Chapter 86: The Unexpected

A day later, I woke up. Everyone was surrounding my... 'body' well, I don't even know if I could call it that.

Everyone was happy that I woke up and they explained what happened after I was out for a day. They said that my fist that become detached that I cut off myself disappeared and when I was asleep, ot regenerated easily.

They were curious about what happened to me.

"Zeta, do you have a skill the analyzes?" I asked.

Zeta was taken aback since he's the first one I spoke to after I just woke up. "Oh, uh, yeah. What kind of analyze?"

"Check my status."

"What for?" He asked but I just stared intently at him. So he eventually gave up questioning and casted the spell. "Status Reveal." After a few seconds, Zeta's eyes widened.

So it did reset.

"That's what happened."

"Hmm?" Everyone was just dumbfounded and are curious. They got near Zeta and looked at the screen that popped up in front of him.

"This is..." Afal grew weary as his sweat ran down his face.

So did others.

Zeta was the first one to speak to me. "Why are you Level 1 again?"

"Things happened but it'll be fine."

"Your stats are reduced by 90% or something."

"60%. Close enough. Anyway, enough about me. Has anything happened when I was asleep?"

Afal then explained. "Yes. Our scouts said that there have been movements of large groups in the forest. It may just be the Three Kings' soldier or just beasts."

"That's a problem. Are they still surveying the area?"

"Yes, we should receive a re-"

Someone then slammed the door open in my room. A single soldier. "There's trouble, Warlord!" He then looked at me. "Congratulations on your recovery my king."

"Don't mind me." I said. "What's happening?"

"The large group our spies found in the forest wasn't soldiers, it was a large group of beasts, and they're heading our way!"

Are you kidding me? First a declaration of war now a horde of beasts. I still can't fight properly. The side effects of the reborn is still in effect. "Argh! I got enough on my plate. Everyone get ready."

"Gazer Form!" Everyone casted their armor.

"Gazer Form! Let's go. Mass Teleport!" I opened up a portal below us and all of us were dragged with it. "Ah." The bed fell down as we were hovering in the air. I forgot, I was in contact with this. What a waste.

"Zieglind, there's the beasts." Yefa pointed at the direction.

"Afal, standby your soldiers near the front gate. We'll take lead and do tell them to remember the tactics we went over."

Afal then flew away really fast leaving us here.

"Golem Wall!" Zeta casted the spell and something emerged from the ground. A wall of... Golems?

"Zeta, what's that?"

"My new skill. It sacrifices some of my undead soldiers to be converted as walls. They can't move but they can attack."

"That's good. Corner them in one place. Let's observe on why they're suddenly attacking."

The beasts which composed of goblins, lizardmen, orcs, wolves and so much more low level monsters were trying to dig through the golem wall.

"Hmm?" A sudden wave of large magical energy was felt when we were observing the monsters try to break the wall.

"My lord, everyone is stationed at the front. But... Did you feel that?" Afal came back.

"Yes. Where did that come from?"

"I'm out of golems to regenerate the wall. They're too many and too fast to dig through."

"Afal, your soldiers."

"Yes." Afal ran back to them and ordered to take their battle positions.

"Stone Plateau!" All of the mages assigned to the archer and gunner groups casted a stone elevate spell. A single line of stones went up that's higher than the walls of my kingdom. It raised the archers and gunners to the top and began to get ready.

The archers fired upwards and the arrows went raining down on the enemies. It doesn't ensure a sure kill, but it's enough to damage a whole area.

The gunners implemented the volley fire. The front launched a burst of bullet that exploded on contact and they retreated back to the very back to reload while the second line began to fire.

It seems they've learnt well.

They doesn't let the beasts get near the soldiers below them. But it'll be close since they're being overpowered by numbers.

And just as I predicted, they entered combat with the soldiers below. The swordsmen took the lead while the spearmen were sticking on the swordsmen's backs.

This is my version of a phalanx. The swordsmen in front while the spearmen try to pierce them. If we had more juggernauts, this'll be more doable and more consistent.

"Hmm?! Again?" That sudden burst of wave of high magic and bloodlust was felt. And then another surge of wave was felt. "Rize, can you check what's happening?"

"Yes." Rize changed her weapon into a gun and looked at its scope. A single magical circle formed near her eye which I'm guessing a spell that magnifies. "Hmm?!"

"What do you see?"

"Wha..." Rize was just there paralyzed in what she saw.

"Rize, what's going on?!"

"Zieglind they... they're not raiding our kingdom... They... They're running."

"What do you mean by that?"

Rize simply handed me her weapon and I looked at the scope.

"That's the reason why they were running."

"Wha-" when I looked at it, the ground beneath us is being shaken by the tremors. The beasts below us grew more impatient and began doing anything to just run but the soldiers are preventing them from entering my kingdom.

Loud shrieks were heard from the monsters below but the one that captivated my eyes was the enemy they were running from.

A giant turtle carrying monsters on its back. Its tail was long and at the end of it was a crystal in deep color read. Its shell was mossy and color green but I know that's tough.

The monsters above the turtle was four monstrosity.

Four demons.

They all had horns and black wings. Even though I can barely see it, their eyes was glowing in the color red. They were mounting the giant turtle beneath them.

The turtle is nearly 1 kilometer near our kingdom. The turtle opened its mouth and a large shriek so defeaning, it put some of my soldiers to sleep.

"Zieglind... Look at the east..." Greta then pointed at the location.

I used Rize's gun and looked at what Greta was being worried about. "What..? WHY ARE THEY ALSO HERE!?"

A giant army which I'm estimating about 60,000. Those crests. I'm sure of it. "WHY ARE THE THREE KINGS' ARMY HERE TOO?!"