Laying on her back while floating in the air, Shiro had already set up a perimeter of drones around all four territories. Things were going quite well so there was much she needed to do in terms of support.
Silvia and Chen Yu were making steady progress in terms of conquering the mines. With Silvia being able to buff, debuff and act as a pseudo control mage, Chen Yu was able to knock out the people guarding the mines with ease.
For the fortress, while they were indeed making good progress, the damage to the fortress was growing with each passing moment.
Even when Aarim tried to contain the damage, Yin would get overly excited and launch another big spell which would damage the fortress further.
Even if Aarim was powerful, there was only so much she could do if Yin continuously launched spells like that.
Naturally, Shiro gave up on caring since even if she did destroy the fortress in the end, she could repair if they needed that location.
But since they were low on man power, that location could be ignored if they didnāt need it.
For the farmland, Lisandra had already finished conquering it and all she was doing now was guarding it in case someone came to claim it back.
She was the fastest one out of everyone because of the lack of guards.
The one that took the longest was the city due to its size. Since they didnāt want to kill people as they would be their subjects later, the party took extra care in not unleashing extremely strong spells.
This was the luxury of the strong since they can hold back and still win. With Madison and Lyrica acting as the vanguard, Helion would act as a pseudo assassin with the way his passive works.
If they see a strong target, he would āforgeā his way towards them so that his presence was concealed then strike them on the back of the head to knock them out.
The shock of seeing a muscular man suddenly appear was rather surprising as the enemy wasnāt able to react to it at all.
In their shoes, Shiro would also be surprised since his passive makes it so that you ignore him. Even if you sent out a full area probe, his presence would be forgotten. It wasnāt erasure of presence but the trickery of the mind so in essence, it was one of the strongest stealth skills out there.
Unless you have a skill that prevented illusions, it would be impossible to find Helion. You could be cooking a nice meal for your family and Helion could be sitting at your table. As long as he is forging, you wonāt notice him.
Just as she was relaxing, she felt her drones report a group of fast moving targets towards the city.
Closing one of her eyes, she looked through the camera of the drone and saw what seemed to be a queen candidate from the mana she was releasing along with her armour.
"Everyone listen up, we got a queen candidate flying here from the west of the city. Thereās an open area between her and the city so weāll go confront her there. That way, we can avoid getting any bystanders into our fight." Shiro smiled.
"Iām ready since Iāve already cleared the farmlands." Lisandra reported as Shiro nodded her head.
"What about team one?" She asked.
"We got one more level to go then weāll be good too." Silvia replied since they were currently making their way through the mines, clearing out guards.
"Thatās fine, take your time, when youāre ready, pretty the third button and a portal will be created for you at my location. Team two, what about you two?"
"If we ignore the damages done on the fortress, weāre pretty much done since Yin wouldnāt stop firing off spells. There are a few casualties but no one is dead." Aarim replied while Yin was still firing spells in the background.
"Mn ignore her for now. I know that team four hasnāt finished yet but thatās fine, team one, two and three join up into the portal when I give you the signal." Shiro ordered as she dashed towards the west of the city so that she could intercept the queen candidate in the plains.
That way, they could fight without worrying too much.
With Shiroās speed, she was able to arrive at the plains and intercept the queen candidate with ease.
Seeing the sudden appearance of a white hair girl who seemed to emit no mana at all, Imariās instinct was already telling her that something was wrong.
Stopping their charge, she glared at the girl before opening her mouth.
"Speak! Who are you?" She declared as she summoned her spear.
"Just a friend of the person whoās taking the city. Howās your day?" Shiro chuckled and gave her a small wave.
Hearing this, Imari frowned since she couldnāt tell how powerful Shiro was at all.
"Why donāt you introduce yourself? Iām rather curious what rank you are in terms of being a queen candidate." Shiro smiled.
"Only if you tell me your identity first." Imari replied as Shiro shrugged.
"Well thatās a real shame since we donāt know who weāre up against. But I suppose youāll be fighting me since we are taking your territory. Seeing that you are coming from the west of the this city, Iād say thereās a good chance that youāre Imari Nau the 67th rank Demon Queen Candidate no?" Shiro asked with a grin.
Seeing that her identity was figured out, Imari didnāt say anything other than glance to her assistant.
"Whatās the situation in the city right now?" She whispered.
"My companions are taking care of the guards right now so that the city comes under our control. Donāt worry, they wonāt be killing anyone." Shiro interrupted as she appeared behind the queen with a smile.
Widening her eyes, the queen immediately slashed her spear towards Shiro.
However, just as she finished the full motion of her swing, she noticed that her spear had disappeared and Shiro was floating above her with the spear in hand.
"Itās not a bad weapon but compared to our blacksmithās itās kind of on the weak side." Shiro chuckled as she threw the spear back at her.
"Here. Fighting you isnāt going to be any fun so Iāll let the others deal with you. After all, if I decided to fight...."
"Youāll be killed in an instant." She finished as she reappeared besides the queen with her sword against Imariās neck.
Halting her breath out of fear, Imari glanced behind her in anger since her subjects didnāt protect their queen at all. But the moment she looked back, she saw that everyone had ice chains restraining their movements with swords surrounding them.
She understood that if the white haired girl wanted to, she could end them all in an instant.
"Of course, if you want to surrender, thatās an option too." Shiro chuckled and jumped down from the sky.
Landing on the ground, she made herself a beach chair and an umbrella before bringing out some juice from her inventory.
"You can have some fun with them instead." Shiro smiled.
Snapping her finger, several portals opened up as the party stepped through it and looked towards the reinforcements the queen candidate brought.
"You know, if you scare them like that they wouldnāt want to fight anymore." Isilia sighed.
"Oh Iām sure itās fine." Shiro waved her hand as Lyrica only shrugged since they were used to this.
While Shiro and the party were talking, Imari looked at all of them with a downcast expression.
Even if she did fight them, she knew that she wasnāt walking away victorious today.
Gritting her teeth, she looked back at her subjects that followed her.
"Go back, Iāll buy some time. Hopefully they wonāt chase you down." She sighed while holding her spear.
Hearing this, the soldiers paused for a second before shaking their heads.
"Thereās nowhere for us to go even if we go back." One of the soldiers said as the rest nodded their heads.
Pausing at this response, Imari chuckled.
"Dumbasses. Letās take one down with us then." She grinned.
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Looking at the āfinal momentsā the queen was sharing with her shoulders, Shiro looked at the party awkwardly.
"They do realise that we arenāt going to kill them even if we win right?"