Dawn Architect

Chapter 81 : beginning of the last battle

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"Booom,bom,booom!"

I found myself watching the cannons, unsuccessfully, attacking the ramparts' defenses. It was obvious that these were futile efforts and that it would take days to break through. We were running out of time.

In front of me was this guy who thought he was important, a five-star desperado, giving us non-stop orders and thinking he was superior. I would have ripped his head off a long time ago if it weren't for the fact that he was now stronger than me.

He was Daimyo Nero, something like the nobility of this place. My subordinates and I, were making deals with some nobles who promised to patronize us in exchange for some favors, as a blood moon member it was best to have as many connections as possible as well as new additions.

Suddenly, we were called by our leader and assigned to a mission, as we were in the vicinity. According to what he said, a labyrinth would appear without divine protection that we could enter.

We were promised greater rewards. At first, I was puzzled, as labyrinths without divine protection do not exist. They are labyrinths because they are made by the gods, so to say so is a contradiction.

But I followed the assigned orders. Very seldom our oracle is wrong, and I could not disobey orders. So, together with my group, we went to the place and, after waiting a few days, we were able to enter the labyrinth.

Upon arrival, I felt a sense of heaviness and lack of energy. When I evaluated myself, I noticed that my stats were reduced and my rank had returned to three stars and any weapon or artifact was unusable. I panicked, my subordinates, who had the same problem, also looked agitated, but after thinking about it, I realized that it could be because of the maze. So I calmed down and went on with the mission.

At first, we just went with the flow and somehow made it to the Tenjin realm. After some investigation, we thought we had figured out the purpose of this maze and how to clear it and I ordered my subordinates to start what we had to do.

The result of those plans is this: behind a local nobleman, giving us orders and swallowing my anger in order to clear the maze. I don't know what will happen if we fail. I heard that you could give up if you entered a maze, but this one doesn't seem to follow logic. I should have guessed as much when they said I had no divine protection.

At that moment, Nero turned and spoke to me.

"The preparations are ready."

"Yes, Nero-sama. As soon as night falls, this will be over."

"Excellent. When the demons invade these lands, you too can be the ruler of your own kingdom. So keep up the good work," he said, placing his hands on my shoulders.

I had to stop my impulses to tear his head off. 'Not long to go, not long to go,' I kept repeating in my mind. This guy thought I was an idiot, but he didn't know that I had my own plans too.

At first I shared demonic spells and techniques with him to gain his trust. The idiot thinks I'm on his side. He doesn't know that I know he steals all my achievements when he reports to the demons and that he is thinking of discarding me when the time comes. But that doesn't matter. I'm doing the same thing.

As night fell, there was me and one of my subordinates walking with spells that reduced our presence and concealed us , arriving at the back of the camp.

There were a few hundred soldiers, mercenaries and some nobles gathered. They had already made preparations so that their movements would not be suspicious. We took up positions, including myself and my subordinate, and began the established chants.