The King of Tricks and Magic

Chapter 139: The One Protecting The Kingdom

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Humana

Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])

Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 700, 000

Unique Skills:

-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Reo Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]

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“The soldiers of the Tarot empire have arrived!!!” A messenger’s voice sounded from outside the castle.

“Seems like they’ve arrived. Care to join me pick up my soldiers, Lord Hugh?” Slime asked Duke Renstenor.

“Gladly! I’m curious what kind of army did the Tarot empire sent us!” Answered Lord Hugh in a high enthusiasm.

Not only Duke Renstenor, but everyone is also curious about what kind of army the Tarot empire sent to help in the war. At the last time where the capital of the Grandaria kingdom got attacked by the demons, they sent only 6,000 soldiers but managed to turn the tide of the war.

Everyone, including Peter, his classmates, and the generals, followed Slime towards the gate of the capital. The soldiers of the Tarot empire waited outside the gate with a neat formation as if they’re already about to march.

“T-those… Are goblins…? They’re riding wolves…?” Duke Renstenor exclaimed in surprise as he saw the goblins that have the height as tall as a normal person, and is riding huge direwolves.

“As expected, their soldiers are on a whole different level,” Alfred couldn’t help but said with a wry smile.

A huge goblin riding the biggest direwolf amongst the soldiers approached Slime and co in a hurry and immediately kneeled in front of Slime.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Lord Slime. We’ve been sent here by her majesty, Queen Geeta, to support the Grandaria kingdom’s war against the Potterland kingdom. 30,000 royal soldiers of the third royal legion, the Gonthier legion under your service,” Said the huge goblin. The goblin’s height is huge that people might mistake him for an orc instead.

“Hm… You seem to be a good general as you possessed two Emperor’s Equipment. Name yourself general,” Praised Slime.

Emperor’s Equipment.

Those who have a high standing on the Tarot empire will get some piece of divine equipment that got imbued by the emperor’s skills. Those who have the standing as a king or equal are given a full set of Emperor’s Equipment.

Those who have equal standing as the kings are such as Ibra who is the supreme general of the defense legion and the imperial knights, Fedra the supreme general of the empire’s military, Aegir the imperial prime minister, Gurolf the great imperial magician, and Brad the supreme commander of the ‘Jack of All Trades’ secret order.

Those who ranked lower will only get a divine weapon or a divine armor, while those ranked even lower will get a lower quality of equipment. Having an Emperor’s Equipment is a great honor for them as the people adores those who possess it.

“Yes, my lord. My name is Gracius Glemat, As the third royal general of the Goblin Kingdom, I’m granted the honor to wield this ‘Abyssal Sword’ Emperor Equipment by her highness, the queen. Do you think I’m qualified to wield this, my lord?” Asked Gracius towards Slime.

“If Geeta said you’re worthy, then there is no need for you to doubt it, general. I’m trusting you for splendidly command the army and lead us to victory, general,” (Slime)

“Thanks for your generous words, my lord,” Thanked Gracius.

“As expected of Mr. Slime. Even a general greatly respects you to such an extent,” (Duke Renstenor)

“Well, of course! He is-” Before the goblin general could finish his words, Slime stopped him by only giving a sign to him by lifting one of his fingers.

“It’s just that I happened to be the ambassador of the empire, Lord Hugh,” (Slime)

“Well, anyway, as expected of the Tarot empire’s soldiers, they look so formidable!” Duke Renstenor said with a satisfied face as he stared at the goblin soldiers.

“So you’re the general of the army, nice to meet you! I’m Hugh Renstenor! Just a small duke of the Grandaria kingdom!” Hugh Renstenor said with great enthusiasm

“Yes, I am! I’m Gracius Glemat! General of the third royal legion, the Gonthier legion! Nice to meet you, Lord Hugh!” Gracius said in the same manner.

(They sure have a lot of energy…) (Slime)

“So he’s going to take command of your army, Lord Slime?” The supreme general asked towards Slime as he approached them.

“Yes, he is, supreme general, Tamerlane. And please drop the lord thing, I’m not a lord, general,” (Slime)

“I see… Then Mr. Slime. If you’re not going to command the soldiers, where will you be? Or did you have any business and wouldn’t be participating in the war?” Asked the supreme general.

“Well, since the army of my empire is going to risk their lives in a war, of course, I’ll be fighting in the front lines together with them. I’ll leave my knights at the legation in case something happened in the capital,” (Slime)

“You’re really are a kind-hearted man,” The supreme general said with a rare smile on his face.

“I’m not. I’m just doing my job,” Slime said with a shrug.

“Indeed. You’ve always been that kind of man since a long time ago, you’re still that strong young man that defeated me at a duel,” (Supreme General)

“Well- Wait, what do you mean, general?” Slime almost had his tongue slipped.

Silence enveloped the both of them for a while as they stared at each other’s eyes. Looking at the surroundings, Gracius had taken the attention of Duke Renstenor and the others so no one should be hearing their conversation right now.

(Well, seems like he’s not a supreme general for nothing) (Slime)

“Splendid, maybe you’re the real reason why other kingdoms are afraid of attacking the Grandaria kingdom,” (Slime)

“…You’re not going to deny it?” Asked the supreme general.

“Well even if I deny it, you won’t believe it, right? And it’s not like I’m trying to hide it, it’s just that it would be better if they knew about this later,” (Slime)

“I see… I don’t know what your circumstances are, but your mana is indeed identical to his. But yours seem to be just a small portion of his, and that made me hesitate. And to add that the fact you’ve never once mentioned the name of your emperor, unlike the other messengers that’ll proudly name their king or emperor, you don’t overpraise the emperor as if you’re embarrassed yourself. Now tell me, who is your emperor’s name?” The supreme general asked Slime with a firm face.

“It’s not like I’m trying to hide it. It’s just that no one really asked. Not even the queen or the king asked me about his name while it should be something essential for an alliance between two nations. Anyways your deduction is right, supreme general. Our emperor’s name is emperor Ren Arken, and I am a part of his clone,” Slime said with a shrug as he secretly cast a soundproof barrier when he stated those words.

“I see… So I was right… But there is still one thing I’m curious about, didn’t you see that the Grandaria kingdom had officially stated your name as a heretic that served the demons? Why are you still helping this kingdom despite getting your name sullied by it?” (Supreme General)

“I’m not bothered by it. And Peter had revoked that thing about me being a heretic, though. Even though that made him had a dispute with the church. I’m just purely helping my friends and my empire, that’s all,” Said Slime indifferently.

“I see… Then until you decided to announce it yourself, I’ll have my mouth shut. You can trust me. And Ren Arken,” (Supreme General)

“Hm? Call me Slime, please,” (Slime)

“Since when did you know that I’m a sword god rank?” Asked the supreme general.

“Well, you sure hid it perfectly three years ago. I knew that you’re holding back against me, but I didn’t know that you’re this strong,” (Slime)

“I indeed have hidden my strength back then because I was facing a student, but a loss is a loss. I still lose as a magic god ranked warrior, that’s why I want to thank you. The fight with you helped me greatly improved my fighting style, thank you,” (Supreme General)

“Then your welcome,” (Slime)

“And one more thing, if you have anything you need or if you need my help, you can always contact me anytime. Even if it’s some dirty works,” The supreme general said an unexpected thing.

“I’ll remember that, general,” Slime answered the supreme general. The supreme general left and went to prepare his soldiers.

(Since when did you won his favor, master?) (Fenrir)

(I don’t know. But one thing for sure, it’s a rare sight to see a person with such a strong sense of duty and justice in his eyes. He’s even good at acting and made me believed he’s an arrogant general and just at a sword saint rank…) (Slime)

(Indeed… I believe that his strength is close to the old man Kyron’s) (Reo)

(Wait, I believe that most people, including the people of the Grandaria kingdom, knew that the great generals of the Grandaria kingdom are only at the sword saint rank. Does it mean that them, hiding their real cultivation rank is a scheme from the beginning?) (Fenrir)

(It’s very likely that it is, Fenrir. And it seems that their appearance when Peter boy showed his real identity is something planned before. It seems it’s true if we said that the supreme general had been protecting the kingdom from behind the scenes all this time…) (Reo)

(Indeed…) (Slime)