Full Crown

Some time before the fight with the Grave-Keeper, a meeting was held for the completed plan on how to face it.

“The Keeper is a Rook Piece undead, so it will have a sturdy constitution different from others. Even though it just looks like a giant skeleton, we should still be careful when fighting it. And since it has an annoying skillset, we should be precise on how to deal with it. So I asked Miss Crystallis and Miss Clare to come up with a plan on how to deal with it.” (Saintess)

“Thank you for the explanation Your Excellency the Saintess. Just like what have been said, we came up with a plan on how to deal with the Keeper more effectively. Firstly, the main group that will deal with it are ‘Ruby Wings’, ‘Brutes’, ‘Poison Fangs’, ‘Azure Eyes’, and the ‘Death Bringer’. The other parties and solo adventurers will help on stopping the encirclement from the summons” (Crystallis)

“So the plan will go like this. First, a vanguard group, consisting of church soldiers, will pull the summons away from the Keeper. The adventurers will engaged them to prevent the encirclement, make sure that nothing will disturb the main group.” (Clare)

Clare and Crystallis explained the plan on how to deal with the Grave-Keeper, but a loud voice suddenly interrupted the meeting. It looks like some of the adventurers are dissatisfied with their part.

“Wait! Why does that cursed man can be part of the main group and others can’t?!”

“He’s right! I have a higher rank than him, why can he join the main group and not one of us here?!”

“Why is he here in the first place?! He’s just a bronze, how can you accept him here?!”

It turns out they are dissatisfied because of my presence. Even the church personnel don’t know what to do to the rowdy bunch in the crowd. But then the leader of the party ‘Azure Eyes’ step up.

“Quiet you bunch of fools!!!” (Rosa)

A shout so loud that it sent strong shockwaves, that almost made the meeting tent collapsed. Some adventurers were knocked down, while others were forced to take a step back. The people from the church were also in the same situation as the adventurers. Only those who are part of the main group and the Saintess group were unmoved.

“You can’t even stand properly after a simple shout from me and you have the guts to complain about someone who is clearly stronger than you.” (Rosa)

“W-we’re just not ready for that!”

“Suddenly attacking us doesn’t proved anything!”

“You call that an attack, when it is nothing but a wave of my voice! You who boast being higher ranks are nothing but pretenders! If you can’t even know your own strength, then you don’t have a place here in this mission!” (Rosa)

“…”

The dissatisfied adventurers cannot utter another word. She may be forceful but in a way, she convinced them about the arrangement of the main group.

“I think you’ve made your point. Now, for the main topic. The cornerstones of our plan will be the Saintess, with her heals and Crystallis with her buffs. In addition to that is my class skill, which will give light attribute to our items and give us a barrier for the miasma.” (Clare)

“’Azure Eyes’ will draw aggro, our main hitters will be ‘Brutes’ and ‘Ruby Wings’. While they are switching attacks, ‘Poison Fangs’ will look for opportunity to do damages in-between. And lastly ‘Death Bringer’ will assist depends on the situation. Do you all understand? Now this meeting is adjourned” (Crystallis)

And that’s how the meeting goes, but it’s quite hard to perform it since…

“’Gigaton Press!’” (Rosa)

“Leader! Please follow the plan! You’re ruining the arrangement!” (Dolph)

“It’s no use Dolph, let’s just back her up and get this over with. I want to sleep already.” (Lux)

“You lazy person! I should be the one relaxing and not you! Go and help the leader already!” (Lyra)

“You twins really just want to sleep huh? Why did you two even considered being an adventurer?” (Frederick)

The leader of the party ‘Azure Eyes’ is a battle junkie. She always do what she wants, especially when it comes to fighting stronger opponents, that’s why the plan is hard to execute.

Rosa (Moon Ogre)

Adventurer Rank: Silver

Class Piece: Knight

Job Specific: Mauler

Weapon: Obsidian Beetle

Class Skill: Weight Shift

Job Skill: Heavy Stamp, Shock Burst

Dolph (Winter Wolf)

Adventurer Rank: Silver

Class Piece: Bishop

Job Specific: Magic Brawler

Weapon: Emerald Claws

Class Skill: Wind Cloak

Job Skill: Hurricane Blade, Gale Bullet

Lux (Druid)

Adventurer Rank: Iron

Class Piece: Rook

Job Specific: Heavy Fencer

Weapon: Lightning Bee Stinger

Class Skill: Iron Coating

Job Skill: Heavy Thrust, Queen Bee Dance

Lyra (Druid)

Adventurer Rank: Iron

Class Piece: Bishop

Job Specific: Beast Tamer

Weapon: Nature Gloves

Class Skill: Mana Bridge, Beast Room

Job Skill: Soul Contract, Shared Senses, Beast Fusion

Frederick (Human)

Adventurer Rank: Silver

Class Piece: Knight

Job Specific: Swordmaster

Weapon: Sui Generis (Enigma)

Class Skill: Thousand Blades

Job Skill: Aura Sword, Pentagram

“This is why I don’t want to include her in this plan.” (Clare)

A heavy sigh came out from Clare while holding her head. It looks like she’s having a hard time on how to adapt in the situation that was going on. But in the end she gave out orders to us.

“Okay, change of plan! Rufus, Flora, Callan make sure to maintain the position of the boss, don’t let it have anywhere it can escape. Make sure to look for the gaps of the fray and attack as much as you can!” (Clare)

“’Roger!’”

“Next Brutes! Join the Azure Eyes in the aggro, keep an eye on the reckless attacks of that idot, and make sure it will hit the target!” (Clare)

“’That’s what we’re waiting for! Come on you three!” (Molaris)

“’Yes, Boss!’”

“Poison Fangs! Make sure to look for the weakened gaps and be sure to hit it with your acids!” (Clara)

“This will be fun! Here we go boys!” (Cassius)

“’Yahoo!’”

“Death Bringer! Not much changed for you, just assist them when they are having a problem!” (Clara)

“…” (Adrienne)

One command after the other were issued, it’s like she already has a backup plan once the main plan didn’t go so well.

“Your Excellency the Saintess and Crystallis, we’re ready.” (Clare)

“Okay, let’s do this!” (Crystallis)

“We can do this. ‘Holy Field’” (Saintess)

“’Armor Body’, ‘Physical Boost’. Clare!” (Crystallis)

“’Divine Protection’ Begin!” (Clare)

With that shout, we began to move.