Arpious of the Planes

The blizzard coating the kingdom was extremely thick. So thick that I could barely see the people around me, and I knew Alba did this on purpose… but this just made it better.

Our order for the armies was to charge towards the direction of the main palace while slaughtering any human they found. Not group together to attack…

Confusion between soldiers won't be possible, though, as every single one of our soldiers is charging towards the main palace… And any monsters who try to flee… Well, I guess they'll die.

"Okay, everybody has been informed of the orders, and we should've lost most of the humans. The higher-tiered warriors, though, are sitting back near the palace, hoping to catch us off guard," Yin informs, sweat dripping from her forehead.

It seems she encountered one of these high-tiered warriors.

"Uh, why is it so cold?" I suddenly heard Treyni's voice, and when I turned around, I saw her get up with the help of Homura.

…

(Treyni POV)

As I slowly open my eyes, a chilling breeze brushes past my face, coating my face and body in goosebumps.

With the help of Homura, I was able to stand as I still felt a bit dizzy, and the frigid cold didn't help. In fact, I could feel myself growing weaker just by staying in the blizzard coating the kingdom.

I let out a long breath of mist, which let me activate my aura that helped warm myself, my surroundings, and the girls next to me.

"Oh wow, this is nice," Aika says, rubbing her hands together.

Can she feel the cold? Isn't she an undead?

"I'm not an undead," Aika responds as if she read my mind.

"Then what are you?"

"A death elf. Not an undead elf,"

A few minutes passed, and I noticed the golden lights that floated down towards us were still falling.

It seems it worked.

The only reason I survived the ghostly woman from before was that the pollen that the giant flower that I created had light properties, which is the perfect counter to dark-based users.

I think it even killed her.

"Okay, let's get going. Send the signal to the commanders," Aika orders the few assassins who stuck around us.

They all nodded their heads before bowing and theatrically sinking into the shadows.

"Kumo, how are you doing? I saw you broke that meteor. It should've sucked out a lot of mana," I ask Kumo, who was still sitting on the ground.

"I'm doing fine. Thanks to this girl, I was able to replenish most of my mana in a short amount of time, but my stamina is still kind of low. I think I'll sit back and play administrator," Kumo responds while pointing to one of Aika's slaves of death.

Aika then began to pet her head as if she was a dog.

"Oh yeah, who are those?" I ask, pointing to the two women I saw Aika fighting before.

One of them was significantly stronger than the other, and she honestly might be as strong as Arpious… Well, maybe her previous evolution.

The Arpious now is so strong that I can barely scale her.

"These two right here are my newly acquired slaves. The one on the right is Alba, and the one on the left is Tiana. Feel free to do whatever you want to them,"

And as soon as Aika said that, they both hurried back uncomfortably.

"Your highness,"

We all turned around and met our eyes with the assassin who came to bring news that I assumed was good due to his bright smile.

"All the commanders have begun the charge. We have also inspected around the wall and noticed that the army is coming back towards the kingdom. It seems they have already figured us out,"

Aika clicks her tongue in disappointment, and she reluctantly pulls her undead back to help guard the entrances of the kingdom.

"This should buy us more than enough time, but the charge will be impossible without us at the front,"

"Then let's go," Kumo says.

We follow her lead while the Slaves of Death split to help support the armies in general, but Aika's new slaves follow us.

I also figured out that the blizzard was due to her, and it was all part of the plan, so I decided to place my faith in Kumo and Aika and follow them blindly.

…

(Arpious POV)

My footsteps echoed through the hallway as I approached the exit to my castle.

Both White and Black followed behind me, and my daughter stayed behind, with the help of my maids, of course.

"Are you fucking kidding me? That damn demon is the traitor," I mutter through gritted teeth as I seethed in anger.

Even Black and White, who were probably as strong as my current evolution, feared my bloodlust, which leaked out like a raging monster.

As soon as I exited my castle, I closed my eyes and tried to sense for Paimon but felt absolutely nothing.

I usually had a connection with my slaves, servants, and pets, but I couldn't feel Paimons' connection for some reason.

"Hey, do you know why I can't feel my servant's connection?" I asked my newly acquired servants, and as I snapped my head around, they both stepped back a bit in fear.

They also glanced at each other, probably adjusting how they saw me.

When I first saw them, I noticed how powerful they were and the chilling sensation the trees gave off, but once the shock washed over, I noticed how much more powerful I was than them.

And upon seeing me, they probably judged me off my shocked appearance, which was now thrown down the drain.

"He might've forcefully broken the contract," Black speaks up first.

"How?"

"If a servant that is much stronger than you is your servant, then they can break off the contract with low difficulty. Just like how you can identify where your servants are, they can identify where you are if they are strong enough," White continues.

"So, what does that mean?"

"That means they can grasp the connection between you two and tear it to shreds, severing the connection between you two. But, that doesn't mean he's not your servant anymore,"

"I see… Well, can I still find him?"

"Unfortunately not," Black says.

"Huh… Well, I'm pretty sure I know where he is anyway… There's no way he'd stick around, so of course, he'd only be there," I mutter, flapping up with my extended wings.

I'm going to devour you.

…

(Kumo POV)

We quickly approached the large palace and met a few strong warriors, but they stood no chance against us.

As Aika had the most mana right now, she destroyed them with her sword that created blades of air that cut straight through them.

Some went down with a more challenging fight, but they all fell to Aika's black sword in the end.

Tup Tup Tup

Our footsteps echoed through the icy air, and we soon arrived at the palace entrance, where a few royal guards were doing an excellent job at holding off our army.

They wielded light and fire, which was the worst enemy of monsters.

[Light Magic] caused our bodies to disintegrate just like how I heard in the stories passed down to me, and [Fire Magic] in general was just powerful.

It burned and turned some of us to ash.

We were just about to step in, but the commanders were ahead of us as they quickly cut and killed the royal guards.

Us monsters stormed the palace, slaughtering the cowering nobles of the Kingdom of Fire and slaughtering any royal guard that tried to stop us.

In such a closed space and with our overwhelming numbers compared to theirs, it was inevitable they would die.

This continued for quite a while until our army thinned out throughout the castle.

"*sigh*... Finally, you're coming out," I mutter, feeling a tingling sensation run through my spine.

The person behind me was definitely the one who summoned the meteors. They smelled of burning rock, and the aura they gave off was scalding hot.

As we all turned to see the person standing behind us, we were met by a blast of what looked to be lava directly at our fast.

"Forgive me for my rude introduction," A man says as we deflect the lava with our own skills.

A man in black and brown robes with pale white skin and a red tattoo that went straight through his eyebags and the bridge of his nose.

"I'm glad to be joined by such beautiful ladies on this lovely afternoon,"

"Oh, you're a flirt," Aika chuckles to herself.

"I would love to take any one of you on a date later… of course if your side wins,"

"You won't survive long enough to go on a date with one of us," I reply, creating a sizeable pink barrier around us.

"Shall, we bring his body back for Arpious to eat?" Homura asks.

We all chuckled to ourselves as the man dressed in long black brown robes furrowed his eyebrows.