Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

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[Eon's POV: ]

"Miss Moon, can you please go take care of that child?"

"Yes master."

We had to discuss the situation with the headmaster now that we had finished creating our reports and, this had turned out to be more fucked up than we had imagined.

"I will be starting the communication process then."

The head butler of the house was here with the four of us since the emergency communication was not possible without his presence.

"Eon, I want you to proceed with the report. The others will wait until the headmaster asks them to speak up."

"Yes."

"Yes President."

"Ugh… this is driving me crazy."

We had retuned to the safe house of the academy and were sitting in a special room that could not be acceded without the permission of either the head butler or the head maid who was currently taking care of the person I bought from that auction.

He was a unique being however, right now was not the best time for us to interact.

-Oooooooooooooong.

"It is connecting."

[ "…" ]

There was a big crystal ball before us, the special communication device that we were only supposed to use in cases of emergency. And this was an emergency. Big enough to require the headmaster's attention even though they were in the middle of a very important meeting.

[ "How bad is it?" ]

His face appeared in the crystal ball and from the background that seemed like some inside of a very precious castle, it was obvious he was still inside the meeting room. Perhaps he had to call for a sudden break because of this call but, since we had informed him beforehand, this shouldn't have disrupted the flow of their work too much.

"It is bad headmaster… very bad." President Zodiac answered him, and, nodded at me,signalling me to come forward.

Headmaster knew if we were the ones to constant him first, there was undoubtedly something unexpectedly worse going on in here.

He knew what the four of us combined were capable of, and, if there was a need to personally contact him for his input, the situation was far worse than even he might have expected.

[ "Eon… show me everything you have right now." ]

"Yes headmaster."

I called out my white crack and took out a certain artifact from it, a headband that can project a 3D model of my mental images that only the headmaster and Rein had seen before.

"The scale is bigger than what we have ever seen. And the enemy itself… is different from the usual demonic humans that we have faced until now, in my opinion."

I had scouted the area with Celes' clones as carefully as I can, and listen to all their conversations. It was difficult to decode the secret script they were using but, I decoded it as well and got some inner information about their plans.

I had finished calculating the scale of the forces at this certain stronghold, however, since I had doubts that this wasn't was the only stronghold they had made around the capital city, I went all aroudn the forest and other areas around the city, and, I was able to discover much more than what we had seen over there.

"There are six strong holds surrounding the city, all made with the top class magic techniques, ones that were certainly easy to miss.

They are using a very profound communication technique so the information is being regulated in a very strict manner.

Each individual in this stronghold is at least a (tier-4) mage or [Rank-3] knight that can use Mana and are contracted with different demons, which, according to me, isn't something they care much about.

This is the first demonic human force that isn't acting on behalf of some certain demon or group of demons. They have a 'higher purpose' that unites them."

With the help of my projection headgear, I recreated a three dimensional model of the city, and marked the six strongholds, four of which were outside of the city, and two inside disguised as the most common areas that were frequented by many normal people on daily bases.

However, there was something special about these structures.

"The two strongholds inside the city, both were established around the same time a decade ago they had been in busness since them so they have quite a number of regulars.

However, among these regulars are some special customers that have special requests and the employees of these two places follow their requests in a special way."

I showed them how the strongholds inside the city worked and how they were so clever with their works.

"From my estimations, the preparations made, and the advanced tech they are using, I think the preparation for all of this must have started about a decade or so ago. And, to have advanced to the point they are right now, to have become a part of the society, they must have been developed different from the natural demonic humans that follow their instincts above reason.

The groundwork they have done to their outer city strongholds is practically unbelievable. All four of us combined might not have managed to get any good results even if we might have infiltrated that place, and, according to my findings, there are certain threats at each of these strongholds."

With the strongholds, their inner and outer structures, the defensive mechanisms, and the enemies now floating before us, I highlighted the enemies with unique colors.

"The red ones are the normal agents that are the weakest in these groups and, in total there are around a thousand of these guys. They work as the normal 'employees' and do the basic works ranging from running errands to handling the artifacts and techs.

The orange ones are the leaders of each small group of these red employees, something like the group leaders who are in charge of the activities of this group as well as the reporting process to their supervisors, the ones marked with yellow. And, even though they are pretty similar in terms of visible strengths, I believe these Yellow marked 'Captains' have a contract with a stronger demon. Perhaps a noble.

Those marked Green are the leaders in charge of each of these strongholds.

They are the strongest in their groups, seems to be the most intelligent and clear minded like normal humans, and from the strengths of their souls, we can say they are contracted with demon nobles of various ranks."

I explained them the details of these informations that I was able to gather in the short time we had after coming back here, and, since this was a worst case scenario, my mind was working faster.

"What we know for now about their intention this time around is, that whatever they had been preparing since the start of their grand preparations, is going to be executed either by tonight or by tomorrow.

We don't know what exactly they are after, however, I was able to confirm the presence of many dangerous artifacts that would only be needed for mass destruction as well as ingredients and needed to create a summoning circle.

Additionally, I confirmed the thing they purchased from the auction previously was just a replica of the original, a fact they know as well… however, they seems to have some means to locate the original owner that possesses the original one with the help of the fake one.

The owner must be somewhere in this city, however, this sculpture is a secondary item of target for them. What they are after mostly-"

[ "Sacrifices." ]

"Yes… they would be after the people, however, what they are after is still a question I could not find the answer to. Perhaps some other factor is in play here that we don't know of but, an army is coming headmaster… an army of highly trained demonic humans, demonic beasts that these people have cultivated, corrupted creatures, and perhaps a demonic force that we won't be able to handle on our own.

They are coming… but… I do not know what they are after."

Those bastards, those motherless bitches. They were not the demonic humans that killed when something got in their way.

This bunch was different.

And, somewhere out there, there was someone that they all were following the orders of.

The Green leaders at each stronghold were not the end of their forces, i know for sure.

There definitely existed more of these green ones, perhaps there were their higher ups, the Blues. And then their higher ups, the Indigo commanders. And then there must be a Purple, a supreme leader, the mastermind behind all of this shit.

There could be things we still do not know about their plans, however, they were coming. They were definitely coming… and, we aren't enough to defend even one of the directions they were coming from.

"Damn…"

"How the hell did you find out so much about them in this short time?!"

"…"

[ "Haaaaa. Looks like we have a bigger emergency on our hands." ]

My companions were surprised by my report, however, this was no time to be surprised.

An army of thousands of demonic humans were coming with full force, and, they weren't going to be opponents we can face all on our own.

We needed support, and, the headmaster understood this immediate need.

[ "Alright, Eon, Elle, Cradle, Zodiac. I will contact some people that will lend you a hand with this matter, however, I want you to try and hold back these bastards as much as possible.

If there are reinforcements, I will come there myself. But, try to hold back until then.

Stick together, and use any means necessary to survive in perfect condition. And Rionheart, help them as if you are helping me." ]

"Yes master."

[ "Give me a minute. I will be back soon and we will discuss what we have to do now." ]

"Yes headmaster!"

The situation was all over the place.

A storm was approaching.

The night was calm and everyone was joyful outside this facility, however, they did not know they were living teh calm before a storm.

'Enemies are approaching.'

A battle was on the horizon.

'People's lives are on the line.'

There will be casualties even if we try to stop them from the outside.

'Fight is inevitable…'

And, even though my friends, my house members, my family are resting in this very city… we can't get them involved in this battle.

'This is not their battlefield.'

They already have a battle they have to fight in the grand alchemy competition against ones that few could stand against.

So, this was our duty… this was my duty to protect them from the evil that was coming out of their dwellings, with their malicious intention of chaos and destruction.