"By the way, Elrich, I have to say... I'm impressed you already figured out how to use that stuff to this extent."
I was referring to how he rescued Fabian from Damien's clutches.
It wasn't something as simple as snapping one's fingers.
"Ah, you mean [The Tower]? I am only capable of doing that much, I'm afraid." He smiled in humility.
"I see. Well, keep practicing. You'll get the hang of it."
It seemed he wasn't very skilled at handling that level of Space Magic yet.
I understood his plight since it took me some time to master that Arcana as well, though the others were harder.
'In only two weeks, he has progressed this far. It's not bad. He's not a Grand Mage for nothing.'
Other than the plan concerning Damien's spies and the future of the Eastern Kingdom, I gave Elrich Lendertwale an Arcana when we discussed.
Of course, I had my reasons.
"I will keep practicing." He bowed slightly.
He was my junior, so his actions were natural, but it was going to appear strange to the audience.
"Let's get you out of that." I smiled at the victimized Prince, using Anti-Magic to cancel out the effects of Damien's Magic.
Once he was free, Fabian fell to his knees and trembled.
His body shivered as tears fell from his eyes and he growled. I couldn't relate to his emotions, but that didn't mean I didn't have a good guess.
'Feeling frustrated and stupid, uh? Join the club.'
I actually didn't like it when Legris turned out to be the culprit—especially because I was so close to trusting him.
'Fabian had it worse, though. Poor kid.'
"I can't believe he would do that. Damien Lawcroft... just why...?" King Albion murmured, now displaying his shock.
I never informed him beforehand of Damien's betrayal, but Elrich was well aware. Until all the spies within the Capital were apprehended, the Court Mage wasn't supposed to tell the King either.
I imagined the man was still recoiling from shock.
"You did well not to show any emotion when we confronted him. That certainly pushed him to a corner and forced him to reveal his true nature." I spoke, offering whatever consolation I could.
The King didn't hesitate to believe my words when I said Damien was the villain of the whole incident, indicating how much trust he had in me.
Such a man was well worth my time.
"What now?" Albion slowly recovered from his shock and looked at me with expectation.
"You said the Demons have begun their invasion, right? Shouldn't we find a way to intercept them?" King Albion said.
"True. I guess it's time to begin."
Everyone was now staring at me, waiting for what would happen next.
The obvious answer was that I would transfer our army to the Eastern Kingdom, where the Demons were currently ravaging.
The only issue was—
"Can you pull that off?"
The one who asked was none other than Elrich Lendertwale.
Despite his trust in me, it was close to impossible to imagine transporting an army of three million.
Considering the amount of Mana that would require, a human wasn't supposed to wield that much power.
Neron and Serah could pull it off, though. Their Mana was simply that surplus. They were simply monsters.
As for me...
"I can't do it alone, but..."
... I had been preparing for this scenario for some time now.
"... I should have enough Mana in stock."
Snapping my fingers, several flying Automatons that resembled metal spheres began appearing in the sky.
One after the other, in their multitude, they became visible to the army that looked above them.
"I used cloaking Magic to ensure that none of them was visible as they remained suspended in the sky for some time. They've been collecting a good amount of Mana."
Aurora, the Elf Queen marveled.
She never noticed them, no doubt.
"S-since when...?" She murmured, staring at me.
"When Freya permitted me to use my Automatons. I figured that wouldn't be considered intruding on your land, so I helped myself."
In any case, these Automatons were brimming with a decent amount of Mana. Each probably had the same quantity as a regular Gold Core Grade—and there were hundreds of them in the sky.
'If I use Spellcraft in addition to these guys, there shouldn't be a problem.'
"[Great Sage's Memoir]." Manifesting my Original Magic, I took to the sky and positioned myself before the arranged Automatons that hovered above the marveling army beneath us.
"Let us begin."
The pages of my Memoir flipped until I arrived at the spot where [The Tower] was stored.
Gathering the Mana around me, while synchronizing with the Mana in each of the Automatons, I prepared to teleport everyone.
'This should be fun.'
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"Easy. Too easy!"
Those were Abellion's thoughts as his army marched on, decimating everything around them.
They hadn't arrived at a proper city yet since they were on the outskirts of the Eastern Kingdom's civilization. Still, it was only a matter of time.
Abellion could see a town ahead.
He was using enhanced sight, so he could clearly see what was going on in the settlement.
Abellion noticed the filthy vermin going about their daily activities in the town.
The human denizens had smiles on their faces. Some laughed, some seemed tired, while some weren't exactly in a happy mood.
Still, none of them seemed to be bothered about the impending Demon crisis.
The Demon Army was still a distance from the nearest settlement, so, no human could detect them yet.
Even at that...
"Look at them, living their lives in ignorance..." Abellion's body quivered in annoyance as his grin widened.
He raised his hand, ready to give his army the order to devastate the first town in sight.
His seething emotions had reached a climax.
"I'm going to enjoy this..." He murmured under his breath.
"ATTA—!!!"
Before he could conclude his words, a massive gust of wind enveloped the area before them, and a bright blue light dominated everything around.
