12 Reason of the Siege (2/2)
”I never even thought about something like that. As the General of the Legion, I will carve your words into my heart, I will strive to be better than I am now.” Adrasteia said.
Adrasteia never thought about that huh. Well, that's understandable. Now she has learned something new. That would be very useful in the future.
Indeed, it is understandable Adrasteia didn't think something like that. Adrasteia's talents are at military engagement and attack strategies. The prior events were mostly for experiments and gathering information and not direct military assault. But now she had learned, so there is nothing more to worry about.
”That's amazing! But why didn't you tell us from the start, my lord?”
That last question from Xelya made Xyn froze. It was like everything stopped. It was like his brain stopped for a while and after that, it finally worked again.
A-ah… come to think of it…why did I not tell them about it anyway?! Crap, what should I tell them? Auuugh
Xyn thought really hard on what to tell why he didn't say anything about the plan.
He didn't have a good reason at all in why he didn't tell them. But deep inside Xyn has a reason. He thought that it would be cool that the guardians be surprised when they heard his plan after the battle, and the guardians will be impressed. Of course, no way he could tell that kind of reasoning because it is not reasonable at all.
Xyn looked at the guardians while trying to have a straight smiling face – he's actually trying very hard.
The guardians' faces were filled with expressions of expectations to be enlightened. They looked so sincere. This only made Xyn more nervous than he should be.
Crap, I need to think of something now or do something.
He has been silent for a few seconds. He must do something now.
”Hehehe.”
Xyn quietly laughed. Trying to make things look normal, and him being all high and mighty and continued speaking.
”So you have not figured it out yet.”
The guardians were all silent.
Then a bright light appeared inside Xyn's mind. He felt a little relieved, he finally thought a good reason.
”Alright, I'll tell you why. That is because… because I wanted for you guardians to figure it out yourselves. So that, all of you will further develop and learn.”
The guardians' faces brightened after Xyn said that.
Xyn sighed in relief in his mind. He was also so thankful that he didn't sweat even a bit.
”In that case, we promise to strive to be better my lord.”
Criswell said on behalf of all the guardians.
The other guardians responded in affirmative after Criswell's words.
”Ah… Umu.”
Wew, I got out from that.
”So does this mean we are done with that town master? Are we going to leave them alone now?”
”What are you saying Brutus? Did you not know or have heard my message to them?”
”Ah, I do know your message.”
”Then, we should recall what the message is. Agiel, you should have still fully remembered it, state the message.”
”Yes. The heralds' main message would is, 'Death comes for you. Your days are now numbered. The Peerless One has mobilized his formidable army to exterminate you. However, the Peerless One has given you a chance to fight for your lives, even though it is futile. Seven days from now, this town's assured demise will begin.'”
”Exactly. As you all know, I gave them seven days to prepare and after that their demise will begin, right?”
The guardians responded in affirmative.
Xyn used the name ”Peerless one” in the message because his subordinates always refer to him as the ”Supreme One”. He didn't want to give anyone a chance to trace him, that's why he needed to use other names. First, the guardians insisted on – in order for the people to know his power, his title should be the ”Supreme One”, but the guardians, later on, agreed when Xyn came up with ”Peerless One” to be used in the message.
”Then did I say an exact time when they will die?”
”No, you did not.” Criswell answered Xyn's question.
”Yes, I did not say that. I did not say they will die after those seven days, I only said their demise will begin. Do you all understand?”
”Aaaah, I fully understand.” Agiel said.
The rest of the guardians replied in affirmative.
”Then now you know that we will come back for them. And 'we' means you guardians and me.”
”We will attack? That's so exciting!” Sagremor said.
”We can finally see the master's power. It is indeed so exciting.” Criswell said.
”I look forward to it.” Adrasteia said.
”I-I'll try my best.” Xelya said.
”I shall give those humans the true meaning of pandemonium.” Brutus said.
”It looks like you're ready to go at any time, am I right?” Agiel asked.
The guardians replied in affirmative and Agiel continued speaking.
”Then, are we going to attack those humans now my lord?”
”Not yet. As you can all see on the monitor, they're still celebrating and repairing their defenses. Let's give them some time, we'll attack tomorrow.”
”Yes.” All the guardians said.
”Oh also, call in Aesyla. I have orders to give the Hyades maids.”
”I'll go call her.” Xelya volunteered.
”Yes please, Xelya.”
Then Xelya walked to the door and went outside.
Something might happen unexpectedly tomorrow, but I must be prepared. The worst case scenario is that they might still have hidden weapons, and might cause the death to my guardians. But if they do die, I can still manage to resurrect them.
Xyn is indeed capable of casting a resurrection spell, and the resurrection spell he can cast is made originally by him. But still, even if he can cast resurrection spell, he still doesn't want his creations to die. No member of the family would want or let one of their members suffer or perish, especially Xyn.
Xyn have thought of resurrecting his own mother. However, that was no longer possible, the resurrection spell was one of the last ones he learned. He only learned the spell in his third year of training, not to mention it's one of the very last spells he learned and able to cast. In addition, his mother's corpse is highly likely to have already significantly decayed for the coffin used is dead cheap. The spell cannot resurrect someone when the body is heavily damaged, so Xyn has no choice but to let his mother rest in peace. Of course, he thought of digging the grave to make sure, but that was not a very wise thing to do, and that would mean disrespect. Knowing he couldn't resurrect his mother, he was greatly pissed off about it.
I feel kind of excited, I should say I can finally see some action.
Xyn is really looking forward to it. He felt like the power inside is craving to be used. Xyn thought that if it's his turn to engage, he won't hold back in releasing his power to the land.