NOVGO.NET Chapter 437: Worst Strategy Ever!
Chapter 437: Worst Strategy Ever!
In a Subterranean world…
Newborns could be seen atop rock pillars!
How long had they been standing on those while surrounded by lava? Even they wouldn’t have known. Had it been minutes? Had it been hours? The onslaught felt eternal!
But just as they were struggling to keep up…. Everything suddenly stopped. No fireball, no more orders, and no more cries of agony as their brethren fell, in the lava.
Everything was quiet, a little too quiet.
Then they saw Jack’s friendly yet monstrous smile.
“Good job, that concludes the training. Gratz on surviving!”
Gratz? They couldn’t help but still. Was the nightmare finally over? But just as they were thinking that, they saw where his gaze was: straight on a behemoth!
The thing was HUGE! It was like a small castle on four legs.
Ah, except its skin was brimstone, its eyes red lasers, and its maw terrifying! This thing looked like an enormous turtle mixed with some kind of primordial dinosaur. It was—
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! It was also VERY angry! As it felt Jack’s gaze, the creature met his eyes directly. Hell, it even seemed to be smirking at him as if trying to taunt him.
’Come closer so I can eat your sorry ass, you bastard!’
But alas for the creature, Jack was far from alone. Barely giving his new troops time to recuperate, he actually led them toward the Monster Area?!
Yet just as he was about to enter it, he stopped…
“Newborns, listen up! After today, you’ll be men! This is the moment to RISE! This is the moment to SURVIVE! This is the moment to ADAPT! This is the moment to OVERCOME!”
He glanced at them all individually, as if addressing their souls!
“From now on there is only VICTORY! There is only…”
And just like that he just kept going.
Hearing him, the Newborns felt themselves brim with power! How could a lizard be so inspiring?! They were in utter disbelief and couldn’t wait to hear all of his speech.
But then something strange happened. Jack spoke, spoke some more, and soon it became painfully obvious that he didn’t intend to shut up one bit!
He was akin to a professional politician: an infinite well of pointless dialogue, one that he was showcasing at that very moment. To this, the reactions were diverse.
His troops were diligently listening!
He couldn’t stop chuckling, cracking himself up.
The creature eying them while salivating looked traumatized!
How long before this youngster stepped into its territory?! The worst was that he kept distractingly almost crossing the border while enthusiastically motivating his troops.
How lucky was he to always regain his senses at the very last moment?! The poor nightmarish beast was slowly getting driven to the very limit of its patience!
And just as it was about to go insane and had truly given up on eating those tasty-looking snacks, that’s when Jack made his move.
“Now! CHARGGEEEEEE!”
Wait, what?! Was this really happening?!
For a few seconds, the poor creature questioned what it was seeing. Were they really coming or was this all bait?! But then it got confirmation that it was real as they attacked!
Except, there was something VERY strange about their attack. Instead of sending projectiles, or trying to pierce the creature’s exoskeleton, they… climbed?!
“Yes! Just like that, keep going, scale that behemoth!”
They were like an army of ants coming over the enemy. In a few instants, they had already reached the creature’s back, the latter finally coming back to its senses.
— ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! —
With mighty roars, the creature shook itself!
Instantly the poor lizards lost their balance, only to be catapulted into an abyss of destruction that would have them stomped to death!— or so the creature thought!
Yes, they lost their footing, but then they quickly found a new one! This almost begged to question: were they lizards or monkeys?! They were so damn agile!
The earlier balance training was paying off BIG TIME!
“Hold on! This thing’s big so it’s easy!”
“It’s just like the pillars for sure!”
“Kill and devour that beast!”
— ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! —
The creature roared again as it… attacked!
If before it was just shaking itself, then this time it truly went for the kill! Its body suddenly glowed completely red as it suddenly… EXPLODED!
All over its carapace, fire geysers suddenly erupted! This would be enough to turn those arrogant lizards into cinders and— or not?! At the last moment, Jack’s students all evaded!
“Scoff— Is that the best you can do?”
“Compared to HIM, you suck!”
“Another one dodged!”
…
Many Newborns even went a step further! Not only did they not lose their cool, but they even went on the offensive! They hurriedly clawed at the beast with all their might!
All their might would be intense, right?! Actually, it wasn’t one bit… all that appeared across Jack’s screen were pitiful strings of zeros and ones, all useless.
A creature that massive was bound to have LOTS of HP, so their attacks were tickling it at best. Realizing this, the creature victoriously roared!
As for the lizards, they felt extremely down….
“T-This is impossible. We can’t damage it!”
“We should go back to the safe zone!”
“H-How?! We’re stuck here!!!”
They really were stuck! As the creature struggled to get them off, it kept generating shockwaves at its feet, ones that would be near impossible to dodge.
Realizing this, they turned pleading glances toward Jack. Would he have a solution to this?! But just as they were panicking, he gave them the most peaceful smile ever.
“Don’t worry, you all. No need to overthink this.”
“Ah?! There’s a way for us to survive this?!”
“Nope! Quite the opposite in fact!”
What was he even saying?! But then he smiled at them as he made it crystal clear, so clear that the battlefield stopped for a wonderful instant.
“You’re all screwed! Now, keep stabbing or I promise you’ll regret it!”
W-What kind of strategy was this?! And it was at this moment that creature and lizards coughed blood. Why did this feel like a crazy cyclical Hell?!
The Lizards would keep stabbing because of Jack.
The poor creature would get stabbed by flies forever!
There wouldn’t ever be a victor, and all involved would suffer!
Actually no, there would be a winner. Jack was already heading deeper while whistling?! Wait, was he actually abandoning them?! What kind of bastard was he?!
One that was having lots of fun…