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angrily.
    “Peace was my true intention, but I was not so foolish as not prepare for the alternative,” Ash retorted. “I am glad I did. “I was not only attacked by the king’s forces on my travels, but twice. I could have over looked that, but once I was within the capital, you even tried to have me arrested as if I was a lowly human commoner. Did you really think that you could treat the demon Maoh in such a way without any consequences?”
    The old man began to retort again but the king held up his hand to silence him. “You must forgive our ignorance, but we have never head of a Maoh before.”
    “It is the name given to the king of the demons by the goddess Altina. It means demon lord in the language of the gods,” Ash explained.
    The king’s calm façade started to falter. It was bad enough that he ordered his knights to assault a noble of a different land, but to assault its king was far worse.
    “What are your demands?” Forten asked shamelessly.
    “Majesty,” the older man said, his face going white.
    “Enough Galten. From the reports of the last battle with the demons, a force half our size completely destroyed our army. If a number equaling them is marching, then even if we win we will be left devastated and any of the other kingdoms could easily take of our lands.”
    Ash hadn’t thought that it would be this easy to make the king of Heluria surrender, but he had given a great deal of thought to what demands he should make.
    “We demand the lands of the Dukedom Roth as well as a thousand platinum coins in restitution,” Ash replied calmly.
    “The coins are easily enough to supply but I cannot easily give up the Doth Dukedom. How about the Tigur County?”
    “I don’t think you understand,” Ash said shaking his head. The Roth Dukedom was one of the three lands that was positioned next to Hawkwing and while not the largest, it was also not the smallest. The reason Ash had chosen it was because it was known to have a great farmland, but also a great deal of open land that could also be used as a buffer between the two countries. The Tigur County on the other hand was only a small part of the Roth Dukedom and it was not even the most desirable portion of it. “You will give up the Roth Dukedom or we will take it,” Ash declared.
    “Foolish,” the king said standing up. “I was willing to give you some face and even a portion of my great land, but you refuse to see what is in front of you,” the king said practically spitting. “Let us see how well the demons fight when their Maoh is stuck within my dungeon.”
    As soon as the king spoke, the knights that were spread across the room began to move as well as the old man who was now standing beside the king. Ash just laughed as he pulled everyone’s weapons from his storage.
    “Watch out, he can use spatial magic,” Galten yelled.
    “Ash just laughed as Tolarea cut one of the knights in half as if he was made of paper. As blood sprayed across the floor, the three women each took a hold of Ash’s arm as he activated dimension door and walked through. The four exited in front of the palace doors and began to run toward the palace gates. Ash could just use dimension door to move again, but he didn’t see the need to waste his MP just yet. There was no telling what would be happening over the next few hours.
    A few seconds after they left the palace, a loud ringing sounded from the surrounding area. When they approached the palace gates, it seemed that Ash had not been the only one prepared for something as more than fifty knights blocked their way. Ash started to activate dimension door again but he was stopped by Tolarea. “My lord, would you please allow us to vent a bit of our anger.”
    Looking at the large number of knights, Ash couldn’t help but feel slightly apprehensive but Seia quickly settled his thoughts. “Please my lord. We shouldn’t leave them without giving them a taste of our power.”
    “Understood,” Ash said