Many of the governors continued to complain about the fact that Kingsley was omnipotent even if they hadn't confirmed it but for some reason still believed anyway. They had seen the man in action when they surrendered and they had seen him gift people with SSS-rank troops so it made sense that he had such powerful troops underneath.
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The Next day,
In the massive gap between the secondary wall of the territory and the first wall or border if you will. Thousands of soldiers could be seen standing in line with their weapons in hand and equipment on them, a little further down one could see the Arch angels who were floating a few inches above the ground and finally one could spot the Griffons.
Kingsley could be seen standing on the wall as he looked down all the solders that were to be sent for the battle to come. The Archangels made up majority of the army since they were the ones that could kill the Undead no matter the type for good, however each and every single soldier in the line-up had been given weapons blessed with the holy attribute.
The Demons too have been rendered immune to the holy attribute so they wouldn't suffer much from the attacks of the Archangels. The Army was fully prepared for a full-scale invasion of the undead land and Kingsley didn't plan on making them return until the entire land was his.
"They are ready, your majesty" Athena said as she saluted Kingsley
"Good, you would have to work with Hestia to prepare all the supplies they would need during the battle, they would leave after the diplomats leave" Kingsley said
"Yes, my lord" Athena answered before leaving to do as asked
Kingsley on the other hand teleported away from the wall to his throne room since his supervision was done, he was simply there to confirm how many soldiers were going and what equipment they were carrying and if they will need anything else. The Soldiers were well equipped with Demon horses and Griffons for transport, their weapons modified to also kill the undead and Hestia's K-carriers were ready to carry them away and assist if needed.
"My Lord, the diplomats are here" Viktor announced
"Let them in, let's get this over with" Kingsley replied as the guards opened the door without any further orders.
As the door opened, the group of diplomats and accompanying knights came into view again but this time they were much neater after tidying up. The group walked in cautiously as always with some of them lost in translation while looking at him for some reason. As soon as they got within a respectable distance, they immediately got on their knees and bowed
"Your majesty!" The entire group greeted almost in unison
"Rise… there is no need for excessive courtesy, you currently stand as a representative of your queen... I do hope you enjoyed your night here, I'm sorry my people couldn't give you a tour of the place"
"Don't worry your majesty, the night was splendid and the beds felt like they were made from feathers" The head diplomat continued
"I see… then let's move straight to business, what were the conditions your queen gave for this alliance to work"
"Your Majesty?"
"Come on, its fairly obvious why you are here… what was she offering and what would we have to offer in return" Kingsley said going straight to the point, he didn't know their standard ceremonies that they went through during such events nor did he even want to know, he just wanted it all done
"The Queen had only sent us in order to confirm if you were hostile to our nation or not… however she also did say that if you weren't hostile, she was open to opening her territory for trade and if needed protection from the Undead forces in the south"
"I see… that is somewhat better than I thought, anyway I believe you can already judge that my territory doesn't lack in the above mentioned… all I can tell you in order not to waste both our times is that, we are not willing to ally ourself with any other as of yet however as they say respect is reciprocal… I would like to offer your queen a deal"
"....."
Hearing Kingsley's words, a dark expression appeared on the diplomats faces. It wasn't that they didn't understand why such a decision was made. The territory here had everything they could ever need, they had textile, food and the military might to decide to remain alone in this world however they felt that the deal being offered here wouldn't lead to anything good.
"My people will offer you guys a ride back to your territory and i need you guys to take this as well" Kingsley said as one of the guards came forward while carrying a small black box that one of the knights collected
"I am currently unable to leave my territory but this device would allow me speak to your Queen, a little bit of mana will activate it… I will prefer to speak to her face to face rather than through messengers"
"But what if she doesn't agree to your deal" one of the Diplomats asked
"Then you guys don't have to worry about anything, it's just a deal, if it falls through, we all go our separate ways" Kingsley said knowing fully well that he was lying
"We will do as you wish"
"Excellent, guard please guide them to the hanger… their transport is already waiting, maybe next time, they will give you a tour of the territory" Kingsley ordered
"Yes, your majesty" the guard said with a bow then turned to the group
"If you will please, follow me" The guard said while motioning towards the door
The Diplomats looked at him again as though they had been wronged for some reason but Kingsley didn't care, they were diplomats so they should be used to dealing with things like this all the time. He knew he was way too blunt with his decision and had basically lied to them but what did it matter.
The Queendom was powerful but that was when compared to the other normal nations around in the Aenon forest, he had more soldiers than the Queendom... at least from what he got from the captain's mind. Each of those soldiers also had more power than those of the Queendom and above all he didn't exactly have anything to trade. Everything in his territory was created by him or created by his people.
The clothes they wore now was produced by a few demon goblins were turned out to have some skill in weaving so they became cloth makers and tailors, same with the shoes and everything else. All his men may be innate soldiers but they still had some skills that didn't fit their status as a soldier, some could cook very well, some had a green thumb so in simple terms, his territory was self-sufficient.
As the Diplomats left, the looks they all wore vanished into thin air. They had expected it just not so bluntly and so early in the morning. The Group met up with the other knights and under the lead of the Guard, they began walking to a large clearing in the territory that had several machines that were just sitting around.
"Your other weapons have been cleaned and placed over there, these soldiers are to ensure that you arrive safely to your destination" The guard said while pointing at the group of four soldiers that carried the now familiar unknown weapons and were standing beside the unknown machine
The machine was in the shape of a large rhombus with large structures poking out of its sides that houses some blades, the machine looked as weird as the first one they had entered the day before but something told them that this one was even more extraordinary. There was an open hole that pass through the side of the machine that allowed them see to the other side, they guessed that it was probably the means to mount the machine
The group quietly equipped their other weapons to be ready because the King's sudden and blunt refusal was suspicious to them. They felt that they were in for some battle that though they knew they probably wouldn't win considering the aura they felt from the soldiers here but they would at least like to die fighting. They equipped their weapons and after sharing a slight nod of acknowledgement, they boarded the machine.
"Do you think they would go through with it?" a knight asked Garth as they took a seat inside the machine
"Like you and i would die if the queen orders it so will they… your prayer should be that our thoughts aren't the truth" Garth replied while griping his sword tightly
After they were all seated, Garth watched as two of the soldiers sat by the open door and directly in front of some object that pointed out of the machine, looking at it properly, Garth found it a bit similar to the weapons the soldiers were holding so he concluded it as a weapon. the two soldiers sat beside these weapons and were looking out the machine on alert.