Chapter 262 Surrender or Die
City Guard Headquarters, Front Yard.
A huge circle with many symbols could be seen on the ground in front of the city guard headquarters.
The symbols inside the circle were instructions for the mana to be used in a certain way.
After twenty mages sat on the edge of the circle and infused their magic, the circle began to glow and fill the lines that had been drawn.
Barrier!
Yes, these mages wanted to create a barrier to protect their city!
Even though Nightshire City was not big, they needed many mages to put up a barrier.
Previously, Scarlett ordered twenty mages to create a barrier before heading to the entrance gate.
She did this for two reasons.
First, it was to protect their city, and last, it was to see the strength of their enemies.
When magical beasts tried to destroy the barrier, she would use the opportunity to see their strength.
With this, she would know which one they should kill first, or how to deal with these magical beasts.
Of course, Scarlett had no idea that some of her enemies were already inside the barrier because she still did not know about Henry's betrayal.
Otherwise, she would have killed him first before going to the gate because she hated betrayal the most.
"City mistress, everyone is already in their positions." Colonel Louie uttered.
"Good." Scarlett responded without looking at him.
As soon as her voice stopped, the sound of magical beasts approaching their city reverberated in the entire area.
These magical beasts did not attack the city immediately; instead, they stood several hundred meters from Nightshire City as if they wanted to tell Scarlett and the others that they would attack them soon.
"They are coming."
"These damn magical beasts! I will kill them later."
"I won't let you destroy my city."
"I will kill you all later!"
"My arrows will kill you."
"That's right. Our arrows will kill them!"
"Un. Un."
There was not the slightest sign of fear in their eyes when the citizens saw countless magical beasts before them.
The determination to protect their city was far greater than the fear within them, so a desire to kill these magical beasts arose when they saw them.
Some of them even could not wait to kill these magical beasts because they attacked their city five years ago.
As they were looking at the magical beasts intently, Henry stood in the backyard of his house.
He did not go to the entrance gate immediately because it was a part of their plan.
'A barrier?'
He looked at the barrier above him.
'This is just as we expected.'
His lips curled up into a grin.
Henry then looked at his subordinates and spoke, "Everyone, get ready! We will carry out our next plan soon."
"Understood." His subordinates responded in unison.
"I can't wait to kill these humans. Kekeke. I'm sure they are delicious." Ardryll smiled evilly after saying that.
At the same time, countless magical beasts were standing several hundred meters in front of Nightshire City.
These magical beasts did not attack Nightshire City immediately.
They only stood there without doing anything.
They even lined up neatly.
It was as if they were soldiers, not magical beasts.
Actually, there was a reason why they did not attack Nightshire City immediately.
It was because their lord still had not given them an order!
These magical beasts were Dezmavas' subordinates, so they would wait for orders first before doing anything.
"In your opinion, how many of them are there?"
"Around twenty thousand, maybe?"
"Maybe twenty-one thousand."
"I think twenty-two thousand."
"I heard it's twenty-five thousand."
"Twenty-five thousand?"
"Well, it doesn't matter. No matter how many of them there are, I will kill them all."
"That's right. We will kill them all."
"Hey, look! A dragon!"
"What?! A dragon."
"What a huge dragon."
"Is that black dragon going attack our city too?"
The citizens were startled when they saw a dragon flying in the sky.
Like these magical beasts, the dragon did not attack Nightshire City immediately; instead, it flew toward magical beasts.
When magical beasts saw the dragon, they bowed their heads one by one.
"Young lord…"
"Young lord…"
"Young lord…"
"Young lord…"
The 3-star magical beasts greeted him while the 1-star and 2-star kept lowering their heads.
"Un…" the dragon only nodded its head before finally flying lower.
Just as the black dragon was about to land on the ground, its body transformed into that of a human.
"How is the preparation?" Dezmavas inquired.
"Everything is ready, young lord." Eldrin responded.
Dezmavas then took one step forward before finally speaking, "Human."
Even though he spoke in a normal tone, his voice sounded throughout the area as if he were shouting.
"I will give you two choices." Dezmavas spoke and paused for a second before finally he continued, "Surrender and become my slave or die?"
"Go fuck yourself!"
"Fuck you!"
"Here, take my middle fingers!"
"Who do you think you are, asshole?"
"Bastard, your voice hurts my ears."
"Little dragon, come here. I will kill you."
One by one, the citizens yelled at Dezmavas.
Even though Dezmavas came from the mighty dragon race, they did not show the slightest care about it.
They even treated him like an ordinary delinquent because they hated his arrogant behavior.
Ace, who was standing next to Scarlett, was at a loss for words.
'They are really something.'
He did not expect them to react like that.
Of course, he liked their behavior because they didn't show the slightest sign of fear even though they were in front of a dragon.
[All divine beings are excited.]
[Ten God can't wait for the war to happen.]
All divine beings were excited because it would be Ace's first time participating in a war, so they could not wait to see his performance in the war.
[Ding! As the only awakener at the Grandmaster rank, everyone depends on you to win the war. Kill five thousand magical beasts and show everyone that depending on you is the right choice. Upon completing the quest, Host will be given a random skill card.]
[Ding! God of Sea gives you a quest. Age doesn't matter in war. Even a young man can kill an adult in a war. Kill ten 3-star magical beasts, and God of Sea will give you a skill card. Do you accept it?]
Ace was pleasantly surprised when he got two quests at the same time because something like this was rare.
'I accept it.'
He was already at the Grandmaster rank, so he believed he could complete the quest given by the God of Sea.
[God of Wind laughs.]
[God of Wind utters, let me join the fun.]
[Ding! God of Wind gives you a quest. As someone who likes to act cool, you have to remain cool even in a war. Save some people in a cool way, and God of Wind will give you a random card. Do you accept it?]
The corner of Ace's lips twitched.
'Save some people in a cool way?'
He did not expect to get a unique quest like that.
'But a quest is still a quest. I will still accept it.'
Even though the quest was a little weird, he still accepted it because there was a possibility of him getting a good card later.
[Ding! Goddess of War gives you a quest. As the chosen one, you must be the key to winning the war. Kill Dezmavas and cut off his head. Upon completing the quest, Goddess of War will give you a War Armor card. Do you accept it?]
'War Armor card?'
Ace was pleasantly surprised by the reward.
Even though he still did not know what it was, he was sure it must be an amazing card since it was called a War Armor card.
After all, something that had the word 'war' in it must be amazing, especially if it was followed by the word armor.
It must be an extraordinary piece of armor that was only worn by famous or powerful figures.
'I have three good cards. I'm sure I can kill Dezmavas.'
He did not mind using all his cards because they were one-time-use cards.
'I accept this amazing quest.'
Right after he accepted the quest, a notification popped up.
[Ding! All features will be disabled during the war. Host will not be able to activate the card or use system features.]
'What?!'
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