True King's Ecstasy

The sound of clashing swords echoed throughout the dark battlefield as Velian and his army fought against the relentless onslaught of undead monsters.

This whole battle was a huge disadvantage for the normal soldiers, as undead were not an easy target and the sun hiding among the mountains really used them onto a tight spot with how dark the environment is.

The moonless night made it difficult to see, and the smell of death and decay hung heavily in the air.

Velian hadn't been hoping for any reinforcements to arrive, but now that they were here, he was not impressed.

"Who gave you orders to come here? Damn it?" he growled at one of his soldiers, who cowered before him.

"We came as quickly as we could, sir," the soldier stammered.

"But we are not trained for this kind of battle. We are holding you back, We thought we might be able to help you."

Velian cursed under his breath. He had been afraid of this. He needed to find Remi or Juno to ask them to retreat and protect their own lives, leaving the fight to him. But as he was about to make his way to them, a bloodcurdling scream pierced through the air.

He saw one of the undead monsters charging toward the walk, and he had no luxury to deal with them.

Velian could have easily blown up the whole land, but the presence of his own army prevented him from doing so because he feared that Aiko or Remi might get injured.

He knew Juno might be able to protect herself, but he had no confidence about the others.

"Protect the civilians! Don't let them get near them!" Velian barked out orders, as his soldiers rallied around him. But despite their efforts, the monsters kept advancing, their glowing eyes fixed on their prey.

As Velian fought through the horde of undead, he noticed that his soldiers were falling one by one, their bodies being torn apart by the relentless attacks of the monsters. Panic set in as he realized that he will be the only one left standing if this continues.

He drew his extraordinary sword, his heart pounding with anxiousness and anger. There was only one way out of this, and that was to face the leader of the undead herself.

Andriya was waiting for him, grinning wickedly as he charged towards her.

"You're a too late, little boy," Andriya sneered, her voice cold and emotionless.

"Your soldiers have already fallen. Why did you send them to their deaths? You're cruel, Do you really think you can defeat me?"

"If I kill you here, their deaths will have meaning, right?" Velian spat out, his eyes blazing with determination.

"I won't let you win."

Andriya laughed, a high-pitched, chilling sound that echoed through the forest.

"You're a fool," she said, raising her hands and signalling her best undead knights to attack Velian. "Let's end this."

Velian charged towards her, his sword raised high. He knew this was a fight to the death, and he wasn't going to back down now. As he swung his sword, he felt a surge of power coursing through his veins. He was going to win this battle, no matter what.

Andriya watched the scene unfold from behind a tree, her fists clenched in anger. She couldn't understand how this stranger could possess such power, enough to take on two undead knights at once. Who was he, and where did he come from?

Losing monsters that she took so many days to kill was bad enough, but these talented undead commanders were even harder to find as she needed B or above B-rank corpses for it.

While thinking about how she was going to retrieve her monster's back, Andriya looked at the battle that was going on.

The first undead knight charged forward, swinging his sword in a wide arc. Velian easily parried the attack and countered with a swift thrust of his own. The undead knight stumbled backwards, its rotting flesh unable to withstand the force of the blow.

It didn't even look like Velian had to overexert his body, as it was too easy for him.

The second knight stepped forward, its eyes glowing with an eerie red light. It swung its sword with deadly precision, but Velian was too quick. He dodged the attack and sliced his sword through the air, cutting through the undead knight's armour and sending it crashing to the ground, but this one was more persistent than the last one.

"Kill- Kill! Andriya," The body kept muttering, but Velian didn't know to who it belonged to, so he had no obligation to answer it.

But if Remi was present here, she would have easily identified who this undead knight is. It was none other than General Mansoor, who got betrayed and killed by his own queen and reborn as an undead.

Velian didn't stop after a single shot of attack, so he used his magic hearing flame on the undead and just like he expected, its skin started to burn to show the opposite effect from normal humans.

Andriya watched in awe as Velian stood victorious over the two fallen knights, and she felt her blood blocking after experiencing defeat after a long time.

"Who are you?" she demanded, stepping out from behind the tree with her remaining knights.

Velian turned to face her, a small smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

"Come on now stepmother, don't tell me you can't even identify your stepson that you tried to kill when he was a toddler, you're too cruel," he replied, and just like he expected Andriya's jaw almost fell from the surprise.

"Step... Son!," Andriya muttered and took a close look at Velian.

"That white hair, those beautiful facial features, now I remember where I saw them, you're the son of Daphnia," Her eyes twitched conflicted about what to feel from this.

Should she be happy that her step son whom she tried to kill is alive or sad?

Andriya didn't really understand, but she knew one thing for sure, that's is Velian was a threat to her plan right now , so he need to disappear.