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Level 11: #9

Chapter: Level 11 — Castle Life
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  1. Jess J
    December 29, 2021, 1:34 pm | # | Reply

    Cube (translated): “Are you @$#!ing *blind*?”

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  2. Oldarmourer
    December 29, 2021, 2:01 pm | # | Reply

    Sometimes a blind random attack is just a blind random attack 😉

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    • Arcane Howitzer
      January 5, 2022, 4:06 pm | # | Reply

      If it were really random, there would have been a repeat attack by now. What are the chances that none of these groups are after the same thing?

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  3. anonymous hawk
    December 29, 2021, 3:48 pm | # | Reply

    i seen this kind of thing in video games, in books, movies, comics, cartoons, anime. if the enemy keeps attacking the same points, its not only their way of looking for or making a weak spot, its also always drawing the defenders to those locations. for example, if every enemy force is attacking all but the south wall and the west wall (this is an example) then the defenders will naturally start going to the north and east sides out of habit, to already be in position to defend against the next attack. this would leave south and west unguarded or minimal guards, easy to breach if you go for assault, or easy to slip a small elite group of assasins or sabotage agents over or under or through. if no one is watching those sides, or at best a token guard force, someone can slip in, slit a few throats, then open the gates for the rest of the enemy. by the time the defenders realize whats happened, surprise, the enemy is INSIDE the castle and probably hitting your backs.

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  4. Milo
    December 29, 2021, 5:10 pm | # | Reply

    There’s a decent chance that the majority of these armies have no clue what they’re doing and are just being used as unwitting pawns by the real mastermind.

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    • Mary Catelli
      January 1, 2022, 5:35 pm | # | Reply

      Or masterminds. The Viscount did answer to several beings.

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  5. Drunken.dx
    December 29, 2021, 5:49 pm | # | Reply

    Wait, that alt text…

    So Cube actually invested in int score…

    That explains some things…

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    • Fellow
      December 29, 2021, 7:16 pm | # | Reply

      I don’t think cube has ever been stupid. If anything, he’s probably invested a lot in movement.

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    • mucat
      December 30, 2021, 10:16 am | # | Reply

      I like the way Cube apparently pages through a book via viscosity in the last panel. Right now he’s probably finding the page he wants to show to Dorilys and Presti, but I do get the feeling that Cube reads by sense of touch/taste.

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      • Mary Catelli
        January 1, 2022, 5:57 pm | # | Reply

        And he doesn’t even need a stick!

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  6. C T
    December 29, 2021, 6:46 pm | # | Reply

    It is not very surprising that the attacks are all against the perimeter, but keeping them distributed like that forces the defenders to protect all of the wall. It does keep the defenses focused on the perimeter, which is unwise in a world where there could be aerial attacks, burrowing attacks, or teleport/portal attacks.

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  7. Puppeteen
    December 29, 2021, 8:23 pm | # | Reply

    Typo: that word in panel 3 should be spelled “unfortunately.”

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    • Mike R.
      December 29, 2021, 10:19 pm | # | Reply

      Fixed, thank you.

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  8. Huh
    December 30, 2021, 2:06 am | # | Reply

    So why aren’t the various armies making use of each others’ attacks and joining in, even if at a different spot, when seeing attacks in progress?

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    • JulienFromDijon
      December 30, 2021, 10:56 am | # | Reply

      I was thinking the same.

      Maybe these are fake and weak attacks, because the big villain(s) know that the princess is a fake one. But the big villain(s) don’t want the protagonist to know that they know. It would be twisted way of thinking, (poor cannon fodders), but a somewhat funny one too.

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      • Milo
        December 31, 2021, 3:01 am | # | Reply

        Except that the heroes already know that the villains know. But maybe the villains don’t know that the heroes know that the villains know…

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      • C T
        December 31, 2021, 1:36 pm | # | Reply

        Remember that the good guys don’t know that the princess is a fake!

        Only Roxy, Derek, and Mimic know that. (Cube has probably figured it out, but have any of the other defenders?)

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    • Mary Catelli
      December 30, 2021, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

      They don’t want the other guys to get the advantage of their fighting.

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  9. Tim
    December 30, 2021, 12:19 pm | # | Reply

    Strange situation, where one of the most clever among you, quite literally, does not have a brain

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    • Zero
      December 31, 2021, 3:58 am | # | Reply

      Is that so unusual in a fantasy (or sci-fi) setting where not all the people are human? I mean, that was the Scarecrow’s whole thing.
      The smartest character in my Starfinder party is a robot.

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  10. evileeyore
    December 30, 2021, 12:25 pm | # | Reply

    My prediction? It’s all a distraction. Something else is going on and someone has ’employed’ (cajoled, paid, or just slyly suggested) all these different forces attack in this manner, but the attacks aren’t expected to breach their defenses, just tie them up and pin them down.

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    • Mary Catelli
      December 31, 2021, 5:15 pm | # | Reply

      Gee, you think those guys the Viscount bargained with might be involved?

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  11. Mary Catelli
    December 30, 2021, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

    They should realize that Cube’s better at getting an angle on things.

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    • G may
      December 30, 2021, 9:34 pm | # | Reply

      You could say he’s looking at it from all sides.

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      • Brandon
        December 31, 2021, 7:07 pm | # | Reply

        He can’t stand the thought that their enemies might have the edge.

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        • G may
          January 5, 2022, 9:57 am | # | Reply

          He’d like to square up to the opponent.

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  12. Brandon
    December 31, 2021, 7:07 pm | # | Reply

    Well, that answers my question from the previous page: Cube really does just engulf the book and read it inside his own body.

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  13. Shen Hibiki
    December 31, 2021, 9:34 pm | # | Reply

    I take the “patroling blindfolded” thing. It can work.
    I’m still trying to figure how she could read his secant with it on. XD

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    • Burke
      January 2, 2022, 1:50 pm | # | Reply

      She’s blessed with secant sight.

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  14. evileeyore
    January 5, 2022, 1:53 pm | # | Reply

    I just realized… either our heroes are all gonna gain 3 levels during their //individual// //single// adventures (going from 9th to 12th), or the chapter title scheme is going to be wildly off once this third installment is completed (I mean it is already but… bah, you get what I mean).

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  15. Oldarmourer
    January 5, 2022, 3:00 pm | # | Reply

    Most wars are largely ones of attrition, wear the enemy down by making them react to many small attacks, get them to expend their munitions and steadily sandpaper away at their defences until there’s a general unnoticed weakness that gives a major assault a better chance against tired defenders low on ammuntion and with cracks in their walls.
    Throughout history there were many, many more sieges than full scale battles and the beseiged have limited resources while the siegers can resupply constantly.

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