Orbis Online
178. The Long Exhausting Battle

   "Whatdidyou say? The king is controlled by someone?"

   "Yes, someone very strong."

Arriving at the inn Reus explained about the condition of Aulcrat controlled by Lucius Maen'ra, one of the highest commanders of the Order of Chaos who became the biggest threat in the world Orbis Online.

He also explained about the Order of Chaos along with some other things that Crystina, Dunk, and Kynel need to know. Of course he did not tell Blackstar which was the cause of the great battle they had gone through before.

   "Reus, are you really sure this information is trusted?"

Crystina narrowed her eyes in disbelief at Reus's far-fetched story.

   "I've met various people in this world, the head of Crystina, one of whom was the one who used to put up a tough fight against this organization."

Reus only smiled faintly in response to Crystina's reaction which he thought could be explained as well as Dunk and Kynel who seemed to be in disbelief at what she was telling him.

Reus says this is related to the Main Story, the Order of Chaos is the darkness referred to in the Quest.

   "So you're saying, we're going to fight against a large organization with an average-level army of about 300 in the future? That's the weakest?"

   "Right, chief Crystina."

It can be seen that Crystina does not believe much in Reus' words but on the other hand, she feels Reus has no reason to lie to her.

   "Chairman Crystina, you're free to believe or not in my story, but I hope when the time comes you don't regret it."

After saying so Reus stepped into his room, leaving Crystina, Dunk, and Kynel at the inn table who now seemed shocked. They never expected the world of Orbis Online would face a great war in the future.

   "Chairman, we better have to ask the members of Crimson Castle to level up as much as possible in order to be able to deal with this army."

Crystina raised her eyebrows hearing Kynel's serious-sounding words, she looked at Kynel in surprise.

   "Do you believe all the stories? It could be that he's just scaring us into raising the level faster to help him if only this kingdom was going to take revenge on him."

   "Chairman, Reus is not that kind of person. I've known him since the battle in the village of Viredeta a few months ago, if he were that kind of person then he wouldn't have advanced at the very front and faced so many troops like today."

The words of Kynel successfully made Crystina worried, she did not want to believe in the story of Reus but at the same time she could not ignore the power of Reus who was so great even though only level 150.

Crystina sighed for a moment before standing up and moving towards her room, she wanted to think about all this for a while before making a decision.

Kynel does not hinder Crystina, he knows as the leader of a Legion, Crystina must consider many aspects in order to make the best choice.

   "So, how's our fate going forward?"

As Kynel was busy thinking about what she could do to help Reus and Crystina, Dunk suddenly chapped. Kynel sighed in response to Dunk's question.

   "depends. If we are quick to respond and prepare for this great war from the beginning then there is a possibility we can survive but if we take it lightly or do not believe it, then we can be destroyed."

Kynel's answer was enough to make Dunk tremble, he then recalled his experience of being trapped inside Chaos Lair and facing so many Chaos races that were higher level than him, in the end he met Arshwind the Dragon.

If their enemy was indeed going to be as strong as Reus had said, then the only thing they could do now was to get stronger as quickly as possible.

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   "Ten Elite Knight? Are the Elite Knights in a single kingdom this small indeed that many? About 200 more?"

Reus scratched his head for a moment before inquiring about the details of the information from Ikshan, including how much power Lavore Kindom had.

In his counter-message, Ikshan said Lavore Kingdom had at least about 70,000 regular troops ready to fight, about 20,000 reserve troops, 10,000 main forces said to be the main force of the kingdom, as well as less than 50 Elite Knight personnel.

Ordinary troops were at least levelled around 120 and below as well as reserve troops, while the main troops were leveled at no less than 180, whereas every Elite Knight was leveled at least 200 and above.

   "Guardened by the 10 Elite Knights, naturally they would not be able to break through it."

Reus shook his head for a moment then sent another message to Ikshan, this time a little different despite being in the same place.

   "{Oh, you mean Sylph de Corvette? A witch named Warlock of Gale who is being held in a royal dungeon? I heard he will be released in a few days after the king settled the misunderstanding between them.}

Dahi Reus slightly shriveled to read the contents of Ikshan's message, he felt that the king he had helped some time ago turned out to be this stupid. He rubbed his forehead for a moment while thinking something for a while then re-wrote a reply message to Ikshan.

It took some time for Ikshan to return Reus' message.

   "{No problem, but if me and Ramsey get caught then you have to free us.}"

Reus laughed, finding the reply.

   "{Of course, it would be a problem if my traveling companion was held behind a cell of bars.}"

After writing and sending a message, Reus sprawled his body on the bed closing his eyes for a moment.

He felt so exhausted by the many battles he had gone through in the past few days. Starting from escaping with Ikshan from prison, making a mess with Sylph to distract the kingdom, then in the end the battle that just ended.

   "It's exhausting."

Reus sighed after complaining, he then got up to sit down and pulled the Dragon Slayer Sword on his back. He looked at the sword for a while before taking something from his Inventory.

A small hammer the size of a golden thumb appeared on his left hand.

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The Golden Emergency Hammer

A golden-colored magic hammer capable of recovering the Durability status of a weapon by as much as 150 points in an instant. Only one use.

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The Golden Emergency Hammer was one of the Ikshan-made Items given to Reus in case the Dur status of the Reus sword was reduced too quickly in battle. He gave away about two similar Items so that Reus would not have to worry too much about his sword.

   "If the battle continues I plan to use this on the Dragon Slayer Sword, but it doesn't seem necessary."

Little smiling Reus looked at the tiny golden hammer before returning it into the Inventory, he decided he would have Ikshan fix the Dragon Slayer Sword after the man returned from the palace and let out a heavy sigh.

   "Long battle is exhausting."