Chapter 36
At the same time with the previous chapter, inside Thanatos Tower.....
In one of the biggest hall in Thanatos Tower, Thanatos Phantom was seen standing beside a round table alongside Albert Gahn & Lord of Death. Beelzephir The Chaos has made it clear that he needs to talk with his commanders. The two are currently waiting for their companions to start the meeting. "Looks like no one really came, huh?" Albert Gahn commented the current situation, but Thanatos Phantom didn't give a reply. "Say something, Thanatos. I'm not talking to a wall, right?" The black clothed man urged the undead warrior to speak.
"Well, not really. Someone's coming or should I say two?" The answer pretty much made the two paid their attention to a walking figures. The one is a male red haired professor and the other is a female high wizard. The professor had a sun glasses in his eyes. "Welcome, Professor Leonid and High Wizard Kathryne of The Quarter Kings. Long time no see" Thanatos greeted the two comers.
"The same goes for you, Lord Thanatos. Thank you for welcoming us" Leonid politely replied. "And of course, thanks for you too, 'Emperor' Albert Gahn" Kathryne greeted too, but she was more than likely tried to mock the acting emperor of Valdomir. Albert Gahn didn't respond because he didn't really care about the mocking, maybe he didn't even care about anything.
"So lively. It tempted me to taste some of your blood, too bad we suppose to be comrades" A voice from made them pretty much surprised. The voice belongs to Count Dracula, who was seen walking slowly. "Oh, the great Count Dracula. It's a pleasure to have you here" Thanatos greeted the tall vampire as he approached his 'supposed' comrades.
"Good day, Count. You look lively as always. Or should I say deadly?" Kathryne said with a smile.
"Good joke, Lady Kathryne. But I prefer to be called deadly" The Count politely responded. "Or maybe you should truly dead, Count?" A deep voice came from their behind. It was Baphomet, but not an ordinary Baphomet. He is larger and bigger than another Baphomet. He is The Great Demon Baphomet.
"Oh, The Great Baphomet. Harsh as always" Leonid commented the demon as the sign of greetings. "Harsh isn't the right word. I prefer to be called Devil. Just like the count preferred to be called Deadly" The large demon ensured his preference. "Oh, by the way. Where is Eremes and Seyren? I haven't seen them since coming here" Dracula politely asked Gahn.
"Eremes is accompanying Seyren on their way here. They should come any minute now" Gahn gave a cold reply to the vampire. Not to long after the question from Dracula, Eremes and Seyren were seen walking towards the group. Seyren had a Dark Lord Helm om his head. "Here comes the loser" Kathryne muttered seeing Seyren.
"Hello, Seyren. Long time no see. How was your job at Juno? It's good to tarnish the name of The Quarter Kings, huh?" Leonid took his chance to mock the lord knight, who replied nothing. His face looked down. "Don't you want to say something to this worthless thrash too, Lord of Death? You haven't speak a word since coming here" Gahn asked the big armored demon. But he didn't give a respond. Lord of Death was never too keen on speaking. That's why he chose to stay silent the whole time. He had no intention on joining the conversation with this 'comrades'.
"USELESS THRASH LIKE HIM SHOULD DIE. YOU HAVE ENOUGH COURAGE TO SHOW YOUR DIRTY FACE HERE, SEYREN!" A trembling voice came from the group's behind, it was Ifrit, the king of fire. "Wow, Lord Ifrit. Nice to have you here" Eremes smoothly greeted the fire demon.
"DON'T TALK TO ME, LOWLIFE!! YOU'RE NOT EVEN WORTH ENOUGH TO STAND BESIDES ME!" A very harsh reply from the powerful monster.
"Lowlife? Let's see who's the lowlife after I kill you!" Eremes pulled his Blood Tears and prepared to attack Ifrit, but Albert Gahn stopped him, "Eremes, stop! We're not here to fight!! The order from Lord Beelzephir comes first!". Ifrit grinned seeing the angry assassin hold himself. And that pretty much ended the conflict, for now.
These monsters aren't comrades and they will never be. But for now, they are supposed to be comrades.
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Beelzephir The Chaos walked slowly in a dark hallway on some parts of Thanatos Tower. Nobody seemed to accompany him at that moment. Just one day ago, he ordered Valdomir Kingdom soldiers' to retreat from Juno, and the remaining four guild to gather at Thanatos Tower. He is very concerned with his soldiers losing too much recently, especially since the war with Republic of Schwaltzvalt soldiers reached its peak. He can't afford anymore losing without gaining something anymore. So he decided literally take the matters to his own hands.
He finally arrived in a big black door and slowly opened it. Inside the room, ten powerful warriors consists of four guild leaders, the quarter kings, Thanatos Phantom, and Albert Gahn, have been waiting for him. They were sitting in a round table in the middle of the room. The white high wizard slowly approached the table, and started his greetings.
"The Leader of Erebus Guild, The King of Fire Ifrit. The Leader of Phelegethon Guild, The Great Demon Baphomet. The Leader of Acheron Guild, Lord of Death. The Leader of Elysion Guild, Dracula. Lord Knight Seyren, Assassin Cross Eremes, High Wizard Kathryne, and Professor Leonid of The Quarter Kings. The Tower Guardian Thanatos Phantom. And the last but not least, The Emperor of Valdomir Kingdom Albert Gahn. First I must say, thank you for coming here. Today, we will move our plan a bit further because of some...mistakes".
The cold deep voice from the godlike high wizard was more than enough to make the entire room paid their attention on him.
"In the last one month, we had to deal with so many losings on our side. Mainly in the Juno, which all of you already know the reason of our failure there, is Seyren. Who led our battalions to their deaths, despite some help we got from The Republic of Schwaltzvalt. I'm very disappointed, Seyren. What have you done up there?" The high wizard continued as he stared right of the eye of the Dark Lord Helm wielder.
The lord knight stared back, but his eyes were full of fear. "I'm sorry, Lord Beelzephir. The things didn't go as planned. I admit it is my mistake and failure. I will take any responsibility if you demand, my lord" Seyren said while looking down. The entire room looked pitifully at him.
"Well, the 'demand' can come up later. Back to the business, we can't get more losings for now. So, I order all of you to play this war like I want, starting from now. Tomorrow, I'll have Lord of Death bring Acheron Guild and the entire Niffleheim to attack Payon. I predict Sagramore will try their best to stop the attack and win the battle. We will use that chance to attack their 'weak spot', which will be executed by Ifrit with Erebus Guild".
Ifrit gave a smile hearing the white high wizard. He knew what does the 'weak spot' means, massacre.
"Meanwhile, Phelegethon Guild and Elysion Guild will defend their respective areas, considering Sagramore might making their moves there. And Kathryne, you will help Elysion Guild to defend Geffen. Geffen is one of the best source regarding the history of Midgard after Prontera. I doubt Sagramore will touch Prontera in the near future since they have some bad experience there. I predict Elraven might make his move to Geffen to find out about his past since Gloom Under Night talked too much before Elraven kill him. Do I make myself clear ?".
High Wizard Kathryne, Dracula, and Lord of Death nodded as the sign of agreement to their orders. But Ifrit interrupted, "PARDON ME, MY LORD. BUT WHY ARE YOU SO AWARE ABOUT THE MOVE FROM ONE MORTAL? ESPECIALLY SINCE HIS COMING TO MIDGARD".
"Pretty much since he's no mere mortal. He's more than that. He may not be strongest the humans can offer, but his existence will trigger or should I say, already triggered many unwanted reactions from our side, especially the one coming from Sagaramore's very own Alexandria. I presume you already know about The Prophecy of Eisenheim and its content. That's why I'm very concerned about him. Gloom Under Night failed to stop him, that's why I don't want another failure come from our side regarding his existence".
"I SEE. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING, MY LORD", Ifrit showed his respect to the high wizard.
"Your welcome. And the rest of The Quarter Kings will remain here. Now, let's not waste any more time to carry the plan. Dismiss!" The entire hall was emptied in no time. The higher ups of Valdomir didn't want to waste any time on carrying their ordered plans. Beelzephir The Chaos returned to the throne room with Albert Gahn besides him.
"Your plans are amazing, Lord Beelzephir. The Guild Leaders and The Quarter Kings agreed to 'play' this war by your own desire" The black clothed man commented his superior doing. The high wizard smiled hearing the comment and replied, "This war always move according to my game plan. Valdomir and Sagramore, Isn't it fun to see them killing each other?".
Meanwhile at Payon....
Fiorentin was seen reading a book in her room while sitting on her bed. She heard someone knocked her door. "It's open!" She said as Felicia entered the room. "Fio, they're here!!" Fiorentin smiled hearing the news and rushed with Felicia to the bridge near the forest.
The Civilians of Payon, Palemedes, and Sagramore were crowding near the bridge as a large number of soldiers are marching towards Payon. The number of the soldiers were very large, around 60,000 soldiers. Elraven and his two underlings widened his eyes seeing that many soldiers. "Who are they? What do they want here?" The gunslinger muttered.
"Relax, people! They aren't our enemies, they are Sagramore soldiers!! Our comrades!! Our friends!!" Olivia , George, and some other soldiers shouted to calm the crowds, who was still afraid of the origin of the soldiers. Elraven and most of the crowds nodded as the sign of understanding. The leader of the soldiers, a lord knight, was a brown haired young man. He stood in the front of the mass soldiers from the very beginning Elraven noticed the soldiers were approaching.
He has a handsome yet charismatic face. "He has the same aura as Alexandria" Elraven said to himself.
Fiorentin and Felicia approached the male lord knight after crossing the crowds. "Good day, Lord Alphard. Nice to have you and the soldiers here, safe and sound" The former princess greeted with smile.
"The pleasure is all ours, princess" The man named Alphard politely replied. From the crowds, Elraven see them with a grin on his face. "Wow, Alexandria smiling. What a sight to behold" He slowly whispered to Olivia. "Of course she's smiling. She's happy to see her fiancé safe and sound!" Olivia replied. "Oh, wow!" Elraven whispered to himself in disbelieve.
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OK, this chapter will start the new saga of this story. And maybe the battle chapters will come soon than I expected. Thank you for reading. Hope u enjoy!!