Villain With The Strongest System

Chapter 104: A natural strategist

Rocky's return to Earth was a massive deal as in the six months absence that he was away from Earth, his popularity seemed to have reached the sky.

His face was plastered on absolutely random places such as coffee mugs, gym wall papers, light poles and more.

Pope Cole had a photo of him working out from one of his Vlogs as his screensaver and somehow Rocky felt in his guts that the same photo was bound to be the screensaver of many teenage girls as well.

Just on his way from Ground Zero to Country X, he found illegal use of his image rights in 13 different locations, however, there was absolutely nothing that he could do about it.

"All of Earth will rejoice at the news of your return, Sir Rocky, especially the soldiers, they would all have a huge surge in morale" Pope Cole told him, however, Rocky felt unsure if this would really be the case.

Rocky knew that people of Earth were fanatics regarding the Gemini gods, however, he did not think that any man with half a brain would have much hope from him in the upcoming war.

He had not even been in a serious sparring duel yet, let alone a war and although he had returned home, he was unsure of the kind of role he was to play in the upcoming monster tide.

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( Climber's Association Headquarters, Country X )

Instead of going to the upside, Rocky first went to the Climber's Association Headquarters alongside Pope Cole, where he was scheduled to meet with Association Leader Cody, Guildmaster Karna and more important people.

"Greetings Champion-"

"Greetings-"

"Thank you for coming back-"

"Bless Gemini"

From the second Rocky walked into the climbers association headquarters, human staff and veteran climbers alike began bowing and greeting him.

Their eyes seemed to be filled with devotion and their aura when seen through his aura skill appeared to be incredibly thick green in color, as for a moment Rocky felt uncomfortable being on the receiving end of such genuine devotion.

Smiling and waving at all of them, Rocky kept his composure, however, his VIP treatment did not end there.

The moment he stepped into the lift with Pope Cole, the lift operator, who was trying his best to hold his tears, could no longer do so, as he began crying out loud as the lift began to ascend.

"Please Lord, bless this despicable human….. if you bless me, I'll surely live a long and fruitful life" The lift operator said, as he piously bowed to touch Rocky's feet.

For a split-second, Rocky felt like receding his feet, as he did not wish for a man elder to him touching his feet, however, he did not wish to deny the man's sentiments either.

Standing calmly, he let the man touch his feet as he placed his hand over his head and said "May The Gemini Gods Bless You"

Listening to those words, the man wiped his tears and looked towards Rocky with the brightest smile on his face, as he seemed to have complete faith that with this one blessing from Rocky, his life was about to change completely.

*Ting*

As the lift reached the intended floor, the doors opened automatically and Rocky walked out of the lift without looking back.

Behind him was Pope Cole who walked with a soft smile on his face, as he personally enjoyed the kind of character growth that Rocky was undergoing.

He could see the reluctance in Rocky's actions when someone treated him like a Messiah, however, while 6 months ago Rocky would have shrugged away from his role, the Rocky now was at least doing his best to play his part, albeit uncomfortably.

As the duo reached the war strategy room, everyone paused whatever they were doing, as for a moment all eyes turned to Rocky.

"What a mountain of a man you have become…. " Complemented Neatwit, as he was the first one to notice the change in Rocky's body structure and stature.

"Welcome To Earth" said Association Leader Cody, as his voice and facial expression seemed to be slightly softer than usual today.

"Hello…" Rocky said awkwardly, as everyone chuckled at his response but welcomed him within the room.

While Rocky could not read the aura of anyone present in the room, he could make-out that there were some people in the room that were happy with his presence, while some that thought that he did not belong here.

Scattered across the room were important war documents and planetary secrets as everyone seemed to be super busy preparing for the upcoming monster tide.

"Come, sit with me-" said Karna, as he tried to get Rocky to sit beside him and get him to speed on what was going on.

As Rocky sat beside Karna, the guildmaster of the elites did not talk about Joe, or Riva or ask what Rocky was up to, as he solely talked about the upcoming monster raid and what the major Earthen Guilds were planning in defense.

Karna knew that the only thing that mattered right now was the upcoming monster wave, as everything else could wait till after that was resolved.

"You have read about undeads in your university right?" Karna asked, as Rocky nodded his head.

"Well here is a list of their known weaknesses, if you have anything to add to this list or any strategy that you feel will be useful, just jot it down" Karna said, as he handed Rocky two sheets of paper.

Just like that, Rocky was given a seat at the highest war council of the planet and was asked to contribute towards the war effort, even though he was a newbie.

Naturally, there were many who frowned at Karna's actions of asking a newbie to strategize, however, with Pope Cole present in the room, everyone held their tongues in fear.

At first, Rocky studied the document of already prepared counter-measures carefully and only after a while did he start jotting down points that came to his mind.

The expectations from Rocky were low. While the common people viewed him as some messiah, the guildmasters and the organization leaders of Earth only viewed him as a paper figure. Your next chapter awaits at m,vlempyr.

He was yet to prove his worth as a warrior and hence they saw him more like a mascot and did not have any high hopes from him.

However, when Rocky completed writing his suggestions and submitted them back to Karna, the guildmaster of the elites felt sweat trickle down the side of his neck.

"Y-you just thought about this on the fly?" Karna asked Rocky in shock, as Rocky nodded his head calmly.

"Hey, Neatwit, take a look at this-" Karna said, as he passed the paper with Rocky's suggestions to Neatwit, who studied it for a while and then beamed "THIS IS GENIUS"

By this point, all the room's attention had been diverted to Neatwit and Karna, as the rest of the room wondered as to what the two were talking about.

"What is genius? I thought you both were just trying to keep the kid busy, do you really expect us to take his advice seriously?" Asked Guildmaster Mark as Neatwit shook his head and passed the paper to Mark.

"Here, take a look for yourself and decide" Neatwit said, as Mark snatched the paper from Neatwit rather arrogantly, before studying it in depth.

At first, Mark did not want to admit it, however, after a while even he started to have sweat trickle down his neck, as he had never seen such a thorough and lethal plan.

"This….this is good" Mark admitted, as now the curiosity of the room reached its peak.

"What's good? What's going on?" Asked Cody, as Karna gestured for Rocky to speak up.

"Basically, I think we are not using the terrain of ground zero fully to our advantage in my opinion.

We have massive pits built near the tower, however, we are not using those pits as a trap but rather as a speed-breaker, which is not optimal in my opinion.

Alternatively, We can fill the ground zero pit with an artificial/hollow base and allow the undead army to cross over initially.

Then, as we feel that the area above the false base had been filled fully with undead, we detonate the base and have the undead fall into the pits where we can have fire inscriptions built into the walls.

Not only can we cut the first undead tide in half using this strategy, once the undead fall inside the fire pits, they will incinerate to ashes in such a way that their regeneration would become impossible.

Not only that, but we will also have cut off their first wave, and the undead that have crossed initially would be without backend support and easy to deal with.

This way, we can kill more undead and still have the pit serve as a speed breaker, but my plan also modifies it as a trap" Rocky explained crudely, as all the guildmasters present in the room were dumbfounded listening to his plan.

"Shakuni…. This is the great god Shakuni speaking through him. This strategy…. It's too good! "said Paladin Patrik, as tears of joy began streaking down his chin.

"Hey, Rocky, come sit here with me, have a look at what I'm planning too…."

"Once you're done with it, come have a look at my strategy too, tell me if I can make any adjustments"

Once Rocky showed a glimpse of his competency, the more moderate elements of the room instantly asked for his counsel, while even the more extreme ones found themselves smiling.

Although they did not accept Rocky as a warrior, at least as a strategist, he seemed to be a natural.