"Lieara?!" Reign suddenly blurted out as he stared at the king with wide-open eyes.
"She became a demon worshipper?!"
"Well, we're not completely sure, but it seems like she has been possessed." The king said with a heavy tone.
"It happened right after Lico came back, he was tasked with leading an army to take on the enemy, and Lieara, who was a peak Tier I combatant at that time, was one of his lieutenants." One general spoke before clenching his hands into fists.
"I was the general, my task was to observe the enemy and figure out their strength and weakness before deploying sir Lico, Lieara, and some other powerful combatants out."
"I made a mistake."
"You have to stop blaming yourself, sir Goros, it wasn't a mistake, the enemy had laid down a trap, anyone would have done the same as you did." The queen spoke as the general nodded at her with a heavy expression still visible on his face.
"Even so, I was the one that gave the order for sir Lico and the others to charge in, while letting miss Lieara fight by herself at another place on the battlefield, I thought it would be safe, she was powerful and there were no fighters that were close to her level of power there, only for a couple of them to suddenly appear."
"It happened so fast, in one second, miss Lieara was slaughtering the enemies with ease, only for 4 peak Tier I combatants to suddenly jump out of the crowd and attack her, she was caught off guard, as were all of us."
"Sir Lico immediately tried to help, but was stopped by the enemy Tier II fighter, as were the others."
"In a mere 3 minutes, the enemy had pushed Lieara far from our troops, and that was the last time we had seen her, up until a couple of days ago, we thought she was dead."
"A few days ago?" Reign suddenly asked the general nodded.
"To be more exact, it was 5 days ago, sir Raigon had just come back from the mountain range, the monsters had become restless and a couple of groups had escaped, attacking the people of the kingdom." Another general spoke.
"Raigon went inside the mountain range and killed a couple of their leaders, making them stop the attacks, but that was when he was attacked by the mysterious leader of the demon worshippers inside the territory." The king said before standing up.
"We had crossed blades with her a couple of times and we were able to determine that she was Tier III, a fierce enemy that only me, Raigon, and Lios could fight against, all others would die."
"It was during that battle that Raigon, who was already tired from the previous battle, had managed to strike the enemy and break her mask, showing the face of Lieara whom we had presumed was dead."
"She didn't stop, however, and continued attacking Raigon until I had arrived to back him up, it was at that time that she used some sort of demonic spell and disappeared from the area."
"After learning it was Lieara, we were all hesitant at first, even Raigon couldn't believe what he had seen and thought that it was some sort of a spell the enemy had used in order to let us believe we were attacking one of our own." The king continued with a heavy heart before sitting down.
"But 3 days ago, she appeared once more, and this time, we were all able to see her face, even the normal soldiers and servants."
"She spoke just as she did before, only this time, she was speaking as the enemy, telling us that we are all going to die and become sacrifices for the demons."
"The demon worshippers call her 'The Saintess', but it doesn't make sense, it's not plausible that her strength would rise so much after less than 2 months, the only explanation we have was-"
"She was possessed, and the demon increased her strength quickly, just as they did with the worshippers." Reign spoke at the end, his face solemn. If Lieara has truly been possessed, then he could save her, destroy the demon that was possessing her and get her back, but that was only if the situation was the same as with the previous cases.
Tier III was different compared to before.
The difference in power was huge, and if Lieara had been possessed when she was a peak Tier I combatant, that already spoke of the power of the demon, not to mention that the demon has increased her power to Tier III right now.
Nobody knew exactly how long it took for Lieara to be possessed, or how long the demon took to increase her strength, but Reign doubted that she would give in easily, even Laura, who was possessed by a Transcendent demon, was still able to resist for some time.
Lieara was a battle-hardened veteran, there was no way that the demon was able to easily take over her body.
Reign listened to the rest of the conversation, learning what was currently happening.
Right now, the king was the only Tier III combatant in the capital, he was here because there was no saying whether Lieara would once again appear and attack them.
Raigon and Lios were at the battle fronts, dealing with the two enemy kings who were both Tier III combatants as well, while Lico, Lisea, and the other Tier II fighters were helping them out, some were also positioned to battle the approaching horde as well.
The situation was dire, if the king was in the midst of battling Lieara and the monsters attacked, then the kingdom would be forced to send out troops to their deaths and hope they stall them for long enough.
Hell, there was no saying whether there were even more demon worshipers hidden inside the kingdom, simply lying in wait for the kingdom to show weakness before appearing and attacking them.
"Leave Lieara to me." Reign suddenly spoke, his eyes sharp and focused.
"Are you sure, I am not doubting your strength as I cannot even sense just how powerful you have become, but you two shared a close relationship, are you certain you wish to do this?" The king spoke to Reign, surprising everybody with his words.
'Father can't sense his power?' The princess spoke to herself, shocked.
'Brother will probably be heart-broken by that, he had been working so hard in order to catch up to Raigon, and had come so close as well, only for this man to have far eclipsed not only Raigon, but father as well.' The princess thought as she glanced at Reign before looking at the king.
From what she knew, her father was already a mid-grade Tier III combatant, a realm that was considered to be the very top of the area, and even some of the neighboring large kingdoms outside.
But for him to say something like that meant that Reign had far surpassed him.
"I know, don't worry, if it's possible, I will save her, but if not, then I will end the life of the demon that has taken over her body and let her rest." Reign said with a serious expression, making the king and other higher-ups nod at him.
"Show me where she is, I will make my way there immediately." Reign said as he got up and stared at the map.
"This is her position," The king pointed at a smaller dot on the map before continuing on, "Are you sure you want to go alone, there could be more enemies lying in wait."
"It doesn't matter, if there are more, then I will simply kill more than I planned to." Reign spoke calmly before getting up and making his way to the door of the throne room.
"Reign, if you don't mind, can you tell me what realm you are in right now?" The king suddenly spoke as Reign glanced back at him and smiled.
He opened the door and went out, leaving three words to linger in the air.
"Peak Tier III."
The king sat down, his eyes opened wide as a wide smile bloomed on his face.
"Peak, he is actually at the peak of Tier III." The king mumbled while the others officials and higher-ups were too stunned to even speak.
"We are saved, with someone as powerful as sir Reign helping us out, this war is as good as finished." One of the generals said as his arms started shaking in excitement. He wasn't the only one that had the same thoughts.
They had been at war for a long time, never being able to rest. Reign appearing at such a moment was nothing less than a godsend, the light at the end of a long, long tunnel.
As for Reign, he had simply stepped out of the throne room before exiting the castle as well.
Nobody dared to stop him as a dangerous aura was being emanated from him.
He only took a brief couple of minutes walking to come to the city gates before suddenly breaking into a sprint.
A fierce gale blew around him as a sonic boom soon followed.
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