Chapter 26 The first attack

"Your majesty, are you okay?" A knight asked as he opened his hand to reach out to King Arthur.

The other knights took out their weapons and pointed them at Shio and the others.

King Arthur got up on his own and then warned the knights, "Lower your weapons or else."

The knights did not resist and dud as they were told.

"Oh Mushi you're still this strong, I really thought that I stood a chance at getting my revenge on you." King Arthur complimented.

Shio looked around and noticed that they destroyed the whole left wing of the castle, "Oh man, we destroyed the castle's left wing."

"Don't worry, I can repair it." King Arthur assured, and then he used his magical spell, REPAIR, and fixed the castle.

"Please join us for dinner tonight, but firstly, I haven't really asked what the knights of Lakhar are doing here." King Arthur asked.

"We're here because we need the help of your country. You see, we are on a war with Malistro, and we need all the help we can get." James explained.

"Man Mushi I never thought that you would want help from me, and I never thought that you would settle at Lakhar." King Arthur said.

"Yeah I never thought that I would settle there as well, but I found something precious, so I need to protect it." Shio responded.

"So will you help us with our war by landing us the strength of your knights?" James asked once more as he stood on one knee.

"Don't worry, you're allies of Mushi, and so you're allies of me. Therefore, I will help you in any way possible." King Arthur promised.

"I got another request." Shio added.

"Hmm, what is it?"

"I want your best knights to train Akiyoshi. You see, he has a fragment of the powers of the Dragon God of flames." Shio asked.

"The Dragon God of flames, I never expected to come across such a person, but don't worry, my knights will make sure to train him." King Arthur agreed.

Akiyoshi was taken by a powerful fire mage of Invinctro to go train.

Iguro and James were taken to rest at the guest's bedroom, and King Arthur took Shio to meet his family.

Shio and King Arthur entered the king's bedroom.

"Arthur! What was all that destruction just now?!" The queen asked.

"I'm sorry, my lady, I was having a bit of a fight with an old apprentice of mine." King Arthur apologized.

The Queen was beautiful, she had blonde long hair, and she was wearing royal attire, and next to her was a little boy.

He had blonde hair as well, and he was also wearing royal attire.

"Shio this is my family. This is Queen Maria, the 76th Queen of Invinctro, and this is Prince Vana, my son." King Arthur introduced.

"And this is Shio." He said, pointing at Shio.

"Nice to meet you all." Shio greeted as he took one knee down and bowed.

"Nice to meet you as well, King Arthur told us about you a long time ago, but I'm glad to meet you in person." Queen Maria smiled.

"It's nice to meet you as well, your majesty." The Queen reached out her hand to Shio's, then she made him stand up.

"Yeah father told us about you. It's nice to meet you." Prince Vana said.

"Shio and his comrades came here from Lakhar. They were here to require our assistance." King Arthur explained.

"We trust you to deal with everything, my King." The Queen responded.

King Arthur smiled, then he kissed Queen Maria at her cheek and left with Shio.

Just as when Iguro and James were resting, Shio and King Arthur barged inside.

"Guys we need to plan things out." Shio said.

"You guys can't just barge inside." James and Iguro complained.

"Whatever. Get up, and let's leave to plan things with Invinctro's strategists." Shio said.

Iguro and James left with Shio and King Arthur, and they went to the castle's meeting area.

Inside, they met up with two strategists of Invinctro. Their names were Kael and Kaizo, and they were twins.

"Hi," They greeted, "We are the twin strategists of Invinctro, Kael, and Kaizo."

"It's nice to meet you both, I am Shio, and these two are my companions, Iguro and James." Shio introduced.

All of them took their seats, and Iguro explained everything to them.

"I see, so what are you planning on doing?" Kael asked.

"We are planning on attacking Westrecto." James simply answered.

"I see, but Westrecto is equal with us in terms of power, so if we attack them, won't both sides end up getting destroyed?" Kael questioned.

"Yes you are right, but they don't know of our plan, so that means we have the element of suprise." James said.

"No we don't have the element of suprise. I have reason to believe that the enemy knows of our plan, infact they're probably prepping for us." Shio said.

"What makes you think that?" Iguro asked.

Shio stood up and used a spell, ENCLOSED AREA.

The spell prevented any magic from entering the room.

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"That bastard! I can't see them anymore." The boss of the [ASNO] said to himself at the castle of Westrecto.

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"What was that for Shio?" They asked.

"This is so that we can plan without worrying about being spied on. Every time we're in a meeting, I always have this feeling that I'm being spied on." Shio explained.

"I see, so you suspect that the enemy has a long-range viewing ability." Kaizo guessed.

"Yes you're right, now then let us plan, shall we." Shio responded.

The next day, the army of Invinctro gathered to begin the attack at Westrecto, Shio, Iguro, James, and King Arthur prepared themselves as well.

Akiyoshi was told to stay behind and keep training.

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"Your majesty, the enemy's forces have gathered outside their castle and are preparing to come and attack us." The boss of the [ASNO] reported.

"Let them come!" The king responded, "Tell our forces to go and wait for them at the border between Westrecto and Invinctro."

At once, half of their forces went to the border and waited for the forces of Invinctro.

BOOM! AAARGGHH! The citizens of Westrecto near the castle shouted.

"Your majesty!" A guard rushed inside the King's quarters.

"Your majesty! The enemy's forces are here, and there are more than 3 thousand of them!" The guard reported.

"What! But that's impossible! How did they pass through our army at the border that fast?!" The king asked.

"We don't know your majesty. They just appeared out of nowhere!" The guard answered.

"Teleportation magic, we never thought hat they could teleport more than a thousand people at the same time. DAMN YOU SHIOOOOO!" The boss of the [ASNO] shouted.

BOOM! BOOM!

The knights made their way to the castle.

Shio was standing on top of a building and he ordered the knights, "I only have one thing to say to y'all, ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY AT ALl COST!!!"

"Yes Sir!" The knights attacked.