V4.C2 The war in Heiligh Kingdom (II)

"T-That face, you are Shimizu from our class. W-What are you doing with Demons? Did they use magic... to brainwash you?"

Shimizu showed a disdainful smile to Kouki.

"Amanogawa Kouki, the fake hero still can't grasp the situation. You guys will all die here unless you join the Demon race. Don't worry if you join I'll take 'good care' of all of you."

He said and swept his eyes over the body of every woman with a twisted face. The women nearly vomited in disgust.

"Let me tell you one thing, I was the one who trampled on Ur Town, this army you see here is all mine. I am the true hero of this world."

"Shimizu-kun!!!"

Out of nowhere, Aiko appeared on the wall of Castle.

"Please don't do that and come back to Sensei, we'll solve this problem together."

Her expression warped in sadness when she looked at Shimizu. She almost teared up, remembering her guards who she protected had died in Ur Town. Now, she knew one of her students was the culprit yet couldn't bring herself to hate him.

Yuka and her friends also came and stood beside Aiko. Yuka gazed at Shimizu with ice-cold eyes, rage and hatred grew inside her when she saw the true face of her classmate.

"Why did you do it? Why did you have to destroy the Town?"

Shimizu took a step back from the sudden change in Yuka's character. But the monster army behind him returned him enough confidence to stand fearless.

"You guys know nothing! I, who was treated like a mob, got this opportunity to become a hero I deserve. No way in hell I'd let it slip from my grasp, all I had to do was kill some random villagers."

"Shimizu-kun! You—"

"Shut the fuck up, you loli teacher! Always saying this and that, you are the reason I had to come all the way here wasting my time instead of fucking these beauties."

Shizuku bit her lips in frustration, the morale of her classmates was dropping every second. If it stays like this they won't be able to do anything in this almost impossible to win war.

She had to stop Kouki from rushing blindly, the demon race would be delighted if any one of them crossed the barrier. More so, if the leader of humanity delivered himself to their doorstep.

Aiko bit her lips tightly, blood trickled down her chin and fell on the floor. This pain was far lighter than the pain her heart was going through.

"Shimizu-kun, I can understand your situation, but please don't do that. Come back, you can grow stronger with us and become special. Don't side with demons, they are just using you."

The worried look on her face and the hatred in others eyes pissed Shimuzu.

"Attack them, destroy these fuckers!"

"Ai-chan sensei!"

His words hurt Aiko so much that she lost her consciousness and collapsed on the floor.

Yuka caught her in a hurry and carried her towards the Royal Palace.

Mikhail spotted a certain figure in the crowd waving his hand. His lips curled into a vicious grin.

"It's time. Attack!"

Shimuzu grinned ear to ear and ordered the monster leaders he tamed. The leaders in his monster army ordered their subordinates/mob monsters to attack.

All of the dragons and monsters launched their attacks. Flame breath, ice spears, earth needles and all sorts of unusual magic attacks charged at the barrier.

Boom!!!

The barrier bore the brunt of heavy attacks and cracks appeared on it. A second later, the sound of glass shattering rang through the entire capital and the barrier broke down into million fragments of light and vanished.

Everyone crouched down and covered their ears, some had blood leaking out from their ears.

"Impossible… the barrier, it broke?"

Princess Liliana whispered with disbelief written all across her face. How could the barrier holding off the demons for decades shatter like this?

Before they could make any sense of the situation, another wave of attacks rushed at the barrier.

The second layer of the barrier stopped the attack.

Crack~

Like some broken glass, cracks formed and stretched all over the barrier before it shattered just like the first layer.

"One last attack!"

The students were panicking while Kouki stood there dumbfounded from the sudden change in the situation. All old fogies of the top brass hastily ran toward to take protection behind the soldiers.

"Kouki! Snap out of it and lead the students!"

Shizuku yelled and put her right hand on the sword, ready to draw the sword in an iai stance. There was no time to think about betrayal, the last layer will also break like other layers of the barrier.

Irene swept her calm gaze all around the area before her eyes stopped at a certain young man grinning disdainfully.

'How could I forget about him? I should have kept an eye on him.'

She hurriedly fired an ice magic spell, the figure shot his own fireballs to defend and jumped off the wall. The barrier was designed to stop demons and monsters, not humans, letting him pass without any problem.

Swoosh~

A black eagle caught him on its back and carried him over to the side of the Demons.

"Everyone prepare for battle! Magicians behind the Vanguard! Ryutaro, protect the magicians! Shizuku you are with me!"

Kouki finally got a hold of himself and yelled the orders to others.

The students equipped one revolver in their hands with their own weapon in the other.

"Be aware of their weapons, they are all artifacts," Hiyama whispered to Mikhail.

Mikhail grinned in response. "So what? Look at our army and the dragons sent by Freed-sama, no one can oppose us. We, the only race blessed by Demon God, can live on Tortus."

Kouki looked at Hiyama, his gaze filled with hatred.

"Hiyama, why did you join them?! And what happened to the barrier?"

A heated look crept on Hiyama's face. "Shirasaki, no, Kaori, I'll make her mine, even as a mindless doll. She'll always be mine! I'll be her master and ravage her all day in front of Nagumo, hahaha!"

The traitor, Hiyama Daisuke told about his twisted ambitions with a crazy face. He colluded with the demons he met and smashed the artifact that powered the barrier after killing the magicians protecting it.

Boom!!!

A thunderous boom accompanied by another flash of light and the barrier was finished, declaring the start of the war.

"Kouki! You take on the big ones, my army will take care of small fries!"

Meld yelled from below and ordered the guards to open the gate.

"""For the Kingdom!!!"""

"""For the Royal Family!!!""""

Soldiers rushed out of the giant gate and charged at the monsters.

"Soar unto heaven, O divine wings, Celestial Flash!"

A blade made of pure light launched with the swing of Kouki's sword, hitting the Black Dragon in its face.

"What the hell?! For it to be unscathed after a direct hit from Celestial Flash which injured the behemoth."

"Kouki move!"

Hearing Shizuki's warning, he hurriedly dodged the aurora-like beam with supersonic step.

"Undying holy light, be my shield forevermore, Sacred Shields!"

Suzu chanted a barrier to stop the incoming attack. Her barrier lasted only long enough to let everyone move before shattering like glass.

"The fuck are these monsters?"

Ryutaro cursed at the destruction caused by only one of the dragons.

"Graaaawrrr!"

He swiveled his head and stared dumbfoundedly at the barrage of ice spears penetrating an ash dragon and reaping its life. The caster was one of the women he feared.

"Good job, Irene, for targeting those ash dragons first. Leave the black one to Kouki's party."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The classmates dashed around the wall with their guns. The barrage of bullets killed the wyvern-like monsters before it could respond. Some fired at the ash dragons and wounded them. While a few bold ones tried to sneak a shot at Hiyama, but the Demons had a barrier protecting him. The nasty grin on his face pissed off everyone.

"It's my turn," whispered Eri.

"Summon your mighty warriors in aid of mine! Hell's Gate!"

Her improved mastery over magic allowed her to shorten the chant. A bright red magic circle flashed up inside the monster army and skeleton warriors popped out of it. The uncontrolled lower-leveled monsters were spooked by the sudden appearance of skeletons, causing discord in the densely packed army.

The soldiers received some time to breathe, the hundred magicians in the back prepared to chant a ritual class spell.

Mikhail narrowed his gaze at the blue-haired magician who alone took out an ash dragon.

"Why wasn't she reported by spies? A talented magician like her should not be allowed to stay by humans. We either kill her or put a collar on her, she will be a great addition to our forces."

"Dear, you are right about that but those artifacts are truly fearsome. I think we need to enslave that synergist kid too."

Her eyes shimmered at the thought of all of the Demon army equipped with such artifacts.

"Why would you leave Nagumo alive? He is just an idiot weakling."

Hiyama raised his dissatisfaction, he didn't want Nagumo Hajime to work for the Demon Kingdom. His twisted mind won't just be satisfied by letting him live.

Cattleya growled at Hiyama, "Shut up! No one asked your opinion on this."

Hiyama shrunk back at her angry words, his motto was to tyrannize the weak and fear the strong, a typical run-of-the-mill bully.

Shimizu laughed at his cowardice act. Hiyama shot a glare in his direction.

Shimizu smirked and slipped his hand inside the buxom of the demon woman.

Hiyama clicked his tongue. "Cheap demon women, my Kaori is thousand times more beautiful."