Salvini has the same color of fur as the furries back in his plane but she is very different from them. She is fearsome and powerful. It is a very odd sight to see in a furry. He is not afraid of her because of how fearsome she looks. He is afraid of her because she is actually fearsome. Terrifying even.
Her power will mean nothing to him if he were powerful himself. It is just that he is not powerful. He is not meant to be a Frontline fighter. He is more of a commander. He doesn't get any personal boost or empowerment from the connections he has so his personal strength is not greater than that of a normal Viper. His strength lay in what he does for others. He makes those connected to him stronger the more they die.
"At this rate, the most influential paragon will die the most shameful death." He said to himself. "I will be mocked forever."
The attack buff is a type of paragon that forms a connection with an army. These connections remain even after the death of the soldiers in the army. It remains in the form of power that is shared equally among the remaining soldiers. This power then gives every soldier a boost to their strength.
So the strength of an army is kept constant regardless of their numbers. The more soldiers you kill, the stronger the remaining soldiers get until the last few soldiers still alive gain the strength of paragons themselves. This ability has made the attack buff the most influential paragon in their plane. But now, he is going to be killed by a normal furry and not the champion of the furries.
Attack buff paragons evolved from the original immortal power divine ability because of the need for a powerful army. Conflict amongst vipers is limited to paragons but invaders don't respect their rules. Invaders and enemy races will kill normal vipers without care. In fact, normal vipers are targeted in order to weaken paragons.
Paragons might be strong but they are few in number and can't be everywhere at once. Attack buff paragons turn normal vipers into threats on the level of paragons. So the weakness of the Vipers is turned into their strength but in exchange, the attack buff paragon itself remains weak.
The attack buff paragon makes killing normal Vipers to weaken the paragons a foolish tactic.
They just need a lot of death among those that are connected to the attack buff paragon to strengthen the remaining of them. That's how his boost works. But that won't happen if the attack buff paragon dies early on. In fact, his boosts will disappear if he dies.
That's why he doesn't fight at all and is always protected by normal vipers. But he doesn't have any confidence in his troops to protect him against the fearsome furry that is coming straight towards him. She and the other furries have somehow identified him as the major threat and are coming directly to kill him early before the army of Vipers gets too strong.
"It is almost like she knows what I can do." He said with suspicion.
Most enemies will target the other more powerful paragons or the soldiers. No one will put the harmless paragon in their sight especially since he is at the very back of the army. They will have to go through the entire army to get to him. Most people will rather focus on killing the normal vipers surrounding them to weaken the paragons. But the fearsome furry is coming straight for him. It can't be a coincidence at all. He won't believe it to be a coincidence.I think you should take a look at
At The Location Of The Flag Of The Vipers.
Soverick planned out three prongs of conflicts by introducing the flag. The Vipers just can't attack them for the flag of the battle sage monkeys, the battle sage monkeys should also attack the Vipers for their flag. Just as the addition of the flags provide an easier way for the Vipers to win so does it for battle sage monkeys to win.
The entire battle will end in favor of either side that is able to get the opponent's flag. It would have been an easy victory too had the Vipers neglected to protect their own flag. But they had the good sense to leave some paragons behind to defend their flag. Three battle sage monkeys were selected to acquire the Viper's flag. The three of them stood some distance from the black flag and spoke among each other.
"So we just attack again and again. That's what Soverick said we should do." Salvin said to the other two.
Ghaster complained. "I don't like this one bit. The others are fighting but we are here wasting away our strength."
Salvin's explanation of what they should do didn't make him happy despite him knowing it to be true.
Salvos shrugged. "I don't mind. At least I can go all out right now."
The three of them didn't join in the fighting taking place in the middle of the arena. They rushed here to grab the flag just like they planned. Salvos wasn't allowed to attack so he has not been able to let loose. His attack is indiscriminate. It doesn't care for foes or allies so he can't use it anyhow. His attack is also powerful but not powerful enough to be a threat to the paragons.
He can't use his attack before the two armies join in battle because he will draw the attention of the paragons and be swiftly eliminated. The paragons are too strong for them to be injured by his fire attacks. The threads in their body will resist the incursion of the law of fire. Using his attack will draw their attention instead. And they will prioritize eliminating him first before they go for the white flag.
Besides his safety, he can't use attacks that will kill too many normal Vipers until the attack buff Paragon has been eliminated. That's the same reason why Salvin was asked to come here. Anyone that can deal a great deal of damage quickly to the Vipers will be a boon to the attack buff paragon.