Calm Before the Storm (Part II)

Two days that exactly how long Gabriel was grinding for Exp and leveling up. Currently, he already levels up to level 80, Gabriel proudly claims that he was one of the most powerful people in the human kingdom except the summoned hero or maybe the king if Takeji right about the king has the level above the hero level.

After grinding exp for two days, Gabriel then returns to the Capital City and prepared for the wave. He then takes out his adventure card and sees the countdown for the monster wave.

1D 1H 2M 57S

He has one more day before the wave happens, so he walked toward the Adventurer Guild then approaches the receptionist and reports his completion on the quest. While grinding, Gabriel didn't forget about taking a quest and increasing his overall wealth. After reporting the quest, Gabriel then sold all the mana core that he doesn't need to the guild while keeping all the S-Rank mana stone that he has.

After finished taking care of business in the Adventurer Guild, Gabriel walked toward the palace. After showing his ID to the Royal Guard, He then told to wait for a minute by the Royal Guard, and after a minute, he able to go inside the palace. As he was going inside the Castle, a butler already waits for him that informs him that the Royal family was already waiting for him in the Garden where they have a tea party with Barthélemy Family.

Gabriel and the butler walked for a few seconds before they arrive at the Garden, where Gabriel sees Max wearing what looks like a training outfit while fighting Arthur, who is also wearing the same outfit. Both of them even holding a wooden weapon; Max is a sword while Arthur a spear.

In the middle of Garden is the Lady, where they are sipping a cup of tea while chatting and enjoying the weather. Not far from the Lady is little Annette and Elizabeth, who are playing with flowers together.

"Excuse me, Your Highness, but Lord D'Arc has..."

"GABRIEL!!!"

"Ouf, Woah there, Annette."

"You come back!"

"Of course."

"I thought you would never come back..."

"Of course not... Elizabeth?"

Gabriel stops his sentences when he feels a tug on his robe, where he sees Elizabeth holding his robe shyly and whisper something that he almost missed.

"ʸᵒᵘ ᵃʳᵉ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ."

"Yeah, I'm back."

Gabriel then hugs both of them and takes them both on his arms before walking toward the Ladies who have an amused expression on their face.

"Lord Gabriel, Did you know that little Annette is throwing a temper tantrum the other day when you didn't come back after promising her a story?"

"Is true, Annette?"

"ᵐᵃʸᵇᵉ"

"Haaaa, look at little Elizabeth here, she is a good girl and behaves."

"Ohhh, Not at all. Little Elizabeth won't come out of her room when that happens."

"ᴺᵒ, ᴵ'ᵐ ⁿᵒᵗ..."

"I guess It also my fault, I broke my promise. So you guys want another story?"

"EN"

"Um"

"Alright, then."

Gabriel spent the rest of the day with the royal family and Barthélemy family. After finished telling a story to the girls, Gabriel then gets dragged by both Max and Arthur and gives him a wooden sword before suddenly get attacked from both sides. They continue to fight for a full 45 minutes on free-for-all battle, and after finished fighting, he then takes a bath before he gets invited by Max to have dinner together. By the end of the day, Gabriel stays at the Castle for the night as he forced by the girls who have pouty and puppy eyes while begging for him to stay and told them a story.

After telling the girls the bedtime story, Gabriel walked toward his room but got stopped by Arthur, who waits for him in front of his room.

"Gabriel, Can you follow me?"

"Where we going?"

"Have a few drinks. Come on; Max already waits inside his office."

Arthur and Gabriel then walked toward Max's office, and after entering the room, they greeted by max who already on the chair with a glass of wine on his hand. As they enter, Max invites them both to sit on the chair.

They then have a drink for the rest of the night, while they are drinking Max and Arthur thanking him for taking care of their daughter. Gabriel little bit embarrassed for their compliment and continue to drink the wine on his hand. After drinking their third bottles, Gabriel excuses himself and goes to his room. After arriving at his room, Gabriel then opens his status.

~ LVL: 80 ~

~ Job: Saint ~

~ Sub-Job: Guardian ~

~ HP: 27400 (2800 Base + 24600 Equipment) ~

~ MP: 19400 (1400 Base + 18000 Equipment) ~

~ HP/Regen: 31.4/min ~

~ MP/Regen: 42.7/min ~

~ STR: 106 (Base 76 + 30 Equipment) ~

~ VIT: 342 (Base 152 + 190 Equipment)~

~ AGI: 86 ~

~ INT: 564 (Base 140 + 424 Equipment)~

~ WIS: 427 (Base 200 + 227 Equipment) ~

~ LCK: 10 ~

~ Stats Point (SP): 85 ~

~ Element ~

Holy: 450% Bonus Attack

~ Support ~

Mana Reduction: -50% Mana usage

Healing: +900% Effect Bonus

Potion: +50% Effect bonus toward potion User Created

Damage Reduction: -30% Damage received

Gabriel also got a bonus from the Twilight Mythril Armor.

~ Set Effect ~

*2 Pieces: +75% Damage to any holy attack, +150% effect to healing skill

*4 Pieces: +220 VIT, +70 INT, +25% Bonus of Potion Created

*Full Set (5 Pieces) : 7000 HP, 3000 MP, +300% effect to healing skill

~ All effect is Stack ~

Seeing his stats, Gabriel nodded a little, He also gains 10 STR, and 15 AGI from his Grinding which is good because he now knows that he still can grow stronger without using his Stats point. After checking his status, Gabriel then goes to sleep.

~The next Day ~

Gabriel wakes up early in the morning and looks at his Adventurer ID that shows that he has four more hours before the Monster Wave happens. He then walked outside his room and seeing that many people already waking up and preparing for the battle, including the Hero Party that already wake up and ready to go to the fight. Gabriel also sees Max and Arthur have a conversation at each other with other people around them while wearing their armor. As Gabriel walked toward them, Max sees him and calls him over toward them.

"Gabriel, Meet Hudson Green. He is the General who will command the Army on our west side. He also the one commanding the Hero Party."

"Greeting"

"Greeting, My name is Gabriel D'Arc."

"Yeah, I know about you. I see your fight with the Hero Party. I say that I'm impressed with your fighting prowess."

"Thank you."

Gabriel and Hudson then shake a hand before max interrupted them.

"Gabriel, While Hudson commanding the West Army, I want you to command the army on the center while Arthur Command army on the east"

"What... but"

"Please, We don't have anyone that has level over 70 except Hudson, Arthur, You or Me."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, While I want to command the army myself, but I can't because I need to maintain the barrier that will be erected by the church."

"I see."

"So, will you do that?"

"Very Well"

"Come one. I need to introduce you to the Army."

Gabriel then walked toward a few hundreds of Knight that stood in a formation. Gabriel and Max then walked in front of them, before Max says.

"Alright, In front of you is your new Commander, Gabriel D'Arc 'The Red Saint.' Follow all his order form now on."

"YES SIR"

"Good, Now Gabriel. This is your Army for this duration of Monster Wave."

"Yes, Sir"

"Good"

Gabriel then looks toward the Army before says.

"Who is the one in charge of this army before His Highness choose me as the Commander?"

"It's me, Sir."

Gabriel looks to his left and sees a woman around her 40 years old, she has Blonde hair but He able to see a few strands of white hair on her head.

"What's your name?"

"Margaret Wallace, Sir"

"Alright, How many people we have?"

"We have 170 Knight, 100 Warrior, 70 Archer, 30 Mage, and 20 Healer."

"I see, What kind Mage we have?"

"10 Elementalist, 5 Void Mage and 5 Shaman"

"Shaman?"

"Yes, they are Mage, who expert in Dark Magic, The can Dispel and Cast Dark Magic."

"I see."

Gabriel takes out his Adventurer ID, and he then looks at the Countdown of Monster Wave.

2H 10M 23S

"2 Hours before the Wave happens, Alright, we must be prepared for the battle, MEN TO THE GATE."

Gabriel and his Army then moved toward the Center Gate, and after they arrive at the gate, Gabriel began commanding his Army.

"ARCHER GO TO THE WALL AND SNIPE ANY MONSTER THAT COMING NEAR THE WALL"

Gabriel then looks at the group of people that wearing a robe before saying.

"ELEMENTALIST GO TO THE WALL AS WELL, HELP THE ARCHER. VOID MAGE YOU GUYS WILL BE THE ONE SUPPORTING THE FRONTLINE BY TELEPORTING THE INJURIES. SHAMAN AND HEALER WILL STAY BEHIND THE WALL FOR SUPPORTING ANYONE THAT GOT INJURIES.

Gabriel then turns toward the Knight and the Warrior.

"KNIGHTS WILL BE IN THE FRONT WHILE THE WARRIOR BEGAN A HIT AND RUN TACTIC. KNIGHTS HOLD THE MONSTER WHILE THE WARRIOR DO AS MUCH DAMAGE AS YOU CAN. FORGET ABOUT GLORY FOR A SECOND AND ONLY FOCUS ON SURVIVING. UNDERSTOOD?"

"YES, SIR"

"GOOD. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I'M A HEALER BUT I CAN GO TO THE FRONTLINE AS WELL. SO WHILE FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS, I WILL ALSO HEAL THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONTLINE. THAT'S WHY HEALER ONLY FOCUS HEALING THE ARCHER AND MAGE IN THE WALL"

"YES SIR"

"Good"

Gabriel then looks at the sky that began to darken, and began to create a cloud that shaped like a whirlpool before the cloud slice up open and from it is a rain of monster.

"GET READY, KNIGHT TO THE FRONT, WARRIOR READY YOUR SWORD BEHIND THE KNIGHTS, VOID MAGE STAY NEAR ME AND TELEPORT THE INJURY TO ME AS I WILL HEAL THEM. ARCHER PREPARED YOUR ARROW, MAGE PREPARED YOUR SPELL BUT REMEMBERED DON'T WASTE YOUR MANA. HEALER STAY BEHIND THE WALL AND PREPARE IN CASE THE ARCHER AND MAGE NEED A HEALING"

Gabriel then looks at the dust that comes from the forest in front of them. A few seconds later, Gabriel sees many Undead coming toward them.

"PREPARE FOR BATTLE, HERE THEY COME"