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Magic and Elder Tale
Chapter 28
25 June 2027
Akihabara
Power thrummed through the air as he walked down an old stone stair case his dull purple eyes glancing in every direction as he ensure that he was careful with where he was heading. This place indeed took on the appearance of a tomb as he looked at the old marble walls that decorated both sides of this location giving it a far more aesthetically appealing design than other tombs where they were typically filled with dead bodies and monsters like they were in most fantasies.
"Who knew there would be a dungeon underneath the city besides the old sewers and to think we're the only ones who know about it" Declaring loudly since he had been informed that he wouldn't alert anything in the tunnels due to his boss using some type of device Yorick smirked as he thought about the possible rewards that could come from being the first to complete such a task.
"Stay alert Yorick while we may not give ourselves away we don't know how effective these spells are" Looking over to her boss she gave a slight apologetic frown as she realised how that had sounded. "No offence boss" Raising her rifle and keeping it close as they got ready for any potential enemies Silver made sure to keep behind her guild leader while Yorick stood next to her with two of his friends. In the middle of this group was Kinjo who had decided not to stay at the tower of Britannia as he already owned a small property due to inheriting it as head of the Kunie clan lastly behind them were the other members of Britannia as they stayed at the ensuring that nothing got behind them and even if they did that they would have some warning about it.
The clothing of the group had changed as well instead of their normal casual attire or in the case of Silver no longer wearing her bulky metal armour they were instead now all wearing proper combat attire. Dressed entirely in black with a mixture of weapons in their hands and night vision glasses on their faces as well as the modern combat gear which had multiple pockets all of which had been enchanted giving all of them an infinite amount of grenades and other equipment as well as other enchantments to their gear like camouflaging and silence spells.
The group each utilised a different set of weapons with the Wizard using the assault rifle had had gotten use to locked on automatic mode one of the many advantages due to enhancing his weapons. Yorick was carrying a shotgun while Silver the only member who had actually served in the military forces was also sporting an assault rifle although it wasn't just her the rest of the group besides two other members were using assault rifles. The last two members of the group had instead opted to use a shotgun as well as a machine gun hopefully giving the firepower they would need for the upcoming task. Of course if they did need any extra firepower they were all carrying multiple weapons on their person each used for a possible situation they might find themselves in; such as grenades and rocket launchers, sniper rifles, rifles whether bolt action or assault, Sub machine guns, explosives, more conventional weapons such as their swords, bows and magical staffs either way they were armed to the teeth.
Of course did little to help alleviate the fears of some people however it should also be said that they weren't all terrified to death with them descending into a dungeon with only seven fighters. Still the true purpose of their visit was only known by two of them the person in charge of Britannia and the person who had known where the entrance to this dungeon was located.
"Hey boss why are we taking a person of the land with us isn't it dangerous" Tiger asked slightly confused as he walked behind the man although he was also starting to dread the fact that he was on a fucking escort mission.
"He's the only one with knowledge about this place" His short reply while true did little to inform the older member of Britannia why they were escorting the leader of the Akihabara bank down through what could potentially be a dangerous zone. Honestly the true reason was that ever since being given the job the Eastal Kunie clan had never once visited the ward anchors as it hadn't been necessary and as a result Kinjo had no memories for Nat to work off and just apparate to the place and deal with the situation quickly. Because of this he had called upon his small army to help him get to the end if this dungeon because while he was powerful Kinjo had mentioned powerful defences around the wards and with this being a game about slaying monsters that likely meant some rather big ones.
"That's fine jus so long as he doesn't get in the way we don't want to fill him full of holes on accident if we're attacked" The non amused look that Kinjo sent one of the troops his way caused the man to laugh slightly. "Don't worry we won't kill you we've had training" Rolling her eyes Silver didn't reply about the fact that they hadn't had anywhere near enough training yet alone the strict discipline of the military forced down their heads. In fact their entre training had been purely practical with a lot of stuff left out such as the military phrases that would be used with them instead focusing on weapons training and actual combat training.
"Yeah we got this any monster that comes our way we'll show them our big guns" The sexual innuendo aside Nat wasn't entirely sure if firearms would be entirely useful when facing monsters especially of the like he had seen in the more powerful players minds. According to his experiences from when he was a gamer Crusty had encountered many massive bosses and creatures that he doubted firearms would be able to kill even with massive enhancements to the weapons and ammunition.
"Still what kind of loot do you think we'll find in here I'm hoping for some new weapon or amour" The regular conversation of the group carried on as they talked about normal things as if they weren't almost invisible and carrying weapons that had seriously been enhanced.
On the topic of weapons Nat knew that the enchantments that he had placed on these weapons would have made a Republican cream his pants and begging desperately to get their hands on one. The recoil on the gun had been entirely taken away it had also been made light and carry an infinite amount of ammunition as well as that it would jam or get dirty as well as being fire and waterproof. Added to this the raw power of the weapon had been increased allowing it to easily punch through buildings it also came with the benefit of not having its bullets affected by wind or gravity meaning it would go directly where it was aimed. The ammunition had also been increased with the amount carried being varied these included fire, ice, lightning, explosive, impact, electronic, paint, pain, knockout, freeze, memory eraser, piercing and taser.
He had designed the different bullets for possible threats that they may come across and initiated a word command for the guns to change ammunition type instead of having to take out different clips. There were also some bullets that while they might sound like had the same purposes were to actually be used in different scenarios an example was the lightning, electronic and taser. Lightning bolts were issued to be used as a deadly deterrent acting like typical game magic did by sending a lightning bolt attack at the enemy, Electronic while not likely to be used anytime soon would act like emp's nullifying electronics like computers or possible androids if they existed while taser was used to give a non lethal electronic shock to an individual. Impact bullets were to be used on larger targets as they had more powerful force in them allowing them to do more initial damage where as piercing was to be used through multiple buildings or even through tanks and world war two battleships which had amazing armour and protection. Freeze bullets would be used to freeze a person in place temporarily and the other sets of bullets were rather obvious in their use but either way these guns were ready for any type of immediate danger that they could face.
As for the armour and clothing that was heavily enchanted essentially rendering the wearers invincible as it prevented the elements from affecting as well as negating impact, cuts, tears, piercing and other things.
"I get that you've never had a need to but why have none of your past leaders ever checked on the wards here?" Not surprised by the sudden question of the leader Kinjo turned his gaze from the people who were going to be protecting him from any possible attacks and their strange equipment.
"We were concerned that we would be captured by either the Kingdoms or an adventurer and as such decided not to travel as it left us more exposed" Nodding his head slightly Nat could understand that reason he had known that one of the main reasons that the leader of the Kunie clan had turned up was due to the fact he had sent a message directly into gold chambers leaving him both surprised and worried.
"Are there any notes from your ancestors about what this place was because this isn't any random old cave this place is rather clean" While she didn't say anything Silver agreed with the thoughts of her new boss during her time playing the game she had seen many dungeons of all types from caves to fortresses as well as many monsters such as zombies, goblins and dragons. Added to that half alls got more back-story of this world than any other race due to the games history and therefore a half alv leading them into a secret dungeon had to have some kind of new plot.
"None other than the place is supposed to be well guarded to ensure that the holy city was never defiled" Yorick rolled his eyes as he kept moving his shotgun side to side as well as looking up and down as if he was expecting an attack from any direction.
"IF that's the case then why are you leading us there shouldn't you be protecting your holy city" Seeing Nat nod ever so slightly Kinjo nodded slowly before turning his attention onto the younger human who had just asked the question.
"Due to recent events it has been decided to give the ownership of the cities defences to the round table since you are in a better position to look after them than we are" Huffing in response Yorick looked at his boss as they advanced slowly their eyes taking in the contours of an empty hallway as they finally reached the bottom although there was still some light shining down below lighting the path for a short distance.
"Interesting job you've got I just hope we can't get some good treasure out of this raid it's been a while since me and the lads did one that we could do due to our level." Curious as she heard that Silver moved her eyes over the hallway although she kept her ears on her companion curious to lean more of a low level adventurer's story.
"Which raid did you do?" Grinning at hearing the curious tone from the woman Yorick though back to the adventure and the boss before responding.
"It was a few years ago I think we're only casual so we don't play that often but we were going against this great goblin king. Honestly it was like nothing we'd done before there were thousands of them; I mean sure we had cleared out some of the lower level goblin hideouts but when we faced the goblin king sheesh that was the toughest fight we ever had kept dying" Laughing as he remembered the amount of time he had kept slamming the keyboard's buttons and clicking the mouse until his finger started to cramp the man couldn't help but remember the good time he had.
"Oh it was that event fair enough its generally considered one of the best events for new and mid level players to deal with plus its one of the more common ones for an event that size at roughly every six months or so." Behind them Kinjo nodded his head subconsciously as he remembered the past years with the constant attacks by the green menace every six months attacking villages and kidnapping people to breed with suffice to say the people of the land had gotten use to the occurrence.
"Indeed the kingdom of Eastal generally begins to recruit more soldiers during this time but there shouldn't be much problem this year according to rumours I have heard there is no goblin powerful enough to try and accomplish it this time" Grinning slightly as she started to understand what the strange half alv who they were escorting was stating Silver couldn't help but continue on the conversation.
"Oh you must mean the end of the events yeah I was reading on the message boards that quite a few people had complained about the event and as such it was one of the things being considered for the patch. Last I heard it was taken out since it was believed it wasn't threatening enough and the higher level players were just killing all the monster for fun rather than letting the low level ones doing what they want" Sighing in annoyance Yorick responded.
"That's crap punishing the lower level players because the higher ones had jack shit to do. I know we ranked up quite a bit from that quest it was rather good since we didn't play regularly. The annoyance slight amount of anger in Yorick's tone was rather obvious to the group as he heard that a quest that he could get a decent amount of experience had disappeared purely due to higher level players moaning.
"Yeah it was purely due to higher level players complaining that too many people were starting to pick up the levels rather than grinding months for them as well as the pay to win players who moaned about none paying players beating them". Despite not playing games and having very little experience with them he had heard of the pay to win hatred or disease as some players (mainly Ant) had told him about and it was rather easy to figure out why. Essentially it was people paying to win and since not everybody could afford the stupid prices that games companies were charging they couldn't carry on the game since those who did have the money would easily crush them due to better equipment.
"Oh I remember seeing that shit. Lots of self entitled pricks winging that the game wasn't fair since their cash mean nothing utter assholes the lot of them I hope they suffer in this world; see what their money gets them now fuckers" Behind him Yorick heard the rest of his friends giggle not only in amusement but also in agreement as they shared the same feelings towards the richer players who had paid their way to levels rather than doing it the hard working way.
"Oh I can't wait until we show those bastards our new equipment. I have a level ninety dragon sword that does plus one hundred fire lighting and ice damage" The mocking tone of the member was rather amusing as the rest of the group carried on walking secure that their boss knew what he was doing with his spells. "Yeah well I have a fucking machine gun take that mother fuckers bam, bam, bam, bam" Rolling his eyes at their behaviour but also letting it slide since there was no problem them the group having some fun Nat just kept up the appropriate moves for searching a house trying to find something to shoot .
"Yeah you like that how about I shove a rocket up your pansy ass" Another burst of laughter came from Yorick's group as they imagined finding one of the elite players and utterly smashing them with advanced weapons. Beside him Nat noticed as Silver rolled her eyes at the groups behaviour but said nothing either because she knew it wouldn't shut them up and more than likely drag her into the conversation or decided that paying attention to the local area was more important.
"Are they like this often your soldiers?" Letting out a sigh Silver slowly nodded her head almost as if reluctantly like they were a bunch of screaming children embarrassing their families and as much as the family wanted to run away and scream no relation they still had a job to do.
"Unfortunately yes I'm sorry if they offend you they're just doing it to keep themselves occupied" Not looking back Silver resigned herself to listening the words that spewed out of the group's mouth.
"Yeah once we get back from this raid and we finally show our new guns we can spend this cash and soon enough we'll have girls begging for us to" Before he could continue the soldier who was going to carry on his sentence about wishing to commit a certain act with a female found himself unable to speak. Looking over to the wizard Silver gave a small wordless thank you something that was acknowledged by the slight bow of his head he gave the woman. In all honesty Silver didn't have a clue how her boss did half the shit he did and while she was curious she wouldn't ask especially not with how private he was not to mention it was rather funny when he did the odd spell and only she noticed.
"You adventurers are a very open people; compared to the people of the land just what your place of origin was like?" Blinking for a small amount of time Yorick was about to explain how he has grown up and likely in a rather explicit fashion and as such Silver decided to beat him to the punch before he ruined the half alv's reputation of them.
"Different we grew up on an island off the mainland and had a lot more technology then the people of the land do that's why we're creating it here since we're so use to it. We also had four seasons and went to schools most for our childhood where we were taught maths, science, Japanese, English, History Geography and other things" Nodding as he tried to picture the type of atmosphere and place Kinjo was fascinated although he didn't say anything especially with the idea of going to a physical school where generally n the best attended from childhood
"Were you" All of a sudden a rumbling noise was heard looking back quickly the troops in the back watched with fear as the cliché of a door or in this case entrance to the dungeon stairs shut sealing them in.
"Boss I think we have a problem " Nervously laughing to himself Tiger a stupid name for a person but it was a little late now started to look around the area in fear as his night vision goggle outlined the local shapes of things.
"That's not the only thing we have company to our front" Quickly spinning around Tigers eyes widened as he saw himself looking at what seemed to be dead corpses walking towards them with weapons in hand.
"Zombies there's fucking zombies awesome" Wasting no time in opening fire the front line of the BEF (Britannia Expeditionary Force) aimed their weapons at the skulking corpses and opened fire unleashing led from their firearms and into the air with great force smashing directly into their brain killing them instantly as indicated when their bodies turned into bubbles. As controlled blasts of bullets ran through the air but making no sound for the creatures to hear the three in the front quickly noticed with a small smile that the enchantments placed onto them by the wizard had worked. "Ha look at these fuckers just milling about"
Yet again Yorick laughed as he watched the creatures get hit by the bullets and smash through their chests turning them into bubbles and items all of which were promptly picked up as the group at the back covered them just in case.
"Hey what's with these zombies" Turning her eyes over to the Half Alv whom they were escorting through this place Silver couldn't help but notice that if this was a game then the behaviour of the zombies was wrong.
"They are not zombies they are ghouls, corpses of dead enemies stored here to protect this place from attack and they are not the only thing that is likely to be stored here" Nodding slowly Silver turned her attention back in front of her not allowing the group to be put in danger due to her not paying attention.
"That explains the weapons and as for not attacking us I bet that's these spells you placed on us" Quickly flicking her tied up hair; Silver asked for confirmation as the group walked forwards all of their weapons pointed in different directions to make better use of their numbers.
"Correct we should be able to stay hidden the entire dungeon if we're careful but that means no using torches or lights since it will give us away" Nodding again the group scanned the area and gave fire as they saw the next set of ghouls approach covered in old looking armour and weapons although they were incredibly confused as they watched their comrades die. In fact to those who played the game it was almost like a glitch or using Skyrims sneak mechanics as they decimated group after group of ghouls all who couldn't figure out what was happening.
Nat found this rather funny as did the others since the creatures had no clue how they were being killed since bullets were so small leaving no trace unlike arrows as their bodies dissolved. However even so it was careless to get excited now from what he had learned off Shiroe Nat knew that dungeons could take several days if not entire weeks to get through due to their difficulty mostly due to bosses. Apparently the strategy for bosses was to keep dying until the plan worked or they thought of a new plan suffice to say it was inefficient but their goal was to avoid major bosses they were here to located the ward anchor that had been left under the city and heavily guarded.
As they headed deeper and encountered more heavily armoured and armoured ghouls he could start to understand why. The raw magic of this place was immense while similar to the magic he had felt in the guild hall, cathedral and even around the transport gate the magic in this tomb or area was far older and more powerful. The way the magic almost seemed to fizzle on his skin even though it was not visible was a big clue; even if he had not known what was kept in here by now it would have been made obvious that something powerful and likely old was waiting in this dungeon. However this did have a downside because while he was able to sense the ambient magic it was so strong that it washed away anything out like a strong odour that prevented anything else from being smelt.
"Stay alert we don't want to be ambushed it's a long walk down if we end up dying here" Hearing the stern order the normally happy and joking members of the group shut up and paid more attention; after all while they might like a good laugh they didn't wish to be torn apart and killed it was rather painful from what they had heard.
"Enemies ahead" Alerting the rest of his team to the location of a potential enemy Nat quickly unleashed some of the impact bullets the result being rather obvious since as soon as the bullet struck the ghoul it flew back in a mess of limbs as if it had been struck by a bullet train going at full force. The other ghoul's didn't have much time to react as they saw their fellow dead comrade zoom across the room as they all felt the same thing experiencing if they had been human their entire organs spraying out of their mouth as they opened their mouth.
"Oh that's nasty" His eyes twitching slightly at the massive blood splatter on the floor the man couldn't hello but have a small dose of fear as she remembered just what type of weapon he was dealing with rather than the long sword he had typically carried.
"Dude seriously this is like playing a zombie game with really cool mods on" Ignoring the loud proclamations that emanated from Tiger Silver couldn't help but agree that the raw damage done by this upgraded guns was far more terrifying than she had come across as part of the JSDF during her training or active service.
"Truly your weapons hold immense power from where do they hail" Grinning to himself Yorick looked at the Half Alv and with a cocky smile raised his shotgun so that the man could concentrate on it more.
"This is my boom stick" Resisting the urge to face palm Silver shot the next set of ghouls who had spawned in.
"Which idiot left Yorick with the remote" Nervously chuckling the other members of Yorick's gang pointed at Tiger as he ginned at her.
""Oh come on it's an awesome movie and I thought it was appropriate after all were in the medieval era with guns how could we not watch that film" Shaking her head the only woman in the group carried on moving forward muttering to herself about being not only the only girl but the only one who knew what the hell they ere doing in this type of solution.
"Oh come on you don't like you don't moan about boss over there" Giving Yorick a glare she responded.
"That's because the boss doesn't fuck around with everything like you do. I mean seriously when you were shown weapons you went fucking hyper like some children high on bloody sugar and don't even get me started on the fucking tanks the way you stare at that thing, it's like you want to have sex with it constantly" Instead of responding appropriately to the accusations Yorick just chuckled as he started to have mental images of tank babies especially how they would be adorable with their human bodies and the utter carnage they would cause when their tank head blasted anyone that got in their way. "Oh shit you're actually thinking about it. You messed up fuck" Turning his head to face the woman Yorick gave out a happy grin as he showed the woman just what he thought of her disgust.
"Oh come on we get to shoot guns and use tanks to crush fantasy armies how is that not fucking cool I mean seriously all the kids where I grew up couldn't wait to fire a gun and drive a tank pretending to be soldiers as they gunned down zombies" Laughing even more as memories of his childhood and his friends returned to him especially of them playing pretend soldier and killing the bad guys. "Boss you must understand right when you were a kid pretending to be a superhero and shit"
"No" That was all that was needed to be said especially as he didn't think that his childhood needed to be talked about with a stranger plus they wouldn't find his childhood interesting besides the magic. In all honesty what would he say that he spent his entire childhood being trained to not only be the next leader of his house where he should bring them to glory but as well as extensive physical and magical training alongside constantly learning both magical and muggle subjects leaving with no free time.
"Uh fine than tell me miss princess what did you do when you were a kid I bet you wanted to be the ultimate little princess" The ever so slight glare got the man to chuckle even more as he realised that he was actually right about guessing someone's past. "Oh you did I bet you dressed in cute little dresses and wore a tiara while also playing with makeup and having pretend boyfriends in school when you were a kid" Before he could say anymore however Yorick gulped nervously as he saw a gun pointed directly in his face with a pissed off soldier on the other end who could easily kill him since they got resurrected.
"If you don't shut up I will cut your balls and choke you with them then after you respawn I will tie you to a piece of wood and set you on fire" Nodding slowly so that she could see him performing the action as well as not take it as a sudden move Yorick slowly found himself in the pleasant experience of not having an assault rifle shoved in his face. Quickly getting back into the correct position so that the group could move on from their current destination Silver gave one last set of words to the man. "If you ever mention this to anyone I swear to god I will shove a pole up your ass" Behind Yorick Tiger snickered as he imagined the man in that type of thing because he had pissed of the woman.
"Oh so your into that type of play I see kinky" Internally sighing Nat waited in position as Silver quickly made her displeasure to Yorick known as she slapped him hard across the face before kicking his shins with her steel tapped boots.
"Ouch what was that for you psychotic bitch I just complimented you" Rolling his eyes Nat couldn't help but wonder if bringing those two along was a good idea . Sure they were good and thanks to Silvers training they now had some understanding of proper techniques but the amount those two argued ever since he had hired them was getting rather annoying. However the upside to this was that they provided some rather amusing commentary as they bickered and argued especially over general life like whose turn it was to cook dinner and the like or this chore and when the fights got truly interesting it was typically over what film they would watch.
"That was not a compliment asshole" Smirking from his position as he hid behind Tiger Yorick continued to tease the woman more.
"Oh I disagree it shows that you're willing to try new thing and are an open person what's not to like about that" Briefly stopping her glare at the man Silver couldn't help but gain a small amount of red on her cheeks as she heard the delinquent compliment her. "Plus you have huge boobs"
"That is it come here you mother fucker" More laughter emanated from the other male members besides Nat and Kinjo as they watched the two of them run around in a circle Silver trying to catch Yorick as he complimented her physical appearance especially the ones which were used in sex.
"Are they always like this" Looking at the two running around the tomb of a dead civilization Kinjo couldn't help but wonder if this was the true nature of adventurers so free and crass willing to say whatever they wanted. It was truly a different experience for him as he had been brought up to lead his clan and carry on with its duty of protecting it old magic and technology.
"From what I've gathered yes" Answering the man's question Nat finally decided that these actions had gone long enough and as such was time to get on with their quest. Quickly gathering up magic he created a loud booming noise similar to that of a large cannon being set of something that seemed to work if the way that the group paused and looked at him was anything to tell by.
"Okay enough dawdling we are still here for a purpose and I would like to get to it" With his deadpan voice informing the rest of the group of the situation the two instigators of the scuffle stopped and got back to work standing by the leader of their business and walked forward carrying on their mission all without a single word being spoken.
Later
There was a bright orange and red emanating from the end of the tunnel as they approached, they had felt the rise in heat for quite a bit beforehand but had been protected by the magical charms put on their clothes. However as they advanced forward and the light at the end of the tunnel glowed even brighter alongside the heat increasing it became more and more obvious what was at the end. Moving carefully and with less haste than they had before, the group pressed the right button on their night vision goggles allowing it to adjust to the amount of light that entered the device. Coming close to the edge of the door way the group stopped and looked down to see the incredibly hot molten earth move all the while glowing magnificent shades of orange and red.
"So there's a giant lava death-trap beneath Akihabara brilliant" Joking sarcastically Yorick stepped back instinctively as he recognised what the danger was of falling inside of such a place.
"That is going to hurt like hell if we fall in anybody got any bright ideas" While they spoke Nat scanned the other side of the massive boiling hot cavern his eyes searching for the hole on another side but this was in vain due to the heat of the lava blurring the other side too much. The solution to the problem wasn't hard as he cast the trail spell with the basic intention of leading him to where the next entrance was located. As his eyes followed the misty though they started to become slightly confused since instead of going into the wall on the other side it instead went directly down into the middle of the lava lake.
"Reveal your secrets" Speaking to himself he watched as part of the lava flow moved around of its own accord leaving what seemed to be a trap door underneath it that had not yet been opened but that wasn't the worst thing. "Great super daemon lava monster" If it hadn't been for the fact that the giant monster had appeared out of nowhere and was now burning the sides of the cavern causing it to collapse than the other might have opened.
Said monster would without doubt have been classed as a boss where many players would have had to work together to bring down the foe likely with them dying multiple times until they worked out its patterns. However a single glance from the wizard told him not to bother engaging it because while massive and powerful it hadn't yet noticed them plus there was bugger all that their guns would even hurt a thirty metre tall monster. Artillery could likely do some heavy damage but that was still debatable since it was made of lava rather than flesh plus he didn't know how long it would take for the monster to respawn even if he somehow did kill it. Added to this point was that he would rather have it defending this place after he had messed with the wards then spending ridiculous amounts of time putting up magical defences.
"Boss I think we need to go" Ignoring the terrified voice of one of Yorick's men the wizard quickly cast the door opening spell on the lava door leaving it open for him to get a close enough look inside before without warning he accioed every other member onto him and then apparated into the hole before shutting the door behind him.
"Shiiiit"
"Wooah"
"Ahhh"
"Craap"
"Wheeee"
Despite the group now falling down or really sliding down some type of tunnel all of them couldn't help but turn their attention to Yorick as he gave his excited feelings on the trip they were having all of them giving him a deadpan stare despite the situation they were in. Yorick for his part didn't care instead pretending to be back at home on a playground or water slide rather than some strange tunnel hidden underneath a lava river protected by a hundred foot tall lava giant.
As they slid down their night vision allowing them to see Nat who was in front barely had a moment to react as he drew his wand and fired of a blasting curse destroying a sharp blade that had just shot into the tunnel in front of them preventing him from getting skewered. As this happened the rest of the group could only panic as they realised that their leader was destroying some kind of threats and as they slid by the are Nat had just been they realised that they had narrowly avoided being killed.
"This is cool" Nursing his jaw straight after those words Yorick gave a confused but annoyed glare at Silver due to the fact that she had just smacked him for his childish reactions.
"Grow up you idiot this isn't a game" Internally Nat face palmed as he realised that despite the group of them being in a tunnel hurtling towards their possible death his two second in commands were about to go at it again.
"Growing up typically means becoming a man how about when this is all over I take you on the bed and show you what a man I am" Swinging at him Silver missed though that was more due to the fact that Yorick had been expecting it and as such dodged causing the woman's body to flip up due to her centre of gravity changing. Meanwhile as Yorick saw the large breasted and beautiful women sliding on her stomach her eyes looking directly at his groin he couldn't help but grin even more. "Why Silver if you just wanted my lollipop all you had to do was ask"
Ignoring the scream that came from Yorick as he was finally hit in the part he valued most the wizard kept on destroying or disabling death trap after death trap. Most of the death traps were cliché such as the boulder that had tried to drop on them or the fire that emanated from the floor but there were also the floor giving ways, angry Japanese hornets being let out of their cages and even attempts to drown them
"Kill them all" At the strange battle cry the sliding group looked in the direction to see little albino rabbits with glowing red eyes equipped with weapons and jumping into the slide now.
"Somebody watched too much anime" Refusing to hesitate the group quickly brought out their sidearm's so that they could aim better and began aiming at the rabbits trying to shoot them however due to a general lack of training as we as he scenario they found themselves in they were in accurate shit. Taking aim at one of the rabbits Yorick fired with an impact bullet missing however he watched in abject t horror as it blew part of the tunnel and revealed more glowing red eyed rabbits all of whom jumped in after them.
"Shit"
"Good job you prat now there are more of the fuckers" Still sliding backwards faster than any slide she had been on before Silver still found itself in her to tell her teammate what she thought of his actions all the while shooting more rabbits.
"Yeah well I don't see you doing better" Snarking back at the woman the man couldn't help but notice that despite the constant flashes of light that came from their leader that the general amount of light was starting to increase.
"Heads up we're approaching the end" Well Nat hoped it was the end because he was seeing a bright light although it was blocked in the centre by part of what he guessed was a wall either way it didn't matter. One quick spell later and what had once been a wall exploded in a loud thunderous noise forcing rocks and debris outwards in a fantastic fashion. This was followed by a blonde hair teenager shooting out the entrance then rolling as he touched the ground where the then stood up immediately his weapon in hand. The others weren't so graceful however.
"Fuck"
"Shit"
"Crap"
And so with a mighty thump the other members of the BEF found themselves in a human dog pile leaving them exposed and in pain especially for poor Silver who was on the bottom being crushed by the rest. However before Nat allowed them to voice any complaints the wizard turned around quickly with his assault rifle and opened fire unleashing a hail of led smashing into the albino rabbits as they slid through turning them into a nice red paste until eventually there were no more.
"Get off me you idiots" Reorganising themselves from their tangled up mess of limbs the group quickly got up and put their weapons in their hands ready for a possible fight.
"It appears that we are now in the place where the Alves kept secret however it is strange that we didn't encounter many more foes normally a trip like this should have taken at least a week rather than several hours". Finally pulling herself up Silver glanced at the area that she now found herself in and agreed with the head banker as they observed the decorative patterns that littered the hallways they found themselves in.
"Do you think we found one of those secret entrances" Looking back at his memories from Tigers comment Nat started to believe that this was a possible theory for why they were in the place they now found themselves in. Secret entrances were a kind of Easter egg that enabled people to bypass all the monsters and get straight to the difficult foes such as the floor bosses essentially allowing raid groups to do what they wanted faster rather than spending as ridiculous amount of time fighting weak enemies just to get to the raid zone. Of course they were rare and incredibly difficult to even locate but it would seem that he and the rest of the BEF had managed to locate one bypassing what could have been thousands of monsters and get into the main base.
"Its possible I can feel we're close" Staying silent Kinjo elected to just follow the wizard as he advanced forward his gun drawn ready to shoot down any possible remaining enemies and with how important these wards were it was likely they would be highly defended from the base.
"Hey does anybody else feel strange I don't know how to explain it but it's this weird thing I keep feeling" Speaking slowly Tiger looked at the rest of the members as they advanced forward he didn't know how to explain it but it was unlike anything he had felt before but also like it was a part of his body.
"Yeah me too anyone have a clue, boss" Ignoring Yorick's question as he focused on the ambient magic of this place Nat kept looking around every corner they came across with incredibly discipline ready to shoot any target they came across . Of course there was nothing as they advanced forward no empty rooms or doors at all but rather just multiple hall ways branching off and the feeling of the ambient magic getting stronger and stronger as they got closer to it.
"You are feeling the magic in this place it is likely that since you have never felt this before that you are unable to explain it" The calm but stoic answer of Kinjo got the group to watch the wizard confused as he didn't react in anyway almost as if he either wasn't troubled by the strange feeling or that he was incredibly use to it by now since it would be impossible to ignore.
"Well if that's the case what's all this magic coming from" Much to his annoyance Yorick didn't receive a reply nor did Silver when she asked the same question in fact much to their shock both the wizard and the banker remained utterly silent as they carried on.
20 minutes later
Pausing in front of the crystal door Nat waited for the rest of his group to arrive in silence all the while he took in the feeling of this magic more deeply. The magic here like it had been in the cathedral and guild hall was old not entirely ancient like the Romans, Greeks or Egyptians but it was till old and powerful with many uses. There seemed to be a last ditch security option for this place although he wasn't aware of what it was but now that he was just outside this room he was able to tell what this place had been before his arrival. A magical beating heart the amount of magic this place had just behind that door was more than he had ever felt in his entire life leaps and bounds of what even he had however it flowed in different areas just like a heart pumping blood through the body.
As such it regulated the amount of magic that some areas got such as the strength of the magical barrier protecting the city above, the power of the natural defences that this location had to protect it or even the rules that enforced who or who couldn't buy property in the city.
"Boss we're here are you ready to go" Nodding as his teammate the wizard got into position standing against a wall his weapon bared as Silver kicked the door down throwing a flash bang in before then advancing forward where she immediately began opening fire. Pushing himself off the wall Nat threw in a couple of smoke grenades using his night vision goggles to allow him to see through the smoke and engage what appeared to be stone statues with incredibly large swords unfortunately for them though explosive bullets beat stone blasting them apart and turning them into small little pebbles that littered the floor.
Now inside the room through and without any type of threats he could really start to feel the full force of the magic as it got pumped all around the city and right in the centre of this beautiful stone carved room sat a pedestal in of which he guessed were the runes. Wasting no time in getting to the pedestal the wizard alongside the banker rushed up the stairs silently before stopping where Kinjo than pulled out a small dagger he had been carrying with him.
After taking out the knife the half alv placed the edge of the blade in his palm before slicing down allowing his blood to fall onto the pedestal before he then started chanting in his own language. After the man had allowed his life essence to drip down onto a very old magical device and began the process of handing over the ownership of the wards he then passed the bladed weapon over to the wizard. As he accepted the knife Nat allowed his magic to flow through him this exchange would be monumental with control of the wards he would have full control of the city able to restrict or allow anything that he wished to do. That type of power would be immense and could be used for either good or ill and as time went on he could change the wards so that they could adjust with what was needed.
Still going back to the task at hand he accepted the dagger given to him and then like Kinjo had done he gently sliced his palm allowing his blood to start pooling out however instead of allowing it to drip he grabbed hold of the pedestal allowing the blood to be absorbed directly in. As the blood was absorbed into the old stone he started to feel the old magic begin hooking itself onto his magical core and the feelings of wards take hold of his senses enabling him to feel certain things. One of these things was the restriction against fighting in public as a group of people begin to fight and then as the natural barriers prevented the fight by enabling the magical guards to arrive and stop the violence by killing the people who had tried the crime.
"It is done the magical seal is now yours to command" Accepting the half Alvs hand Nat quickly healed both of their hands allowing the blood to flow back inside not even leaving a single stain of blood as the sliced skin healed over quickly like nothing had ever happened.
"Thank you for your assistance as I said earlier all you have to do is same home and you'll be back with your people"
"You are welcome I am also thankful for your offer of protection I hope that we will carry on our business in the future" Taking the hand held mirror Kinjo stepped back and then after muttering the words he disappeared using the form of magical travel to return quickly back to his people likely so that he could inform them of what had occurred.
"So boss what was all that about?" After respectfully remaining silent Yorick popped the question looking at the teenager confused as to why they were here although he didn't react to the portkey since he had been both shown and experienced that type of magic when working with his boss before. While he had been curious about the magic and wishing to learn more it did become rather obvious however that the wizard would not be sharing his knowledge on the matter instead telling him to just go along with things.
"It was just an agreement we had and the same goes for you now that we're here you can enjoy the rest of the day back in the city I'm going to be a while and you're going to get bored" Despite the calm tone Yorick couldn't help but have the small feeling that this magic that he was now feeling was somehow important and the main reason for why they were here and yet at the same time he really dint want to be here. It was strange almost as if his body was warning him that this area was dangerous and forbidden and as such was starting to make him quiver even though there was no obvious threat around.
"Okay thanks' boss I'll see you around" Activating his personal portkey Yorick soon found himself leaving the area alongside the rest of his group leaving for a brief moment Nat and Silver alone.
Staring at her boss Silver felt the same thing that Yorick did however unlike him she had a little more insight. During her play though of the game she had come across multiple dungeons that had the type of theme that this one had and they were always related to the mysterious plot of the Alves and their disappearance. It had always been a fun experience learning about the history of this world and yet she knew that whatever this place was located underneath Akihabara that it was important very important. Despite them managing to bypass the vast majority of this dungeons guardians they had all been powerful and if it had not been for the modern weaponry then it would have required more time to get to this point. As such she couldn't help but wonder what this place was for; however she found before she could voice her thoughts, that her mind started thinking about enjoying today's warm weather and grabbing an ice cream while she could and as such in this brief moment she used her port key teleporting back to Akihabara.
Alone and unhindered Nat finally had all the time and privacy he needed to learn and change the wards protecting the citizens and that just left him where to start. First he guessed was to remove the laws about people of the land buying property, it wouldn't have a major effect until later when people would be able to afford such places but now it meant that people could finally own their own home. However while this was good he couldn't allow anyone besides himself to buy up a ridiculous amounts of home and then start renting them out. He wasn't against competition but if somebody else got that much power than it could threaten the social stability especially if that power was used against the citizens or one of the Eastal lords attempted to purchase the city from under its adventurer owners.
Added to this he would also instigate laws preventing anyone from the Plant Hwyaden guild from purchasing anything within the city at all permanently protecting the city. As a result this would mean that even if the round table lost all funds this would prevent Nureha and her lot from taking control of the important buildings and stopping a siege from working.
The second thing he would do would be to put up proper magical shield defences like those used in the battle of Hogwarts. However it would be a case of which ones to use since a defensive array of such scale would require enormous amounts of power and while this place was powerful he seriously doubted that it would have the power to have many wards added. The reason for this was that besides massive amounts being sent around the city already leaving only a small amount to be used for new wards or more likely to be used as a small reserve power in the case of emergencies. And the idea of him single handily putting up a shield that large even with his enormous power compared to before just wasn't possible not unless he likely drained the magic power of multiple other adventurers to give him the sheer raw power that would be required.
As for the plan of pumping any more magic into the already built wards that encountered the same problem as putting up the wards themselves him not being powerful enough. Added to this there was no chance he could get the amount of people to donate the magic he would need without anyone noticing so it left him with a set of choices in what to do with the wards.
The first was to leave things how they were with only minimal changes but leaving the city defenceless from an actual assault especially when the mages started flinging fireballs and blowing up every structure that stood. While not what he would want to do it would mean that he wouldn't have to worry about any power fluctuations that could potential shut down vital services in the city and allow him to create and raise the shield when they were needed. On the other hand while he would save magic power and not put too much stress on the city it did mean that it required him to be at the city if anything occurred something he couldn't guarantee. The other option was to disable unneeded laws and rules using the power that would come from them to fuel the wards he would put up although looking at the ward scheme there was a chance that if he shut down anything that spare power could disappear entirely as it wasn't being used time requiring a certain amount of time before it could be placed back into anything new. Lastly and his preferred option although barely was to use the spare magic that was used in reserve to power the wards however the risk would be great. If anything did occur to the power of the wards such as a surge in use while other facilities were being used than the entire system could shut down.
In all honesty the choices facing him weren't good ones with the third one being the only one that was really viable especially for a war. As for the second he had gained information from Kinjo that if the wards were shut down all together than it would take ten years before there was enough magic built up to restart them. As such he wouldn't like to risk shutting down the entire system now when he was trying to upgrade it and change its purpose to task leaving the third option even though it was highly risky. To try and help solve the massive surge in power especially that a war would cause and thereby likely causing the entire system to short circuit and fail leaving them with no defences at all. He could spend time over the next month every day when he had enough magical power free of pumping a decent amount of his own power into the system and help create a small reserve for it to use. The case was against it was how vulnerable would he be left in that time as well as how much could he spare especially due to him recovering magic at a slower rate leaving him in potential mortal peril if war did come.
Still the first option was the same as the third only differing in when the shields would be put up and if he was distracted he might not get to them in time proving them pointless where as with putting them up now he could gain a better understanding on how much he could contribute for a reserve. Alongside the time he would gain to learn more about the reserve if he did it now or at least waited until it got dark tonight than he could make the modifications to the wards with less people noticing some kind of giant light pulsating. It would also allow him to gain far more power over the rest of the council members if he needed it enabling him to literally prevent anyone he didn't like from doing anything in the city.
With his thoughts going onto the council it was figuring out what to do, he knew that they either didn't like him or were wary of him since he had taken over the politics. They were also biding their time waiting to see if he would fuck up somewhere or try to put in some type of law that would enable them to act against him. For now he didn't wish to act against them, the government they had established was weak at the moment having to rely purely on respect and despite the strength of the guilds involved they hadn't really enforced the rules. At this current moment in time it was a case of strengthening Akihabara and its government if they started to fight between themselves than everything would fall apart.
Plus he strength wasn't as grand as he made it out to be his military at the moment was small and even with modern weaponry it was highly doubtful it would be effective against the top combat guilds when they would be expecting a fight. Economy was his strongest factor at this moment in time it was what had enabled him to gain a place on the round table and allowed him to enact his plans that he had put into place. Also with control of the wards he now fully controlled the city allowing him to prevent people from entering all together of doing anything he didn't want to be done but it still wasn't enough for him to rule. All members of the round table had a part to play and all knew that none of them could run the city purely with their own guilds; the smaller guilds were too small, while they were liked and respected they didn't have the man power to accomplish things instead representing the smaller guilds. The trading guilds were just that using their position to try and help large guilds trade with the people of the land allowing them to make more profit that they could invest in more technology products as for the combat guilds they would just rule with force putting down rebellion and forcing people to join their ranks later on.
As for him in Britannia he faced a few problems one was manpower as despite the amount of people he employed they only did a boring job as working at a store and his military had nowhere near the power to lock down the city. As for economy it was useful giving him significant power thanks to his monopoly on modern products allowing him to stop competitors or refuse service to people but it still wouldn't be enough as his income relied on those who ventured outside the walls. Perhaps if he wished to make things more efficient than he could try to create a shadow government and get rid of the round table and place himself in charge but that would require too much time and at the moment that wasn't something he had. Related to the point of manpower was favourability and respect, Crusty was powerful and had seen battle before, the general populace also liked him and was likely follow the man to war on the other hand he was mysterious and not a social person. No at this moment in time his strengths lay in being the only politician as well as having what would likely become the strongest business alongside control of the cathedral and the wards essentially making him rule the city already.
Even if the rest of the round table turned on him he had still won because while they had boasted about their accomplishments and was loud and proud he had cast an illusion over the rest of the council. Their reaction to Yokosuka was exactly as he planned and it had proved a very valuable piece of information and that was so long as there was an enemy or something that their morals regarded as more dangerous and evil than him then they would work with him. But he wouldn't get careless the winds could change dramatically at any time, he would have to constantly find enemies threats anything that showed his worth to the council cementing him as a reliable partner where the others did not due to their familiarity.
In essence all these points had the same theme to them which was to ensure the social stability of the people located in Akihabara and improve it if possible to gain popularity. So long as the others didn't endanger his plans than he would let things slide for now however if there was need to knock down some of the other council members a few pegs or too than he had control of enough recourses and key locations to shut down the entire city if needed. He just hoped that it wouldn't come down to that a civil war was the last thing the city needed to face now not with Nureha and Eastal sizing them up. No for now the others could go about their business but if it did become a threat than he could have a nice conversation with them over a cup of tea and some cake.
26 June 2027
Minami
"It won't be enough, even with our forces ambushing Akihabara, the AEF (Akihabara Expeditionary Force) and our ships blockading the Yokosuka straight that still leaves any remaining forces the ability to retreat north if they get wind of the attack early" Yet again the government of Westerlande sat round a table as they discussed their plans for conquering Akihabara and then after that the rest of Eastal uniting most of Japan under their rule.
"What would you propose" Looking at one of the other lords the general of the main force Indicus looked at the map of the island nation as she heard the flaw in their battle strategy?
"We need to send forces from the North down to prevent an escape that way as well as maintaining ships around the general coastline we can drop of adventurers if possible allowing us to ambush them" There was silence as the people in charge of the strategy looked at the map and counted their options in all truthfulness there was a major problem with this plan becoming ever more complex
"Where do we get the forces we've already detached twenty thousand commoners and two thousand adventurers from the main army to man ships and strike Maihama? If you want to get forces from the north attacking south than we would have to detach more troops from the main force and even more for the ability to hug the coastlines". Staying Silent Nureha looked at the map as she planned her strategy since it had been first designed it had changed quite a bit instead of just going on a purely offensive movement to Akihabara while sending another set of adventurers to distract the AEF it had now changed to carry out strikes on other targets.
"Detach an extra three thousand Adventurers to crew the ships around the coastline if they try to escape by water we'll know" Eyes widened as they looked at their queen and the change in tactics yet alone the amount of man power what was being taken away from the main force. "Also detach an additional thirty thousand men for ships they will raid the coastal cities and towns. As soon as strong force of adventurers comes to challenge them they will retreat back in their boats and sail to some new destination and raid there".
"But your grace that alongside the strike at Maihama will take away half of our entire strength assaulting Akihabara and what about the north how will we strike from the north we can't afford to lose any more man power". As all eyes turned to their voluptuous queen their minds begging for answers on how to solve the upcoming problem especially since the massive change to the plan would take quite some time to deal with yet alone in logistics.
"We won't strike from the North ourselves but instead we will use allies" The landers in the room blinked in confusion as did some of the adventurers as they couldn't think of a single ally that they possessed mostly due to them conquering everyone left right and centre.
"Hokkaido has since become a hub for players who have no wish for the current political schemes of Eastal and other places if we were to ally ourselves with them." Realising what would occur quickly the one in charge of the entire battle plan spoke up a small smile on his face as he realised that if this plan was pulled of correctly than they would win without doubt.
"Than ewe would likely have a large group of adventurers hammering the northern defences which means that even of the AEF does defeat our distraction than they will have to choose between battling north or head south". There were nods round the table as they could mentally see the events of the upcoming war in their favour and the devastating defeat of the round table conference.
"The AEF will likely head south that is where Akihabara and Maihama is located but if we are able to continue on with the research and create a mobile cathedral than perhaps we can force them to retreat to Akihabara" Indicus commented dryly as she took a glance at the map there plan was now one of great encirclement they were still going to keep their plan of trying to break Akihabara economically but by also hitting key trading ports and seizing the city that would lead them nobody to trade with and that wasn't even the whole plan.
"Correct but we would prefer to annihilate the AEF once that is completed or we push them to Akihabara than there won't be any force that can oppose us, allowing the troops on the ships to disembark and loot the rest of Eastal" Again there were grins as they thought about their much improved plans and the consequences although there was still a small amount of doubt in one of the lords eyes. "Lord Malvis you have concerns" Speaking gently Nureha turned to one of her supporters curious about what the man was so troubled about with this upcoming battle plan.
"Not a concern with the tactics themselves your grace doing it this way will prevent any strong opposition combating our plans as with the goblin invasion every city and town will be isolated. However would it not be better to go in as defenders of the people preventing them from being cut down and gaining their loyalty rather than burning their fields and poisoning their water supplies" Continuing her gentle smile Nureha complimented the change but shook her head in disagreement.
"No there is bad blood between Eastal and Westerlande they wouldn't accept me as ruler without force and the news that Maihama would fall will likely scare the rest of the lords into surrendering. Not to mention there have been mutterings of an uprising here by showing a crushing force of power we send the rebels hiding" Nodding his head in respect the man leaned back in his chair as he looked at the strategy frowning slightly at the other problem he had with it but he had already brought that up and been dismissed.
"Very well my lady however I feel it is my duty to still mention that do you truly believe that a thousand adventurers will be enough to handle the upcoming crisis with the rest of our army away it does leave us vulnerable" There was a silent glare from Indicus as he brought up the subject again as well as a few sighs from the rest of the group however the beautiful queen had ignored them instead continuing to put on her kind persona for the man who's constant questioning of her plan had forced her to revaluate her strategy and change it to make it more viable and deadly while also keep it to what she had wanted originally.
"One thousand will be more than enough; unlike Akihabara, which will be in a sudden hurry and act with haste as they try to look good for the Eastal nobility. We have planned and prepared this there won't be any problems of being overrun". Finally falling silent lord Malvis nodded one last time before deciding at least for this current moment in time to remain quiet so that the rest of the strategy could be rehearsed with the leading members of the government.
"It's a good plan but how do we get enough ships to transport that many people" Glaring at the man Indicus gave the response.
"Conscript everyone who has the skill and those who have either a useless one or not chosen one yet will be made to start building enough ships both metal and wood for our invasion. At the same time conscript anyone who isn't working to help build the ships we only have a short amount of time to build the necessary ships for the invasion. " With the dark glare being sent there way the rest of the nobility showed their obedience by bowing their heads not noticing the slight sadistic smile on the maids face or the calm but deadly gaze of Hanaka as she watched in silence.
"It will be done your grace now do we have any news about how the AEF has been performing in Yokosuka" All eyes turned to the queen as they expected a report from their spies about just how effective this quickly drawn together group of adventurers had been doing so far.
"They have wiped nearly all monster life from the peninsula and ships are able to get to Maihama more often now without trouble; they will likely have completed their goal by the end of today and head back to Akihabara arriving tomorrow". Nobody said anything as they quickly thought back to the initial projections of how long it would take them to clear out the entire area.
"Its a week faster than we thought but it still won't be enough to deal with us in the upcoming war. Do we know who the main players were?" Learning the main players of this makeshift army was important since when the war finally arrived they could figure out who they needed to deal with first possibly allowing for a full route as their commanding officers would be useless.
"The main battle commander was Crusty the leader of D.D.D and the Head strategist was Shiroe the other round table guilds besides Britannia became smaller command structures leading the troops in their area" Nodding slowly but also confused the rest of the group started to think about the store and its products. According to the information they had gathered the mysterious tower sold modern cars that apparently had unlimited fuel but they were also dam expensive since Britannia was the only place where a person could buy fuel forcing people into having to purchase the unlimited fuel option that cost a lot more.
"And what of Britannia's leader do we know anything about their activities over the last week" Indicus frowned as she remembered the most recently transferred information it didn't prove well for their initial invasion plans of purchasing the cathedral while the main force was out.
"We know that they managed to purchase the cathedral a few hours before our money came through preventing our purchase. Apparently he managed to get the money needed via a lone from the Bank meaning that the Eastal Kunie tribe will be supporting them instead of us" Once again Nureha was met by annoyed faces as her plans were put on hold slightly well it was a bit more than slightly.
"In that case your grace we will have to detach yet another contingent of the army to deal with the Kunie tribe. If they have a similar arrangement to our own than they would be given an infinite source of gold preventing any type of economic siege; If we want to take Akihabara we will have to take over the Eastal Kunie tribe" Sighs were the general reaction as Malvis stated the changes that would need to occur likely weakening the plans they already possessed to strike Akihabara. However Nureha looked at the young lord that had only recently come under her employ and smiled gently getting the dark haired young man to blush slightly.
"Well Lord Malvis what would you suggest we do with our forces" Looking at the map in more detail with many places labelled the young soldier quickly thought up of a plan.
"I would detach ten thousand men and one thousand adventurers from the main force and sail them around to the Kunie tribe's home; once there we will sack the city and force their leader to give up their gold supplies. Once that has been accomplished force them to march back to Akihabara with the siege the same thing the groups hitting Maihama as soon as the capital falls head towards Akihabara and join the siege. As for our Air Force I would recommend sending the entire group to hit the AEF. With the combined might of dragons and our most powerful adventurers alongside the death crystals and we can cripple Akihabara's fighting force but I would also recommend that as soon as the AEF is defeated that the dragons fly ahead to Akihabara and start burning anything that isn't important to the ground. As for our ships once the coastal cities and towns are destroyed I would then deploy the fleet to attack any ships sailing that did not bear our flag preventing any ships to approach Yamato as well as denying an possible rescue attempts being made whether from Yamato or outside of our shores. Added to this strategy I would then deploy the forces on those ships which aren't used to crew them back onto the ground and support any forces in the local areas or to attack any targets that they may be close to Also with possible support from the North adventurers there could sack cities coming south forcing any survivors to Akihabara and our main force ending them or forcing them to bend the knee. Once all remaining forces are located in Akihabara we will begin a large assault combined with the dragons we will turn the city to ash if needed also we have gained information on how to disable a magical seal allowing for us to fight within the city walls. Finally once Akihabara bends the knee I would have our remaining forces deal with any remaining goblins and rebels wiping them out with that main land Yamato would be yours the rest of the people will bend the knee and we can take Hokkaido with little difficulty. The plan is likely due to succeed since while our individual forces may be small they will still outnumber anything that Akihabara will throw at us as well as being better trained, equipped and have a cause to fight for.
A clap was heard in response immediately all eyes turned to their grace applauding him a typical sultry smile on her face as she looked at her new strategist he may not have been Shiroe but she would get him later. Moments after the other lords and ladies in the room started clapping at his battle tactics as smiles adorned these faces and their minds thought back on their new battle plan they couldn't help but be impressed.
"Well done lord Malvis you may be young but you certainly are deserving of your fathers title here come with me as for now the court is dismissed" Standing up quickly and giving a respectful nod in return the other members of the military planning group soon found themselves leaving the room even Hanaka since she knew what she had to do.
"Your Grace is there something you wished to speak to me about" Struggling to keep his eyes on his queens beautiful pools the young twenty year old struggled not to react as he saw his queen lay back on the war table in a rather sexual way all the while fluttering her eyes at him. Grinning in return to his reaction Nureha stood back up grasping the man's hand in her own before dragging him off.
"You proved yourself today Lord Malvis I'm sure your father would have been proud of you had he seen your accomplishment" At the mention of his father Malvis couldn't help but feel guilty as well as upset in his mind he should have been there to rescue him from those Eastal bastards.
"It is my pleasure to serve you your grace I only wish that father had seen me before those people from Eastal executed him for treason when you are the rightful queen of Yamato" All of a sudden the young lord felt a gentle hand on his face instinctively he saw the pale but incredibly beautiful woman looking at him with incredible concern in those beautiful eyes. Eyes that he couldn't help but love for their beauty like a beautiful jewel in the night sky and her skin that silky soft skin touching his being.
"I know and that is why I am going to reward you" Looking at the woman slightly confused due to those words since why would she reward him for only doing his job to her.
"Your grace?" Nureha smirked as she heard that innocent tone, despite the young man fighting and killing people he still maintained a certain innocence, one that while she wouldn't directly take from him however it would soon be taken from him ripping, anything away that might hinder his performance.
"Your father served me well for the short time that we knew each other and he would so often speak proudly of you as the next heir of his house" Malvis blushed slightly at the praise he was receiving from the beautiful woman in front of him. "Smart, strong, cunning and resourceful and more importantly a brilliant tactician in the making. It was because of your father that I gave you the mock battle plans and asked you to change them and when they go into effect allowing us to take what is rightfully ours you will be handsomely rewarded" Smiling to himself as he realised that he was serving his house proud but also sad at the loss of his father the young lord and strategist continued to watch his queen diligently.
"I shall forever be loyal to you, no matter what happens whether it be death imprisonment of being lost I shall forever serve you until my last dying day. ,y life is yours to command whatever the quest shall be I will not disappoint you for the things you have done for me and my family" Gently smiling at the young lad in return Nureha feel proud of her work she had a good tactician under her belt not as good as Shiroe the man she would make hers but one that with the limited recourses of Akihabara would enable her to take her deepest desire. She would make Shiroe's hers and anyone who opposed her would be turned to ash and even if the man rejected her at first she would make him love her. It didn't matter what she would have to do kill all his friends and guild burn down his city tear down his mind and restructure it with her being the most important thing in his life in the end it didn't matter because he would be hers.
"You are a fine young man Malvis Issei (Last name than First) and besides the qualities that your father signalled you out for you are also handsome I know that there would be a great amount of women who would wish to rip your clothes off and bed you for hours on end". Issei's face blushed bright red as he realised what his queen was saying especially as she licker her lips while her eyes raked over his entire body like a piece of meat. Sure he knew that he had always been considered handsome or at least that what his mother and father had called him but the queen was giving those strange reactions that the other girls gave him. For some reason that look made him feel weird but in a good way like if he acted on those strange looks than he would experience something he had never thought possible.
"Your father was a great man he built your house from the ground up and had you taught by the best intuitions so you could carry on his legacy however due to your strict training you were unable to enjoy some of the pleasures that life entails" Now Malvis could fell her hands snaking around his body and specifically around his legs and torso as they approached a door then he found himself walking straight through the empty door.
"Your grace?" There was no reaction as he felt a strong yank from his trousers by the beautiful woman leaving them to fall down however before speaking again he heard a chuckle. Instantly looking towards the direction that it emanated from the young handsome man found himself looking at seven beautiful naked women all staring at him lustfully.
"Continue to serve me well and I will reward you" With a small peck on his cheek the man found himself dumbstruck as his queen walked out of the room leaving him alone as the seven beautiful women descended on him their desire to make him a man.
"Your Grace?" There was only a chuckle in response from his queen before the door to the room was shut leaving the queen to her devices but strangely he didn't care as he found himself being utterly distracted by the sight in front of him.
"Come on lover boy lets have fun" And with that the still nervous young lord forgot about all other things as he partook in the queen reward.
Minami
"That went easier than expected men are such pathetic creatures to control offer him sex and there in your grasp" Looking down to where Hanaka had just landed Nureha couldn't help but sigh in all honesty she didn't understand her hatred for everything male sure the hatred for a person who was somewhat responsible for your families death was justified but not the entire species.
"if they were so weak Hanaka then they wouldn't have dominated world history until recently and more importantly I've seen the way you have been harassing the guards" Flinching as she looked at her friend Hanaka started to feel scared as she heard he queen berate her on her attitudes on things. "They are our soldier you can just threaten them and belittle them because they are male and what will you do when I bring my lover back will you threaten him too "By now the typical kind and caring tone that Nureha used to endear herself to people change to that of an angry woman but rather than boiling hot her voice had only been realised while her eyes stared daggers into her guardians face.
"If he dares to lay a single hand on your body I'll"
Slap
"You will do no such thing" Looking up the typical stoic expression of Hanaka turned to one of surprise never had she been hit but Nureha not once and never had she heard such firm and threatening words. "We are friends Hanaka we helped each other through our tough times but if you ever threaten my Shiroe again I will end this friendship the same way as we started with me killing you and you resurrecting back at the cathedral". Wide eyes looked at her fox tail friend the one who had allowed her to cry on when she told the story of how her family was killed and about how it was all that British bastards fault by humiliating her sister in a duel was now turning on her.
"I will not allow anyone to hurt you" Shouting back desperate to defend her actions she felt herself start to tear up ever so slightly she couldn't allow her friend to get hurt not after what had happened to her. "You are too important to me like a sister I never had I won't allow some enchanter from Akihabara take you away" Expecting to be yelled at again for her outburst the smaller girl found her head quickly smashed between her friends boobs where they started to take away her oxygen due to the size.
"Hanaka I appreciate that all you want to do is look after me I do but I can handle myself and I have a plan besides Shiroe is too much of a gentleman to do anything to harm me" Once again Hanaka found herself looking gat the kind eyes of her queen looking at her and without hesitation accepted the embrace bring her arms around the larger woman and cuddling up to her. "Besides this is your chance to permanently kill that boy who killed your sister you have more things to worry about".
"I know but I love you big sister please don't ever leave me not after what happened"
"I won't you can be assured of that" And with that the two of them ended their brief moment making up after an argument and their minds focusing onto what was important.
"In that case your grace I will make sure that your ship is prepared to depart for Hokkaido tomorrow" Giving a brief but deep Japanese bow the assassin quickly disappeared behind her scarf but smile broadly as she went to help her new big sister.
Maihama
"Grandfather you called me here" With a gentle curtsy the beautiful young teenager known as Rayneshia joined her father as he looked at the night sky overlooking the city they ruled.
"Rayneshia it has been decided that alongside your debut at the Ice Palace in August the leaders of the Round Table will also attend" Bowing her head in respect the young girl walked forward so that she could also enjoy the beauty of the night sky.
"I guess I shall prepare my manners and dancing than grandfather if we are to be holding such prestigious guests" Smiling at the girl he called his granddaughter Serjiad couldn't help but feel ever so slightly for the girl. With the world how it was she would never be able to achieve anything with her life besides looking pretty and eventually being sold off to the most important person to the highest bidder. She knew this as well and was likely one of the causes of her laziness and dislike of formal events something that should not happen but he allowed anyways.
"Indeed but be warned that the young Lord Adventurer we have me is different to the others and as such you should be expected that the others from the round table will not know the proper manners" Bowing her head in respect before giving her answer the blue haired princess thought about the events.
"I shall keep that in mind grandfather I thank you for your warning" And with that the princess left after a silent gesture from the duke allowing the man to think about other things like who would he marry the girl off to.
So we get to have a look of well a lack of Nats plans towards dealing with the others since hes more concerned about stability of the government that tearing it apart as well as a change in tactics for Nureha
