True Magician

Chapter 188

Geofu.

- "Wow, he's assembled quite an army," I whistled, standing on the outer wall of the city and looking into the distance.

Now, five hundred meters from Geofu, stood a fairly decent army of corpses, and above it fluttered numerous red flags with the head of a black dog in the center. The composition was roughly the same, that is, humans and humanoid monsters, only in greater numbers, and behind them were naked women in chains, in a state that was entirely to be expected given their treatment.

And the corpse itself, sitting on a horse, stood in front of everyone like a glorious general or ruler leading his subjects into battle, but in the opposite sense. His face clearly showed arrogance, confidence, mockery, and other qualities typical of a cartoon villain.

In short, nothing special, although the effect was definitely there. Not on me, of course. Heh.

- "There are tens of thousands of them here..." whispered a female 'knight' near me.

- "If they attack, we won't stand a chance..." agreed another knight.

- "Lady Claudia gave orders not to engage," reminded another, who was apparently of higher rank.

- "Then why are we here? One glance is enough to see that we're doomed..."

- "Orders are orders, officer."

And while panic slowly spread through the ranks, I thought hard about what to do.

To be honest, I wanted to do something similar to the debut of an isekai player with a skeleton avatar and his cute Cthulhu goats, but I wanted to do something original.

Something just as memorable and mesmerizing... Hmm... What to choose...

And then an idea struck me, making me grin and snap my fingers. At that very moment, the ground beneath Geofu glowed with a pure golden light.

- "Well, I guess the locals won't forget this day anytime soon. Heh."

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Standing on a wide balcony under the open sky, Celestine couldn't take her eyes off the uneven rows of the monstrous army gathered under the command of the Black Dogs, who were once heroes and role models for all of Eostia. Romani had promised her that he would deal with it, but she still had doubts in her heart.

- "Are you worried, Celestine?" asked Serafina, standing next to her.

- "Aren't you?" asked Celestine. "Even at the height of our powers, we couldn't defeat such a huge army. Will he be able to do it? Should we prepare for the worst?"

- "Of course he will! He is as strong as he is wise. This entire army is nothing to him!" declared the king of Eldonia, striking his chest.

- "Romani?" Olga smiled. "He would pretend to be weak and powerless, only to completely humiliate and destroy Vult for his own amusement."

- "You see, our colleagues are confident in him. There's nothing to worry about," Serafina smiled.

- "I understand why they are confident, but not you, sister," Celestine shook her head. "Where does your confidence come from?"

- "You'll understand when you see Lord Romani from a different angle, Celestine," Serafina began. "He seems cruel, indifferent, perhaps evil and inhuman to you, but things are not quite as you think."

She paused and looked at the wall where Romani was standing.

- "As strange and illogical as it may sound, Lord Romani is a genuine person, perhaps the best I have ever met," she continued, to which King of Eldonia nodded in agreement, Olga smiled but also nodded, and Celestine looked at her sister incredulously. "He is wise, honest, understanding, and attentive, but at the same time childish, immature, rude, and selfish."