Distorted World: Rise Of The Black One - Volume 2 Chapter 73 30

Not all men are born equal:

There are those born in riches and glory and there are those born with less than nothing to their name

That’s just how the world works

Emile Constark first daughter of Marseille Constark was one of those lucky ones

She was born with not only riches and glory but also blessed with good looks and a penchant for magic

But with the high birth such as hers comes with the crippling task to answer the expectations of those around her

Despite having everything she could have wanted she knew perhaps better than anyone that everything comes with a price and those who think that there are such things as free stuff are nothing but fools

(Em: so I worked, work and work all day and night with not a moment’s rest…and when I finally had the chance I jumped at the opportunity to study at Avalon mage’s academy)

(Em: and yet…and yet right in front of me a faceless runt was revealed to have higher aptitude than mine)

Emile said remembering the entrance exam

(Em: he has no idea how much I pour into that and yet he has the gall to surpass me?)

(Em: I won’t allow it I shall crush him and any other who dares to challenge me, then I’ll prove once and for all that I am the best)

“Emile-sama! The castle has been built”

A person respectfully reports to Emile

“Em : yes, great job it is truly a castle fitting of the hopes I’ve put in you”

Emile said looking at the gigantic 1.6 kilometer tall stone stronghold that her subordinates just built

(Em: in the inter team battle the most important thing is to protect the king at all times, because of their job in casting “army support” also known as “exercitu auxilium” so the optimal strategy is to built a stronghold like building which will serve as the king’s seat of power as well as headquarters for the army)

(Em: exercitu auxilium is a large area of effect spell that draws power from the collective pool of magicol the army possesses and allows the king to moderate and distribute the magicol to different parts of the army)

(Em: so the bigger the army is the stronger the magic becomes)

“Em: hmhm…how’s that for zero value?”

(Em: my army has 60 men (excluding Ron and me) with are divided into 3 main platoons and 1 minor one protecting the castle)

(Em: _Platoon 1: 20 men specializing in magic buffs and enhancements this is my main attack force led by that idiot Ron (I’m hoping he doesn’t fail me again)

_platoon 2: also 20 men consists of ranged units made for firefights

_platoon 3: 10 men are the scouts I sent them to gather information on my enemies

_platoon 4: 10 men are the guardians of my castle used to buy time in the event that I get attack and need to escape

all and all I have a pretty well rounded army here)

(Em: lets see how much those 7 fair)

Emile thought smirking

“Emile-sama! We have a report from the scouts!”

A guardian suddenly shouted

“Em: already? What is it?”

“It seems our enemy has made a move, they seem to be constructing structures just like we are”

“Em: what kind? Are they castles like we are?”

Emile asked

“No, they seem to be making…towers?”

“There are three tower like structures spotted, they seem to be spread out around their location, also there’s one more structure in the middle of them but it’s function remains unknown”

“Em:…even Elise and that boy toy of hers can’t make a fully functioning castle that fast, we had 62 people and it still took us all of our prep time, the “towers” are probably decoys to distract us while they built their real stronghold”

(Em: a very smart strategy for the side with vastly lower numbers…)

“What shall we do?”

The guardian holding the communication line between their headquarters and the scouts asked

“Em: tell them to use the item and determine their true location”

“Understood”

The guardian said conveying Emile’s orders to the scouts

After 4 minutes or so reports came in

“They found them Emile-sama the enemy team seems to be located at the middle structure”

“Em: good, what else?”

“I’m getting reports right now”

“It seems that there’s something wrong with the structure”

At that moment a frantic voice came through the soul crystal the guard was holding

“Help! Send reinforcements! We’ve been spot…arghhhh!!!!”

The transmission abruptly ended

“Em: WHAT?”

Emile furiously shouted

“We were spotted that easily? But how? We had tier 5 shadow cloaks armed”

At that moment a voice came through the communication line:

“Si: sup a**wipes it seems you’ve found our headquarters, congrats!”

Sieg said

“Em:…”

Emile was silent

Covering the soul crystal the guard asked:

“You orders milady?”

“Em: let me through”

Emile said determinate

“Understood”

“Em: well well well, if it isn’t Sieg”

“Si: oh so you do remember me, I thought you p’ve forgotten considering you didn’t even bother talking to me earlier”

“Em: what have you done with my troops?”

Emile worriedly asked

“Si: what else dummy? I slaughtered them all before they can reveal too much to you”

Sieg answered as if it was the most casual thing to say in the world

“Em: so that means, the scouts were successful in finding out your real headquarters”

“Si: as much as I would hate to admit it, yes they did see through Elise’s little three tower ruse, well I did told her that it wouldn’t hold you back for long”

“Em: good…”

Emile said signaling something to the guardian

“Em: because now that I know where you are, I’ll crush you”

“Si:…try it, if you can….”

Sieg said cutting the line

“Em: have platoon 1 and 2 march on that location, be wary of traps they may have, surround and overpower them with everything you’ve got”

Emile ordered

(Em: in war the one who strikes first always wins)

Emile thought grinning

(Em: they won’t have enough time to evacuate and will be force into a confrontation, that’s a checkmate for me, it’s kinda sad how I will be winning so early)

“What if it’s a trap milady?”

The guardian said

“Em: Unlikely, Sieg went through the trouble of killing every last of the scouts and they did set up those decoy towers which will cost massive effort, and considering their low number even if they did set up a trap, the chances that it will wipe us out is near impossible”

“Em: and I don’t think

“Platoon 1 and 2 have detected their magic signals!”

A guard reported

Ron’s POV:

“R: today is it! I’ll finally get my revenge on that peasant”

Ron excitedly said

He was thinking about making Asher beg

Ron’s platoon moved through the two towers getting closer to where the coalition’s magic signal is detected

After a few moments of going through the forrest Ron’s platoon sees a light

Once They passed that light they saw something which shocked them

There was no structure in sight but a river! The corpses of the scout platoon lied about

“Si: yo”

Sieg’s voice rang out on the other side of the river

“R: what? Where’s the others? I could have sworn their signal is here”

At that moment a grunt said

“Sir… the signals…it’s coming from him!”

“Si: yep it’s your one and only, Regis diverted some of the team’s Magic to me”

“Si: and since I was such a good scout, the other scouts were fooled by me!”

Sieg explained

“R: but…then where’s the others?”

Ron asked

“Si: Oh yeah, that’s the next part”

He snapped his fingers

At that moment multiple earth shattering noises were heard…