Right after the duel, the Preeliance group and the head senator returned to the meeting room from the main building. They didn't exchange any words which comes to say that the side of Polytopia were completely aghast by the battle. With now the archons being stationed, Serkyrio finally got his chance to make a quick detection spell to look for the enemies.
Around the seas without any chance to look for land, a fleet of ships were approaching the group with hysterical morale. "We will finally arrive to the central continent! The battleground for the gods and the entrance to our god's world is nigh!" Loud cheers resounded throughout one of the ships as their captain had announced their eventual arrival.
They weren't something that you could easily call humans, as they are incarnates of monsters with a human-like level of intelligence. Various demonic races gathered in a single ship that do not require daily consumption. "Land ho!" Their captain, who looked like a higher rank demon smiled as he pointed his arm towards the land while spreading his wings. "Let us quench our bored souls with the thirst for battle!" A loud [Huzzah!] was heard throughout the fleet as more than twenty thousand devils begin to come around the shore.
Back in the country of Polytopia, Serkyrio had summoned the groups from various members of the [Tranquil Harmony] alliance to make a great preparation for battle. They were separated into three groups with three separate chokepoints. Collin lead the defense on the western choke point, with two hundred men on the top of buildings as supporting fire with magic. While a hundred were stationed behind them to prevent any stragglers from getting into the city. Joining him were Alexander from the [Guardians] and Gilbert from the [Sentinels]. Jaquinn leads the east side, having the same numbers as Collin, but with Marlon and Justin by his side this time. In the central chokepoint which is the face before the most of the numbers were a hundred men only. However, Serkyrio himself takes the lead for the defense. He was already stretching his limbs to ensure he gets a full course of battle when going into contact with the enemy.
"It's been a long time since I've been able to stretch my wings, so allow me to begin with a beautiful opening." Serkyrio floated up from the ground gently as he channeled a gigantic torrent of qi as his opening attack. He then awaited for the enemy forces to slowly converge into his position when attacking. However, while waiting, his expression changed as he began to shift his focus completely.
"Some had already circulated into the alleyways which could cause some trouble... Aight... I got my aim now..." In his mind, Serkyrio processed himself to guide his attack through the ground and air, and just as a ball of light started to appear in between his hands, he clasped it all in and absorbed every bit of qi into his body. He then unleashed it all in an instant in all directions, while making a selective effect, dispersing all monsters into dust, crippling all demons within the city without damaging the walls or any human being in range. "Unlike Draxus and Remuel, this one isn't indiscriminate."
Serkyrio's opening attack had already shut down more than fifty percent of the enemies in a single go. With such an attack that can quickly cripple an army instantly killed the morale of the devils who attempted to invade.
In the meantime, right in the commissioner's building, watching the battle from far away were the hero and the head senator were flabbergasted by the attack. "W-We aren't harmed?!" They looked at each other before turning their gazes over to the Archons. "Heh, finally able to see Serkyrio stomping armies since that time. Though he may have missed half the devil army, he still crippled every single enemy and rendered all summons useless. By the way Drax, are the runes ready?" Draxus nodded from Remuel's question, prompting him to glance over to Arlesk. "Ready Arlesk?" Arlesk nodded at that time and the three stood in a triangle facing each other.
The three of them moved in sync as they all crouched down with their right hand on their left shoulder, and their left hand placed on a rune marking that Draxus drew on the floor. It was a magic circle that he created using manipulation of ice combined with terraforming. He vowed to fix it later but they practically needed it right now.
"""With our mana combined, we formulate the power of runic magic, in tandem with our own strengths. We vowed to keep our home safe, and enjoy it to the fullest.""" Powerful auras started to emerge from the three archons that are creating a form of magic that none had ever seen. However, in reality, they have actually done it multiple times already. """We protect our home, and we will remove all those who seek destruction upon it.""" Then at the same time, the archons shouted out the rune that they represent. "[Dagaz]!" "[Berkano]!" "[Algiz]!" A giant barrier was formed with the main building as the center. With the barrier active, any summoned monsters will have no effect on the townspeople. Serkyrio's opening attack was done to send a message to the archons to create a great barrier. Ever since it was first done in Preeliance, it was dubbed as the [Archon's Protection], which in actuality was not far off from the mark.
After finishing the chant, Arlesk was the one who stood up first. "And with that, there should be no more stray monsters from the devil army." The Head Senator and the Hero continued to stare at the three archons. Claude finally got the true curiosity and asked for what they actually did. "Just how...?" However, his voice box betrayed him as only those two words came out. Draxus simply smiled as he gave an answer to him.
"Because, now that we have a better home world, we'll make sure to protect it. Doesn't matter what other people think, but nobody wants their home getting trashed right?" Draxus lightly snapped his neck to stretch, as he finally started to get a bad feeling about something. "Despite that, I can feel something different happening right now, but we'll likely get a call from Harold if it does happen.
And just as Draxus spoke, Remuel's phone rang in emergency meeting ringtone.