The King of Tricks and Magic

Chapter 176: The Imperial Military Meeting (1)

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])

Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 700, 000

Unique Skills:

-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Reo Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]

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“Now, let’s start,” Slime Oz’s words resonate inside the military meeting room.

“Yup! Let’s start! It felt like it’s been a very long time since we could assemble in such a full team!” Fedra enthusiastically said with his loud voice.

“Fedra, you’re too loud. We’re in a formal meeting here, could you please show an attitude befitting the supreme general of the imperial legion?” Commented Ibra.

“Hohohoho, Ibra. It seems that having more than thousands of subordinates had made you feel that you’re a bigshot, huh? Don’t you remember that not long ago, we’re still hunting with spears and bows to survive hunger?” (Fedra)

“Since we used to be in such a state, we should be thankful to Ren- his imperial majesty that had given us our new life by taking this meeting seriously!” Scolded Ibra.

“Fine, fine. I’m just joking, I humbly apologize. Please forgive me your imperial majesty,” said Fedra as he bowed his head towards Slime Oz.

“Hahaha! It’s fine. There is no need to be so formal when there’s only us here,” said Slime Oz as he let out a small laugh.

“But I agree with Ibra, you’re too loud, Fedra,” Brad continue the topic.

“That’s what shows his great spirit, Lord Brad! Great spirits emit strength, isn’t it right, Lord Fedra!?” Replied Magra with a voice as loud as Fedra.

“Hahahaha! That’s right!” (Fedra)

“Lively as usual, indeed…” Muttered Talak with his folded arms as a grin appeared on his face.

“Okay, let’s mute them for a while, *Flick*,” said Gurolf as he flicked his fingers.

“It seems that the imperial head magician keeps on getting stronger each day, how terrifying…” Commented Gareth.

The voice of Magra’s and Fedra’s laugh suddenly disappeared from the room, restoring the serenity of the room. Fedra and Magra seem to didn’t realize that their voice got blocked by a small soundproof barrier surrounding them, making them the only ones who hear their voices, but they could still hear others’ voices.

(How merciless…) (Slime Oz)

“Crafty as always, as expected of the lord head imperial magician,” Praised Firenze, the king of centaurs.

“I think it’s time to get into business, your imperial majesty,” said Thydal as he took a peek at his pocket watch.

“Indeed, please start, Ren,” (Aegir)

“Okay, then let’s officially start today’s military meeting,” declared Slime Oz as he takes a single king chess piece that size slightly bigger than usual, and put it on top of the world map on the table.

The place Slime Oz put the piece is right at the location where they’re sitting, right now. The imperial capital city of the Tarot empire.

“As you’ve heard, the holy empire had started to make their moves. They’ve sent their ‘Party of Heroes’ to the Grandaria kingdom to recruit Sera, Peter, and the others. The direction they’re taking is obviously going towards the hostility of our empire,” (Slime Oz)

“As we’ve agreed before, the next war spotlights will be given to the elves and the orcs. But Azaline had absent for several meetings and the messenger said that she’s not in her castle, so if she still absent until the time for war has come, we’ll let the Lizardfolks take over their role, any objections?” Asked Slime Oz.

“””None,”””

“Then let’s continue,” said Slime Oz as he took six golden-black pawn pieces, five bishop pieces, one knight piece, and one rook piece, and put them in front of the big golden-black king piece.

The pawn pieces represent the imperial soldiers.

The bishop pieces represent the imperial guards.

The knight piece represents the imperial knights.

the rook piece represents the imperial magicians.

While each piece represents 100,000 unitd.

“The imperial forces will remain idle inside the imperial capital city. The other imperial kingdoms are allowed to help and support the Elf kingdom and the orc kingdom for your kingdom’s interests and businesses,” (Slime Oz)

“I see… So as long as the elf kingdom and the orc kingdom approved it, we could join the battle too, right?” (Aegir)

“Yes, Aegir. But you’re the prime minister of the empire, you have no need or obligation to join ANY battle,” (Slime Oz)

“U-Ugh… Could anyone help me from being enslaved in this prison…?” Aegir grumbled under his breath.

“We understand that we should make a mutual agreement first with whether ef kingdom or orc kingdom to join the fray, but where is Azaline? I haven’t seen Geeta for a long time too, where are they?” Asked Fedra as he shifted his gaze from Slime Oz to Aegir. It seems that Gurolf had removed his barrier when Fedra had stopped being too noisy.

“U-Um…” Aegir immediately shifted his gaze upwards as he didn’t know what to answer.

“Brad,” Slime Oz immediately called out Brad as he is the only one who knows every movement of the people inside the Tarot Empire.

*Sigh*

Brad let out a small sigh.

“They embarked to the Eastaria continent together with the sky king,” Brad suddenly stated a piece of shocking information.

“Eastaria?” Asked Slime Oz.

Slime Oz had already asked Brad several times before, but as the one who knows where his little sister-in-law is asked him to don’t tell Slime Oz first.

“E-Eastaria continent!? And did you let them go, Lord Brad!? Why did they even go there!?” Asked Thydal with a solemn expression.

“Yes,” (Brad)

“Geeta said that she is going to accompany Azaline save Azaline’s mother,” (Aegir)

“H-How this could be… The Eastaria continent is filled with so much danger! You know about the Owlfolks of the Eastaria continent, don’t you!?” (Thydal)

“I know. I’ve sent 30 of my personal elite units to tail both of them. I’ll be monitoring them, and if something indeed happens, I’ll notify Ren’s druid clone immediately as he’s also investigating the Eastaria continent,” Answered Brad indifferently.

“B-But..” (Thydal)

“Brad. If anything happens, immediately notify not only my druid clone but also me. We’ll send the imperial soldiers to back them up immediately,” (Slime Oz)

“Why didn’t they tell us?” (Fedra)

“Yea, they should’ve told us,” (Ibra)

“It’s fine. They must have their reasons for not doing so. Not let’s continue,” (Slime Oz)

They once again focus on the map in the middle of them.

“My estimation rate for the holy empire to attack us is about 80%. We could just stop them before the war broke, but the war is necessary for us to show our strength to the world. But you can’t underestimate the holy empire’s strength, they had 5 vassal kingdoms under them, surrounding their empire,” (Slime Oz)

Slime Oz put a white king chess piece with the size same as the one on top of Tarot’s map, together with five white king chess pieces with original size on top of the map surrounding the holy empire.

“It means that we’ll be fighting one of the biggest forces of the world, and you could also say that this time, our opponent is the most crafty, malicious, deceptive, and strong,” (Slime Oz)

The Ablux continent has the size almost the same as the Asia continent, which is roughly 40 million km square.

The magical forest of Everdeen is located in the southern part of the continent, and its size is 1/6 of the continent. The Grandaria kingdom and the Potterland kingdom are the nearest kingdoms to the Tarot empire.

In the Ablux continent, there are 23 kingdoms and 4 empires excluding the Tarot empire. With 5 kingdoms under its banner, the holy empire’s strength and influence are well known all across the continent.

“We’ve our ‘Jack of All Trades’ secret order spread all across the world, gathering information about the world. All of the information regarding the holy empire will be given to all of you by Brad. Read it, and you’ll realize that it is not an exaggeration to say that we’re against a formidable opponent,” (Slime Oz)

“Indeed… According to my intel, the holy empire had several aces in their ranks. They have powerful artifacts, powerful holy knights, miracles, and it is said that there are still lots of mysteries of their strength,” added Gurolf.

“I agree. I’ve seen the record given by the ‘Jack of All Trades’ secret order,” (Ibra)

“Which record?” (Fedra)

“The one when the ‘party of heroes’ arrived inside the Grandaria kingdom’s throne room. I believe that Gurolf had also noticed that the rude fool wearing a holy knight attire is bringing several magic artifacts while his sword is enchanted with powerful spells,” (Ibra)

“Exactly,” (Gurolf)

“I also felt rather uneasy when I saw them. That hero… He is hiding something…” (Talak)

“I believe it’s not just something. He seems to be hiding lots of things. How interesting…” (Firenze)