell who saw him had calmed down, started a conversation to inquire about the woman's condition. Jell started to introduce herself and she asked if there was any part of her body that felt strange, the woman replied and she said there was nothing to worry about.

Hearing his explanation Jell breathed a sigh of relief. Standing up from the spot, Jell immediately bailed away leaving the woman sitting on the table.

Jell did not want to get or add to the problems in her life, by healing the woman and giving her a little money, it felt like it was enough to help.

And therefore, Jell felt his duty here was enough, and he would go on with his affairs.

But his steps were stopped by the voice behind him, it came from the woman he saved, he shouted and told Jell to stop for a moment.

“Can you take a minute? I apologize profusely for being disrespectful, even though you have bothered to save me. But, may you listen to my request for a moment.”

Listening to the woman to beg him directly, made Jell feel unable to let herself go.

He will try to help her as much as possible, and he will try not to have any negative impact in the future from dealing with this woman. As much as possible avoid problems that interfere with the future.

Listening to her request, the woman said her name, continuing by asking her to do something.

Sancun Amanamo is a member of the organization in the kingdom of Athera called “Witch”.

He tells the problem to help him to catch the thief who has stolen the treasure from his organization.

Stolen items are large pomegranate stones that they use to collect natural mana in them, and because of the size and mana of nature that is very much that makes the price of the stone more expensive than the magic crystals that Jell sold then.

This is what makes the stone stolen.

The guard for the stone is not weak, he explained that the thieves who stole the stone are people who are experienced in it.

From listening to his words about experienced people, made Jell remember the incident of the bandit attack when they delivered Olokoto.

Did they have anything to do, I don't think so. Jell slightly thought of the possibility he had in mind.

Continuing Sancun's story, from his explanation he said that he was the one who chased the thief, he chased after him alone because he accidentally saw them and could not immediately report.

But instead of catching them, he was led to a trap that made him attacked suddenly. But fortunately he was able to escape the attack by providing explosive magic and illusion magic for him to escape from the place.

But despite escaping, he who received no small amount of injuries had to faint in the alley where Jell found himself.

...

Long explanation that Sancun gave, making Jell feel unable to let this woman, Sancun carries a great burden and responsibility to be able to return the property of his organization, and he ended tragically.

Seeing her condition, Jell agrees to help Sancun as much as possible. That way, Jell's initial task today changed by helping Sancun to regain their pomegranate.

***

Jell tells about her encounter and the problems they faced when they wanted to take back the pomegranate belonging to her organization to Mai.

Mai who listened scolded Jell for not asking him for help, but Jell replied that Mai was in business with three women belonging to Lhava whom she defeated.

Introducing them is done, with this they continue to devise a strategy to defeat Scorpio.

...

In this second wave of attacks, Jell provides a strategy that is quite unique and different from that carried out by Marina.

Seeing the strategy made Marina open her eyes because she never thought that this plan would work, seeing and trying to predict the outcome Marina rejected Jell's plan because she judged this as a suicide strategy.

In the strategy, Jell who will be the main highlight.

The plan is, the magicians will use magic as the first time, which is to destroy the barrier that protects Scorpio, for the adventurers they are assigned to go forward and are tasked with destroying the movement of Scorpio.

For a glance it looks the same as Marina's, but here's the difference between the two.

For the knight army, Jell asked them to divide into two groups and take positions on both sides of Scorpio with a distance of 20 meters.

Their goal is to find a gap, and help the adventure if something unexpected happens.

Hearing that part, made Marina and the others astonished because they did not know what Jell meant by “the unexpected”.

And if everything goes smoothly and in control, then Jell will take the main part by attacking Scorpio alone. Although she said it alone, Mai would actually help her from behind.

That way the strategy for the second wave of attacks is complete, and they will immediately do so.

***

The cannons holding Scorpio are ordered to retreat, and they will be replaced by an army of witches ready for destructive magic.

In Jell's prediction he told Sancun, he said that it is likely that the defense of the barrier used by Scorpio is much stronger than before.

And therefore, Jell asks Mai to help them to destroy the barrier that belongs to Scorpio.

The witches and the knights were already in their respective positions, and so were the adventurers who were ready to advance.

“Strike!”

The attack began with a single command from Jell.

The magicians instantly formed magic with a far greater impact attack than before, and after finishing preparing the attack, they would directly attack Scorpio directly.

Mistaken by the first attack in which Scorpio did not fight back at all when a witch attacked with destructive magic, but this time Scorpio stretched out its tail forward, and he's resisting the magic witch's attack with the laser of destruction.

Collision occurs between the two sides, but for the witches this is a defeat because their attack can not directly paralyze Scorpio.

Seeing that it made Marina's face startled, she could not believe that their plan would fail with a single step. Turning his face away, he looked at Jell with a difficult face.

But what Jell expressed astonished Marina, Jell was neither angry nor upset at the sight of the witch's attack failing, but she smiled with satisfaction at the attack's failure.

And in that condition, Jell suddenly shouted, which made Marina startled and immediately turned her eyes towards Mai who was above the gate.

“Mai!”

“Understood!”

(Don't say.)

With the mark from Jell shown to her, Mai immediately changed her Class.

Light appeared around Mai, her body was covered in light, and the instant that the clothes Mai was wearing changed slightly.

Her clothes were originally long and slightly open, now looking different from some parts of her clothes in the shortening.

The clothes changed due to the replacement of the Class he did. In BOA if the character changes Class then automatically the clothes they use will also change with the Class selected.

This is so that the clothes used by the player can be adjusted to the class that is being used.

And because Mai's early Class was an Assassin, her clothes were slightly shortened for her Marksman Class, so that Mai's movement and comfort were not disturbed.

The people who saw the light gathered around Mai made shocked expressions, they never saw someone able and able to replace her Class.

Whereas one can have a Class at random and there is not a single condition in which one can choose their Class at will.

In the selection of Class in this world is, someone who is more than 14 years old will get a resurrection.

The resurrection is a condition in which a person gains some kind of power or miracle.

In the resurrection someone gets their job, and of course the class they get is a random gift, and even though random job selection can be triggered.

For example, if there is a child of a knight, then in his resurrection he has gained 100% will get a knight class in the form of Fighter and Tank.

But it can be triggered and the possibility of 100% earlier can change under certain conditions.

The way to master class selection is by one's habits and expertise. With this, even though the son of a knight can rise as a person with a Class Mage.

***

Returning to the battle, after Mai made the Class change, Mai immediately pulled out her weapon.

The weapon is a Sniper, modeled after AWM but with a much more fashionable model.

Taking out her weapon, Mai took a position to be ready to shoot. He sat down and put his gun down he was ready to shoot.

Mai was in concentration, she was silent and stared straight at Scorpio. Finished doing the calculations, Mai now started using her skills.

The skill he will release is a destructive type skill with area impact, he was ordered by Jell to do this because Jell wanted to do a little experiment on Scorpio.

The skill is ready, Mai's weapon is now glowing ready to explode. The activated skill creates a magic circle with 4 gates created in the firing line.

Each of the magic circles has a very unique pattern.

Seeing the phenomenon made Rin's face could not stop being surprised when he saw it. The skill darted by creating one large enough bullet shot towards the direction of Scorpio, and after the bullet was close enough suddenly the bullet exploded and created many small bullets that directly hit the Scorpio barrier.

More than that, the impact of Mai's attack is so strong that it is able to destroy the barrier before the duration of the skill runs out, so Scorpio's weapons and cannons are also destroyed.

With the great skill that Mai unleashed it made Scorpio completely unable to withstand it, because the attacks he used to fend off the attacks from the witches had drained his strength.

Marina who saw him was shocked in disbelief, in her heart she did not think that this was what Jell was after.

“Alright, attacking team, Forward!”

The second commandment was issued, the adventurers with the horses they used and also the knights with their horses as well, immediately took the position that Jell had instructed.

Forward to a second attack, and this is where the real war begins.

***