Chapter 82: A Sudden Danger
The King of Tricks and Magic
[Â Name: Ren Arken
Age: 14
Race: Human
Strength: 200,000 (+1,300,000 [Mana])
Agility: 300,000 (+2,300,000 [Mana])
Vitality: 800,000 (+1,200,000 [Mana])
Mana: ~~~
Spiritual: ~~~
Intellect: 300, 000
Unique Skills:
-Magic cards -appraisal -evil gaze -strengthen -leap -basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knightâs soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia]
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âThere is no end of them!â (Borg)
Orc Oz, the imperial knights, Brad, and Gurolf battled with the demons that came out from the hellâs gate for an hour non-stop and there is still no sign of end of them.
The strongest demon that came out of the gate is at the [Duke] rank, while the other demons are not that strong, their terrifying number is the most troubling thing.
âWhat do you think will happen if we destroy the gate?â (Orc Oz)
âItâll explode. A gate that connects to outer-dimension possesses a huge amount of mana. If we destroy the gate that acts as the medium of the mana pool, it will make a huge explosion. We could only seal it,â (Gurolf)
âGurolf, do you think you could do it?â Orc Oz asked Gurolf.
âEasily, but since itâs my first time, I might need a longer time,â (Gurolf)
âItâs fine, weâll cover you. [Herculean Bash]!!!â Orc Oz smashes the ground, sending the demons flew and the cave quivering.
â[Fast Step] [Multiple Kill]â Brad uses a combine the use of both of the skills and kills lots of the demons in a few seconds.
âHandy as usual, you use your skill as skillful as ever, Brad,â (Orc Oz)
âThanks for the compliment,â (Brad)
âRen! Itâs ready!â (Gurolf)
âEveryone! Retreat to Gurolfâs back!â Orc Oz commanded and everyone immediately run to Gurolfâs back. Some demons take the opportunity to get close but Oz bashes them away with his greatsword.
âBurn, [Flame of Gehenna]â (Gurolf)
A blue flame enveloped all of the demons, burning them to cinders.
âThatâll keep their number for a while! Everyone! Protect Gurolf as he seals the gate!â (Orc Oz)
Gurolf went to the back of the gate and try to start sealing the gate.
âAll of the imperial knights! Protect Gurolf! Brad and I will block their way, making sure no one of them gets out of the cave!â (Orc Oz)
âââRoger that!âââ (The Imperial Knights and Brad)
âBrad, make sure you donât die,â (Orc Oz)
âI will,â (Brad)
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âCapital of Tarot Empireâ
âIt looks like the situation is already under control, even though they barely made it, though. The expedition to the undead world is going smoothly too. But indeed, it will ensure the success rate if they were given some divine equipment too,â (Slime Oz)
âAegir, could you give these blueprints to Thydal?â (Slime Oz)
âBlueprints? What blueprints are these, Ren?â (Aegir)
âItâs the equipment for my other clones and the kings and generals of the empire. Iâm planning to imbue it with skills and magics by myself,â (Slime Oz)
âY-youâll give us equipment like those emperorâs equipment?â Aegir asked with a face full of hope.
âYea, I know you stare at me with such hopeful eyes. Go send it to Thydal quickly if you want to get your equipment too,â (Orc Oz)
âHAHAHAHAHA! You know me well, Ren! Then Iâll go deliver these blueprints to Thydal so I could get my divine equipment too,â Said Aegir as he went to deliver the blueprints to Thydal.
âWell, anyone will become greedy if they see divine equipment getting made that easily. His reaction is rather humble already, he shows good self-restraint in front of divine class equipment, that itself is considered applaudable already,â (Slime Oz)
âOkay, where are we? Having Gurolf and Brad going into the hellâs gate is a good decision. Gurolf will have a chance to learn the demonic magic and get some understanding about it, while Brad will start thinking about the best way of killing a demon because heâs a natural-born hunter,â (Slime Oz)
âThe next objectives are to search for other magic beast kings that could be subdued while dispatching more people on investigating the movements of the demons. I hope they havenât encountered any humans yet, it will be a trouble if those humans start to send some expedition team here, theyâll try their best to exploit us because of their greed,â (Slime Oz)
âOh well, thatâs one of the reasons Iâm being the one who stands by here and watching over the empireâs progress personally though. Okay, enough of complaining, letâs check through other things once more,â Slime Oz take a look at some documents in front of him.
âThe adamantine magic ore should be enough for everyone, even if there itâs not enough, the workers are still mining the magic ore from the dungeon. The demon [King] clone and his summoned demon generals had finally had some results, huh. Clearing the dungeons to collect the loots gives me a lot of cards and valuable loots, as expected of a dungeon,â (Slime Oz)
âI think Iâll give some of the new clones to support him and to make them level up too. But⦠Itâs still a long journey before the demon [King] clone reach the [Emperor] rank, huh. This is troubling, as expected a war is the most convenient way to level up,â (Slime Oz)
âOkay, letâs send the goblin [King] clone to survey the north to check up on the movements of the humans. Letâs hold some parties and events I get from my previous life too, it will make the citizens happy too,â (Slime Oz)
âAh! It looks like the real body wants to use the divine emperor attire, letâs turn it to cards,â (Slime Oz)
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âCome inâ¦â Oz said. Oz is drinking tea as he finally relaxes at the sofa after decorating and cleaning it, but when he took the first sip of the tea, someone suddenly knocks at his door, sensing at the mana of the person, Oz lets him in.
*Sound Of Door Being Opened*
âSharp as usual I see,â Old man Kyron entered the room with a weird cape as if heâs undercover.
âWhat happened, old man? Your face seems rather stiff,â Oz narrowed his eyes when he saw the stiff expression of the old man.
âRen, there is an urgent thing that came up,â (Old man Kyron)
âYou donât need to go around the bush, old man. Just tell me, Iâll help you with all I can,â (Oz)
âThanks, kid. The truth is, The kingdom is about to get attacked by the Potterland kingdom⦠They had gathered their troops at the north,â (Old man Kyron)
âAnd why does the kingdom doesnât take any countermeasures, yet?â (Oz)
âI believe you already have a guess. The noble faction deliberately blocked all of the information related about the attack, and it looks like even the queen didnât know about it,â (Old man Kyron)
âWhat do you mean? Why havenât you told her yet?â (Oz)
âWeâre actually under the danger of the attack from Gracefield too, if the queen sent her soldier to intercept the attack from Potterland, our power will get significantly weakened, and even if I tell her now, the soldiers wonât make it in time. I canât let the citizens there die,â (Old man Kyron)
âSo, the point is?â (Oz)
Old man Kyronâs expression got even more serious.
âThis time, I wonât ask you to go to the battlefield as it will be too dangerous, kid. I knew you realized that the princessâs room is right beside yours. Your task from me is to guard her whatever happens,â (Old man Kyron)
âFrom your way of talking, donât tell me youâre going to face that army alone, old man,â Oz looks at old man Kyronâs eyes, and it seems his guess is right.
Oz sighs.
âIâm sorry kid, I may be-â (Old man Kyron)
âHow many are the soldiers from Potterland?â (Oz)
âHuh?â (Old man Kyron)
âIâm asking you how many are their number, old man?â (Oz)
âItâs about 20,000 soldiers,â (Old man Kyron)
â20,000⦠Is it considered many or normal,â (Oz)
âIâm afraid itâs their elite royal army, Potterland is famous for their great elite soldiers that had great prowess. Why are you asking?â ((Old man Kyron)
âYouâre too old, and youâre too famous, but your age reason comes first. If you die, the kingdom will get even more danger in the future. Iâll let you owe one to me, leave this to me, I have a plan to manage them. Just tell me where they are and I want nobody to see me fight,â (Oz)
âYou want to face them!? Are you crazy, kid!?â (Old man Kyron)
âOld man, without you, the kingdom might collapse. I would be able to survive fighting against 20,000 soldiers, just relax. I said I got a plan,â (Oz)
Seeing Ozâs eyes that seems to not lying, Old man Kyron decided to take on the feint hope he saw at this full of potential young man.
âAre you serious, kid?â (Old man Kyron)
âYea, donât be too dramatic, I will definitely survive,â (Oz)
âThen fine, if you manage to survive, Iâll accept anything you request. But one thing, kid, if youâre in a pinch, I accept it if you flee. Just donât die,â Old man Kyron stared at Oz with a face full of worry.
âI said relax, old man! Iâll massacre all of them, so you just need to go to the queen and report it to her, and say that youâve handled it, okay, old man?â (Oz)
âFine⦠I owe you a lot, kid⦠Please be safeâ¦â The old man said with full of emotions.
âNow hurry, tell me where the enemy base is. A night like this is the best time to make a night raid,â (Oz)