Chapter 179: The Calamity In Eastaria Continent (2)
The King of Tricks and Magic
[ Name: Ren Arken
Age: 14
Race: Human
Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])
Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])
Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])
Mana: ~~~
Spiritual: ~~~
Intellect: 700, 000
Unique Skills:
-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Reo Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knightâs soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]
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âYou⦠Are made by him, donât you?â (Druid Oz)
âAnd your purpose on going here is the same as mine⦠Itâs to uncover the seal of the demon emperor, isnât that right?â Druid Oz asked Quarta who is finally covered in wounds.
âIâm afraid I have no obligations to tell you, Magician. I think my visit is more than enough to report. My master will hear and will definitely make you regret interfering with our plans all this time, Magician,â Quartaâs image started to distort.
But of course, the Galhala King, Druid Oz, and the others wonât let him flee that easily.
Once again, they attacked Quarta simultaneously, but.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
A red metal barrier suddenly appeared and covered Quartaâs body just like armor. The barrier is strong, but it still got cracked after getting attacked simultaneously by the Galhala King, Allomere, Galhala Queen, Claria, and Druid Ozâs steel vines.
âFufufufu! Do you think Iâll let you kill me that easily?â said Quarta as his image starts to fade away.
As if heâs getting absorbed by a black hole, Quartaâs body slowly transformed into a dark matter.
âI hope weâll meet again someday, Magician. But next time, youâll be killed by us,â (Quarta)
âThen tell your master this. I. Will definitely stop all of you, even if it costs my life,â (Druid Oz)
âFufufufu! Then letâs meet again, Magician⦠At the fateful battle with the world at stakeâ¦â said Quarta as he finally disappeared into the thin air.
âJ-Just what is that demonic beingâ¦?â (Claria)
âHe said that he is a demon king,â (Captain of the Royal Guards, Reno)
âHeâs not one of them,â Druid Oz answered with a small voice.
âEh?â (Captain of the Royal Guards, Reno)
âRen?â (Claria)
Whoosh!
Dozens of shadows suddenly entered the royal throne room from the broken windows.
âW-What is it this time?â the Captain of the Galhala Kingdomâs royal guards once again transformed into his owl form.
âFill me in,â (Druid Oz)
âHm?â (Galhala King)
âThere is dense demonic mana covering almost the whole continent, and countless sightings of demons all across the continent, your imperial majesty. The threat of the demons that appeared in this continent is far more threatful than the one weâve faced before,â said one of the shadows.
(Your imperial majesty?) (The Galhala King, The Galhala Queen, Claria, Charnia, Reno, Allomere)
âThe reason is?â (Druid Oz)
âUnlike the other cases, the demonized beasts here didnât transform into a demon by their will. Inside this continent, there is a demonic plague running amok, your imperial majesty. A single scar from a demonized creature could infect a beast or person and transform it into a mindless demon. It is highly recommended for you to retreat to the empire,â Advised the shadow.
âThat dangerous, huh⦠Is there one of us who got infected and transformed into a demon?â (Druid Oz)
âLuckily there is none, your imperial majesty. Since all of the members you brought here are undead, the demonic infection has no effect on us since our magic core keeps on devouring the surrounding demonic mana,â said the shadow.
âI see⦠Then thatâs a piece of good news. If what you just said is true then, for now, secure the perimeter and isolate those who seem to be infected. Leave five of you to follow my shadows, order the summoners to summon their pawns, and make them defend the outskirts and the kingdom walls,â Ordered Druid Oz.
âOrders received,â Answered the shadow as it immediately disappears into the air together with the other shadows.
âIt seems that youâve lots of secrets, Lord Ren,â said prime minister Allomere as he transformed back to his human form.
âAnd so do all of you, am I right? You donât seem to be surprised by the encounter with the demons, after all,â Answered Druid Oz indifferently.
âWell, of course. We need to know all of the information to be able to protect this kingdom, Lord Ren,â Answered the prime minister.
âStop it, Allomere. Even if heâs full of mysteries, heâs not our enemy, Allomere. If heâs our enemy, he wouldnât rush here just to save Charnia and us, wonât he?â Cut the Galhala King.
âI know. Iâm not cornering him. Iâm thankful for you to help us and once again saved Charnia without having her hurt, Lord Ren,â said Prime Minister Allomere indifferently.
âHe said so but heâs very grateful just as I am, Lord Ren. He never thanked anyone so the fact that he thanked you just now meant that heâs sincerely grateful, please understand,â (The Galhala King)
âItâs my pleasure to be able to help,â Answered Druid Oz with a slight bow before he suddenly furrowed his eyebrows.
âLord Ren? Is there something wrong?â Asked the Galhala King.
âMy summoned beasts are calling,â said Druid Oz as he rushed outside the royal castle.
When Druid Oz get out of the castle, his summoned beast had waited patiently in front of the royal castle with some corpses in front of them.
âThis isâ¦â (Druid Oz)
The beasts approached Druid Oz and let Druid Oz pets them. When Druid Oz pet them, the memories of his familiars entered his mind.
The image of them killing the summoned demons before they were able to hurt any of the Galhala kingdomâs citizens appeared inside Druid Ozâs mind.
With a gentle smile, Druid Oz once again pets his familiars as he praises them.
âAll of you did a great job,â said Druid Oz. After petting them for a while, he called them back, unsummoning them from this realm.
âT-This is⦠Donât see, Charnia,â Muttered the Galhala Queen as she saw the burnt corpses on the ground as she immediately covered Charniaâs eyes.
They are Owlfolks that are in their owl form. Itâs unknown whether they are the citizens of the Galhala kingdom or from the other kingdoms, but there is one thing for sure that all of them now know.
The Eastaria continent is in great danger.
âThat self-proclaimed demon king before. It seems that he summoned these infected demons to spread the demonic plague inside this kingdom. Itâs lucky that we managed to prevent it from happening⦠If notâ¦â (Druid Oz)
If notâ¦
The Galhala King and the prime minister, Allomere stared in the direction where Druid Ozâs looking.
âIf not⦠There is a huge possibility there will be lots of casualtiesâ¦â (The Galhala King)
âLord Ren⦠Iâm very grateful for what youâve done⦠But could you please tell us who you really are?â Asked the Galhala King.
âMy name is real, I am Ren Arken. But Iâm not an outcast, your little daughter assumed that without letting me saying anything about myself, to begin with,â (Druid Oz)
âEh? Youâre not an outcast?â (Charnia)
âIâm not,â (Druid Oz)
âIndeed. I heard that shadow serving you called you âyour imperial majestyâ when he reported to you, after all,â (Allomere)
âWho are you, Lord Ren?â Asked Claria.
âI am the emperor of an empire located inside the magical forest of Everdeen, the Tarot Empire,â (Druid Oz)
âA-An emperor!? Inside the magical forest of Everdeen!? Impossible! That legendary forest is filled with too much danger to be able to even make a kingdom inside it!â (Claria)
âTrust it or not, but it does exist. And Iâm the emperor, the clone of the emperor actually. Well, Iâll give you the details about my empire later, all you need to know is I have no malicious intent when I helped your daughter,â said Druid Oz towards the Galhala King.
âHahahaha! I know that even if you donât tell me that, Lord Ren! I see⦠No wonder youâre strong, intelligent, and brimming with so much charisma. So youâre an emperor, huh? What do you think, Allomere?â Asked the Galhala King towards the prime minister, Allomere.
âHm⦠Itâs hardly believable, but the way the demon talked to him, it seems that youâve faced demons for quite a long time, Lord Ren. Not only facing them, but youâve also hindered or even crushed their plans. Thinking logically, itâs impossible for you to achieve such a feat alone. And it seems that youâre not a person from the holy church, so at least I donât think heâs lying,â (Allomere)
âI see⦠Well, if the prime minister had said that much of you, then it means youâre definitely not an enemy, HAHAHAHA! And it seems that my queen also has a great feeling about you, Lord Ren! Then thatâs settled!â said the Galhala King carefreely as he loudly laughed.
âNow that Iâve told you my real identity, could you please explain to me now, your majesty. About the situation and the danger the Eastaria continent had been facingâ¦â (Druid Oz)