THE SIEGE OF ELOORA CITY
"Those are movable arms of the ship which carries our particle cannons", Asterix told us.
"Particle Cannons?" I asked.
"The Particle Cannons are the main weapons of the wrecked Destroyers of the Illuminati. We repaired it before installing them on our Behemoths. The beams from the cannons are far stronger than those on the space shuttles. They are the equivalent of the Apostle's conjured sword beams although our cannons have a larger area of effect and continuous beaming", Asterix told us.
"How do you power these ships?" I asked Asterix.
"Each of our ships have dual power sources. One from a miniaturized Neutronium fission reactor and another source from an arraye of magical hearts", Asterix told us.
"Arraye of magic hearts?" I asked her.
"Chief Scientist Sara discovered that we could achieve far greater energy production when we stack magical hearts together forming an arraye. She calls it the 'Blade Battery'", Asterix replied to me.
"Behemoth huh, a ship like this can conquer the whole of the Ten-kingdoms", Ratatouille told me.
"How many of these ships do we have?" I asked Asterix.
"With our available parts we could produce only six of them", she replied to me.
"That will be more than enough", I replied to her.
After we established a magic corridor from Nyx kingdom to Tarah city, we had already prepared for the day that our army would fight in this territory.
Our engineers and industries were hard at work to produce the strongest army and armada that the Ten-Kingdom has ever seen, using a combination of magic and the technology and equipment salvaged from the Illuminati armada in Pallantium.
The time has come for the presence of our Armada to be felt in the Ten-Kingdoms.
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[In Eloora city during the invasion]
"Your majesty, these sky ships are vicious. They broke our city's magical shields so quickly and easily. There is nothing we could do about them", a minister reported to King Lavrentios.
"How dare these people attack the seat of my throne", King Lavrentios shouted out angrily to his ministers.
"Previously, our cities were jointly defended by the powerful forces of the noble families. But House Hermaios, Gamanos and Diabolese were excommunicated by the Church. The remaining houses would not come to our defense", the minister reported to the king.
"The Mithridocus family and those bastard traitors are behind these invaders while openly professing loyalty to me. Traitors", King Lavrentios said to them angrily.
"We can't blame them, they received an edict from the Church of All-seeing, our court is the one defying the Church's order", a minister retorted the king.
"The Church wants to give my crown to those barbarians. What is the logic behind that? The crown of Drachia belongs to my family for generations and shall be in my family for generations to come", King Lavrentios told his ministers.
"Father, the Conjurer Court of Drachia has sent a delegation to us to mediate for the invading forces", Prince Samlee told his father suddenly.
"What do the nosy conjurers want? Are they involved in politics now?" King Lavrentios asked.
"They came on behalf of the Queen of Nyx, to discuss with us the terms of our surrender", Prince Samlee replied to the king sadly.
"No, never. I will never surrender to those creeps even if I lose every single man in my kingdom", King Lavrentios cried out loudly.
"Arrgggghhhhhh"
Suddenly, a servant struck the king with a hidden blade behind his back.
Usually, the king's clothing was enchanted with special protection. Most weapons would not be able to harm the king although the servant's blade cut through the king's clothing like there was no protection at all.
"You, what are you doing? How can you? You did something to my armor?" King Lavrentios asked his traitorous servant angrily.
"Yes, your majesty. We do not want to battle with you. We only wish for your quick death", the minister replied to the king.
One of the ministers plotted to kill the king by bribing his most trusted servant.
The king fell to the ground as his body turned black. The weapon that struck him was laced with a deadly poison.
"What is happening here?" the ministers in the court asked out loud in shock and confusion.
"Quick we must take the Crown of Eloora from him", Prince Samlee said as he rushed to the king to retrieve his crown.
"Never, I will not relinquish my crown to you traitors", King Lavrentios shouted to them before he died.
As they reached the dead king, the crown on the king's head dissipated into the air and disappeared.
"What happened to the crown?" Prince Samlee asked.
"The Crown of Eloora must be inherited from the king before his death. If the king dies before the inheritance ceremony, the Crown of Eloora returns to the Temple of Eloora", a minister told the prince.
"Damn, why didn't someone tell me about this earlier? Without his bloody crown, the loyal cities of Drachia will not abide by and support us", Prince Samlee fell to the ground in despair and lamented.
"You may claim the crown again from the Temple of Eloora, your highness. You have royal blood and is qualified to enter the Trials of Eloora", another minister suggested.
Prince Eloora thought about the matter before a wizened minister spoke.
"To pass the trial of Eloora is not a child's affair. Only the purest of heart and the strongest of body can pass the trial. That is the reason the crown of Drachia has always been inherited throughout the generations. None of the kings of Drachia would ever usurp the throne because they knew they would lose the crown if they did so. The power of the Drachia king depends on the Crown of Eloora", an old minister spoke and elaborated.
"We can still rule this kingdom without the stupid crown. It is just a dead symbol that doesn't confer any magic. If it was useful, we would not be left in the current state with the barbarians", Prince Samlee said to them.
"The other cities will not recognize your rule if you do not have the crown of Eloora. That is the bargain between the feudal lords and cities with the royal family since the founding of the kingdom", another minister added.
"And the barbarians are knocking at our gates demanding a surrender", a third minister said.