"This...."

"Is this what she meant?!!"

Right before General Lin's eyes, was the faces of horror of their soldiers.

No it wasn't just them, even those from the Empire have already ran away, their magicians flew at a speed that the eye cannot even see.

A blue flash bypassed General Lin and had striked an escaping magician that is one of the Empire.

Looking back, he saw it. How that magician died.

The word impaled could not be used as to what remains of that magician as every single body part of that person was obliterated.

Perhaps now, it's only nothing but blood, and dust.

And then, at this moment, realization struck General Lin.

There's some force helping the Marsus kingdom.

.....

*2 hours ago*

"Oooyyyy!"

"Get out of the way!"

The cloaked person just kept walking towards them at a leisurely pace.

Seeing such an action from this person, General Lin started to feel uneasy.

"Tch, who does this person think he is huh?!"

Glancing beside him, General Lin could see Legionnaire Micel's displeased expression.

"Ah, Legionnaire Micel! Don't worry, this lowly ones would handle it."

"Hurry up you idiots! Handle him fast, give him a swift death!"

Seeing such things unfold before him, General Lin then glanced at his fellow people from the Lina Kingdom.

And from their eyes alone, he confirmed it.

Uneasiness was present, followed by hesitation.

Thinking back to the message Lia Rosen gave him. General Lin hardened his heart, and then relayed his decision to his fellow Generals and commanders.

"General Lin...... This......"

"We are committing treason if we do as you say......"

Seeing the hesitating expressions his fellow comrades were doing, he said.

"Although we don't know if what Lady Lia said is true, making the wrong decision would also be our downfall."

"...."

"We all have our own families. The King may have agreed to join the Empire, but what about the people's opinion."

His comrades in arms looked at him with wavering expressions.

General Lin was right. It may be the king's words, but it wasn't his own people.

Although they may not know what's going on on the Royal palace but they are sure of one thing. And that is that they're king might have already abandoned them, just for his own greed and his own power.

While they were lost in thoughts, a small platoon went ahead of all the others on the field to 'confront' the cloaked man opposite of them.

"Hehehehe, get your butt out of here kid."

"If you don't.... Hehe, maybe you would just see your own body on the ground."

The cloaked man stopped just around 30 yards away from the platoon.

"Oy! I think he's ready to give up."

"Haah? After stopping us in our tracks. Hmmp! What does he thinks of us!"

*Ka-clink*

"Hey look. His doing something."

"Pssshh, whatever he does. It's already useless."

"Let's just kill him."

*Clack*

Unsheathing their sword, the small platoon went ahead and walk leisurely at their own pace.

Their sneers were wide and their killing intent emanating from them, this would undeniably scare any normal person or perhaps put pressure on any enemy soldier. However...

*Bang*

"Ah?"

The small platoon suddenly stopped in their tracks, shocked by what befall on them.

A body fell, no. One of their men on their small platoon fell, headless.

*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

Followed by these series of loud sounds, three more bodies fell. And just like the first one, they all fell headless.

"Wha-what the?!!"

"Hiiiii!!!"

Although the fall of their comrades shocked them, that wasn't what made them shriek out of fear.

What did made them was that there was a change in the cloaked man's appearance.

The cloaked man which seemed harmless at first look now had this long-rectangular box on its left shoulder. On its right hand was somewhat a long green black stick, while on its left was a very long white blade that appeared out of nowhere. The cloaked man's back also had this long protruding spider like legs. The more noticeable part was that the cloaked man's eyes was glowing red.

With such an appearance, this did not go unnoticed by the large army that was just right behind the small platoon.

"What is that thing?!!"

"Is th-that a demon from the legends?"

Legionnaire Micel squinted his eyes at this.

"What is that thing? Where did it come from?" He thought.

He looked behind him, there a man wearing thick cloaks was looking at him.

Legionnaire Micel nodded and so was that man, followed by that, the man then began to flew away as fast as he can.

Legionnaire Micel breathed deeply when the man flew at great speeds. That man was one of the best Hale magicians on his part of the 3rd Legion of the empire. His speeds was unparalleled were only a few can contend with.

However, his breathing suddenly stopped, his eyes wide.

That same man that he was praising for his great speeds, fell from the sky.

The man's body was cut in half, no, it was more like shot in half.

His torso was completely gone, what remained we're his head and his pelvic region.

Seeing this, Legionnaire Micel couldn't help but have his sight stray to a certain direction. Fear now evident in his eyes.

"I-it couldn't be...."

His fears were confirmed when he saw it.

That thing had it's right arm raised to him, no better yet, it was raised right above him, from where the man wearing thick cloaks was.

Moreover,

That thing now had it's sight gazing at him. Just by this action, with his long experience in the battlefield, the impulse he felt on their victory and defeat have now been decided.

And the answer was, a crushing defeat. A one sided massacre.

"Retreat!!"

The moment Legionnaire Micel said this, the thing suddenly disappeared from everyone eyes, like it wasn't even there in the first place.

"We-were is that monster!!!"

"That demon!?!! Where!!"

"U-up there!!!!"

No one knows who said it, but instinctively, everyone followed it.

There they saw that thing on the sky, gazing down at them like it was god.

Those spider like legs at it's back then moved, there were exactly six of these things. Pointing to each different directions, bright orbs then appeared at the tips of each of these spider legs.

*Activating LSM laser.*

The moment that thing said this, long white bright lines then befell on the ground, each and every single of the bright lines left destruction at it's wake, and those unlucky ones that were hit with those lines, were now nothing but dust.

Legionnaire Micel now sat on his bottom, mucus dripping down his nose.

"A demon!! It's a demon!!!"

"The Empire must know of this!!!!!"

"Heh"

Noticing that things gaze was on him, Legionnaire Micel immediately became panic-stricken, his mind blanking out.

"Pro-protect me!!"

Although chaos now ensnared the army, that didn't mean that the Empire's soldiers were now disorganized.

Receiving their orders, the Empire's soldiers immediately went and surrounded Legionnaire Micel.

Seeing this action, that thing then immediately went down the ground and ran towards them at great speeds.

"S-so fast!!!"

Preparing their weapons, they then immediately fixed their stances.

That thing then began to swipe it's left hand even if it were a few yards away from them.

This left those men confused as it was already obvious that, that thing's sword like arm weren't that long.

However,

The sword like arm suddenly extended, by the time they noticed, their bodies were cut into two halves.

This action caught them off guard that by the time the action was done, 6 more men fell.

And this all unfolded under the eyes from those of the Lina kingdom.

Now knowing what Lia Rosen's words meant, General Lin felt regret for ever letting their foolish king join the Empire's grasp.