For five virtual days, Zen toiled like no tomorrow. There were simply too many things to do, even with his squad of assistants. Thankfully, if there was one thing the gamer was proficient at, it was exploiting in-game ‘features’. Thanks to that, he managed to get everything done ‘on time’ for the third wave.Game developers should know better than to provide free labourers for Zen. Due to his special chain quest, the non-combatant could somehow take Venedict and the soldiers down to the first floor, where he made them hunt countless slimes for the quest and his personal benefit. He loved how inventory limit wasn’t a thing and spent most of his time making salves, crafting monocular goggles, and creating pepper bombs. The monocular goggles were tricky to create, so Zen had Ben’s help to smelt some glass from sunglasses wearing mushroom variants that he coated with green slime goo to prevent fogging. Then, he borrowed Paul’s wo

As the cut scene started, Zen could no longer give out commands. He relayed the plan once to Sir Rowan and his subordinates. However, the gamer had no idea if they would be able to pull off such a complicated plan. There was no direct fighting involved in this battle. Instead, he would manipulate the terrain to their advantage, assuming he could lock the magician in place.The first stage included a little theatrics to set the atmosphere. As war drums and horns sounded from both armies, the sharpshooters and soldiers started travelling to their assigned spots. Nobody moved from their spot as catapults launched false attacks.The goblin army laughed at the human army’s failure to understand the range limits of their catapults when the rock-covered snowballs crashed in front of them, creating a large cloud of snow. They laughed for a long time until they realised how the cloud of snow wasn’t clearing up.From afar, Zen could not tell what the goblins were do

Zen was the last person anyone in the academy would think of relying on when training an army. He didn’t blame them either. Zen would rather exploit game bugs to clear his quests if not for the unique side quest. He didn’t know if this would work, but it was worth a try. The water formation wasn’t something he created. Instead, it was created by an ancient general before guns were invented. The effectiveness of this plan was in the speed of movement. However, he could not use this method previously when the game kept locking him out of the action.Now that the restriction was lifted, there was no reason for Zen not to teach it. Zen wasn't afraid of the numbers that threatened them with him in the centre of that formation and a small group of highly mobile army. The key was to have a low hierarchy of reporting structure. The soldiers must be highly disciplined to do as they were told, reacting to split-second changes in instructions. The water formation was der

Whatever the humans were planning, the goblin lord was confident that the battle would not last more than an hour. Their army was superior in strength, and compared to before, they already knew all the tricks humans would employ. These humans couldn't do anything without the cover of snow to scare them. No birds or ranged attacks will work because the goblin elite army spent the rest of winter gearing up.Standing on the front line, the hobgoblins in padded armour that looked too small to cover them fully impatiently swung their maces and battleaxes. With a magician accompanying them, fully focused on holding up a defensive barrier against projectiles, they would not be defeated like the last time. The goblin lord ordered all soldiers to only attack while remaining within the barrier’s radius. Anyone who passed the barrier’s protection would not be assisted even if the enemies attacked them.The magicians were left in command of the vanguard, with the goblin lo

It was fast… too fast! Were these really humans? The goblin lord saw some of the things that transpired. However, it made little sense to him. How did the humans topple the catapult with only a few horses? Something did not add up. As expected, they still had many tricks up their sleeves. However, the good thing was how the brutes and hobgoblin they sent returned with their lives intact.BOOM!Before their eyes, the brutes and hobgoblins that managed to return to the barrier exploded. Immediately, the goblin lord sprang to his feet and dashed over before the mysterious fire could spread to the rest of the camp. With a merciless swing of his broadsword, the powerful monster used the blunt edge of it to whack all three aflame subordinates out of the protection barrier, killing them in the process. However, his quick thinking saved the rest of the camp supplies from burning up. Zen watched everything happen from afar with his lane leaders. Although he wasn&r