I became a legion lich

197 Past hate

The order and the church possessed a lot of power, but they could not move many forces to the continent without compromising the defense of the adula continent, which was constantly at war against the Setlan continent and to defend against the constant invasions of Nytrer.

The war had been in the humans’ favor for the last few decades, and deploying too many troops to Caprio would open a rift in their forces that the Fae alliance would definitely exploit, destroying decades of war and hard work.

“How long do we have before the enemy vanguard catches up with us?” Florence was the first to recover from the shock and asked apprehensively.

“According to the order that gave us the information, just over a month and a half ago. They have already started evacuating all the colonized islands between the continents and self-destructing the installations when attacked, to try to cause damage and delay the advance of the Semi- humans, but it’s questionable how effective it will be.” Kian spoke and the guild masters grumbled.

Detonating the large-scale spells would do enough damage to destroy part of the island and kill several of the evolved demihumans, but their numbers were simply massive. The order of magic would also deploy dozens of alchemical items on islands to maximize damage.

After more than a month with the portal tower destroyed, the order had temporarily stabilized and reusing the methods they used before the creation of the portals.

They gave mages teleportation crystals and handed out dimensional rings with items they needed to transport quickly. This method was flawed because the amount of items that could fit inside a ring was small, averaging 4 to 5 cubic meters for storage, but it was the best they could do until they managed to rebuild the tower.

“Then we have less than two months to prepare for war.” Elish summed up the situation and immediately started getting headaches. Half of Belaster’s territory was made up of islands not much larger than she’d seen on the tapes, and her defenses weren’t much better.

Belaster has always been protected from attacks by intruders thanks to its geographically advantageous position. The other two kingdoms protected Belaster from any land attacks and the ocean defended the rest.

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The biggest threat on Belaster was sea monsters and the need to use boats to move between islands, but the adventurers solved the security problem. They regulated monster numbers and worked as guards for trade ships, making the kingdom relax your security.

They still had large-scale spells on the main islands, but many would be defenseless against an invasion of this scale and would need to evacuate the entire population to lessen the loss of life, but this would allow the enemies to settle on the mainland and set up bases with nothing to stop them.

“How are we going to notify the realms of this? We’re going to need everyone’s cooperation if we’re to survive the coming storm.” Zulu asked, more concerned with how to help the allied kingdoms than the nation itself.

The only way their kingdom would be threatened would be Belaster’s annihilation and they had to avoid that at all costs. Tivan would act as support for the battle to come, sending troops and supplies to aid them in the battle, but they couldn’t help with all they had, as they were also at war with Brumia, the realm of beasts and their ancient enemy.

The war against Brumia had been at an impasse for decades, with both sides fighting each other tooth and nail. The beast realm would definitely sense its weakness if it relaxed its borders and would attack with all its might.

“The order will contact the kingdoms and report on the mass invasion and they will organize a suitable defense. My biggest concern is the church’s reaction.” Kian seemed to be nervous for some reason, but the guild masters didn’t understand his concern.

“I don’t think the church will be a problem. They are fanatics who would give their lives without hesitation if it were for justice. In my view, they will be the first to take up arms to fight.” Florence spoke and the other two nodded in agreement.

“My concern is when the news reaches Eishin. You may not know it, but before he was called the God of Light, Eishin was known as a giant killer. He has a deep hatred for the giant races and was responsible for exterminating all the giants in the past.” Kian’s hands trembled slightly at the thought of Eishin’s fury.

“If Eishin got to know that the demihumans, the descendants of the giants were increasing his power, I don’t know what he could do.”

“Aren’t the human Gods restricted by the non-intervention agreement?” Elish asked confused.

“That’s my fear. If Eishin acts impulsively in a moment of anger and attacks the invading armies, the enemy Gods will definitely act and if Eishin attacks them in a moment of anger, the war between the gods will start again and this invasion will be the least of our problems.”

“It’s no use worrying about it. It’s impossible to stop the information from leaking to the church, as they will be involved in the defense and Deus Eishin would be informed anyway.” Zulu spoke and Kian realized it was useless to think of a solution.

No matter what he did, Eishin would find out about the evolved demihumans.

“Would God Eishin really break the non-intervention agreement just because of his hatred of demihumans? I mean, it’s true that demihumans are descendants of giants, but God Eishin hates them to that extent?” Florence asked, but Kian was interrupted before he could answer.

The office suddenly started to get dark, even though it was mid-afternoon. The living room lights were off, so the office was pitch black.

All four of them looked out the only window in the office and saw that the entire city was dark as well.

“What the fuck?” Florence pointed to the sky in shock, quickly followed by the other guild masters.

The sun that was shining until a few seconds ago, completely darkened like it was a solar eclipse, except that the moon was nowhere to be seen.

“Haah... looks like he found out and he doesn’t like it at all.” Kian muttered, drawing everyone’s attention.

“Did Eishin do this? Why would he do this?” Elish asked terrified.

“It’s because he’s fighting something right now.” Kian spoke and a burst of light happened on the horizon, confirming his suspicions. “Let’s pray the fight isn’t too serious and they can keep the peace afterwards.”

“What if they not keep the peace?” Florence asked worriedly, looking at bursts of light on the horizon.

“Then we would go back to the age of chaos and have wars of proportions none of us ever imagined.” Kian stared at the horizon, as if he could see what was happening.

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In the capital El Dorado of the holy empire of Caria, in Eishin’s Divine Palace, a few minutes ago.

Eirin, Emperor Makima’s younger sister was walking through the palace corridors towards the throne room, where Eishin was waiting for her. There were guardian angels on both sides of the corridor, but none of them dared look at her and they bowed their heads in respect.

All the angels knew that she was a being on the same level as their God and one of their greatest allies, so they were extremely respectful towards her.

Despite the respectful looks she was receiving, Eirin’s expression was strained, as if she were heading to the battlefield rather than meeting with a old friend.

‘Are you sure you want to tell Eishin about the Demihumans retrieving the blood of giants? You know he’s going to freak out when he hears about this.’ Canan spoke in her mind, still dubious about her idea to share with Eishin about the evolved demihumans.

Canan and Eirin recognized the giants’ features at a single glance and realized the danger this posed.

Giants were extremely powerful warrior races and posed a great threat not only to humanity, but to all races. They were arrogant and violent, considering all species as inferior and treating them like slaves.

‘That’s why we were the ones who came to bring the information, instead of sending a messenger or just calling him directly, as we would normally do. We are the only ones who can stop him if he goes on a rampage.’ Eirin answered when she finally arrived in front of the throne room door.

The angels opened the door for her and Eirin stepped forward as if she owned the place.

“For you to leave your lab and come here in person, I think the subject is really important.” Eishin spoke as soon as he saw Eirin enter the throne room.

He descended from his throne and met her at the bottom of the stairs, welcoming her like a friend. They were equal and respected each other, so they didn’t dare belittle each other.

Eishin conjured a light table and two chairs with a thought and the two sat down before he gave the signal for her to continue.

“You’re right, this is a serious matter. Check this out.” Eirin spoke and pulled out a recording device from her dimensional ring, displaying the recording of the attack on Mawala Island.