Royal Castle, Arthur's room...
Arthur stood in front of the mirror in complete darkness wearing his golden armour and a serious expression on his face as he stared down on the ground.
"Feeling scared?" A female's voice came from the dark.
"The statues they are almost indestructible and they can use abilities as well, do you think it will be easy to defeat them with an army of soldiers holding swords that can't even scratch them?" Arthur spoke with a serious expression as he continued to look down.
"Hah... Then you kill them one by one after all you have the weapon that can slice them in half without any problems.
Or do you think only passing judgement while sitting on a throne is all it means to be a king?
If you are king fight like one." The female voice spoke in a taunting voice.
As soon as Arthur heard this he slowly lifted his head and looked into the mirror as his left eye started to shine golden in the darkness.
"Yes, right there is the Arthur that I saw on that faithful dawn when you claimed me. You are a king Arthur. You don't need a fucking skeleton with a long wooden stick in his hands to make you win wars and neither an army nor a kid can do it. Only you can do it." The female voice spoke with pride.
"You speak too much." Arthur spoke with a serious expression as the environment of the room changed completely.
*Step*
Suddenly a leg stepped out of the darkness, Arthur stared at the leg's reflection from the mirror.
"Your father used to say that as well." The lady spoke as she stepped into the light.
Long blonde hairs coming down to her waist, a very thin body but very sharp facial features and she wore three gold chains as ornaments around her neck and on the left hand.
Her body was covered in a thin white cloth revealing her boobs and ass completely.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to come in front of me in that form." Arthur spoke with a serious expression as he immediately turned around.
"Ohhh~ What are you going to do to me if I come in this form?" The mysterious lady mocked with a smile voice as she walked upto Arthur and placed her hand over his left shoulder.
*Swish*
*Grab*
Arthur immediately turned around and grabbed her neck with his right hand as he stared into her eyes with a serious expression.
"Oh my... am i-" Before she could've completed her sentence, he sealed her on the lips.
*Chuuuuuuuuuuu*
*Knock-Knock*
Suddenly a knock was heard on the door.
"Your majesty... you might want to see this." One of the war general spoke from outside.
"Hah..." Arthur finally let go of her lips and looked down in dissapoinment.
"Show them what you can do... I am with you." The lady spoke with a smile as she her whole body started glowing brightly golden and her form shifted into a two edged sword.
"You can come out now, Dredis." Arthur spoke as he grabbed the sword, placed it inside it's sheath and hanged it around his waist.
*Swish*
Suddenly Dredis appeared behind Arthur.
"Your majesty." Dredis spoke as he immediately went down on his knees.
"I have told you so many times not to spy on me when I am alone in my room." Arthur spoke as he turned around and looked at him with a serious expression.
"Sir, it was your father's last secret wish. Would you like me to-"
"Yes, Yes... I have heard that speech before, My father wanted you to keep an eye on me at all times and protect me from any danger that's hiding in the shadows, I get it. I don't want you to disrespect his last wish but try to read the room a little next time." Arthur spoke with a serious expression as he started walking towards the door.
"As you command, Your Majesty." Dredis replied as he bowed down once again.
'I pray to god's everyday, for no day shall come that he finds out the thruth about this.
There was no secret wish like that from his father, I was inside his chamber one day with a maid from the castle and he caught me, I concealed the maid's presence completely using a spell but that was just a one person spell and I was found out.
That was just some bullshit lie that I came up with in the moment since I have also served sir Arthur the second, but once I saw him having sex with that sword I lost all my respect for him, but I enjoyed watching him fuck his own sword.
I mean, how often do you see a king who has no limit to fucking any girl he likes, but decides that he wants to fuck a magical sword that can take the form of a human girl. That's just too fucked up and too fun to watch, Hehehe.' Dredis laughed in his mind while keeping his expressions straight and dissapearing into the darkness once again.
*Click*
Arthur opened the door and the war general immediately bowed down to him.
"What happened, Cracus?" Arthur asked with a serious expression as he looked at him.
"Your Majesty... The armies of the gorgon statues are pushing from the west side and Grundum kingdom has asked for more reinforcement from us, Sir.
They are failing to sustain the statues on the boundaries of their kingdom as the gorgons are using their skills in a very tactical pattern and attacking only when they see vulnerabilities in the formations of our soldiers.
The reports say that thirty mages and four hundred meele soldiers that we sent as aid are already dead. Our healers have reported back that they are getting mana fatigue from drinking back to back mana potions..."
Arthur looked at Cracus and knew that it wasn't over.
"What else?" Arthur asked with a serious expression.
"Your majesty... another army of gorgon statues are pushing in from the south of our kingdom, they are coming in through the vervain forest and will-"
"Send best of our soldiers there and give the lead to Charles." Arthur ordered.
"But your majesty... prince Charles has never leaded an army into battle and-"
"We aren't Royalty for nothing, Carcus. Leading armies into battlefield is embedded into our bloodline and there is always a first time for everything. Take him." Arthur replied with a neutral expression as he walked away immediately.
"Yes, Sir." Carcus replied as he bowed down and left after that.
-x-X-x-
Dungeon, Seventh floor...
"What do you mean by'Someone I hold close?' Who is it?" Leon asked with a serious expression as he looked at Rio.
"I-I am sorry, but the vision wasn't that good. I couldn't see who will be the one that you are going to loose but all I can tell you is that it's someone that you really like and-"
"Fuck the second vision... Tell me about the first one in detail. Everything you saw because we will make that reality." Leon spoke with a serious expression as he looked at Rio, his eyes slowly drifting to look at Klaus who was standing right next to him with a very worried expression on his face, sweat beads forming on his forehead.
But Leon decided to ignore him for the time being as he turned his attention back to Rio.
"In the first vision you are-" Before they could've completed their sentence, Elis interrupted.
"Master..."
"Not now Elis, it's-" before Leon could've completed his sentence, Klaus fell down to his knees as the worried expression on his face dissapeared immediately.
*Thud*
He wiped off the sweat from his forehead and tapped Rio's leg twice.
"Are you sure?" Rio asked as he smiled.
"Yes." Klaus replied as he stood up once again and turned to look at Leon.
"What is going on here?" Leon asked with a confused expression as he looked at Klaus.
"Klaus just confirmed that the first vision is the real one and second one won't take place." Rio replied with a smile as he looked at Leon.
"How can you be so sure?" Leon asked with a serious expression.
"She is the one who confirmed it." Klaus replied as he pointed towards Elis.
"What? Elis?" Leon asked as he turned to look at her.
"If she hadn't spoken anything in the next ten seconds, the second vision would've been the truth, but she spoke and that eliminates everything about the second vision." Klaus spoke with a neutral expression as he looked at Leon.
"Elis... What is it?" Leon asked with a serious expression as he turned to look at her.
"Sir, the slime king has requested to seek an audience with you. They know something about the stone statue army that's coming towards the dungeon and they also know a way to defeat them." Elis spoke with a straight face.
"Take me to the second floor... good work kids, I will make sure to reward you later for this." Leon spoke as he dissapeared immediately.
"Well, good work you two. I will prepare dinner now, so clean yourselves." Yuna spoke as she started walking towards the kitchen.
"Yes. Hey Yuna, you have any idea how much pressure I was under when Mr. Leon showed up..." Klaus spoke as he walked away with Yuna.
"Yeah, I saw you were sweating like crazy and..."
'Fruela was her name, now i remember. Yes, the dark elf Fruela who was going to die, I can see her face clearly now that the vision has been denied. Should I tell about this to Mr. Leon?
Or should I keep it to myself? Hah, I think I will keep it to myself for now. If it's not going to happen then I shouldn't stress over it. But, it's a death. Ugh so confusing.' Rio thought as he immediately walked away and stopped thinking about it.
...
Second Floor,
*Swish*
Leon and Elis appeared on the second floor and almost immediately Leon noticed that the floor was completely empty.
"What the-!? Where are the slimes?" Leon asked with a confused expression as he turned to look at Elis.
"There, Master." Elis spoke as she pointed towards the west wall.
Leon turned to look at the direction her hand was pointing towards and noticed a human like figure standing near a wall mounted torch, staring at it with an astonished expression.
Without wasting another second, Leon used his skill on him.
[Name: Unknown]
[Class: Slime Algam]
[Race: Monster]
[Level: 197]
[HP: 5500000/5500000]
[MP: 200000/200000]
[Description: Slime Algams are almost mythical creatures as they are completely extinct and can't be found anywhere on the earth, since their prior form slime is not that strong and can be hunted easily.
Although Slime Algams on the other hand are very strong creatures as they are the evolved and united form of over hundred thousand slimes. Possessing a very high IQ and Physical abilities beyond perception.]
"Well looks like you guys evolved... But, how?" Leon asked with a confused expression as he walked towards the Slime Algam.
The slime Algam immediately turned around and looked at Leon.
Even though it had a human like silhouette, it's body was still made out of slime and there was a single small core floating in the middle of it's body.
Suddenly the insides of it's neck started moving around and forming something, in just a few seconds, it created it's own vocal cord box inside it's throat.
"Dungeon Master, You have our gratitude for everything you did for us... You gave us food and a home to live in. We will forever be in your debt." The slime Algam spoke as it bowed down Leon.
"And... You can speak as well." Leon spoke with a shocked expression as a smile spread across his face.
"I can sir, I learned the native language of humans from the dungeon core and many other things."
"I see... Elis tells me that you wanted to see me about the stone statues and how to defeat them?" Leon asked with a neutral expression as he looked at the slime Algam.
"When I emerged out into this form a few days ago, I felt the presence of another being just like me controlling thousands of different beings by taking over their mind.
One of my slime came in contact with those statues and felt their pain, suffering, anger, fear and many other emotions like that.
It was as if the humans inside the statues are dead but their emotions still remain trapped in it or should I say their souls. They are asking for help, Sir.
In order to free them, we need to kill the mind that controls them and I know where it is." The Slime Algam spoke as it looked at Leon.
"So you are saying that one of your slime was roaming inside the forest when you were evolving and it came in contact with one of the statues?" Leon asked with a neutral expression.
"Please take a seat first, Dungeon Master." The Slime Algam spoke as he immediately pointed towards the side and almost immediately slimes started jumping out of it's body and started forming a chair for Leon to sit on.
"Please sit."
"Okay..." Leon replied with a neutral expression as he took a seat on the slime chair and immediately he felt as if his body is floating over clouds.
"Well... This is comfortable." He spoke with a neutral expression.
"It's a pleasure to serve you, Dungeon Master. Now, as I was saying... When I was evolving in the dungeon, there were some slimes that were roaming inside the forest and around the dungeon, it's a natural instinct of any evolving creature to protect itself when evolving, because it is a very vulnerable state.
That's when the slime saw the stone statue coming towards the dungeon, it was just a single stone statue at that time and in order to protect the main body, all the other slimes gathered around the statue and covered it from all sides.
In order to destroy the threat, slimes melted their upper shell and invaded Inside-"
"Wait... What do you mean by melted their upper shells? Do you mean that you melted stone?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Yes, Dungeon Master."
"Slimes can melt stones?" Leon asked with a serious expression.
"Slimes can melt almost anything if they stay in contact with it for a certain amount of time, Sir." The Slime Algam replied.
"How much time did it took you to melt the stone layer from that statue?" Leon asked with a curious expression.
"Around two to three minutes sir as it stopped moving completely when we covered it from all sides."
"It stopped?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Yes, Sir. They need moonlight in order to move around at night and sunlight does the opposite to them, it completely stops them from moving." Slime Algam explained.
"Wait... How do you know so much about them?"
"When the slimes entered inside the statue, I was connected to the main mind that was controlling the statues for a brief moment, Sir.
I was able to take some information in that brief moment and now I am giving it to you, Dungeon Master." Slime Algam explained in a calm tone.
"So... You were inside Gorgonia's mind?" Leon asked with a smile.
"I was and it's an evil mind with many evil intentions. She has very much hate for everyone, you, all the humans, Elfs and dwarfs.
She is sending an army of statues towards this dungeon as we speak-"
"Yeah, I know that. You said you have a plan to defeat them, what is that?" Leon asked with a neutral expression.
"I do have a strategy to defeat them but I will need your support for it to succeed, Dungeon Master..." Slime Algam spoke as he started to explain the strategy to Leon.
"Tell me."
Five minutes later...
Leon is now staring at the Slime Algam with a serious expression.
"I have to say it. You are one very very smart slime Algam. I didn't expected a slime to be this smart." Leon spoke with a neutral expression.
"I gained most of my strategic knowledge from Gorgonia's mind but don't worry Dungeon Master, it didn't change the way of my judgement making or my loyalty to you." Slime Algam replied as he immediately went down on his knees in front of Leon.
"Well then we have a plan... Let's go and kill some walking dead statues." Leon replied as he stood up from the slime chair and all the slimes ran back to the Slime Algam reuniting with it immediately.
"As you command, Dungeon Master." Slime Algam replied as it also stood up from the ground.
"One more question... How many slimes do you have in yourself right now?" Leon asked with a curious expression.
"197886, Exactly." The Slime Algam replied immediately.
'Wow... That's a really huge number. I had that many slimes inside my dungeon? And they reproduced that much from what, Fifty or sixty slimes? And that too in just seven months.' Leon thought with a neutral expression.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
Suddenly, the sound of loud footsteps started coming from the floor's entrance.
"Hmm...?" Leon immediately turned to look at the entrance and noticed Fruela running out with a worried expression on her face.
"Master... The statues, they are about to reach the dungeon... *Huff-Huff*" Fruela spoke as she looked at Leon with a serious expression and started huffing.
"Okay, Fruela there is a new strategy. Get all the dark Elfs back inside the dungeon and-"
"Master that's not all... The Royal Army is also coming towards us." She continued.
"Royal Army? Is Arthur leading them?" Leon asked with a neutral expression.
"No, Sir the third son of Arthur... Charles is leading them." Fruela replied with a serious expression.
"How far is the statue army right now?" Leon asked with a neutral expression.
"Around fifteen kilometres from the dungeon, Master." Fruela replied immediately.
"No wonder you are huffing like that, anyone would huff like that if they run continuously from that distance." Leon replied with a neutral expression as he immediately walked upto Fruela and looked deep into her eyes.
"Mas-" Before she could've completed her sentence, Leon grabbed her cheeks and kissed her lips tightly.
*Chuuuuuuuuuuu*
As soon as their lips met, Fruela felt immense affection for Leon as she immediately dropped her guard completely, forgot whatever she was telling him and allowed Leon to do whatever he wanted with her lips and her body.
'Hmm... She dropped her guard almost immediately. This loved kiss skill is too overpowered when it comes to females.'
After kissing for one minute straight, he finally let go of her lips.
"Hah... Well, it's good to have something sweet before we go into a battle." Leon spoke as he looked at Fruela.
"Y-Yes, Master." Fruela replied as she immediately came back to her senses and her face turned completely red.
"We should move now, Dungeon Master." Slime Algam spoke from behind.
"Yeah just give me a second... If my two intelligent Liches don't show up in front of me right now, they can consider themselves homeless." Leon shouted.
*Swish-Swish*
Both Rees and Dreulis appeared in front of Leon as they bowed down to him immediately.
"Master." Both of them spoke in unison.
"Two of the most intelligent undead creatures in my dungeon but a Slime Algam is making strategies for me." Leon taunted as he looked at them with a smile.
"A WHAT!?" Both of them asked at once with shocked voices as they noticed the slime Algam standing behind Leon.
-x-X-x-
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
Thousands of horses and soldiers marched towards the forest holding the flags of the Royal Family.
On the front walked Prince Charles wearing a silver armour on his body and a serious expression on his face.
'What kind of joke is this? He sent me to lead an army into the battlefield? Father really is stupid. I can't even lead back a girl to my bed, how the hell am I supposed to lead an Army into battle?' Charles thought as he looked to his right and noticed Frecio scouting around the area on his horse.
"Your Highness, the orders are to stop before the forest's entrance and wait for the enemy to come out." Frecio spoke with a neutral expression as he looked at Charles.
"Well, the entrance of-" Before Charles could've completed his sentence, A figure materialized in front of them out of thin air.
*Swish*
A Lich wearing a black robe stood tall as he tapped his wand onto the ground.
*Tap*
"HALT." Charles shouted loudly as raised his hand and made it into a first.
*SHHHHHHHHHHH*
*Heighhnnnn Heighhnnnn*
All the horses came to a sudden halt as the soldiers immediately dismounted and pulled out their swords and spears.
"Dreulis?" Charles asked as he looked at the Lich.
"The name is Rees Krambelbar and you shall not pass past this point." Rees spoke as he raised his head and looked at Charles, the flames in his eyes glowing brightly green.
"Are you representing Leon Luster?" Charles asked with a confused expression.
"I am here on my master's orders and master has ordered that none of you will walk past this poin." Rees replied as he looked at Charles.
"And... You are planning to stop a Royal Army on your own?" Frecio asked with a smile as he immediately jumped down from his horse and pulled out his sword.
"Try me." Rees spoke as he looked at Frecio.
"I will..." Frecio spoke as he immediately grabbed his sword with both hands and charged at Rees with full speed.
"Seven cuts of pain and suffering..." Frecio spoke as he activated his skill and immediately his blade started vibrating mid-air.
But Rees on the other hand kept standing on his position as if waiting for Frecio to get close.
"DIE." Frecio spoke as his eyes narrowed and he reached directly in front of Rees.
*Whip-Whip-Whip-Whip-Whip*
Suddenly, ten dark vines covered with sharp thrones shot out of the ground and grappled around Frecio's whole body in just the fraction of a second and his blade as well.
The vines grappled around his body so tight that Frecio's whole body immediately stopped moving and the thrones pierced through his armour as if knife through paper.
*Tip-Tip*
Blood started trickling down to the ground and a worried expression appeared over Charle's face.
"Wait, Wait... we accept your terms. We aren't going to pass through. Just leave Frecio." He spoke with a serious expression.
"Y-Your Highness... Y-You shouldn't do that... I-I will live." Frecio spoke with an angry expression as he looked at Rees.
"If you tried to attack me after release, the vines will kill you this time." Rees spoke as he raised his wand and smacked it against the ground.
*Thud*
As soon as the wand hitted the ground, All the vines immediately let go of Frecio's body.
"Frecio... come back." Charles ordered with a serious expression.
"Yes, Your highness. Remember this, I will kill you someday, bones." Frecio spoke as he looked at Rees with an angry expression.
"Try to do it with a wand, I don't like to die with swords." Rees spoke in a mocking tone.
'Don't engage in combat with Leon Luster, those are the only words I heard from father when he ordered me to lead the army into the battlefield.
Well, what's the point of even coming here if a fucking Lich is going to stop us. I can kill him or atleast scare him away, but that just escalates to going in a battle with his master. Hah, what a stupid joke.' Charles thought with a neutral expression as he looked at Rees.
Suddenly a female healer rushed out from the Royal Army and healed the wounds on Frecio's body.
"Can we atleast see what's happening there?" A sound came from behind.
"Hmm...?" Charles and Frecio immediately turned around and noticed a mage walking forward in a purple and golden outfit.
He had red slick back hairs and sharp glasses on his eyes, there was a crimson wand in his left hand and a smile on his face.
This man was none other than, Justin Weaver himself from the Five-star weaver household.
"Hmm...? Aren't you the third son of sir gregory weaver from weaver household? And I think you were also recently promoted to the only candidate for future leadership of your Household." Charles asked with a confused expression as he looked at Justin.
"Yes, your Highness." Jutin spoke as he immediately bowed down to Charles.
"You shouldn't really come forward like that as a mage sir, if you died, I won't be able to answer your father and Vanguard Household, you are their son-in-law right? Please go back and stand in the mage line." Charles ordered.
"Your Highness... I know Sir Leon." Justin spoke with a smile as he looked at Charles.
"Yeah, I also know him. He lives inside that dungeon and-"
"No, sir. I actually know Sir Leon. He is kind of a big brother to me." Justin replied with a neutral expression.
"Wait... so, you are telling me that weaver household is friends with Leon Luster?" Charles asked as his eyes widened in shock.
"You can say that." Justin replied with a smile.
"So, can you get us past the Lich?" Charles asked
"No, No, No. Your Highness, we shouldn't interfere with brother Leon's plan or things can go into a very worse situation. As a mage I just wanted to see-" Before Justin could've completed his sentence, Frecio interrupted.
"Your Highness... Look." Frecio spoke as he pointed towards the forest.
As soon as Charles turned his head around, he noticed a thick veil of white mist covering the whole forest and slowly coming towards them.
-x-X-x-
Thirty minutes ago, Dungeon's entrance
*Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish*
Dusk, Dreulis, Rees, Fruela, slime Algam and Leon appeared on the dungeon's exit.
"The plan is simple. Rees you will stop the Royal Army, Dreulis you will help him from behind. I don't want you going in front until it's absolutely necessary.
Fruela take this." Leon spoke as he tossed a small bottle towards her.
*Catch*
Fruela immediately grabbed the bottle and looked at it with a confused expression.
"What's this master?" She asked.
"This is a fogger potion. It will cover three kilometres of the forest with dense mist and then he will take over from there.
Just throw it on the ground when you see the statues. Once it breaks everything will be covered in mist. You will scout from a distance and won't come in contact with the statues, do you understand?" Leon asked as he pointed towards the Slime Algam.
The Slime Algam raised his hand and waved it towards Fruela.
"As you command, Master." Fruela replied with an obedient expression.
"Master... Will you be confronting the statues as well?" Rees asked.
"No, I will be killing the one who is in control of the statues. Gorgonia De Struct." Leon replied with a neutral expression.
"You should really take me with you, Master. Gorgonia isn't a normal monster. She is fierce and very intelligent." Dreulis spoke as he looked at Leon.
"No, Dusk is fine... I will take him and I have someone else with me as well. Don't worry." Leon spoke as he activated his skill.
"Summon the imp..." Leon commanded.
*Swish*
"Master..." The imp immediately appeared in front of Leon and bowed down to him.
"Fly above the forest and report back to her. Tell her any movement you see in the fog. You understand?" Leon asked he pointed towards Fruela.
"I understand, Master." The imp replied as he immediately flapped his wings and flew away.
"Dusk, let's go." Leon commanded as he looked at Dusk.
"Yes, Master." Dusk replied as he immediately changed to his original form.
*Hup*
Leon jumped up on his back and grabbed his fur tightly.
"She better be at the location you said." Leon spoke as he looked at Slime Algam.
"You will definitely find her there, Dungeon Master." Slime Algam replied in a neutral tone.
"Let's go." Leon spoke as he slightly tapped over Dusk's head.
"Master." Dusk nodded as his fur immediately shined brightly blue and he started running.
*Swish*
...
'The slime Algam said she is hiding in the middle of this forest, somewhere inside a cave that's behind a waterfall.
There is only one waterfall in this whole forest and only I have seen it, but it's not in the middle of the forest. Now since the core part of the forest is still unexplored, I don't know if I am going to the right waterfall.' Leon thought as he looked up and noticed a bird sitting on the tree but it was made out of stone.
"She is keeping an eye on us." Leon spoke in a low voice.
"What should I do master? Should I start going in another direction to confuse her?" Dusk asked.
"Won't matter..." Leon spoke as he looked around and saw many monsters made out of stone staring at them from behind the bushes.
'Fuck it, I will make both of us blind.' Leon thought as he immediately pulled out another fogger potion from his inventory and smashed it against the ground with full power.
*Crack*
*BOOOOOP*
As soon as the bottle cracked and the liquid came in contact with the air, dense mists started spreading immediately, covering the forest at an incredible speed.
"Dusk stop." Leon ordered.
"Yes, Master." Dusk replied as his steps immediately came to a halt.
*Shhhhhh*
Leon slowly hopped down from his back and activated his skills.
[+1 Stealth Stack (1)]
His eyes immediately turned feline as his vision cleared up and presence started to hide.
Dusk on the other hand had no problem navigating through the mist with his glowing blue eyes.
"We will walk from here on. You will also go invisible, you know the way to the waterfall right?" Leon asked.
"Absolutely master... I have been to that waterfall many times." Dusk replied immediately.
"Good let's move." Leon spoke as both of them started walking forward in the mist.
[+1 Stealth Stack(2)]
...
*Flap-Flap-Flap*
The imp flew over the forest and suddenly he noticed a huge movement around three kilometres from the dungeon. Trees falling down and thousands of footsteps at once.
Without wasting another second, he turned around and bolted down towards Fruela and Slime Algam, who were walking right under him.
"Ma'am... There is a huge movement up ahead. The trees are falling down and something big is coming this way." The imp reported.
"Okay, are you ready?" Fruela asked as she turned to look at Slime Algam.
"Do it." The Slime Algam replied in a neutral tone.
Fruela pulled out the fogger potion that Leon gave her earlier and raised her hand,
"Here goes." She spoke with a serious expression while throwing the potion at a tree full force.
*Crack*
*BOOOOOOOP*
As soon as the liquid inside came in contact with the air, thick mists started spreading everywhere at an incredible speed.
"Go up again and observe, if you see something unusual I will be right here, report it back to me." Fruela commanded as she looked at the imp.
"Yes, Ma'am." The imp replied as it flew out of the mist cloud and started observing the statues from above.
*Hup*
Fruela jumped up on a tree and tried to look through the mist but it was too thick to see anything after a few meters.
*Shake-Shake*
*STEP-STEP-STEP-STEP-STEP-STEP-STEP*
Suddenly the ground started shaking as the loud footsteps took over the silence.
"THEY ARE HERE." Fruela shouted loudly.
"Got it." The Slime Algam spoke as it immediately placed both of his hands on the ground and slimes started jumping out of his body.
*Boing-Boing-Boing-Boing-Boing*
-x-X-x-
Grundum Kingdom's Borders, Two blue moons hung high and stars shined brightly in the sky.
Slow breeze of air hitted the grass fields and crimson blood covered the ground underneath them.
A huge army of stone statues pushed at the border in a well organised manner, short ranged fighters on the front and mages are casting spells from the back.
Most of these statues are the soldiers of Grundum kingdom itself.
...
On the other hand, Frenir is leading the charge of his army, while fighting on the front line.
He is engaging in a sword brawl with three statues at once.
*CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK*
Frenir is wearing a silver armour and holding a two edged sword in his hands. He is moving very swiftly in between the attacks, dodging almost all of them with no problem.
Suddenly all three statues synced their attacks and brought them down on Frenir from three different sides.
"Hermit's Blade: Positional Parry." Frenir spoke as he used his skill and holded his sword down.
*Swish-Swish-Swish*
As soon as their swords reached in the range of Frenir's spell, he closed his eyes and swinged his blade in a very swift motion.
*Tang-Tang-Tang*
With just one swift motion of his blade he deflected all three of their attacks, but Frenir didn't stop there.
"Hermit's Blade Fourth Form: Silent Death." As soon as he activated this skill, his eyes shined brightly blue and so did his blade.
*Swish-Swish-Swish*
In just a split second he separated their heads from their bodies.
*THUD-THUD-THUD*
The heads and bodies of the soldiers returned back to normal. Frenir looked at this and a sad expression appeared over his face.
"I am sorry." He spoke as he immediately walked away.
"Your majesty, heals." A female healer spoke as she immediately came running towards Frenir.
"Not now, Ruby. Don't waste your spells on me. Help the others who are gravely injured and don't drink too much mana potions." Frenir spoke as he immediately walked away.
"Y-Yes, Your majesty." Ruby replied with an embarrassed expression as she immediately ran away.
...
Frenir walked upto the back lines and noticed a Royal mage standing there with a serious expression on his face.
"Kilian... What's happening? Why aren't the mages attacking? Three statues just walked through the frontlines and reached our healers, we need more support from the mages and I can't keep coming back, I have to stay on the frontlines." Frenir spoke with a serious expression.
"Sir, the mages are fainting from mana fatigue. They can't drink anymore mana potions, three of my best mages just got mana poisoning." Kilian spoke as he pointed towards the mages lying down on the ground with blue faces.
"This is a war kilian, I am dying from physical fatigue as well but i can't rest because I have families to protect. Their family, your family." Frenir spoke with a serious expression.
"I-I am okay, Your majesty." One of the mage spoke as he stood up from the ground and grabbed another mana potion.
"You can't drink another mana potion, sir. You will faint or worse you can die." The healer spoke with a worried expression as he tried to take the potion from his hand.
"Get the fuck away from me... I have a fucking family to protect. Didn't you hear what my king just said?
If he is still standing... then I am not resting either." The mage spoke with a serious expression as he immediately chugged down the whole bottle of mana recovery potion.
He then walked upto the other mages and started casting.
"Kilian if we survive this battle, I want this guy to be a Royal Mage in my court." Frenir spoke with a smile.
...
"THEY ARE BREAKING THROUGH, I REPEAT THEY ARE BREAKING THROUGH. WE NEED BUFFS AND DEFENCES." A guard shouted loudly from the frontline.
"I have to go." Frenir spoke as he immediately ran back to the frontlines.
"Fuck this... if gods have already planned our demise might as well try it. ALL THE MAGES, TAKE FORMATION SEVEN. WE WILL GO ALL IN ON THIS." Kilian shouted as he immediately started casting a five circle spell.
"Sir... But that formation isn't even properly ready for testing, we will-" One of the female mage started speaking but she was immediately cut short.
"Die, I know. But if you don't do it now you will die anyways. So, TAKE THE DAMN FORMATION. IF WE DIE, WE DIE WITH FUCKING GLORY." Kilian shouted as he continued with his spell.
Some mages started casting buff spells, while the others started casting defensive spells.
In just a few moments, a huge mana shield appeared in front of the soldiers who were fighting in the frontlines, protecting them from the stone statues that kept coming from the other side.
The soldiers who were fighting inside the shield also received a strength and speed buff as they fought the stone statues.
"It worked. Hahaha, the formation worked." Kilian spoke as a smile appeared over his face.
"We are maintaining both the spells in a perfectly synced manner with-" before he could've completed his sentence, the main magic circle that was right above his head turned red completely.
"Sir, the formation is breaking due to mana overload. We can't take this for long." One of the mage spoke with a serious expression.
*Crack-Crack-Crack*
*Tang*
Suddenly the magic circle broke completely.
"Fuck..." Kilian spoke as he noticed the mana shield disappearing and all of the mages getting hit by the backlash of the spell breaking.
*THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD*
Most of the mages fell unconscious on the ground immediately. The statues invaded the frontlines and overwhelmed them as soon as they realised that the mages in the middle lines have crashed out.
*Thud*
Kilian fell down to his knees as he witnessed the slaughter of soldiers fighting in the frontlines with a grim expression on his face.
He raised his hands and joined them together, closing his eyes he slowly tilted his head down as tears started to come out of his eyes.
"Dear God... please, shall you have written it for us to live, send forth a miracle." He prayed with the last bit of hopes he had.
....
*WHISTLEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
Suddenly a loud whistling sound covered the whole environment.
All the statue soldiers started stopped attacking and started running back.
"What the-!?" Frenir immediately looked up towards the sound's source and noticed a golden streak of light coming down towards the statues.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
The light hitted a large group of stone statues and before they could've turned back into their human forms, it turned them into dust with a huge explosion.
As soon as the dust cleared up, Frenir's eyes widened with shock as he noticed a brightly shining sword standing in between them and the stone statues.
On the handle of the sword was a small dragon curling around it and as soon as the moonlight hitted it's blade, it spreaded throughout the grass fields.
"It's the Ex-calibur." Frenir spoke with a serious expression as he stared at the sword with a serious expression and noticed that the stone statues were making a tactical retreat.
"The help is here, Kid." A heavy voice came from behind.
Frenir immediately turned around and noticed Arthur walking towards him in his golden shining armour.
"Sir, you are here." Frenir spoke as he looked at Arthur.
"Call me Arthur, you are a king now. Although a very young one but you are still a king and if you call me sir in front of your soldiers, it will show you as inferior. So, call me by my name." Arthur explained in a low voice as he placed his hand over his shoulder.
"We are in a very bad shape, almost all of my mages are down-" Frenir started speaking it before ehe could've completed his sentence, Arthur interrupted.
"Don't worry about that, my mages will replace them and healers will heal your mages in the backlines.
Your frontline soldiers cam also take some rest, I have bought some of my best war generals and soldiers to assist you. In fact, you should also take some rest in the-"
"No, No, No... I can't sit back when you fight out here. This is my kingdom and I have to protect it, even if that means dying whole protecting it." Frenir spoke with a serious expression.
"See, I knew you are just like your father. A stubborn son of a bitch." Arthur spoke with a smile as he turned to look at the statues and noticed that they were just standing on the other side of the Ex-calibur.
"They are doing this everytime they attack. Walk in, kill some of us, break our defences and retreat with minimum casualities. I have to use some of my best spells to destroy them, my soldiers are just attacking their legs and making them fall down to the ground so that mages can kill them all in one strong blow.
Normal weapons aren't having any effects on them and I am trying to boost the morale of my soldiers while trying to stay calm, you came at a very good time, A-Arthur." Frenir spoke with a neutral expression.
"Don't worry, we just need the soldiers to defend the frontlines and stop the statues from infiltrating our backlines."
"But, we can't hold defence for long if we don't attack. They will just keep pushing, right?" Frenir asked with a confused expression.
"You defended good, Frenir. It's time to attack." Arthur spoke as he raised his hand and immediately the Ex-calibur started vibrating.
*Zzzzz*
*Swish*
Suddenly, it flew out of the ground and came flying back to Arthur's hand.
*Catch*
He caught it with one hand and started walking towards the statues with a serious expression on his face as his one eye started to shine brightly golden.
*SHOOT-SHOOT-SHOOT-SHOOT-SHOOT*
Suddenly humongous volleys of arrows were released from their side, each and every single arrow-head pointing towards Arthur.
The Arrows covered the whole sky and made one large circular shadow over Arthur.
"What the fuckkkk!!??? Where the hell were they hiding that until now?" Frenir asked as his eyes widened in complete shock.
'Wait, Wait, Wait, those arrow heads- they are all enchanted with poison and paralysis spells.' Frenir thought as he immediately noticed most of the arrow heads shining brightly green and blue.
"ARTHUR-" Frenir shouted in order to tell Arthur but the arrows were already too close.
"If only that would've been enough to kill me. Ex-calibur second form: Divine Shield Of The Fallen Angel." Arthur spoke as he picked up the Ex-calibur and pointed it towards the Arrows.
Suddenly, thousands of golden threads whipped out of the Ex-calibur's tip and created a dome like barrier in front of Arthur.
*Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud*
Thousands of arrows hitted it at once but none pierced through.
More volleys of arrows were released one after another all of them targeting only a single threat that was walking towards them.
*Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud*
The grassfield that was completely covered in green grass just moments ago got completely rained down with arrows, leaving no space in-between.
"He stopped millions of arrows by just holding up his sword. Is that the real power of Ex-calibur?" Frenir asked himself in a low voice as he unsheathed his sword and started walking behind Arthur with a serious expression on his face.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
Suddenly, the statues standing on the front started running towards the Arthur.
"Ex-calibur Third Form: Divine Sweep and Cut." Arthur spoke as he activated the third stance and immediately bent down, holding the sword with both hands.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
As soon as the statues entered inside his sword's range, Arthur let out a warm breath.
"Haah."
*Swish-Swish-Swish*
Three swings of his sword, so fast and precise, that statues that were coming towards them were cut in three equal parts immediately.
*THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD*
'What the hell!???? How is this guy so strong? And that blade, it's edge just went through the statues as if they are made out of paper.
....
Meanwhile in the middle of the vervain forest,
*Shhhhhhh*
Leon and Dusk stood in front of a waterfall that shined brightly in the moonlight, both of them completely hidden using their own skills.
"This has to be the one. This is the only waterfall I have seen in this forest, let's go." Leon spoke as he started walking towards the waterfall slowly and noticed that some stone birds are flying right above the waterfall as if scouting the area.
'Jackpot, this is the one-' As soon as Leon placed his leg into the water in order to get behind the waterfall, a hand made out of stone came out and grabbed at his leg tightly.
"What the!??" Before he could've completed his sentence, other hands came from below and behind, grabbing him tight from all sides.
[Warning: A higher ranked revealing spell has been casted. Skill
As soon as Leon saw this message his eyes widened and he was revealed.
His mouth was covered immediately and eyes too in case he couldn't cast any spells.
"Master-" Dusk immediately revealed himself and ran towards him in order to protect him but before he could've even reached Leon, a stone statue appeared right below him out of nowhere and punched him in the guts from below.
*PUNCHHHHH*
As soon as the punch hitted Dusk, he fainted on the spot.
*Thud*
'No, these aren't fucking normal statues. They are too strong. I can't break free from their grips. FUCKKKKKKK.' Leon thought with a serious expression.
"Well, Well, Well... Bring our guest home." A female's voice came from behind the waterfall.
-x-X-x-
Leon is now standing inside the cave seven Royal Guard statues grabbing him from all sides and covering his mouth tightly.
Meanwhile, another statue walked inside the cave while carrying Dusk's unconscious body. This statue was none other than Grundum Kingdom's king and Frenir's father, Trevor J. Raymond.
'Dusk.' Leon thought as he looked at him and closed his eyes for a moment.
"Welcome to my sweet home, Leon Luster." A female and very familiar voice came from the darkness ahead.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
Suddenly a figure walked out of the darkness, she had a human like body with completely green skin and three heads instead of one.
One head looked forward while the other two looked left and right, but all six of her eyes wer covered with a red cloth. Her hands were very slim and a wide smile covered all three of her faces.
"Well, I know you can't speak but let me guess what you are trying to say right now.'Oh I am going to kill you for what you did to my pet cat.' or something like'How did you even find me? I was in such stealth?'
Well, turns out the cheeky trick that you used in order to cover yourself in the mist and get away from birds failed.
You see, no matter how much stealth you use, the worms in the ground are also one with me and they can sense you walking on the soil, you stupid human.
You know, you might've stopped my attack on your dungeon using those stupid slimes of yours but who needs that dungeon, when I have the dungeon master here.
I sent the best of my statues to attack on your dungeon but didn't knew they would fail before even reaching there, you really have a very very intelligent brain and even more powerful slaves.
But, you know what? I am more intelligent. You really thought that Slime Algam of yours was the one who found my location? No, No, No... It was me who gave away my location.
I planned all this, Leon Luster. I knew you would come to kill me and you did, just like an idiot, you fell for my plan proving that I indeed am the most intelligent one in this whole world. Hahahahahaha..." Gorgonia spoke as she started laughing loudly.
"Oh sorry, I forgot you can't speak. I will remove the hands from your mouth but if you started reading an incantation, I will instantly snap your neck and believe me these statues are very swift when it comes to things like killing."
*Sss*
The statue that was keeping Leon's mouth closed immediately removed his hand.
"What do you want?" Leon asked with a serious expression.
"What I want is for you to join me. I don't want to turn you into one of my puppets, you see no matter how strong someone is once they are my puppet I am the one controlling them.
I can have their memories and experiences, but the thinking pattern of the brain goes away. I can only think like I do now, but I want an ally who can think on his own and get some work done for me.
I can even give you an Ex-calibur sword if you decided to join me. It's very powerful you know, only kings can hold one of those. In just a few moments, I will run over the Grundum kingdom with my statues and once I do that, I will make more statues and run over the whole world.
I am going to take over the world one way or another, so it's upto you. Keep your consciousness and help me or turn into one of my statues and help me then.
You can even keep the ones who are close to you in human forms if you choose the first one.
So, what do you say?" Gorgonia asked with a smile.
"I choose, I-I choose to say, fuck you." Leon spoke with a smile as his voice started breaking into a funny voice.
"Very well then, become my slave if you so wish to hold onto your ego." Gorgonia spoke as she immediately removed the red cloth from her eyes and opened them slowly.
Leon looked into her eyes and noticed that they were shining brightly green.
"Look into my eyes and shall you see a new world." Gorgonia spoke as she walked closer to Leon.
"What!?" Gorgonia spoke with a shocked expression as she noticed that her eyes were having no effect on Leon.
"I am sorry, your eyes can't do anything to something that's already dead." Leon spoke in a completely different voice as his body started changing shape.
In just a few moments, he turned into Vane the shapeshifter.
"How-!? But-!? What-" Before Gorgonia could've understood what was happening, a voice came from behind her.
"LAST RISE FIRST FORM: FULL MOON RISE."
Gorgonia immediately turned around and noticed that Leon was standing behind her, both of his eyes closed shut.
His sword made a mesmerizing circular pattern in air and as soon as the circle was completed, Leon dissapeared from his position, appearing directly in front of Gorgonia.
He swinged his sword at an incredible speed, but before the sword's edge could've even touched Gorgonia's neck, Trevor's statue stepped in between with his sword.
*Swish*
*CLANK*
The sword cutted through Trevor's sword and his neck immediately but it gave the other statues enough time to pull Gorgonia out of the blade's way.
*Pull*
...
*THUD*
Trevor's body fell down to the ground immediately as his head rolled away, the statues of the Royal Guards stood in front of Gorgonia.
She immediately closed her eyes and placed the red cloth over them once again as a smile appeared over her face.
"You play really dirty, don't you? Attacking me from behind? I thought young people like you have honour and pride in fighting." Gorgonia spoke.
"Most of the times honour and pride gets people killed. Have to keep some underhanded tricks up my sleeves." Leon replied with a smile.
"I don't understand... you were in front of my eyes all the time and I was tracking all of your movements, then how did you change places with a decoy?
And how come you have a such a powerful stealth spell that even I didn't felt your presence." Gorgonia asked with a smile.
'I knew when I saw that bird that she knows I am coming yet she didn't do anything attempts to stop me that only leads to once conclusion.
She wanted me to come and that's when I switched places with Vane and gave him an invisibility potion that I bought from the black market. Once someone drinks it, the invisibility gets triggered and remains until they are revealed by an outer force.
I thought I would get her with one swift attack but that fucking statue, damn it.' Leon thought with a serious expression.
"I don't understand, why are you even trying to prove that you are the most intelligent monster? You are nothing." Leon spoke with a neutral expression as he looked at her.
Suddenly, Gorgonia's smile dissapeared and an angry expression appeared over her face.
"YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME!!!????? YOU MURDERED YOUR OWN KIND IN FRONT OF MY EYES WITHOUT EVEN BLINKING ONCE. YOU FLEW AWAY FROM THE BATTLE WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T WIN AND YOU ATTACKED ME FROM BEHIND RIGHT NOW LIKE A COWARD KILLING MY MOST PRECIOUS STATUE.
I AM NOT A MONSTER, YOU ARE THE MONSTER." She shouted loudly as she pointed towards Leon.
'Well, well, well Looks like I have struck a very painful nerve inside her mind with the'Monster' statement.' Leon thought as a smile appeared over his face.
"No actually you are the monster, I am not the one with three faces and curses that can turn anyone into statues. Did you even have friends growing up?" Leon asked with a mocking smile.
"Y-YOU!!!! KILL HIM, NOWWWWW!!!!" Gorgonia shouted as she pointed towards Leon.
Out of four statues, two ran towards Leon immediately while the other two stayed by Gorgonia's side in order to protect her.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
Leon kept his eyes closed but his ears heard the sounds of the steps and without wasting another second, he assumed an offensive stance instead of a defensive stance.
"Don't think I can't see you Leon Luster. You have two eyes both of them closed, I have millions all open." Gorgonia spoke with a neutral expression.
"That's the difference between you and me... I don't need eyes to fight." Leon spoke as he immediately left his stance and stood up straight, open to all attacks.
*Swing*
Both of the statues raised their hands in order to grab him but just as their hands were about to touch him, an invisible force pulled his body from multiple points at once, dodging all the incoming grabbing attempts.
*Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish*
Leon's body flowed in between the statues as if he was nothing but water flowing in between rocks.
"What the-!?" Gorgonia noticed this and she immediately shifted more of her focus onto the statues that were trying to grab Leon.
....
Meanwhile outside the Grundum kingdom's borders,
*CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK*
Frenir struggled as he fought the stone statues but Arthur on the other side slaughtered them without wasting any time.
'What the hell is wrong with him!? Doesn't he hold any compassion in his heart for these people? They were human once. Killing them so brutally...' Frenir thought as he looked at Arthur with a serious expression.
Suddenly a statue came charging at him with his broad Sword.
*Swing*
The statue swinged the sword and Frenir immediately raised his sword in order to deflect it, but the sword's didn't meet as he missed and striked the ground instead.
*Thud*
"What the-" Frenir immediately saw the opportunity as he raised his sword and decapitated the statue at once.
*Thud*
As soon as his head fell to the ground, it returned back to it's human form.
"I am sorry." Frenir spoke as he apologized to the dead and turned his head around.
But as soon as he looked around, he noticed something strange. The statues were acting odd, missing attacks, running straight into soldiers and falling down to simple traps.
It was as if they have become dumber all of a sudden.
"Arthur... Are you seeing this?" Frenir asked as he walked closer to Arthur.
"The statues are behaving stupid, I know. Kill them fast this is the moment." Arthur spoke as he kept killing without wasting another second.
"This can also be a trap, we should retreat and focus on-"
"No, No, No... this is not the time to retreat. You don't retreat when your enemy makes mistake, you punish it by going in." Arthur spoke without turned around as the killing frenzy took over him and he started performing large attacks with the Ex-calibur.
'Arthur, you are pushing both of us too much. Don't you know what will happen to us if you if you kept pushing your body like that?' Ex-calibur's voice resounded in Arthur's brain.
"I don't care, I haven't felt this power in so long." Arthur spoke as he ignored her warning completely and kept on killing.
...
Back at the vervain forest, inside the cave...
*Swing-Swing-Swing-Swing-Swing*
The statues swinged their punches at Leon with full speed but none of them successfully landed a hit as
*THUD*
*BOOOOOOM*
Suddenly one of the statue hitted the other one by mistake and completely destroyed it's head rendering him motionless as it fell down.
*THUD*
"I am coming for you, monster lady." Leon spoke with a mocking smile as he slowly walked towards Gorgonia, holding his sword in hand.
"FUCKKKKKK, You two go as well." Gorgonia commanded the two statues that protected her.
The statues walked forward without wasting another second and started throwing punches at Leon just like the other statue, but failed miserably.
"AGHHHHHH... FUCK THIS." Gorgonia shouted in an annoyed voice as she pulled all of her focus together in just three statues, rendering all the other statues completely motionless.
-x-X-x-
"DIE DIE DIE DIE..." Gorgonia shouted in anger as she controlled the three Royal Guard statues to their full potential.
*Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish*
The statues moved at an incredible speed but still unable to catch Leon.
'How is that even fucking possible!??? Both of his eyes are closed, how can he dodge such swift attacks in that situation?' Gorgonia thought as her anger increased with every second.
Leon on the other side moved like water in between the statues and dodged their attacks effortlessly while carrying a smile on his face.
'My body is being pulled at an incredible speed, one of those blows land on me and I will go into a near dead state, but dodging these attacks won't get me close to her, I can still feel that she is around ten meters away from me.
I made some new skills in order to fight her, I think it's the right time use them.' Leon thought as his smile widened.
*Swing-Swing-Swing-Swing-Swing*
After dodging a frenzy of attacks he immediately opened his eyes for a split and looked at Gorgonia's legs in order to get an idea of her position.
"You messed with the wrong motherfucker this time." Leon spoke with a smile as he immediately grabbed the sword's hilt with both of his hands and activated his skills.
[Name: Thrust]
[Rank: D]
[Description: When used this skill will create a massive thrust of air behind the user and push him forward with incredible force. This skill can be used back to back, twice in a row before going on cooldown. Although using the skill back to back will double up the mana cost and increase cooldown by 3 minutes.]
[Mana: 3000/Use]
[Cooldown: 1 minute]
As soon as Leon activated the skill, all the air behind him curled up into an invisible ball around his back and with one quick burst his body was pushed forward with incredible speed.
*Thrust*
In just a single burst he covered around seven meters of distance.
'Again...' Leon thought as he used the skill back to back.
*Thrust*
As soon as the next thrust started, he activated more skills.
[Name: Strike True]
[Rank: D]
[Description: This skill can be used to enchant a weapon for one single strike. When host is unable to see, skill will rely on
[Mana: 10000/Use]
[Cooldown: 59 minutes]
As soon as he used the skill, Nyxter's blade shined brightly red for a brief moment and without wasting another second Leon swinged it.
*Swish*
"N-No... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, LEON LUSTERRRRRRRR-" Gorgonia shouted as she saw the blade coming for her and there was no way of stopping it.
*Swish*
The blade flowed like water through her neck and beheaded her in one swift motion.
*Thud*
....
Outside Grundum kingdom,
All the statues stood still on the battlefield without any movements, soldiers stopped fighting as the statues weren't attacking anymore.
"What the hell is happening? The sun isn't out yet, it's not even midnight, why aren't they moving?" Frenir asked with a confused expression as he noticed that Arthur was still killing the statues in a frenzy, even though they were standing still.
'What the fuck is even wrong with this guy!???? He isn't even trying to understand what's going on the battlefield anymore, killing them without any shred of mercy. What kind of monster-' Before Frenir could've completed his thoughts, all the he statues opened their mouths at once and shouted the same thing in unison.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO, LEON LUSTERRRRRRR-" One single name covered the whole battlefield as thousands of soldiers stared at the statues in fear and shock.
A few seconds passed and suddenly the layer of stone started stripping off from the statues, revealing their human forms.
*Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud*
Human corpses started falling down to the ground and the soldiers of the Grundum kingdom immediately backed off.
"What!?" Arthur spoke as his eyes widened and he came out of his killing frenzy.
Arthur slowly turned around and noticed that he was covered in blood completely and there were thousands of human corpses lying around him.
'You did too much, Arthur.' Ex-calibur spoke in a low voice.
"Fuck." Arthur spoke as he immediately sheathed the sword.
...
"What the hell was that?" Frenir asked with a shocked expression as he noticed a soldier sitting on the ground crying near one of the corpse.
Frenir quietly walked upto him and placed his hand over his shoulder.
"He was my friend but more than a blood-related brother and when he went missing I got into royal army in hopes of bringing him back, I followed you to this battlefield and this is what I got,
A corpse that his four children will see and look at me as the dissapoinment who couldn't even save their father." The soldier spoke as he removed his helmet and placed it on the ground right next to his weapon.
"We all lost closed ones. I lost my father-"
"Your majesty, I am sorry but I am really not in the mood of listening how you lost your closed ones too.
That's why you are the king, you can fight even after losing your father, I can't and that's why I am carrying the corpse of my brother in my arms and leaving your kingdom tonight, it was an honour fighting with you." The soldier replied as he immediately walked away with the corpse.
"Oi, Frenir. Did those statues just said'Leon Luster'?" Arthur asked as he walked upto Frenir.
"Yes, do you know him?" Frenir asked with a neutral expression as he turned around and looked at Arthur.
"That little bastard must've found Gorgonia and killed her before us." Arthur spoke with a serious expression.
"Little bastard? Is Leon Luster that kid you were talking to outside that dungeon the other day?" Frenir asked with a serious expression.
"Yeah, well fuck him. My soldiers will collect the corpses and deliver them to your kingdom, you can retreat back with your army for now." Arthur ordered.
"Yes." Frenir spoke as he turned around and a very dissapointed expression appeared over his face.
'If I want my Kingdom's safety, I need to cut all connections to Vandiem Kingdom and make some new connections with this Leon Luster guy.' Frenir thought as he walked away.
-x-X-x-
Vervain forest, Inside the cave...
Leon slowly opened his eyes only to notice Gorgonia's head rolling on the ground, her eyes covered with a red cloth.
He then turned around and noticed that the statues of the royal guards had turned back into human corpses.
'Wait, why didn't I get any experience points after defeating her? It can't be,' He thought with a serious expression as he turned towards her head and used his skill.
[Name: Gorgonia De Struct's Cursed Head]
[Rank: C]
[Description: The head of Gorgonia De Struct, the mistress of Silent Death. If the cloth from her eyes is removed, anyone who looks into her eyes will turn into a stone puppet, with a single purpose finding a new suitable body for her head.
The head can't be destroyed as it's enchanted with a'Force teleportation' rune. If a destructive spell is fired at it, the spell will activate and teleport the head to a random location around the world.]
[Warning: The item is cursed.]
"Obviously, it turns into a fucking cursed item. That's how she came back to life after so many years well, I guess I will take you back and put you inside of the dungeon's room.
Hmm, that sounds like a good idea. I can make a collection room for all the cursed items I get while killing monsters. Then maybe I will find some way to use them later or I will make some spell that can remove their curse, so I can use them for myself. Hehehe, nice idea." Leon thought as a smile appeared over his face.
He immediately picked up her head and walked upto dusk, who was lying unconscious on the ground.
Leon slowly placed his hand over dusk's body and used his skill.
"Heal."
As soon as he used the skill, Dusk's body glowed slightly golden before returning back to normal.
"Master?" Dusk spoke as he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Leon.
"I didn't account for that king's statue, Dusk. I am sorry, you had to take one on the guts." Leon replied with a neutral expression.
"No problem master. As long as my balls aren't hurt, I can take as much punches as you want me to." Dusk replied with a smile as he stood up.
"Now that's the kind of thinking I like." Leon replied with a smile as he started walking towards the cave's exit.
"Master... why are you carrying her head in your hand?" Dusk asked with a confused expression as he followed behind.
"It's a cursed object that can't be destroyed and if I left it here, some stupid will revive her once again. So, I have decided to keep her head inside the dungeon for the time being." Leon replied with a neutral expression as he jumped out of the cave.
"I see." Dusk replied as he understood.
...
As soon as Leon stepped out of the water, his senses started to go wild.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
"What the-!?" Leon spoke in a low voice as he immediately unsheathed Nyxter and turned around with a serious expression on his face.
"What happened master?" Dusk asked as he also took an alert stance and started looking around.
"Something or someone," Leon spoke in a low voice as he immediately used his skill.
Suddenly his whole body got covered in a completely black fabric from head to toe.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
"... It's closing the distance. Be ready Dus-" Before Leon could've completed his sentence, a black silhouette jumped out of the bushes and attacked Leon.
*CLANK*
Leon raised his sword on instinct without wasting another second and blocked the attack without taking any damage.
The silhouette immediately retreated it's claws and jumped back.
"Hehehehe," Suddenly, a malicious laughter covered the environment, Leon looked at the humanoid figure and his eyes widened in shock.
This figure was none other than...
"Mikael Malkovich." Leon spoke with a serious expression as he immediately dropped Gorgonia's head and walked forward with a serious expression on his face.
"Master-"
"Dusk take the head and go back to the dungeon. I will deal with this one here." Leon commanded in a heavy tone.
"Y-Yes, Sir." Dusk replied as he immediately picked up the head with his mouth and ran away at once.
*Step-Step-Step-Step*
...
"I didn't think you would come back after getting your head cut off." Leon spoke as he assumed an offensive stance.
"You know before that day, I thought I was completely immortal. No one could kill me, no human, no monster and no demon but that day, you made me realise something." Mikael spoke with a smile as he looked at Leon.
"And what would that be?" Leon asked as he kept his guard up.
"Anything that is born, will die one day and it must die. I am not an exception." Mikael spoke as he scratched his teeth with his nails.
"Nice knowledge you gained in such a short time." Leon replied with a smile.
"I always had knowledge, it was just my bloodlust that took over me and clouded my knowledge." Mikael replied with a neutral expression.
"Are we going to fight or are you going to keep eating my ears with your profound wisdom?" Leon asked with a neutral expression.
"The day you decapitated my head, a fear woke up within me and I didn't like it very much. I don't like to live in fear and that fear won't go away unless I kill you.
But, it seems you have gotten really strong from last time we saw each other. That means I need to strengthen myself even more in order to kill you and that's why, I will tell you this.
We will fight again in exactly 365 days right here and if you don't come here at the right time and right day, I will kill everything and everyone you hold close. Until then, I will take my leave and tell the Vanguard or Lopez Household that my vengeance has been completed as i have found another goal in life and that is to kill YOU. What is your name by the way?" Mikael asked with a neutral expression.
"Leon, Leon Luster." He replied with a neutral expression.
"Be prepared, Leon Luster. We will meet again." Mikael spoke as he immediately ran away into the forest at an incredible speed.
*Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step-Step*
"What the!?" Leon spoke with a confused expression.
'...I think the number of idiots I am encountering these days have increased significantly.' Leon thought as he sheathed his sword once again and started walking towards the dungeon.
*Swish*
Suddenly, Dreulis appeared in front of him out of thin air.
"Master." Dreulis spoke as he bowed down to Leon.
"Dreulis ? What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to stay with Rees?"
"Master as soon as you killed Gorgonia, all the statues turned into human corpses and the royal army returned back except this one guy who is insisting to meet you." Dreulis informed.
"He is from the five star Weaver Household, his name is" Before Dreulis could've completed his sentence, Leon interrupted.
"Justin Weaver?"
"Yes, Sir." Dreulis replied.
"Well, let's go and see what he has to say." Leon spoke as he activated his skill in low voice.
"Feather Weight."
"Fly."
As soon as both of the skills got activated, Leon started walking faster and faster with every second as Feather weight started stacking.
Dreulis who walked right next to him couldn't understand how Leon's speed was increasing with every step.
'What the-!? Is it really happening or am I getting slower? No, No, No, there has to be something else, wait... his legs are basically flying in air.
With every step he is covering more than three feet of distance. Is there any spell active on his boots that's giving him this incredible gravity magic ?' Dreulis thought as he immediately scanned Leon's boots for gravity type spells but no skill was found.
[Feather Weight (Stack x100)]
As soon as Leon saw this, a smile appeared over his face.
"Okay, I will be flying back to the dungeon. You should also teleport back." Leon spoke as he looked at Dreulis.
"Flying? But master in order to use a flying spell, you need to enchant your clothes and boots with wind magic and pair it up with gravity magic, considering that affinity of these two spell categories don't get along very well, it will be very hard to-"
"I will hear the rest at the dungeon's gate." Leon spoke as he immediately pointed his hands towards the ground and conjured up a small tornados of air that pushed him up into the air immediately while maintaining equal pressure from all sides in order to stop him from drifting away.
*Swish*
As soon as Leon reached up in the air, a thought entered his mind.
"Hmm, what will happen if i do that? Let's see..." He spoke in a low voice as he activated another skill.
As soon as Leon activated the skill, he felt the air curling up into a ball behind his back and suddenly.
*THRUST*
*SWISH*
Leon was pushed forward with incredible speed and with zero body weight his speed reached extremely high, so high that he couldn't even keep his eyes open properly.
...
Meanwhile Dreulis stood near the spot where Leon just flew away from, he casted seven different intel gathering and mana pattern scanning spells on the spot but didn't find anything.
"How the hell is this even possible? I know he doesn't use normal spells but not even leaving a mana pattern behind? What kind of magic is this guy even using?" Dreulis asked in a confused tone as he couldn't understand anything.
"One more thing I need to ask him." He spoke as he immediately pulled out a new grimoire from his cloak and wrote it down.
After that Dreulis slammed his wand against the ground and dissapeared instantly.
*Swish*
...
Back at the dungeon's entrance,
Rees and Dusk were talking with each other, while Justin stood on the side, observing them talking with a calm expression.
"So, you are saying this head is the cursed item that was causing all the trouble?" Rees asked in a confused tone as he looked at Gorgonia's head.
"No, no, this is Gorgonia's head and master cut it off, but this thing can't be left in open world as she can be revived again if this head finds a suitable body again." Dusk explained.
"I understand now, but where is master?" He asked..
"Master is fighting that guy you were once telling me about, the one who got his head cut off but-"
"You mean the vendigo?" Rees asked in a serious tone.
"Yes." Dusk replied.
"Hold this for me, I will go and help master." Rees spoke as he handed over Gorgonia's head back to
Dusk and raised his wand in order to use the teleportation spell.
But before he could've slammed it against the ground, Dusk's ears twitched.
"Wait, wait... I think I hear master." Dusk spoke as he immediately looked up.
Suddenly a loud wind sound was heard from above as Leon's figure appeared in the sky.
He was descending down at an incredible speed and suddenly he raised both of his hands directly perpendicular to his body facing towards the ground.
"Umm if my calculations are right, I don't think brother Leon will survive if he touched the ground at that speed. All the bones in his body will break immediately." Justin spoke with a worried expression as he looked at him and started casting a spell.
But, before his casting could've been completed, a very strong whirlpool of swift winds started to form around them. In just a split second, the strong winds turned into a mini sized tornado spinning at an incredible speed.
"What's happening !??" Justin asked with a confused expression as he covered his eyes.
"Master is casting this spell to break the fall, get awayyy." Rees shouted as he immediately walked away.
All three of them walked away from the tornado.
*SWISH*
As soon as Leon's body came in contact with the tornado, the winds pushed him up with full force cancelling out his fall completely.
*Thud*
"Phew... I shouldn't cancel feather weight mid-air next time." Leon spoke in a low voice as he dusted off his clothes.