Chapter 686 Second day of the competition
[Rein's POV: ]
The night passed with the new kid Eon bought and it was fun playing with him… sad that we had to leave him at Heliox estate with Zoe since we had so much work on our hands. And, this time as well, Zoe knew everything that wa sharpening with us.
"We will start the discussion as soon as everyone is here. Please take your seat."
It was morning and the second day of the annual alchemy comepertation of Principality of Lakmer. And, after the calls Headmaster made last night to ask for favours, we were currently in a special room in the competition arena with the Emperor and the party, mister President and the party, Elder Theodore, a (tier-9) mage, the judge of this competition, as well as someone blessed by the goddess of justice, Meyat.
There were high ranking officials whose strengths were unrivalled on this continent and this world, and, among them, there were also some grandmasters who were currently participating in the competition.
'It was still a while left for the competition to start so this was the perfect time and place for this meeting to take place at the moment.'
Not only the competition arena was the heart of this whole city, it was also quite literally th center around which the city was built.
It was a strategic point, so, this place was going to play a very crucial role in today's operation.
"Is the situation dire, Master Axion?"
The four of us were the only young people present in this assembly with more than hundred people that could be recognised as national or continental tereasures.
Some of them were also called the absolutes of their own regions, like the emperor of Rexanna empire, Master Maverick, King of the nation of technology, Dwardomia, another [King] ranked swordsman that was also one of the only few grandmaster blacksmiths of this world.
There was the (Witch of North) present here, the queen of the strongest empire of the northern continent… someone that specially teleported here at the request of the headmaster to lend us a hand.
Even three martial masters of the (Heavenly martial alliance) of the eastern content were present here. So, the people the four of us were currently sitting with, were all individually a force that would require a few of those demonic humans to work together to even stand before.
And, currently, this entire gathering was going to discuss how we were going to 'work together' to take care of the enemy that was approaching.
And, as difficult as the atmosphere here was to breathe in, my darling was given the responsibility to command this entire situation by the headmaster.
"I would appreciate it if you can wait until everyone has gathered, your majesty."
"Hmmm. Alright."
Even the headmaster had never seen him that serious so all four of them could tell this situation was more serious than he might have thought about.
And, from how he answered the emperor so firmly, the people currently present here understood why someone as young as him was chosen to be the one to lead the current situation.
[ "Everyone, we will start the discussion in three minutes. I will not be repeating myself for those who come later so, I would appreciative if you could context your absent acquaintance and tell them to hurry up." ]
Everything was time sensitive at the moment since the enemy would be doing a complete simultaneous attack thorufght the city as well as the nearby lands of the capital.
'We were able to confirm their target are the people, the sacrifices, so they will not just stick to this capital city for that.'
They will go all the way and destroy all the places where the humans resided, be it small establishments with a few hundred people, or big villages with a few thousand of population.
For them, the people were nothing more than sacrifices. And, since they had penetrated into the societies so deeply, loss of life was going to unstoppable.
'Eon wanted to keep the casualties as low as possible. Every single life lost today would be the responsibility of the people currently present here. Including the four of us.'
This was war… something I was used to, something perhaps all of the people currently present here had experiences a few times in their lives. So, we knew the damages and consequences that happened because of these wars.
[ "Then, I would be stating now." ]
The people here knew the four of us for who we were and it came as a surprise for them that we were working for the headmaster at the moment.
They did not know the fact that Eon and I were part of the student council since they knew we weren't attending the academy in the first place. However, they did know about our powers, at least the 'rumored' powers that the successor of Heliox and the Golden demoness as well as the representative of the Atraxia or the (Blood thirsty witch) of the battlefields was capable of.
Still, they did not know exactly what the four of us were capable of… however, their doubts about Eon's capabilities all vanished instantly when he explained them the same things he explained and showed us with that special head piece artifact of his last night.
"No… this cannot be…"
"To think they had crawled so deep into the society… how can the lowly demonic humans…"
"I understand the seriousness of the headmaster now. Hmmm… the situation is dire."
"We must act quickly. Me must-"
[ "Everyone. If you could please calm down and listen to me, it would be appreciated." ]
Eon spoke up with a heavier voice this time. A kind of Mana infused voice that affected the very hearts of the people that perceived it.
"He is terrifying sometimes…"
"That's what I love about him, to be honest."
Empress Madeleine and Vera were were whispering among themselves still, so he looked into their direction with a serious look so they knew even whispering was disturbing in this situation.
[ "Then, now that everyone knows the gravity of the situation, I would like to propose-" ]
"I object to whatever you want to propose, young boy."
There it was. The first objection of the day by someone that was a little less important in this entire room.
I knew something cliche hadn't happened yet so this was feeling too serious.
[ "Then you can go out, Lord Huston. I will make sure to tell the Headmaster as well as his highness about your 'objection' to the suggestions of the 'boy' appointed as the one to lead this discussion, as well as the plan that is to follow it." ]
'Oh damn…'
[[ "He's serious alright." ]]
[[ "Even I wouldn't be able to tell a [Rank-6] knight, (tier-8) magic swordsman and the knight captain of one of the strongest finential powers of this world to just shut the fuck up and leave. He is ruthless right now. It's quite charming, I would say." ]]
Vice president and president were praising him for something obvious. But considering it has only been around a month together with us, they still have a lot of things to know about us.
'I know why he is like that, I love it when he is that serious. That's why I was just watching him happily. Him indirectly curing that old dude was a cherry on the cake for me. This was delightful~.'
But this could have been more delightful if those mother fucking, bitches, bastards, whores, and unbirthed dumb fucking inhuman pieces of unnamable shits weren't involved in the matter at hand.
[ "Then…" ]
He just ignored that person after giving him a displeased look and continued with his talk.
He was in power right now.
He held the authority directly given to him by the person that had made them gather here.
And, he knew damn well how to use the powers of this kind.
He had his own experience from his previous life, and, his master was a being that had taught him how to be prepared to lead armies of millions. Leading a hundred strong individuals was of no problem to him at all.
'Just that the power and authority he had in this situation was temporary. It was sad, if I say so myself.'
He would have to apologise to him after all of this is over since he would be nothing more than Axion Heliox Kramer after this and not the representative selected by the headmaster for this war.
This abstract power he had right now was temporary, however, he aimed to possess it on his own in the future.
'And, I am going to help him in every single way I can to achieve that.'
But that was something for later…
[ "The enemy is going to use a simultaneous attack formation and their targets were people.
The main objective of their operation is still unknown however, if we could capture one of these 'Green' captains of the strongholds, we might be able to extract some usable information from them.
However, that would only be the secondary task for all of us.
I have prepared a final simulation of the things that the enemy might do with their current power and forces so, please pay attention everyone." ]
The people currently cheerfully sitting in the arena or in their houses or on the streets had no idea what was happening in and out of this city.
They had no idea about those people, the danger that was upon us or the lives that were at stake here.
They were normal people, so, that was how it was supposed to be anyway…
However, for us people present here, with each passing second, the tension was growing.
The enemy was strong, the 'Green' captains of each of the strongholds were at the same level as a (tier-9) elder mage, and, since they might also be stigmatised by some powerful demon, the possibility of a few demons descending on this land were not that low.
They had teleportation portals connected to some unknown places, so, the possibility of an all out grand scale war was also not that low.
Eon had thought out about it all while we were playing with Mag last night.
He contemplated, simulated scenarios in his mind, meditated, calculated unhealthy amounts of data he had gathered with Celes and her clones, he even used some of the artifacts he had never used before to comprehend the actions of the demonic humans until now, and, the final scenario he came up with regarding their plans and their plausible course of action, was currently being played before these people…
They were amazed, certainly, however, they had yet to see all that he had prepared for them.
And, after they see him in action, they will truly understand why he was the currently standing there as the one explaining everything instead of anyone else with more strengths and qualifications than him.
'My darling…'
At the end of the day, he's just better than them when it comes to his specialties.
And, war, death, enemy control, as well as strategising were areas of expertise he had studied for not one but, two lifetimes…
He is obviously better than them in current circumstances. Many had started realising it as they listened to his charming words as he explained the things happening in his self made perfect simulations.
And, after all of this was done, every one of them will know just how amazing my cute dear darling actually is.
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