Author: M_W Cancer Grammar checker: M_W Nomral

"Charge!" The Generals roared out loudly.

The infantry soldiers charge immediately as soon as they heard their General's order without any single hesitation in their thoughts.

Although they were at the top of the mountain, jumping down inside the cave doesn't seem to post any threat to the soldiers, at all. In fact, they were actually swimming down because of the Waterfall spell casted by their Mages, while some more powerful ones simply jump down inside without having any problem in landing.

*Boom! *Boom! *Boom!

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

*Classhhhhhh!

The soldiers then powerfully meet up with the puppets and Fiends, implying the beginning of a battlefield.

Lu Ming in the middle of this battlefield stared solemnly at Commander Ava instead of the currently battling army.

Obviously, the greatest threat to Lu Ming right now was Commander Ava, a 2nd Galaxy level Mage just like him.

"When are you coming down?" Lu Ming solemnly asked.

"When you finally let down your guard!" Commander Ava yawn and replied honestly.

"Unfortunately, I would just be staring at you the entire time!" Lu Ming firmly said.

"That's even better. You can just simply wait until my men finally surround you in all directions." Commander Ava smiled.

Hearing Commander Ava's words, Lu Ming can't help looking at the battlefield.

Over there, Lu Ming immediately saw that his puppets and Fiends were losing and wouldn't buy him enough time until his ceremony with the Leviathan finishes. To be more specific, his puppets and Fiends were actually being cut like cabbages by the soldiers.

Well, what could be expected from soldiers trained by a Commander? They would naturally become much more capable than those ordinary soldiers or mercenaries.

However, Lu Ming also understood that if he let down his guard at this moment to help his puppets and Fiends, even for a single second, Commander Ava would immediately take that as a chance to attack him. But, if he doesn't help them, he would get surrounded eventually, which also means he would lose.

After a few seconds, Lu Ming finally stopped debating with himself. He quickly casted a Galaxy level Magical Shield and a Magical Barrier to help defend himself, before he finally chooses to cast a Magic spell to replenish his Fiends and to also enhance his puppets and Fiends.

"Bringer of darkness, God of everything, discipline these people who dare not to believe in your will, Night Bringer!"

*Whoooosh!

Just like what Commander Ava had said in the very beginning, she immediately started launching Magic spells after Magic spells towards Lu Ming as soon as he finishes with summoning more Fiends.

*Boom! *Boom! *Boom! *Crack!

Although there is a Magical Shield and Magical Barrier, Lu Ming clearly understood that it wouldn't buy him a long time. So, he did his best to cast Magic spells as fast and as many as he possibly could.

"Strength enhance!"

"Speed enhance!"

"Defend enhance!"

*Booooooom!

The Magical Shield finally got destroyed.

Lu Ming turned to look at his remaining puppet Mages, specifically Astrid, Steven, Grian, and Lucy's puppet as he put his hand up in front and casted a Support Magic spell towards them.

"Magic Power enhance!"

"Casting speed enhance!"

"..."

*Boooooomm!

Unfortunately, Lu Ming was only able to enhance twice to his Mage puppets.

"Tch!" Lu Ming can't help sneering inwardly. If only he didn't rush himself to come in here and if only the King of Silver Kingdom wasn't launching his attacks to their Black organization's bases throughout the entire Silver Kingdom at this moment, then he could have bought with him all of his puppets. With the number of those puppets alone, he could choose to have a 3 vs 1 fight, and not to mention the strengths of those puppets. This kind of problem wouldn't even be considered as a problem if only he had enough time to prepare.

Unbeknownst to Lu Ming though, Commander Ava actually also didn't bring all of her soldiers. In fact, she only bought a few Generals with her, and only less than 1/8 of her total soldiers, specifically she has 10,000 soldiers back at West Fortress. Obviously, a fortress wouldn't have only a few soldiers, right?

Well, the real reason why Commander Ava didn't bring all of her soldiers or even half of her total soldiers was actually because she didn't even receive a letter of acceptance from the King in her request of providing the Silver Mage Academy reinforcement yet.

Truth be told, it was actually because Reinhart asked this favor that's why Commander Ava did such a thing. If only that man wasn't present, then she wouldn't even bother sending 1,000 soldiers and come in here personally, even if she knows who Leo was, but would instead only send two generals at most, and a few hundreds of soldiers. She wouldn't even think of stopping Lu Ming, and would otherwise just focus on rescuing all of the students, since allowing Lu Ming to have a Leviathan as a Beast Companion simply means he would be a force to leave the Black organization and cut his connection with the Dark God due to the Leviathans purpose of existence.

Lu Ming would be a force to become an ally with the people against the Gods because the Leviathans' hidden power would automatically cut any sort of connection of Lu Ming to any kind of Gods he believes or was serving. In fact, the Gods would definitely treat Lu Ming as their enemy the moment the Leviathan became his Beast Companion.

However, Reinhart said to stop Lu Ming no matter the cost as it might have caused some unexpected variables in favor of the Gods.

*Whoooosh!

Lu Ming quickly waves his hand to cast another Magical Shield to block Commander Ava's Magic spell.

*Booom!

Unfortunately, because Lu Ming did a quick cast, his Magical Shield doesn't have enough Magic power to handle Commander Ava's Magic spell, hence causing him to fly a few meters away.

Looking at his feet, Lu Ming can't help but sigh in relief. He really thought he would be blown away outside of the ceremony's Magic circle. If that indeed happens, then he would need to get back as soon as possible, or else someone other than him, obviously Commander Ava, would take his place and make the Leviathan her Beast Companion.

"Tch!" Commander Ava sneered inwardly. She was indeed hoping of throwing Lu Ming outside of the Magic circle and replacing him quickly. In such a way, she would have the Leviathan as her Beast Companion.

"Unfortunately-" Lu Ming wanted to say that Commander Ava failed in her plan, but he quickly saw an incoming meteorite aiming straight towards him.

Without wasting any more seconds, Lu Ming quickly decided to jump to the side, specifically still inside the Magic circle, to dodge the Magic spell���s attack.

*Booom!

Lu Ming solemnly stared at Commander Ava, who was currently showing a mocking face towards him.

Lu Ming quickly put his hand up in front as he casted a Magic spell, "Flaming Shots!"

*Whooosh! *Whooosh! *Whooosh! *Whooosh!

The dozens of fireballs went straight towards Commander Ava.

*Boom! *Boom! *Boom! *Boom!

Unexpectedly though, a Magical Shield was long actually defending in front of Commander Ava, hence deeming Lu Ming's Flaming Shots spell useless.

"You..."

"Now, my turn!"

"Might of the Water Element, Water Spirit Whip!"

*Whooosh! *Bang! *Whoooosh! *Bang!

Dozens of water whips smashed directly towards Lu Ming, making him dodge to the left and right.

"Sh*t!" Lu Ming could only swear inwardly as he quickly jumped forward and choose to stand in front of the Leviathan. In such a way, he planned to minimize Commander Ava's assault. She said that this Leviathan was their Mermaid race heritage, so she should avoid causing further injuries to this already seriously injured Leviathan.

Seeing Lu Ming standing in front of the Leviathan, Commander Ava sneered as she didn't even hesitate to send another attack, "Might of the Water Element, Water Spirit Smash!"

*Boooooom!

A hand entirely made out of water went directly to smash towards Lu Ming, and not even showing any sign of avoiding the Leviathan.

Seeing this, Lu Ming quickly abandoned his plan of using the Leviathan as he decided to run outside of the Ceremonial Magic circle. Commander Ava's Magic spell range of attack was unexpectedly encompassing the entire Ceremonial Magic circle.

Unexpectedly, the moment Lu Ming got out of the Ceremonial Magic circle, the Magic spell suddenly vanished and what swapped in its location was the smirking Commander Ava.

"Huh?!" Lu Ming dubiously exclaimed, "If Commander Ava swap in place with her Magic spell, then where did the Magic spell go?"

Turning his head, Lu Ming immediately saw the Water Spirit Smash spell coming straight towards his puppets and Fiends. What's even more shocking, her soldiers were actually long preparing for such a situation which obviously meant this is a well-trained coordinated attack between the soldiers and Generals to their Commander.

Commander Ava's plan was actually hitting two birds with one stone. No! It was more appropriate to call it four birds, one stone.

Not only did Commander Ava cause Lu Ming to get out of the Ceremonial Magic circle, but also eliminates his army, rendered him powerless, and lastly, caused him to potentially lose the rights to have the Leviathan as his Beast Companion.

"Ahhhhh!" Lu Ming roared in complete anger. He was actually fooled to such a degree!

"You will experience the might of the Puppet Master Lu Ming!" Lu Ming roared as he released his Domain. Since there was nothing holding him back anymore, he could finally release his complete Magic power.

*Booom!

What followed after the destruction of numerous of Lu Ming's puppets and Fiends was the entire cave surrounding, immediately turning into blood and black in color.

A monster's face immediately appeared, centering the location of Lu Ming. It has two really sharp horns and two really sharp fangs that completely reveals itself outside of its mouth.

No matter which person's point of view it was, they would only see that the monster was actually staring straight at them.

"HAHAHAHAHA!"

The monster hysterically laughed, and that's when everyone discovered that this monster was actually Lu Ming.

"Magic Manifestation?!" Commander Ava exclaimed in astonishment.