Chapter 28 - Scary
Next morning, the first task was for Wiene to try out her new armor plates and for Raul, Mikoto and Filvis to help her with putting on the armor. Without any practice, it took 10 minutes, which is far too long. The body armor was perfect. She could handle added weight, and her agility was not affect much. Happy with the armor, the Wiene armor team repeated the armor installation process 2 more times, and they managed to reduce the time to 8 minutes. It is apparent that more manpower was needed. Hermes commented that the armor donning tomorrow will include 5 extra helpers.
Afterwards, the practice started against Ais and Bell, with uchide no kozuchi used again to boost up Ais by 2 levels. Fighting the armored Wiene was a new experience for Bell and Ais. Adding magic attacks did turn the tables on Wiene, but she only needed to be healed 2 times.
With the armor plates done, Hephaestus and Tsubaki went off to fabricate sharp edges for Wiene. They wanted to lightning charge the edges, but no one has told Welf about the extra work yet. Meanwhile Welf started charging the thin metal layers for Wiene's armor.
Mikoto and Lili continued to work on their magic. Practicing with Asfi, Mikoto was even better with futsunomitama to trap fast flying targets. She trapped Asfi 5 out of 8 times in the morning. Hermes watched but had to hold his mouth with his promise. Lili also made some progress with cinder ella to turn into a larger snakes, but will continue to try to further improve. Similar progress was made for turning into a few plants.
In the meeting between Hermes, Loki, Freya and Takemikazuchi, they agree that they are close. It is almost time for the attack. Final preparations have been made with the guild and the Ganesha familia. They did not know what the enemy did to improve in the last 2 weeks, but they hope Revis did not manage to consume too many magic stones.
After lunch, Wiene continue to practice with Ais, Bell, Riveria and Lefiya. By the end of the day, she showed more improvement against their combined attacks. When they returned to the headquarters, Hephaestus and Tsubaki were finished with Wiene's sharp edges. They fabricated 5 pairs for Wiene, so she could use the lightning attack 10 times. However, with each use, she would have to rearm with a fresh sharp edge. Welf was about half done charging up the thin metal layers for Wiene's armor. However, when he learned of the need to charge up Wiene's sharp edges, he fainted yet again.
Hermes, Loki, Freya and Takemikazuchi met again after lunch. They worked out additional details. The same 2 core teams will continued to be used. Bell will get the double level boost. Others receiving boosts will be Ais, Wiene, Finn, Ottar, Riveria, Gareth, Lefiya, Bete, Tiona, Tione, Allen and Hegni. With the information learned from the last battle, they decided to maintain a 500 feet gap between the teams instead of a 2000 feet gap. Furthermore, they decided to only keep a 1 floor gap between the 2 core fighting teams and the defensive perimeter. Any remaining fighters at 5th level and higher would be part of the 1st defensive perimeter. They are teamed together with the Xenos and will be ready to lend assistance to the core fighting teams. The 2nd and final defensive perimeter would be 2 floors above the core fighting force. Weine will be traveling with them along with Mikoto, Raul and Filvis. Lili will also travel with the defensive perimeter group. The gods have decided to put all their eggs into one basket...
For dinner, it was a fancy banquet. During the dinner, the gods announced the time for the attack is arriving in 2 days...