Deus: We are all Lords

"That honestly depends entirely on his majesty, if they have to fight in their transformed state then the M16 is a good weapon for them but if they are to fight in their regular form then i think his majesty would design weapons similar to the ones he gave to the Griffons" Viktor stated

"Griffons?" Athena asked

"Oh that's true, you probably didn't see any of them due to the incident" Viktor said then summoned an image of a fully equipped griffon

The Griffon was large and wore some sort of body armor that covered its entire torso thereby protecting the creature's chest from attacks and underneath it, a modified gun was mounted. The Gun looked nothing like a gun though since it was more like a slightly bent block of wood with nuzzles all around it. The armor stretched down to its toes to provide thorough protection for when it lands in order to attack

"The contraption underneath it is his majesty's design, he says that when mounted on the Griffon, the griffon becomes able to control it with its mind thus differentiating between friend or foe… the armor is practically impenetrable though I can't be too sure since I haven't thoroughly tested it" Viktor introduced

"Is that contraption like the one, on the towers" Athena asked

"Sort of, just instead of being manipulated by Hestia, it's done by the Griffon itself"

"Griffons already have their mana shot which is capable of destroying castles… in those days, these things were classified as a disaster-level threat and his majesty decided to make it even more unkillable" Ethan said in surprise

"Well, he did say that the mana shot take time to recharge hence the gun, this way, you could be sure that your griffon remains an unkillable threat to the enemy"

"I wonder what the others would say when they see our forces" Ethan said while chuckling,

"The Others?" Viktor asked

"Don't worry, i doubt we would ever actually encounter them" Ethan said dismissively as he immediately brushed aside the topic

"Okay then, all we have to do is retire more than half the army and get them to focus on other professions" Athena said as she turned to Viktor to indicate that she was done

"Well from now on you are the Lieutenant General of this Armed forces… you manage and ensure that our missions are a success, I would advise that you pick some capable subordinates and try your best to not pick only from your race… His Majesty hates that kind of thing" Viktor said as he Saluted her

He had to give respect to whom it was due, Athena was a natural at things like this. He had to cross reference from a variety of past emperors and the knowledge bestowed on him by his master through the Transmitter to make decisions but she was just born and was already seeing through the problems in the army. He was more suited to dealing with civil matters.

"Are you sure, i can accept this rank" Athena asked

"Don't worry, i will inform his majesty of your talent" Viktor said

"If you don't want it, you can hand it over here" Ethan said as Athena smiled

"Thank You" she said to Vitor

"Nope, we are in formal environment so you add the rank, general"

"Sir, yes, sir!' the girl shouted in reply as she saluted before they went back to planning for the future

Since Athena was a natural at figuring out what to do with the army, Viktor decided to present his current problem to her which was the Undead zone. He couldn't figure out any means of solving the problem of their immortality or even the best way to position the army to prevent them from advancing further into the forest and eventually to Alex's territory.

The trio remained on the platform while the older soldiers trained the younger ones. the entire territory bustled with activity as everyone went about their businesses. While all this happened, Kingsley slept happily in his room finally getting a full night's sleep that he hadn't gotten in a while….

"As if" Kingsley said as he stood up from the bed

The past few weeks had completely ruined his sleep schedule. He went to sleep late and woke up a little too early for his liking, he didn't know if this was because of his environment but now he was a light sleeper and every sound made while he slept seemed to be amplified by some mystical speaker.

"This world is killing me" Kingsley complained as he turned to face the ceiling in his room

"What sort of hyper awareness, is this, I literally have hundreds of guards patrolling the premises protecting me" Kingsley complained

*Ding*

A sharp sound was heard as Kingsley immediately sat up from his bed. The sound was awfully familiar and could only mean one thing and that was that someone was willing to trade with him... well, who wouldn't be, he was offering SS and SSS rank creatures so practically everyone with lower end Holy creatures would want to trade.

As for him, everything in his territory was within said rank or above it. The Demon Goblins were all SSS-rank creatures and the Dragons and the Onis were the same, griffons were SS-rank creatures and all the items he had were Disaster-rank though he didn't know where that stood at the moment, he will learn eventually.

"Come to think of it, the dragons and the demon Goblins are all SSS-rank creatures and are pretty much on par with each other so how is Viktor weaker than Ethan, something is definitely up" Kingsley thought out loud

He always felt that the abilities of the two Emperor-level beings were out of balance, he believed that Ethan should be stronger considering that he is a dragon just like the stats of the normal Dragons were higher than the Demon Goblins even if both were SSS-rank creatures but it wasn't so much that their Level 1 was stronger than the Demon Goblin's Level 21.

"Then there's Athena… Kingsley, you have more important things to do" Kingsley said as he pulled up his [Chat] function

It was the only useful function that the system had left for him and it allowed him access to both the Market place and also a means to communicate with the entire region even though he had never used it since. The Private Message function though he had used and that was to answer the question of a certain Lord who wanted to know if he could ally with her.

"Oh, it seems she has something for me!" Kingsley exclaimed with excitement

The entire screen was filled up with messages from various lords from all over the region, Kingsley wasn't to surprised that many lords in the region would have access to troops that had the Holy or Light attribute or even both but he didn't expect so many of them to accept his proposal.

"873... can I even sacrifice that number of soldiers" Kingsley thought to himself

True, 873 or even a thousand soldiers were nothing compared to the actual size of his army but considering his ambition, that was a lot. Also, he couldn't just give everyone a dragon or a griffon just because they offered him some creature with the attributes he wanted, who knew what rank the creatures would be so it would be better to create a choose a safer option.

"That would be Golems then" Kingsley thought to himself since he had nothing else to offer

Getting up from his bed, he sorted out the clothes, the helpers had prepared for him and immediately after, jumped into the shower to take a bath. there was no rush, it wasn't like the defenses set on Alex's territory couldn't protect her until he arrived so he took his time, getting ready after all he was a king now. An actual King not just one in name, the system had proclaimed his territory to be a kingdom so he was now a King.

He may not know the etiquettes of an actual king but he did know that the requirements were to be presentable and to be as sensible as possible which he would say he is. Putting on his clothes, Kingsley opened the door as Diepe and her sister, Hika came in to tidy the room up as usual.

"Good day, your majesty!" They greeted as soon as the door opened

"Good day to you too" Kingsley replied completely used to it at this point, he still wouldn't allow them dress him or any of that sort since he wasn't that comfortable with them.

Things had changed a bit from how it was in the first week of his arrival on the planet. there were now guards and maids everywhere unlike before where the castle was nearly always empty because the newly recruited soldiers were always needed on the wall. Looking down to the garden below, Kingsley could see some guards in full getup marching around the premises and looking a bit further, he could see other soldiers standing guard on either side of the garden.

"Hestia?" Kingsley called out a small anomaly that wasn't there before he went to bed