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    Based on his count, there were at least six thousand warriors and a thousand mages. The number of mages was a bit high considering that the magic tower was just recently established once again. He could already tell that the mages dispatched by the magic tower were rookies.


    It would be easy to deal with them but given their number it would be a bit annoying. Ignius looked at hisrades and they all looked confident though so he could only shrug his shoulders. "I''ll just join the fray if they won''t be able to handle it."


    Outside of the manor, Nahar the elf guardian deity and Reitou the serpent guardian deity assumed their human forms and were floating in the air while looking down at their enemies. Nina had a grin on her face and Vain had a poker face as they stood a few meters away from the king who was leading his troops.


    "Oh, it''s the king!" Nina pointed at the man who was on the horse at the forefront. She looked down at Vain to get his attention while continuously pointing at the king.


    Vain raised his gaze and looked at the direction where the woman was pointing. On the horse was a man with full armor who was staring at them with hate and anger. He stared at him in the eye and did not flinch, which made the king ufortable.


    "What do you think?" Nina bent down to whisper in the child''s ear after she saw that he was looking at the man.


    "Weak," Vain mumbled. "That person is weak. He doesn''t have magic and doesn''t have any prowess in fighting, so how did he be the king?" He continued to mumble which made Ninaugh. Nina stood straight with a smirk which annoyed the king further.


    "Where''s your master?" Orpheus asked the woman who was smirking at him. They were there to fight and yet the main target was nowhere to be found. "Did he be a coward and ran away?"


    The smile on Nina''s face disappeared in an instant. "Coward? Who the hell are you to call my master a coward? He is not a coward!" It only took those words to trigger the woman''s crazy personality.


    Purple lights filled the sky and within seconds simultaneous explosions rang in the air. Luckily the mages were alert and there were barriers materialized to protect the warriors and the king. It was a surprise attack that none of them were expecting. When they looked forward, they saw that Nina and Vain weren''t there.


    Screams started to echo during the day as Vain let his dark threads spread and sliced some of the warriors. Panic struck the warriors because they couldn''t see where the attacks wereing. The king froze on his horse and if not for General Ishmael''s protection, he would have died already.


    Chaos started to descend as Nina did not stop from her barrage of blue mana that would explode once it touched anything solid. The mages were doing their best to keep up with the attack and defend against the explosions and the threads but it took them a while to get their bearings. Nina then appeared above the king with a serious look on her face.


    "My master doesn''t need to be here because we are enough. He doesn''t need to dirty his hands with your filthy blood!" A sword of mana formed in her hands and he swung it towards the king.


    General Ishmael leapt to action and parried the mana sword but once his sword connected with the woman''s mana sword, it suddenly exploded. The explosion startled the horse and caused it to suddenly raise its front legs and neigh loudly. Orpheus lost his bnce and he fell down to the ground.


    General Ishmael on the other hand was blown away because of the explosion. There was already blood oozing from his forehead and he was a bit disoriented because of how loud the explosion was. He shook his head a couple of times before he finally got his vision and hearing back.


    Nina was unfazed as she stood and looked down at the king who was sprawled on the ground after he fell off his horse. She smirked as she gathered mana on her palms which she intended to use and strike the king. She raised the hand with the mana and brought it down towards the king.


    Ulysses saw what was happening and he rushed to pull the king away. The concentrated mana hit the ground and created a deep hole on it. Nina was confused and that was when he saw that Duke Ulysses had taken the king.


    "Duke Ulysses, you really wanted to die?" Nina shook his head. "Such a waste. If you chose to join us you wouldn''t be in this battlefield and defending this good for nothing king of yours."


    "You don''t have to worry about that youngdy. I am of Lunaira and I am a duke and a general of this kingdom. It is my duty to protect thisnd until myst breath." Ulysses answered without any regret or remorse.


    Orpheus stood up and patted his armor before he looked at the woman straight in the eye. "Good for nothing? Let''s see about that." The king finally unsheathed his sword and the power from it was not to be underestimated.


    "Oh, it is actually a god-tier equipment." Ignius couldn''t help butment when he saw the king''s sword. The power from it resembles the aura of a god but the master had noment regarding it.


    "That''s a cool weapon," Ninamented. She could feel the power that wasing from it but she did not back down.


    She summoned a series of purple balls and hurled it towards the king. Orpheus raised his weapon and smoothly sliced the purple balls into two which sessfully disintegrated the materialized magic. Nina was surprised at what happened because it was the first time that someone was able to stop her bombs from exploding.


    Nina became curious at the weapon that the king was holding. As she stared at it, she heard a voice in her head informing her of the attributes of the sword and its level. Nina became even more amazed because she had never seen a god tier equipment.


    "Where did you find that weapon?" Nina couldn''t help but ask. She was sure that the master would like that weapon for his collection.


    "That doesn''t concern you," the king answered. He held the sword with both of his hands and shed before Nina.


    With Nina''s senses, she managed to take a step back and bent her body backward to avoid the sword. As the sword passed through the space above her, she could already feel how heavy and powerful the sword was. She stood straight after the sword passed and she did not think twice in creating a distance between her and the king.


    While on air, she did not forget tounch her own attack. The ground where the king was standing glowed purple and it exploded. This attack was not limited to where the king was as it included the whole of the whole area. This attack sent most of the soldiers flying and injured.


    They were trying tounch an attack on Vain who was onnd but the ck threads were difficult to cut. The mages infused mana into the swords and it proved helpful with cutting the threads but they still couldn''t get near him. He would switch from the thin ones and the thick ones to defend him from the warriors.


    Nahar and Reitou were having fun messing with the mages that were sent. It could be seen that their power was greater than thebined power of the mages. It was no surprise that they would be disorganized. The both of them were actually having fun messing with them.