150: Chapter 150 The Second Transfer of the Demon King

"It's a success."

Prince Mein Kalis of the Kalis Empire evaluated the Magic Knight Order's success with his signature expressionless face. Even though the success of this plan had not yet decided the outcome of the war, the Prince's flat reaction seemed eerie, especially considering how much it would reduce casualties.

In contrast, the Magic Knight Order of the Kalis Empire completely defied the stereotypical calm image of mages and was currently boiling with excitement:

"We did it!"

"Long live the Kalis Empire!"

"The power of the Reflection Barrier is actually this strong!"

"Once this war is over, I must dedicate myself entirely to researching the Reflection Barrier."

This Kalis Empire Magic Knight Order, composed of over a thousand elites, was primarily responsible during this engagement for channeling the mana of the Absolute-grade Magic Crystal into the Magic Storage Ring, while simultaneously casting spells to convert that mana into the spell's area of effect.

Even so, forcing the Endel Kingdom's pride, the Archer Legion, into a desperate situation with just a single engagement was a historic achievement that left them in awe.

"As expected of His Highness the Prince."

"His Highness the Prince's strategy is unmatched."

The confidants accompanying the Prince on the march praised his strategy one after another—whether it was the intelligence regarding the World Tree fruit, or the plan to conquer the Endel Kingdom with almost no bloodshed, everything stemmed from the Prince's schemes.

Utilizing the Magic Storage Ring, one of the Kalis Empire's greatest treasures, to steal the magic of Emperor Asinis Ro Ender—renowned as one of the greatest mages in history—and then using another treasure, the Absolute-grade Magic Crystal, to amplify the magic's effect: all of this was the Prince's design.

The nobles who had previously been skeptical of the Prince's claims regarding the use of the World Tree fruit had to retract their doubtful gazes after witnessing the strategy's magnificent success. However, the Prince ignored the respect and anticipation directed at him, and issued the finishing order in his usual flat tone:

"Recover the bows and arrows."

The goal of this engagement was not merely to reduce the numbers of the enemy's "Archer Legion"—the fact that the "Archer" ability stemmed from the bows and arrows rather than the people had already been investigated and confirmed.

After all, with thousands or even tens of thousands of ordinary archers suddenly becoming Archers, the investigation result was self-evident: as long as they possessed the bows and arrows that granted the "Archer" ability, the Kalis Empire could also form an Archer Legion similar to that of the Endel Kingdom.

Considering that the quality of the Kalis Empire's archers was far superior to those of the Endel Kingdom, the Archer Legion formed in the future would be even more powerful.

Although the war was started because of the World Tree fruit, the Archer Legion gained from this single engagement was enough to cause the war support rate within the Kalis Empire to skyrocket.

Over the past week, there had been many dissenting voices within the Empire due to ignoring the opinions of The Seven Legends and opposing them—after all, The Seven Legends and the warriors of the God-Demon War known as the "Two Hundred Heroes" were most densely distributed within the Kalis Empire. However, the result of this engagement was at least enough to effectively suppress the domestic opposition.

Of course, what was most important right now was not the domestic noise, but the morale of the knights and soldiers participating in the war.

When the results of the "Archer Recovery" plan spread from a few high-ranking officials and the Magic Knight Order to the ordinary soldiers, their morale, which was already high due to the longing to "consume the World Tree fruit and become a Legendary-grade existence," broke through its limits.

The soldiers' high morale was directly converted into marching speed, far exceeding the expectations of the Kalis Empire, the Endel Kingdom, and other related nations.

With the situation developing to this point, the community sentiment that had previously predicted "the Endel Kingdom is as solid as a rock" based on Fu Hao's status instantly reversed. Although Fu Hao and Chaos did not disclose the war process to other players, the scene of the great armies clashing was still witnessed by many players, and the community was filled with exclamations:

[I feel like Brother Hao is crying]

[Data] The land area difference between the Kalis Empire and the Endel Kingdom is 36.9 times...]

[The whole world is targeting Fu Hao]

[Ah, if I were on the scene, I would have gone to pick up a bow]

[Is the World Tree fruit effect mentioned by the Prince real?]

[I feel like the World Tree fruit will cause stat inflation]

[The Reflection Barrier is really too absurd]

[Is Brother Hao not streaming yet?]

Fu Hao, who was still trapped in the Divine Realm, watched these reactions and personally felt that the tide of the war could no longer be reversed: "A kingdom established not long ago..."

Although there were still weapons like the super-large catapults, with over ten thousand +10 bows taken away, the outcome of the war was no longer in doubt—the Endel Kingdom probably wouldn't last a week, and might even become the official kingdom with the fastest collapse in history.

"Phew..." When the last shred of possibility vanished, Fu Hao instead felt a sense of relief: as long as his strength remained, the kingdom could be rebuilt at any time.

Setting aside the power of soldiers and knights, rebuilding the kingdom relying only on himself and Kingdom looked good from a streaming perspective. Although he couldn't build a new kingdom relying solely on power, as long as he had the justification of reclaiming the kingdom, he would no longer face opposition from The Seven Legends or other countries.

"The problem is the World Tree." Compared to the kingdom, the World Tree was the real difficulty—the World Tree fruit was crucial to Fu Hao; even if he could obtain two Creation-grade skills in the future, he would not be able to contend with hundreds or thousands of Super-grade dragons with levels over a thousand.

Although he had not yet found clues to the Golden Dragon clan's mausoleum, as long as there was a glimmer of possibility, he would not give up on the Dragon Legion cultivation plan, and this could not be separated from the World Tree fruit.

"The key is when the World Tree fruit matures." Just as Fu Hao said, the Kalis Empire claimed that "the World Tree fruit can raise human strength to above Legendary-grade," but the prerequisite was that the fruit must be mature.

In other words, he just needed to retake the area where the World Tree was rooted before the fruit matured. He immediately contacted Chaos, requesting that even after stabilizing the World Tree, he should not return to Mondo or the Elf Kingdom for the time being, but instead ask the elves trapped in the Endel Kingdom for knowledge about the fruit.

Fortunately, the elves possessed knowledge about the World Tree fruit, and because they had been observing the Endel Kingdom's World Tree for a long time, they could accurately predict the estimated harvest time of the fruit:

"It will take at least about three months for it to fully mature."

"Three months? Is there no possibility of it maturing faster?"

"Wait... hmm, the elves have tried various methods to harvest the fruit early, but all of them failed."

Although the life force the World Tree was currently absorbing was tens of thousands of times that of when it was in the Elf Kingdom, according to the elves' observations, this only affected the quantity of fruit produced and had no impact on the maturation speed.

"Understood, thank you."

Since the elves who had been with the World Tree the longest guaranteed this, the information must be reliable.

Fu Hao hung up the whisper, let out a sigh of relief: "Phew, I survived." Even if the God of Luck did not favor him, as long as he held on for another two months, he would be sure to escape from the Divine Realm. The World Tree fruit required three months to mature, leaving him with one month—Fu Hao was confident that he could fully retake the Endel Kingdom in just one month, or even one week.

"I must make them pay for taking advantage of the situation." This war was unjust from the start, and the most despicable part was launching an attack while he was away. Although Fu Hao did not intend to destroy the Kalis Empire, he at least wanted to make the other side pay a price more than ten times greater.

However, the hope circuit that Fu Hao had just ignited was forced to stop before it had even run for a week—

Six days after the first engagement between the Kalis Empire's great army and the Endel Kingdom's Archer Legion, the Imperial army conquered the territory of the Endel Kingdom with an unstoppable momentum. The nobles and commoners, who were originally under the rule of the Rowen Kingdom and later hastily governed by the newborn Endel Kingdom, had no patriotism and surrendered one after another.

Of course, the Kalis Empire did not have smooth sailing—in the Lepis Territory where the World Tree was rooted, the "Wind Guild" led by Chaos launched a desperate resistance with super-large catapults as the main force, causing the Empire to suffer considerable casualties. But this last brilliant spark of the Endel Kingdom was also completely extinguished two days later.

"Long live the Kalis Empire!"

"Long live the Prince!"

Although countless knights and soldiers perished under the ruthless bombardment of the super-large catapults, the death of their companions could not suppress the joy of victory.

The Imperial army participating in this war would have priority in obtaining the World Tree fruit; as soon as the surviving soldiers thought that they were about to become existences like the "Two Hundred Heroes" and "The Seven Legends" they had long looked up to, they shouted "Long live the Kalis Empire" and immersed themselves in victory.

But the joy of victory did not last long.

"Your Highness the Prince?" The confidants and high-ranking nobles around the Prince, while enjoying the joy of victory, suddenly looked at the Prince in confusion—he was looking at the World Tree, and an unusual expression rarely seen on his face appeared.

Although the expression carried a smile as everyone expected, no joy could be felt in that smile, only bone-chilling malice. Immediately after, the Prince's appearance began to change drastically, confirming that everyone's eyes had not been mistaken:

A small child's body, yet possessing pitch-black wings larger than any demon—anyone who had experienced the God-Demon War would never forget this appearance.

"Be, Be, Bertold...!"

During the God-Demon War, the "Second Transfer Demon King" Bertold, who had slaughtered more humans than any other Demon King, finally revealed his true form after ending over a decade of living as a human.