[Eldion Empire]
After some time have passed, the crusade mainly only consist of the Empire's army and the churches army, have finally finished all their preparation as they intended to start their March towards the Beastman Country, with a thought of aiding their allied country
With this army consisting of both factions, it came in an overall total of 100,000 soldiers, 50,000 available soldiers from the empire, while 50,000 available crusaders from the church
This doesn't even involved the top dogs of the church which is called the holy knights with a member count of six extraordinary individual that the church has nurtured
As the church has the holy knights, the empire has the hero hibiki or for the higher-ups knowledge the celestial Raguel
The knowledge of the sudden possession of the celestail race inside the body of the hero only revolves around the higher-ups, this in turn also answered all Jack's stack up questions regarding his sudden change in attitude and behavior
But in the end he couldn't divulge such important information to Kaido in fear of being found out and panic spreading to the masses that would literally bring the mission to a failure
The joint army of the empire and church however was expected to rendezvous with the other kingdom's army at the Port Empire's Clearwater to be send off across the ocean floor by the joint fleets of the army
With that in mind Jack decided only to tell Kaido when he was back into a corner and has nowhere left to retreat, in other words a situation where he would die
As Duke Agra was introducing Jack to his son Bruno, the man who was entitled the fiance of Rebecca proudly introduced himself to insert dominance between them
"You should be proud! I'm Bruno, the heir of the house Astro my father's house, and if my memory serves me right then you perhaps is the scholar that was recommended to us by Marquez Lucio, Jake Everheart I presume"
"Uh! Yes! Yes! I'm Jake" replied Jack using his alias
"Im so terribly sorry for your loss, but don't worry! In the name of the household astro, I bruno would serve justice to that fellony Kaido and return Marquez Lucio to you together with my rightful fiance" exclaimed Bruno
"Im expecting that... . . But are you sure you can do that? Because... . ." Stated Jake as he glanced at Bruno's scar on his face
"Because what? This scar? Don't worry this only serves as a reminder on how much I'll make that jerk suffer" growled Bruno as his aura turned murderous
Seeing his son's enthusiasm Duke Agra couldn't help but laugh out loud as he shared his son's burning intention
"That's right! We'll make him suffer together with the people that helps him"
Staying a cool mind amidst this insults Jack who was pretending to be Jake Everheart, calmly observed his situation while also joining the laugh
However from the corner of his eyes he suddenly saw the Celestial Raguel standing atop of the Empire's walls that were enlightened for some reason
He's not the only one that noticed the Celestial's weird expression, similarly other people also took notice of that as they begun to probed the reason for his joyish expression
But what replied they received was way beyond what they had expected, leading to a unexpected development
"I can feel it! I can feel it from here!!!" Exclaimed Raguel as he showed a bright expression
"This is what war looks like! I felt two world class magic being executed from that same direction!... . ." He added
After some time of his own mumbling the Celestial Raguel started to laugh hysterically
"Hahahahaha!!! This is what war looks like!!! A world class spell agaisnt a world class spell!!! I couldn't belive that such beings are still capable of accomplishing such feat!... . . No! I can't stay here! I need to see it, I need to feel it, I need to join the ongoing battle!!!"
Without informing anyone Raguel suddenly spreads out his angelic wings and blasted himself to the air with just one flap of his wings
After another flap he suddenly zoomed out towards the horizon with the intent of relieving the feeling of true war
"Oh God... . . This is gonna get ugly" grimaced Jack
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[Grand kingdom]
Upon unexpectedly being blasted away by the spell, Alduin couldn't even do anything as he saw the three women that he was currently engaging in a battle to escape through the opening
As he climbs out of the rubble with the intent of catching up, he was quickly supported his body with the spear on hand and proceeded to the edge of his room
Outside the sky has already turned dim as it premonition of rain was about to fall, followingly one of the district of the city below the castle was in total chaos and distraught as flashes of spells was continously being shot out towards a certain direction
He was so shocked from the scene he saw, the once lively district of the city was suddenly turned into a destructed graveyard of its citizens as the attacker mercilessly kills any life near it may it be soldiers, innocent civilians, old, and young children
Behind him However was the aftershock of the world class spell, for a moment due to the intense heat it produced, everything that made contact with it was melted to a degree that was unrecognizable while its own exposure shockwave was received by the sky above him due to its trajectory
By just a simple shockwave the dark clouds in the sky was suddenly split open in a shape of a hole which shows the realm beyond the clouds, following that due to the sudden increase in heat, it actually further accelerates the condensation of the air due to the sudeen evaporation of the water particles
Not sooner than later rain started to fall down, which further enhances the destruction that was brought under his own nose
As he witnessed such miserable state he gritted his teeth as he tried to find the three women that escaped him and to vent out his anger
Unfortunately due to his constant searching, he didn't even foresaw that someone was aiming at him
within a blink another projectile shot straight at him without any prior notice causing another explosion and crashing which blew them off the high ground and fall at the other side of the kingdom walls
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At the time as Melfina, Ingrid, and Selery made their escape by jumping off the room and using magic to support their fall, they eventually managed to safely land at the ground
Without any time wasting the three of them quickly hid around a corner as Ingrid asked a question
"Now what? We successfully made our escape, but that doesn't mean that we can escape from the hero's sight forever"
In reply to that Melfina promptly answered her
"Kaido-sama will take care of him, while our goal is to get you outside the kingdom's walls and meet up with the other's where Anna is situated so that we can regroup and plan our next move to not hinder Kaido-sama"
"Umu! Is my daughter okay?" Asked Selery
"Yes! She is fine! Apparently she also came and with Sarah and Zia right this moment" answered Melfina
"Oh boy! Looks like I'll get scolded by Sarah later on" grumbled Ingrid as she carrased her forehead
"Fufufu! What a brave daughter I have" praised Selery
With that cleared away Melfina slowly glanced back at the tower only to see another explosion erupting from above, taking that as a signal Melfina immediately pulled both Ingrid and Selery to safety
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At the south part on the Grand kingdom,outside its own walls, both Hepta and Belial were standing firm from early on with the intent to draw the battle directly towards the kingdom's home ground, this move also further pressure the opponents troops after their prior counterattack on its armies
As they were about to engage on a siege against the kingdom with their demon army, they didnt expect however that someone actually beat them to it
Starting from earlier they have witnessed at how the series of explosions occurred at the north of its kingdom, furthermore Belial also felt numerous mages casting their spells from afar
Not a moment later they also saw tornadoes climbing down the sky strucking the troops below
Due to the sudden dimming of the sky together with the thunderous roar of nature, the demon army's morale suddenly dropped to a noticeable degree
Following that they saw six tornadoes merging together forming one huge whirlwind with size so huge that no one has ever seen it before, together with it the houses below and its ground was actually uprooted from the ground while being incinerated when midair
As if that was not enough the whirlwind suddenly was converging down below and struck the barrier that was created by the beastman, following it as if pre-planned another fluctuations in the mana actually permeated the air, which in turn is comparable to Belial's world class magic
After sensing the immense mana forming at the north, Belial was surprised that other than him, someone was also actually able to cast a world class magic like him
This time after witnessing something incomprehensible one after another, Hepta soon took a huge strude forward as she demanded an answer
"Oi! Oi! Whats the meaning of this? Is there a third party attacking the kingdom? Why haven't i been informed?" She asked
"Beats me! All I can say is that I'm as clueless as you are" anwered Belial
"Then answer this... . .why do I see magic explosions earlier when I can't even feel any mana from it?" She asked after receiving a negative answer
"You didn't feel mana?" Asks Belial in surprise
"Well duh!" Reacted Hepta
After hearing that it is as if something popped up from his memory
"Could it be?"
As if answering his own question, not long after an explosion suddenly propped up above the castle's floor as two figures popped up from the debris and smoke
As if seeing a ghost Belial couldnt help but remember the exact face of the person who caught his interest and managed to push him into using his Magna form
"It is him! I didn't expect to see him here"
As if catching his intonation, Hepta immediately glanced at the direction where Belial was looking and was able to see a boy in black with a tinge of white in his hair, was actually fighting the hero as they fall to the ground
"Don't tell me that the people you mentioned that caught your interest were actually that brat in black?" She asked
"No doubt its him"
When she received a positive answer, she suddenly was itching for a battle as she held her harbinger
Soon she glanced at Belial with a delighted expression as she motioned him if she could fight the brat
As if noticing her intention, Belial has not choice but to shrugged it as he calmly said
"Well go for it! I'm pretty sure he'll surprise you... . . In fact he smells the scent of blood, meaning he has already killed many people in his life"
Upon hearing that Hepta couldn't hold it any longer as she madly dashed forward to engage a three way battle against the villian and the hero
The moment Hepta left, Belial slowly arc his back in a sitting position as he gazed at the upcoming intense battle
"Please enlighten me... . .show me how much you've grown"