Invaders came from the Rattin Kingdom has arrived at the Arzotoc village, earlier than they were expecting. Yet, Xelin felt confused about this situation, in his mind, the creatures inside the village should already try defending their place unless they were surrendering their lives to them or plotting for something.
First, he released mild magical power that easily coated his body, after that transferring it towards his eyes to see if there were any planted traps around them.
[Mana sensing]
His eyes furious eyes were gleaming, at the same time, Xelin was looking at the place where their opponents possibly set up the traps. However, the result surprised him as he could not see any type of threat or sign that the Arzotoc village would like to fight back.
And all of a sudden, Xelin chuckled loud enough to hear by the people around him and creatures behind those thick walls which were Emma and Riku.
"It seems that is the leader of this invasion, Emma?" He murmured while pointing his index finger towards the man who was wearing a white cape, had blond hair, and aggressive red eyes.
By just simply looking at him, Riku could easily tell that this man was a skilled fighter, at the same time, he must not forget the possibility that this man could be good by utilizing magic power.
Even though Emma didn't personally know that man, still, she gradually nodded her head as it was too obvious to notice. "I guess, you are right." She responded politely while looking at the opposite team what would they respond to this kind of situation. "What do you think they are going to do?"
He just remained nonchalant as he knew the Arzotoc village was still holding the favor of this invasion. "At this point, the only thing they could do is to attack us since that is the main reason why they came to this place." He replied in a weak tone so that the invaders would not have the chance to hear their conversation.
In his opinion, he had no idea if there was a magical ability here that could enhance the ordinary hearing sense of a certain person. Or easy to say, he was just being cautious in order to increase their winning rate. Moreover, his eyes were darted at Xelin as he felt that guy was sharp.
"Just like what you have said, let us the landmines deal with them." Emma said, tugging his red robe asking him to step back for a little bit so that they can avoid the upcoming explosion.
He agreed to her as they went towards the area where they could see the opposing team from afar.
To begin with. In this war, they had three steps in order to win. First, the land mines, this Riku's invention would make the way to lessen the numbers of their opponents in an instant, once they were lucky and made the Rattin Kingdom terrify, there was a high chance that they would withdraw. The second plan, if the pursuing to enter the village, Riku would make his move by showing his [Transformation magic] it was they thought. As he knew having [Transformation magic] will have a big factor in this world since this was the stronger magical ability that a certain person could have.
If they managed succeeded to the second step, it can help them to lessen the number of Arzotoc's guards that might die. To put it simply, if the first step and the second stop would not work out well, it would force them to fight back and clear all the remaining enemies.
By knowing each invader's ability, they could easily huge numbers of guards would die because of the difference between the fighting style. To be exact, the invaders were born to be part of the war so none of them would afraid to die.
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On the other side, a couple of minutes had passed, at the same time, Xelin was checking the area. "There's no any traps here, Vole. You can double-check it if you are not convinced." He said these words as he noticed the obnoxious expression of Vole.
Yes! Something bothered Vole as he could feel that there was a wrong with this, but he can't determine what it was. Yet, he shook his head at him as he trusted this man's ability.
"N-No, Xel, there's no need for me to do that." He responded to him while the so much peacefulness of the place was bothered him. He admitted that the crime in their Kingdom was increased day by day and people died because of poverty.
To describe their Kingdom, you could smell the rotten smell whenever you go since you could someone dying on the street. Yes! First, you might think that their King had no ability to rule his Kingdom, but the truth was, he just loved to kill the people who have no benefit to him or the Kingdom. Aside from that, he was the main reason why the poverty easily spread through the village since he was greedy. He was collecting high taxes for the people with or without business. If they refuse to give, their fate was already decided. Of course, they were going to do.
But what they could do? The King was surrounded by high-level mages and skilled fighters. On top of that, the King itself had the ability to protect himself, or easy to say, no one in their Kingdom could have the chance to kill him. Although hundreds of people tried the same thing, they were just easily met in the afterlife.
He shook his head as he thought he was just jealous and envious of the peacefulness of this village. "That must be the reason, why I'm so bothered." He said in a weak tone, enough reason why Xelin asked him.
"What is it, Vole? Do you say something?" Xelin said in a deep tone, at the same time, already had an idea where they would attack first.
"It's nothing, Xel." He replied politely before adding these words. "When we would start? Also what kind of plan we are going to do with it?"
He spun around, facing all the invaders that were way aggressive to finish the invasion as soon as possible. "Well, it's just simple, we are going to head straight to enter the village. Since it's too obvious that they already surrendered by this invasion. On top of that, even though they tried to make sneak attacks like firing us arrows and magic, I think our shields are enough to absorb all the damages." He said along with a malicious smile as he seemed confident with this attack.
After that, he quickly ordered all the invaders around him to immediately charge towards the village. "Kill all the creatures you're going to see! No one should be left behind if there is someone trying to negotiate with us, don't give it a chance to kill them. We are here to take their village, understand!"
YES, SIR XELIN!
This was the response that came from the invaders that were already readying their horses. As soon as they strongly tugged the whip, the horses started to move, heading to the location where was the landmines exactly located.
The thick smoke came from the rapid legs of the horses, easily enveloped the area. Also, it was the main reason why they didn't partially could not see the things in front of them, just the fact that the village was located ahead of them.
Under the thick dust, Xelin had a broad smile on his face. In his mind, this job was way easier than he thought. "Once we succeed in this invasion, I'm sure King would give us a huge reward. Also, I would tell him that you fill your important role in this invasion so you can take your deserved rewards." He said and looked at the way where he can hear the sound of a horse.
On top of that, based on his words he already thought that the victory was claimed by his hands.
"Thank you so much, Xel, I will never do this without your help." He humbly said while slowly hearing a different sound each time the horses' feet landed on the surface. At the same time, he noticed there was something new about the soil.
Click!
Click!
Click!
Click!
Meanwhile, clicking sound was the only sound they could hear. And as the moment the sound passed off, the tremendous explosion came directly at their faces, it was strong enough to blow away all things around them even the invaders.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Continuous explosion transpired at the place. Also, you could see in the air, the splashes of blood, arms, heads, blood, and horses were flying away. Yes! In just a blink of an eye the Rattin Kingdom's invaders were decreased their numbers dramatically.
However, it does not end with that as the metallic nails were piercing them and could reach the invaders even they were far away in the landmines.