Chapter 284: War Of Nations IX

[Demon Continent, Near Demon king's Castle]

Faced on a two on two situation, both Larval and Hepta held up their weapon as they stay wary of the two, the same also goes for both Raguel and Larval

Both sides were all tensed as they observed each others movements and breathing, looking for the right chance to strike, all four of them were observing each other as closely as they can get

"I see... Looks like the two of you are really cautious right now... Hahaha... How funny" said Larval

"How come we can't be cautious, there is an unknown variable among us though, and that is you, especially when we don't know what you can do" replied Alduin

"I see... That does makes sense after all" said Larval as if he understands why they were being cautious

"But..."

"!!!"

"That doesn't mean that we can't test the waters right?"

The moment Alduin said that, Raguel suddenly appeared on Larval's blindspot as he ha led his sword sideways sending Larval crashing towards the pile of rocks

"... Larval!!!" Called out by Hepta as she suddenly saw Larval being sent away

"Isn't it rude to not focus on your enemy?"

"What?"

That moment Hepta asked that Alduin suddenly fired off his weaponry towards her at full blast

Seeing this Hepta held her halberd as she swung it as hard as she can to cut down various attacks of Alduin

After that she immediately took a huge leap back as she dodged the other attacks of Alduin that came from almost all direction

It as she was still in midair Raguel suddenly strikes from above as he plunged down and tackled Hepta, causing both of them to crash down the ground

After a while sparks as weapons clashing among the dust clouds appear, as both Hepta and Raguel begun exchanging swords with each other

On the other hand Larval just came out of the place he crashed into as he glared at Raguel who was currently fighting against Hepta

Raising his hand he begun chanting some ominous spells

While that happened with a strike Raguel sent Hepta flying back causing Alduin to freely bombarded her with various explosive arsenals

As for Raguel just as he begun to fly again he suddenly felt an Ominous feeling approaching him, causing him to to his side

Just as he did that his location suddenly lit up with an intense explosion that uplifted the ground

Seeing that it was a clean hit Larval casted more spells

"Soul flame!"

Using such a flames one can reduce the life force of any being it hits as a side effects, this time Larval planned to kill Raguel off as he kept firing such an attack fiercely

Noticing the strange phenomenon behind him, Alduin saw Larval bombarding Raguel off with such strange cyan like flames, but as he observed the flames better, chills suddenly crept up to him

This time he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him

"Didn't you say it's rude if you don't focus on your enemy?"

"Crap! Hexagonal barrier! Instant activation!"

With a swing from Hepta's halberd she suddenly strikes Alduin's conjured barrier, but after inputting more strength into her move her strength suddenly increase a lot as she sent Alduin flying away with pure strength

After that Hepta crashed landed unto the ground, as she immediately stood up and started covering herself in black aura

When she did that her aura suddenly shot off the roof as if she released her limiter on this state

Seeing Hepta going all out Larval didn't idle any longer as he too engulfed himself in this black aura, this giving Raguel some leeway after all

Luckily Raguel was able to conjure up a shield, unfortunately before he could do that he instead got hit by one of Larval's flame causing some part of his body to shiver uncontrollably

Seeing Larval going into the same transformation as Hepta, he suddenly called out to Alduin

"What are you doing? Don't let them finish their transformation! Get them!"

"I know... Damn it!"

Flying off just like that he charged towards Hepta which was still engulfed by black Aura

With a slash he expected to interrupt her transformation, but unexpectedly his psyionic blade suddenly got caught by one hand of her that was fully armored in black, soon her head popped out of the black aura, followed by her whole body

Taking a firm foothold Alduin unsheathed his second psyionic blade and slashed out, only for Hepta to suddenly counter him with a punch much faster than his reaction that it sent him flying

Soon her full figure emerged from the black aura

"Purgatory Armor Hepta!"

At the same time not far from her Larval emerged too

"Harrowing form Larval!"

With souls circulating around him he suddenly opened his mouth and screeched to  his highest degree causing a high pitch sound to suddenly rung out towards both Alduin and Larval

As an effect of that not only does the two heroes got affected by such an attack, the surrounding area also got affected as the ground cracked, fissured, collapse, and uplifted due to Larval's attack

"Harrow scream!"

"Ahhhh!!!!" Screamed Alduin as he blocked his ears from the intense pain he's receiving

The same goes for Raguel as he gritted his teeth

After that finished both Raguel and Alduin felt like their heads were spinning and as if they lost their hearing after hearing a ringing sound in their ears and nothing more

Taking this opportunity Hepta threw her halberd towards them as she suddenly said

"Instant location warp!"

At this moment her weapon bypassed both Alduin and Raguel as he suddenly appeared beside them due to the instant warp

Raising her halberd with both hands she intends to finish both of them off without much proper thought about it

Soon enormous amount of Mana started circulating around Hepta's halberd as she smirked

"World Class Magic: Earth Catastrophe!"

Seeing this Raguel cussed as he immediately casted some defensive measures

"Damn it!!! Holy light rebounder!!!"

Soon a huge explosion which threw off the battlefield and attracted many attention sound off infront of the Demon king's Castle, which is also behind the enemies backline army

As the alliance drew closer towards the target castle, the fierce defensive capability of the Demon's became even more intense

This time their much problems are the eggs that were being shot off as such eggs spawned atleast four hybrid Demon's each

Led by various captains and leaders, the flow of the army was steady and firm

Unfortunately as much as they could Ingrid, her group, and the Ingra Kingdom troops couldn't go in any further as the last wall of demons was too strong to Pierce through

But nevertheless Rebecca stepped bup unto the scene and raised her blade

"Sword offensive form release: Freezing wind!"

Swinging her sword cold chills suddenly slammed against the wall of Demon troops causing them to be frozen in ice the moment they got hit by such an attack

Seeing that Rebecca tried to immediately led them to the other side

Unfortunately from the back just as Lily tried to to follow up behind Luke and the group, she suddenly heard a her name being called out behind her which shocked her so much that even the others noticed the changed atmosphere

"Lily?"

Hearing that they all saw King Emperor Ergo behind them while being surrounded by some royals knights and some Empire soldiers

Unfortunately he followed them afyer seeing a huge group of knights and mages from Ingra kingdom  charging in to force an opening

Of course as one who led the army from the past and current one, he clearly knew how to take the opportunity  given by his soldiers or troops at hand

Taking this into account he led a huge group of empire troops and the Royal Knights towards this direction  and followed the Ingra kingdom's lead

Little did he expect that after bypassing the Ingra kingdom's troops that were busy holding back the Demon's  and hybrid's at the risk of their lives, he would found a familiar face after a nearly a whole year of disappearance

"Lily... why... no have you been hiding behind the Ingra kingdom?" Asked King Emperor Ergo as he slowly gets angry about the situation

Of course not expecting such encounter Lily  was stunned by this situation, thus causing her to be frozen stiff in shock

At that moment King Emperor Ergo's rage skyrocketed

"Lily! Answer me!!! Did you hide in Ingra kingdom all this time? Even though  I trusted that kingdom with all I have that I even went through great lengths  to retrieve  its cities, this is how they repay me? Hiding you from me?" He lashed out

At this moment  even King Simon  and the Ingra kingdom troops felt an ominous  feeling coming from the ruler of the surviving citizens of Eldion Empire

Due to that the Ingra kingdom troops and the Empire troops with the Royal Knights became wary of each other

At this moment King Emperor Ergo  sighed as he muttered

"Go to my side Lily and perhaps I might spare them"

Hearing that King Simon  suddenly flashed a grim expression, of course this also caused prince Johannes  to be hostile with the king Emperor of the Eldion Empire, since he wanted to be a king someday, he couldn't  let anything happen to Ingra  kingdom  that will lead to total  annihilation

Pulling out his sword he then begun to strode forward until King Simon held him back  and shook his head, telling him not to do anything

Afyer a moment of silence Lily  clenched her fist as she stands firm, at that exact moment she heard the words of her past companions that was once said in the past when they were still in one group

For her that was the most memorable and precious memory she had

Firstly off she remembered Alda's  words

(Hahaha! You guys are the best you know... who knows how strong we can become as the hero's party)

That was the time when the hero's  party received their first mission

(Follow what your hearts tells you okay?)

That was the advise of Mia when the time she was worried about something

(Nope! Sometimes I felt like I'm in the wrong... but somehow I felt like you have my back too, you know why? Because atmost your words calms me down)

The tome when hibiki first arrived in this world as the hero and became lonely  during the first night

But what mostly unexpected to her was that even Kaido's  words struck her

(I follow my own path, I don't like following what other people dictates to me, its my life, I decide what I do with it)

The time when they spent one of their times during a walk inside a cave

She had asked him suddenly  at that spurn of the moment, thus recieved a honest and solid answer

Clenching her fist she replied with full of indignity and pride that she didn't  expect to be there at all

"No... I'm not going there, I'm doing this cause its my own choice... father you've done enough, sometime you betray what other people's  expectations  of you, I won't become like you, if the time comes ill lead the Empire to a bright future... and show you that what I've chosen to do now was the right thing to do"

Hearing such unexpected  answer from her rage, fury, anguish, and any worst thoughts popped up of King Emperor Ergo's mind as if he became bloody crazy of getting one back for this humiliation

"Lily! Follow my command! This is an order from you father!!! Right now!!!" He shouted

Unfortunately Lily's  resolve was already firm as she slowly backed away

Soon she crept behind Luke  for protection

Seeing the adventurer who helped on taking his daughter away from his control, rage boiled up inside of him, not only that but his rage even more skyrocketed when he saw the familiar elf among the crowd

When he saw Melfina he immediately  remembered  that such elf was together with the despicable kaido from the past

Seeing her here caused him to arrive at the conclusion that Kaido  was also here somewhere hiding in the shadows

With that his rage hit the bottleneck as he ordered the royal knights  and Empire troops

"Kill them! Kill them all even the Ingra  kingdom! Annihilate  them, leave no one alive! As the sole leader of this army appointed by the pope of the holy city, I King Emperor Ergo appointed you Royal Knights  to join together with my troops and destroy them"

Hearing his words the empire troops soon pointed their swords at the Ingra kingdom's troops  and charged at them without  any hesitation

As for the Royal knight such as Seijurn,  Roberto and Hannah, they first looked at each other's  helpless face as they pulled out their sword and charged forth

Seeing this King Simon urged Ingrid's  group to move ahead, especially General Stone as he urged Sarah  her daughter to go together with Ingrid  and protect her with all her might

"Go now! We'll  handle the Empire!" Shouted King Simon

"I leave the princess to you Sarah!" Said General Stone

At that said even prince Johannes beat had once cause trouble in Ingra kingdom  charged ahead towards the Empire's troops

When the royal knights got close to Ingrid's group Luke, Lily, Rebecca and Anna immediately cut off from the group to intercept the approaching enemy

"Go! We will be following you behind after this, we will provide you time! go hurry!"

With that the remaining group Melfina,  Sarah,  Okou,  and Ingrid head forth towards the castle in an attempt to provide support to Kaido at the best they can do

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Far from them on up the above cliff near the castle below, Kaido saw everything  down below and know what was currently  happening

At this moment which seemed forever the alliance provided much pressure on the enemy  at this point that even the caught the attention of the vassals  thus causing a huge battle

With that though  he stood up among the rebel army and gestured with a hand while saying

"It's time"

With that word he jumped down below the cliff to emerge at the cycle of war between the denizens of this world per thousands of years

Seeing Kaido making a move and plans to finally enter the war below, all Demon's  following Seralyn the princess  of the Demon race started to move to their positions as they plan to become a blockade so that Kaido and the rest of the Calamity beings can start and deal with the king of the demon race

With that the flag of the rebels flapped openly