Blood Elf Monarch

It was Astrid who managed to sneak into the cities of Zephyria, she disguise herself as one of the Asgardian soldiers whose job was to send food and weapons supplies to the soldiers in the city.

From the information Astrid got from her reconnaissance, Tristan immediately made a siege plan to liberate the cities from his enemy's control, which he planned to be carried out within a maximum period of three days.

In order to save time, he divided his team into two groups, one was besieging the city of Zephyria, while the other was besieging the city of Nexusia. But of course, they would carry out a similar operation, where one team would wreak havoc to distract enemy forces while the other team would go and free the hostages.

After deep contemplation, the Blood Warrior Tribe led by several elves would be the one to wreak havoc and distract the guards at the main gate. 

However, based on Tristan's analysis and belief, these space knights who were extremely proud of their technology definitely didn't want to jump head-on and would use their Cannons to exterminate the enemy; that's why Tristan was forced to formulate a ruthless strategy that put the Uruks and grunts in the front row.

The reason was simple, these orcs were expendables, they could be easily bred and they gladly died in battle. His elite force and the elves, on the other hand, was the opposite. So although it was cruel and cold-blooded, Tristan still went on with his plan.

When the space knights are busy annihilating the cannon fodders at the forefront, then Tristan would have time to summon his two dragons. In the city of Zephyria, it was Nara who was in charge of sowing chaos and disorder, while Nora was rampaging and causing trouble in the city of Nexusia.

As he had expected, once the two dragons appeared, the space knights immediately changed the focus of their weapons, using all their cannons to shoot at the two creatures.

When that happened, the other space knight warriors and Asgardians had no other choice but to jump straight to the battlefield to fight the Blood Warrior Tribe and the elves there. There were simply no other options for them.

In that exact moment, when everyone's attention was occupied with the raging battle, the other team tasked with freeing the hostages would have an easier time entering the city with all the things going on.

The first hostage rescue team was led by Tristan himself, followed by Prince Elroth, king of Haladar, and also Levi whose main job was to send the residents to a camp that had been set up behind the hill.

Meanwhile, the second hostage rescue team was led by Callan, along with Hanz, Osgiliath, and Elder Duran.

With this, the residents of both cities were liberated within hours.

****

By this time Tristan had returned to the camp. He saw his two wives simultaneously running towards him, they threw their bodies and immediately hugged him tightly.

The elf immediately smiled gently and looked at her beloved face in turn. "I'm fine"

In a way, the battle this time brought great advantages for Tristan. Because apart from the abundance of blood essence he managed to obtain, he also managed to plunder the weapons of the space knights which would definitely come in handy in the future.

"Are Callan and Hanz not back yet?" asked Tristan, when he could only see Osgiliath, elder Durlan, Kolvar, and Queen Leena present at the camp from team two.

Queen Leena shook her head in response before saying, "Plans have changed a bit. Callan and Hanz are waiting for us in Nexusia, after that we will go to Prontea together."

Tristan couldn't help but slightly frown when he heard the unexpected news. He was really annoyed, why did that damn Callan change the plan without his consent. Still, he chose to quickly hide the annoyance in his heart. 

Later that day, as the army began to advance through the cities, Tristan heard the voices of people's conversations in his ear.

"I heard, our King Callan is the one willing to give up his throne for the Monarch?"

"Is it true? But why?"

"I heard the Monarch much stronger, he is the better person to lead our kingdom:That's why King Callan is supporting him."

"Correct. The king could now even unify the kingdoms of Wood elves, high elves, and even dark elves! He can also chase away the Outlanders!"

"I heard he is also the chosen one, the elves called him the Blood Monarch!"

"This is amazing!!"

"Long live His Excellency! Long live the Blood Monarch"

This was part of the Liberation proposed by Callan, a way to bring the people's support to the war, the real meaning of Liberation.

However, the cheers and praises that were directed at Tristan somehow made his heart feel uncomfortable. He pensively looked at the faces of his people, it was clear that they put a lot of hope on his shoulders.

Suddenly, Tristan's eyes caught the silhouette of a human figure approaching him. The other party was wearing a dark cloak covering their face.

Unfortunately, he couldn't even get a hundred meters close to him before being stopped by one of his Elite BlooWarriors.

"Arghhh!"

A scream of pain was heard as the figure fell to the ground. Tristan immediately saw the figure's face; it was an Asgardian, in fact, one of their powerful Jarls. 

"I came to bring an important message to your king!"

Seeing Tristan's cold gaze, the man said the message with a trembling body "Cease your attack right now, surrender… Or your sister, Layla, will die…."

Hearing his sister's name being called in such a sentence, he immediately gritted his teeth loudly, the veins on his neck popping out. It was obvious he wanted to dissect the person in front of him alive. But Tristan quickly cast the Blood Seal and, with rage, drained all the information from the man.

Unfortunately for him, the man was a lower-tribe Jarl. Trusted enough to deliver the message but not important enough to carry any critical information. He even came with conviction, prepared to be killed to get honored for his tribe.

"You came for honor? I will give you one."

With a simple order, the man was unable to resist before he started to pull his knife and cut his own fingers one by one.

"Now you can return with your honor."

The commotion quickly brought attention to one of his wives, who quickly approached him.

"What happened?!" Serene asked when she saw multiple gingers on the grounds.

"Just people who want to mess with me," Tristan said.

***

Nexusia City

Amidst the pile of corpses killed in the recent war, Callan was standing face to face with another black-robed figure. This time the mysterious figure is a Space Knight whose job is to send a message to the former king of Arcadia.

"Kill the blood elf, Bring his head for us."

"Or else What!?"

The messenger turned around, a wide grin evident on his face. "Then you will see bodies of your citizen hang on the wall of Arcadia..."