The King of Tricks and Magic

Chapter 223: The Elf Queen’s Mother (1)

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

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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As the army of the Galhala Kingdom’s noble soldiers is marching towards the demonic base, Druid Oz, Geeta, Azaline, and Claria decided to use the time they have right now to search for Azaline’s mother.

“So you knew your mother here from a report that a scout submitted here… How come the scout knew about her?” (Druid Oz)

“He has been working for my family since I was a kid, so he’s amongst the people that knew exactly how my mother looks like,” (Azaline)

“I see… So the chances of him mistook someone else as the queen should be slim. The report mentioned that she saw the sight of your mother riding a huge owl, and then they got attacked by other huge owls, huh…” Druid Oz muttered the limited amount of information they have about Azaline’s mother.

“Scouts… Did you sent your soldiers to go so far as scouting the Eastaria continent, Azaline?” (Claria)

“No, we didn’t send our scouts, but our scouts sent their familiars towards this continent after letting it flying for several days in constant speed. We’re gathering information about the continent, and it’s not only my elf kingdom, the reason why there are some ‘Jack of All Trades’ members here is that they’re gathering information as well, right?” (Azaline)

“Yes, you’re right. I did give Ibra the command to gather information from every place in the world. Information is very important, after all. But I see… I guess we could conclude that the huge owl your mother is an owlfolk, while the owls that attacked the scouts and are chasing your mother are owlfolks that got demonized because of the demonic virus… I guess this scenario makes sense the most,” (Druid Oz)

“True, I agree,” (Claria)

“Indeed… So she’s getting chased by some demonized owlfolks… Geeta, could you please stop eating your snacks and start using your head as well?” Azaline commented on Geeta that is hearing the discussion in focus while eating potato chips.

“I am thinking, and I can’t stop eating. Thinking makes me hungry so I need to think and eat at the same time,” Replied Geeta as she continue to bring more potato chips to her mouth.

(Did she’s such a glutton before, I wonder?) (Druid Oz)

“According to the report, in which side of the continent did the scouts saw your mother, Azaline?” (Druid Oz)

Azaline closes her eyes in response to Druid Oz’s question as she tried to remember the contents of the report given to her by Reindell.

“Hm… If I’m not mistaken… They’re at the east side…” (Azaline)

“I see… Looks like she’s in the place where my summoned insects haven’t reached yet… Wait,” Druid Oz suddenly stopped.

“What is it, Ren?” (Azaline)

“Ren?” (Claria)

“If they saw your mother riding an owl that is an owlfolk, then there might be a kingdom or empire that still survives this demonic attack!” said Druid Oz excitedly.

But even though Druid Oz gave such an excited reaction, the three girls before him didn’t understand why he’s getting so enthusiastic because of it.

(Ah… I haven’t told them about the state of the kingdoms that my summoned insects have visited, huh…) (Druid Oz)

“So…” (Druid Oz)

Druid Oz explained to the three girls how he sent his summoned insects to search for the fragment of the demon emperor’s seal, and how he’s scanning through the whole Eastaria continent with them in hope that he found the demon emperor’s seal that is hidden in the Eastaria continent.

Druid Oz himself isn’t sure about the possibilities of the fragment to exist in the Eastaria continent. But from the fact that there is the demonic base located in the Eastaria continent, Druid Oz believes that the reason why they are in the Eastaria continent is not just because they wanted to spread the demonic virus and make the whole continent into demons, but instead, they’re looking for the fragment of the demon emperor’s seal as well.

But along the way, Druid Oz also scanned through the kingdoms and empires that his summoned insects met along the way, but until now, all of them are empty without even a single soul is living inside them. There are only a group of demons that are not a group of demonized owlfolks or demonized magic beasts, but an original demon that came from the demonic realm.

“I-Impossible… To wipe out every life in a country…” Geeta that got surprised because of the story, stopped putting potato chips into her mouth.

“Not even a single corpse remained…? Did all of them transformed into a demon as well!?” Azaline asked the worst-case scenario that Druid Oz had thought of before when he first stumble upon the scene as well.

“No. They ate all of them, and only a small part of them turn into demons. But still, they became the nutrition for the demons to get even stronger and formidable. There are lots of blood, but no corpse could be found,” (Druid Oz)

“…………”

Azaline, Geeta, and Claria imagined the horror of the scenes that got described by Druid Oz. But Claria suddenly widened her eyes as she remember something.

“How about the noble soldiers that are marching towards the demonic base, right now? Will they be able to win? If the demons could wipe out a kingdom in such a manner, then would they even stand a chance against them!? Not to mention that they got stronger after eating all of those people too!” (Claria)

Claria’s fear isn’t wrong. Considering how the kingdoms that Druid Oz found with his summoned insects got all of the lives inside it massacred, then the strength of the demonic army must be powerful. It’s normal for a general princess like her to worry about it. But at the same time.

“I believe it’s something that you shouldn’t ask as the general princess, don’t you think so, Claria? You must have faith in the soldiers, and it’s not like the demonic army are invincible. The reason they got annihilated must be because they suddenly got attacked by the demonic army that has a hundred thousand demons from the demon realm marching towards their kingdom just like we had experienced before,” (Druid Oz)

“The demons suddenly attack with a huge number while sending their elites amongst the ranks, and not to mention that those who got even a single scratch would change into a demon as well because of the demonic infection,” (Druid Oz)

“In our case, I luckily able to notice the march of the demons early and the kingdom faced the demonic army in a prepared state. Not to mention we have your father and the prime minister, Allomere, that was a former guardian as well. The difference in strength and amount of information we possess is something that those kingdoms that got annihilated didn’t have, so you don’t need to worry. The strength of our kingdom’s soldiers are not weak, as the general princess, you should know that best,” (Druid Oz)

“True… Sorry for losing my composure…” Claria apologized as she quickly regain her composure and realize how her words are inappropriate words for a general princess like her to say.

“It’s fine, Claria. It’s normal for you to react like that, it’s admirable since it defines how much you care towards your people and your soldiers,” Azaline soothes Claria.

“Yes, Claria, admirable,” (Geeta)

“Thanks, Azaline,” (Claria)

Looking at the three girls before him, Druid Oz couldn’t help but ask himself inside his head.

(Just since when did the three of them make up with each other) (Druid Oz)

The scene where Claria argues with Azaline and Geeta in the dinner still sticks inside Druid Oz’s head as he could clearly remember how terrifying a quarrel between women is.

“But well, that is right. But back to the topic, this is a piece of good news. If Azaline’s mother really is living together with owlfolks in a certain country on the east, the Galhala Kingdom will be able to gain one ally country to face the demons on top of the Eastaria continent,” (Druid Oz)

“True. But how should we make sure of it? Are we going to scout there ourselves?” (Geeta)

“No,” (Druid Oz)

After reconsidering for a while, Druid Oz decided to send three of his griffin familiars to go to the east side of the Eastaria continent and search for kingdoms or empires that are located there.

“We’re going to use my familiars. Since it will take too much time if I use my summoned insects. I’ll send my griffins this time,” (Druid Oz)