Chapter 54: Prologue of the War
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3rd Pov
Cardinal Leblanc Mcfarelene pondered about the information presented to him by his informants, he was sitting in a luxurious room with some other people around a desk, he sat upon a chair befitting of his position, for he was the leader of the Cardinal faction. " So Eric, basically the new World Power, the one who killed none other than Demon God Laplace has established a religion as her as the God?", he asked for a confirmation despite reading all the information presented to him.
" Yes Lord Cardinal, and I also have the information about the rising tension between the newly established Kingdom Camelot, and the Asura Kingdom. I also have gotten the signals and information about the upcoming war between them. The King of the Asura Kingdom has declared a war, and he is supported by almost 90% of the Nobility", he said and Cardinal sighed.
" I thought... About establishing a friendly relationship with their Kingdom, since one of their founders killed the vile Demon God Laplace, a news that should be celebrated for he was a threat to whole of humanity, one that could have risen again if free. But to think they converted the followers of the teachings of Great Saint Millis, to a new religion which is ruled none other than a self-proclaimed God", he said confirming his dislike about the situation.
" Lord Cardinal... If I may speak", said a woman cladded in Blue Knight Armor as she asked for permission to have a conversation with him," Granted", he said and she took of her helmet revealing her beautiful face, she had blonder hair and blue eyes ," Lord Cardinal, I have gotten the news of Pope Harry had agreed to the Asura Kingdom's request of assistance against Kingdom of Camelot, and a large portion of Order of Church, Order of instruction is to be sent as help and even half of Order of Temple is entitled to assist them".
" Is that bastard crazy?!!", he shouted as he slammed the table in anger, for a moment there was a silence before another man spoke," Lord Cardinal, I think we shall let them have this war- A being that could kill Laplace, is both a good and bad news for us, but considering our situation it could put Milis religion has whole in a threat... Thus! It would be best if we get rid of them given the opportunity!".
The Cardinal became silent as he glanced all of his most trusted people, he sighed deeply and said," It would seem so we are under a quite a peculiar situation- But it is also an opportunity for us! Loss of life is inevitable in this war, and that foolish pope is assisting with a huge portion of military might under him, it will reduce his influence quite a bit after this war and to prevent loses on our side, we shall support him with only 10% of the Knights from Temple of Order under the disguise of agreeing with him fully".
Murmurs spread throughout the room and a person asked," But Lord Cardinal, wouldn't that be easy to be exposed that we only provided a portion of the soldiers we promised?", Cardinal looked at him with an intense look, others became silent getting gist of the things. " We shall use this war to weaken them as much as possible, after which we will throw him and his ridiculous ideology of living in peace with Demon Race!", Cardinal said declaring his intentions loud, making it clear and firm.
It was obvious that the Cardinal planned the upcoming war as a means to weaken the Pope and then finish him. Some people showed signs of hesitation but it was soon replaced with acceptance, while a girl who was sitting on a corner thought,' Something isn't right... This is not supposed to be right...', she looked in the eyes of the Cardinal peering through his memories, going deeper and deeper into his mindscape by every second.
" Miko!", a shout awoke her, as she looked at Therese who had grabbed her shoulder, everyone where looking at her with a frown, and Cardinal at her with a slight dissatisfaction," Why did you looked into my memories, Miko?", he asked disliking the idea of his memories being peered revealing deepest of his secrets, but since it was Miko, he was not too worried but just felt slightly uncomfortable.
" I- I felt something is wrong", she replied not hiding her intentions, after a slight talk she was taken to a room for rest, by Therese and another Knight. The Cardinal and others decided that as a child she was pressured and confused by the grave political talks and needed rest mentally after using her powers. But Miko of Memory knew something was amiss with the behavior of others alas she couldn't explain it even with her God-gifted powers.
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" The Dragon King Kingdom, it's allies and vassal kingdoms shall assist Asura Kingdom against it's war of Camelot", declared the King of Dragon King Kingdom, the world's third strongest Kingdom after Holy Milis Kingdom and Asura Kingdom leaving the entire Royal court baffled, surprisingly many of the major Nobles supported his decision and thus the armies of several Kingdom started marching towards the Camelot.
If that wasn't enough then Perugius Dola himself came in front of Asura Kingdom with the desire to support the Kingdom against it's war the Camelot. Things were in a highly unfavorable situation for the Camelot and it's King, Arthur but he neither feared the growing amount of soldiers against his Kingdom, to prevent a panic in his Kingdom all the news was blocked from the outside and the people of the newly built Citadel of Roa, which was soon to be renamed, to prevent a mass panic.
Thus there were barely any problems within the newly established Kingdom as its people lived in ignorant of the threat looming over their Kingdom, but again it was necessary and for their own good though a group of people who were previously in full support of the Kingdom started having seconds thoughts.
" This is ridiculous! Milis Kingdom and Dragon King Kingdom along with it's allies and vassals have made an alliance to destroy the threat of Arthur and Minerva! That bastard had touched the interests of so many major powers that betraying the Kingdom is paramount to death sentence!", said the head of the Eurus family.
The other Nobles gathered got an nervous and scared look hearing his words as they realized the implications of their actions. Pilemon Notos started sweating seeing the looks of everyone and was about to raise his own voice, when he heard clapping sounds. He looked back to see their leader, their head, aka the Princess Ariel who was clapping her hands.
" Wonderful! Your speech and words were quite decisive and carefully chosen if I might say", she said praising him, but Astor Eurus wasn't in a mood for that, he said," Princess! Please change your decision of assisting Arthur as that would bring nothing but doom upon us! Princess you already have a great chance of succeeding the throne with our support, thus betraying the Kingdom is foolish considering the current circumstances!".
Even Pilemon Notos became silent while Luke gripped his handle tightly and said," Lady Ariel, as your Loyal Knight I agree that Lord Eurus is correct, betraying the Kingdom will put you in the-*slap*", the sound of slap reached everyone's years, and Luke remained stunned with the red hand mark on his cheek. Ariel looked at him disgusted and said," Did I agree you to state your opinion meaninglessly? Stay silent, Luke- Otherwise next time I won't be as lenient as of now".
He quickly put his head down, while Pilemon Notos remained silent on the treatment of his son who secretly clenched his fists tight,' Human God was right- That bastard needs to die... For my and Ariel's sake! ', he thought while feeling hurt by the fact that Ariel slapped him because of another man intensifying his anger.
Ariel face had became cold and had lost the cheerful look of before, she looked at Astor Eurus who flinched under her gaze ironically, someone who was way younger than her yet in a higher position than her. Her eyes glanced at all the Nobles present who remained silent," It would seem that you want to go against my decision... and to say, I remain firm in my actions and decision ".
" You are nothing without our support!!", suddenly shouted a fat and ugly major Noble, it was apparent why out of everyone only he dared to raise his opinion when even the Lords of two Major Noble Houses didn't. " Uh! It would seem you have quite an opinion on your own power, right piggy?", she said in a mocking tone further angering the Noble who tried to shout again- only to die as a strike of window separated his head from his neck.
The blood splurted everywhere scaring them, and then they glanced at Ariel who was smiling while a ring she was wearing glowed," What's the meaning of this princess?!!", this time Pilemon Notos asked in anger, as he watched one of the Major supporters of her being killed by her own due to a petty reason. Also he couldn't understand how the Noble died, while he was aware it was work of magic it was still mystery to him what actually happened.
" Firstly, I would like everyone to remain calm as I have something important to discuss...", she said as a smile formed on her lips, after that she started explaining how the man she killed was a traitor and had already exposed their betrayal to the King much to their horror, then she continued with how their only choice was now to assist Arthur to avoid being executed and then reassured them with the revelation that Arthur is also a God ranking individual and had killed the Technique God.
She even proved the fact by performing magic and teleporting them to the place where Technique God and Arthur fought. Nobles were stunned by Ariel using God-like powers, as with her simple will she teleported them and floated upon the sea that subsided revealing the destruction beneath on the single wave of her hand, she then continued revealing how it was the work of a Magic ring bestowed to her by King Arthur.
With the promise of such powers at their fingertips and the entire situation led by her, all the Nobles' wavering loyalty became firm as they once again were ready to betray the Kingdom despite half of the world against the Camelot. At which Pilemon Notos the smartest of them again got to experience the reason he chose to follow her, ' Princess is really terrifying ', he concluded and swore to remain loyal to her.
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" To think he would beat the Technique God", muttered Hitogami as he received the information from the memories of his Apostle," I would truly have been scared... Only if you both weren't humans... No matter how strong you two might be! In the end you are Humans, and with more than half of the world against you both, death is the end", he continued.
Although some might scoff at his overconfidence but he had very good reasons for it, firstly although Minerva and Arthur were immune to his Authority over humans, including Nana and his women. He had discovered it was only because of a certain barrier, and he planned to get rid of him even at the cost of the millions of lives.
Yes, he had taken it granted that probably 90% or more of the army would be wiped against him, but in the end they will get exhausted, get worn out, and unlike Immortal Demon Race they would die if once killed. He would make sure that they die, and with Badigadi, Atoferatofe and North Sword Gods and Death God dragged in this war as well, he was sure that Arthur and Minerva who were but human lacking the innate abilities of Demons and Dragons would perish.
As a Human God he knew better than anyone the chances of them perishing in this battle, but he had done a single mistake in his grand calculation which would spill his doom.
To be continued...
(Author's Note: Things are getting interesting than ever!! Human God has used his authority subtly to manipulate Human Kingdoms wage war against Arthur and Minerva, and he had used his Apostle North God and Badigadi to drag the other powerhouses into this war! If not enough Perugius who considered Minerva as a powerhungry being like Laplace and the cause of the Teleport incident joined as well!
Things are looking dire for Arthur or is it?
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