Women join the battle
After the girls were safely in the Dorms, Dark and the others teleported everyone back to the main camp. Including their newest allies, the girls from the Dorms! As shocked as their commanders were to see them; it was nothing compared to the Hikari soldiers!
"What the hell?!" exclaimed the general.
"What is…you've got to be joking!"
"Something wrong, boys?" growled a girl on a high tree limb.
"Who the hell are you?! What do you think you're doing here?!"
"I could ask you boneheads the same thing!" she retorted.
"Watch your tongue wench!!" roared the general.
"Whatever…"
"KILL THAT INSOLENT TWIT!!!"
"Think he'll fall for the bait?" asked Dark.
They heard the general's roar and tried not to grin.
"They fell for it all right! NOW RUNE!!" yelled Yue.
Rune tried not to laugh at the look on their faces.
"KILL HER!!!"
"Oh light of the unforgiving moon; shield me from these ignorant fools! KAI!"
A silver barrier surrounded Rune in an instant.
"Impossible! I don't care how you do it, just kill that WITCH! SHE'S THE NIWA FORTUNE—TELLER!!" roared the general.
"FIRE!! Everyone, take aim and FIRE!" bellowed Rune.
The Hikari attack stopped short as a rain of magic-enhanced flames came down on them. The general thought that by Fire the witch meant fire arrows; instead she literally meant throw the Fire at the army! The flight squad suffered the most damage as a majority of the flames were thrown in their direction specifically!
"So, Krad, how does it feel to face your own kin in battle?" laughed Yue.
"I don't &$)#(# believe it! The rumors about you were true! You have become the Lunar Guardian!" growled Krad.
"You should watch your language…" said Dark.
"Need a BLADE brother?"
"If you would be so kind…"
She summoned the Onyx blade yet again. Only this time, Dark wasn't trying to kill Krad; he just wanted to knock him out of the sky!
An hour later, the Hikari army left with severe injuries to both body and pride. What hurt them the most wasn't Krad losing in battle, but the fact that the fighters were all women!
"I don't believe this…We, the men of the Hikari have our ass handed to us by women; and to make it worse, they were all less than 25 years old!" growled the general.
"Hehehe…how badly did we injure their pride?" asked Rune
A new face appeared to report the outcome. After the women heard the news, they burst out laughing!
"So how did the surprise attack made by the girls go?" asked Dark.
"The men were furious and ashamed at the same time. They shouldn't have underestimated us like they did…" laughed one of the girls.
"So what's the next plan of attack?"
"We let them recover for one day, then we trick them again with you."
'How am I gonna trick those thick-headed morons?" asked Dark.
"Simple. You taunt them into following you. We'll set up the traps for them and wait."
"What kind of traps do you have in mind?" asked Yue.
"I bet I know which ones…Are the in-training-thieves gonna help you set them up?" asked the general.
"Yes, they need the practice. Plus, they'll finally be of use to us in battle. They'll be the ones to spring the less sensitive traps."
"Um, excuse me Ms. Rune; but how are we going to spring the traps? All of the easy ones are near impossible to set off!" exclaimed one of the in-training girls.
"Tell me…what was your name?" asked Rune.
"My name is Gale," replied the girl.
"Gale, then. Do you know of anyone who almost always sets off the easy traps?" asked Rune.
"Several of the boys set them off for fun; mainly just to scare us though."
"Have you ever set them off?" asked Dark.
"Once or twice. I got yelled at by the teacher though…" said Gale, upset.
"Well, guess what Gale…you're gonna set them off and NOT get yelled at!" said Rune.
"Really?"
"Yup; you and the boys who set them off on purpose will help us rig the traps! We'll get started in the morning; so rest up, 'kay?"
"Yes Ms. Rune!" replied Gale happily.
The next morning, Rune and several of the in-trainees went to a secluded area to set up many of the traps. It was a good thing that she chose the trainees to set them up and not the ones who graduated. Trainees had a better memory for traps; and they did them perfectly in less than 6 hours!
"Ms. Rune! Where do you want us to set the lasers?" called out one of the boys.
"Put them at RANDOM intervals! If the Hikari notice a pattern, then they'll know when to expect it!"
"Yes ma'am," answered the boy.
An hour later, the traps were nearly set up. Rune called for a break and everyone stopped for lunch. After they finished they went back to work.
It was ready. The Hikari would unknowingly walk into the cove; and they'd set off the traps. Gale and two other boys waited on one of the easier traps, waiting for their prey. All they had to do was wait for the signal and jump out of the way. The traps that were the easiest to get through were always the most dangerous to trip. Most of the time, if someone tripped it, they'd end up in the infirmary for months.
"Oy! Hikari morons! Try and catch me!" taunted Dark.
They fell for the trick and many went after him. The general was asleep when this happened; and when he found out about it he was livid!
"How could those fools fall for such an obvious ploy?! Come on men, we better go after the idiots…" he grumbled.
They walked into the traps like a fly to the spider's web. They never realized something was wrong until they saw Gale and the boys. It was then that the general took a good hard look at their surroundings. To the normal eye, nothing appeared out of the ordinary. But to an experienced veteran, that was never a good sign while in enemy territory…
When that thought finally registered in his mind; he was about to warn the others when it happened.
The spiders had come out to play with their prey…