Chapter 410 - Hindered (2/2)
Not even a split second later, he received a strand of energy in response, asking him, ”Your Majesty, I've relayed your command to the 1st Regiment and they're now making their way to the coordinate you've given us. Shall we make a preemptive move?”
”Wait for my next orders for now, Commander,” King Zeldrion replied, sending back a strand of energy. ”Even if the 1st Regiment loses against the enemy, it wouldn't be too late for us to make the next move.”
With that, the fight to protect Seraph Kingdom from The Great Calamity has finally begun as King Zeldrion cut off the connection between him and the kingdom's commander. Letting out a light sigh, he then muttered to himself, bracing his head with a hand as he felt a headache incoming, ”I may be the king of the Seraph Kingdom, but strategies really aren't my strong suit. If only Dalton was here.”
”You called?” As if responding to his words, a voice soon resounded out from behind King Zeldrion, prompting the latter to look behind before jumping from shock as he exclaimed, ”Gah! Dalton! How did you get here?”
”Hehehe. I'm a high-level mage. I have access to teleportation.” In response to the king's reaction, Dalton merely smiled as he moved closer to the balcony's railing, looking over the whole kingdom that was slightly tinted with a light cyan hue. He then looked at King Zeldrion, who was still recovering from the shock he felt and said, ”Your reaction from my response is passable. I'd give it at 4 out of 5.”
”4 out of 5…4 out of 5, my ass!” Hearing how nonchalant Dalton was, King Zeldrion could not help but become angry, only to take in a deep breath as he already knew of his friend's eccentric personality. Lightly sighing, he then asked, ”So, what brought you here?”
”Well, there's a chance that the Arcana Tower might be destroyed because of that being, so I was thinking of helping you out in defeating it,” Dalton said in response, to which King Zeldrion could not help but find it confusing. ”But isn't the Arcana Tower covered in barriers that can withstand even 1,000 Rank 9 class holders working together?”
”Have you ever thought about the possibility of the opponent being a Transcendent?” Dalton said, prompting King Zeldrion to shut up as he realized he had never thought about the possibility before. Although it has already been a long time for others, to King Zeldrion and Dalton, beings that had Rank 9 classes, such an event seemed like yesterday, barring the Transcendents from entering the world of Erudinia.
”So, you're thinking that this being is just a newly ascended Transcendent?” King Zeldrion asked, to which Dalton shrugged his shoulders in response. ”There's a possibility. In any case, you've done the right choice. We'll formulate our second move once we see how the Royal Seraphim Forces fare against The Great Calamity.”
Whoosh!
With that, a mirror made out of water soon appeared in front of the two before showing an image of the regiment that King Zeldrion commanded to deploy. From afar, they could see the silhouette of a dark red being gradually getting closer to the regiment, prompting both of them to look at the scene with a hint of trepidation.
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Aurus, who was just making his way to the Seraph Kingdom to repeat what he had done to the various settlements he had destroyed, could not help but stop in his tracks as he noticed that a group of people numbering around 30 were standing just a few hundred meters ahead of him. Looking closer, he noticed that all of them were wearing the same uniform while all of them were covered in an intangible aura.
Compared to the various city leaders and higher-ups that he had fought, their intangible auras were nothing compared to the people in front of him, making him feel like he wasn't only fighting against 30 people, but instead 300. Nevertheless, he did not think of them as anything else but nuisances as he activated and allocated energy towards [Dark Universal Blade] and [Impenetrable Shield of Nil] before going ahead and activating [Supreme Deification].
Just as Aurus was about to teleport in front of him and hit them with one of the claws made out of blades, the group of people had surprisingly made the first move, dashing towards Aurus as they arranged themselves into an arrow formation. Then, extending the spears that were behind their backs all this time, they then channeled their intangible auras before shooting it out, forming a barrage of arrows.
”In the name of the Seraph Kingdom, we, the Royal Seraphim Forces, shall strike you down!”
”[Lesser Seraphim Art]!”
”[Tears of the Grieving Seraphim]!”