Standing in front of the colossal gates that shielded the whole kingdom, Aiden looked at the endless wasteland. Reaching as far as his eyes could see.
The ground was uneven and he could see destroyed buildings and monuments of the past that were now razed to the ground.
He could feel the ground tremble and the slight vibration made the stones and dirt on the ground tremble.
The soldiers gulped and gripped their weapons tightly in anticipation.
Keiran and Luna stood side by side and watched everyone's reaction. They strangely did not feel any fear. The only thing they were feeling was anticipation.
They were waiting for it to start. They looked at the far distance of the wasteland and saw blurs of images making their way towards them.
As the seconds passed the blur came closer and became clearer and clearer.
"Get ready! In you positions"
Seraphin's voice echoed throughout the whole field as the soldiers assembled in a formation.
" Draw your weapons! "
Following her command everyone drew their assigned weapons in unison. Their eyes were gleaming in excitement and their hearts were beating like drums.
Soon the figure of the beasts became visible to everyone. Their heights varied from normal to as huge as the trucks.
Keiran and Luna saw that the beast's bodies had specific representation of the element they were bearing.
They did not have a stored energy source like humans, instead their whole bodies were infused with ether.
They have been eating beast meat as food lately. Their bodies were strong enough to handle level one beast meat.
A man wearing glasses and a lab coat cam near Seraphina and whispered.
" There are 3500 beasts. But more than two thousand of them are level one. The rest are level two beside one level three."
Nodding Seraphina looked straight ahead with solemn eyes. Their numbers were fine but their power level was above her expectation.
Inside the castle sitting on the throne Arion had a solemn look on his face as he looked at the number of beasts and their level.
He turned to look thorne and asked
" What do you think, do they need reinforcements? "
Thorne looked at the screen with a neutral look and replied
" They should be fine with Queen Seraphina guarding them. She can easily beat a level three Beast. The problem is the rest of the beasts. The army would need someone to guide them as well."
Arion nodded in agreement he had the same thoughts, with her mind focused on the level three beast who will command the army.
" Send a message to Duke Smith, tell him to take the charge of the army when necessary."
Thorne nodded in agreement and left the room, Arion changed his gaze towards the quiet Erla and asked.
"What are you thinking?"
Erla looked at him with emotionless eyes and replied
"Does it matter what I think? You should do what you think is right i will just watch everything"
Without waiting for a reply Erla turned her gaze towards the screen. Her response made Arion eyes turn cold as he snorted and looked at the screen.
On the battlefield Seraphina, hearing Arion's arrangement, looked at the twins with a complicated look in her eyes. She, just like the twins, did not like the man because he dared to threaten them.
Turning her gaze to the hoard of the beasts she saw they were already close enough to her range.
Dark fiery flames came out of her body enveloping her figure in them as she started to float. Looking down at the army of beasts still rushing in her direction she lifted her hands.
Seeing her taking action, every soldier went into alert mode. They also started circulating their powers and waited for her commands.
In the air Seraphina condensed a huge fireball that was pulsing with energy. Keiran and Luna looked at the fireball with curiosity and amazement. It did not take long before her attack was ready.
Pointing in the enemy's direction she launched her attack. Seeing the attack incoming the beast stopped rampaging and some beasts with plates of stones covering their bodies stepped forward and formed a wall with earth in an attempt to stop the attack.
Looking at their actions Seraphina snorted while the speed of her fireball increased and it came in contact with the wall.
In an instant the barrier made by the earth was shattered and the fireball exploded enveloping the whole area, Huge dark flames erupted and destroyed the area.
She looked at the army and spoke in an authoritative and cold voice
" Unit one Charge"
Her words made the soldiers of Unit one roar in excitement as they charged with their weapons held high.
Unit one is composed of level one humans while several of them were on the verge of level two too.
As both the sides engaged in the battle Seraphina turned to look at the glassed man and asked
" How many died in that attack?"
The man looked through the tab in his hand and replied.
" Your highness 234 Level one and 45 level 2 monsters died in that attack."
Seraphina nodded and then looked at the standing figure of the children and spoke.
" You can enter the battlefield but remember only to engage with level one monsters. "
Hearing her words Aiden rushed ahead with an excited smile. Seraphina, looking at him, shook her and decided to teach him a lesson later. She looked at the twins and spoke again.
"Can you look after him, I don't want him to be driven by power in the heat of battle and forget what he should not do.
Hearing her words both of them nodded while Luna replied.
" You can leave his discipline to me. I need to fight him after this."
Seraphina's smirk matched her hearing her words and Keiran shook his head.
"Let's go look, he has already started fighting low level monsters."
He pulled away the white haired girl and rushed towards the battlefield. With his body covered in a white glow Keiran's speed increased.
Luna pouted seeing him disappear and followed behind him covering her body with a pitch black aura.
In the middle of the battlefield both sides were engaging in full force. The human side may have an upper hand but the beast was rushing ahead without any regard for their lives.
That's what makes the beasts even more scary, they are always ready for life and death situations.
One of the soldiers was about to be killed by a Level one beast, the claw of the beast was about to touch the man.
Before the attract could connect the hand of the beast disappeared. The soldier was shocked to see a black haired boy standing in front of him. He hurriedly bowed and thanked him.
" Thank you, your highness. If not for you I would have died."
Keiran looked at him with emotionless white eyes which stunned the man. He did not say anything and just looked back at the tiger-like beast and charged at him.
The beast roared in pain and looked at the human who injured him with killing intent.
Seeing the human running towards him the beast balanced himself and charged ahead. As soon as he came near the human. He was shocked to see that the human child disappeared.
Feeling his instincts roaring at him he looked at the side and the only thing he saw before his death was a sharp blade nearing him.
Keiran was shocked looking at the sight in front of him. The reason for shock was a notification ringing in his head.
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[ System Notification
Killed a Tier 1 being —>1000 points Awarded. ]
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