[Somewhere, Ingra Kingdom]
On the middle of the road one could see two silhouttes are currently walking side by side, one was a red haired pony tailed woman in blue outfit, while the other was a blonde elf
Such people were both Rebecca and Melfina as they walked side by side on the roadside
Apparently after the day Ingrid's meeting with other leaders ended, she in turn turned to her and requested if she can somehow travel for a while
At first Ingrid was skeptical about it, but after a while she sighed deeply as she allowed Rebecca to do her thing
That night however when she was about to pack up a little, Melfina somehow came out from the shadows and tried to find a reason for her requesting such things
Unfortunately she somehow failed to asked Rebecca's any further questions as the former assured her that she will only leave for a moment
To prove what she said was true, Melfina suggested that to come together with Rebecca, thus leading us to their current situation of them walking side by side
"Can I ask? Why aren't we buying a carriage? Why are we walking?" Asked Melfina
"Well isn't it obvious? Well we were supposed to ride a carraige but due to someone sleeping late, we were somehow late for the departure" pouted Rebecca
"How can I help it? I need to make sure our parameters were safe before taking a break" said Melfina
"That's good and all but you really should know how to manage your time properly, or else if this goes on to the future, I'll be pretty sure that you will become a handful person" said Rebecca
"That's for me to decide" said Melfina calmly as she closed one of her eyes
After that Melfina looked up to the sky as she tried to reach out to it as if she's trying to grasp something
"Uhh!!! What are you doing?" Asked Rebecca after seeing Melfina tried to reach out her hand upwards
Hearing that Melfina immediately answered
"Well I'm just a fool trying to reach something that I know I will never be able to touch"
"Like what?"
"Strength equalling to Kaido-sama, or more" answered Melfina
"Strength eh?!?!"
When Rebecca heard that, it feels like she was pondering about it, of course it can't be helped cause humans tries to pursue strength above all else
Even though strength can be describe differently by other people, it is undeniably a fact that a person would always ask for strength to protect something
"Just how do you know that enough is enough?"
Suddenly out of the blue Melfina tried to ask that certain question to Rebecca, this in turn caught her off guard
After awhile Rebecca tried to answer her the best as she could, but unfortunately Melfina didn't seemed satisfied with the answer thus ending it with her pondering it till the next day
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When morning came both Rebecca and Melfina finally arrived at a small hill and now they're currently looking at Guila town
"For some reason I feel nostalgia" said Rebecca
Hearing her Melfina suddenly smiled as she said
"Well of course! Why wouldn't you feel nostalgia? It's the same town which started everything for us, you could say that it's our origin" said Melfina
"Origin eh!?!?! I like that word" muttered Rebecca
With that they proceeded forward and entered the town
At first when they tried entering the town, the guards for some reasoned have forgotten about her, this when she introduced herself, they become immediately flustered and surprised that Rebecca returned together with Melfina
With that Rebecca happily entered the town and visited everyone that she made connection with on this town
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[Eldion Empire]
At the same time as both Rebecca and Melfina arrived at Guila town, the group of three representative for the elven nation are now heading straight towards the meeting place which was assigned to them by the church
With the help from the church they decided to held their meeting inside the Eldion Empire's grounds which is protected by the church themselves
Looking at the bunch of guards and soldiers lining up into formation, even Elijah became amazed as if he were watching an entertainment himself
"So this is Eldion Empire" exclaimed Elijah
"And those soldiers I believe came from the holy country managed by the church" said Horus
"Really? I heard soldiers from there are really strong" said Queen Vivian
"Strong? Don't be absurd"
Of course as a mage Horus couldn't accept that her majesty was actually impressed by another's country mage
But nevertheless he stayed calm and composed
"So Horus! I want to ask... . . Who's stronger? The church or you?" Asked Queen Vivian
Hearing her Horus suddenly smiled as he said
"Well I of course I would win, no matter how big their nation is, a nation is just a nation"
"I see" said Queen Vivian
"I still don't understand" complained Elijah
"Don't worry I'll explain it to you later" said Horus as he walked further inside
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When they arrived at a certain room, the door itself automatically opened up revealing a grand scenery of a round table inside the room
What's more the intricate design was so astounding that will even make the designer from earth would feel speechless about
The room was infact wide as it can get, followed by the four statues of the gods that were originally there and intricate painting design, one could even tell that such work was a masterpiece
What's even more surprised them was the fact that such design was accurate as much as possible, this in turn amazed Horus who have met the gods many times during his immortal lifetime
Soon after Queen Vivian caught their attention by clapping once as she pointed to them to atleast sit beside her on the round table
With that order from her, both Horus and Elijah behaved as they followed her words
Soon after a few seconds another group came it and this time the presence of the one leading them was something else as even Elijah felt danger from him
Apparently this man was Alduin together with the military general and Xyrus
At first Alduin decided to bring the king of Grand kingdom together with him, but after debating about it inside his head and their current situation, he instead decided to have the military general to Join him
What caught his attention however was a young elf boy who was also somewhat looking at him
For some reason he was feeling some kind of pressure from the young elf, but nevertheless such pressure was quite insignificant to him
Soon after he directed both Xyrus and the General to sit down beside him on another part of the table
From then 15 minutes have passed when suddenly a presence could be felt by both Alduin and Elijah as they stared at the door
With that the door somehow opened up Raguel calmly entered the room together with the king of Eldion Empire and Duke Agra
For them however all they could see was the figure of Hibiki acting normal, of course they have no knowledge of a celestial spirit possessing a Hero's body, thus ended them up to actually be overwhelmed by such pressure
After circling the place for a while, they I turn finally took their seat as the representative from different nation was there present
With that the attendance were completed
Participants:
Elven side
- Queen Vivian
- Elven Hero Elijah
- Horus
Beastmen side
- Beastmen Hero Alduin
- Archmage Xyrus
- Military General
Human side
- King Emperor Ergo
- Duke Agra
- Human Hero Hibiki (Raguel)
With each participants present, the meeting in turn has officially started
Everyone knows that such meeting will take time to finish, so in the end that came needed to be calm as is
After that they begun to introduce themselves
It took a while to introduce each and everyone, since such people were already high standard profiles to begin with
So after introduction the King Emperor Ergo started the meeting by bringing up the particular topic
"We're here today since we were planning to defeat the demons in a manner like our ancestors to provide peace for a millennia, for some reason unknown due to the passage of time, the demons seemed to disregard such peace and wanted war, even though a war on face to face hasn't happened yet, there are already a lot of casualties among us" said King Emperor Ergo
This time Duke Agra tried to cut in
"We conclude that the Demon's are purposely doing this to lower our fighting force for the moment both sides made contact with each other"
"I agree! That's why we can't ignore them any longer and wait for further good situation, cause if we do that then it would already to late by that time" continued King Emperor Ergo
"If so then are they playing such dirty method?" Asked the military general on the Beastman side with full of concern
But before the empire could answer Alduin immediately answered his question
"It's a type of guerilla tactic, they're forcing them to move while also depleting their resources little by little, this in turn felt like they were assaulting them but I'm fact it is a Clever strategy in order to weaken the enemy... . . You could say that if they succeeded then they would have hit two birds in one stone" said Alduin as a pondering face dawned on him while keeping a firm gaze at Raguel
"Doesn't that mean that if the Demon's are already capable of doing such tactics, then they're already that dangerous? I feel like someone is purposely teaching them such human act method" interjected Queen Vivian
With that realization all of the people present turned their attention to the Elven Queen
"If it so then the war would probably be much harder than we expected" pondered Xyrus as he muttered this to Alduin
"....."
"....."
"....."
To break the silence Raguel finally spoke out
"Don't worry, if circumstances persist then I have no choice but to make my move, after all it's already a saying that tactics and techniques are useless infront of absolute strength"
Just when they were about to agree with him, Horus in Turn denied his claim
"It's not the same as before Hero-dono, if people change so are Demon's and that includes they're way of thinking"
Hearing that objection Raguel immediately glared at Horus and inserted a target pressure
But despite how much he gave out, Horus still seemed unpertruded by the pressure as he simply ignored it
"Are you saying that I was wrong? Are you denying the fact that I was right? It may be hard to believe but between you and me I have more experience in this type of situation than you" said Raguel
Hearing that Horus gave off a small laugh as he said
"Youngster's... . . If your talking about experiences then I believe that I have the upper hand... . . It may be hard to believe but no matter how much experience you pile up, that doesn't mean that your always right" replied Horus
"....."
"....."
As both Raguel and Horus stared at each other, the others were completely silent
"Your quite bold for a human that is almost kissing the ground" insulted Raguel
"And your quite bold for a bird that will have his wings clipped" replied Horus calmly
"What!?!"
Hearing that Raguel tried to discern what Horus meant by wings clipped
Seeing his confusion Horus simply smiled as he asked
"Have you heard the story of Icarus?"
"Ica... . What!?!?!" Asked back Raguel
On the other hand both Alduin and Elijah who knew of the story somehow stayed silent while feeling amused
"It's a story of a man with wings like your flying too close to the sun only to get burned and fall, quite a tragic story I say" said Horus
Hearing that Raguel's mood suddenly dampened
"And what are you implying?"
"Implying? Isn't it obvious? Your aim is apparent, and that is to eradicate the demons, by then after all of that is done you won't care anymore, but let me warn you, your not fighting an uphill battle, but rather a war on both sides, if your not careful someone might really clip your wings like it was nothing"
At his words Raguel stood up in rage as he asked
"Such unsightly elderly, tell me are you challenging my authority?" He asked
In return Horus replied with an expression as if he found something amusing
"And what if I am? What are you gonna do about it?"