"Your Excellency Roy, I have long admired your name.
I have already heard of your many achievements.
It seems you are worthy of the highest level of courtesy.
I shall give it my all..."
Defans was a serious-looking, old-fashioned middle-aged man. He wore a traditional Solar Robe and held a staff.
He stood upon a circular, disk-shaped platform. A high-intensity Energy Shield formed a spherical barrier around him.
After sending his words across the distance, thousands of self-propelled cannons, the Mechanical Legion, and monsters of every race surged forth.
Warriors, warlocks, rogues, Sword Dancers, and other common professions of the High-Magic World also came rushing in like a tide.
Among them were large numbers of K'tharr battle armors.
The K'tharr were extraterrestrial lifeforms resembling octopuses. They had huge heads, but their bodies were translucent and spiritual in nature.
They were innately frail. Even after undergoing numerous Biotechnology breakthroughs, an adult barely reached around 0.3 degrees.
Their Spiritual Power, however, was close to that of the Allen people, reaching as high as 5 to 10 degrees!
During the battle at the Nard Star Gate, Roy had also seen this species. Only now did he discover machines over five meters tall, shaped like Gigantic Octopuses with eight tentacles.
They were equipped with large quantities of ray weapons and seemed to possess a fire-control method similar to his own "Archimedes System."
In the blink of an eye, hundreds and thousands of Level 1 "Flame Rays" came flying in. Vast amounts of Fire Elementals gathered and detonated a second time, bringing terrifying destructive power.
However, when the smoke cleared, Athedia was seen holding up her Mithril Shield. An Energy Barrier formed a translucent hemispherical shell covering half her body, blocking every attack!
The shield could mobilize all her energy and form a high-intensity Magic