Chapter 6 Reinforcements

"Eh?, rewards?"

Aldelio was stunned because he just one-shotted the Goblin King with his shotgun however he quickly snap out of it because of the interesting rewards that the system has given him.

"I wonder is there any in depth details on each choice?, it could be great if it does so i can summarize all the pros and cons"

Aldelio tapped the choice A and a complete detail was shown to him.

Reward A: New {Creation Menu}; Category [Support] Functions: [Reinforcements], [Structures]

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[Reinforcements]

-[Reinforcements] is a new sub category of [Support], it gives a new function where as the user can now call in Loyal Military Units by his side, it can range over Infantry Regimen, Tank Divisions, Naval Fleet or the Air Force. Note that each [Reinforcements] cost mana and cash to use and has a cooldown of 3 days however the cooldown will be increased by 2 days every time it is used by the user, and it will stacked up until it has reached a total cooldown of 1 year before reseting back to 3 days.

[Sructures]

-[Structures] is a new sub category of [Support], it gives a new function where as the user can now summon in Military Structures with special functions e.g if you summoned in a Barracks it will periodically produce soldiers with your desired type. Note like [Reinforcements], [Structures] also cost mana and cash to use however once a structure is built the user must do maintenance of 20% total mana and cash of the base cost of the structure e.g if the structure has a base cost of 20000 mana and 50000$ you will need 4000 mana and 10000$ to maintain it. the maintenance must be done at least once a month if not the structure's efficiency will drop.

Reward B: [Innate Strength],

[Goblin Pestilence], [Umir's Elite 6]

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[Innate Strength]

-[Innate Strength] is a passive skill which multiply the user's strength Stat by 5x.

[Goblin Pestilence]

-[Goblin Pestilence] is a passive skill which debuffs nearby goblins with -15% to all stats coupled with [Fear], [Slow], and [Fatigue].

[Umir's Elite 6]

-[Umir's Elite 6] is a summoning spell which allows the user to summon 6 elite hobgoblins hand picked by Goblin King Umir. Note user must at least have [Summoning Magic Lvl.3] to use [Umir's Elite 6]

After reading the details of both rewards Aldelio's mouth couldn't help but curved upwards making a smile.

"Interesting, so in Reward A i can call in the Military which is, Mind you, a very powerful asset after all who wouldn't want an entire army supporting your back, i wonder if the humans that are made by the [Reinforcements] are true humans each with their own lives and what not, in Reward B however seems to be keen on making me stronger individually, although the 5x STR Stat is tempting the [Reinforcements] seems to outweigh that, all in all I think Reward A is such a broken Reward rather than Reward B and besides-"

"Hiii-"

*bang*

While Aldelio was checking over the rewards a hobgoblin suddenly rushed over to Aldelio before falling down short few feet away from him due to it's head being obliterated by Aldelio's shotgun scattering it's flesh throughout, currently the hobgoblins are now surrounding Aldelio and in his line of sight he could at least estimate that there were 200 hobgoblins afterwards he then made a rough estimation of all the hobgoblins that are present and he got an astounding number of 800, Aldelio clicked his tongue because this is a very serious situation.

"I would like to mow you bastards down right now however-"

Aldelio looked over in the distance and gazed over to the rock where he saw his brother and his friend still unconscious, due to him rushing over to the Goblin King earlier this made the distance from him to them to 14 meters rather than 6 which made it bit difficult considering now that he has to deal with the horde by himself, it's a good thing that the hobgoblins are not paying any attention to his unconscious brother which he made a sigh of relief but that sigh would soon be wasted as his eyes widen when some hobgoblins began breaking off from the circle that surrounds him and began rushing through Alex's position.

"Goddammit"

Aldelio couldn't help but curse and he immediately began shooting his shotgun through the horde of hobgoblins it didn't take much time until he reached Alex and Dexter albeit barely because there was just too many hobgoblins.

"I choose reward A"

Now that Aldelio reached Alex he then grabbed the opportunity to pick his reward before being attacked en masee by the hobgoblins again if things keep going at this rate he could be overwhelmed suddenly a notification rang out.

*User has chosen Reward A

{Creation Menu} has been updated!

New [Reinforcements], [Structure] function has been added under [Support] category!

[Status]

Name: Aldelio Alastair

Age: 15

Class: Gunner 2nd tier

Rank: Corporal

Money: 12 Silvers, 62 Coppers

Lvl: 25

Exp till next level: 12/2050

[Stats]

STR: 48

AGI: 56

VIT: 36

INT: 87

LCK: 11

Mana: 870/870

Hp: 360/360

[Skills]

{Storage Lvl 3, Current Space 30×30 meters}

{Creation Menu Lvl 12,Tech Lvl 2}

Military:

NONE

while shooting the hobgoblins left and right, Aldelio from time to time tries to look over to his status screen however due to the hobgoblins that kept attacking him this proved difficult to do so, because he need his hands to operate the status screen this made Aldelio a bit frustrated however bit by bit he finally managed to get into the [Reinforcements] tab afterwards rows upon rows of units began to appear, but when he tried to get in some help he was shocked to see that the prices that are set are too high making him unable to do so.

"Are you serious?!, this is too much!"

Aldelio grimaced while shooting down a group of 3 that are charging straight at him, the reason why he could still stand is mainly because the hobgoblins are just charging at his front making them easier targets for Aldelio but sooner or later he would ran out of mana to make bullets or stamina due to their sheer numbers.

"Tch, there MUST be a way to use [Reinforcements] at a cheap cost"

Aldelio clicked his tongue as he began rummaging through the screen looking for possible ways to use his [Reinforcements], he found a filter at the top left coupled with a search bar he then pressed the filter and saw a cheap option, afterwards he immediately looked up all the cheap units he could find however he still couldn't afford them, right now he converted all of his cash and he got $1820 but the cost of even the cheapest Infantry Platoon is $2400 and their armaments composed of rifles, submachine guns, and sidearms by default.

"Wait, by default?"

this word puzzled Aldelio because normally when you see a 'By default' it means you can change it somehow, suddenly Aldelio then come with a sense of realization, it means he can change the Platoon, he then looked over to the Platoon tab again and he hovered his finger to it's name afterwards a pencil sign began to manifest on top.

"This must be it!"

Aldelio tapped the pencil afterwards a new screen window has appeared over to his side.

{Infantry Platoon; The Soviet Army}

Soldiers: 50, Lvl 10(default)

Ordinance: Rifles, Submachine Guns, Side Arms(default)

Cost: 1000 Mana, $2400

Afterwards Aldelio began tinkering in the menu and he managed to drop the price from 1000 mana and $2400 to 850 mana and $1800.

{Infantry Platoon; The Soviet Army}

Soldiers: 50, Lvl 8

Ordinance: Rifles, Submachine Guns, Molotovs

Cost: 850 Mana, $1800

Aldelio grinned cause he can now finally get some help. However a concerning notification has shown itself to Aldelio.

*User has chosen {Infantry Platoon; The Soviet Army}, 850 Mana, $1800 has been consumed.

Warning!, User is engaged in combat, {Reinforcements} shall arrive with a delay of 30 seconds.

Aldelio sighed as he reloaded his shotgun with new shells before firing again.

"30 seconds, eh I think i can hold on"

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A few hours earlier in Driftwood Village, right after Alex and the Dexter Party departed towards the hobgoblin settlement. The village chief is currently in his office at his residence, the office is a bit spacious considering that at the moment there are at least a group of 4 people inside the room, the village chief is currently kneeling down in front of 4 people wearing different colored robes of black, purple, green, and red. And each and every one of them has a mask covering their faces and a medallion with a symbol of an arrow inside a skull in their possession. The black robed person was the first one to speak.

"So, it would seems that someone has putted up a request at the guild"

The man in a black robe said in a deep voice glaring towards the village chief.

"My apologies lord Dion, a trusted subordinate of mine reported to me that he had finished his mission however it would seems that was not the case"

The Village chief replied to the black robed man named Dilon with respect. a woman with a purple robe snickered showing disdain in her eyes towards the village chief. However the village chief didn't pay any attention to her because he was already used to it.

"Humpf, I knew that you and your trusted 'subordinate' are incompetent if only I had known this could've happen I should have been the one who finished the job"

"Will you shut your trap!, Cassandra we all know that if you were the one to act it would compromise our goal in this village due to your tendency to use destructive magic giving us some attention, hence he was the one chosen to do it"

The man in a green robe argued to Cassandra the one who is wearing the purple robe. The person clad in red robbed nodded as she agreed with the person in the green robe.

"Howard is right, Cassandra your way of work always attract attention"

"Huh?!, are you saying this Incompetent person will do a great job than me!"

Cassandra protested against Howard and Stella.

"SILENCE, all of you this is no time for arguing, Devant since you and your trusted subordinate has failed to silence the messenger the guild will now act, i want you to clear all of our traces in this village before they invistigate"

The village chief or rather Devant nodded as black mist began to envelope his body.

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10.....

20....

30....

At exactly 30 seconds loud noises of gunfire reverberated through the forest, traces of bullets scattered in the air coupled with molotovs that were all directed at the hobgoblin horde, their bodies began to be ridiculed with holes while some unlucky groups of hobgoblins got themselves set with fire, screaming in agony and spreading the fire towards their fellow hobgoblins. the platoon of soviets let out a war cry before rushing out of their positions.

"Haa...that was probably the longest seconds of my life"

Says Aldelio as he held his shotgun to the ground like some sort of cane, his chest heaved as he struggled to control his breathing, Aldelio fought tooth and nail for 30 seconds so it was natural that he was tired. while Aldelio was trying to catch his breath a gruffly looking soviet soldier approached Aldelio, the soldier saluted him and began to report.

"Reporting!, 2nd Lt. Alexei Leonid of the 34th platoon has arrived, Comrade Aldelio"

"At ease"

Aldelio waved his hand as Alexei stand firm, Alexei is a tall person as he stood at the very least 6'2(188cm) his body is pretty toned but not to an extent of heavy builders, he had green eyes which is not normally found in people, he had a army cut hair and a thick beard.

"Hii-"

cries of hobgoblins can be heard as they were getting ruthlessly massacred by the soviets, shot,burned the hobgoblins couldn't even get close to the soviets as their bodies get ridiculed by holes and in just a span of 30 minutes out of 800 or so hobgoblins got destroyed by the soviets.