Chapter 52 : The King is aware

(AN : I know. Such a lackluster title. I really am bad at naming things…)

"I wonder, how long can you keep this form of yours? You should have been able to smuggle yourselves in somehow, but with the power level you have displayed right now, the Kingdom should be alerted.

"Trying to make us quit so easily? I have one word for you. Foolish." Arman smirked.

The Emissary frowned at his words not because Arman was smiling at him in an irritating fashion but rather because what Arman said was true.

The Fallen Heart Kingdom uses a special array and formation that was designed to sense and scan for High levelled beings within the Kingdom. It is due to this very array that invading Fallen Heart Kingdom was quite difficult and so, it has stood still despite not being subservient to an Empire.

The array only has one loophole and that is that it ignores the movements of low levelled creatures. This is to allow Adventurers a resource spot to make an income while still residing in the Kingdom and as such, paying tax in the Kingdom.

Even though the array allows the movement of low levelled creatures, a huge amount of them would easily be identified. This is due to the amount of mana that they give off being huge in quantity.

Monsters, as we all know, evolved to be due to the presence of mana. The array detects this exact kind of mana.

Normally low levelled creatures have little Mana present in them whilst higher levelled creatures have a larger mana density and capacity. If a huge horde of low levelled monsters move together, the array would easily notice them because the Mana they give off together would rival a higher level monster.

For the goblin horde to have successfully infiltrated the Kingdom, together with their trolls and the Emissary, they either needed inside help or a power far above the array's detection capabilities. Even at that, there is still a limit to the amount of Mana they can display otherwise even an insider could not stop the array from detecting them.

As the Emissary had powered up further to be able to handle the trio of Arman, Enzo and Deval, the array might have most possibly detected them(goblins and Emissary) with the Kingdom beginning to make necessary preparations to handle them.

With that in mind, the Emissary was in a race against time to wipe out a human settlement, as this was one of his goals, or at the very least, the army that encountered them together with its commanders.

"It doesn't really matter. You'd still be dead before reinforcements arrive." The Emissary spread his hands and the mist beside him gushed forward with vigor.

And so the battle continued, but this time, the Emissary fought with his full strength so as to eliminate the trio whereas the people in question were continuously pushed backwards, with all their moves made on the defensive side in an effort to survive long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

. . . . .

Back at the underground hall…

"Do you really want to do this?" Chesces stared at the players in front of him as they took their various battle stance.

"Enough of your silly chit-chat. Savage Tribe doesn't shy away once we've made our decision. Get them!" The Maniac Chief Goro yelled.

"Chesces you go on with the others. I'll hold them back." Yukino stepped forward and with her great-sword.

"Alright. Let's go." Chesces nodded and headed to one of the doors by the end together with the 2 other players.

In scenarios like this, one would usually team up with their partners or party members to face their adversaries as such Chesces decision of retreating would make him look as if he was actually scared of fighting back and so decided to retreat, but that isn't true. Emperor's Might, as a Super guild, values obedience and compliance towards orders and superiors above all else.

As his superior, Chesces is required to obey every word that comes out from Yukino's lips even if it requires him to sacrifice his life(AN : Of course I mean In-game life…). With her giving the order to retreat, Chesces either complies with it or gets punished by the guild.

Even at that, the main reason he actually followed her order was because as a 'Queen' trained by Emperor's Might, Yukino was more than capable of handling Goro, who is a 'false king', alongside his minions. Rather than distracting her in battle, it was better for them to focus on their main goal at hand.

"Where do you think you're going?" Goro threw a flying dagger at Chesces.

*Clang*

"Don't lose focus; I'm your opponent." Yukino said as she brought her great-sword down.

"Hehehe. It seems like someone needs to teach you a lesson, dear goddess. Even though you're a 'Queen', with this much people you will surely die. Or do you think that you are on par with our 'King'?" Goro grinned mockingly.

It is indeed true that a 'King' or 'Queen' is more than capable of handling large numbers of weaker players but this is only so for a veteran of such rank, specifically Monster rank players.

'King' and 'Queen' are titles given to monster class experts or Pinnacle class experts with one foot in the monster class. In the case of monster class 'King' or 'Queen', they are more than capable of handling the line-up of a 'false king' and 5 other expert players but for someone like Yukino, who got the title by having one foot in the monster rank, handling such a combination wouldn't be so easy.

"Why don't we find out?" Yukino stared at the players with unwavering confidence oozing from her as she took off her cloak. (AN : She was fighting with a cloak but didn't put on the hoodie.)

As the cloak floated down, a Snow Goddess was revealed to the world. Clad in white leather armor with a metal breastplate, she looked like a war goddess ready for battle. Her great-sword glistened a silvery-white light, despite the low lighting present in the hall. She was fully armored with a bracelet hanging from her smooth silky white wrist.

"As you wish milady." Goro bowed exaggeratedly as he entered stealth mode while 3 players rushed towards Yukino with the other 3 firing their long-range arsenal.

. . . . .

"I know it's the rules but is it really alright to let her be on her own? If the Savage Tribe really want to get rid of us, they wouldn't just send a 'false king'." One of the 2 players accompanying Chesces spoke up.

"I also feel the same way, however princess should be able to hold them back for a while but as for how long, even I don't know. What we just have to do is to find the commander and eliminate him that way no matter the loss we suffer, we won't lose out that badly." Chesces said with a calm tone.

"Let's hurry up."

. . . . .

At the Capital city of Fallen Heart Kingdom, a huge palace was placed at the centre of the city. The reason why the word 'placed' is used is because the palace is actually a moveable fortress the previous King had used in the great war of nations.

Equipped with almost catastrophe level weapons, the moveable Palace is one of the greatest equipment ever designed and so is used as a family heirloom for the Royal family of Fallen Heart Kingdom.

At the centre of this palace was a meeting room used for, well, meetings. Presently, all the really important and high-ranking nobles and officials were at the room, seated around a round table.

In the meeting room in the palace stood a somewhat huge throne capable of sizing a small giant; small as in 3 metres tall. Sitting on this throne was a human sized individual who exuded a regal aura that filled the entire room. It made it such that despite the number of people present around the table, they all held their breaths not uttering even a single word.

Beside the throne was a gigantic golden sword with a height of 4 metres, towering everyone present in the room. Gems of varying colors were embedded in the sword's blade in a straight line, running from its tip through the middle and ending at the hilt. The sword itself exuded a righteous aura, one that despised evil greatly and prevents one from deviating from the path of good. However, even with the aura of good and light it exuded couldn't penetrate the weird black shadow that loomed over the man on the throne.

"Repeat your words."

Right now, the meeting room was quiet with a man standing by the side of the table shuddering in fear at the glare of the individual seated on the throne. Apparently, the previous words were aimed at him.

Not wanting to keep the speaker waiting, the man replied "We, we, we just received news. The barrier was somehow breached and a goblin army led by an emissary of darkness went through this breach. Right now, they are at Riverdale Town."

Ignoring his earlier stammering and disrespect, the man on the throne asked "An emissary of darkness?" (AN : The disrespect was speaking to him without greeting him by addressing his title as King. Like how you say to the president, "your excellency" or the queen "your majesty".)

"Yes, your Majesty." The man bowed in fear and replied hurriedly after realizing he forgot his manners.

"Your Majesty, permit me to send an elite troop and capture this fiend that dares disrespect you and our nation." A middle-aged man that looked raw and boorish spoke up as he stood up from his seat.

"No need. Riverdale was it? Little Owen and that hermit both reside there. Things wouldn't get out of hand anytime soon. What you should focus on is to find his real body. No one is foolish enough to trespass our grounds with their main body." The man on the throne spoke.

Though he was a little disappointed at not having to slay a bunch of cannon-fodders, the boorish man replied "Yes, your Majesty."

"Use the Knights of Fallen Silver. Handling such a fiend shouldn't be so much of a problem for them.

"I wonder, which demonic god actually dared to make a move at this time."

AN :

Finally, the King has had a cameo. It might seem like I'm dumping high levelled men everywhere but not really. Our MC isn't your usual weak-to-strong MC. He was strong initially and he still is, plus this is reality. You won't always be dealing with cannon-fodders all the time.