Otherworld Adventure

He immediately had his men begin replacing the Plasma Cannons to the ballistae and ordered them to immediately begin firing at the rushing soldiers.

The damage done wasn"t as great as what the cannons had done, but at least it deterred some of the soldiers and had even destroyed some of the scaling equipment that the enemy soldiers were carrying on them.

Once the enemy soldiers reached closer to the walls, the enemy siege weapons stopped firing while the Silvaria Kingdom"s trebuchets started their attacks.

Kaiser didn"t want any unnecessary damages done to their soldiers and weapons so he waited until the enemy stopped firing their siege weapons before they began firing theirs.

Now the enemy soldiers had to face the dangers of the flying rocks and boulders. Alexandre who was observing all this from the back couldn"t help but click his tongue in displeasure.

"Just what the h.e.l.ls is with that wall? That black armor can withstand the attacks of our siege weapons? I thought the Magic Arrays were completely shut down by the M-Jammer?"

"Sir...they may be using some kind of hard material to create that armor... reports from the Regulus Kingdom have stated that the Silvaria Kingdom has constantly been providing some unique ores and materials as trade products so this armor might be created from those unique ores and materials."

"Dammit, if I had known about this, then I wouldn"t have agreed to let the Regulus Kingdom occupy their lands once we"ve finished conquering them..."

"We can just forego that—"

"Quiet, fool, we"ve already signed the contract and the repercussions for reneging on that contract would be the loss of trust between us and the other kingdoms around us. How do you expect for us to employ the Empire"s help once we"ve mustered enough strength to attack the Regulus Kingdom once the pact has ended?"

"..."

"We"ll take all the advantage we can get once we"re through with them. We"ll empty all of the Silvaria Kingdom"s coffers before we retreat to our territory. For those that surrender, we"ll take them with us. I won"t let those idiotic Regulians benefit from their smart minds."

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Upon the mountainside, Serilla was able to identify the King of Merkruz. She didn"t know if this person was the King, but he was acting all high and mighty earlier so Serilla deduced that this person was most likely the Merkruz Army"s High Commander.

"Quinn, do you see that arrogant p.r.i.c.k down there?"

"Oh! That"s the Merkruz Princ.i.p.ality"s ruler!"

"Huh?"

"I"ve been constantly looking out for news about everything around us. We did after all pa.s.s by the Merkruz Princ.i.p.ality on our trip, so I took the liberty to find some information about them. That man down there is the Merkruz Princ.i.p.ality"s Lord."

Serilla eyed the arrogant and cold looking man and smirked, "If we can take care of him..."

"Milady! Please, you promised King Kaiser that we wouldn"t do anything rash!"

"Alright... but I"m sure that the M-Jammer is located somewhere around this man..."

"Yes, so let"s just keep on the look—"

Quinn immediately grabbed Serilla and jumped away from their current location. A large boulder had suddenly struck the place they were at before and an arrogant man"s voice echoed from below.

"Hahahaha, I thought that I sensed two rats hiding up there!" Alexandre yelled loudly. His eyes firmly affixed to Serilla and Quinn.

"Dammit, milady, we"ve been compromised!"

"Retreat! Now!"

"Ohohoho, you two aren"t going anywhere!" Alexandre quipped up.

The siege weapons that were being pushed back to the center of the army had already begun aiming for their location and soon, boulders and rocks began showering the area that Serilla and Quinn were in.

Another d.a.m.ned thing was that there were Mag-Cannons located at the back of the army which Serilla and Quinn had just finally noticed when they were also a.s.saulted by bullets of mana being fired from these weapons.

Serilla and Quinn were dodging out of harm"s way and also cutting down the large boulders aiming at them.

Seeing their incredible feat, Alexandre raised a brow in surprise. This woman wasn"t Fatima, but she had similarly good combat prowess.

"Hey lady, why not surrender and become my bride? I"ll allow you to stay by my side because a flower such as you deserves to stand beside an equally capable man!"

Serilla only eyed Alexandre coldly before she swung her Intent-imbued weapon and sent a large sword wave at him.

Alexandre immediately dodged out of the way and ordered for his men to quickly up their bombardment and have some scale the mountain and bring that woman back to him.

"Milady! We can"t stay like this! I"ll buy you some time so please hurry and leave!"

"But, Quinn—"

"Please! You have to get back! I"m your servant so it"s only natural that I stay back and provide cover so that my lady can get back to safety!"

"..."

"Hurry! Milady, you must report this to the King and Queen! Also, please think about how devastated Master Cecil would be once he came back and found out that you were captured!"

"...Be careful Quinn. Once I"m clear from danger, you have to get away as well!"

"Yes, Lady Serilla... NOW GO!" Quinn yelled as he abruptly enhanced his body with Ki. He wrapped his arm under Serilla, spun around and launched Serilla away with a strong swing of his arms.

Serilla was able to take one last look at Quinn just before more boulders and Mana bullets bombarded the area he was in.

"Ohohoho~ even the servant is quite skilled... kill him. Have the men pursue that woman. There"s bound to be a path up there that"ll lead into the enemy"s back lines. Find it!" Alexandre commanded as he glared at the back of the quickly disappearing woman who was moving at speeds not possible without mana.

"This woman... is she unaffected by the M-Jammer? How interesting..."

The infantry soldiers at the rearguard started trying to scale the mountains, but they were all greatly impeded by the butler who was moving towards them and attracting the cannon and trebuchet fire over.

"Quickly kill that b.a.s.t.a.r.d!"

The Merkruz Soldiers stopped trying to climb the mountain and began putting in all their efforts to try and quickly kill the butler.

"None shall pa.s.s!" Quinn roared as he threw a few daggers onto a trebuchet and Mag-Cannon. The soldiers only scoffed at his futile efforts, but not long after the daggers struck the weapons, they exploded and severely damaged the weapons and injured the soldiers around them.

"Tch, must I do everything here?!" Alexandre roared as he rushed up the mountainside and began engaging Quinn in a melee.

Quinn was surprised to find that Alexandre was able to put up a fight with him who was cultivating Ki. They exchanged a few blows, but soon, Quinn was placed on the back foot because he had been acc.u.mulating too many injuries from the previous attacks sent his way.

He had used his body to tank some blows for Serilla earlier and now that he was by himself, a few of the concentrated attacks from the Merkruz army had grazed or struck his body. He was able to cope with some of the injuries due to his Ki, but as the injuries kept on piling up, it took a toll on both his body and his Ki reserves.

Fighting against a skilled warrior such as Alexandre was taxing on his body and it was the final straw on the camel"s back. Quinn had made faltered for a moment when he was dodging one of Alexandre"s attacks which led to the man capitalizing on the moment to send his opponent flying away from him and into the range of the Mag-Cannons.

"KILL HIM!"

At Alexandre"s command, the Mag-cannons immediately fired and struck the area where Quinn was at. He glared back at Alexandre as he struggled to get up, but in the next moment, he was engulfed in the light of the multiple mana bullets fired from the cannons.

"Finally, another pest taken care of, what a pity, he would have made the fine combat butler if he were to join my side," Alexandre dismissively said as he began ordering for his men to scale the mountain and find the path which Serilla and Quinn had used to get to where they were earlier.

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The battle ensued for a few days and the Merkruz Army was able to find the path that Serilla, Quinn, and the Silvaria Kingdom"s scouts had used and were able to get behind the walls.

The fighting was now on two fronts, the mountainside and the Silvaria Kingdom"s walls. The Merkruz Forces were slowly pushing back the Silvaria army, but once Angelia and her monsters joined in the fray, the Silvaria army was given some breathing room as Angelia"s monsters pushed them back.

Without mana, the humans naturally were at a disadvantage fighting against monsters. The Monster Princess lived up to her name as she commanded her mult.i.tude of buddies and struck hard at the Merkruz forces.

Currently, Angelia had around 40-50 monsters she was contracted with, all of them being monsters that had a trace of their ancient bloodlines. The ones that she had contracted the earliest, Chi and Mao, were able to tap into their ancient bloodlines and evolve past their current forms.

Chi was no longer just an ordinary Sky Monarch. She had evolved into an 8-winged Angelic Crane and her power had significantly risen past her previous form. Mao was the most mysterious of her monsters, the monster didn"t appear to have gone through any significant changes besides the fact that it kept on growing larger and larger over the past years.

In its normal state, the black panther was hill-sized. He could freely manipulate his body size but naturally, the larger he became, the stronger he was. Mao"s size was only capped at his normal hill-size.

For a time, Angelia"s monsters were able to dominate the battlefield. However, once the Mag-Cannons were brought into the picture, her precious monsters began to experience some casualties.

With every monster she lost, it was like some sort of backlash manifested on her body and soul. Whenever she lost one of the pact monsters, Angelia"s body would be wracked with unbearable pain, and her soul was attacked by an unbearable sadness and despair.

When Kaiser saw what was happening to his daughter, he immediately commanded her to quickly have all her monsters retreat. The Mag-cannons which could still function despite being under the influence of the M-Jammer was a huge obstacle in their defense.

It was hard for the Silvaria army to approach and destroy those weapons, so they could only turtle up and pa.s.sively defend themselves from the cannon fire. The only good thing was that the cannons were too heavy to be brought up the mountainside so the Merkruz Army could only concentrate their cannon fire on the Silvaria Kingdom"s walls.

The armored plating which could withstand the attacks of ranked monsters and siege weapons were slowly crumbling under the intense a.s.sault of the Mag-Cannons.

Once the armored plating was compromised, then the Mag-Cannons could easily bring down the concrete walls that were under it. The battle was slowly tipping into the Merkruz Army"s favor.