The carriage stopped right in front of the palace, and as soon as they got out, they led Yusa to the entrance, but before they reached the gates, the city alarm rang out. When they asked what had happened, one of the palace guards said:
Guardian - This signal is given when the city is under threat. Those who can fight should go to the main gate, and everyone else should hide in their houses.
Uta - What kind of threat are we talking about?
Guardian - Any kind of threat, and the fighters are called in because they don't know exactly what's going to happen until it happens.
Uta - Okay then, Diablo, we're going there too, Yusa, Josef, you go into the palace.
Guardian - Okay, I'll leave the palace to the others, and I'll follow you. Mr. Josef, I'll leave you in charge of the guards and protect them.
Josef - Absolutely.
And they all headed towards the main gate. On the way, the guard told them his name (Basara). When they reached the gate, they found all types of fighters there. Everyone was listening to a girl who was talking to them through a loudspeaker:
Girl - Our scouts have found some part of the hero Eugene's army, they are camped near us. They may have something planned. Be careful and be ready for battle at any moment.
Hearing this, Uta remembered Enryu's story, got a little excited, and said to Diablo:
Uta - We have to defeat them before they do anything.
Diablo understood what Uta was reacting to
Basara - You have a mid-level gold rank, you won't be able to kill even one of their army, let alone their army (Uta and Diablo hold back their laughter)
Diablo - Rank is rank. You need time to level it up. Uta's power alone is enough to wipe out an army of last-rank Adamantium warriors in a second, so you'll only have to worry about the enemy here, not us.
Basara - I don't know how true that is, so wait for me for 5 minutes. I'll ask the King to let me join you. There's no one stronger than me in this kingdom. Just wait for me (runs away)
Uta - Dia, let's finish everything before he returns
They climbed the fence and looked around with Diablo's magical vision. Suddenly, they saw Eugene's warriors and began to cast spells. When the people of the kingdom saw this, their mouths dropped open in surprise. Uta and Diablo gathered a lot of magical energy together. The colors of light and darkness mixed (like Yin and Ayan), and finally they threw them. None of the enemies there survived. The people were amazed. They greeted Uta and Diablo and complimented them.
When the situation calmed down and they were leaving, Uta and Diablo seemed to hear a voice saying,
Unknown - Come here...
And the voice was coming forward. As they entered the shelter, the king of the kingdom appeared out of nowhere. Diablo and Uta were surprised. They bowed their heads and were about to ask what it was, but the king began to speak:
King - (laughing) This is my magic, isn't it cool? I can disappear for as long as I want, and I don't spend any mana on it. (getting serious) I saw what you did, you mixed your magic, that's completely impossible (laughing). Please tell me how you did it.
Diablo - We...
Uta - He's my familiar, that's why we managed that.
King - I understand, but still... such a coincidence and trust..
Diablo - I've been his familiar for 5 years, plus we,.. we love each other (Uta blushes).
King - Ohoho (started laughing), you can't see this normally (became serious). Come to my palace, I'm inviting you personally.
Uta - Mrs. Yusa invited us too, and we were going to come anyway, but then this happened.
King - Very well, you guys go without me, I'll disappear and go back like that. Otherwise, my advisors will eat me alive. The king shouldn't act like that, and stuff like that.
Uta also agreed, and they went to the carriage. When they got to the carriage, they found Basara there.
Basara - I couldn't find the King, so I couldn't come. There was such a terrible magic swirling in the sky, and then that crashing sound…
Uta - Yes, that magic took half a mana, but it was worth it. No one had to fight.
Basara - Wait, you did that? What the hell are you anyway
Uta - I am who I am
In the meantime, Yusa had left the palace and ordered the guard to open the gate. Uta and Diablo entered the courtyard, through which they entered the palace. There, they met the king, already dressed in royal clothes. Uta and Diablo greeted him respectfully.
King - there is no need to bow, my daughter has already told me what kind of disaster you saved her from, plus you destroyed the hero Eugene's group of warriors in a second, thereby quelling the chaos in the city, it is truly commendable, as a token of gratitude for all this, I will give you a gift, this for saving my daughter (he opened a small box where small metal pillars with beautiful ornaments were placed, he took one out and gave it to Uta), with this you will easily move between countries and cross over, this means that you are relatives of the royal family, This is for defeating the enemies and restoring peace to the kingdom (he took out a badge from the second box), come closer to me, this gives you the title of Baron (he made this sign to Uta).
Uta - (sighs) I will accept all these gifts with great joy.
King - Well, the ceremony is over, servants, prepare the royal dinner (he told Uta to go out into the backyard in a low voice)
Uta and Diablo go out into the backyard, where there is a small, modest white table and 4 chairs of the same style.
King - Sit down (he sat down himself), I want to tell you a few words about your new title, which you probably don't know. Everyone who has the title of Baron owns a certain part of the land and has full rights to do with it as he pleases. In your case, it will be the same. And the territory that I will transfer to your possession will be the gate zone. You probably understand why. You have the right to do anything in that zone, for example, demolish or build houses, turn the land into arable land, or erect battle towers, in short, everything. I also hold a meeting of high-ranking officials once a month, and you must be there. Of course, if it is impossible to come, I will take this into account. Do you have any questions?
Uta - No... everything is clear, and thank you. We were going to buy a big house anyway, and now we will do it sooner.
King - The land is yours, do with it as you wish.
Josef - (comes out into the yard), King, the feast is ready, come on.
End of The Chapter