Archeologist Warlord: Book 3 by Hardy E.M. & Freaks LitRPG

Author:Hardy, E.M. & Freaks, LitRPG [Hardy, E.M.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 09

“What? Did you think I was exaggerating when I said the rogues numbered in the tens of millions?”

“I thought as much, but this… this is just insane!”

The Khan of the Shining Horde sat atop his apparently sapient mount, both creatures staring slack-jawed at the sight before them. Battle raged on the sands below their location atop a rocky mountain, with the allied army on one side of a clearly-defined line against an endless sea of rogue constructs on the other.

Martin couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly at the man’s dumbfounded expression—one shared among the companions surrounding him. Every single one of them grumbled during the trip down south, not quite convinced about the threat of the rogues as Martin described them. Their skepticism quickly burned away when they saw for themselves the swarm that Martin described.

“And they just… stand there? At that line?”

“A-yup,” Martin drawled, not caring how smug he sounded. “That’s the only reason they haven’t rolled over all of us right now. They’re limited to about a dozen miles around those big pyramids over there,” Martin said as his walker pointed out to the structures off in the hazy distance.

“We’re steadily wearing them down each day, hoping we destroy more than they can build to the point where we can start hitting their pyramids. Though it looks like it’s an easy fight from across the line, picking at an enemy that can’t easily hit back, the sheer weight of their numbers makes it impossible for us to do any real damage. Every casualty we inflict is quickly replaced by who knows how many pyramids off in the horizon.”

His walker turned up to face Hobogetur, who tore his eyes away from the scene of battle to meet the walker’s eyeless gaze. “This is why it’s my hope that your people can help add some much-needed weight to our own forces. The emirs—the local royalties of their respective kingdoms—are sending more troops to augment the allied army as they realize the extent of the threat.

“The Empire of Ren, the Taiyo Sovereignty, and the Sahaasi Dominion are also ramping up the number of troops they send. But it’s still not enough. We need more men and women cracking these rogues, pushing them back hard enough so we can strike at their sources of production.”

Hobogetur grunted at that. “Yes, well… this certainly does change things. It’s one thing to hear about tall tales expecting them to be lies, and quite another to actually see that the tales are far taller than expected.”

Martin nodded with his walker. “I’ll tell you this right now: this army here is the only reason the rogues haven’t yet made their way north, to the Empire and beyond.”

Hobogetur quirked a brow at that. He waited for a moment, shaking his head with a chuckle as he patted the neck of his mount. “Ukum here would like to know why that is so.” The sapient horse stamped its foot, nodding enthusiastically at Martin’s walker.

Martin turned to face the horse, whose eyes roved all over his walker expectantly.

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