Decision time

The murmurs suddenly became incessant again, lots of questions were bubbling up in the room.

After Cliff finished saying these words, The young woman was speechless until someone interrupted the meeting. Apparently it was a young elf who had come with a bird, which seemed to be a cross between a hawk and a pigeon, the beast had a piece of paper clinging to its leg.

"A message from the Shizukeza clan" he shouted as he entered the room.

The young elf, Viola, got up from her seat, took the piece of paper and then handed it to Cain, the elf took it, unrolled it, and looked at the contents.

Cain's eyes slowly widened.

"Apparently the Shizukesa clan had joined the Dwarves clan and the Orion clan to face the horde but it turns out that they find themselves cornered, if we do not intervene, the unfortunate fate that befell the Dhakat clan could happen to them them too."

Yadha clicked her tongue, a little annoyed.

"It couldn't have been worse"

Akumu, who had remained silent for a long time, raised his hand to speak.

"Personally I have no problem swearing allegiance to you, you are strong, and you have allowed your subjects to be strong too, if I can serve someone like you, it would be with honor, but…"

Akumu lingered for a moment and continued where he left off.

"How do you plan to deal with these demons? Long before the report that the Shizukesa clan you had already planned to help them, how do you plan to handle these two situations? Knowing that winter is coming soon?"

"Good!, as I already said, we are obliged to go and help them – our survival depends on it – because if we do not become predators in the food chain then it is we who will get eaten. "

"Once the elves absorb these mana gems, I expect their essence stones to do a great job, although I haven't had the chance to see them summon their contracting spirits, Dahlia m 'had explained that even with their constant (unawakened) essence stones, they can count as a great asset on the battlefield.

Viola secretly shook her head, constantly suppressing a smug smile.

"For the Ibara clan, I would do the same, strengthening their essence stones with the mana gems, then they can use their mana stuff on their swords longer" Cliff looked at Akumu "what do you call it Already ?"

"It's the aura, sire" Akumu replied.

"Yeah, I'd love for you to teach me that one of these days, although I tried on my own, but I couldn't." Cliff moaned, softly.

"Rakahn told me that it was likely that the ogres would preserve the hostages until winter, we had a month before his arrival, and we are not going to wait a whole month, a week is certainly enough" had- he declares.

"A week, sir, do you think we would be close enough after a week, we who are nothing but constant monsters?" Akumu asked.

"Two days… it only took them two days to fight the horde and now they are variant monsters""

Surprised looks were directed towards Rakahn and Dahlia, it's true that everyone had noticed a subtle change in their presence, but they were unable to determine the cause. But that was actually when they woke up.

Cliff had taken advantage of this moment when they were amazed by their accomplishment, to resume his speech.

"Rakahn will lead this operation, he will take with him, Dahlia, Renald, Viola, and even you Yadha to assist him, I would like your essence stones to be ready to absorb those of these "demons" as you say. "

"I will stay here with Akumu and Cain, I would like you to start by teaching me the basics of using mana, forming a spell, how to take advantage of my affinity."

Cliff stared at their gazes, one by one searching for their reaction to what he had said. He lingered for a moment and heaved a sigh.

"Of course, all this can only be possible if you accept my offer."