The Tales of Draconic Warlock

"Shit, everybody run", the commander shouted.

We are so fucked. That rumbling sound came from underneath us. The work of the underground monsters at their finest, I should say.

How the fuck no one was able to sense their arrival until they are almost upon us? We got alerted because of the rumbling sound made by the earth, rather than by the worms.

For some reason, no one was able to sense their arrival including me. .net

Why that was, I couldn't think of any reason.

Though I scoured a few books that were not available to others from the Nexus library, I didn't gain every word from the library. There are many sections that are still not available to me.

If only I had access to all the information, the things I do would be quite different from what I have done and doing right now, possibly.

Anyway, it doesn't matter how they were able to sneak upon us. The main issue was about how to escape the calamity we are facing at the moment.

It was not just the underground monsters that we had to face but also other monsters that would spring from those tunnels, while our group was scattered across.

It would be one thing when we are a tight-knit group, able to support each other but since we were forced to disperse in various directions, the ability to support each other has decreased by a lot.

It means we have to fight the monsters handicapped, in a way.

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The worms didn't attack us, just drilled holes leading to the surface and disappeared back into their holes. It means they are the fighting forces, rather they are support forces, making it easier for the monsters to attack places that are usually hard to.

"Everyone get ready and be alert", the commander shouted, warning us about the impending monsters that are going to spring up from those holes in the ground.

Even though that may be the case, he still told us to be on alert if those worms attack us suddenly while we are engaged by the monsters.

The monsters don't care whether other monsters like or die, as long as the humans are dead, but that was not the case for us humans. We can't have friendly fires, hurting our own troops.

This is not a game, where friendly fires are nullified and the players can fight as they wish without the concern of hurting their allies.

This is real life, where a careless attack might reap the life of your ally or, worse someone you know. So one should be always on alert while on a battlefield, not just watching for enemy attacks but also for misfires from their allies.

One may laugh at it but in history, there have been many misfires that reaped the lives of their allies, which cost them the battle many times. It was not a fact that can be overlooked.

Death of allies means that there won't be anyone to back you up in a battle. This is why in the academy, there were many team battles during our training in the first two years.

Fighting individually and fighting in a team are totally different.

In this world, there is a system but it only shows us the status screen, for promotion missions and learning new skills, and nothing else. It is useless otherwise.

If like those in-game novels where there is a party function, where no one can hurt their party member, was present then things could have gone much easier but that would have caused the cessation of all the privacy one has.

One can't have everything. To have one, they have to sacrifice something and that is a rule no one can ignore. Even if they think that they overcame that problem, they would be in for a surprise when the revelation of what they sacrificed comes out.

Yes, no matter if one thinks that they have outmanoeuvred the power of balance, they themselves had dug a pit for themselves.

For example, let's say that...

Wait, why am I again thinking these ridiculous things?

Is my brain not in my control?

Hmm, that may be the case.

I mean my INT value is too much. I don't think no one would or should have such high INT. Even though there are benefits such as better performance at using magic and learning, there are drawbacks too.

Everything has pros and cons, nothing is with just one thing present and the other absent. It's just difficult to determine those.

The drawback with my high INT was that I think too much, much more than what is needed. I am getting too distracted by this.

I should find a way to improve my STR and END as soon as possible. I believe they should act as some kind of counteract to these distracting thoughts.

It's more like I hope so.

Ah, there are too many things for me to do.

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Roar!

[Shadow Bolt]

Damn that fucker. Where did it come from?

Even though I know that my perception may not be high but I don't think that they are that low to not sense the monster, until it was upon me.

Luckily, all that training paid off. I shot a shadow bolt at the monster reflexively without thinking a second. My body worked on its own, without a proper order from my brain.

This is good. As long as my reflex actions are good, I can survive without getting injured from this nightmare of a monster tide.

I mean, how did they break that easily into the town?

How didn't we get informed that the monster tide was nearing the town and would be before the estimated time?

Now I can't even hear or sense the monsters until they are very near.

Something feels very off about this.

Well, it doesn't matter to me. That was for the higher-ups to figure out.

What's important for me here was to survive this shit without losing any parts of my body. As long as that is achieved, everything else falls on the shoulders of someone else.