BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power-Chapter 34 – part 1 Underworld Insects. The Lesser Secret Disaster

Chapter 34: Chapter 34 – part 1 Underworld Insects. The Lesser Secret Disaster

"Where the hell is he"

The full moon rose like a metallic disc high in the sky.. while the shadow of a female warrior standing atop a wooden tower exceeding 30 meters in height was reflected..

Monali shouted again with dark anger.. and gritted her teeth

"Where is he.. Jo, where is your master? .. Dammit"

The wooden tower stood out as the highest central point in the middle of the city.. with a width of several meters, it contained a view that surrounded everything around the small city..

"How should I know.. he should have been here days ago" Jo answered. While confusion was evident on his face

"Are you telling me your master has been missing for four days and you know nothing about him.. Dammit"

"I was training.. what were you doing. Aren’t you his personal deputy" Lois replied with resentment

"I too was training.." Suman answered

"Fine.. the mistake has become mine, hasn’t it.. where are you.. Dammit"

On top of the wooden tower.. the four stood. People who represented the strongest power of the city.. the city’s trusted generals argued angrily.. the reason for their master’s absence from the most important scene.. and none of them found the answer..

Suddenly ..

"It’s hereeee" Lois screamed.. while strong winds began to blow from the left side of the tower..

"Dammit" Monali cursed.. sweat was invading her features bit by bit.. while her eye was directed toward the sound of the coming screeching..

Zzzzzzzzz .. Zzzzzzzzz .. Zzzzzzzzz

The screeching sounds were annoying

loud. And terrifying.

The moonlight reflected off the high trees.. while hiding what was coming and approaching slowly..

"My lady, what shall we do" Suman said while he had already drawn his double spear.. he raised his foot over the wooden overlook and prepared..

"What shall we do?" Monali wondered anxiously.. her voice was filled with confusion..

"What are you doing, you fool" the voice came again from Lois.. and she rebuked harshly "It’s not catastrophic.. we all know he doesn’t have enough power.. even if he were here.."

"Hey, don’t make me leave the monsters and turn to you" Jo shouted angrily.. while Lois’s voice rose again..

"You idiot. I’m not criticizing him. He left his instructions. Didn’t he? We’ve been preparing for this moment for weeks.. what’s wrong with you"

No one answered..

Monali closed her eyes and sighed quietly..

She opened her eyes again and looked to the left side.. while she spoke

"Yes.. he made me the leader in case anything happened.. so I will play this role.."

"Hahaha.. well done.. although I don’t like it.. but... what are your orders.. as you see, there is no more time" Lois said. While the rest smiled despite the ordeal..

As soon as their princess’s outburst of anger and confusion ended.. everyone returned to their nature..

Monali pointed a finger toward the side.. while the signs began to become clear..

200 ..

300 ..

400 ..

600 ..

1000 insects with a hum that grew louder as the swarm approached.. in a swarm like a single wave, they emerged consecutively from the forest.. while the trees disappeared under the massive numbers..

"Are there signs from any other side?" Monali asked..

"No, Princess.. it seems the monsters are coming from one side" Suman answered

"Fine.. let’s let them all come out to be sure" Monali answered.. while she looked toward the city beneath her..

The city was surrounded by 4 large and solid walls..

"The leader placed these walls here to deal with large numbers. And also. multiple directions" she muttered

After several minutes.. the buzzing began to increase consecutively..

Zzzzz .. Zzzzz .. Zzzzz ..

"They have all come out"

Suman shouted.. he was close to the rest but the loud buzzing made his loud voice the only one reaching the others..

"Then it is an attack from one direction.. get ready" Monali shouted.. while Suman prepared to jump..

"No.. not you" Monali stopped him while her eyes turned toward Jo..

"You go.. lead the insects toward opening number 5 of the first interceptor wall"

In the previous days.. everyone was working on the appropriate plan to stop the insects..

After days and nights.. Ali finally decided to invent a new plan.. he adapted it from one of the most famous anime works..

He surrounded the city with four strong and solid walls.. the first wall was the furthest from the city.. in this widest and largest wall, he placed 5 passage openings from multiple sides.. each opening three meters wide..

In the second wall.. he placed four openings.. each opening was two and a half meters wide..

In the third wall.. he placed three openings two meters wide..

In the fourth and final wall.. two openings one meter wide were placed..

The hardness of the wall increased the closer it got to the central point of the city..

"The goal of those walls.. is not to stop the insects"

Monali remembered Ali’s words..

"But the goal.. is to force them to walk in the path we want. Facing hundreds of insects walking in a path we build for them is a thousand times easier.... than facing a hundred insects we don’t know which path they take"

Zzzzzzz .. Zzzzzzz .. Zzzzzzz

Jo jumped from the top..

And landed violently toward the bottom.. a steady smile emerged on his face.. he ran quickly in a direct hidden path between the walls that had been prepared in advance to facilitate their movement against the insects..

In less than a minute.. Jo stood in front of the massive wave..

All the insects carried the same shape.. butterflies half a meter in size with large wings and faces with several terrifying eyes..

The faces of the insects were like the presence of a tree hundreds of years old that had never been watered.. desolate. rigid and dry

The wings were shiny with bright beautiful colors while the faces looked like a dark death warning..

"What a large and ugly swarm" Jo muttered while he moved next..

"He didn’t change his position?" Suman asked from the top of the tower. While Monali answered him

"He is not looking to stop them.. but to lead them.. when standing in the middle, it will be like someone standing in the face of a fierce storm that cannot be stopped... the only solution before him is"

In a moment.. Jo stood to the side.. then raised his axe high.. placed it in front of his chest and gripped it with both his fists..

AAAAAAHH. ..

He shouted and collided

BOOOOOOM ..

Suddenly ..

And in a moment ..

Jo was pushed for ten meters like a small rolling stone..

"Whaaat" Suman shouted.. amidst everyone’s shock..

The collision was very violent.. and Jo, who had the strongest defense, was thrown like a piece of wood..

But ...

"You bastards... " Jo’s cry echoed from afar. He stood with determination and tightened his fists again and collided again..

He was thrown again..

Then he rose with stronger determination..

On the third time.. the insects were already near the wall..

"I will not fail.. the armor of the strongest leader is unable to stop mere insects.. what a shame"

"My lady, what shall we do, it won’t work" Suman said..

"Wait" Monali answered him..

"No time to wait.. if the insects hit the wall they will demolish it and the plan will fail.. " Lois declared

"Be quiet.. and watch" Monali silenced her quickly

A step then another.. Jo retreated..

Everyone saw his escape..

But ..

He stopped suddenly ..

In front of the insects ..

Then he raised his axe high and struck.. the ground in front of him

A half-meter hole was formed quickly..

Jo jumped inside it..

"Come on come onnnn" he shouted loudly while he placed his axe in front of him and tightened his fists..

"That bastard.. he is risking his life" Lois shouted and the impact happened

BOOOOOM ..

AAAAAAHH ..

Jo screamed with a harsh intense pain..

Amidst the buzzing.. he could not hear the sound of several vertebrae in his back breaking..

But he felt that with all possible harshness..

Despite that.. he raised his axe and continued standing in front of the massive wave..

Then suddenly ...

And in a moment ..

The momentum of the insects’ movement stopped for the first time..

And they began to change their direction to the side.. toward the fifth gate..

"He succeeded. That bastard who knows no fear" Lois smiled arrogantly while Monali’s eye turned toward Jo..

"It didn’t take minutes.. until our strongest defense was injured with that severity" Monali muttered in a worried voice that was barely heard..

Jo at the bottom.. bore the pain and stood up

"AAAAAAH. I injured myself. I must continue.. the next step must be to"

"Jooooooo" Monali shouted from afar.. Jo’s eyes turned toward her.. he was barely able to hear something.. but his eyes turned toward the platform directly.

"Go Lois.. carry him to the hospital then return.. " Monali said..

Lois jumped quickly.. then headed toward him..

Upon her arrival she did not delay and spoke directly.. while she extended her hands to help him

"Let’s go"

"Where to?" he asked in surprise

"To the lake for a walk.. where to you fool. Of course for your treatment"

Jo moved a step with difficulty.. and refused to go "I will not go. We must stick to the plan"

"In this condition.. you won’t stick to anything.. these are the Princess’s orders, let’s go"

"I said I will not go" Jo shouted.. then pushed Lois’s hand away from him and bore his weight..

Traccck ..

Quickly, a sharp slap from Lois’s hand hit his right cheek

"You bastard.. we are all fighting here.. do you think that when you are treated for a few hours and return you will find we have lost.. come on do not delay us from the fight"

"Dammit" Jo answered then placed his hand on Lois’s shoulder and allowed her to carry him..

At the top.. Monali sighed "Well done Lois.. I thought he wouldn’t accept.. now it’s time"

At that moment.. the insects were entering consecutively from the fifth opening.. and following the circular path that had been prepared..

There was in front of each gate.. a solid stone pillar. And behind the pillar two other pillars and behind them 3 and then 4 .. as soon as they hit the first pillar.. it was pushed back and knocked down..

Then the insects hit the two other pillars.. they were knocked down too.. then the four pillars that were settled in the back.. were knocked down as well..

After the four pillars.. there were no more pillars.. but the large wave of insects.. had distributed into several smaller waves.. each one headed in a different direction..

The moment the last of the insects entered from the gate.. the first insects had already moved away in different directions..

The distance between the first and second wall did not exceed 100 meters.. and as for what had been prepared.. the plan up to this moment.. is moving at an expected pace..

"The wave has finally fragmented.. we have 5 no 6 waves.. come on Suman it’s your turn" Monali said.. while Suman answered quickly and jumped..

"Your command"

"It’s my time.. " Suman muttered

"Jo imposed himself with harshness.. it’s time for me to impose myself with intelligence" then he landed quickly and took a fast path to reach the fourth wall and crossed it..

"Two waves moving circularly toward the left and four toward the right.. " Suman muttered

the moment he arrived..

"If the flow continues.. the waves will collide.. will they destroy each other as the Leader said or will they unite and attack a blind spot in the wall.. if the first option happens it’s an excellent thing.. but in case the second occurs it’s a major disaster.. what do I do"

The two waves began to approach Suman consecutively.. but he had not made a decision yet.. at the top Lois arrived near Monali..

"What’s happening" she asked

"I don’t know.. he is supposed to attack the small waves and test them.. I don’t know his hesitation"

"Do you want me to act? " Lois asked again..

"No, your turn hasn’t come.. but their turn has" Monali answered..

Behind the fourth wall.. stood more than 60 people between men and women..

Each of them carried an arrow ..

"They are the Master’s surprise" Monali muttered.. while she looked toward the arrow..

"All of them are not fighters. But that ordinary arrow carries a unique feature that justifies its expensive price.. it grants the fighter trait to whoever uses it for ten minutes"

In a moment.. the large crowd of villagers raised their bows.. and pulled violently.. and at the same time ...

Swoosh .. Swoosh .. Swoosh

The sky rained more than sixty arrows toward the crowd of insects..