The guardians rush towards the enemies, Asea, the eternal elf starts firing arrows as she runs, each arrow hits their heads or hearts and kills them instantly. Mythi, the Fenrir was ripping the soldiers apart with her claws. Lilias was casting nightmare illusions on her targets and in that illusion, they were tortured for years before she flew up to them and ripped their heads off their bodies with a smile on her face.
Seb didn't join in on the carnage, he was still behind me. Not that all of the guardians were needed, even one of them could kill them all with a single attack if they wanted to, but they wanted the prince to see the slaughter.
"Impossible!" The prince screamed, it had been a fact that the guardians can't leave the domain, why are they outside it now!? He saw the small fairy use her tiny hands as she ripped the heads of his people, the little fairy was drenched in blood but kept a smile on her face the entire time.
Asea shot an arrow at the prince and it pierced his knee, then from the arrow, a rope comes into existence which ended in Asea's hand, she then dragged the prince slowly as she walked back to me in a slow pace. The prince's guards though were more than the common soldier. They all rushed Asea, trying to finish her off.
The mage shot an earth spear at Asea's back and the archer shot a volley of arrows while the warrior tried to grab the prince. With her back to the enemies, she effortlessly dodged the earth spear and the volley of over ten arrows. The warrior suddenly stopped, turned around, and in a fit of rage charged his allies.
Confused, the ranger and mage tried to get away, but in close combat, the warrior was far above them and he cut them to pieces. That's when Lilias illusion faded and he saw what he had done to his allies, his friends. He got on his knees and screamed.
"Why!?" he screamed.
"I wonder as well, why start a war you stand no chance of winning?" Asea answered him with a cold voice as she kept walking towards me with the prince, screaming in pain behind her.
"Leave him alive, he will deliver a message to the emperor," I ordered and a piece of paper landed in front of the warrior. It was sealed and only the emperor could open it. Inside it was a declaration of war and a ransom demand on the prince.
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The Emperor was in his bed chambers with one of the maids when he got the news that the prince had been captured by the elves. He was furious, no one dared act against the empire, and the elves had not dared to before!
In the great hall inside the royal castle was a big gathering of nobles, the emperor joined them and they began to discuss what to do. The emperor had read the letter and executed the warrior for his incompetence in defending the prince. Stupidly he didn't ask any of the details, and the fact that the guardians had left the domain was not relayed to the empire.
"This is a perfect time to get our hands on some elves, they are a rarity and just a handful could fill the treasury!" One of the nobles stated, almost everyone agreed.
"Stupid! How do you plan to do that, the fact that they have officially declared war means that there will be more elves then ever before at the border!" Answered one of the nobles.
"Rally the army, get everyone, call back the paladins, gather every mage from the academy, and march for Yggdrasil!" The emperor ordered.
"Set up a base two kilometers from the border, we don't want their mages to reach the base." He continued barking orders.
"Don't order the capture of anyone, order to kill! There are more than enough elves in there so it doesn't matter if the first ones die." He stated.
"Today, we go to war!" He yelled and the nobles simply smiled, finally, they can get their hands on some elven beauties.
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"Paladins, huh?" I said and wondered if they are the same as in the game, mage-warriors focused on the Light affinity. I had, of course, heard everything, as I had enchanted the letter to spy for me.
"Asea, gather all elves you think need more combat experience, it's a perfect time to give it to them. Mythi, get your assassins ready to capture any commander at my command. Seb, go back to the Kremore Empire and tell them that I'll be back after this ordeal." I gave my orders to everyone present, except for Lilias.
The guardians did as ordered and left me with Lilias, I made a stronghold out of wood and blessed it with enchantment.
"Lilias! Put illusions here, make it look full of elven warriors." I gave the order and went to Ynas who was currently sulking as he didn't get to fight.
"Stop acting like a child now, Ynas! Your time will come." I said as I looked up at him, he simply made a small growl and turned his head away.
"I'll let you get the most action when we fight the demons. I'll even let you charge their stronghold and burn it down alone when the time comes." That gave me his attention. He looked at me for a few seconds before he nodded.
"Good, now this war is not for you, keep an eye on the demons. Any demon that dares get close enough will die." I told him and turned around to leave.
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I teleported to where Seb was and appeared next to him, as he was speaking with the king.
"Oh, hey!" I said with a smile. Lily jumped at me and hugged me and looked at me, we were currently the same height, I hadn't turned back and was currently 4"2(130cm), a little shorter than her.
"You're soo cute!" She yelled as she hugged me. The king laughed, he had already warmed up to me thought it was okay. He could also tell that I was okay with being hugged by Lily.
"Thank you, child. You are also very cute!" I said and cupped my hands on her cheeks and gave her a small kiss on her forehead. She giggled and ran back to her mother, the queen.
"I'm sorry that our last meeting was interrupted, I wish to resume it, before the war if possible," I said, he looked at me with wide eyes.
"War? What did the Empire do?" He asked in shock.
"Attacked my domain using hellfire from demons. The prince himself lead a platoon of around 50 soldiers, I saw that as a declaration of war, send a letter to the king with my declaration of war. They are gathering their armies to march now." I said, in a calm voice as if I wasn't worried. Well, I wasn't, even Ynas could take the entire empire by himself.
"I see, what did you want to discuss?" He asked me and turned serious, entering King-mode.
"I wish to expand my domain to The Kremore Kingdom," I said, he looked confused.
"In my domain, I have total control. The entire elven forest is under my domain. The lands in my domain are blessed by me and everyone living under my domain are my children." I say. He looked at me for a second before he leans back into his chair and thinks for a bit.
"What's in it for me and my people?" He asks, might seem disrespectful, but he is simply looking out for his people.
"While The Kremore Empire and the elves are friends, you are currently not in an official alliance. Entering my domain will, in turn, make an everlasting alliance with my people. The land is also blessed, so you will always have a bountiful harvest. I can also grow trees anywhere, I can sense that the forest to the north is where you get your lumber and it's starting to diminish. I can regrow that entire forest for you without effort." I said before continuing.
"I can also bless all defensive walls in your kingdom, making them almost impossible to destroy with normal means. I, as your daughter, have the [Enchantment] skill at max level, and I can Enchant any item within my domain without needing to be there."
"This also means that if there is a war against your kingdom, my people will always show up. But I will obviously not allow warmongering. If you wish to declare war on another country, you are free to do so, but we will not help invade any country. We will, however, help you guard your people while you are away. We will not help, if you declare war for a reason we deem is considered warmongering."
I told him, as waited for him to respond. After around 5 minutes of silence, I said.
"I will also personally appear, should anyone dare attack you."
"Deal!" The king said everything I put on the table was good for his kingdom. But the last bit was the final slice of the pie that made him accept.
"A pleasure doing business with you, King Gerald!" I said and shook his hand.
"Please, just call me Gerald, and the pleasure is mine!" He answered in happiness, my arrival has already blessed his family and now his kingdom, he could not be happier.
We talked for a bit about the details. We signed an agreement and as soon as it was signed, I expanded my domain according to the map I was shown, and the entire Kremore Kingdom was now in my domain. We made plans for the regrowth of the forest, and he put out the order to retreat from there before I do it. I then told him to now worry about the kingdom and that I will take care of that myself.
I also saw the kids grinding their skills, which brought me back to the days when I did the same.
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Three weeks later the empires army had set up just a few kilometers away from the border and inside the stronghold were still illusions, but outside were an army of over 50,000 elves, all of them had low battle experience and was here to learn. With me here, no elf will die.
The empire had an army of over 200,000 and had en elite company with over 300 paladins, mages, and more. To them, it looked like an easy victory. The nobles who lead their soldiers were happy to finally tasting elven flowers. The Emperor, however, looked slightly worried. Why were there only around 5,000 elves? Are they trying to lure us and ambush us? He knew for a fact that there were a lot more elves that lived in that forest.
Due to Lilias illusions, even though there were 50,000 elves, the empire only saw a meager amount of 5,000. I stood on top of the stronghold and used my powers to bless the army. Everyone already knew my plan. I had told the elves that I do not plan on strengthening them and that this battle was for them to get battle experience. I told them that I will not allow any of them to die, and I will heal everyone as they fight, but they are not allowed to be reckless.
They understood and were excited to fight, they have all hated the empire a long time, and it was time to strike them down.
I watched as the empire's armies started moving towards us. They had infantry, archers, cavalry, mages, and their most elite units as they marched towards us. All elves had archery training and were good with swords. I had also given them shields to use, they need to be able to block the arrows the would swarm the skies soon. Asea would lead them, Fenrir was in stealth to the side and had the mission to capture commanders and nobles. Lilias was behind, in the stronghold, keeping up illusions and Seb was standing behind me as always.
"DRAW!" I heard Asea yell, the army was still over a kilometer away, but with the passive skill of Asea, all weapons were buffed and even the arrows would easily pierce the armor and maybe even the shields of the enemy army.
The empire's army even heard her yell and started yelling. In front were the heavy infantry with massive shields. The empires archers also got ready to return fire as soon as they got within range.
When the army was around 800 meters away, marching slowly, to conserve strength, they heard it.
"Release!" and the sky darkened as it was filled with over 50,000 arrows.