Chapter 107 - 100: War On The Horizon (1/2)

Hikaru woke up with a headache after having that strange dream. He was in his bed and beside him was Shio. He observed his surroundings and noticed that not a single second had passed in reality!

He sat on his bed and thought, 'What was that? Who was that girl? She said that I know her, but I can't remember anyone who looks like her. Besides, there's no way I would've forgotten someone as eccentric as her. There must be something I'm missing, something very important… Is it the system? No, that cannot be! But that would be the only explanation I can muster right now. No, it is not the system. Because, why now? The system could've just introduced itself right from the very beginning, It just doesn't add up.'

He continued to brainstorm for any ideas on who that strange little girl is, but he found not a single clue about what she said.

'Ah, screw it. There's literally not a single clue in my memories that could remember her. I'll wait for the next time I enter that dream world again. But, even though I don't know who she is, I am sure that that strange girl is a very powerful entity. For her to completely combine my dream world and her dream world together, she must have a very powerful psychic abilities, or at least something similar. I have to be careful from now on.' He reminded himself.

You see, he only noticed it earlier, but he was sure that that strange girl morphed that dream world on her own. From a grassy plain, into a winter plain, then to grassy plain again. She was playing games with him, and that last part where she kissed him almost shocked him. Well, she was a bad kisser, but that doesn't matter.

What matters right now is to find out who she is. An entity of a higher realm, or a creature that has ascended to divinity. He doesn't know what her goal was, but he will find out sooner or later.

As he focused on who that strange girl was, he suddenly noticed a huge amount of mana sources coming from each direction of the Kingdom. They were a bit far away, but from the speed they were going, they could reach the Kingdom in a few minutes!

'Hmm, enough about that girl, for now. Those mana sources must be the Demonic Empire and the Beastmen Kingdom's alliance. They finally decided to attack, without a warning at that.' Hikaru thought quite sinisterly.

Usually, in wars between species, the attacking Kingdom, or Empire, must first warn the Kingdom they're attacking about their attack. It was something the decision of the past Kings and Emperors, so they shouldn't be able to avoid that. But, even then, they have the gall to attack a Kingdom that could easily wipe them out. Albeit they don't know it yet.

Hikaru stood up and equipped his Black Knight's Spear, before going out of his room. He didn't forget to give Shio a little peck on her forehead before leaving.

When he went out of the door, he found Cristoff and Hiroshi waiting for him.

”Your majesty, I saw the army of beastmen and demons from atop the castle tower. We need to evacuate the civilians, and prepare our army of soldiers to protect the Kingdom.” Cristoff said with urgency in his voice.

”I know, I felt them the moment they decided to stop hiding. Slaughtering them would be a piece of cake, but if we did that…” Hikaru stopped for a moment as he thought about the consequences.

Hiroshi stood against the wall and said while crossing his arms, ”The people from their nation would harbor more hatred towards humans, right?”

Hikaru glanced at Hiroshi and nodded, ”Yeah, humanity has done a lot of things towards them. And most of them were not pleasant. If we massacre that army now, it could ignite the first world war! Even the Elven Empire would be forced to join one side, and they would likely join the Beastmen Kingdom and the Demonic Empire alliance.”

Hiroshi had a look of dread on his face. He knew his friend could slaughter them all with ease, but the aftermath would be terrible. Elves and Beastmen are highly connected to nature itself, while demons are a mystery.

So, if Hikaru decides to commit genocide to Elves and Beastmen, it would anger mother nature herself. Humanity might just go extinct if that really happens. Then, there's fairies, the creatures closest to godhood in this world. It is said in olden tales that fairies once brought famine to demonkind because of something they did against nature, and the effects of that famine can still be seen to this day.

”Your majesty, what should we do?” Cristoff asked worriedly.

Compared to the both of them, Hikaru wasn't really concerned. Why? Because he has the power to clear this mess.