In a certain room, a group of 6 people are gathered together, and they seems to be discussing about something important.

[Boss, there are rumors circulating around the soldiers that seems to be affecting our forces morale.]

[Damn those bastards, what are those rumors about?]

[They are talking about how embarrassing that our king, couldn’t even capture a weak little girl, and lost some of our rank B warriors in the process.]

[How dare they talk behind my back! Find out who is spreading that rumors and execute all those who are involved!]

[Your majesty, I suggest that we reconsider that decision and think it through. I suspect that there might be some unknown motive behind those rumors.]

[How dare you question the decision of our Boss! You are just a defected rank A warrior, you do not have the right to speak here!]

[Yeah, even without your help, we can even take over your weak little kingdom ourself!]

[Get out of here loser!]

[Tch!]

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Ignis is a Rank A warrior that once serve in the kingdom of Miore. He is the only Rank A warrior in the kingdom, naturally he is appointed as the Royal Protector of the kingdom, which ensure the safety and continuation of the entire Kingdom. But his own vision for what a Kingdom is, is the opposite with what the Queen desires. He long for a kingdom that has unpaired military might, which spreads fear to the kingdoms around it, a Kingdom so powerful that can even rival the top few Nations in this continent.

He became so dissatisfied with the actions of the Queen which promotes peace and equality among commoners, that he defected to the neighboring kingdom when he hears that the neighboring kingdom planning to launch an invasion against his own kingdom.

He was openly welcomed when he just defected. He is even allowed in the meeting with the high rankings officials, which consists of all 4 rank A warriors in the kingdom and the king himself.

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But shortly after the war ended, he has lost all respect among the council members. Even soldiers of a lower status won’t even greet him or look at him when he pass by.

[Why did they have to treat me like this! Im a Rank A warrior! I deserve a certain amount of respect! What did I do to diserve this... This must be that woman’s fault! Its all because of her that my reputation has gone down.. its because she is still alive.. why is she still alive, why did she escaped, she should’ve died during the war.. ]

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[It seems that guy has leave the castle.]

[It is better for him to leave. Eventhough he may be a Rank A, but we never know when will he betray his master again. Speaking of his previous master, where do you think she is now? Still in Kouma Kingdom?]

[I bet that little girl is still hiding in that kingdom, and the queen of that kingdom should be sheltering her. Once we take over that kingdom, we can capture both of them together.]

[This coming battle will be the most difficult battle so far, but we can be certain of our victory. Once we conquer that kingdom, we will be the most powerful Kingdom in this vicinity. All the surrounding Kingdoms will fear of our strength.]

[Yes, a Kingdom only focusing on magic users won’t be able to survive for long. It will fall eventually.]

[And a special gift for them to divert their attention just in case the situation become difficult.]

[Nortem, make sure your subordinate does not fail this time. I had enough of their ridiculous reason on their last mission.]

[Understood..]

[O~hohoho, Nortem, your subordinates sure are pathetic. I’ve never heard of anyone get damaged by the enemy through their own “corpse control” skill, and you even lost 2 valuable undead soldiers armed with Mithril weapons. Are you sure that we won’t lose our large undead army to the same trick again? That will be a huge setback to our strategy.]

[You shouldn’t worry too much about my problems Silvia. Naturally, I have countermeasures against it. I won’t be fooled by the same move twice. Maybe You should be the one worried about countermeasures against your own forces..]

[O~hohoho, you shouldn’t worry too much about it. My forces are unbeatable. No matter what kind of tricks the enemy uses, my forces are immune to them.]

Nortem has the appearance of an old man in a long robe. Usually, people will mistake him as a skeleton wearing a robe, and attack him. Because of that, he don’t usually leave his chamber. All those who once tried to assassinate him, end up serving him instead, but only if they are all dead. He has his own army of undead, and a few other followers that he personally train.

Silvia on the other hand, is a haughty noblewoman. She is famous for her extremely high resistance to magic attack. Any kind of magic attack will have less effect on her. It is said that even a Rank S magician will be at a loss against her. She also has her own army, and followers that she personally train. Her squad will always be at the front line, when fighting against any magic users.

[Both of you, stop your nonsense. Both of your troops are the key to our victory against the Kingdom of Kouma. If anything went wrong, the blame will be on your head. Understood?]

[Yes~ , Yes..]