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Chapter 200: The Rise Of Alastine Part Three

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

As the two watched the smaller magic circles within the larger magic circle light up they patiently waited until finally, a bright light flashed and the whole magic circle was completely glowing. "Now!" Alicia yelled as she began pouring her Magic power into the circle. Not even a half a second after Blake did the same. The magic circle began to glow even brighter as many magic circles appeared above it spreading out in the same formation as the magic circles were around the capital. A visible thin glowing line of magicules slowly grew longer from each magic circle, heading towards the adjacent magic circle.

"Faster we need to speed up the process!" Alicia yelled out again as she started to increase the amount of magic power she was releasing. Her golden hair fluttered in the air and her eyes slowly began to turn black. Her magic power's strength grew rapidly and the sheer quantity rose almost one hundred times what she had before.

"Almost there!" Blake gritted his teeth as he poured more magic power into the magic circle. After almost a grueling twenty minutes both Blake and Alicia were dripping in sweat, but they had a big smile on their faces as the magic circles finally connected. A loud rumbling sound was heard as the ground beneath them began to shake.

"The hard part is over, now we just need to keep a steady flow of magic going into the magic circle in order to speed up the ascent of the capital." Alicia said as she eased up her magic power flow. Blake did the same. He released his god form to allow him a bit of a rest. It was his first time using so much magic power while in his god form making him a bit exhausted.

As the two were speeding up the rise of the capital, outside the capital the lands around it were suffering from a violent earthquake. Large spider webbed cracks spread out in all directions away from the capital. Woodrow and Amier both looked at each other and quickly called out to halt the advance.

"What the hell is going on!?" Woodrow yelled out as he tried to calm his dragonic horse.

"I am feeling a large surge of magic power…." Amier went into deep thought before something came to mind. "It can't be!"

"What!? What can't be!?" The shaking was getting worse causing the dragonic horses to really begin to freak out. Woodrow was doing all he could to keep his dragonic horse under control.

"If, I am not wrong with all the signs here plus the amount of magic coming towards us. They have implemented a countermeasure that will leave us helpless!" Amier finally understood what was happening. It was something they could not stop nor would they be able to do anything about.

"Stop keeping it to yourself and tell me!" Woodrow glared at Amier who was next to him not saying a word.

"They are lifting the capital into the sky! It is already known that they had such ability since their castle uses the same magic. But to lift the entire capital itself would be a huge feat! It would take more than a hundred people from the Gods race! And there is no Gods race that would help do such a thing." Now, only if Amier knew that it was actually only two people who made such a feat possible. He would probably die of shock.

"What are we supposed to do then? It's not like we can fly! And with this damn shaking, we will never reach the capital in time before it rises." Woodrow complained.

"Even without the shaking, we would not make it in time. We have really been outsmarted this time. We should not have destroyed the barrier. By doing so we allowed the person who created it to know we were here and if I am not wrong the one who created it had a high status in Alastine for things to move as quickly as they did. They did not even send out anyone to investigate after the barrier was destroyed." Amier could only let out a sigh.

"Then let's back up a bit so we do not get caught up in the destruction..." Woodrow was interrupted when a cry from his men sounded out. They were all looked out over the horizon only to see a large landmass slowly rising into the sky. The landmass was so large that even though they were a few days away from it by foot they could still clearly see it.

On the 5th day of the fifth month, in the year 1227834, in the defense of the oncoming invasion, the capital of Alastine rose into the sky, becoming the first ever floating capital in all of Phantasia and marked the beginning of the retaliation against the countries who had invaded.

The capital rose high into the sky until it was ten kilometers above ground. Any spells or weapons used against it while it was at such a height would have their power drastically reduced. A large multi layered magic barrier covered the entire underside of the capital. Below it was a large dark pit that one could not see the bottom to.

Back inside the castle, Alicia and Blake were sitting on the floor back to back. Both exhausted from using too much magic power. Alicia leaned the back of her head on to Blake's back with her legs were sprawled out in front of her. "Blake we did it!"

"That we did. The capital is safe for now but how long will this stay floating in the air?" Blake asked.

"Indefinitely, the magic circle was made to draw in the magicules in the air to sustain itself. As long as it is never destroyed this capital will always float in the skies of Alastine." Alicia explained.

"That's good to know, but now what is our next move?"

"We now reclaim what belongs to us and save Royal Father!"

Chapter 201: Retaliation!

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

After taking two days to rest, Alicia was with Blake staring out over the edge of the capital. Behind her were ten thousand newly created magi machines. These machines were in the shape of large platforms that had a pedestal setting on top of it. The pedestal had a familiar magic circle engraved onto it but on a much smaller scale. At the ends of the platforms were two oval shaped objects that had a large number of magi circuits engraved into it that hooked up to a small magic circle on the back. Along its edges were where hundreds of magic cannons were mounted.

Using the levitation magic circle that Alicia used to raise the capital into the sky. Alicia had a bunch of platforms that could hold one hundred people each made. These platforms were like floating battleships that could transport a lot of people.

"I know I caused the blacksmiths of the capital a lot of trouble making them rush these things but it was well worth it." Alicia looked out over the thousands of soldiers waiting for her to speak and smiled.

"Alastine, for now, is safe! The people we could save are also safe! What we need to do now is reclaim what belongs to us! We need to make those who have suffered and died due to this war losses not go in vain!

"Today is the day we will begin our retaliation! We will show these countries that we are not weak just because we stay neutral. We will show them that we chose to stay neutral and stay out of this world's politics not because we are weak but because we are too strong! We will start with the Dwarves! They took our lands, we will turn around and take theirs!"

A loud roar sounded out from the crowd as all the soldiers, knights and mages, got to their designated platform. The morale of the people of Alastine was high. They knew what was left of their home would never fall. They knew with the princess as their support they would not lose! This was their only chance to take revenge for their loved ones who had died in the war. When the notice came that Alicia was going to strike back, there was a large fight over who would get to go. Every soldier, knight, and mage of Alastine wanted revenge!

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Dwarven camp, two weeks away from the capital...

"Sir we got word from our scouts. The thing that appeared in the sky is actually the capital of Alastine." A young dwarf soldier said as he walked into the tent.

"What the hell are those damn elves doing?" A short stout man who was wearing metal armor that had magicules running through lines and connectors that were welded on to it all over the place.

"General Dekgrag I heard that they were forced to stop due to the earthquakes earlier. " A young dwarf soldier replied.

"Forget it! We will push forward and claim as much land as possible. Destroy any human settl..."

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

Loud explosions began going off in rapid succession, causing General Dekgrag to jump up and rush outside to see what was going on. He looked up in the sky in horror when he saw thousands of floating platforms hovering overhead. At the forefront, on the biggest platform, was a young girl with golden hair and dark blue eyes. She was dressed in leather armor but it did not hide her blossoming beauty.

"Dwarves of Grogandon! You have invaded my Alastine Kindom's lands, as such, you will be sentenced to death! Fire at will! Kill every last one of them! No mercy!" Alicia shouted at the same time she casted a barrage of large fireballs sending them hurtling to the ground below.

General Dekgrag looked at the massive attack heading towards his army, he knew this was the end. He took the magi rifle from his back and pointed it at Alicia. "By the Dwarven God Mormic, I will descend to hell, but not before taking you with me!"

*Bang!*

He fired his magi rifle sending a blast of magicules straight at Alicia. Alicia did not even move, instead, she waved her hand dispersing the Magicules that made up the bullet into nothingness, before sending a massive fireball at her attacker. General Dekgrag looked at Alicia with wide eyes as he yelled out "You damn monster!"

*Boom!*

"Princess the dwarves have all been wiped out. " A knight came over to Alicia to report.

"Good now let's head to Grogandon! Remember do not kill the innocent! We are not like others! We will follow and abide by the knight's code and our own morals! We will show a sign of force and make them surrender to us!" Alicia would not make the same mistake again. She will make the dwarves surrender and become a vassal state under Alastine rule. If they refused she would make it so that they couldn't refuse.

When she was done speaking she walked over and sat down next to Blake at the edge of the flying platform. Blake turned his head and looked at his future wife and smiled. "We haven't named these new flying magi machines yet."

"Hmmm… I am not sure what to call them. You come up with a name for them." Alicia hated making names up for things since nothing good ever came to mind.

Blake thought for a minute before saying "The Fan'tal"

"Fan'tal?"

"Mmm, in god's tongue it means, New Beginning."

"Fan'tal, Fan'tal. I like it! From now on these magi machines will be known as Fan'tals!"

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