
Lying limp on the mattress is Lavender who was forced to Log Out because of using his strength excessively. Although this was not the first time he had used force but the side effects he felt this time around were much more severe than the previous one.
With a compress on his eel, his body was enveloped by thick clothes as well as a warm blanket. Although sweat soaked his entire body, only the freezing coldness he felt. His pale white skin now paled even more to make him look like a corpse. Although his eyes were closed trying to fall asleep, his face revealed an expression of pain as if he was having a bad dream.
Lavender's mother, Orchid, aka Orchid, was sitting pensively beside her beloved daughter.
Thanks to the blood of the Devil (Demon) as well as the blood of the Witch (Witch) flowing in his body, Lavender always grows healthy and the disease is never able to reach his body.
It makes this the first time Orchid found his beloved daughter lying limp like this so he did not know how to.
An anxious expression was clearly visible on his face. If only Lavender's condition could now be cured by magic, then she would have long since healed her daughter with the magic she mastered.
Unfortunately, neither magic nor modern medicine can alleviate the suffering Lavender is currently experiencing. The only thing he could do now was to wait until Lavender came to her senses by herself.
The sadness that Orchid felt was so deep that she did not realize that her husband, Oleander, was right next to her. Holding his wife's shoulder, Oleander said, "Rest, for that is also what our daughter needs now".
"Remain still, this is Malika's first time like this." With tears beginning to trickle down, Orchid was unable to finish his words. Seeing his wife like this, Oleander could only attempt to
calmed him.
"The strength of it is indeed very strong but also dangerous. The fact that our daughter uses that power to the stage of forcing herself, indicates that the enemy she is fighting is not an indiscriminate opponent"
Putting a proud face on his face, Oleander really did look happy.
As a true Demon (Demon) race, a strong opponent meant a pleasant fight. He who spent most of his life having fun feels very proud that his only daughter has found a formidable opponent and can't wait for her daughter to wake up and tell her everything.
Orchids who had long realized that her husband's gaze was far different from ordinary people could only sigh.
However, thanks to her husband's attitude that makes her able to withstand her sadness and look ahead. Right before him was the VR machine that Lavender used to connect to the world there.
Seeming to think of something, Orchid closed her eyes for quite a long time before finally facing her husband.
"Say, it can take me to that world, right?"
Understand exactly what had just crossed his wife's head, a wide grin was created on his face.
...
Return to Dungeon Ibis.
In the residence of the Lavender Witch, seen the figure of the Lavender Witch who was also lying limp on her luxurious bed.
With his body covered by a thick blanket, there appeared a compress of leaves attached to his eel.
Being beside her was her most loyal Servant, Lif. Who diligently took care of his Master who was now in a helpless state.
It is not imagined how his expression when watching the figure of Victoria who returned with her Master who was in a state of unconsciousness. Without listening to any explanation, Lif immediately stopped everything
her job and only focus on taking care of the Lavender Witch.
It had been more than a day since the Lavender Witch was unconscious.
It was natural to remember that his consciousness had returned to the world and left an empty body.
However, Lif remained faithful in trying to treat his Master with various treatments hoping that it would reduce the suffering his Master felt.
Just now Lif was about to change the compress that was in his Master's seat, a noise was heard from below and not long later there were footsteps like people running. Bang out! The door of the room suddenly opened and showed Victoria with a pale look on her face.
On his disrespectful behavior, the usually gentle Lif could also feel annoyed "Why such a fuss? Don't you know the Master is resting?".
As if not listening to Lif's words, Victoria immediately shouted "The Great Lady has come!" which of course makes Lif do not understand what he just said.
When Lif was about to ask for more explanation from Victoria, suddenly the figure of a woman appeared and pushed Victoria away from the door.
Seeing the Woman playing in just like that, Lif who was about to reprimand her immediately swallowed his words when he saw the figure of the Woman as a whole.
Dressed in a long black robe with a deep red accent, a triangular hat sat sweetly over his long dark purple hair. The parasite is beautiful and beautiful to make anyone who sees it will be stunned.
However, what surprised Lif was the face of that Woman who was very similar to the Lavender Witch before her Devil (Demon) blood rose. It's just that the woman looks more mature in terms of appearance
or from the aura he exuded.
Although he was stunned, Lif quickly returned to how it was and immediately stopped the woman's steps.
"Excuse me, this is the Private Room of my Master, the Witch of the Ibis Forest, Lavender. Now he is in a period of recovery so that I cannot allow just anyone to come to see him. If
you can, you better tell me who you really are or I'm forced to ask you out of this place"
At Lif's polite but threatening words, the woman stopped her steps. His eyes that were originally fixed on the Lavender Witch who was lying limp on his bed now finally turned towards Lif as if he had just realized his existence.
His dark purple eyes stared at Lif from top to bottom before finally saying out loud "My name is Orchid La Ciel, the Mother of Lavender La Ciel. I came here to see my daughter
and a servant like you has no right to stop me".
On hearing this, Lif immediately lowered his head "Sorry for the valiance of the servant" before finally stepping aside and making way for Orchid.
With nothing to stand in his way, Orchid immediately approached his daughter who was lying limp as in the other world.
Seeing the appearance in this world for the first time, a feeling appeared that he could not explain.
Although he has seen how the appearance of his daughter who has approached a Devil (Demon) rather than ordinary Humans, but the appearance of his daughter here is much closer to a Devil (Demon) so that he
don't know what to say.
After fondly stroking his daughter's hair, Orchid got up and faced toward Lif who had been standing still nearby.
"Say, who exactly did he fight to make it this way?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know in detail because I wasn't there when Master was fighting while risking his life. If the Madam is about to ask, it's best to ask Victoria because she was there together with the Master"
Victoria who had gotten a sharp look from Orchid had no other choice but to tell him everything.
"So he fought a Devil (Demon)..."
Never did he think that there was a Devil (Demon) hiding in the Narsist Kingdom. Not only did his existence cause a great deal of suffering and death, but the entire continent was even made to battle it out.
Orchid does not know if this Devil (Demon) came into this world by itself or if someone called him. Or whether he is a Devil (Demon) who recently appeared or has been in this world
since the past.
What is clear is that this Devil (Demon) must be stopped at any cost.
After thinking for a moment, Orchid knew what to do.
"Victoria... Take me to the battlefield"
...
Narsist Kingdoms.
The battle against the Monsters was still going on without any end to this long battle. The waves of monsters keep coming so you'll wonder where they all came from.
As the battle had still not stopped, the other Alliance Forces were summoned to help protect the Cursed Fruit storage warehouse.
The move proved effective as the Alliance Army managed to push the Monsters away from the defensive wall.
It would only be another day until the Cardinal Magician completed the formation capable of sealing that Demon (Demon) so that he could no longer create trouble.
With only one more day left, the Alliance Army was no longer holding back and fighting it out hoping to eliminate all the Monsters.
Honey, things didn't go according to plan.
"Groans!!! The Monster army is heading towards the Capital!!!"
This news surprised everyone.
As the storage warehouse was under attack, the transfer of Devil Fruits came to a halt and all the fruits were now being stored in the temporary warehouse in the Capital.
Receiving this news, even the Alliance Army did not remain silent.
Directed by the King of Ferox Kingdom, Leonidas Leo. A defense force was formed to protect the capital.
With his black mane blown by the wind, King Leonidas stood gallantly above the defensive wall while looking at the Monster army slowly approaching the Capital. With his sharp eyes, King Leonidas managed to realize that there was something strange about the Monster stakes coming.
Even though they all have terrible forms with disproportionate body proportions, but at least they still have a humanoid form as they were once just ordinary Humans.
However, of the many monsters seen. King Leonidas discovers that a Monster walks with all four feet on the ground and that it has a tail and a head like a Beast.
For this discovery, a possibility also crossed his head.
"So, you've also realized it well"
Prince Lapelis with a bow on his back walked up to King Leonidas. Next to him was another archer who was none other than the Wind General from the North, Boreas.
Seeing this unusual pair, King Leonidas could only smile mockingly.
"Heh, only a blind man or a fool would not notice it" with his eyes still fixed on the Monster army, a mockery came out of his mouth "Who would have thought they had arrived
so desperate that even wild animals they made friends".
Although General Boreas felt strange when he saw King Leonidas who said that even though his appearance was more sinister than the other Beings of the Beast. He decided not to say anything because
he could clearly feel that King Leonidas' strength was as high as King Pulchrititudo's.
In order to distract him, General Boreas looked at the Alliance Forces that had lined up neatly outside the defensive wall.
Regardless of the Kingdom they came from, the entire Army marched based on their respective roles.
Lining neatly in the front row is a shield army led by Doragon. Right behind them was the spear force led by Yari. On the left and right wings are those armed with swords, axes, and other melee weapons. The left wing was led by Bearnard while the right wing was led by Turbo. In the middle row is a magic army led by the Witch Rosemary while in the back row is an archer army led by Prince Lapelis.
Given his expertise, General Boreas was automatically put into the Archery Force.
Although this should put him under the command of someone he used to call an opponent, especially he was an Elf, making General Boreas' feelings mixed.
As a true Narsist Kingdom citizen, it was difficult for him to accept orders from the Elf race that had always been considered a heretic race because it had snatched away the beauty and immortality of the citizens of the Narsist Kingdom. Simultaneously, he also had to be amazed by the Archery ability of Prince Lapelis which was equivalent to or even beyond himself. Moreover, the other party was a Prince who automatically raised his degree much higher than a General like himself.
Forgetit.
His initial strategy was for the shield troops to resist the enemy's attacks directly with the spear troops helping them from behind. While the Monsters were restrained in the vanguard, the troops from the right and left flank the Monsters from both sides and focused on knocking them down as much as possible.
While the magic troops will help from behind and the arrow troops will focus on shooting from afar.
Although this strategy is fairly simple, but because the Monsters are senseless it usually only attacks from the front only, but, then there is a great chance that this strategy will be successful as long as the shield-bearer troops are able to withstand enemy attacks that will certainly come with full force.
"What about stacking that damn Devil Fruit? Is it protected properly?"
Seeing that King Leonidas' talks with Prince Lapelis were still continuing, General Boreas came out of his daydream and refocused on listening.
"For that matter you take it easy, all the Devil Fruits have been moved to an underground storage area that is located deep in a sewer that is not used. And thank you for the artifacts
Prince Draco took it from his Kingdom, the security level of the storage can be guaranteed"
"Ah, shield it's yeah!" recalling a shield that Prince Draco had shown earlier, King Leonidas was once again excited.
When he first saw the shield, King Leonidas was amazed at the skill of the man who forged the shield so much that he felt like having the shield to himself. But, because
the shield was classified as an heirloom weapon from the Drakon Kingdom, inevitably King Leonidas undoes his intentions.
Shaking his head, King Leonidas who tried to eliminate the desire that arose in his heart immediately returned to focus on the army of monsters that were getting closer.
The number of Alliance Forces under his command was a total of 15,000 soldiers. As for the number of Monsters that came attacking, it was estimated that there were a total of 8,000 of them. Although the alliance forces were much larger, when calculating the difference in strength between individuals, King Leonidas was still not confident whether the number of troops was enough to withstand the invasion from the Monsters.
Even when he counted the strength of a special individual like Oriens who was now at the forefront, the Lapelis Prince who was now beside him or even when the Alchemist of Devastation Colette had reached out his favor, King Leonidas still did not dare to be too confident and underestimated the Monsters who he said were senseless.
The only thing that could calm his heart was the fact that he only had to hold these Monsters for a day.
Because when the Cardinal Witch completed her magic formation, then this long battle was tantamount to having ended.
Seeing that the time had come, he lowered the order.
"Teacher! Get ready!!!"
His loud voice boomed loudly throughout the entire battlefield.
Without having to make the Squad Captain deliver his orders, the shield troops had firmly buried their Giant Shield to the ground. In almost the same time, Skills like (Fortress) they activate that suddenly make their defensive walls become much more sturdy.
Following from behind were the spearmen who trainedly aimed their Long Spear forward right between the sidelines of the shield while immersing the back of their spears into the ground.
Following them was an army of archers who had pulled their bows tightly and pointed them into space.
Prince Lapelis and General Boreas also drew their respective bows. Especially for the two of them, a powerful whirlwind effect appeared on their arrow eyes which made their appearance
it looks a lot more striking than the other archers.
On the other hand, the magic army was now focusing on strengthening the other army. There are those who strengthen the defense of the shield troops, and there are also those who strengthen the attack power of the archer troops.
Striking his Staff violently to the ground, the Witch Rosemary activates a magic (Aurora) that creates a beautiful Aurora in space. Although it looks beautiful, this magic proved successful in lowering the power of the Monsters who came to invade.
Seeing that the Monster army was only a few hundred meters away from the shield, King Leonidas immediately gave his second command.
"Archer...!!! ...Shoot it!!!"
Along with that command, Whooosh...! two pairs of arrows immediately accelerated rapidly and then followed by other arrows.
Leaving a trail of green wind behind them, the two arrows that drove first had reached their respective targets.
Boom!!! The huge explosion was created with the effect of a whirlwind that chopped up everything they touched. Thanks to the attack there were at least a dozen Monsters who were seriously injured yet they still had not fallen.
Seeing this, Prince Lapelis and General Boreas were surprised that their attack failed to take the lives of their targets. When the attacks of the two strongest archers failed to drop even
a Monster alone, the arrows that finally followed certainly had no chance.
Although their first attack failed, it did not discourage them. On the contrary, this makes the two best archers more motivated to be able to finish off the Monster with one attack.
When the second wave of arrows was released, the third command was finally lowered.
"Magic troops! Suck...!!! Shoot it!!!"
Joining with the rain of arrows is rain of fire, water, wind, to the ground and light to bombard the monsters that are getting closer.
Booms! Boom up! Booms!
Mercilessly hundreds of magic attacks were fired towards the ferocious Monsters. Thick dust started flying as the sound of explosions echoed in everyone's ears.
Not yet had the dust smoke subsided, the Monster army emerged from behind the smoke with sinister looks on their faces as well as gaping wounds all over their bodies.
Seeing the appearance of the Monsters, the heart of the shield troops became trembled. But it does not last long because there is someone who will not forgive them when they know that fear has struck them.
"Don't be afraid!" with a Greatsword in hand, Oriens stood at the very front of the line with his shield troops far behind him. "They are nothing more than senseless creatures. Are you a coward or a fool who fears beings far inferior to yourself?" along with his thunderous speech, a hot aura shot out from his body that burned even the surface of the ground that was nearby.
Seeing the appearance of the valiant Oriens, they immediately forgot the fear they had previously felt and have now been replaced by a sense of admiration and respect for the figure of Oriens who symbolizes a true Knight.
Even Doragon who should have been their Captain seemed helpless when his role was taken for granted by the Oriens.
Seeing the determined face of the shield troops, a satisfied grin was created on the beautiful face of Oriens.
While enveloping his Greatsword with a burning fire, Oriens declared loudly...
"With this sword I swear! None of you can pass us all!"
Pointing his Greatsword forward, Oriens also welcomed the arrival of the Monsters with a grin on his face.