Chapter 17 Shock

Lucifer meditated over his throne, even though his external injuries were healed, the injuries that occurred to his soul were still there. His power was currently dropped to an early stage of level 11. On top of all that two Level 11 ghosts and their armies were marching towards his city. Because of that, he could not focus well, his mind was too chaotic.

Karl entered the chambers, he had a grim aura. Lucifer opened his eyes and looked at him.

"Did the ghosts not find anything?" asked Lucifer.

"When the ghosts started the ritual they felt a very powerful presence. Something scary enough to make them lose their consciousness. All of them went into a state of shock and lost their ability to move or speak. Their eyes are wide open and their form keeps on changing due to dark energy." said Karl.

"To put them into this state, whoever this person is, he is at least at level 12. we can't fight something like this. However, there is a chance that the trap was from ancient times when humans and ghosts both were equals and the reason it got triggered now was because of the level of Roan." said Lucifer.

"That might be the possibility. However, chances are very slim. The attack might be from the King of Swords, he recently was seen outside his chambers." said Karl.

Lucifer thought for some time and then said " Try to bring the ghosts out of shock, once they share the appearance we will be able to guess better. Also for now stay close. We need to stall for time until I get my powers back."

Karl nodded and then left the castle. Lucifer closed his eyes and started meditating. He was currently at early level 11 however to take his enemies by surprise he had diverted a lot of his energy around the castle. That was his backup plan for the scenario where all three Kings get united and attack the city of Ether.

In the frozen land, the army of King Snow and King Snake was ready. King Snake hid his presence, that was one of his abilities he could erase his strong essence and hence was a menace even for ghosts above him. The power of King Snow felt like he was at the peak of Level 11. However, it was just a technique of Snake King. They wanted to deceive the King of Swords and the human King into thinking that Snow King Killed Taro and had absorbed his essence.

"Warriors of frozen land, We have been peaceful towards other Kingdoms. However, King Taro and the human King joined hands to bring harm to the frozen land. King Taro left his essence with the human King and entered the frozen land. Out of concern, we brought him in. However, as soon as he entered our castle he tried to blow himself up along with the entire frozen land. Luckily, the castle defense got triggered and I was able to stop him. After a long fight, I could absorb some of his essence and reach the peak of Level 11 and because of that, we planned the attack. The human King is only at level 11 intermediate level, we need to Kill him and bring peace again. He has a weak army, his army does not know death, does not know despair. They see us as abnormalities, as something impure. Keep this in mind they are not just our enemies. They are a threat to our existence, our being and to our souls. March my warriors. Let's show the world the might of frozen land." said King Snow.

The reason King Snow leaked the fake story was to make spies deliver news that Taro no longer exists. That would make the enemies complacent as instead of two they had to fight only 1 ghost King. The other reason was they wanted the human King to think that their plan to use Taro to make them attack the City of Ether worked.

Soon the news of the march of frozen land reached the Kingdom of Swords and City of Ether.

"Are there any movements from the city of Ether?" asked Sword King.

"No, they are not. It looks like they are not in alliance and the human King has called back all the ghosts and humans from training. They are preparing for defense." said the advisor

"Interesting, to think that they are not allied. Do they not fear me? Does the Snow King think that being at peak level he can deal with me?" said the Sword King.

"We should wait and see, As they are not allied we do not have anything to fear."

"Correct, we overestimated our opponents," said King Sword.

In the city of Ether, the mood became tense as soon as the news of March reached them. Currently, Lucifer, Karl, Shawn and Taro are discussing their strategy. Lucifer revived a weak version of Taro through his essence as soon as the news of his death reached him.

"How much time do you need?" Lucifer looked at Taro and asked him.

"To reach my previous strength it would take a few years. However, before they would reach I would be able to adjust my soul and then I would be able to fight at my previous strength for 15 minutes," said Taro.

"That would be enough. Just stall the Snow King for 15 minutes. In the meantime I would annihilate their strong warriors. In case you can't you can ask Shawn for help. I guess he too can fight at his previous stage for some time" said Lucifer.

"Yes, I can," said Shawn.

"Karl, you need to create energy blasts. You have to stay hidden and not use essence. You're our backup plan." said Lucifer.

Karl nodded, along with Shawn and Taro.

Their planning went on for many hours after that Taro and Shawn went to their army whereas Karl went to his army. Lucifer remained on his throne with a smirk. They were confident, the addition of Taro changed the game for him.

However, just then shocking news arrived. Something which he never anticipated. A dark barrier was made across the city of Ether. It was a level 13 barrier strong enough to stop any ghost or human from escaping and the Snow King attacked the Kingdom of Swords instead of a city of Ethers. This piece of information sent shivers down Lucifer's spine. Because whoever would win would be at level 12 something Lucifer was not ready for.