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Magic and Elder Tale

Chapter 37

14 August 2027

Outside Akihabara

Moonlight shone down upon the land as Nureha and the rest of her army encircled the city from a distance, after finally managing to destroy the people of the lands pathetic excuse of armies they had finally set upon their prize. Akihabara was the adventurer city in Yamato where on Earth the real capital of Japan sat, as such not only was it roughly central in its location allowing for better control of the land surrounding it. The problem though, was that it was the starting city in Yamato meaning that all the newly spawned characters who had survived the tutorial area in Taiwan, this meant though that while Nureha had the far more powerful players Akihabara had some players of their own to fight back with.

On the other hand she had done a good job stopping information flowing to the city preventing them knowing exactly when she would strike something that she was hoping would hit the cities morale. It was always the waiting before the battle that got to most people and caused them to lose sleep something that her general's and told her to do as it would weaken their enemy's position. Whether it worked or not was up for debate but from what she had learned from the last lot who has assaulted the city they weren't powerless in fact it was rather the opposite.

If they had managed to push back an entire army in such a short period inflicting massive casualties than she should be concerned added to this was the fact that another two of her armies had disappeared. The only clues that her spies could find was that the ships which were supposed to have entered the Yokosuka strait had pieces of them washed up on a beach followed by damp corpses who had been there for a while. As for her army attacking the Kunie clan her other spy has told her that they were all killed and that their blood dripped from the ceiling of the caves like water did. How Akihabara had managed to inflict such damage she didn't know but obviously some people in the city were incredibly competent so much so that if she found them she would get them to her side. After all if this group of people could decimate two armies and likely seriously damage a third, this was a group of people she wanted on her side rather than fighting against her.

The attack would begin shortly and when it did her soldiers would move past the large canals until finally they reached the city and when they did there would be nothing to stop them moving in and destroying all of their opponents. When that was done Akihabara would be hers and would then become the new capital of a United Japan who she would then rule as Empress. So as the final groups of soldiers got into position on the other side she gave the order to one of her generals to begin the attack of the city.

"Launch Attack" The command was rather silent since nobody wanted to risk giving their current battle plans away via waking up the sleeping defenders. When the armies first began to move forward everything went fine and it continued like that for a small amount of time, they managed to advance to the first river and then while those who had attacked a few nights previous looked towards the city in fear they soon were in boas crossing the river. Afterwards they landed on the second bank without any trouble and even managed to get to the river on the second bank all the while the boats that had been used to deliver the first lot were sent back to get the next group. Only when the entire army had finally crossed the river; leaving them trapped between two deep wind rivers whose current suddenly went from calm to incredibly fast did the trouble begin.

From high above in his tower Nat had long since spotted for the intruders but giving the enemy some ground so that he could ambush them and he did so with just a thought. He gave permission for the artillery to pick their targets and fire while at the same time activating the land mines and smoke generators he had also added. Soon enough the environment of the attackers had changed from that of a calm if not very slightly chilly night to a rather strange one as thick grey smoke rose from the ground blocking the view of all the attackers.

"Hey what's going on" One of the soldiers called out to the others but before they knew what happened a shell struck the ground around his location and detonated. With the power of explosives the proximity of the attack pulverised the man's arms blowing it off with such force that the owner of the arm was smashed into the ground before dissolving into bubbles. With the thick smoke nobody could see this happen so when his blood splattered onto another soldiers face that soldier than freaked out promptly causing him to fall in to the canal. With powerful currents he soldier in all their heavy armour was promptly dragged into the dark depths of one of the many defences that Akihabara had choking his lungs out with water as he desperately moved his hands around hoping that somehow it would save him. It didn't.

"Sorcerers use your wind spells" Nureha's general gritted his teeth all he could hear was a sharp whistling sound echoing in the sky above him before ten the sounds of explosion rattling all over the place illuminating different places in the fog like fireworks. What the genera l saw he didn't like limbs were being thrown left right and centre like they were some type of confetti but before he could think any further he was launched into the air as a shell impacted too close to his horse freaking it out.

The general screamed as he bit his tongue, the pain in his arm was unbelievable and the moving his damaged neck to face it he could see that his arm had been bent in unnatural shapes and forms. In an instant he realised that his arm had been broken by the impact but as he struggled with the agonising pain and tried to stand up he watched with a bit of relief as the thick fog disappeared as some of the sorcerers did indeed use their magic to get rid of the wind however he immediately wished he hadn't.

This wasn't a battle the general realised in that moment it was a god dam blood bath, the whistling magic smashed against the solid ground and ripped through men tearing through their armour and turning them into mince meat. At the same time more powerful bangs originated from the soil ripping legs straight out from people permanently disabling them if they ever managed to live not that they would survive the blood loss that they were undergoing. Those who weren't being turned into fleshy remains via powerful explosives were being impacted by something that had enough force to impact them and kill them with enough force if the jolt of movement backwards was any indication.

Calls could be heard from all people of a retreat to be heard and like one would have expected from untrained modern soldiers they simply lost their morale as the Lander soldiers were butchered into tiny chunks. As for the adventurers the lower level ones were experiencing the same situation however the more powerful members were dealing surprisingly well with the attacks but even so if one looked close enough it was obvious that even they were being overwhelmed by the sheer ferocity of Akihabara's defence.

Nureha didn't even flinch as a shell struck the soil a few metres too her right kicking up dirt into the air as she simply looked at her attacking force with worry and despair. The situation looked like that of a second world war film where bodies were piled everywhere being either dead or dying, blood was like random red paint that someone had just carelessly splashed all over the place all the while limbs had become piñatas. Turning her attention to Akihabara she realised how her other armies had managed to be defeated so quickly.

Whoever was in charge of Akihabara never once used magic to destroy her armies instead while she and the others had been focusing on magical development the leader most likely the leader of Britannia had been gathering weapons. How did she know this well being an experienced player she knew what people could and couldn't do allowing her to recognise attack patterns, one of the main things was cool down periods and there was no chance that even magic could attack this far away from the city without being noticed not to mention the explosion didn't act like fire magic did. Also if one looked at the injuries sustained by some of the other soldiers they had clear bullet wounds.

She paused as she continued to look at the city ahead of her; any attack would be far more costly than she had ever imagined it would. All soldiers would have to make their way over flat open terrain that was split by multiple deep fast moving canals all the while hoping to avoid, bullets, mines, artillery and rockets. As shown with the lower level members of her army the attack as suicidal and was already leaving heavy casualties in the forms of multiple bodies just littering the ground all over the place. Even the higher level adventurers were now struggling since the attack was being focused on them and while more powerful the accuracy of the attacks was ridiculous with multiple shells burying themselves into people's chests before exploding.

"My lady watch out" Pushed to the ground Nureha barely had time to recognise that a shell had narrowly missed her skull as Hanaka had leaped on top of her preventing her demise. As she looked at the spot she had just been in and then back to her quickly falling army of which half had already been cut down she realised she had to leave now. Giving the order she watched as Hanaka rushed off to follow her orders leaving her to look at the sky in hopes of finding her dragon riders but it was all for nothing since at that moment the last dragon was turned into red mush as a rocket collided with its stomach.

Britannia

With the numbers quickly thinning down due to magically enhanced artillery among other things Nat watched bored but aware of his surroundings as the would be attackers ran away with their tails tucked behind their legs. What was slightly amusing is that since the sorcerers were focusing on running away rather than their job the smoke had come back again preventing his enemy from seeing Akihabara as well as anything beyond a one metre radius. With this happening the survivors who were dwindling under the constant onslaught since most weren't powerful enough to take more than a few blows before they were killed kept bumping into one another.

Nureha would never be able to take the city by force it was far too well defended due to his magic; all the weapons had infinite ammunition while the artillery reloaded far quicker than was normal for a human crew. Quite frankly as he watched the bodies cover the floor soaking the ground in their lifeblood while the moon shone above him he couldn't help but be slightly disappointed. He had hoped for a little more challenge for greater tactics to be used against him but it was of no use not when he had designed the city to withstand seizes of great strength.

Still whatever the result of this war was win or lose he would be leaving for Britain once those ships were finished, too much of the Lander population had died to make the nation of Japan sustainable. After all South Japan was destroyed by him while North Japan had been decimated by Nureha leaving the fact that even if Akihabara won and rebuilt that the grassland needed for food would be destroyed and there just wasn't enough people to sustain the city.

However his mind reverted back to the dying soldiers, if this event ever got recorded in the annals of history it wouldn't be remembered as a battle but rather as a massacre since as many more soldiers desperately tried to get away from the fighting their numbers decreased even more. The boats that had been made were destroyed first preventing their escape leaving a few foolish idiots to jump into the canal in hoping that they could swim away. Instead they simply perished drown going to a watery grave. What came next was to be expected as other soldiers with no means of escape simply went to their knees before putting their hands together in what was obviously a praying moment most likely so that they would enter heaven. Soon enough a shell landed in front of them and silenced them forever the exact same treatment was given to all no matter what they did whether it be saying a final goodbye to a loved one or friend, praying or making a desperate attempt.

Finally a few hours after the initial scene the guns finally fell silent as all of the enemies were either dead or out of range but Nat would guess that in total that Nureha likely had only a quarter of the force she had initially held at the beginning of the battle. However it was not how many soldiers that Nureha had left that was on his mind but rather that of the civilian populace as they stared at the now red fields in the distance.

War was never quiet and this war had likely woken up everybody in the local area and being curious they had went to investigate only for them to likely see the horror surrounding them. From his position up high and cosy in his tower he simply watched as the canals waters calmed allowing those who possessed boats to cross the canals and move forward. Some would work out why there were so many broken bodies however most would likely try to give arid and assist these people, he would allow it but only since as soon as the enemies touched the shield guarding the city they would then be vaporised.

Besides this though he also watched as he saw his employees moving rapidly over the water and to the bodies when like he had done a few nights before began locating the survivors and putting an end to their lives forever. Gunshots rang out in the silent sky and looks of horror became prevalent on other citizens faces as they saw just a group of people dressed entirely in black with no discernible features execute the survivors one by one. Anger became obvious with some people as they drew their weapons and planned to attack the members of Britannia but as soon as they did Nat through a magical automation process kicked off their name from the list of people who could respawn at the Cathedral. From there the attackers were soon put down and like Nureha's group was promptly killed which both emboldened and scared the civilians but soon enough it was made very obvious that those who attacked would soon join the corpses on the floor.

Come tomorrow there would be a meeting with the people but for tonight at least a battle had been won.

15 August 2027

Guild meeting hall

"What the hell happened last night" Sitting round the table were twelve people only one of whom was an original member of the round table council the other eleven had only recently been elected by the people to represent them and ask questions. In this case a relatively young man stared at the leader of Britannia slightly curious as to how somebody so young had managed to build up such a powerful store in such a short amount of time.

"Plant Hwyaden had declared war on Akihabara and attacked in the night hoping to take us off guard" Replying calmly Nat recognised quickly who were going to be the most annoying members of the questioning committee. The reason he had asked for people to represent the people was because he needed to cool down the situation quickly and it was doubtful he could wipe the memories of all the people who resided in Akihabara.

"And do you have proof" The question was stupid but after reading the man's mind Nat knew he harboured a strong respect from Nureha in fact it was so strong that he would very much want to give the city to the woman and was disappointed that the woman had lost so much of her armies.

"They surrounded the entire city when everybody was sleeping and had their weapons equipped, there was nothing peaceful about their behaviour" The man simply frowned as he heard that and tried to think of a reasonable excuse as to why what Nureha had done was simply a friendly greeting, completely forgetting the fact that when one surrounded a city with troops it was generally considered the opposite of friendly behaviour.

"And so you managed to utterly destroy their armies and not once ever consider taking prisoners" This person was seemingly thinking about the death and destruction that was dealt to the enemy and being a moral person couldn't understand why he didn't accept some of the surrenders. "In fact there were people actively killing the survivors, how the hell do you explain that or any of the weapons used against the people, its utterly unfair to use weapons like that on people who have spears is should be considered a war crime" Of course this moral person happened to be the unrealistic type of person who only cared for morals and never for logic. Nat promptly kept his calm face though as he kept his gaze on what he would call an utter idiot who should never be allowed to reproduce.

"There mercenaries from America that I hired, their goal is to protect the city and as the last member of the round table, if you mess with them I will have you treated as an enemy of Akihabara" The air grew cold so cold in fact that ice started to freeze over the table as those who would oppose Nat looked at him in fear as they realised they were not dealing with a weak willed child. "You are entitled to your opinions and to express them but we are at war and I will not have the safety of its citizens put at risk due to your beliefs. Once this war is over thins may change but for now get in my way at your own peril" The calm voice that Nat spoke with but instead of it just feeling neutral there was a very cold and sharp edge to it like a person was holding a very sharp blade to their throat which at any moment could slit their necks open.

Most of the groups backed off at the power as they realised there was nothing they could do, Nat was the leader of Britannia and with no other members of the round table was the one who was the leader of Akihabara. A few who had met him before when it came to the construction project though noticed that unlike before Nat was not joking every now and again instead he was very serious. Before the others could voice their complaints however the leader of Akihabara informed them of their current situation.

"The day Crusty and the others landed at Chousa to rescue Maryelle and the others they were ambushed by Plant Hwyaden. Plant Hwyaden has created devices which permanently keep an adventurer dead these were used against the AEF to deadly proficiency and wiped them all out. Since then Plant Hwyaden has scoured all of Yamato and destroyed every single city, farm person and animal that they could find we are the only ones left. Last night the Americans decimated most of Plant Hwyaden however I have received word that the army of goblins is heading towards us from the North while Westerlande has failed to control its lizard problem that now marches north. The Americans used a lot of their supplies in last night's sneak attack and will not have the capability of giving any forward assaults this will force Plant Hwyaden into a siege. Our supplies have been cut off there will be no excuse and any surrender will see us all dead the only way we can in this is by outlasting the enemy since they forgot to secure their lands which have now turned to ash. There is only one place in all of Yamato which had the capabilities of lasting through the winter if careful and that is us, Plant Hwyaden in contrast was too arrogant and it will cost them."

The civilians looked at the supposed leader of Akihabara sin silence and a small amount of amazement as well as other emotions as they were told what was currently happening. In all honesty quite a few wouldn't have believed it but the kid spoke in such a manner that there was no indication of humour what so ever and as such it forced them to obey. What was stated next by the current defender of Akihabara was more amazing.

"As the leader of Akihabara it is my job to protect and maintain the social stability of this city, as such rationing will now be put in place as well as strict laws for this war. Anyone who consorts with the enemy and tells them strategic information will be executed and with the cathedral in my hands you will not be coming back. The people of this city will not suffer because of the selfish desires of others, the city will also be put under martial law nobody in or out even if you do escape you will be promptly be found and killed by Nureha. Third all adventurers will have to train for three hours a day when the enemy finally reaches us they will get past our defences and then we will have to fight to defend ourselves, the goblins will not take prisoners. Lastly I can very much understand and any hatred towards these actions but the matter of the fact is that the rest of the council is gone and with it the peace that you enjoyed as such you need to fight to survive. Come Spring the enemy with any luck will have starved to death and these rules will disappear but for now they are for you own safety. IF you're wondering who will enforce these rules it will be up to the Americans I hired".

There was utter silence among the other members of the table however due to subtle compulsion charms on most of the members they nodded their heads in the fact that they had submitted. With the amount of high level opponents he had killed his level had increased rapidly to the point where he was roughly level seventy. But that didn't matter at this current moment what did was the fact that he was going to make an example of the would be traitors of the group

"You can't do this, you're the traitor I say we should join this Nureha woman and take it from you high level players". Five of the member stood up and glared at him in resistance, reading their minds Nat saw that they would be a threat to the safety of the other citizens and thereby extension his own plans something he would not allow. As the leaders of this small rebellion drew their weapons and looked at with intention to kill the wizard simply pushed a button on his watch and continued to sit back quietly.

"It is my job to defend this city your actions endanger it and for the betterment of the city I cannot allow that" Before the rebels knew what happened the rest of Britannia barged in without warning kicking down the door before they aimed their weapons at the rebels and promptly pulled the triggers. The rebels went down quicker all of them turning from alive people into corpses all of whose dead eyes stared at the other members of this not really round table conference. Afterwards Nat stood up and addressed the survivors.

"I never wanted this to happen but when spring comes with the enemy dead we can rebuild properly however we cannot do that if the city falls down all around us. And for what it's worth I'm sorry that this ever had to occur" With those words said Nat got out of his seat and walked out of the room with the rest of Britannia or as they would be referred to the Americans. His actions were bound to cause some upsets but he had no intention of killing everyone who disagreed with him, the people would still be allowed to speak freely and he would not take that from them. He would only keep these laws up so long as Plant Hwyaden and the others carried on their siege when it was done it would end than the people could do whatever they wished again. Yet even so he wished it had never come to this but Nureha had forced his hand and he had to make a choice for the social stability of the city and that was to either reveal his forces and technology or to reveal his magic.

Technology was easy to believe as other groups could repair equipment so having working weaponry wasn't difficult to believe however his magic would cause a massive problem. The people would keep demanding to know more about his magic and have it used to benefit their lives like he was some tool to be shared by people. And even despite the work he had put in the work he cared not for the people his only goal was to return home and escape from this curse home. He had seen the weakness of Akihabara's leadership it had done well for the short amount of time in peace but they had been foolish to ignore war and now as consequence the islands of Japan would have all its sentient races wiped out. In time of trouble a strong leader was needed to unite the people otherwise it fell into collapse, sometimes one did come from democracy but when strife did occur the moderates were seen as to weak as both sides wished to distance themselves from the other.

Still he didn't have to worry too hard about the future, Akihabara was the only place that would really know what happened and so long as the people and evidence was destroyed when he left he wouldn't have much of a problem. It was a shame that so many people would have to die just so that he could return home without threat but that was the way the world worked, the strong ruled and the weak knelt. In this case he was the strong one; he had all the plans and technology, he controlled Britannia and its financial strength and with no other round table members around there was nobody that could challenge him. Even if they did go against him in hopes of getting rid of his power then he would simply topple the wards and with some skill might even cause the amount of magic that flowed in the city to build up and explode destroying everything.

Unlike Voldermort and death eaters he had no wish to rule the city he had only helped found the round table so that he could get the political power to defend himself. But now things were falling apart since even if Akihabara survived what would they have left besides a barren and destroyed set of islands with no to little population that would take them decades to recover if not centuries. He didn't even care if people called him a monster none of those people meant anything to him the only person who ever did was his sister and as someone once said in some movie "Is there anything you wouldn't do for your family".

He would return back to Earth and then to his sister where he could watch her marry Ant since as much as he was protective of his big sister Ant was still a good guy. Ant may be away due to being a soldier but Ant was trustworthy and was the only person he would allow to date his sister the last few that had tried and made unwanted advances actually anyone who had tried to make unwanted sexual advances and it wasn't something like catcalling but actual sexual advances soon found themselves as nothing but potatoes. He didn't give a fuck who ever the person was who tried to make those types of advances he treated them all the same such as when some big Hollywood actress had found her attractive and kept trying to hit her up. A few days later after she had returned to Hollywood she was found dead after she had hanged herself courtesy of her going mad due to him using some magic to make her hear, see and feel things which weren't there.

It was partly due to this why he had to return to Earth so that he could defend her, not from Ant the two were clearly in love but rather from those fuckers who kept trying to use her to satisfy herself. And that wasn't mentioning the fact that Ant seemingly liked him and was relieved that went he went away on tour somebody would defend the woman he loved and wouldn't try to make an advance on her. In fact Ant had even one mentioned the possible idea of the two of them heading to the states so that he could learn to use a modern firearm just in case something happened. What there wasn't any mention of though, was a sort of silent agreement between them was that once he was properly trained he would then likely purchase a weapon and via magic smuggle it back in the country. In all honesty if the government knew that Ant would been involved in a possible serious offence it could have ruined his career but it was nice for Nat to know that Ant was in fact serious about his sister. For that reason he promptly stated that if people ever found out than he was to tell him and then he would sort out the problem through magical means.

Of course though any group which would be sent to capture him personally he would have to be made up of an elite team consisting purely of magical. His home was magically hidden and anyone approaching with hostile intent would be vaporised so trained cure breakers would be needed to bypass his wards but as soon as that happened he could just apparate away.

Anyway he was off track and it was time for him to return to the situation at hand which was how likely there was to be a revolution. The answer is that it was likely people didn't like to be caged up in places and with only a few members of Britannia trying to keep the peace in the entire city there were bound to be places that will missed. Equipment though would also be another thing with many wishing to get hold of modern weapons indicating that it was a good job that he had kept the tanks n reserve. One could only imagine what the people would do if they learned that they could drive an active working tank for the first time in their lives with no repercussion.

But that led back to Nureha and why didn't he go straight out and attack her now that she was weak well the answer was simple, he could forever use her as a threat to keep the revolution down to a lower chance. If the people feared him more than Nureha than the people would work against him however if they feared Nureha more than they would be more likely to work with him. So long as Akihabara stood still and stable it bought him time for him to upgrade the ships and leave where as decimating the enemy without another obvious one to replace it would turn the people against him. When the lizards and goblins arrived than he could point to them and say look new enemy be scared of them and I will keep you safe until then however he needed something to unify the people.

It didn't matter where a person stood on the political or religious spectrum in times of peace there would be small groups fighting each other over who they thought was right and wrong over similar view points. But when a larger threat came around and threatened all those people than they would band together to fight this new threat since they all agreed that this threat was worse than any of their similar squabbles. This could be seen in the cold war that while different countries in NATO had different policies and beliefs in how things should be done the one thing they agreed on was the Communists were bad and should anything happen they needed to fight together to protect themselves. Then same typically happened in elections with the most notorious being in 2016 a lot of people didn't agree with the points of a person vying for the top spot in the party they wanted to vote for however the one thing they did agree was that they didn't want to opposing side in power.

People constantly condoned stupidly in his personal belief that the human race was ran purely by fear in policies and that people should always make their decisions on being open and fair living by moral standards. Those people could go fuck themselves. Fear was partly responsible for the world had, back when people were living in caves people would have likely wanted to live in groups since besides being a social species the idea of being entirely n your own was terrifying since what happened if a creature attacked while you were asleep in the night. It was fear which kept people safe or attempted to do so, a weak person is less likely to get into a physical confrontation with a strong person because no matter how smart you were with physics that strong dumb person can inflict heavy pain and there was nothing that you could do. Fear was single handily one of the most useful emotions there was as it could make a person stop in their tracks or perhaps reconsider their course of action or better yet get people to lash out at a threat before it become too strong to deal with. No fear shouldn't be scorned as this stupid primitive emotion that people most of which he had noticed lean to the far left believed it was, instead it should be used appropriately and when needed.

So long as the people feared what lurked outside the city more than who was in the city than for their own personal protection they would try to stick to new rules not that he wanted to be tough on people. There was no need for secret police and to be murdering anyone who had a different view left right and centre, he was always a proponent for free speech even if it was the worst thing a person could say since everybody had the right to an opinion.

Camp Hwyaden

Nureha glanced angrily at her troops all of whom were resting with nearly all of them looking terrified something that was to be expected given the circumstances that they faced. The plan had been well designed however it had utterly capitulated as soon as it had gone into effect, somehow those bastards had known that they were coming and had prepared a defence against them. She wasn't as foolish as to believe that every person would have been asleep in fact she had expected a few people to still be awake at this time of day.

What ahs had not expected however was for the enemy to have possession over modern artillery and even worse knowing how to use it. She hadn't been able to count the amount of weapons used against her but there had to be a minimum of a few hundred artillery guns that had fired shells down onto her men. For the lethal accuracy that had been used the defenders musty have been some type of mercenary band although where from would likely remain a mystery. Either way the fact of the matter was that she alongside the rest of her group would never be able to do a frontal assault again.

Having lost three quarters of her army in a single night due to incredibly rapid and accurate fire as well as all of her dragon riders there was no way she could get t the city. The wide and deep canals that had been placed around the city had done their job spectacularly well slowing not only their process but also trapping them in places that would be easy to be attacked. With flat open terrain on these islands there was nowhere to hide leaving them in clear sight of the artillery which had somehow not been affected by the smoke. It was a brilliant plan as she actually wished that she not only had the mercenary group the leader of Brittanie had obviously hired since they were the last member of the round table. But she also wished she had the strategist who had come up with the idea of the canals that had just given her so much trouble in crossing.

She had just taken her frustrations out her lover who had still yet to break under her loving care going so far as to goad her about what have must been a serious loss going by the sounds of artillery exploding. She had soon shut him up when her body had descended upon his in the meantime however she needed a new plan to deal with Akihabara. To try and help her with some idea's she had called for her subordinates although she didn't know how many of them were even alive considering the chaos that had dominated the night previous. Soon enough however a messenger the one she had sent out to go grab her generals returned although this time with a solemn expression on his face.

"Your grace I have sent word but I have ill news, all members of your council have either perished in the battle or since then died in the night" Nureha paused as she heard that before she promptly told the messenger that he had done a good job and allowed him to go on their way leaving the woman alone to collapse into one of the chairs at the battle table. Her eyes darted to all the little pieces that had dotted the board representing her men and strategies.

Smash

Sweeping the wooden pieces of the map table and into the sky she began to stare at the map deeply while anger showed on her face. One night was it had taken, one night for the leader of Britannia to nearly destroy her army and put an end to any offensive plans she might have for the capital of Tokyo. It had taken her months to build up the strength to get the troops she had needed to launch ah offensive strike at Eastal and pulverize them only for in a single night to have her ambitions crumble before her.

There was no possible way for her to get to the city with an offensive move, her army would be blown to smithereens and with the tremendous casualties she had suffered it wouldn't be a surprise if they revolted at the prospect of another charge. If she wanted to strike back at Akihabara it wouldn't be done by directly attacking them instead she would have to attack them in other ways that could eventually cripple them enough to surrender. The question was could she really work a siege with twenty thousand soldiers and four thousand adventurers, they couldn't become too obvious of a targets since all the mercenaries would have to do would be to move their artillery closer and fire on their positions.

To commit a siege they had to prevent the enemy from getting access to supplies and starve them out slowly, wait for their stomachs to groan in pain before eventually they would get tired of starving themselves and beg for surrender. Once that occurred she could walk right into the Tokyo and finally claim her prize, it wouldn't be too difficult since all of Eastal was on fire preventing the inhabitants to he lone city to grow anything outside its small boundaries of the old city and the islands that surrounded it. In the mean time she only had to wait for supplies to come to her where she and the rest of the group could relax happily on the knowledge that their enemies were suffering. With her mind made up on her next course of action she summoned her messenger again and told him to bring the best set of candidates for new officers so that they could carry out her new scheme.

A few hours later Nureha walked somewhat happy around the camp until she came across one certain cage that was holding a person of some importance a small time ago but none anymore. She continued to stare at her with hate in her eyes but she could say nothing as her mouth had been gagged leaving her in a rather miserable position. Feeling bored and annoyed since she had apparently worn Shiroe out again seriously that man needed to build up his stamina she decided that she would try to have a small amount of fun by tormenting the poor girl.

"Hello princess I just thought I'd tell you that there's nothing to worry about we're just going to siege the city of your dead boyfriend and in a few months they will simply surrender. Now I'm sure your concerned about them after all they are the only people you have left with your family dead so I thought you might want some information on them before it's too late." With that Nureha began to state off what was going to happen in the future at the same time as saying that the people of Akihabara hadn't thought about the future and as such, would soon collapse under the siege that they were under. Finally the last part that was stated was that she was going to be given to her northern ally as a sex slave as she had no value anymore besides her physical appearance.

Finally when night fell the Siege of Akihabara began.

14 November 2027

Cold winds blew through the old streets of Akihabara, the once lively city centre that had been the core had since turned into an abandoned part of the city. People dressed in warmer clothing to try and help deal with the much colder weather moved back and forth however unlike a few months previous there was an obvious concern on their faces. It had been a two whole months since the city had gone under martial law to try and keep the peace as well as prevent violence from escalating inside the city.

The lack of food was evident in stores as all bar Britannia had closed due to no food getting in as they hadn't thought of the future. People who had been brave enough to leave the city never came back with the most likely answer being that they had been captured by the enemy. Trade has stopped since nobody returned forcing the city to rely purely in the currently that it had before the siege went underway. Naturally the citizens tried to hang onto their money for as long as possible all the while Britannia had lowered the price of its food to compensate for the poorer members.

It was working at least for now since most people cold still afford to eat but that would be coming to an end soon and as cruel as it was people would start to starve to death. To prevent people from getting suspicious the magic on food had disappeared preventing itself from creating anymore which was noticeable as shelves were starting to empty. Alongside this customers had a limit on what they could purchase preventing anyone rich person from purchasing all the food they could like they had done with other stores. Also food scraps were no longer thrown away directly into the bin but fed to the poorest still everyone knew it wouldn't last past December when winter would still be in effect all the while nobody wished to talk about it.

Despite food and monetary problems, one common sight was the Americans that patrolled the streets of Akihabara carefully with their modern guns. When the city had first heard that they would be undergoing marshal law there was outrage and fear especially so as they knew that the Americans had artillery that could potentially be turned on them if they spoke out. However most of the anger died down when it was discovered that the citizens would be allowed to go about their business like they had done so beforehand. Never were they thrown around or treated like filth instead most of the time the Americans had little if anything to do only occasionally breaking up fights and making sure that they were okay. In essence it was almost like it had been before with the other members of the round table expect there were far less people patrolling yet they were far more deadly.

Actually with the three large armies all parked outside in the distance which had somehow managed to come to an arrangement the Americans were typically treated rather well. It was something Nat was incredibly thankful for as he sat at the top of his tower looking into the distance with some binoculars hoping to see what the enemy's next plan was. The past two months had been mostly boring besides the two occasions when the Goblins finally caught up to Akihabara and charged the same with the Lizard men, after their initial attack they simply stayed back knowing not to get into range of the artillery.

Now all they did was mostly sit on their asses all day around the city, just so that they could pick off anyone who left the city not that anyone did anymore. Besides that though he could see that with the winter starting to set in with shorter days and longer nights that their ability to fight was broken. Not so much Nureha and her group but the goblins and Lizard men were at this point on the verge of collapse due to a lack of anything edible, at the rate things were going both species would have no other choice but to attack Plant Hwyaden in return for meat especially since they had already killed their past prisoners and slaves for whatever purpose they served just to sustain themselves.

The likelihood of a forward attack on Akihabara did also increase however with short food supplies as a last ditch effort but it would still ultimately be in vain as the wards were still strong and despite the few differences to people's lives, people were generally happy. He couldn't say the same for Nureha though, when the army of lizards turned up it must have come as a terrifying surprise as she realised that her people hadn't been lying to her and that she had in fact lost her access to Westerlande food.

That would have severely damaged morale especially since the soldiers would now know that by destroying everything and everyone that they were only one of two groups who were made up of sentient beings on the islands of Japan. News had come in later that a man called Demicas had lead an attack in the north but after feasting on the food up there had moved south in hopes of gaining something to eat. The result was that likely Nureha would have been pleased at the increase of manpower until she promptly realised that she was now loosing even more food something that put Nat on edge.

While he didn't know the exact amount Nureha would be close to running entirely out of food in only a few days. When that happened they would starve to death. With the last remaining food in Japan located at Akihabara and not a single trading ship approaching the land of the rising sun it meant that Nureha would have to take the food by force or die tying. That only left the question of when would she begin her attack, she could try another forward assault but that wouldn't work instead she would have to bring in some type of super weapon in hopes of tearing down the shield and its defences.

Potentially it could work especially since now the canals on the ice were beginning to freeze over allowing for an army to rush up but he still possessed his now limited artillery. His warships were finally finished and ready to be sailed at any moment the only thing that he was doing now was loading them up with supplies although he did so slowly so that he could keep track of Nureha just in case. As for the other members in Britannia his warriors they had all accepted his offer to go with him when they left and had packed their belongings where they had been placed on the ship.

As he watched the city below him and then to the canals he seemed to gain a strange feeling yet he knew what it meant. Finally the final attack had begun, the next few hours would change the fate of Japan whether win or lose this battle he alongside the rest of Britannia would take their leave now before everything went to shit. Pressing a button on his wrist watch he called all of the soldiers back while apparating any last few pieces of equipment into an magically enchanted chest once this was done he turned around and gave a look at the empty room.

It was a shame had had to abandon the tower it had been good to him however everything was in place; an emergency bell had been rung to inform the citizens of the attack, from there all inside Britannia shutters came down leaving a path for the members of Britannia to get to him as they rushed back to the tower eager not to be left behind. In the store which had now been deserted of all personal possessions as well as defensive magic the few people who were shopping began to panic some so much as to start sobbing.

To anyone who was paying attention to the black mass that was the attacking army they would have seen a lack of discipline not that it mattered as finally the cities defenders began abandoning the place that they had once called home. It didn't particularly matter though as soon everybody within the city would be dead as they fell against the enemy all they could do was run towards Britannia or one of the other buildings as they sought somewhere for protection. Much to those few who believed that they would be safe horror they didn't see or hear the artillery instead only witnessing soldier running away from the battle to Britannia

Nat looked around the room as each member of Britannia grabbed hold of the rope all the while any family members they may have had did the same; it was one of the benefits of working for Britannia an under him as he allowed his employees families to come with them as they hoped to create a new life somewhere.

"Does anyone else feel hot" Everyone nodded as they r5eailised that the temperature of the area was indeed rising fast before anyone could answer however the earth seemed to pound. A quick look down from the nearest window and Nat was able to realise what was going on as a large area of lava had seemingly appeared. At the same time the banging continued until with a loud crash the wards that had once protected Akihabara shattered into dust. Turning his attention back around to his employees he did a quick headcount to make sure that that nobody had lost anything thankfully everyone was already there and so with a bit of relief he also grabbed the port key rope before saying the magic words sending all of them directly to Yokosuka.

Camp Hwyaden

Nureha looked at her fellow adventurers suspiciously as they finished telling her that they had completed their plan for infiltrating the city of Akihabara. For two months she and the rest of her group had been resting out on the edges of the artillery as they waited for the city to run out of food and eventually surrender. Only that had not happened as the people in the city while under martial law faced no real problems with only a few outcries of anger at the current leadership style that they were currently under.

She and Plant Hwyaden had only realised the folly of her plans weeks ago, she still remembered when those bloody lizards marched towards Akihabara for the first time. She had hardly believed her eyes after all how could she the lizards were supposed to have been kept under control via Crimson however that had only led her to the conclusion that the woman had not been lying and that everything she had said was true.

It impossible to keep this from her army as they would easily be able to spot the tall lizard humanoids brandishing weapons. She had nearly faced the entire desertion of her army if it hadn't been for the fact that Akihabara was the last place on the Japanese islands as such the army had remained to fight but purely for survival reasons. If the army left than there would be nothing to sustain them meaning that they would keep dying of starvation over and over as they respawned not something that they particularly wished to experience.

Despite this though, support for them were dwindling and with all food nearly gone than there would be nothing to keep order in the ranks before they rebelled. For some reason the goblins and Lizard men both had the same problem leading to a sort of truce between the three sides until the city's walls fell and it became a free for all for all the supplies. The largest of the targets would be Britannia as that was seemingly the place where all the food was located.

"You may begin the attack now we don't have any time left to spare" Unlike before, when her generals may have disagreed with her due to tactical reasons this time everybody knew the dire situation and was for this reason why any plan was generally considered a good plan. No more instructions had to be given as everybody promptly left the battle tent to get prepared for the upcoming battle while the special squadrons for this task proceeded to make their way to their designated position.

When they arrived the adventurer squadron soon began climbing a ladder that went underground all the while they were equipped in their shiny high level armour with powerful weapons in their hands. This was the last plan they had, to tunnel underneath the city and use the giant lava boss monster that lurked beneath the city to destroy the wards from within allowing the warriors from opposing sides to move in and conquer said city.

As they had expected the journey was rather uneventful besides the odd number but with thirty two of them there was no threat not until they had passed underneath the cities barrier where they could then start to feel the raw heat of their target below.

As they had been told from some old book they had discovered which was what they guessed to be a lore book for the new DLC there was very much a giant lava monster standing in a massive river of lava. It made sense in a way considering Japans location in the world with it on the ring of fire plus there was apparently a super dangerous dragon boss lurking in Mount Fuji.

There wasn't much talking as the g4roup promptly got the creatures attention and then began their diversionary tactics, they didn't possess the strength to defeat the boss however it didn't matter as son enough they had directed its attention upwards to the city that lurked above it. Soon after though the group were promptly caught in the giants hands and burned alive in the lava. Of course what the poor sods didn't know was they Nureha had known this would happen from the beginning as she had ensured that her best fighters were kept back for the real fight.

Soon enough the monster began pounding on the ceiling forcing its lava to spread out its hand and turn the other earth to lava melting the ground above its head until it began to give way. This process caused massive changes in temperature for the city until eventually with enough power the cities wards couldn't withstand the power from such a powerful monster even if it did take several hours to complete. Soon though with the sound of heavy thunder like the artillery had been nights before Akihabara faced its most deadly threat yet.

With the floor bursting away from the giant like a tidal wave all in Akihabara froze turning their eyes onto the red hot titan standing in the middle of their city. Screams emanated from people as they attempted to run away while smaller lava monster pursued them, however there was little they could do as streams of lava burst from the titans hands engulfing and destroying all it touched. Those with more wisdom than other rushed away from the city hoping that the frozen canals would save them but as soon as they approached there were met with the fury of the armies the had long been besieging the capital.

If anyone had been in a safe position to watch then they would have called the scene tragic as well as terrifying as the titans reduced the city to Ash igniting the old tree into a burning piece of shrubbery. All the while the once disciplined armies had turned on each other creating anarchy s they tried to pillage the city of its recourses. Unfortunately for the sentient beings however before they could reach Britannia it was soon hit by a ball of lava knocking it to the ground with an amazing crash. This was soon followed by the cathedral and then the guild city building as the land went from a cold frosty city to a molten landscape.

Nureha collapsed to her knees from her position as she looked at the ruin of the city, she had long known that the plans had many risks to it but she had hoped that it could be contained something that was far from the truth. Her mind sparked with ideas of what to do, there was no chance that she could win in a fight against the monster instead she had to recue Hanaka and Shiroe then run away maybe North to Suskino.

Before she could carry on though she jolted forward as she felt for the briefest moment tiny little pieces of metal thunk into her body than all she knew was nothing her life force extinguished. Behind her Nat apparated back content in the knowledge that the woman alongside her pet assassin was killed.

HMS Ark Royal

With Japan now truly lost the leader of Britannia sat down at the captain's chair of his lead warship before giving the order to sail.

THE END

That is correct this story is now finished.

I had wanted to write more chapters but nothing came to me, I did want to write more for this chapter but again this final chapter I struggled quite a bit.

Finally I will have a poll on my account about what your favourite part of the story was so I can knew for any future stories.#

Thank you for reading