12 Advent 1

Someone like an old man with shady identity, would never get a chance meeting the duke, even after he `accepted' his son as his disciple. Also, he couldn't just force his way into the city lord's mansion. After all, this body's maximum output is just tier 5 spells. Only by using the self-destruction skill [Molecular Collapse], can he unleash a tier 6 might.

Thus, the black robe man speeds up the launching of war by helping the demon lord Hannigan. This war will create the opening they needed to complete their purpose.

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Through the collective information gathered by him and the old man. They concluded that the military forces of the demon lord, might not be enough to force the duke to activate the [Mega-Ton Hermos cannon], because the kingdom will be sending reinforcements, a thousand elite combatants.

Another factor is the person leading them. According to viscount Randolph, the prince behavior is depraved and he lets his army do all the fighting while getting all the merits. But that doesn't mean he was a weak warrior himself. As the king's successor, he was carrying with him two of the kingdom's seven national treasures.

One is an ancient armor made by a dwarven blacksmith. This armor was reinforce with a runic technology that might not exist anymore. It was said that it can withstand an attack of a tier 5 spell, at least 3 times. The second one is the holy sword Exterion. A sword created for killing evil entities, which does an amplified damage against the like of liches and demons. It also has an unknown active spell.

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Barlow didn't know what just happen, but now that the enemy are disorganized, he started advancing forward, slaying all of them viscously. "The supports in their backline are gone!, everyone advance!!" Barlow's voice awaken the confused rebel mercenaries and they also started to slay their way forward.

"Kill!, kill!, kill!, this dogs of the king will pay for all their crimes today" the silent Luke cried loudly.

[Slash]!

[Smash]!

[High Vertical Strike]!

Most of the attack are focus on the old berserker Gilford.

[Fortress]!

[Evasion]!

He managed to defend some attacks, but the number of enemies targeting him are just too many. The allies near him have already backed away after witnessing the frenzy attack of the rebel armies.

[Charge]! [Charge]! [Charge]! [Charge]! [Charge]! [Charge]!

A large amount of insect knight suddenly tackles him with their shield, knocking him to the ground as the other rebels showered him with spell attacks. *woosh* *woosh*

*boom*

*boom*

The elite army of the kingdom started to reduce in numbers, more of them started retreating after losing their commander.

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At the center of the explosion within the huge crater, the prince was on his last breath. After sensing the danger, Ptolemaeus directly activated the armor's defensive skill. Even after pouring all his mana into it, the armor still failed to save him. The left side of his body was completely destroyed, while the rest are scorched.

From where his left arm used to be, all the way down to his lower body, were all blasted away. His intestines are coming out. Only because he's a paladin and a holy knight that he's still breathing. But death was slowly approaching every time his blood spills out.

Pain...

Regret...

Hatred...

Confusion...

Fear...

Ptolemaeus was about to black-out, but he endured the intense pain to slowly raise his sword, "Stellarknight!"

This was his last word before dying.

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"Why? What just happened!?" Hannigan was keeping his attention to prince from time to time, so he managed to see the old man grabbing the prince, then an explosion suddenly followed. Hannigan asked the black robe man beside him, "You!?, was he under you all along?"

He was actually impressed that the black robe man managed to sneak someone to get close to the prince. But the black robe man didn't answer his questions. He slowly floats upward then turns to face Hannigan and declare...

"With the [Summoning Item] and the help I gave you, I won't be owing anything. In the future, if you stand on the opposite side of the battlefield against me, I'll destroy you." then his body and clothes slowly disintegrated to nothing.

Hannigan was confused, but he doesn't have time to dwell on it, since a giant shining warrior suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

It wears a silver spartan helmet while carrying a shield and spear.

Stellarknight started attacking the things it considers evil. Since Hannigan was an Insect druid and a half-successor of an evil god, the attention of the Stellarknight was directly focused to him and his bugs.

"What is that thing?! Is it that rumor?, (the Alfonse kingdom really possess a tier 6 spell!") Hannigan always thought that it was just an exaggerated tales. But he actually sneered, since he also possess a tier 6 [Summoning Item].

Hannigan activated it, "[Summon Gaia's protector Tier 6, Fortress Golem]!"

Three giant golems appeared on the battlefield.