After three days time, waves of attack were launched by neighboring city in attempt to take over the Vermillion mountain and its abundant resources, that gave wealth to the Vermillion mountain city.
"Sir, we have finished taking care of the things here"
"Good. Toss them all into the ravine"
"Yes, Sir!"
The soldiers swiftly took the corpses of their enemies under the mayor's command.
"Mayor, I see that there are little casualities this time"
"Yes. And it is all thanks to the magician, priestess"
"Indeed"
With the mayor leading the soldiers, the priestess leading the support, and Aldo commanding the two from the back, only several deaths were confirmed after waves of attack.
Each attack made to them was enough to completely eradicate the city but was prevented thanks to Aldo's plans, countering every move the enemies do.
"Sir! Priestess! Sir Aldo said for me to inform you that the next attack will happen a few hundred meters from the city in the north eastern side!"
"Alright. You can go back now and make sure to inform us everything Sir Aldo says"
"Yes, Sir!"
In the city's shrine,
"This sure is a new experience for me!"
"Is something the matter, father?"
Aldo junior asked in curiosity as it was his first time to ever see Aldo, who is usually aloof and cold on the outside, smile and become genuinely happy.
"Nothing at all! I'm just testing some things out"
Aldo who had created a spell, similar to sharing one's sense of sight, was using it with his golems to monitor the surrounding places of the city and relay counter plans base on his experience in strategy games.
...
During that time, things also happened elsewhere.
In a neighboring city, the Azure fall city, a certain prisoner of war was captured.
All beaten up and bruised, Marco stood up from his cell.
"Open it"
The guard mindlessly opened the prison cell and let him out.
"Thanks to the fight, the rotation of guards was faster than I expected. And here I thought it was going to take more time"
He stretched his body as he breathe in the fresh air of the outside.
"Phew~! I feel alive now!"
"Hey! Why did you released the prisoner?!"
The guard who saw Marco got out run forward in attempt to capture the prisoner.
"Keuk! ... What is the meaning of this?"
From behind, a guard's blade pierced through his heart and slahed him to death.
"How unfortunate for you. But I do not have a choice so I hope you will be able to live a better life if you ever reincarnate"
[Announcement to
"Hmm? What's this now?"
[You are one step closer to receiving a personal title. Please keep up the good work]
"AQA, what is this about?"
[You currently do not have a
[You are also prohibitted from telling others what this is about]
"Is that so? Okay. They will soon come to know about this anyway. No need to rush!"
With all the guads he took over during the days he was captured, Marco walked all giddy all the way to the Mayor's house.
All the guards who would try to apprehend Marco was killed by the ones he hypnotized.
And those who tried to apprehend him were not able to do anything to their fellow comrades.
"Hello~ Who do we have here?"
The mayor of the city, his son, and all other servants in the mansion lined up and knelt down in front of him.
"Yes. Yes. This is how things should be. With the least amount of deaths, no unnecessary killing will happen"
The commander of the first wave that attacked the Vermillion mountain city knelt down and saluted to Marco.
"Your majesty, what are your oders?"
"For now make sure that all soldiers of the city meets me. I have some things to tell them. After that will be the citizens. Since this takes a toll on my mind, let's do things slowly. We have all the time in the world for this after all"
"Understood. I shall command them all to meet your majesty at once!"
After bowing once, the commander of the city's army left to do as he was ordered to.
"Now, time to enjoy the life in another world! Yahoo!"
Marco who is the happiest to be transported into this world enjoyed all kinds of services after he had to endure days of getting beaten up in order to take over the majority of the influential soldiers here in the city.
He had the servants to feed and massaged him while he enjoyed watching others make love with each other.
"Now. This. Is. LIFE!!!"
...
In the Yellow stone tribe, the strongest merfolk tribe near the southern shores, their scout unit that came to land to investigate the castle arrived to deliver the news.
"Is what you said true?"
"Yes, Ma'am"
"You may now leave"
"Understood!"
The elders of their clan were happy to hear the news that in addition to the people of the castle not harboring any hate to the merfolks, they even earned an ally to fight the kingdom of humans who kept on attacking them.
"I think that all of us are in on the same page as to what to do in this situation"
"Of course, matriarch! We cannot lose this opportunity!"
"Now that we have the weakness of those humans as well as a small elite force, stronger than the Blue coral tribe, we must grab this opportunity to destroy those humans who dared to do all sorts of malicious acts against us citizens of the Sea!"
"Send messengers to the nearby tribes and to the main city of the Sea! May the Lunar Moon of the South, Lady Felscysillia, bless us for this upcoming battle"
The Matriarch of the Yellow stone tribe said as she placed the tip of her blade on the table.
"Let us avenge our kin and eradicate the humans!"
Messengers were then sent out to spread word.
Tribes who sent their own scouting party to investigate the castle also spread word.
Information about the castle that belongs to a few individuals spread like wildfire in the sea that it did not took long for the entire southern sea to come to know about their achievement.
"Your emminence, is something the matter?"
A woman sitting by the window woke up with a pale expression.
"It has come. Kerin"
The man knelt down.
"Yes, your emminence?"
"Do you remember the first time I met you?"
"Yes. You were just a little toddler back then who wasn't afraid of my cursed form at that time"
"Then... do you remember what I told you that day?"
Realizing what the woman was trying to say, the man's face hardened as his eyes begun to tear up.
"Yes, I do. Your emminence"
He said in a low soft tone.
"Good. Make preparations. We will be moving first before the others gets to them"
"Yes, your emminence. Your words is what is rigth. Just please..."
The man cried with an expression as if pitying the woman.
"... Please tell me at once if you ever want to run away. I will make sure to help you at all cost once that happens"
"I will"