Working With Xernan & Ena [Part 2]

Judging from the size of the large Deployment space, having a room this large could accommodate all of the different troop types that Amera has. It was also large enough for Amera to gather large armies in one place and mass teleport them to a designated military base. That's most likely why the magic circles for each base was so massive.

As we walked through the deployment room, Rubin told us that we would be given around 6,000 advanced units for our assigned operation. The other two armies will be given 12,000 units each in order to compensate for the demon's higher levels. As we walked, we saw a variety of soldiers and modified monsters preparing themselves. Behind each massive Magic Circle was the title of the military base that it went to. Since there were 5 Military bases, 5 massive magic circles were evenly spread out in the deployment space. Once we found A3, we saw a group of 250 soldiers who were heading over the military base before us. Judging by their armor, they were more experienced than the rest.

"Are those our advanced units? What level are they currently at?", I asked.

"Those troops are lvl. 175 Gifted Knights. Knowing my father, we have 2,000 of them in total, with the rest of the units being a mixture of Ameran beasts and Ameran Magic Weapons. They are all advanced units so they should be effective allies", Xernan said.

Before the enemy arrived, we needed to set up our defenses at A3. The A3 Military base was currently unprepared for the sheer number of hostiles that would be arriving. I would say that we had around 30 minutes before Ringdrex's armies attacked all 3 Military bases at once. The Military bases were placed in a Star format around Amera's Walls. Since A3 was at the southeast of Amera and A1/A5 was to the Northwest, we would be separated from the rest of the defensive forces. We would essentially be on our own.

"How much can I expect to be paid from this? If I'm going to protect Amera, I expect to be compensated for my efforts", I said.

"Is this really the time to ask about your payment?! We need to head over to A3 and kill as many of those disgusting demons as possible!", Ena fumed.

"Settle down Sister. The Paladin is asking a fair question". Prince Xernan began to walk towards me, his face currently emotionless. As he stopped in front of me, he put his hand on my left shoulder. "If you protect Rubin, Ena, and myself to the best of your abilities, I don't see why I can't authorize your party to receive 400k Engis total. The extra 100k Engis is to cover any extra combat conflicts that arise from the supervision of King Rilo's children".

Prince Xernan may have been sadistic but at least he was a rational person. Since I got the payment confirmation from royalty itself, I decided that I would spend my 3,000 OP on items that increase the chances of us winning. That meant that I needed to upgrade the gear that I had. While I had Dawnbreaker as my shield, my armor and sword were still weak. I still had the Elemental sword that the dragon had but it was geared towards lvl 20 users. The armor that I had was still the starter Paladin and Calamity mage armor that I had since the beginning. Thus, I decided to buy myself a new set of armor from the OP store, which I favorited while I was in the carriage heading towards Amera.

For 3,000 OP, I could obtain a set of Paladin armor named "The Golden Darkness". As I went ahead and bought the armor set, it began to phase in and replace the current armor that I had on. The armor set shined in the light and featured the color palette of Black, Red, and Gold. It was extremely light and durable so I felt that it could also replace my Calamity Mage outfit. It featured two modes of protection, similar to Dawnbreaker. It could switch between medium armor and heavy-duty paladin armor at will. I also summoned Dawnbreaker, which appeared on my arm in its light shield state. Since the shield was an 'Evolving OP Shield', it quickly began to change its appearance to match the armor set that I bought. In a sense, the shield was alive.

Since we were all ready for battle, we began heading towards the massive magic circle for A3. As Rubin led the group there, Ena and Xernan were arguing about who would kill the most enemies. Daera and Arcana were speaking about teaming up against the hostiles. Shobe was mentally preparing himself for the battle, hoping to impress Daera.

As for me, I was looking over my stats and skills to see what I could use in battle.

When we arrived at the massive circle, we saw that a few captains were waiting for us there. As we all stood on the magic circle together, I checked my stats one last time:

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Title: Paladin Lord Of Yggdrasil+, Dragon Slayer+, Goddess' Hunter+, Juggernaut Hunter+

Class: Paladin God+

Subclass: Paladin Mage Of Calamity+

Name: Brice Pridellion

Lvl: 60

Race: Demi-God+

HP: 19436

Mana: 18457

Additional Stats+

Main Skills: Scholar+, Index+, Creator+, Blessing Of The Hunt+, Absolute Defense+

Additional Skills (24)+

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If I was lvl 60 now, how many levels would I gain from defeating 20,000 troops?

Or rather, how many OP Points could I gain?

That's why I couldn't stop grinning as we were teleported to the base.

As far as I know, my luck stat was undefeated. It increased to 4.25 Stars.