Combat Maid Harem

Lawrend escaped the attack, but he was severely injured. The Plasma Explosion spell was too strong. He would have been deader than dead if it weren't for him quickly casting a thunderstorm shield.

It was not exaggerated to call that spell a mini supernova. It was a replication of the power of a star's explosion. Nothing could escape from that disaster.

The three Earth Mages were minorly injured. The shockwave shook their internal organs.

"What kind of spell is that?" Gregory muttered in fear.

He was usually quiet, but he spoke due to his surprise. The other two stared at Lawrend in trepidation. Even the arrogant Julianne became silent.

"Your Majesty, what kind of spell is that?" Julianne asked.

"That was a two-element spell," Lawrend answered with a faint smile.

"Two elements!?"

"Impossible!"

"No way!"

The three of them couldn't believe their ears. They replayed the explosion inside their heads, and it indeed contained the two elements. They assumed that the spell was a pure fire spell and the lightning mana they felt was from his defensive spell.

"Argh… Do the three of you believe in my strength now?" Lawrend asked while in pain.

"Hmph. Even though we got injured, you are more injured than the three of us. We can still fight. How about you?" Julianne asked smugly.

"Really?"

Suddenly, Lawrend's wounds healed in the blink of an eye.

"Healing magic!" x3

The three of them opened their mouths to form a big O. Julianne slapped herself, Otor pinched his thighs, and Gregory bit his tongue. They confirmed that they were not in a dream.

"T-Three elements!" Gregory exclaimed.

It was hard for him to speak because of his shock.

"He has Lightning, Fire, and Light elements! No wonder you dared to be arrogant," Otor said with an understanding look on his face.

"Miss Julianne isn't bad herself. She's actually a dual element of Light and Darkness," Lawrend replied.

"Impressive, Your Majesty. I forgive your earlier comments," Julianne said.

Her tone became respectful compared to before. No one would want to be enemies with a three-element mage. Their future would be one of awe and respect.

The Blumin Emperor was one of the strongest Earth Mages, but he would still feel respect toward a three-element mage. They could become the strongest for each of their respective elements.

At that time, even three Blumin Emperors wouldn't be enough to fight against them.

Thus, Lawrend garnered respect from the three of them. He was a rare genius that won't appear for ten thousand years. Even the three of them were tempted to recruit him.

"So, I win, right?" Lawrend asked.

"Yes, yes. We don't dare anymore, Your Majesty," Otor responded immediately.

He was afraid to continue fighting. They might accidentally die if they did. Julianne was a Light Mage, but she doesn't specialize in Healing Magic. She was the combat kind.

She might be able to slightly heal them, but that won't be able to best Lawrend's Healing Magic. It's not only about casting Light magic. It's also about having an understanding of Plant magic for Healing magic to truly work.

Julianne frowned and didn't disagree with Otor's words. With that, the four of them returned to the royal castle.

…

"Do you have a plan, Your Majesty?" Otor asked curiously.

The four of them sat in the guest room, facing each other.

"I have some documents here. This is the army that I managed to gather this week," Lawrend said and passed them a folder.

They opened it and read the contents.

"Ten Lightning Arch Mages to lead 10 Battalions? Impressive. Undrasil Kingdom is really powerful," Otor said as he read the documents.

"Let me see that. Oh! There is at least one elite unit for each battalion. They comprise of the Arch Mages from the other elements," Gregory said as he read.

"Why are you two hogging the document," Julianne said with a frown.

She took away the folder from them with a swipe of her hand. The two could only smile wryly. She had always been this unbridled.

"You paid them using lessons?" Julianne read.

"Yes. My Prime Minister did a good job spreading the news of my battle against the Blumin Empire's envoys. They want to learn and follow me," Lawrend replied.

"Hmph. I guess this army is not bad. We will train them for you while we head to the Blumin Empire's borders," Julianne said.

Her words brought a smile to Lawrend's face. He was worried about the lack of training, and she took care of it. It seemed like the Trunden Empire was sincere.

"Miss Julianne, am I going to say it or not?" Otor asked.

"Fine. Go on."

Otor turned his head to Lawrend and cleared his throat.

"Your Majesty, our plan is to invade the two cities your kingdom recently sold to the empire. We expect an Earth Mage to be guarding the south city. So we planned to travel through the Startail Forest and directly head to the north city," Otor explained.

"That's not a bad plan. How are things on your side?" Lawrend asked.

"According to our reports, Leafy City has fallen into our control. It's also very close to the north city we plan on attacking," Otor answered.

"Hmmm… Let's just attack the south city," Lawrend said.

The two cities were above and below each other, separated by the Startail Forest. The south one could be traveled to through Passage City while the north one was much harder to invade as the forest was in the way.

This was precisely the reason why the previous king decided to sell it to the Blumin Empire. It was very hard to manage a city so far from the capital city. It was beneficial for them to be under the empire instead.

"So you're saying that we should attack their rear instead of meeting up with the main forces?" Julianne asked with narrowed eyes.

She took this very seriously because defeat meant the fall of their empire. They could survive, but it would be harder to rise again because the Blumin Empire would do everything it could to suppress them.