Everyone was shocked. Cybril had returned already. "Man, I never thought you would come back on your own accord. Welcome back, Cybril." Hunter said with a warm smile.

"Hmm."

"Anyways, what will you do now, Your Majesty?" Jack asked.

"Let's see. First thing we do is get all the guards to patrol the town. Gather anyone who looks like a good warrior. Take woman warriors too. Leave the children, if any, behind in town. We won't need them." The King ordered.

"As you wish. Shall we continue training as well?" Hunter asked.

"We need your strength to protect the Kingdom of Lizeria. It has after all been a peaceful town. When they attack, each of you locate yourselves at every possible entrance to the palace. I'll remain here." The King said.

O.M.G left the room and retreated into their meeting room. "So what do we do now, Hunter?" Verica asked.

"We continue our respective trainings. When the time comes, we split up. I will take the roof. Verica, you take the entrance. Jack, you take the palace's second level. Uhni, you take the city. Make sure you evacuate the citizens to the next town by next week. I'm sure they will attack then. As for Cybril, you will take the entrance to the Majesty's room. You're dismissed!" Hunter ordered. Cybril walked up to Hunter.

"I request for a short leave. I need to talk to someone."

"And who might that be?"

"Cecilia."

Hunter was shocked. The Cybril asking to go confront the enemy beforehand? This is not something Cybril would usually do. With that said, Cybril left the room. Hunter thought: "Hmm. Things might get interesting. Let's see what happens."

Cybril went to a waterfall,not far from town, which no one knew about, not even the Majesty. He looked up at the sky and stared at it.

At Dust Mite, Cecilia suddenly had the feeling that she needs to go somewhere. She looked around and ensured no one followed. She left Dust Mite for the waterfall. When Cecilia reached, she saw Cybril looking at the sky.

"So you've come, Cecilia. Long time no see." Cybril greeted.

"Brother, why are you doing this? This is not like you! Revert back to the kind brother I once knew now!" Cecilia demanded.

Cybril looked over at Cecilia. His eyes were not that of a kind brother, but that of a cold-blooded murderer. Without hesitation, Cybril sent a few ice spikes at Cecilia. She was too shocked to dodge.

"Combination attack: Ice Tornado!" a familiar voice was heard. Cybril's attack was countered. Cecilia turned to see Joe and Freya coming to her rescue. "Cecilia, I told you to stay in Dust Mite and prepare for that test, didn't I?! Now go back! This is not the Cybril we once knew." Joe ordered.

Freya went over to Cecilia and took her hand. "Alright~~~! Let's go!" Freya exclaimed. They then sped off for Dust Mite.

Cybril peered over at them. "Not so fast." With the snap of his fingers, the area, including the waterfall, turned into an ice skating resort. Everything was frozen into cold solid ice. Even the fleeing duo,Freya and Cecilia.

"Freya! Cecilia! Damn you Cybril! Burst shot!" Joe launched an attack at Cybril. Cybril blocked the attack with his ice shield. Joe was furious and wanted to perform an second level attack. But he stopped when he heard Freya's voice.

Joe was about to turn around when Freya stopped him. "We're alright. I surrounded us with my own ice. You can hear me because I also surrounded your standing area with my ice.We can breakout at any time. Right now, we need you to create a diversion for us." Freya said through telepathy.

Joe got her message and glared at Cybril. "This is not over!!! We will strike back!!!! Wait for it!!!!!!! Wind manipulation: Cyclone!!!" A huge cyclone suddenly appeared around Joe and the frozen duo.

Cybril created an ice blade and slashed his cyclone apart. He was too late. They were gone. "Cecilia. You have grown. I hope to see more of your strength later when you invade us." Cybril thought.

Back at Dust Mite, Joe reprimanded Cecilia for disobeying orders. "For disobeying orders, you will commence the test and training without break! As soon as the test is over, you will proceed with training with all the damage you suffered!" Joe scolded in a voice he never used before.

Cecilia was about to go prepare herself for the test but she was interrupted. "But before that, everyone gather! We will hold a meeting about how we will infiltrate the palace 1 week later." Joe commanded.

"Huge, you enter by the roof of the palace. I'll take you there with my powers. Whirl and Freya, both of you go to the first level of the palace. I smell danger there. Be careful. Grodin, you go to the entrance of the palace. Specter, you go to the city. From what I can tell, they would evacuate the citizens pretty soon. Unleash it all on the enemy there. Cecilia and I will go to the Majesty's room."

"Wait. Why are Freya and Whirl together? Aren't we supposed to split up?" Cecilia asked.

"I have an ominous feeling about who Whirl will encounter when he goes to the first level of the palace. That's why I sent Freya to back him up should things go haywire." Joe explained.

With that, the group noted their locations down and they went to prepare for the test for Cecilia.

Somewhere near the Kingdom of Lizeria, a mysterious man in a cape was looking at the palace from a cliff of a mountain. "The time has come it seems. I hope they won't disappoint me this time." the mysterious man said.
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This ost was chosen because as the name of this chapter implies, ice demon. Opps. Spoiler for those who haven't read or watched the fairy tail series. Deliora is a demon and it fights with Gray who uses ice. Thus, this is the perfect theme for this chapter.