Chapter 133 - 35

The night after the destruction of the Dwarven Kingdom's capital, the entire kingdom's soldiers were mobilized to rebuild the capital. The residents had also come out of their shelters and started helping the soldiers rebuild their homes. Even though they are sad and disappointed, their lives are the most important thing. They can still rebuild their house from scratch. But for now, they can only live in refugee camps.

Such a situation was not only experienced by the residents but also by the royal family. The place where the castle tower had been built, was currently razed to the ground. Ziel destroyed not only the tower but also the dungeon so that nothing was left of the castle.

When King Auva woke up from his unconscious state and remembered what had happened, he let out a roar of anger. The other soldiers and nobles were terrified to see it. Even Prince Torin and Princess Melkia did not dare to approach their father. King Auva keep like that for a while and finally regained his composure with the help of Prince Torin and Princess Melkia who ventured to calm him down.

Currently, King Auva is inside the giant tent. This is a temporary residence for him and his two children. He sat at his desk while facing the magic image projection showing 4 people.

[I didn't expect your royal capital to experience such a calamity. I'm sorry for what happened there]

The person speaking at this time was a beastman with a body covered with thick brown fur and ears like a lion. He was tall and muscular. That person was the king of the beast kingdom, Regulus Brunho.

They were currently in a meeting between the demi-human kingdoms. King Auva proposed an emergency meeting for all of them. He told everything that happened in his kingdom. The three of them were shocked after hearing the story from King Auva. Those kings and queens didn't expect the most modern capital in the demi-human region to be currently razed to the ground.

"Thank you for your words. But it's better if you help rebuild my royal capital. I helped you with the academy of the human region. You haven't forgotten it, right? Now it's your turn to help me." Currently, King Auva has a very bad mood due to all the events in his kingdom. The words of condolences from others sounded like ridicule to him.

[This is not our request, but the result of our meeting. The most suitable kingdom that would interest them was the Dwarven kingdom. Have you forgotten about it? We only ask that you investigate the students and teachers of the human academy. How strong were the students compared to their age? How great were the heroes from other worlds? Is there someone special among them? What about the teachers who teach them? And anything you think is important to report. All of that information will be a reference for the Arcus Grand Academy which will be inaugurated soon. At least the quality of our academy will be above theirs.]

The one who spoke was an Emerald green-haired elf similar to Kalya. Her face and beauty were even close to matching because she was the older sister of Kalya and the current elf queen, Jasmine Venetia. She succeeded her mother as queen not long after Kalya left the Elven Kingdom.

"I understand about it, Queen Jasmine. But shouldn't you at least help me since I've already helped you? Ah, speaking of academy teachers I met someone who will surprise you." King Auva suddenly remembered Kalya who was a teacher at the Human Academy. He had forgotten to include it in the report because his mind at that time was full of problems regarding the destruction of his royal capital.

[Who is that?]

Queen Jasmine became curious after hearing King Auva's words. She didn't know what kind of information would be given that could surprise her.

"I met your little sister, Princess Cattleya. She is currently a teacher at the human academy. What happened in the Elven Kingdom? I haven't seen her for a long time and she suddenly became a teacher in the human academy." King Auva looked seriously at Queen Jasmine. He was afraid that what happened in the Elven Kingdom would affect his kingdom as well. On the other hand, he was curious as to why the prettiest princess in the Elven Kingdom who also had the best gifts could be in the human realm as a teacher.

King Auva could see Queen Jasmine's body trembled slightly and quickly regained her composure. Even if it was only for a moment but King Auva knew that his guess was correct. Something had happened in the Elven Kingdom.

[I'm sorry King Auva, but that is an internal matter of the Elven Kingdom. I hope you can understand. For matters of assistance to your kingdom, we will help as best we can]

Queen Jasmine said coldly. Everyone in the meeting sensed that Queen Jasmine's attitude had suddenly changed upon hearing the news.

[I agree with Queen Jasmine. We'd better not discuss it any further. I will also help with the problems that are happening in your kingdom right now. But we'll get to that later. What is our main focus this time is the person who attacked your kingdom and the black-robed person who finished it off]

The last person in the meeting was a middle-aged man with dark purple hair with two horns on his head. His skin is a bit dark in color because that person's race is a demon. He is the demon lord of the Demon Kingdom, Redis Parphial.

"Haa... Alright, I understand. But as for their information, I still don't know. They are both very mysterious. The sure thing I can say is, their strength is immeasurable." King Auva gritted his teeth as he remembered what Ziel had done to him. He couldn't say that the castle tower was destroyed because he wanted to retrieve the corpses of the golems that Ziel had defeated. It would destroy his pride and image in front of other royal leaders.

[It's okay if you don't know. I just received a report from my subordinates that there is a strange phenomenon at the border between human and demi-human region]

King Redis gave other information to the other three kingdom leaders.

[What happened there?]

King Regulus was the one who asked first when he heard the strange phenomenon that king Redis said.

[I don't know for sure. One of the residents said he saw the aurora stretching and splitting the continent in two between the human and demi-human regions. The aurora only briefly then disappeared.]

King Redis said it with a gloomy face.

"Do you know anything about that?" King Auva asked King Redis after seeing the change in his expression.

[According to the book left behind by my ancestor, it was an omen before the emergence of the continent's defense system]

King Redis only explained what he knew to them.

[Is that all you know?]

King Regulus tried to dig up any other information that King Redis might have. He was curious because this was the first time he had heard of the continent's defense system.

[That's all I know]

King Redis answered briefly and made King Regulus a little disappointed.

"Okay, we will end our meeting here. If there is other important news, please immediately hold another meeting. I still have a lot of work here." King Auva closed their conversation because he felt that there was nothing else important to talk about.

[I understand]

[OK]

King Redis and King Regulus answered in unison and disappeared from the image projection. The one remaining was the Elven Queen, Jasmine Venetia.

[King Auva, could you tell me more about Cattleya and her current whereabouts?]

Queen Jasmine seriously asked King Auva.

***

In a temple hall located somewhere in the Clorius continent, a flash of light suddenly entered the 3 pieces of statues. After entering the light, the three statues changed colors to white, silver, and gold. The white statue moved and looked around it.

"As I feel, Rosier is also dead. The missions we undertake have failed one after another. Meanwhile, I still haven't found the person who caused all of this." The white statue sighed heavily. His voice was mixed with disappointment and anger.

"Can't you see or trace the whereabouts of the person who did that? I think you can do that although it's a bit difficult." The golden statue didn't care about the fate of the other divine races. He only cared about the success of their mission.

"Right now I can't do that. When I tried it, I was disturbed by the tremendous energy fluctuations of this continent that even scared me." The white statue spoke with its body slightly trembling. He could still feel the power pressing down on him as he searched for the whereabouts of Rosier's killer. As his senses roamed the continent in search of traces, suddenly tremendous energy overflowed from beneath the continent and injured his senses.

"Is there anyone that strong?" The silver statue was suddenly attracted by what the white statue was saying.

"Not a person, rather a creature." The white statue corrected what the silver statue said.

"Hee...I'm getting more and more interested in that. Can you tell me more?" The silver statue suddenly became excited in the conversation.

"Tch... You can talk too much, can't you?" The golden statue sneered at the silver statue.

"What are you saying?" The silver statue suddenly changed his tone.

"Stop!" The white statue quickly stopped their bickering before it got worse. When he saw that the two of them had calmed down, he continued his explanation.

"I don't even know much about this creature. What I do know is that this creature is the guardian of the continent. The creature was not one, but there were four. But only one that appears at this time when looking at the phenomena that occur." The white statue explained what he knew to them.

"So, why did this guardian of the continent suddenly wake up?" The golden statue asked him because he realized this matter was quite important.

"I don't know for sure. I read ancient records that are not clear whether it's true or not, it was said that the creatures would awaken once every few thousand years or they sensed an absurd existence that would destroy the balance of this continent. So I want you to stop your activities for the time being and be careful." The white statue ended his explanation with orders and warnings.

"We got it!" The gold and silver statues answered in unison. They didn't dare to take it lightly because the white statue spoke very seriously.

"Okay you can go." the white statue had already conveyed what he had to say to them. Right now he felt extremely uncomfortable with the appearance of that being called the Guardian of the continent.

Light came out of the gold and silver statues. After that, the statue returned to being an ordinary statue. Currently, there is only a white statue in the temple hall.

"What's going on? Why did that creature suddenly appear, even when Azael attacked this continent along with the other divine races there was no sign of it appearing. I have to be very careful in my actions. I'm sure my lady already knows about this." The white statue muttered under his breath then light emitted from him which turned him back into an ordinary statue.

***

The next day after the destruction of the Dwarven Kingdom's capital, the students who were camped out in the meadows had started to wake up one by one. Ziel had also woken up and was currently at a lake not far from their campsite.

Ziel and Kalya woke up from their sleep almost at the same time. Kalya was shocked when she saw two other girls sleeping next to her. After hearing Ziel's explanation she couldn't help but admire Princess Freya's bravery and was bewildered by what Princess Iris had done. She only knew that Princess Iris had a master-servant contract with Ziel. But her female instinct told her that Princess Iris had a certain feeling for Ziel. Kalya is not jealous but proud because the man she belongs to and loves has a charm that other women can't resist.

Kalya woke the two Princesses and took them back to their tent secretly. Ziel immediately canceled his clone magic after the three of them came out of his tent. After that, he decided to go to the lake to take a bath because he felt he didn't have time to clean himself thoroughly after yesterday's battle.

He sensed that ever since he left the camp, someone had been following him and he knew who it was. A middle-aged man with crimson hair, he was King Gustave. Since yesterday's battle, King Gustave had been suspicious of him. Ziel kept quiet and pretended not to notice him. 

While Ziel was taking a bath, he felt a fluctuation in the space near the camp. King Gustave noticed it too, so he left Ziel and returned to the camp.

"Looks like a guest has come. What a coincidence that they came to this place themselves." Ziel mumbled and quickly finished his bath. After he finished he immediately returned to the camp and saw several elves kneeling in front of Kalya.

"Long time no see Princess Cattleya!" A handsome elf with shoulder-length bluish-green hair greeted Kalya who was standing while looking at them coldly.