22 Alans Playground (1)

The next day

Alan's said his goodbyes to Victoria and Ashley, they were hesitant to leave.

Alan promised to visit them.

After their teary departure, Alan got ready to visit the north.

If he were to travel by land it would take about a week to reach the north, but The Carter family had a teleportation portal in their mansion.

It would send him to the location in an instant after marking the coordinates on the map with mana.

Alan wore a black blazer since he has to meet the northern duke.

She was the youngest duchess in the history of dukes, it's not that she was powerful enough to become the duke. She had to take the position after her parents passed away.

Alan didn't ask much about the reason her parents passed away, he did feel pity for her, but that's just how the world is.

.....

In the hall below the mansion

Alan stood on a magic circle which was carved on the floor, his parents and Mia standing on the side waving at him.

Catherine swithered whether she should let Alan go or not.

Although she had agreed to let him go previously, now she felt uncomfortable sending Alan. Since it was his first time going outside after his recovery.

She wouldn't mind if he were to travel within the duchy, but his first travel was to fight the beast invasion.

She knew he was strong, albeit you can't calm down a mother when her son is going to war.

William held Catherine so that she wouldn't interfere while using the portal.

Beads of tears drooled down her face "Alan return to mommy safely hic hic… if you come back injured… sob"

Alan knew his mother was overemotional, but he couldn't ignore the stinging sensation he gets whenever he sees her crying.

Alan spoke in a shattered tone "mom I will be back soon"

"Alan finish the mission and come back soon" William flashed a smile "go enjoy yourself my son"

A smile grew on Alan's face "sure, dad"

Zing… swish

The portal transported Alan after the maids inserted their mana into the circle.

....

Before Alan arrived in the northern continent:

Gasp gasp

"Mistress, please take some rest; you have trained for six hours without a break" an old woman spoke in a worried tone.

Huff

Huff

"No, I need to become stronger before the next invasion" a woman with a silver white hair spoke in a cold tone.

she activated her mana, a sword started to form out of thin air.

She gripped her sword and swung with great force.

Doooffff

Swish

The wall she aimed her strike shattered down into small pieces of ice.

"No, this is not enough" she swung her sword relentlessly.

"Master master please stop, you are already the strongest for your age" the maid continued "you have attained 20% affinity with the ice element, you are at the peak of the second mana circle"

She spoke as tears started escaping her eyes "please lady, madam and sir wouldn't want you to be like this"

The young woman stopped as the maid mentioned her parents.

She turned to face the maid "I can't stop until I kill those demons who killed my parents"

She spoke as she clenched her fists which shattered the ice sword she held.

"Master! master!" a maid rushed inside the training room panting heavily.

"Master, we can see a herd of beasts 30 miles away"

The woman with silver hair turned toward her maid with an emotionless face.

She spoke in a cold tone "prepare the soldiers."

Isabelle Snow, 19 years old. she is the duchess of the northern territory From the Clan Snow. A 5'7 tall woman with long silver hair. She had a dark purple lifeless eye. Which hadn't seen light forever. She was an ice mage with two mana circles. She had the power of ice inherited from her parents.

Swish

Her body was immediately covered with silver armour which came from her ring, and a headgear which only showcased her lifeless eyes.

"let's go" she clenched her fists.

In front of the huge mansion, Isabelle sat on a white horse with two swords in her hands.

Behind her was an army of hundred soldiers.

Which included archers, horsemen, mages and swordsmen.

The captain approached Isabelle and warned "Duchess, we have lost a lot of soldiers, we have only Hundreds of them left"

"We have to defeat them. This has to be the last wave." She said as she took out her swords.

The captain retreated after he nodded.

...…

On top of a mountain.

Alan stood there watching the scene, his job was to clear the possessed beasts.

But….

When he saw Isabelle challenging the herd of beasts with only a hundred soldiers, he was interested to see how Isabelle would handle the situation.

Of course, he couldn't see Isabelle's face as it was covered with armor. Only her silver hair was visible.

What does beasts mean? Exactly how they sound, they were normal animals like bulls, leopards, yaks etc…

But for some reason they were in a berserk mode. They were double their normal size.

Their eyes glowed red, they released a red aura which spread like a disease.

Alan kept observing the situation.

The whole sky was covered with clouds blocking every way a ray of light could enter.

It looked like dawn even though it was still morning.

The weather was quite cold in the north. The mountains were covered with snow.

Even the battlefield…

Alan took a single couch and popcorn out of his dimensional storage space.

He sat comfortably on the sofa with popcorn in his hand.

The popcorn was still hot, everything that enters the dimensional space remained the same way it is kept.

Whether hot or cold it doesn't matter.

Alan was ready to watch The movie.

The title of the movie is "The Duchess VS 5000 Beasts".

"a perfect title" Alan smiled and said "Begin"

Isabelle ordered the archers to shoot the arrows, followed by the swordsmen and mages who covered them.

Forming a wall with their shield.

Isabelle stood in the front with the horsemen.

The beasts were killed as the archers shot the arrows infused with mana.

Isabelle raised her sword and screamed "Attack"

Both parties charged toward each other without fear.

Crack

Clang

Swish

They clashed in the middle of the battlefield, and the clashing of swords and horns could be heard. Accompanied by screams.

Blast

All the mages tried their best to take down as many beasts as possible. Even if they were powerful, they still had a limit to their mana.

Most of the mages had four mana circles while only a handful had five mana circles.

In the middle, Isabelle was clearing everything in her path. She moved in a straight line.

Ice spikes

Spikes of ice grew from the ground within a certain range, they were sharp but not strong enough to stop the beasts.

The beasts which were caught off guard were killed.

She didn't want to use too many spells, she didn't want to run out of mana.

Five minutes later….

The war is still going on, they seem to have only killed a thousand of the beasts.

Ten minutes later...

Isabelle was thrown to the ground, she started to swing her sword like a mad man.

Twenty minutes later...

Isabelle's swords were broken, she made swords of ice and continued slaying the beasts.

Slash slash

She was panting heavily; she has used up most of her mana.

Her army managed to kill four thousand beasts.

But they were drained and started falling apart.

Most of her people were down, she was bleeding from her mouth.

"No no I will never go down like this" she whispered under her breath.

She swung her sword horizontally….

Swiiiishh

A thin line of ice appeared out of nowhere and beheaded the front row of the herd.

"Get on your feet warriors" she screamed at the top of her lungs "let us show the power of Clan snow"

Motivated by her speech, the warriors raised their weapons screaming.

They rushed forward holding their swords, and mages used their last bit of mana.

"oh" Alan was surprised by their comeback, Alan looked at the side of the beasts.

A weird smile grew on his face "it's going to get interesting"

Isabelle's army has successfully defeated the beast wave.

"Hurray"

They celebrated their victory.

"All hail the duch- "

Before they could finish

Thud Thud

They could feel the ground vibrating.

"Oh no, another wave"

"We are going to die"

The soldiers who were celebrating were now scared to death.

Some stood upholding their swords with a terrified look on their faces. A face which knew its fate.

Isabelle was shocked, it was supposed to be the last wave according to the information she received from her soldiers.

'Shit! What am I going to do now' she gripped her sword tighter 'no I can't let my people sacrifice anymore for house snow'?

She ran towards the herd which seemed to have increased in numbers.

'Ten thousand beasts to be exact' Alan thought as he took another packet of popcorn from his storage.

Isabelle left her soldiers behind and approached the herd on her own.

She knew it was a death sentence, but it would be an honorable death.

She had only one thing running in her mind 'I should have asked uncle William for support.'

She was close to William than the other dukes since William and Catherine used to visit her parents often.

It's not that William didn't offer help, he sent him a letter asking about the situation in the north.

But…

Isabelle didn't want any help from anyone, she wanted to avenge her parents on her own. she knew these beast waves were caused by the demons.

The aura they released was similar to how her father described the demons to her.

Slash Slash

She used everything her last bit of mana to wipe out as many beasts as possible, but they seem to never end.

She raised her sword horizontally and slashed towards the ground.

A pillar of ice left her sword shattering everything in its path.

Pant

Her mana has drained out. Before she could catch her breath.

Tapp

A bull threw her about two miles, she crashed to the ground.

Blood screeched out of her armour, which was mostly destroyed.

All the beasts were raging towards her.

'Am I going to die like this, shit! I am worthless, I couldn't even avenge my parents'

"Sorry mom, dad" Isabelle closed her eyes awaiting death.

She was targeted by all the beasts since she was the only human in front of them.

skeeeeshhhhh

She opened her eyes as she heard an unfamiliar sound.

A golden laser fell from the clouds, drawing a line between the beasts and Isabelle.

The ground split into two.

Some beasts fell while the other beasts stopped reacting to their instincts.

"Something is falling from the sky" a soldier screamed in surprise.

Crash

Couch Couch

"Shit I should learn to land properly"

Alan landed in front of Isabelle; a huge spider web was created where he landed.

Isabelle opened her mouth in shock, well most women would give the same reaction when they see Alan for the first time.

Mostly due to his handsome face, but Isabelle was different.

She was surprised to see an unknown man using lightning other than William and the density of the mana of the lightning ray which fell on the ground.

She had forgotten that William had a son.

Alan walked towards Isabelle who was sitting on the ground with her eyes wide open.

"Tch, I lost some of my popcorn," Alan said as he took a look at his surrounding which had some popcorn on the ground.

"Please hold my popcorn"

He gave her the popcorn, which she accepted unconsciously.

Crack

He cracked his knuckles.

A weird smile grew on his face, he glanced at Isabelle "Enjoy the show!"

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