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Chapter 45

The shouting of crude words directed to nameless lords whose arrogance could not see what was in front of them brought a sense of exhaustion to king Ramposa III. Day after day, he would listen to what his loyal subjects had to say, but now, the things he has heard were not good. He was not blind. Ramposa III could see what was going on around the world. But why now? Who was the puppeteer of this? The old king was not sure. Yet he understood the need to do something. If not, well, a long winter awaits him. A winter, Ranpossa was not sure he would survive.

"Your majesty, please do something about this!" One lord said.

Ramposa sighed at the sight of the lords who were awaiting him to say something. Another nameless lord trying to force things? Or perhaps another fool? Well, these days are hard to distinguish between each other. The old king thought with a grim look on his face.

"What do you suggest, my lord?" He asked.

"War! Your majesty we must march to war!" The lord yelled and such words brought an uproar to not only those who agreed with him but those who disagreed with him. The opposition scowled at the lord.

"War you say?! Are you trying to destroy the kingdom with such action! The fools like you will bring the downfall of all of us!" Another lord replied.

"What do you say to me?! Don't you know who I am!"

"A fool with an ugly mustache and an even uglier wife!"

"How dare you!"

"You don't know how to respect your betters?!"

"Silence, you maggot!"

The barrage of insults continues for a while, as the king couldn't do anything else but watch. Even amid danger and war, the Re-Estize Kingdom nobles couldn't find a common ground. The root of everything gone wrong within the kingdom was here. Before the king, moving, eating, and taking advantage of those below them. Was he a righteous king? If he couldn't stop the worms from eating a corpse? King Ranpossa did not delude himself into believing otherwise. He was far from an exemplary monarch. Perhaps the fault lies with me and my incompetence to lead them. But whatever it is the case, a war, it's not good. It will destroy us. Ramposa thought.

"Father, please allow me to speak."

Ramposa stared at his oldest son, the crown prince.

"My son, what is in your mind?" Ranpossa asked.

The prince smirked proudly at his father, knowing full well he was right about what was coming.

"Father, we should prepare ourselves for what it's coming. A war is approaching us, whatever we like it or not. I, as the crown prince, will lead our troops to the battlefield when it comes!" He said arrogantly.

Ramposa, however, couldn't feel good about his oldest son going to war. If he were to die, then the crown would fall to his second-oldest son. Prince Zanac. The king felt a headache coming, seeing that his son had his supporters following his every step. From what could he see, neither of the dozen nobles behind Barbro had enough wit or intelligence to help his son if he were to go to war. Just like the rest, many of them only dressed nicely, with big armors of silver and other gems. To parade around the city as if they were conquerors. Some of them couldn't even fight properly, even if their lives depended on it.

Allowing his son to go to war, to lead armies, was out of the question.

"My son, I know you fire and your pride. But I can't allow you to go to war. If you die in the battlefield, what would happen to the kingdom? To the throne?" Ramposa said.

"Father, if you worry for me dying, fear not! I have only the best warriors at my side!"

"Still, I can't allow our future to be in danger."

"But father, I must lead the armies and our people! It's my duty as the heir!"

Ramposa sighed, as his words seemed to not reach his son's mind. He glances at his side, where Gazeff was standing still, just like usual. The eyes of the warrior captain seemed to be lost, deep in thought. The king wondered what was he thinking at the moment. He would ask him later.

"My son, there is still hope for peace. The Baharuth empire has yet to move. From what the reports say, they are having problem of their own. The Bloody Emperor has his hand full with the wave of slavers entering the empire's borders."

For the king of Re-Estize, to hear such problems were emerging from a place as the Baharuth empire, was bizarre. The young emperor was not a person who would allow such a thing to happen before him without him knowing. After all, he was a bright person. Capable of moving ahead of others and having capable advisors. So why is this happening? King Ramposa thought. Surely he would have already located the source of the problems by now. It's clear many of those slavers come from Re-Estize, and abroad. What is he waiting for? What type of information is he searching for?

Ramposa pondered about such intriguing questions. So much was happening around him lately. The slavers were just one part of the problem. There was also the sudden tranquility around his kingdom. The streets were safer now since many of the slavers flee the capital after the demons attacked. Then, the whole food they were saving for winter disappeared from everyone's sight. And to make things worse for him, someone stole a big part of the royal gold. As if they were trying to make things harder for the kingdom.

Did I anger the gods? Or someone is trying to destroy us?

Ramposa couldn't shake the horrible feeling of hopelessness. "What can I do?"

"That's a better reason, father! Now that the empire is having problems of their own, we should attack them! They will never expect us to move first. Please father, it's time to show the empire, that the Re-Estize Kingdom it will not tolerate such threats!"

Countless nobles followed the crown princes' roars of war. Yet those who didn't share his belief could only stare. It had to be pointed out that the ones against the crown prince weren't any better. They, in fact, couldn't care less about the war. What they wanted was to control more of the kingdom. They wanted to wait until supporting a war. So they could block administrative powers to themselves. And right now, they weren't close to achieving it.

Having slavers running around, making a fuss, brought a new opportunity for them to move in the shadows. Gaining more land and properties for themselves. A war could disturb their activities for now.

"A war would ruin us!"

A noble said, with the most hypocritical voice someone could hear.

"The crown princes should understand his people better."

"Someone should explain the prince the numbers, we can't afford to go to war."

The crown prince, Barbro, sneered at them, hating being told what could he do or not do. He was the prince, future king of Re-Estize. No one but himself could tell him what could he do.

"How dare you to speak to me?! You all should know your place! I'm the crown prince! The future king!" Barbro yelled.

"That's right!"

"We should execute all of you for treason! How dare you talk to the prince like that?!"

"Don't you know your place!"

Ramposa let another sigh as the insults continued. "Enough!" The king said.

Everyone got quiet at the sound of the old king's voice, even his son grew silent. "Whatever the empire is the responsible for our problem or not. We can't march to war without having all the information. So far, we don't know what the empire is planning, or their objectives. The slavers there are surely making problems for the emperor. That's why I will reinforce the borders and start conscripting our force. But it will only protect us from an attack. I will not be the one starting the fight. It's that understood?" The king said.

Some lords grumble while other stares. The king's words were enough to satisfy both sides. However, it didn't fix the core problems of it all. And the king knew it.

"As your say, father. I will get only the best soldiers!" Barbro said.

"So be it, keep me inform about our status."

The king prayed for a solution to his problems. The annual war with the empire was going to be a lot different from this time around. But how different? Ramposa couldn't say. The sun is setting soon, and I hope my kingdom and family survive the darkness. I hope we survive the night. The king thought with a somber look on his face.

At Nazarick, in the Amphitheatre, Galadriel stared at the formation of the guardians. Even if they could fight one on one, with some reservation, may she add. They weren't clearly in shape to fight as a team; it worried her. Working as a team was difficult, and she knew it.

"Team work is essential while raiding a dungeon, they must learn how to work around each other strength, and cover each other weakness."

Galadriel sat down on an elegant chair on top of the Amphitheatre, watching her guardian's training.

The homunculus maid brought all her favorite cakes and drinks, while she inspected the progress of guardians' training. Yet, she ate little as she was thinking about her old days.

When Galadriel started playing Yggdrasil she thought, like the rest, that the higher the damage the better. An incredible noob thing to think about. Since there were a lot of stats, someone must think about it while facing an opponent. Not only Damage Output, but mobility, armor, magic resistance. Range MP and so much more. For example, support players had a wide variety of abilities to make team fights and composition incredibly powerful. And their job was not to do damage. Yet they were the vital part of a team. That's why her job was to kill them.

Punitto Moe, who in Galadriel's opinion, merits him with the success of Ainz Ooal Gown in the earliest days. Taught her how to play her role better than she thought was possible. He was the one who advised her how to build her stats and items properly.

The way his mind worked still bewildered, even now. Some of his strategies were amazing, and his patience to teach and to deal with some members of the guild. Inspire Galadriel to do her best.

That's why she had to do her best to teach the guardians how to work as a unit.

"The lack of coordination, it's worrisome, and they don't listen to each other voice."

Having Shalltear, Cocytus, Mare, and Aura trying to work together as a team, was proving to be an arduous task. Cocytus wanted to have glory for himself, making it hard to track his movements and abilities. The guardian of the 5th floor could harm people around him if he was not careful with his stances. Especially his teammates.

"Cocytus needs to know the range of his attacks and how to use them properly. He could do more damage and faster, if he allowed himself to coordinate his basic attacks with his [Cutting Wind] ability. And with [Self-Enhancement] the overall damage would increase."

Galadriel then saw a shy, Mare only buffing his sister. The cute dark-elf seemed too timid to do more, and that was a bad thing. Mare had the biggest damage output of them all. And while he could also work as the support with high DPS. There was much more he could do.

"He needs to raise his voice more," Galadriel whispered.

Then she saw how Aura and Shalltear were again arguing about who should go forth. Making no sense, Aura was not a frontline, but the other way around. In fact, their best formation was Shalltear at the front while Cocytus cover her rear. Then Aura would have her beast covering their flanks while she was covering Mare back with her range. That was the basic form, and they were not capable of doing it correctly.

"What would Punitto Moe say, if he was in this situation?" Galadriel wondered.

"My lady?"

Galadriel turned around to see Sebas looking at her with a confused expression.

"Ah, I apologize, was I speaking out loud?"

"Yes, my lady, you were."

Galadriel groaned but said nothing more. She took another sip of her tea as she kept on watching at her guardian's trying to come to an agreement of sorts. Something she knew it would not reach to anything.

"They need more experience," Galadriel said.

"My lady?" Sebas asked.

"Ah! Sorry, again thinking out loud. Nothing to worry about, my dear. Just concern about my guardians' lack of teamwork recently. Shalltear and Aura kept on arguing, and Cocytus and Mare are not doing anything to stop it. If an enemy were in front of them, he would have demolished them. That's why, I'm worry about them," Galadriel said.

"Don't you think they are improving, my lady?" Sebas asked.

Galadriel laughed at the idea of it. It was a sad laugh too. "Not at all, I'm afraid," she said.

Galadriel would need to get in touch with Demiurge before they could do something about it. What she knew, without a doubt, was that her guardians needed more experience fighting as a team. But how?

"Maybe I could find lesser monster for them to fight? Or maybe… I could summon a few ones? Like level 85 or something. It would give them something to hit and to learn from. Mm, I like this!" Galadriel thought in joy.

The Demon Empress would set up a practice meeting, in which she would use a few summon items. It would allow for an interesting experiment. Yet among all the training of the guardians, there were a few other things that require her attention. Soon, her agents would start pushing things in the Baharuth Empire and the Re-Estize kingdom. First would be an ambush to a noble family in the Empire. A few nobodies who were supporters of the Bloody Emperor. That would force him to act.

The evidence left there would lead him to the kingdom. Making him act more openly against them.

On the other side of the continent, her agents would start creating more chaos in the ranks of the nobility in the Re-Estize, something easy to do, since many of them were stupid fat lords craving for power. Corruption would eat alive those at the top. And slowly, she would lead both factions to war. But before that happens, she has to show her divinity to all of them.

Pandora's Actor, Albedo and Demiurge were all in the same mind. They wanted it to be glorious. However, there has to be a sense of expectation. Meaning they had to leak her revival to the world, only a small part. Galadriel would expect many to laugh at the absurd idea of it. Yet she was sure it would work. Down in the south, things were going to change soon. Those girls would start a campaign to announce her glory to the world. It would take some time, but she trusted those girls to do an outstanding job.

"My free time will stop soon. Mm, what should I do now? The empire and kingdom business will start until the next week. Ah, then there is the whole practice. Wow, I'm indeed very busy person now!" Galadriel said.

Sebas and some of the homunculus maids stared with concern looks as they see their lady speaking to herself. Not like they knew how the mind of a supreme being works, but they were worried for their lady's health.

"My lady, would you like another piece of cake?" Sebas asked.

Galadriel, still deep in thought, only nodded. "Mm, yes," she only said.

Whatever was in their lady's mind, it would surely be for the good of all of them.

On the other side of the continent, in the capital of the Baharuth Empire. Arche could only stare at her sisters with relief and sadness. Since she got them back, the girls were waking in the middle of the night, screaming and crying for her. It was not only a day they were in the hands of those disgusting slavers, but it was enough to break them. Arche was furious at the fact she could do nothing about it.

Some powerful families protected the slavers. Making it hard to just remove them.

"If I was stronger…" Arche said.

The ex-Foresight member sighed, defeated. She was tired too. But there was so much for her to do yet. With that in mind, she left quietly the room, so she would not wake her sisters up.

Arche walked to the living room where the strange girl who saved her sister's lives was eating.

"Miss Espinela, can I talk with you?" Arche asked.

The girl stared at her with those deep golden eyes and nodded. "Alright, what do you want?" The girl asked.

"I just want to thank you for what you did for me. There is no way I can repay you for what you did for me! I will give you the gold back, I swear it to you!" Arche said.

The other girl only huffed at the sight before her.

"You don't have to pay me anything, idiot. I did it because I wanted to, nothing more."

"But the amount of gold you gave them! It's too much!" Arche exclaimed.

"I know, and like I say, it's not a problem."

"But-but…!"

"Enough, I say I don't care!" Miss Espinela said with an annoyed look on her face.

Arche could only stare at the girl before her, with mixed feelings, but there was one that she couldn't explain. The girl could be so cold sometimes, and others, she would do anything to help you. Arche was sure, that, miss Espinela was just a girl who wanted a friend.

"Why? You could have just turn me down…"

Miss Espinela, or as she was better known, Rubedo the most powerful guardian in Nazarick growled at the human girl. There was only one reason for her helping her. And it was because she wanted to make her suffer, to see her fail in the future. But it was so hard to act as she cares, or well, she cared. Not truly, since she wanted to play with Archer more, like a lion just playing with his food before eating it.

Rubedo honestly was frustrated. The girl with blue eyes and blonde hair frustrated her to no end.

"That's what friends are for…" Rubedo said, almost gritting her teeth. But what came next took her by surprise.

"Thank you!" Arche said while hugging her, and not only that, Arche kissed Rubedo's cheeks.

"I will never forget what you have done for me."

Arche smiled at Rubedo. She kissed her cheeks as thanks and nothing more. It was part of their culture, to thank somebody with a kiss on the cheeks. However, the girl did not know what she has done.

Rubedo stared bewildered at the girl who dared to kiss her. How dare she?! Only my big sister has ever kissed my cheeks! How dare she! Rubedo then remembered the words of the supreme one to be careful around other kids. She realized how much of a fool she was. Her acting has led to other things, and now she was finally suffering the consequences.

My sister told me that kisses coming from other people besides family it's a sign of love! This girl loves me! She wants to have my babies! I don't want to have babies! Oh, no! Albedo, it's going to kill me! What should I do?! This human girl wants to marry me!

Rubedo, the most powerful NPC in Nazarick, was an idiot.