The Primal Hunter

Chapter 934: Prima Guardian (2) Chapter 934: Prima Guardian (2)

While the strike team was dealing with the Exalted Prima Guardian, the rest of Earth’s fighting force was busy with all the regular Primas that had exited the Prima Vessel and were now attempting to spread across the planet. Also, even if the main boss had increased in difficulty significantly, the same wasn’t true for the hundreds of Primas, which was definitely lucky, as dealing with them all was already extremely difficult as things were.

The Primas tended to be around level 280 to 300, with some going close to 310. They were also powerful variants for their levels, making it difficult even for the elites of Earth to deal with them one-on-one. There were still a few who could, primarily those who had been shortlisted from the strike team.

On the side of the Holy Church, Bertram was a machine, cleaving down several Primas alone while dealing with their armies. All the ones Jacob had arrived with were also some of the best natives of Earth the Church had recruited, providing excellent help.

The same was true for the Risen, led by Priscilla, who by now almost acted toward Casper the same way Miranda worked with Jake. Her plans of seduction had definitely died entirely, as she obviously couldn’t compete with a ghost girlfriend. When Casper had been recruited to do Nevermore with the top team of the Risen, she had fully realized he wasn’t someone she should try to bring to her side but someone she had to solely function as support for.

Not that she was weak in her own right, as she led the Risen expertly in the war efforts, making their section solidly defended.

Of course, when it came to war, Valhal proved themselves just as competent as one would expect. Sven took the frontlines as he led the group of warriors, and even if they had far fewer fighters than many other factions for the territory they were supposed to defend, not a single Prima managed to slip through. As for the regular monsters that managed to get by them… well, that was why there was a third wall of fighters behind the second vanguard.

The Noboru Clan also did extremely well, the prowess of the vampires on full display. Reika, the great-granddaughter of the Sword Saint who had gone to the Order of the Malefic Viper, also performed exceptionally as she rained down icy destruction upon large areas.

There were also a few sections where formerly enslaved people and some of those who had arrived due to Jake’s Chosen Ceremony defended. These people wouldn’t get any benefits from the system event, as this wasn’t natively their own planet, but they still chose to fight.

Similar sections, mostly focused around individual factions, covered an entire circle around where the Prima Vessel had touched down, making three defensive barriers. The first was the strike team, then the second barrier with mostly elites, and then the third, which had far more people who were on the weaker end, primarily to deal with the stragglers that got through and to provide support where needed. And, of course, to make sure the second defensive line wasn’t attacked from behind.

So far, everything was going pretty smoothly, as the “commander” of this entire war was busy making sure things didn’t fall apart.

Miranda had set up her own small defensive zone, but used most of her time keeping track of everything going on as she stayed in contact with all the local leaders of the defensive sections. Her domains were practically passive at this point, trapping any Prima or monster that dared venture her way in a deadly swamp there was no escape from.

One of the big fears Miranda and others had was the underground, but the sand had proven to be a great boon. Very few Primas naturally lived in sand, and even those specialized in digging soil found themselves severely handicapped. There were still some, but nothing of great concern that a few dedicated earth mages couldn’t handle.

What was a big problem was something they had kind of foreseen but hoped wouldn’t be as big of a problem as it turned out to be: native monsters entering the fight. It was well known the Prima Guardian couldn’t be fought by creatures who had consumed unique system-given items but only really had the choice to sit out or ally with the Primas. With all their efforts to make monsters around the world sit out, they had succeeded in doing so that there were no reported attacks on human settlements yet, and none of her pre-prepared traps or triggers had activated in the area surrounding Haven either.

Still, they ended up struggling with constant attacks on their backline in this fight with the Primas, which should perhaps have been expected, as even if they had another few decades of preparation, they couldn’t have ensured every monster wouldn’t choose badly who to ally with.

“Attacks from behind section three-four, danger level low, may become intermediate,” the voice of a leader from the former United Cities Alliance informed her as Miranda quickly picked up her communication device.

“Noboru squad six, disengage and assist section three-four,”

she quickly sent, getting a confirmation back as another one came.

“Overwhelming attack on section two-eleven, peak-tier Prima appeared.”

“Holstred, go.”

Might get through,” someone

neighbors need ranged support,” Miranda quickly decided as she looked at what was effectively a three-dimensional map in front of her. She barely had time to do any

such section was the one defended by Vesperia. Sure, she wasn’t there herself, but her army of wasps formed a tight wall, led by her Royal Guards in slaughtering and holding back all Primas and monsters that came their

honestly had little hope in, as it was the one where they threw all the more… problematic individuals. People

place, as he had only returned to Earth

his performance… she realized the only reason he wasn’t part of the strike team was because

struggled to deal with their limited movement as the metal mage moved to strike them down one after another, as he commanded hundreds of

content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine

at the map of battles, Miranda suddenly frowned as she

hell are they up

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least the latter one of those had now been amended. The moment Jake

way and had to fly there first. Alright, technically, Arnold

Saint asked Jake right after he entered, the old man fully aware of Jake’s Sphere of Perception. He would have been very dense if he hadn’t realized after decades in Nevermore

of us, but not in the same room I released it from,”

you mean?” Casper

cubes of near-indestructible metal around,” Jake clarified. With great timing, too, as the path in front of

really?” Carmen cursed, having just had her

“Just a delay tactic and a way to bait us

labyrinth to

looked like a disc of some sort. He could see the movements of energy, too, as it was most definitely doing

us? To

“Absorbing everything we just threw at it… and evolving again. Alright, probably not an actual evolution, but it’s definitely changing. Some

mean we should hurry?”

the fastest path there,” Jake said as he crossed his arms. “Be ready to sprint

in front of them was replaced once more, and they all charged in before Jake spoke again as

four… actually, just follow behind me and keep up.

to see the pattern in how all the cubes moved around. It was very predictable, and he reckoned most

just here to slow them down and try to make them waste resources. This entire Prima Guardian battle had been one of endurance so far,

long enough, it

chase into the Vessel after the boss and face all these damn trap cubes… but not doing so would be slower. And being slower meant there was a bigger chance others killed the Prima Guardian

through cube after cube, seemingly moving up and down