Chapter 86: Countdown
Now Ank had seven minutes before he collapsed, but he did not get tense from the timer because he knew he could kill every Stone Plant monster in two minutes, including the Stone Plant Prince and warriors, but he did not do this because he was testing his power limit.
At that exact moment, clouds became dark, and the atmosphere became heavy. From the sky, a giant sword made of mana attacked Ank, and from the impact, Ank was crushed into the ground.
Ank was careless while fighting because of his 0.5 unlocked power.
Empire soldiers and the princesses were shocked to see what happened to Ank.
On the other hand, Marek understood the situation and ordered the army to prepare to resume the battle once again if necessary.
All soldiers nodded and started preparing their weapons for war.
The three princesses stood up from the thrones and rushed towards Ank's body on the ground.
Princess Freya reached first, followed by Celestia and then Seraphina. They tried to wake Ank, but they failed and were surprised to see that Ank's body was healing itself.
Princess Freya held Ank's head on her lap, while Seraphina summoned water with her spells and threw it on Ank, but Ank did not wake up.
They became tense, thinking that Ank was not waking up. For some reason, they were feeling that Ank was someone very important to them.
"Sisters, why do I feel sad watching Ank unconscious?" Freya asked, tears forming in her eyes.
Celestia and Seraphina quickly moved their hands to wipe the tears from Freya's eyes.
"Do not be tense, Freya. He will wake up soon."
"Yes, Freya. If he does not wake up, we will beat him."
"Sister Celestia, what are you saying? Why would you beat him?"
"He saved me, and I will save him until he wakes up," Freya said, and she moved her gaze to Ank's face.
Celestia panicked after hearing this. "Freya, I did not mean that. I am just..."
Seraphina stopped her from saying anything. "He will wake up soon. Just do not cry."
"And Celestia, stop joking. You know how innocent Freya is."
"She would not understand, but you were trying to erase the tense atmosphere."
"But..."
"No but..."
"We have to support our sister. Look at her. Can you ever see our little sister like this?"
This was the first time for them to see Freya like this.
Celestia also understood. She knew her sister was a battle maniac, but now she ignored the fight and prioritized protecting him.
"He would be upset if he saw you like this," Seraphina said, but in her eyes, tears also started forming.
She quickly wiped them away before both could notice.
"Yes, Freya."
Celestia's eyes also started forming tears, but she quickly hid them.
Both tried to comfort her, but deep down, they were feeling the same as Freya was feeling.
They did not understand what was happening to them.
But they were trying their best to suppress this feeling.
They did not know the answer to Freya's question.
But one thing was certain to them. The only person who would answer their question was Ank.
Then a laughter that could be heard all across the battlefield.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! The boy is now dead. Restart the war once again," said the Stone Plant Prince while smiling.
He was fully transformed into a monster that was at least one thousand meters in height, with dark hollow green eyes, a majestic green crown on his head, light green skin, holding a long spear, and looking far more dangerous than any other Stone Plant monster.
He used his spells to alter the environment, making Empire soldiers struggle for breath.
Slowly, slowly, Empire soldiers started losing consciousness.
Prince Cyrus and Prince Marek started protecting unconscious soldiers by gathering them near a large tent that was protected by a powerful spell the Emperor gave them to use in a worst situation.
Before Ank got unconscious,
All Stone Plant warriors that were left gathered together and used their trump card. They now had only one option.
"We have no other option but to use the last plan, so I want all of your cooperation. We have to stop him at any cost.
Our Prince is going up in transformation. He needs more minutes. If the attack does not kill him, then the planet will be destroyed. Even if we all die, if we are able to save our Prince, it will be our greatest honor.
So, Stone Plant Sword Magician, you are our last hope. We believe you will succeed."
The Stone Plant Sword Magician nodded and started preparing the spell. The spell cast was successful.
When a massive sword made of mana appeared in midair to attack him, Stone Plant dutch and Stone Plant warriors sent their mana into the Stone Plant Sword Magic to complete the spell without any mistake.
And,
Boom!
Now back to the present,
Princess Celestia asked Princess Seraphina how they would wake him up.
"I do not know, but we have to wake him up as soon as possible," and then she saw the Stone Plant Duke coming towards them to attack them. Before he could reach, Commander Elyn came and started fighting him to stop his assault.
Ten minutes had passed. All Ank's wounds were healed, but there was not any movement in his body.
The Stone Plant Prince also watched him and ordered their army, which once was massive and now only consisted of thousands of Stone Plant soldiers.
"Ready to fight. We will not let our brother's death be in vain. We will fight."
By using his spell, he increased every Stone Plant soldier's rank to SSS+, and now they were a natural calamity and started advancing towards the Diamond Heart Army.
On the other side of the battlefield, Prince Marek also prepared their army and started moving towards the remaining Stone Plant soldiers.
Now, once again, the war had started.
Both armies clashed once again, and the battle became more chaotic.
Then, from the sky, a massive spear that had the height of two men launched towards the three princesses with the aim of killing all three of them.
Prince Marek shouted with anger when he saw the spear and threw his sword using God's Weapon Skill at the Stone Plant Prince.
He once failed, but this time, he would not fail.
But the Stone Plant Prince easily dodged and moved towards him.
His aim was not to kill the Stone Plant Prince, but to block the spear, and he succeeded.
A massive explosion happened. Every Empire soldier, including Stone Plant soldiers that were present on the battlefield, flew into the air because of the shockwave.
The Emperor was watching everything. He was moving at his full speed to join the war as soon as possible.
He was hoping that none of his children would die.
"Please, God, save my children. I do not want any of them to die."
But the Emperor did not know that the God he was praying ,had already abandoned him because of Ank.
The Gods were hoping that Ank would die, even if the planet was destroyed in the process,it did not matter to them.