Reborn As A Wizard

Chapter 9: Attack on the Castle

We landed near the castle to see the condition of the enemy fortress. It was filled with enemies and their positions were just as Mickey was showing.
Heeding to Meril's advice, we decided to free the prisoners first as they were the loyal servants of the old king. According to Mickey's map,  the prison was located in the basement which was guarded by 2 guards. To enter the castle, we needed some disguise as we did not want all the enemies' attention at once. So I used my light magic and Meril and Alice used their water magic to form a dome shaped optical barrier that transmitted all the light entering into it. So from outside, we were invisible.
We went to the prison guards and used chloroform on them using void magic. We took the keys and freed the prisoners one by one after removing the optical barrier. They all thanked us. The eldest one of them, an old man with a white beard wearing a white coat said that he was the advisor of the previous king and that he swore that he would not be loyal to the new king so he was put in jail along with ten other men for disobeying the king.
When we explained the situation to them that we have come to defeat the evil king, they began smiling and thanked us for our efforts. They readily agreed to help us attack the castle. I provided them with different swords converted into magical weapons with Mickey's ability and according to the types of magic they used. They were surprised how I could bring out such magical weapons out of nowhere. The advisor asked, "Just who in the world are you?"
I replied that I was just someone with void magic. All of them were shocked and stated that they would like to distract the enemy guards for us so that we could directly go to the court where the king was present.
The castle had many golden pillars and the floor and walls were made of white marble. A red carpet was in the middle of the room and the throne was in directly across us in the courtroom. It looked stunning.
The king was sitting on the throne. No guards were present there as the king was confident that he could protect himself on his own.
The king was a tall handsome man and looked like he was in his early twenties. He was wearing a long red coat with golden embroidery and was sitting on the throne of same colour and design with one leg on the other and his hand on his chin.
As he noticed us, he said, "So are you the ones who came from west to defeat me?" He laughed and said, "Like hell I would be defeated by these small twerps! I was right to execute that old hag. Her prophecies were obviously wrong."
Alice said, "What if we are kids? We have more than enough power to beat your kind."
The king became angry and said, "Such insolence! Where are your manners? You are in front of a great king named Spartan."
He then attacked us using a big fire dragon. Meril used her water dragon to counter it. Meril's dragon was just a bit weaker, so Alice too produced a water dragon. Now that their powers were equal, all the dragons attacked at once and vanished.
I then used my energy beam on him. I wanted to check his power. He was easily able to dodge it but as he turned back, he was surprised to see that a big hole was present where once stood the throne. The wall behind the throne was damaged to such a point that you could see the outside of the castle from the courtroom. He realised that I was holding back my power and then too I caused so much damage. Holding a small bottle with a purple liquid in it, he said, "You are extremely powerful. I was right to take precautions against you. This potion was given to me by Satan's servant. This will increase my power hundredfold and then nobody will be able to stop me."
He drank the potion. Suddenly he started holding his chest with bith hands in pain and his body began to grow. He was turned into a demon by that potion. He grew large purple wings and a purple tail. Black horns were also growing out of his head.
He said, "Wow! This is wonderful. I am overflowing with power. Who wants to be a human if you can have such power as a demon. Now I will show you the true power of a demon."