The Herb King

"That bastard! Who does he think he is?!" The huge golden lion cursed as it transformed into human form. Now, it looked like a middle-aged man with long golden hair.

The elephant savage beast and the whale savage beast also transformed into their human forms. The former became a muscular old man, while the latter turned into a beautiful lady with blue hair.

"Stop whining like a kid. If you want to complain, then go and find Kazak." The muscular old man muttered.

The blue-haired woman laughed upon hearing this. "Stop teasing him, Gargan."

The golden-haired middle-aged man snorted. "Once I step into the peak of Nascent Soul, I'll challenge that arrogant bastard!"

"We should be able to get something from this battle. I heard that Kazak is working with two human leaders to destroy the city. Together with our beast army, how could those pitiful creatures stop us?" The muscular old man muttered in disdain.

"Even if we find something of value, how can you guys be sure that Kazak won't take them from us?" The blue-haired woman chuckled.

Hearing this, the expression of the muscular old man turned dark. This was indeed possible. Kazak was a greedy and insatiable beast. Even if they joined hands to deal with him, they might not be able to overpower him.

"Hmph! As long as we don't disclose anything that we find, he shouldn't know anything. You guys just need to keep quiet once we find something of value." The golden-haired middle-aged man muttered in a stern voice.

Hearing this the muscular old man named Gargan and the blue-haired woman nodded in agreement.

"Let's go and gather our troops!"

***

"Dan, why did you summon us here urgently? You have to make sure that this isn't anything useless. Our armies are still fighting the rebel forces so you should make things quick." Muttered an old man holding a walking stick.

Dan Abaveron nodded at the old man. "I'm naturally aware of everyone's situation so I won't beat around the bush. I invited you guys here because I have a suggestion to make." He paused for a moment to look at everyone's faces. "Now that we have the experts from Northern Trance, we should mobilize our troops to attack the headquarters of the rebel forces!

Once those bastards from the Coleman Family and the Ravimbert Family are dealt with, the rebel army will be like sitting ducks! This is a great opportunity for us to destroy them in one fell swoop!"

Hearing this, the faces of the patriarchs turned grave. Although Dan Abaveron made it sound easy, they knew that destroying the headquarters of the rebel army would be dangerous. There would be a huge number of casualties and multiple districts would be destroyed. However, this was also the best chance for them to eliminate this threat.

"You make it sound so easy! Do you know how strong the Coleman Family is?! Their patriarch is already at the peak of Nascent Soul! Even I am no longer his match." The patriarch of the Silverton Family shook his head with a heavy look.

"Patriarch Silverton is right…"

While the patriarchs were arguing, Kenneth suddenly sensed his communication crystal vibrating. 'Hm? A call from the patriarch?' He immediately excused himself and answered the call.

"Kenneth, a new army will be sent there and they will arrive by tomorrow. We can't leave Northern Trance defenseless so there would only be three Nascent Soul Espers in this army. Inform the leaders of Warmridge about this to prevent friendly fire."

"Another army? Who is coming this time?" Kenneth asked in surprise. The only ones who could send more Nascent Soul Espers were the Suliman Family and the Cromwell Family so where did the third Nascent Soul Esper come from?

"You will be surprised when you see this person tomorrow. Don't ask me and just wait for them to arrive." Arnold responded mysteriously.

Kenneth didn't expect that Arnold would actually keep it from him, but he didn't force the matter. He would meet the person the next day anyway. "Alright. I'll inform everyone about this."

"The imperial family also sent their experts, but they are still far so it might take some time before they get there."

"I see. Thank you for the information, patriarch."

"Mn. You guys stay safe."

After his conversation with Arnold, Kenneth went back to the meeting room and told everyone about incoming reinforcement from Northern Trance. He also told them that the imperial family had already sent an army to their aid.

"We can't wait for the imperial family's army anymore. Sir Kenneth, when will the experts from Northern Trance arrive?"

"They should be here by tomorrow," Kenneth replied.

Everyone's faces eased up upon hearing this. With three more Nascent Soul Espers, they would have a major advantage against the rebel force.

"In that case, we will wait for their arrival. Once they get here, we will launch our final attack on the enemy headquarters!" Dan Abaveron said with a serious voice.

This time, no one voiced any disagreement. Even the patriarch of the Silverton Family didn't say anything.

Just as they were about to adjourn the meeting, a messenger suddenly entered. His expression was grim and his face was covered in sweat. "Leaders, the beast army is on their way to Warmridge! The border guards are requesting for support!"

"What?! How could they move so fast?!"

"Why is this happening to Warmridge?"

"Silence, everyone!" Dan shouted. Although he wasn't the strongest man in the room, he was the most senior. Everyone present respected his leadership.

"We can't stay here anymore! We must send an army to slow down the beast army's march!" Dan muttered with a solemn look.

"What?!"

"I know that this is a suicide mission, but if we can't hold back those beasts, Warmridge will be destroyed in a matter of days!"

"Then who should we send to slow them down?"

Everyone looked at each other, hesitating to speak. This was a suicide mission so no one was willing to accept the task.

At this moment, someone suddenly stepped forward. "I will do it!"