509 Kingdom Gift

"Asai. This is unlike you, you're really going to let an enemy, an elder-dekan live and continue to manipulate an entire kingdom of giants into believing him to be a god?"

Asai, who was funnelling [Chaos] into his [Inventory] and burning all the useless trash that weren't even good enough to be recycled, almost pulled out a bottle of whiskey before recalling just how much of the addictive-substance he had already consumed prior in the day and weeks.

"Fuck, I know. With a fake-god dictating the direction their kingdom goes, no wonder the giants haven't developed any department of their society apartment war. Something that falls in line with Azul's old societal-values. Trust me Lemon, I want to kill him, as he could pose a threat the moment I forget about him, but I don't believe killing him is worth being turned into a goblin by Sakura."

"Do you really think she would do something like that to her best hope? You are after all her best chance, for her dynasty and kingdom to prosper right?"

"Yes, I also considered that. But, I'm not willing to test it..."

"Well~ Couldn't you have made a deal with him instead?"

"How? Do you think he would agree to sending the giants to war against his own brothers and sisters? And what could I give him in return? I can't kill him, he knows it. I can't threaten to expose him, as that would either take a ridiculously large amount of time, something I'm already running low on. Or, the people of Etton will refuse to listen to the words of a blasphemer, an outsider who is basically telling them that their dragon-god religion is all a sham and is actually a fake.

Which I assure you, will not work, as they will refuse to give up their religion fervently, they literally have a dragon in the flesh, living under their castle as proof. And I lack the ability to force Azul to transform back into his humanoid form in front of their faces. What proof do I have but words to explain myself?

It's all a waste of time. And he knows it, if I do stay behind to expose the truth, he wins regardless as he would've managed to stall me, delayed my departure, and kept me here long enough to effect the war."

"I see..."

"But, if he does ever poke his head out of his little shithole, I'll be forced to kill that lizard in ways other than by sword. And trust me, I will do it." Within Asai's mind, he recalled strategies that the great roman Julius Caesar had once utilized, to build and isolate an entire settlement, to starve and cut off their supply of sustenance.

If not by military means, he would flush out the lizard via economic aggression. Something he could only hope he wouldn't have to resort to, but was more than willing to, if it meant removing a potential threat, one as large as a potential dragon.

..

Having returned to the city, Asai sliced his own palm to inflict pain upon himself. Within a single minute, a bright golden star was shooting across the night-sky and snow, towards his position, before decreasing in speed as it hovered just before the man searching for any would-be hostiles.

"Relax Robin, I called you here because this entire kingdom is a bust-" Within the far distance, Sora Kaka and Lucied, who had seen Robin's abrupt departure were leaping across the stone-roofs and towards their position with katars in hand. "Robin, do you see that castle over there? Their space north of it?"

Robin nodded, as her golden eyes zoomed in like binoculars on the large fields that were decorated by dozens of stone-sculptures and ice-sculptures. However, she failed to find a single target or living-being walking among it. Her golden eyes returned to normal as she looked on over to her man in confusion.

"There's a mole hiding deep underneath. And this kingdom has been deliberately delaying our departure, wasting our time. I say we leave them a present, a gift to remember us by." Leaning in closer to the half-elf, he whispered his intent, who in returned just simply nodded and rose up higher into the sky before willing her mana into action.

[Heavenly Relic] !

A massive piece of blessed ice fell from the heavens, shaped in the form of the holy cross, it gathered speed, velocity and further amounts of snow as it punctured through the sculptures, imbedding itself into place as a permanent addition to their gallery as it was formed entirely of [Frozen] rather than [Holy] which was prone to dispersing the moment the mana-supply was cut.

However, being made entirely of [Frozen] Robin continued to feed it with mana until the natural elements took over, fuelling it with the lingering energies within the world, the environment, and the snow that perpetually fell. Which ensured it remained as a remainder to the giants for messing with Asai de Trichia.

As planned, not a single soul was hurt or injured, on the other hand, thousands upon thousands were greatly startled from the sudden miniature earthquake that shook their homes.

""My king!"" Sora and Lucied finally arrived before their monarch.

"I've decided that Etton is hot-garbage, and we have wasted enough time here. Recall everyone, we're going home."

""Yes!"" Relieved to find their king not in desperate battle, enough to alert the half-elf as she literally tore through the stone-ceiling to fly, the two dhans pulled out wooden-flutes and played a gentle tune. One that pierced and travelled from the night0sky before it echoed and bounced as every dhan within the range replayed the message towards the others.

Seeing the little specs of shadows travel around, clear to Asai has dhans veiled in [Hide] he turned towards the west and started to make the journey back towards their boat.

"Remember, do not hurt a single fly in this kingdom. Our guardian-deity wills it!"

""YES!""

As such, the entirety of his group travelled in stealth, as they all remained hidden in [Hide] whilst Robin utilized [Disappear]

Without having a single-clue as to why there was suddenly a large holy-cross formed of ice within their back-garden. Rhet Travarre, Hera and her large royal family were quick to descend down to seek answers from the ice-dragon who was living rent-free for answers.

Being non-the-wiser, Azul Antiguo could only ramble on in what he believed to be a scripted verse, hidden in riddles and puzzles, he gave the giants more questions than answers as they were left scratching the brains within their biceps.

...

Robin Sol, who had greatly exerted herself by summoning the heavenly-relic, whilst forcing its implementation into reality and becoming permanent, was greatly weakened and sleepy. As such, the girl received a free ride upon Asai's back, as the group finally shifted their gazes away from the snow, and back towards the kingdom of never-ending falling cherry blossoms.

As their boat began to sail westwards, the man couldn't help but think something was amiss. As if he had forgotten something, or someone...