I Become Master of Danger Zones as Incubus With Mastery In Genetic

"I see." King Eskal said after reading the report.

While General Lanki failed in defending the area he supposed to, at the very least the General managed to keep half of his forces alive to help fortify and manned the defenses.

Though, the loses of two Noble Armies of varying sizes is a great lose, especially as it made the Noble even more afraid of sending their forces to assist in defending the Kingdom.

'It seem I need to remind them who gave them the power in the end.' the King thought, angered by how callous the Nobles can be.

"Your Majesty, what is our next course of action?" one of his ministers asked.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The King was in deep thought. While he want to kick the monsters out of his Kingdom, he knew such thing is impossible with the number of monsters and the forces he has at the end.

"Order the armies to fortify themselves at the fortresses and walled cities. Used the fortification as shields to protect the Kingdom from the monsters.

As for the people of nearby towns and villages, order them to evacuate and if there are need for more soldiers, conscript them into the armies."

While he did not like to force his people to fight, the current situation force his hand. His ministers seem to understand it as well as the one who asked bowed towards him.

"Your order is our command."

-x-

"I see. Use the fortification to protect the soldiers and forced them into a siege. It would be smart if not for the monsters able to defeat us in a siege battle." General Lanki muttered out loud.

In the end though, he just sighed, "We really are that desperate, huh?"

It's one thing to use the walled cities as barriers against the hordes of monsters. However, it was another to order the people, the citizens of the Kingdom to fight. To do such thing, their benevolent King must have been desperate, or at least he did not want to take the chances.

"What use are untrained citizens against those hordes of monsters?" while Goblins could be easily dealt by even a regular civilian, the one they just faced are not any regular Goblins.

The one on the battlefield are intelligent, not to mention there are other monsters as well. Kobold can still be dealt with by the regular civilians, albeit with some difficulties.

Lizardmen, Orcs and Hobgoblins, might as well order the civilians to dig their own graves. At least they don't need to worry about anything else after that.

"Hopefully the King know what he is doing. I am just obeying his order." General Lanki muttered as he prepared to follow said order.

-x-

When the order was first given, it was meet with apprehension and outrage from both civilians and leaders of each cities, towns and villages.

However, as it was a royal decree, it could not be refused unless one wanted to be considered as traitor, and be executed.

And so, the civilians were forced to move away from the frontline with the assistance of the soldiers. As for able-bodied men and women, they were forced to join in the defenses of the walled cities and fortresses.

Some retired veterans were also called from their retirement in order to train the civilians in hope of turning them into able combatantsn, one that could at least hold their own against Kobolds and maybe even kill them in one on one.

Being forced to fight, there are several people that tried to object. However, the objection were shut down with one simple thing.

Those that were conscripted would be rewarded with 10 gold coins. For the regular civilians who at most dealt with silver coins, the offer was a luxurious one, making the objections die down.

As almost a quarter of the civilian population of Astor Kingdom were pulled to become soldiers, the King made some other preparation on the side.

-x-

"The adventurers all agreed to take the missions, not to mention the Adventure Guild allow us to not pay for the commissions right away.

Instead, they asked us to pay it by instalments for 10 years."

King Eskal nodded before dismissing the advisor. He already made every preparation he could, but there is still one more thing needed to be done.

Soon, a guard open the door to his office.

"Your Majesty, someone from the Holy Church wish to see you." King Eskal nodded.

"Let them in." he ordered. The guard obeyed, allowing another man entered.

The said man wear clothes more appropriate in a religious setting like during prayer or a recital, yet King Eskal knew better, able to detect the weaving of magic in the priest's robe the man is wearing.

"Bishop Pallus. I am happy that the Holy Church answeredy call for help." the King said, smiling at the delegation of the Holy Church.

While a Bishop is not the highest rank member of the Holy Church, it still one of the highest, almost equal to an A-rank adventurers and a King of Tier 2 Nations like himself.

"Of course. After all, it involve a demon, the mortal enemy of the church itself. Though, I wish to say they are mortal enemies of the world, but there are nations that already worship them." the man rambled though the King let him.

As the Bishop finished, he smiled at the King.

"You requested our assistance. But I hope you will not make us fight the monsters on your behalf." the tone the Bishop used was a kind one, yet his eyes reflected a more terrifying gleam.

"The monsters are for us to handle. We will not make you fight it unless there are monsters around the Demon itself." the King promised the holy man.

"Right. That's why there are a large group with us." Bishop Pallus said, as he stopped staring daggers at the King.

"There are already lodgings for those from the Church, but if you wish for a better one, I can provide a new one." King Eskal said.

"We will go with the old lodging. After all, its already enough for our group. Though, I might ask you for information regarding the Demon."

The King sighed at that. "I wish I could tell you more, but the one that faced him already die at Fort Soren.

Everything we knew of the Demon is only through observation. The only thing we have is speculation. Namely, the Demon should be an Archdemon, at the very least. as it could call upon large numbers of monsters."

Bishop Pallus nodded. "I will take what I can get. My group will go to the frontline soon."