Defiance of the Fall

Incursion Master (Unique) : Close or conquer incursion and protect outpost from denizens of other alignments for 3 months . (0/3) 43 : 01 : 17 : 47)

Ogras’ eyes lit up and he looked through the quest . But soon his face went from interested to grimacing .

It’s actually a monster horde quest… - Ogras said with a frown .

What does that mean , and how can you tell? - Zac asked , eager to know more about how the quest system works .

It says denizens and not forces or factions , which means it will send beasts rather than intelligent forces such as us demons or other factions in the multi-verse . It is one of the more annoying quests The Ruthless Heavens can throw at a Lord , - Ogras explained with a dour face . - A few thousand years ago a City on my home planet was overrun by millions of Blight Rats . When the quest ended the whole city was just a huge crater with everything from its structures to citizens eaten . -

Zac didn’t know if it was true , but if millions of anything attacked him it would be a quick game over , unless he learned how to make his Chop]-edge a kilometer long . He could only hope the system adjusted the difficulty for his power level .

When will it start? - Zac probed .

After the timer . It seems like a normal monster horde quest , so The Ruthless Heavens will likely send one horde a month for three months . The faster you kill the monsters the more time you will have to prepare in between . Too slow and you will be facing multiple waves at the same time -

If the demon could be trusted it meant that he had one and a half month to strengthen himself and the town as much as possible . He grimaced at the thought of having to fight a horde of beasts constantly for a month , only for it to be topped up with another horde . Besides , he was sorely lacking Nexus coins to get anything worthwhile for his outpost .

Where are the crystals your faction has mined? If we are going to work together then your kind needs to contribute to the town construction . - Zac immediately went into fundraising mode now that he knew he had to fend off hordes of beasts .

I’m afraid they all got taken with them by our clansmen when they left through the Nexus Hub . - Ogras answered without hesitation with a completely straight face .

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The two only silently stared at each other for a full minute until the demon finally coughed and added a sentence .

Well . Maybe they didn’t find it all , and I can go back and see if they forgot to look in some places? -

I’m sure you can find some , - Zac answered with an equally straight face . - If a foreman could steal hundreds of crystals in only one day , I’m sure there are quite a few crystals hidden through the town . -

Ah yes , Azra . Can I ask why you are wearing her dress? And why the sudden interest in raw crystals? They’re not very efficient for leveling up . - Ogras asked , seemingly eager to change the subject of how much crystals he had stashed away .

I’m planning on buying a store in the Shop , and sell them for Nexus Coins . That way I can buy defensive structures to survive the quest , - Zac answered , completely ignoring the part about wearing a dress .

Usually I’d say that it’s a waste to use crystals to get some Nexus Coins , but it’s our best bet right now I suppose . But I’d suggest that we buy a Smelting Furnace as well to turn the raw crystals into proper graded ones first , - Ogras agreed .

Our? We? - Zac said skeptically , still not having decided what to do with the demons .

Yes , we . You should understand how useful it is to have us around after our short talk . Even for your own plan we’re integral . After all , are you planning on mining the whole mountain range for the crystals by yourself? - Ogras said with a smile .

Maybe the two of us can work together since I’ve seen you kill that Rydel person . And you helped me kill half your army so you seem to hate your kind far more than I do . But would the others even work with me? - Zac was highly doubtful that he could get a successful partnership going after what he had done to the demon ranks over the past weeks .

Most of those left behind have some grudges with our previous clan in any case so they aren’t too upset with the armies dying . There are a few who might be troublesome . But I am sure we can handle that . -

Like you handled Rydel? - Zac asked , to which Ogras only smiled slightly .

Well Regarding that , let’s keep that little detail between us , shall we? I won’t go into it , but it was either him or me . Everyone who witnessed that is dead by now so only the two of us knows . But if the citizens of Camp Azh'Rezak find out that I was up in the mountains helping your rampage , and not staying in my castle , they might lose trust in me . And our partnership would suffer in turn . -