ELECTUS

Said Eric to Kazer while arguing with himself as well.

"G.o.d. People believe many. People believe several. Calidum Lutum believe one.

Calidum. Our father. First Calidum Lutum to walk planet.

Became G.o.d when died and send one hundred Calidum Lutum from heaven.

Now we seven Hundred Calidum Lutum."

Explained Kazer with the little Ignite language he knew.

"Oooh i get you. Your race is named after your G.o.d, Calidum.

My father says that G.o.ds are fictional beings Chapel members created for personal profit.

But from a civilization thriving away from the outside world, i don"t see any personal profit here. I don"t know which G.o.d to believe in but i do know that this continent needs to be free from the ill.u.s.tratios. They all shall die by my hand."

Said Eric with his motivation rising and continued

"But as soon as we reclaim Gaster Kingdom, i will return here and all five of you respected Grand Masters will teach me to control Lava. I"m sure that with five points of view, my Lava Controlling will advance rather fast."

"We live to serve our King. Respected Golden Blood."

Replied Kazer with a gentle tone.

"Hey you are getting better and better at speaking my language. You really do learn fast."

Said Eric with a bit of a mocking tone.

"Of course. You and friends talk a lot."

Said Kazer with unintentional sarcasm.

Eric returned to his throne room and on his way there he went in to deep thoughts. As he is basically a King now, no one dares to decline his orders. Giving him more ideas about Invading Gaster Kingdom and protecting it from invaders after the reclaim.

And he also has ideas about increasing the first line of defence if the rock hard barricade in the tunnel is to fail.

As he entered the Throne room he saw Commander Alia only.

As he approached he asked

"Where are the rest of the Gang?"

"I ordered for them to start the project on the farm. Well more like i ordered the farmers and miners to do it but your group insisted on helping.

But may we speak my King?"

Replied Commander Alia in a concerned tone.

"Of course. I a.s.sume the talk we had about war is troubling you."

Replied Eric who again surprisingly was insightful.

"Well. Yes. If it wasn"t for Mogranius, me and many others could of been shot dead. We already lost one Guard. This Crossbow that was left near the dead Guard seemed to have done all of this damage. I fear for the worse. If more troops strike this place with several of this crossbows that shoot explosive ammunition, we might lose way more guards. Tens even."

Said Commander Alia while showing the Crossbow to Eric.

"The Crossbow seems ordinary. If there are any Archers here, the Blacksmith can forge bolts. Basically ammunition for this Crossbow.

If there aren"t archers, we train one to use this crossbow. Get a short guard for it. Someone seven to eight feet tall probably. It would be easier for a shorter person to operate it."

Explained Eric.

"But sire. This weapon is nothing compared to the strength of one Guard. Why do we need this?"

Asked Alia in confusion.

"It is nothing compared to a ten foot man or women but against an ill.u.s.tratio, it is a lethal weapon. This is a late discovery. On Crutal Kingdom i saw it being sold for one hundred gold pieces in the main market. Me and my father barely made that much a year."

Explained Eric and added

"Besides, with a crossbow you can shoot from a distance without being exposed to possible explosions or arrows or swords. It would be a good idea if the Blacksmith can actually craft these."

"One man shooting a crossbow can help but he can"t fight of tens at once. Yet again, if tens of enemies were to shoot these so called explosive bolts, even all of our guards stand no chance."

Replied Alia while not knowing what to think and believe anymore.

"Exactly. But i did notice that one man could withstand one explosion with nothing but Gauntlets and helmets on. Meaning if we give the guards a full set of armour, they can withstand several explosions. Giving them more than enough time to reach the enemy."

Said Eric and added

"Also, the main entrance shall have more guards guarding the area as our first line of defence. How many Guards do we have?"

"Oh i got the total population memorized. I know you are curious so i will list everything my King.

There are five Grand Masters,

Fifty Masters,

One Hundred Experts,

Two Hundred and fifty Magicians.

Apart from the Lava Controllers we also have:

A group of two Hundred people who don"t want to train their naturally gifted power(mostly Children), people who age got the best of them, powerless children, and Hatchlings or Young Cubs(Level one or level two).

We also have thirty farmers,

Twenty who work in the mine,

And respectfully fifty five guards."

Listed out Commander Alia and gasped for breath after it.

"So i see that most non controllers are put in to good use. But what concerned me the most is that you left two guards on the main entrance, knowing that the tunnel was open. Where were the rest?"

Asked Eric in confusion.

"The rest were helping the minners dispose the large amount of ignite gems. The tunnels are so deep down that they most likely didn"t hear the explosions."

Explained Alia.

"Well i see it reasonable. But now we have new rules."

Said Eric.