Everyone watched the countdown in the vision with nervousness and expectation.[5...4...3...2...1...Release.]Up in space, the platform activated a propellant and released the carrying mechanism, allowing a missile to fly out on its path.[5 minutes to detonation...][4 minutes...][2 minutes...][20 seconds to detonation...]When it got to this point, everyone could almost see the missile up above them. The missile was big, being nearly 30 meters long and 7 meters wide. It didn't look like anything special, just a round cylinder of metal. But Dream, Luna, and Iris knew what utter destruction it was capable of.Soon, the missile got closer to the detonation point.[5...4...3...2...1...Ignition.]*Flash**Bͫ̋̌ͤ̽҉̧͖̗̞̤͞OO̞̮̒͛M̟̲͓̙̬ͅ*"..."Above the kingdom was a second sun.This nearly 14 km wide fireball encapsulated the entire castle plus the nearby city. And everything outside of the fireball... well, it was annihilated with the explosion.Everyone was silent as they watched the sho
After waiting for the demons to calm back down and lower their guard, the ships went right back to the marching armies."How are the targets, Dream?"The Emperor came over to him and asked. Dream nodded."They're staying spread out besides a few groups of two or three. Everyone should be able to see them.""Indeed...It looks like we'll be able to handle this rather easily.""We can attack multiple singles at once with two or three of our own, but we have to make sure the battles don't take long. Everyone has at most 10 seconds before they respond and group up. You need to kill them and get out before then. That means prepare your best spells or skills with your partners beforehand."Everyone in the 3 ships nodded, listening through their bracelets. The Emperor agreed."Coordination will be key. Luckily we have you, Dream. Otherwise we would be facing all these demon Counts as they invaded the Empire. I'm glad I don't have to imagine such a day.""Well this is still only a fraction of
*Fwoosh!*The 4 archers beside Dream loosed their arrows before he even finished his sentence. And like beams of light, all four arrows headed straight for the demon that failed to kill the fighter."Growl..."Sensing the danger, the assassin demon separated himself from the fighter and disappeared. All four arrows hit the ground only a split second later, exploding with their spells."Damn."The archers cursed having missed their target. While those arrows probably could've killed the assassin, its agility was extremely high and they had to deal with its fast reactions. That was hard to do when they were far away. Their arrows were fast, but not that fast.But when Dream saw this, he knew he could help. While those archers needed distance to gather power and mana for their arrows, his guns were the opposite. The closer the better. So he dashed over to the airspace above the battle with his flux-railgun, waiting for the assassins to appear again.At this point, the demons had lost 8 w
Dream turned around, and wouldn't you know it, Lory was standing a few meters away."Lory?""It's me!"Knowing that he recognized her, Lory beamed brightly and hopped over. Dream just smiled sheepishly.Since he had last seen her, Lory hadn't changed much physically, but she gave off a more mature aura. He was a bit surprised. Not only that, but she seemed even more powerful than before. Not quite class 3, but not far from it."How's it going, Lory.""It's going good! And my goodness, I almost didn't recognize you. You've changed. A lot.""Yea, I guess have."Dream remembered back when he had seen her last time. It had been right before he went through the enhancement surgery, so compared to then, he had indeed changed much."Not only have you changed though, you seem to have been on plenty of adventures. I didn't imagine you would become so famous.""Famous?""Of course! Everyone knows your name after that grand meeting. Not to mention the rumors about your immortal golem army that f
The cardinal sat there for a bit as Dream pondered."...Alright, Cardinal. How do you plan to make yourselves and forces known?"Hearing him, the Cardinal smiled and got to business."Well, we have many forces that we wish to move to the Mercenary Empire so they can be put on the frontlines.""That won't be difficult. I'll talk to the Emperor. And you know what, why don't you bring all the other Cardinals over there? Since we fought a battle, everyone is still there. You would be able to introduce yourselves.""I have no problems with that. But it would take some time to fly there.""Not with my ships. Here's what we'll do. I'll give you a ship that you will take to your holy city. There you will gather your Cardinals and use the same ship to fly to the Mercenary Empire. If none of your Cardinals are slow, you should be able to arrive in the next hour or so.""...That may be possible.""If it is, then do it. Oh, and take these."Suddenly, Dream brought out a cylinder about 2 feet long
After setting themselves up in the largest meeting room in the palace, the church along with the class 4's from every Empire began the second meeting of the day."Pope, Dream had spoken to us earlier about how you and your forces wish to begin fighting the demons."The Emperor started the meeting wanting to know about what their stance was."That is the case, Emperor. The demons are a scourge, an infection on this world. At all costs, they must be removed and destroyed. The church is prepared to fight with everything we have to stop their spread.""Then I must ask, why only now has the church decided to take action?"The other class 4's nodded, also wondering about this. The demons have been attacking for a few months, and they even had a grand meeting. If the church had an army and was ready to use it, then why would they wait so long?"Our preparations have taken a long time. For that, I apologize. But it was definitely necessary.""Preparations?""We had to organize our forces not
The next day, Dream, Luna, and Iris left the dome and boarded a ship, heading for the Mercenary Empire.Upon arrival, they found that the Pope, Cardinals, and all the class 4's were already outside and waiting. Of course not absolutely everyone was there. There were a few Cardinals and class 4's of the Empire that would stay behind.Dream's ship landed and the hatch opened. The Emperor and Pope walked over to him."Dream.""Pope. Emperor. Everyone can come aboard. If it's too cramped, there's the other ship right there.""Sure."Nodding, the two came aboard, as did some of the Cardinals and class 4's. Though not wishing to stuff everyone in one place, half of the people went to the other ship Dream had prepared.When everyone was loaded, they took to the sky. Their destination had already been decided, and they were headed to the Sword School.Lounging around the luxurious ship, the Pope and Emperor turned to Dream who had a woman by his side and a fox on his lap."Dream. Who might th
After everyone got up from their seats, the President led them down to the lower floors.After stopping on one of the floors, everyone piled into an arena room. This room was like a stadium and it had a big stone platform in the center. It really was simply just an arena room."Dream, Eritai, step up to the platform."Both people nodded, and the 32 year old disciple, Eritai, quickly jumped over to the platform in one bound. Dream just took his time as he cuddled Iris' tails one last time."Just don't kill the guy."Luna spoke to him, smiling."I won't try.""If you do, save his body for me." (Iris)"I don't think his master would like that, but okay."After Iris hopped off his shoulders, only then did Dream make his way over to the platform. As he did, Eritai changed his clothes into a type of karate gi, except his shirt was off, and his rippling muscles were bare for all to see.Dream changed into some athletic shorts, getting rid of his pants, shoes, and shirt. As he did some unnece