Combat Maid Harem

*BOOM!*

Lawrend turned to a bolt of golden lightning and flashed to the right. He narrowly avoided Verkoli's attack.

Verkoli continued falling and hit the ground in a massive boom.

"W-What was that…"

Lawrend looked at his hands in disbelief.

When he saw Verkoli's spell in motion, he felt like something inside him was opened. Before he knew it, he became lightning himself and avoided the strike.

The dust settled below, and a pristine Verkoli walked out of the dust. The purple lightning sword was still in his hand.

"Lawrend, did you copy my spell?" Verkoli asked solemnly.

"You almost killed me," Lawrend replied.

At that moment, he felt a sense of crisis and danger. It was so unbelievably fast that he wasn't able to react.

Fortunately, he barely avoided it because of enlightenment.

"Master, I will take over from now," Aezel said.

She also wasn't able to react to Verkoli's spell. She thought that it would be something that Lawrend could easily defend against. Turned out she was wrong.

She doesn't want that to happen ever again.

"No. I will fight on my own."

As their Master, Lawrend doesn't have enough chance to show off to them. This was a perfect opportunity for him to do so.

"But Master–!"

"No! Let me take care of myself for once," Lawrend replied.

After that, Lawrend ignored them.

"I'm impressed. Your talent is beyond this kingdom. Why are you wasting it on becoming the king?"

Verkoli was shocked at his talent. He could sense that Lawrend was already an Arch Mage. And yet he was already strong enough to dodge his attack.

Lightning Mages like Verkoli specialize in instantaneous attacks. It was one of the reasons why Lightning Mages were feared.

"Like I said earlier, I will leave it for my descendants."

"*Sigh*"

Verkoli gave up. He tried one last time to convince him, but it didn't work.

"Alright. I will help you. Promise me that Princess Kasina's descendant will be the King," Verkoli said.

He lowered his hand and stopped pointing the lightning sword at him.

"Why?"

"Because I swore that I will serve this kingdom. As long as the Princess' descendants are the successors, I have no qualms about it."

It was complicated as Verkoli had something to uphold. Otherwise, he would be too embarrassed to show his face ever again.

"...Aren't the two of you forgetting about me?" an elderly woman's voice sounded.

Lawrend and Verkoli turned their heads and saw a wrinkly-faced elderly woman. She wore a loose robe and a sword was attached to her waist.

"Mountain Sword Julianne Geo, what is your decision?" Verkoli asked her.

"I sensed your battle and anger. Are you really defecting to his side that fast?" Julianne asked.

She expected him to have some more spine.

"I have no choice. I can sense that either one of us will die in the end. If I fight with my all, there will be no point."

"I understand your predicament. I will not interfere in this battle for the throne. But, if the empire orders for it, we will have a fight," Julianne said.

She was not confident in fighting the two of them.

As a powerful swordswoman, her senses were very keen. She sensed the powerful aura Lawrend was releasing.

He was like a crouching tiger pretending to be a cat at this moment. She knew that he wasn't as weak as Verkoli.

Besides, she glanced at his flying maids. She also sensed great power amongst them except for that red-haired one. She can't read Aezel at all.

"Thank you," Lawrend said and bowed to her.

This makes it easier. He doesn't have to waste time fighting her. The only thing they had to do now was to enter the castle.

"..."

Julianne merely stared at him. She didn't feel that it was appropriate for her to recognize his actions at this moment.

"..."

Lawrend smiled awkwardly. He could guess why she was so reserved. It must be because the empire hadn't expressed its decision yet.

Lawrend nodded at Verkoli and flew to the royal castle with his maids in tow.

"Wait! Is that the Guardian Beast of the Undrasil Forest?"

He suddenly remembered about the Guardian Beast as Lawrend was leaving. He initially thought that it was just a normal monster, but it wasn't when he tried to sense it.

"Indeed, I am," Clova replied and stopped.

She looked back at him questioningly.

"Is this your decision?" Verkoli asked.

"This human helped me. In return, I'm helping him," Clova calmly replied.

"I see…"

Verkoli was enlightened.

Lawrend was right. Everything was already in place. The only thing he needed to do was take the throne.

With the Guardian Beast's support, few in the Kingdom would reject his decision. Maybe except those that were too far from the influence of the Undrasil Forest.

Seeing that he wasn't asking her anymore, Clova continued flying and caught up to Lawrend's group.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the Royal Castle.

"Crown Prince! Show yourself!" Lawrend shouted.

His voice resounded inside the castle like thunder.

"Master, I will go check," Humility said.

"Go with her, Aezel," Lawrend ordered.

"As per your orders, Master," Aezel replied.

She flew to Humility and carried her. The two of them entered inside the Royal Castle.

Lawrend waited for a few minutes before Humility called him in.

They landed at the castle's garden and entered the Royal Castle. Once inside, Lawrend saw a row of maids welcoming him inside in a long red carpet.

"What is this?" Lawrend asked in surprise.

"Welcome, King Lawrend of the Undrasil Kingdom!"

Humility walked to him and half-kneeled. She presented to him the crown of the king.

"Where are the princes?"

"They already left, Master. They were smart," Humility replied and smiled at him.

Lawrend took the crown and wore it on his head.

Immediately, everyone around him started clapping.

"Congratulations, Master!" they shouted.

"Congratulations, King Lawrend!" the castle maids shouted.

Seeing the scene around him, Lawrend smiled in satisfaction.. He finally got the throne.