Before such a disaster occurred, there was an order from the Director-in-Chief to immediately cancel all broadcasts.
“Production Supervisor Shin! Where is the starting point of Weed's linked quest?”
“It was the confrontation with Death Hand in the Dwarven Kingdom Kuruso.”
“Broadcast that quest quickly. For the editing, just hide the truth that it's the God of War Weed… but can we hide it?”
“It will be possible until the battle starts for real. It could be difficult depending on how the battle goes.”
“Broadcast anyway. Hand over the footage to Programming now, start broadcasting as soon as it's ready.”
The main screen on the homepage of KMC Media changed.
A sign announcing a war!
The Undead were pressing in, and the Orc Karichwi, who looked like he flossed with iron bars, let loose a scream. Part of the extremely popular Undead Legion video appeared on the main screen.
There was also a change in the broadcast schedule.
— 12:30 Tree and Monsters
— 14:00 Exploration Team for Sabain's Treasure
— 15:00 Eastern Great Adventure
— 15:50 Adventurer Milestones
— 17:00 Versailles Continent Story
— 19:00 Challenge! Monster Hunting, You Can Do It Too
— 20:20 A Road to Money, the Life of the Merchant
— 21:30 People For Whom the Stage of Their Dreams has Changed
— 22:00 The Searoute of Captain Urgan
— 23:30 Continent's Home
The schedule occupied by the regular broadcasts disappeared, and a new schedule was registered.
— 12:45 ~ 24:00 Weed
An incomparably simple schedule.
It was the incredibly flashy revival of the program, Weed.
On television, a caption alerting the cancellation of Tree and Monsters popped up.
— A few words of information for the viewers.
Soon, Weed's adventure will be broadcasted.
As it is an emergency change, we apologize for not being able to inform you beforehand.
The linked quest of the Great Sculptor Weed and his war against the Embinyu Church will be broadcasted continuously.
This quest, which is currently progressing on the Versailles Continent, has a quest difficulty of S-class, and there are more linked quests left.
The broadcast end time is undetermined, our entire current production staff are doing their best, but as it is an emergency broadcast, there may be insufficient points.
We ask the viewers for a lot of understanding.
It was a rather lengthy notification, but it was enough to throw the viewers into a frenzy.
— Sculptor Weed? Isn't it the adventure of the person who built the Pyramid and the Tower of Light?
— They say KMC Media is broadcasting the fight against the Embinyu Church that made such a ruckus in the Versailles Continent not long ago. Apparently it's a chain quest of S-difficulty.
— I'll tell all of my friends too.
The news was conveyed through various Royal Road fansites and forums. People turned on their TVs and changed the channel to KMC Media.
3.3 %, 3.8 %, 4.2 %, 5.1 %, 7 %, 7.6 %.
In a moment, the ratings sky-rocketed!
The number of posts written by viewers on the forum increased by 10 times more than usual.
— Why aren't you broadcasting?
— You said it was a little later, but when are you broadcasting?
For smooth broadcast preparation and the viewers of Tree and Monsters, the content wasn't changing immediately.
— I have been a fan of Tree and Monsters since the 1st episode and seen them all without fail. Please turn on Weed's adventure immediately.
Even the fans of the show were clamoring for them to end it quickly and broadcast 'Weed'!
A 10 minute counter appeared on part of the broadcast screen. The counter decreased every second!
The competing broadcasters felt like their blood was drying up at their decreasing ratings.
While receiving enormous attention from the viewers, the broadcast of the program Weed began.
Chapter 5: Zhuge Liang's Strategy
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Weed once again marched with the alliance tribes to the Embinyu Church's fortress. To ensure swift mobility, he didn't make any trebuchets.
“Waahh.”
“That fortress is too strong. We won't be able to win.”
Widespread pessimism among the alliance tribes! The number of alliance tribesmen had decreased by about 140 people. They were simple-minded people, who didn't lose hope easily, but it was an inevitable result, since they had been defeated after suffering one-sidedly and dealing almost no damage.
Weed didn't try to boost their motivation in order to encourage the alliance tribes members.
“Realistically speaking, it's hard to take them down and capture the fortress.”
He deliberately didn't bring Bingryong, the Phoenixes, and Yellowy. He intended for them to get plenty of rest in order to maximize their power.
The spearheads of the Salmere Tribe drooped downwards. The decline in morale made their shoulders slump.
Nevertheless, as Weed and the alliance tribes approached the fortress, there was a response. Even more troops were posted to the wall, and smoke announcing the attack was rising from the spire.
Weed's eyes flashed. 'The Embinyu Church are calling all the savages under their command.'
After the initial recon skirmish, he had taken Bingryong and the Phoenixes for a light survey.
“The savages in this area under the Embinyu Church's command are very weak.”
The other tribes near the River of Lamentation were much weaker than the tribes allied with the Matallost Church, the Lekiye, Salmere, and the Vejague.
“If we kill 10 and 5 of us die, there'll be a profit of roughly 27 troops.”
A ridiculously absurd calculation!
As smoke rose from the beacon and time passed, the savage tribes flocked in. They were armed with bamboo spears, axes, and crude arrows.
Weed pointed not at the fortress, but at the newly appeared savage tribes as he instructed, “Minions of the Embinyu Church. Kill them.”
Weed made a simple order the alliance tribes could perform, “Vejague Tribe, CHARGE!”
At first, the alliance tribes and the other savages both didn't show formation or tactical movements since they hadn't been trained.
“UWAAAH!”
“LET'S KILL THEM ALL!”
The muscular Vejague Tribe Warriors ran. Each Warrior was a 100-man army!
“Salmere Tribe, it's your turn.”
Weed ordered the Salmere Tribe into action. As it was their characteristic, the Salmere Tribe scattered to find and hunt enemies. They were top-notch Hunters who shot poison arrows and had abnormally pointy, elongated spears!
The Lekiye Tribe took on the role of casting Confusion hexes on the savages. They bombarded the savages with AoE (Area of Effect) Confusion hexes and curses.
“I feel dizzy. The ground is shaking.”
Though their surroundings were normal, the savages staggered around in the middle of the battlefield.
“My axe. My axe is heavy.”
They couldn't even lift their stone axes, which seemed to have become 2–3 times heavier.
Such assistance from the Lekiye Tribe greatly augmented the Vejague and Salmere Tribe's roles.
Against the savages, the alliance tribesmen presented their rather outstanding specialties!
“Kill them all.”
“Let's not leave a single one behind.”
The 10 thousand neighboring savages were one-sidedly cornered by the 6,000 or so alliance tribesmen. The corpses piled up, and the alliance tribes were getting stronger and stronger as their combat experience grew.