"Hey did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"Apparently, People say that the goddess of the church was behind the attack on capital. Ain't that wacky? "
"Really?"
"That's what people say. The survivors even said the king deceived the goddess and was planning to use her as a weapon to cull the rebels but his karma got to him first."
These were words between the construction workers in charge of rebuilding the city and similar conversations were happening around the kingdom as well.
The respect for the nobles had reached an all time low. Various villages have refused to help or pay any type of support to them and many skirmishs have happened the week following the disaster.
However not all hope was lost, since there was a single squad that was stopping a internal war from happening.
The Black bulls, once known as a squad of gangsters was now the main wall holding the kingdom together. And Currently all captains were present in the parliament, all summoned by the wizard king himself.
"Yami... The situation keeps getting worse." Julius says sadly, "The rebels have became much more active since the attack... At this rate, even you will not be do anything soon."
Yami sighs, picking his ear in annoyance, "Whatever you say. Most of the pesky nobles are not my problem after all."
Yami's words immediately raised tension among the nobles.
A single person raised his voice to match yami's.
"A war is not something you can calculate with ease, Yami, The silva house would gladly stand down if it means a bloodshed could be avoided." Nozel nonchalantly declared his decision.
"Oh how surprising! I didn't expect you to say something like that, silver hair. What about your noble pride?"
...
Yami clicks his tongue at the lack of reaction, his annoyance rising as he sat back on his seat and began muttering, "The black bulls have always been rowdy bunch and being the middle man ain't exactly our job. Thankfully most of our brats have a decent relationship with the rebel side so we could calm down the situation a little... But I think we should crown someone else the king instead of the pig."
"YAMI!! —"
SHING
The yelling noble immediately gets silenced as the reflective edge of Yami's katana appears near his neck.
Yami's gaze was ruthless, his blade overflowing with Dark magic as he drilled bullets of fear with eyes alone, "Don't raise your voice you fat ferret. I don't care if you have the kira surname, I will kill you if you dare talk.understood?" He said to the noble.
The Noble rapidly shakes his head in fear.
Yami continues, "It's because of you I have been suffering so keep that voice down."
"I-i will!"
"Good. *puts the sword at his waist* as I was saying, we should elect a new king as you nobles always do, but the new king should be someone who isn't as rotten as most of you."
"I agree." Julius shows his support. "The Kira family has gained a lot of animosity so they are especially removed from consideration, that leaves the Silva and Vermillion families."
Julius turns to Nozel, "Do you want to take the burden?"
Nozel shakes head and Julius turns to Fuegoleon and saw him shaking his head as well.
The refusal of the two other Royal families was a problem Julius expected. However there was no other solution for this problem.
If Julius tried to make a none-royal the king, the nobility would rebel, if made the temporary kira family head the king, the citizens would rebel.
No matter the choice a bloodbath will be sure to come, leaving the judgement of the parliament hanging on a tightrope between a spiky pitfall and a lake of acid.
Soon, The tension was rising by the second, however before anybody could think of an idea, the doors of the parliament were smashed open as a guard barges with a breathless and terrified expression.
"Calamity! The Calamity has arrived!" The guard screamed as he stumped and fell, his face as pale as a corpse.
The magic knights and captains reacted first, each of them immediately going to the guard as they looked at him curiously.
After his arrival, Yami delivers a kick to the guard's side, leaving him groaning in pain while waking him up.
"What calamity are you talking about now? Did the rebels attack or something?" Yami asked while smoking a cigarette, his cruelty even receiving a furious gaze from Nozel.
But the guard spoke before the warning from nozel came, "mountain..."
The word confused everyone, leaving them baffled for a second.
"What? A mountain? What's so scary about a giant stationary rock? " Yami asks again.
"A MOUNTAIN HAS APPEARED IN THE SKY!" The guard replied before collapsing again, his face stricken in fear as his fainted hand pointed outside.
Soon, The magic knights felt a wave of Hostile mana wash over them, scooping out their presence before vanishing as they all barged outside and looked up in horror.
It was giant structure casting a shadow upon the city itself. A literal floating mountain twice the city's size in radius.
"Oi oi oi! This isn't prank, is it? The heck is that thing?" Yami asks Julius but received no answer, "Tell me that's a extreme mana zone or something."
"No... I have no idea what it is but... It's surely not a extreme mana zone."
Everyone instantly grew sober, their eyes still stuck on the structure as they tried to figure out it's identity. Until suddenly a voice came.
"Citizens of the clover kingdom... You have nothing to fear. The innocent have no need to fear us."
The voice was reaching every corner of the city, reducing the panic as the announcement from the structure continues, "I am Conrad Leto. The former wizard king of clover kingdom. And I am here to end this meaningless struggle of power the swine that ruled over you formerly had made in this land."
"Conrad?" Yami searches through his memories, "That psychopath Julius defeated years ago? *turns to Julius* Julius! You said he was sealed?!"
"... Maybe my weakened state had removed the seal. I should have expected this. " Julius immediately understood his mistake, his teeth gritting against each other as be frowns.
The magic knights waited a second, and just as they expected Conrad's voice came again:
"Julius... The day of my payback has arrived! Four hours from now, at Sunset, I will launch a attack on the capital alongside my allies. If you have the slightest care about the citizens, come up and meet me up here. "
Conrad continues with a pause, "I don't care if you bring help, just know that, your choice will only make it more troublesome for both of us. That's all I have to say. "
The horizons gets shrouded in silence as everyone turns to the Julius who was sweating buckets of pressure.
As the wizard king, he has the duty to protect the citizens so he couldn't hide. But going above will mean fighting in a unfair terrain that he had no knowledge of.
Before long, Julius began pondering, the gears in his churning continuously as tried to find an answer before an hand grabs his shoulder and pulls him out of his thoughts. "Yami?"
"What are you thinking so much for? If it's a open challenge then we aren't afraid... *Smiles * if he wants a fight, we will show him just that. We are much stronger than we were years ago after all." Yami assures, his hand now placed on his sword as he begans laughing.
The other captains agreed with Yami, each turning to Julius to show their support.
Before long tension was replaced by enthusiasm, the fear replaced by motivation as Julius found himself surrounded by all the people who trusted in his judgement.
"Oh. By the way. Yami of the blackbulls," Conrad's voice pops back despite his earlier statement, "If you are coming to attack. How about you bring that sword of your deceased squadmate alongside you, one of three anti-magic swords of that kid named Asta."
"And why would I do that, you Bastard!" Yami roars back at the voice.
Then, Chills went down Yami's spine as a portal appears behind him, revealing Conrad who standing behind him, looking emotionlessly towards him, "I know you would say that...— but Your denial will cost some people their lives. I hope you reconsider that."
Slash!!
Yami immediately slashed at Conrad, his speed not matching the portal's as his attack hits the parliament wall instead. The pathetic nobles inside panic from sudden noise, many even cowering on their seat with their hands above their head.
The wariness was now higher than ever. The Captains all look at each other, each of them immediately turning into directions of their base as they all vanished from the spots.
-Meanwhile, inside the Floating city "Brimstone"-
Conrad walked out of a portal while putting his newly acquired spacial grimoire into his storage.
But when He looks up, he finds his so called allies, gulping down bits after bits of wild boar steak without a care in the world.
Asta notices Conrad's arrival first, " Yo, Conrad! Come enjoy a bite, this thing tastes heavenly! *chomp *"
Next, Jester called out, "You better hurry, mister serious. Princia was about to eat your portion if you didn't arrive soon."
"I was not...! " Princia retorts before wandering back to he thoughts, "But I wouldn't mind a little extra steak."
At the same time, Edward didn't say anything and kept eating elegantly.
Meanwhile Conrad sighs and joins the group at the table, taking in the sights of the newly renovated Scenery around him.
Conrad turns to Asta, his eyes wandering to Asta's hand as he spoke, " Are you sure we can waste so much on just aesthetics? The reserves should be quite limited after all."
"Not at all! " Asta happily replies, "Lemiel said that the new engine is so much better than the past one, we won't have to worry about mana until we go into a combat mode. "
The hologram of lemiel pops up after being mentioned, showing the wizard king also enjoying a hologram steak.
"That's right! The anti-magic convertor we made with help of Asta and his spirit doesn't have the weakness of having to seperate mana between corrupted and purified. We have enough to fly for 10 full years without having to stop at a mana vein."
Conrad gets relieved thanks to assurance from someone smart and looks down. He notices something missing and his expression immediately worsens.
He immediately turns to Princia, bringing out a sword in the process as he prepares to strike, only to be stopped and pulled back by Asta.
"Give me my Steak BACK!" Cries out the wizard king in rage.
Meanwhile Asta tries to hold him back" Stop! It's just a steak! We have more!"
Conrad stops, looking at Princia who was looking at both of them while looking like a overflated balloon animal.
Princia burps while smiling smugly, "Keep holding him back, help your future wife!"
Hearing Princia's words, Asta immediately gets red like a tomato, instinctively letting go of him, much to Princia's horror.
Before Princia knew it, she was looking up at a large war hammer with a nervous and regretful smile.
Conrad was holding a literally and comically large war hammer that he brought out from his storage while raging with complains.
"I will kill you! That was the first proper meal I had in years and you will pay for RUINING IT! "
And just like that Another tale was added to the shenanigans of the wizard kings, and this was surely, not the last one.