"Okay…. So, what the hell is up with you suddenly calling us….. And telling us from get go we would have an third war?" – asked annoyed Thanatos.
"For crying out loud! You said you wouldn't do anything at all!"
"HEY! IT'S NOT MY FAULT THIS TIME! I'M 100% INNCOENT!" – said Phantasia, defending himself.
"…"
*Sigh*
"Look. I was doing the whole homunculus experiment. "Kid" came to do a check up to see the progress…. And the next thing I knew is him telling me about some war."
"Here is the situation from what I gathered online and from the info that the "kid" provided me with."
"There is that holy empire that controls most of a continent."
"And their situation is… Well, it is pretty much shitty all the times."
"Demons attacks."
"Mad worshipers."
"Bandits."
"Necromancers."
"Pretty much, these guys were dealing with problems nonstop to the point people just ignored them, since the situation with them was just repeat after repeat of the same thing and problems."
"However!"
"Recently during an expedition, the holy kingdom accompanied by some player elites, including Iron Will, the highest ranking paladin player, they went and dealt with the most powerful necromancer and lich in the continent, some guy called Dru."
"With that guy defeat, the threat of undeads had been pretty much dealt with, resulting in the holy empire now having free time."
"…"
"And they want to use that free time to invade this continent and purge it out of the "heretic vampire parasites that manipulate and control people" in order to save "innocent people"."
"But by the looks of things they just want to expand their authority and power in different continents."
"Pretty much, these guys are in secret preparing for the war to invade this whole continent."
"And here comes another annoying fact."
"The god that the holy church worship is the church of Makwaj."
"An church that worship the mother of light and her four children."
"That so called god of light, is one of major and most powerful gods belonging to the heaven realm AND their church is one most influential ones in the world."
"Meaning, that we would be dealing with not only big ass enemy this time, but also we will be the ones getting attacked this time."
"So yea…. Even though we were supposed to have an long break from any sort of wars or big conflicts…. We kind of will end up being attacked instead."
"…"
"Yeb…. Fuck this…." – said annoyed Thanatos.
"…"
"Anyway, "Kid" is aware of all this and is already planning something, yea?"
"Pretty much. He said that he is already preparing for the war in secret." – said Phantasia.
"However, we have a problem."
"And that is the underground."
"…"
"?"
"Em…. What is the problem with underground?" – asked Maparapara.
"Is it related on how nobody knows about the underground vampire kingdom? Or maybe your base?"
"Worse." – said Phantasia.
"The "Kid" plan."
"He plans on expanding underground, creating an underground empire."
"This empire would spread through whole continent."
"However, the problem is that it is nowhere finished."
"And if they discover it, which in turn could lead to our neighbors discovering that we are digging deep below them…. It could lead…. To many complications."
"The organization gives support only to matters related to "invaders from other worlds"."
"The brat is obviously not planning on attacking the neighbors yet, since the "war for the world" is still going."
"Right now, in the public eyes the only vampire kingdom here is the kingdom that replaced the dwarven kingdom."
"However, people are asking question like "How did the vampires get here?" or "Were the vampires here from get go?"."
"They are asking these kind of questions since vampires just appeared out a blue in great numbers."
"They may try and look around, trying to find any leads that would reveal something like a "nest"."
"And we obviously can't have them sniffing around or planting their religion here."
"So, the war is simple."
"We completely block off their access to this continent or we completely demolish them when they get here."
"…"
"…"
"Say…. Different continent…. So does that mean they have to get here by sea?" - asked Maparapara.
"Yeb." – said Phantasia as he took out the globe map.
"We are her and they are here."
"We have a large sea area between us."
"So it will be sea battle, eh?" – said Thanatos.
"…"
"Wait, hold the fuck up. Does this make sense?" – asked Maparapara.
"They are way too far from us and yet they are choosing to go out of their way and aim at us?"
"Isn't this like…. Well…. Shouldn't they aim for something far closer?"
"Well…. Yea, that IS the weird problem if you look at it." – said Phantasia.
"But there maybe two reasons why…."
"First would be an foothold. They could create their base here and have easier time expanding in areas here…. But there is probably another reason."
"The goodness of light."
"Her daughter… Is the goodness of beauty and fire."
"!"
"Wait, you mean…. Oh…." – said Thanatos as she started understanding what is going on.
"Yeb. And to makes matters annoying, their church also worship her four daughters beside the goodness of light." – said Phantasia.
"Meaning that these guys have 2 reason for possible targeting us."
"Revenge or just greed."
"Either way, we need to defend this continent."
"The holy empire made it clear that they want war."
"So, it is not like we can avoid it."
"…"
"Question." – said Thanatos.
"Will there be a sea battle? Considering the distance and stuff… Shouldn't "Kid" be aiming to attack the holy empire when they try to get here?"
"Yea. There is possibility of a battle at sea occurring." – said Phantasia.
"Then…. Are you going to make something like doomsday ships? Like the super weaponized ship?" – asked big excited Thanatos.
"…"
"Well…. Maybe…. But there is a problem." – said Phantasia.
"I don't have any bloody idea how to make ships."
"Or more exactly, I don't know how long it would take for me to learn how to make a ship and then functional battle ship."
"And we don't know how long it would take for the holy empire to break through our own sea fleet…. Meaning that I really don't have any time to develop a ship from scratch."
"Instead, "Kid" told me to develop some weapons that can be equipped to the ships."
(…)
(Still, the timing is shitty.) – thought Phantasia.
(I've only now started for real working on homunculus and the one that is currently being made is still not ready.)
(And even if it was ready, I still need to run countless test…. And there is also an possibility of the homunculus having an ability to grow…. If it does, then it would obviously start from level 1.)
(Ah…. This is annoying…. They really caught me in worst time.)
"!"
(Wait! I could use dungeon and make them finally….. Nah. This plan is stupid. I would only expose the fact that somebody is out there making dungeons and controlling them…. And since this continent is my home base, they may realize it's my doing.)
"…"
"Yeb. I hate this."
[Meanwhile: Holy empire capital city.]
"Rise up, champion." – said the elderly priest.
"Iron Will."
"At your command." – said the human player as he gotten up from kneeling.
[Player: Iron Will]
"Champion Iron Will." – said the elderly priest.
"Your achievements are not something that can be consider average nor heroic…. No."
"Your actions were historic."
"Your actions will be remembered in the history."
"You shall be known today and in the future as the hero."
"And for this, we are grateful."
"…"
An middle aged man on the throne got up and started walking towards Iron Will.
"And you shall be rewarded." – said the middle aged man as he stopped in front of Iron Will.
[Emperor and pope of the holy empire – Ruler of the Everlast Empire – Deus Kielich]
"Rise up hero."
"Rise up the hero of the light."
[You have completed the quest: [Hero Of Light].]
[You have proven your actions to the holy emperor and the goodness of light herself.]
[You have obtained access to the special class.]
[You have unlocked class: [Hero Of Light] – [Legendary].]
"!"
"Thank your holiness! I won't disappoint you or the goodness!" – said Iron Will as he bowed his head.
".."
(FINALY!) – thought Iron Will while hiding an missive grim on his face.
(FUCKING MONTHS! THIS TOOK MONTHS TO FINISH! BUT I'VE FINALY OBTAINED IT!)
([Hero Of Light]!)
(Considering how strict requirement to get this class were, I doubt this class is unlike any other legendary classes out there!)
(No! This class maybe even the strongest legendary class out there!)
(Not only that, I'm already one of the strongest paladins players in the game…. And with this class? I maybe now the strongest player!)
After the ceremony has ended, Iron Will left the throne room.
"…"
"So…. Is he really the one?" – asked the tall paladin.
"Yes. He passed all the trials and proven himself." – said the emperor.
"He will be an symbol and those who will wish to be like him shall join our cause."
"…"
"Tch."
"I only hope that he won't be like the last candidate…. That bastard Arthur." – said annoyed tall paladin.
"Adventures are not all the same my friend." – said the emperor.
"Some do wish to defy the heavens, but other do wish to worship our gods together."
"And unlike Arthur, he took on the test and fulfilled them, so isn't enough of a proof that you can trust him?"
"…"
"But anyway…. Let's stop talking about him and instead focus on the situation."
"How are the preparations going?"
"…"
"Well… They are going." – said the tall paladin.
"We are still dealing with the remaining necromancers that fallowed the "Corpse Worshiper"."
"But overall, our forces are recovery at steady rate."
"However, before we would even consider invading the vampires, we need to first deal with monsters that infested the seas."
"…It will take time…. But the preparations will be done as soon as possible."
"…"
"Good." – said the emperor.
"We were held back by these savages for far too long."
"Now the time has came for us to attack."
"And not only that, but to fulfil the prophecy that our holy mother had gave us."
"The extermination of the vampire kind."