One of the most talked about stories in the early parts of the current Integration Season is the Legend of Takeda Kenshin. The stories would have you believe this living legend slayed dozens of monsters on the way to becoming the Premier Lord of Earth, and he did it with decorative weapons as a Level 0 newb.

The Legend of Takeda Kenshin will likely remain a legend because the events of the day were not recorded, and the only people present are fiercly loyal to him and have not shared any details. That doesn’t mean we can’t recreate a plausible scenario as to how that fateful day went down.

To start with, the fact that Takeda Kenshin became the Premier Lord of Earth gives us a few pieces of critical information. First, he reached Level 5 in a very short amount of time. Second, he founded a settlement. Both of these things happened on the morning after the integration started. We know that because he founded his settlement before Jeremiah McIntyre, and the records are much more thorough on the Premier Elite.

Now that we know exactly when things happened, we can examine the historical Earth records. The records are very extensive, and they give some important clues as to how that bloody day began.

Mister Kenshin was the head of a large gaming company and was scheduled to be at a working family retreat with numerous members of his staff. This event took place at a guarded compound in the mountains of southern China. Records show that 384 people flew from Tokyo, Japan to Shenzhen, China and were transported to a mountain compound owned by Takeda’s company the day before the integration started.

The exact number of fighters that battled that day is unknown but knowing that nearly four hundred people flew to China, it’s reasonable to assume that a hundred people took up arms to defend the compound—and their families—from the monsters that attacked. Given the rich heritage of battle and warfare in the region, it is reasonable to assume that there were serviceable weapons available, though all would have been F Grade.

Before we move onto the monster horde they faced, let’s break down the weapons available and the damage done by each type of weapon. For ease of calculation, we will assume there were no Skill, Strength, or Agility bonuses on any weapons. This was certainly the case at the beginning of the battle, but survivors of the initial monster attack would have not only leveled up, but also acquired skills that may have helped them as the battle progressed.

The primary melee weapons used by Takeda and his warriors would have been swords and spears. At F Grade, these weapons would have caused up to 10 Health points damage, and the spears would have been able to inflict damage from a distance, increasing the chances of delivering damage without taking any in return. Bows were also used in the battle and would have allowed ranged attacks that kept fighters out of the main battle, allowing them to deal damage without being attacked themselves. F Grade arrows would have caused up to 5 Health points damage.

The health for each of these hundred warriors would have varied slightly but would have averaged out to around 20 Health points to start, increasing by roughly 20 points each level.

Now, let’s talk about the monsters they faced that day. To start with, there was a horde of Integrated Red Pandas. We don’t know the number or level, but it would be reasonable to assume two dozen monsters averaging out to be Level 8. That gives us an average monster that had 115 Health points and delivered up to 24 Health points in damage with each swipe of its claws.

One on one, the Level 0 humans would have been slaughtered. Even in small groups, it would have been a daunting task to slay even one Integrated Red Panda. The human warriors would not have been battling in small groups, though, and the nature of the compound would have helped spread out the battle and let the monsters be isolated and attacked individually by relatively large groups.

For our analysis, we will assume the one hundred warriors were able to divide up into groups of ten with even numbers of archers and melee fighters. If this group were to isolate a single monster and allow the archers to fire several arrows before the hand-to-hand combat started, they would have done substantial damage to the monster before the melee battle started.

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5 archers x 3 arrows each x 5 Health points = 75 Health points damage

Level 8 Integrated Red Panda: 115 Health points – 75 = 40 Health remaining

This is the point where the battle truly got bloody. Assume five warriors with F Grade weapons attack simultaneously. Each of those weapons could have delivered 10 Health points in damage, but it is unlikely all five attacks would have landed as a single swipe of the Red Panda’s claws would have killed an attacker.

The most likely scenario is that two or three attacks landed during the initial strike while one or two warriors were killed. A second wave of attacks would have been needed to finish off the monster while resulting in at least one more casualty.

If there were ten such battles, it is reasonable to assume that three in ten warriors died in these initial battles—thirty of the original one hundred—while slaying ten Integrated Red Pandas. That leaves us with roughly seventy warriors and fourteen Integrated Red Pandas.

The first round of battles would have resulted in every surviving warrior leveling up and effectively doubling their Health. They would have needed to reorganize, though, as even with increased health, it would have been foolish to engage the monsters with only two or three melee fighters.

Round two would have essentially pitted seven groups of human warriors against seven of the remaining red pandas. The level increases wouldn’t have done anything to increase the damage done by the humans, but it would allow them to take a single hit without dying. Using the same general battle plan it is likely that only one or two would have perished per battle, this time.

The fighting would have been chaotic, of course, and plans definitely would have gone awry from time to time. If we assume that twenty more human warriors were taken down by the seven monsters that were slain, the end result of round two would have been fifty human warriors and seven Integrated Red Pandas remaining.

There would have been several more rounds of battles, and at this point the human warriors would have been hunting the seven remaining red pandas. This would have given them an advantage, but the monsters were still tougher and had more deadly weapons. If we assume each of these pandas took two human warriors down, we are left with around thirty five human warriors. Each of these warriors would have been somewhere around Level 3 at this point when they faced off against the Integrated Giant Panda.

The battle with the red pandas was deadly—two thirds of the human warriors were killed—but the fight against the Level 17 monster was catastrophic for the defenders. This beast had 322 Health points and caused up to 51 Health points of damage with each swipe of its deadly claws.

The battlefield, itself, was filled with the corpses of fallen monsters and humans alike. The remaining warriors were bloodied and weary, but also battle-hardened. They had some experience fighting together against more powerful enemies and had leveled up a couple times and now had some useful battle skills. It still would have taken dozens of attacks to defeat the giant panda.

Numerically speaking, it would have taken at least thirty-three sword strikes or sixty-five arrows. The human warriors almost certainly used a combination of ranged and melee attacks, surprising the Giant Panda whenever possible, trying to avoid the creature’s deadly claws.

This final battle would have been horrifying for the humans as the gigantic monster charged individual archers and groups of melee fighters, slaying them with a single swipe. The damage delivered by each sword, spear, or arrow causing only minor damage and doing nothing to slow the beast down. These attacks eventually added up, though, and if each archer landed only two arrows and each melee fighter landed a single blow, the math tells us that the Integrated Giant Panda would have eventually fallen to the remaining thirty-five warriors, though the creature would have killed most of them in the process.

There are obviously a lot of variables that we didn’t consider and cannot know. There would have almost certainly been isolated encounters that would have overwhelmingly favored the monsters. The humans would have also leveled up and increased Strength, Health, and other attributes while learning some skills that helped in battle.

With all that said, it appears to be possible, if not probable, that a group of one hundred Level 0 zero newbies could have defeated a two dozen low-level monsters plus a mid-level monster. It is also clear that even a few more monsters would have turned the battle in favor of the monsters leading to the complete extermination of group.

We will likely never know exactly what happened that day, but however it happened, Takeda Kenshin emerged as the Premier Lord of Earth with six very loyal followers. He will undoubtedly be a force to be reckoned with on this newly integrated world. And who knows, he may even become King of Earth.