Chapter 194: The Attack From The Demon's Main Army (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:n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
-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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On the day Claria notified the Galhala King and the prime minister, Allomere about the location of the demonâs base, the Galhala King immediately send envoys to inform the kingdomâs nobles about the information.
The whole kingdom reacts quickly. Not long, dozens of message birds went back, bringing the replies from the nobles, and all of them conveyed their will for supporting the kingdom, and to give their personal troops.
But the next day, as if the demons know that their baseâs location got leaked, Druid Oz jumped in shock as he saw the number of demons that about to approach the Galhala Kingdom.
âI need to notify everyone! Itâs a surprise attack!â (Druid Oz)
Itâs still dawn.
Druid Oz acts quickly.
He immediately wakes up Claria that is obviously sleeping in a different room with him.
âHm? Ren? What happens? Want to sleep together?â Asked Claria with a sleepy tone.
âThe demons are advancing with an army with number several folds bigger than before, Iâll go notify your father and the others,â said Druid Oz with a gentle tone as he gently wakes Claria up.
âUh⦠O-Okayâ¦â (Claria)
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After waiting several moments, Claria finally able to process Druid Ozâs words, and she immediately stands up.
âI-Itâs not the time to be dozing off!!!â Claria went out of the house, transformed into her owl form, and dashes towards the royal palace.
When Druid Oz arrived at the royal castle, he saw that the Galhala King, the Galhala Queen, and the prime minister, Allomere had already wake up.
âA-All of you are awakeâ¦â (Druid Oz)
âWhat happened, Ren?â Asked the Galhala King as he realized Druid Oz sensed something.
âThe demons. They are coming with a great army. Roughly 400,000 in number utmost. I believe they will ignore the other cities and come straight to the royal capital just like before!â (Druid Oz)
âI see⦠So thatâs the reason why we canât sleep well last night, huhâ¦?â (Galhala king)
âCanât sleep?â (Druid Oz)
âYes. You can say that this is the hunch of a ruler, Ren. As usual, thanks for your early warnings,â said the Galhala King as he about to ask the guards to summon his generals.
âWait, Galhala King. The number of the demons coming is greater, but itâs not the real problem that Iâm concerned with,â said Druid Oz with a stern face.
The Galhala King, the Galhala Queen, and the prime minister, Allomere are slightly shocked by Druid Ozâs unusually anxious face. Druid Oz had always brimmed with confidence and calmness, but yet, this time heâs kind of losing his cool.
âAnd the real problem is?â Asked the Galhala king as he narrowed his eyes.
âTheyâre coming with their main army. At least a part of their main army. These are not demonized magic beasts or Owlfolks or anything else. The demons that are coming towards here are genuine demons that came from the demon realm. Please donât let your guard down,â Warned Druid Oz.
âI see⦠If youâve said that much, then it means that the kingdom is indeed under such great danger. Allomere, tell all of the generals to join hands this time, and muster all of our warriors to the east walls. Sent some scouts as well,â (Galhala King)
âConsider it done,â Answered the prime minister, Allomere, indifferently.
âIâll be taking control of the defense strategy myself, please donât let Claria out. Just tell her I want her to learn from my tactics, and donât let her go into the battlefield as well,â said him before he left.
âAn overprotective one as usual, huh⦠But since he said that much, it means that he believes your words completely, Ren. The enemy this time must be so dangerous, thatâs what you mean, right?â Asked the Galhala King.
âYes. Iâll be waiting at the east walls first and try to stall their time here and ready the cards Iâm going to use. Mother, please make sure Charnia didnât do anything reckless,â (Druid Oz)
âI wonât take my eyes off Charnia, thanks for being a great ally of this kingdom, future son-in-law,â said the Galhala Queen as she pats Druid Ozâs soldiers.
âItâs my pleasure, now if you permit me, Iâll take my leave first,â Druid Oz transformed into an owl form and dashes towards the east walls.
(This time, there is no room for handicap. Iâll use all of the things I have!) (Druid Oz)
When Druid Oz arrived at the East walls, Claria had already waiting idly there. It seems that he ordered one of the soldiers to notify the other generals in her stead so that she could wait for Druid Oz and take measures at the east walls faster.
âRen!â (Claria)
âClaria, wait a minute, I need to summon my army,â said Druid Oz as he transformed back to his druid form.
Druid Oz raises his staff and gathers an enormous amount of nature mana towards his staff. Countless amount of green particles gathers at his wooden staff and shone a dazzling green light together.
After thinking that he gathered enough mana, Druid Oz chants his spell.
âDruid Summoning: [Treant Army]!â Druid Oz shouted the spell, and thousands of green magic circles appeared outside the east walls.
From each magic circle, trunks slowly appear and keep on getting bigger. Countless trees suddenly grew at that barren side, and unexpectedly for Claria and the other soldiers, the trees grew limbs. They rise from the ground and walked.
âWhoa! What are they!?â (Claria)
âThey are my army of treants. I could only summon 2,000 of them for now, Iâll be sending 500 to stall and test the strength of the demons, and you can use the rest as a shield and sacrifice at your disposal,â said Druid Oz as he slightly pants.
âI see⦠R-Ren, are you okay?â Asked Claria, concerned.
âItâs just that summoning that lots of them consumed a great amount of nature mana. But itâs fine, my mana will be fully recovered when the demons come so you donât need to worry, Claria. Iâll just rest for a while,â said Druid Oz as he sits at on top of the walls.
âIsnât it would be better if you rest at a safer place? I-Itâs not like youâre a bother to the others, itâs just that you might get caught off-guarded if we suddenly got attackedâ¦â (Claria)
âItâs fine. You can just focus on our warriors and our defense. Youâre the commander of the battle, arenât you?â (Druid Oz)
The word âourâ turns out to give a big impact on Claria as her cheeks slightly reddens when she heard it.
(O-Ours⦠Somehow⦠It felt likeâ¦) (Claria)
But Claria recovers quickly and regains her composure. She understands the danger of the current situation, so without wasting any more time, Claria once again checks on the soldiers that already on stand by at the east walls.
(This is not the time to get flustered, Claria! You can ask to be pampered by Ren after the battle finished, for now, as a general princess, you need to be focus!!) (Claria)
âPrepare all of the ballista and the catapults! Magicians! Archers! Into position!â (Claria)
Claria swiftly commanded the soldiers and they get into position quickly because of it. Not long after, the rest of the royal soldiers finally arrived together with all of the generals of the kingdom at the east walls.
Just like at the first time the demons attacked, the Galhala king and the prime minister, Allomere come to the walls to witness the battle while this time, Charnia is being watched by the Galhala Queen personally a the royal palace.
âClaria! Ren! Weâve brought the soldiers!â (The prime minister, Allomere)
âClaria!â The Galhala King called out Claria as he transformed into his human form.
âYes, father?â (Claria)
âFor this time, the one commanding the fight will be Allomere. I want you to witness Allomereâs tactics and improve yourself better,â (The Galhala king)
Even though the reason behind the order is because they are worried about Clariaâs safety, Claria captured the Galhala Kingâs words with a different meaning.
âA-Am I still too weakâ¦?â Asked Claria as she lowered her face in disappointment.
âNo. I didnât mean that. If youâre too weak, then the other generals wonât accept you to be their leader regardless itâs me or Allomere that recommends you. Youâ¦â The Galhala King stared at the distance where the army of demons will be coming.
âYou will see the reason why Allomere asked to command the army himself soonâ¦â (The Galhala King)