Getting to the den of Iron Cw the Wicked, wasn't a jourhat was too lengthy. It was a seven hour walk, and sihe ptoo out at the crack of dawn, they got to their location by early noon. Now they didn't rush into the dragon’s directly, no, because after such a long session of walking, everyone needed an hour tain their strength.

  The need for a break was one of the things that held them back, while the tactical disadvahey had here, was the sed thing. The ptoon had to climb up a rocky mountain, just to get close to the here.

  The mountaiured many cliffs, and edges that could kill a panig person faster than the dragon would. There was a cliff that had a huge, deep river underh it, so someone might get lucky enough to nd on the river upon flict, assuming that they could withstand spshing on the river after falling from a two-hundred meter tall cliff. The tter was the most fortable death upon impact.

  Fighting at the top of a rocky mountain was really disadvantageous, a lot of people were going to get hurt! Guard Master Zedim didn't like that fact, so he didn’t bother resting at all, but he started running around instead, to try and make the best of use of the area that they were in. The survivors of the dragon attack had drawn him an overy of the pce ba the city, but now that he was here to see the top of the mountain himself, he realized that several issues regarding their pn, had to be toggled quickly.

  Iron Cw the Wicked was about a hundred meters away, so he wao be quick before his ptoon otted. The ptoon were setting up a small camp, as quietly as they could, because they were wise enough to not uimate the sensitive ears of a dragon.

  Speaking ons, the seven tiny dragonflies had joihe ptoon, along with Geie. They were bound to be useful, and the dragonflies were proving themselves helpful already, because they started scouting the area without making too muoise. It was uhat they would startle Iron Cw.

  Seven illusionists had tapped into the brains of the dragonflies, and in the meahey drew ndscapes as best as they could, for the Guard Master to look at ter on. They drew a bunch of ndscapes with a loose hand, without putting too much attention to detail, so they ended up throwing away a quarter of what they drew. Afterwards, they put the pieces of part together, in order to create a big, table-wide map of the perimeter in front of them!

  It was very useful, but ly whole. At the middle top se of the map, right there on the edge, was where Iron Cw was resting. The dragonflies didn't get too close to that area, so the parts of the map where their target was supposed to be, was riddled with uainty, they didn't draw anything there. This roblematic too, because they'd have a blind spot in battle up until they saw the dragon themselves, and this could lead to a lot of casualties uhey were extra cautious! They were hoping for the best.

  Guard Master Zedim returned from his scouting session, thirty mier, and after he looked at the maps, he smirked in response. Zedim mao get a grounded look at at least half of the map that the illusionists drew, and with this whole aerial map to his advantage, his head started spinning as he tried to figure the best strategies for the ptoon to use!

  “I saw that big bastard oher side there, he's sleeping. However big you think he might be, he's even bigger, but we do have a couple of advantages.” He expined.

  Zedim then tio formute a pn, he kept drawing on the map in front of him. At some poiarted writing pns so quickly, that no one, apart from himself could uand what he wrote, regardless of how they spoke the same, goblin tongue! From the looks of it, he was vihat they could use at least half of the battle formations that he pnned ba the city, while the other half were new. His ptoon had memorized those battle formatioirely in a short time, so surely, they could have a look at the st-minute ones, and act accly.

  “Hmm… yes…” He grunted, as he drew a dht in front of where Iron Cw was sleeping, and this dot sighe position that he was going to take in battle.

  Guard Master Zedim was ihird realm of mana, regarding mana quality. He was a dragon within mere men, but not many people talked about his mana quality, because it ic that was strictly taboo. Either way, him fag the dragon head on, was the smartest thing he could think of, because at cle, he could deliver an unholy amount of damage! The fun part of his pn was that he po bury himself within rocks and dirt, to avoid the dragon's attention at first. He wao attack it from underh, if he got the ce!

  Anyway, the ptoon tio rest as he drew all of those pns and battle formations. They kept chug meat dowhroats, because if they were to be focused enough to fight one of the greatest fiends in Valporovus, then they heir strength! They had to be as focused as they possibly could be.

  Forty mier, he called everyone over, and thhly expined his new pn to them. They were to make use of this rocky mountain as best as they could, they were to hide between wedges, and since most of them could summon fireballs, they hoped to burn Iron Cw alive before he had a ce to fight back!

  Since a lot of portions of the pn still remaihe same, they knew where to go without causing too much of a ruckus. The pn they had, was also supposed to help them approach slowly, without rushing, just so they could get a better feel of the battlegrounds before they actually went into battle!

  The pn, sihe beginning, was to allow the illusionists to go first. They could mask their owhrough magid if the rest of the ptoon was unlucky enough to be spotted by the dragon before they got into their battle positions, then the illusionists could buy them some time. They could blind the dragon with their tless attacks, whi turn would give everyohe space to get ready!

  “Okay, men and wome's bring this bastard down today, eh? Let's decw him once, and food! Everyone knows where they're supposed to go, and when to attack, let's not mess this up.” He spoke to the ptoon, and he asked them not to cheer, nor to make any noise.

  After they nodded in cooperatioook the illusionists with him, and they started slitheriween the rocks. Five mier, the rest of the ptoon was supposed to follow suit, but for now, they were taking care of the first step of their orders. The ptoon of 320 warriors was supposed to split into five groups, each sisting of 64 goblins!