Goblin War

Flying towards Goblin King Aslan, Rainok began casting magic.

"[Greater Strength], [Rock Armor], [Greater Speed], [Crystal Spear], [Armor Enhancement]." The king of the fairies, known as the strongest rock magician in the fairy kingdom, cast all the self enhancement and defense spells he knew as he approached at blinding speed.

"Seems the flying rat has some tricks!" The goblin king Aslan screamed out in the fairy language.

Unlike the king, who could use spells, Aslan only had the skills he had learned on his own. Slaves in the fairy kingdom were not allowed to learn to read, much less learn magic. The only thing he could do during those times was practice his skills in secret.

He learned how to manipulate the mana in his body all on his own as he continued experimenting. Eventually, he used this skill in order to escape from his holding cage.

At the time of his branding, the worker was exhausted and was not actively paying attention. Using the opportunity, Aslan sneaked behind another goblin and was skipped.

All thanks to that one careless mistake, Aslan was successful in his escape. After growing stronger and obtaining the goblin king evolution, Aslan planned his revenge.

As the impact between the two powerful beings was nearly upon them, the rock armor fully encased Rainok. His size with the armor was now slightly bigger than Aslan, who was nearly three goblins tall.

Aslan's weapon came out and slammed against the rock covered fist.

*BOOM*

A shock wave was released as the two entities recoiled from it. the rocks making up the fist were shattered and broken, while the weapon Aslan used was nailed deep in the ground.

"Ha! ha! ha! Seems I can actually damage you!" Aslan elatedly screamed as he pulled his chains out of the crevasse the impact created.

"Is that...?" Rainok began, as he stared at the chains in detail.

"Indeed, they are the very chains used to bind me. I thought it only fitting to use them as my weapon in my freedom." Aslan's face curved up into a wicked smile as he struck out the chains like a whip.

*Fwoosh!*

*Bang!*

"Urgh!" Rainok was struck in the chest as he plummeted straight into the ground.

Using his crystal spear, he propped himself up, before launching his own attack at Aslan.

"YOU DARE STRIKE ME YOU DAMN RUNAWAY!" Rainok screamed out in fury as he used his spear skills to launch an attack straight at Aslan's head.

"Urk! Damn, you took part of my ear off there! HA HA HA!" Aslan screamed out as he reveled in the chaos of the fight.

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As the two continued clashing, the queen was recuperating some of the mana she had spent earlier.

'I need to give Rainok some support!' Elena cast a couple buff skills and spells on her husband, who was in a bit of a pickle.

"[Light Speed Reaction], [Solar Energy], [Raise Endurance]! Hah Hah..." The queen released a puff of air as she exhausted more of her mana pool.

"That should balance the battle some more..." Elena looked at the clock tower in the distance with [Far Sight], seeing that around five minutes had passed. The army and draftees would arrive soon, picking off the goblins.

"We will win this battle, then we'll torture that... thing... to death." Elena looked towards Aslan with pure disgust in her eyes as she sat down on the rock wall to recuperate.

'Still... It ended up being this powerful... Does it maybe have to do with the number of goblins? If so it should be significantly weaker than it was before my attack earlier.' Thinking along these lines, the queen began to cold sweat.

'Would it have been able to take us both on? ...Thankfully I wiped out all the weaklings after they broke through the second defense point. It was unfortunate to lose some of our army, but it ended up making the main fight easier.'

...

A few minutes later, the fairy that was sent off earlier returned in front of the queen and made his report.

"My liege, the troops are about to arrive! We have them in formation and the long range troops are ready to carpet bomb the vile creatures below!"

"Fantastic! Begin the assault immediately after arrival, the enemy troops are back on their feet and attacking the wall my husband made already. It was already severely weakened so it will fall soon." The queen gave her orders as she stood up. Turning around, she could see the approaching army and gave a malicious smile.

'Death approaches all those who oppose us.' Elena squinted her eyes as she turned to look at the ants beneath her.

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For the past fifteen or so minutes, there has been constant tremors in the earth. Fortunately for Roy and the others, they were nowhere near as violent as the first.

"Seems like whatever caused that first explosion can't use it multiple times at once, fortunately. We should be safe for now, but let's stay in the cave for the night just in case." Roy told the others his thoughts and they all agreed with what he said.

Having nothing else to do but worry, Roy decided to continue his [Mana Manipulation] training.

Soon after he activated the skill, Roy brought out a bit of mana and began to move it to his will. The once formless mana began to move like a weightless river, flowing through his fingers and he controlled the path.

Solus, who was standing off to the side, was mesmerized by what Roy was doing. Wanting to be able to emulate it, she too, continued her training.

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Finally, after hours of practice, manipulating mana in so many different ways, Roy was successful!

[Enough Experience has been accrued]

[Mana Manipulation Level up 1->2]

"BUHIHI! FINALLY!" Roy bellowed out as he stood up and shot his arms high in the air.

Roy, slightly embarrassed at his display, sat back down with red cheeks and began his hollowing process once again.