activa-t Chapter 1304: A Talk With The Rulers
Chapter 1304: A Talk With The Rulers
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We were received by the Queen, who led us to the throne room where the King and the Prince were. Little Gustav seemed to have recovered already and he looked a bit more energetic, and the King was as stoic as always, although his eyes wouldn’t stop glaring at Erebus, and I couldn’t blame him for that, the boy was quite strange.
"Welcome back Planta, everyone," the King said. "It seems you had quite the issues back home. Was everything alright? If you had informed us earlier, we would have quickly deployed an army to your aid."
"I’m flattered for your willingness to help, your majesty, but that wasn’t necessary, we were able to manage on our own," I said. "But I’m thankful for that, I hope I could use this little favor for another time."@@@@
"Of course," he nodded. "We’ve been helping one another for quite a while now. You saved my son’s life, you defeated demons and saved even more people. We owe you perhaps more than you could imagine."
"Ah thanks..." I said. "Well, we came here to talk about what we’ll be doing next. You said you wanted to plan out a strategy to go against Merlinus, right?"
"Yes, we cannot let him contaminate our Kingdom anymore," said Merlinus. "Preparations had already begun for a large-scale battle. Our greatest disadvantage is that the Magician Tower is right in the middle of the city, Merlinus could easily kill millions if we were to attack him."
"So you’re going to evacuate the citizens first?" I asked. "Like it was done before, I hope? If I employ all my Domain and my Spirits, it shouldn’t be impossible to help them evacuate to my forest temporarily."
"Yes, we’ve been considering that, seeing how you helped the people evacuate yesterday," said the King.
"Although that was only a small portion of people that lived surrounding the arena, we believe it could be possible to do at a large scale," said the Queen. "And that’s one of the reasons why we need your help, Planta. We cannot directly evacuate everyone, Merlinnus might immediately tell what we’re planning and counterattack, slaughtering everyone to get ahead of us."
I can’t tell her that I just learned Dream Magic IRL, right? That would be too far-fetched.
"That’s a very useful magic, though there might be strong people that won’t be easily affected," said the Queen. "But to me, if they’re strong enough to resist your magic and remain here, they might as well fight to protect the city, right?"
"Haha, I-I guess so... I’ll try to explain things to them and persuade them, but if they reject my help, then they’re free to stay and fight... and die," I sighed. "Nonetheless, that’s pretty much my plan! It might have some flaws, but through my Domain, Skills, Magic, and the help of my friends, the Druids, and also this boy over here. It should be possible. I’ll plant some special Totem Spirits beforehand underground and in special spots. Which will act as nodes for a city-wide formation that will expand my Domain instantly."
"Then you have our permission to do so," said the King. "How long do you think this could take you?"
"I’m already doing it! I sent one Avatar of mine to do it. By combining my love’s Totem Spirit Magic he allowed me to learn and combining it with my own Wood Manipulation Magic and the very wood of my body, I can connect to these spiritual totem nodes from almost any distance."
"Y-You really have everything planned!" the King said, amazed. "Thank you... truly, thank you, Planta!"
"Oh please, don’t worry about it! This place already became kind of my... well, my third home? But it’s a place I’ve grown to love despite its flaws," I said. "I’ll protect this kingdom... And this little friend as well."
"The King and the Queen of Luminous, huh...." Erebus muttered. "Nice to meet you. I’m the Demon King of Miasma, Erebus."
"EH?!"
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