Is this really a Game?!

'How is that even possible, I mean, how can one live without a soul?' Reign asked Aethion with a troubled gaze.

"Well, it's not that he doesn't have a soul, he does, but it's simply so small and weak that it's hard to even sense it," Aethion spoke as Reign started thinking.

'But that should be impossible, I mean, even though I have felt different souls of different people and monsters, there has never been one that was so small and weak.' Reign spoke as he continued staring at the entrance of the castle where the Jugde had gone to.

"That's correct, usually, the stronger someone is, the stronger their soul is as well, of course, there are many different races in the universe that are a bit different, and of course, different situations exist that would force someone to have a weak soul, but in regards to this person, I think you have already come to a conclusion, haven't you boy?" Aethion spoke with a calm voice before asking Reign.

'Yeah, it's a shame though, I thought we would have another powerful figure to help us out, but it turned out to be like this, still, it's no use lamenting about it, I just have to do my best during the battle, the three guys that are coming with that king are probably stronger compared to those two I fought against recently, if everything goes well, then I will be able to go through the evolution very soon, not to mention that all those soldiers will give me more exp as well." Reign smiled a bit as he looked at his status screen, he managed to get a good amount of exp from the battle against Yufan and his army previously, with another fight coming he should probably be able to get even more.

Level: 50 ( 964 667 / 100 000 )

Reign was certain that he would be able to go through multiple level-ups after going through the first evolution even with the exp he had right now, if he was lucky enough and his plan worked as intended, he should probably have over 2 million exp points after this battle and his evolution would be able to start right away.

As the Judge had disappeared from the entrance, all the soldiers once again started working tirelessly in order to prepare the fortification for the incoming battle. The pressure that they felt after finding out that a first evolution combatant was coming here was huge, to say the least.
Even though they had both Reign and the Judge holding the fort, against a first evolution combatant even the two of them wouldn't be enough, that was especially true when 3 more top combatants from the enemy troops join the battle.

Reign stood atop the wall and patiently waited for the enemy, from the intel they had received a couple of minutes ago, the enemy army was just around the corner and should be arriving soon.

Thump, thump

Suddenly thumping noises could be heard from the distance, the footsteps of thousands of people marching at the same time slowly overtook the silent gorge. The defending army was ready and all the soldiers were at their positions, none were calm as the intense pressure the following battle would bring was enormous.

To go against a first evolution combatant without having one of your own was almost the same as suicide. It was only thanks to Raigon allowing all the officers to tell the soldiers about the countermeasure he had and making sure they all believed him, that the soldiers were still like this. If Raigon had nothing, then there is a possibility that some soldiers would have deserted the fortification.

It was only thanks to Raigon's incredible reputation that the soldiers believed that he had a countermeasure for the first evolution combatant. Of course, there was still time until the battle commenced, and if the soldiers were to find that the battle was going badly, they might still choose to flee. Even though Raigon enjoyed great popularity with the troops, the same as Lieara and Dain, the human mind was tricky and people would show the worst side during such situations.

As the footsteps came closer everybody could see the outline of an army marching toward them. Even though the army could be considered small as it only had 6 000 soldiers, all of them were elites and they were stronger compared to Yufan's soldiers that attacked them previously. Of course that didn't matter that much to Reign or the other top combatants of the fortification, no matter how powerful the soldiers were, they wouldn't be able to go against them or break through the defenses of the fortification.

The ones that needed to be focused on were the four people at the very front, and a small regiment of about 300 soldiers that were dressed a bit differently compared to the others. They were the strongest amongst the soldiers and could pose a small problem, but the four people in front were the true threat.

Three people followed after a tall man who was wearing a red and black suit of armor. The armor was definitely not of a low grade, and neither were the other pieces of equipment he had. His broad shoulder had two giant spikes on them from the armor. A dark helmet could be seen on his head from which the face was barely visible, a thick but short beard was present on the man's face as his blue eyes stared straight at Reign and the others.

He held no weapon in his hands, that was because he didn't need one. The king of Older was a fighter and he only used his arms and legs to fight. Of course, that's not to say that he didn't have a weapon as the gloves he had were combat gloves that were rank S. The gloves were the same as the rest of the armor, black with red patterns on them, they had a couple of what looked like exhaust pipes on one side, they went all the way up to the elbow where they ended with a small blade.

The gloves looked to be quite sturdy and powerful, as did the rest of the armor. The three aides behind him all had different weapons. One was a staff user, another used the sword while the third person had a giant hammer in his hands. All of them were amongst the strongest of the coalition, and in their kingdom, they were the top 3 fighters beneath the king. Even though they wouldn't be that strong when put in the kingdom of Riplas, each one was still a strong combatant that could pose a threat during the battle.

Reign was the one in charge of taking them on, the Judge would fight together with Raigon who was controlling the array in order to fight against the enemy king while the rest would go to fight the enemy troops.

Compared to the army that Yufan had, this one was definitely a notch above, not only did they have three top combatants who were all stronger than Yufan, but there were a couple of fighters that could match the vice-leaders of Yufan's army as well. The reason for this was simply because the kingdom had much more resources compared to the mercenary, not to mention more people from which they could find talents.

Yufan and Sios were not weak by any means and if they had the same equipment that these three had, they would perhaps be stronger than them. The following battle would not only be a test for Lieara and the other members of the army but for Reign as well. Even though he was certain that he could kill all three without any problems if he went all out, he needed to bide his time and hide his full strength before the king was injured, if he became too eager he would simply waste a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kill a wounded first evolution combatant and evolve with relative ease.

The army suddenly stopped right in front of the area where the three gates were concealed, they already knew of their existence and weren't about to simply walk into a trap. The king took a couple of steps forward and stared at Raigon and the others before his eyes widened after seeing the wide grin Raigon had on his face. The walls of the gorge shook as four gates suddenly appeared before the army and abruptly closed, contrary to how the three seemed to work using a mechanism, these looked like they were simply pushed out and forced to form a wall.

"Well, that one is completely destroyed now." Dain shook his head in disappointment after seeing the wall appear. They had made two of such walls and the one that appeared during the battle against Yufan was there to fool the enemy into thinking they only had one. Of course in order to quickly trap the enemy they didn't have the luxury of letting the gates close by themselves and they actually had to destroy the mechanisms that held them in order for them to simply fall out and form a wall like this.

Even though the battle hadn't even started yet, Raigon had managed to take the initiative and trap the enemy inside.