Vol.2 Begins!!! Chapter 65- Meeting the King

Magic Academy,

It's been a day and a half since Kazuki left but his friends continued to go to school. Sakura was busy with studies while Maggie was helping the nurse in taking care of Griffin.

Gamel and Gimel also visited Griffin just after a few hours after Kazuki left. As time ticks, everyone grew more anxious. One of the reasons is that if Griffin dies, Crux might invade the Holy kingdom because its protector died. The only one protecting the Holy kingdom is Stella but she's no match for Magnus who is ranked 2nd among the supreme mages.

While all of these were taking place, an army of100 paladins lead by 2 high paladins entered the Holy city's gates. They were tasked to defend the city until Griffin recovers. In case anything happens to Griffin and Crux attacks, Order will deploy 1000 paladins as reinforcements.

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Back at the unknown place inside the willow tree,

Kazuki was outside the castle when he was stopped by druid guards.

(Note: Druids are advanced nature magic users but are a different race from humans. They are often described as guardians of the forest and Druid guards are special druids born as humanoid trees. Though their bodies are made up of organic materials, it is as hard as steel and is immune to fire, ice, and water.)

They pointed their spears at Kazuki so he raised both hands to show them he is unarmed. Asmond hid behind him while trembling. Perhaps his body could not withstand the powerful aura of a Dryad.

Though elves are the descendants of dryads, the difference in power still shows who the dominant race is.

Kazuki opened his bag to try and take out his crown when the dryads charged at him. Perhaps they thought he was going to take out a weapon so they charged as an act of self defense.

"Please, put down your weapons" Kazuki pleaded hoping that they'll listen to what he has to stay.

The dryads ignored his words and thrust their spears toward him so he has no choice but to counter the attack. He released a tier 3 fire spell but it was immediately dispelled.

He was sure it wasn't the dryad because the magic power and the auras don't match. He used his magic eyes to trail the magic power which led his eyes to the castle window where Dread was standing.

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A few minutes ago,

Dread just finished talking with the ministers. It took some time to convince them to abolish slavery. He was against this for a long time now. Since he ruled this nation that was separate from the real world ever since it was founded by him, he acts like a kind ruler despite holding the highest power. He assigned ministers to help him decide the future of his nation as well as stop him in case he gets succumbed by power or greed. The ministers are changed every 5 decades and a new set of ministers will picked from the current generation. The new ministers will then be trained by the previous ministers for 3 years before officially taking over the position.

After the meeting he was resting in his room when he felt a huge amount of magic power heading towards the castle so he immediately sent 2 dryads to check the situation.

He went to his room and looked through the window facing the front gates. He couldn't see who it was because the figure was small and he's far away. He tried using his magic eyes and almost puked when he saw who it was. His legs shook as he muttered "Is he gonna declare war against me?"