Chapter 40

Ose's p.o.v

I stood at the entrance to the kingdom with Oni beside me.

Oni looked very focused and serious with his tight grip on his staff.

When he reported to me over the hero's approach to our territory. I quickly rushed to the entrance expecting to find the generals ready, but they were nowhere to be seen.

"Did you inform the generals?" I asked seriously.

"Yes, I did." He answered calmly.

I didn't understand why there was no one guarding the entrance!. They all knew their duties and how important it was to protect our kingdom!.

What was so important that they could neglect their duties like this?.

"Ose, even if they aren't here, we are. We can handle humans by ourselves." He said then looked at me seriously.

"Of course, we pledged to protect our people and kingdom." I answered.

The hero was hardly defeated because he was very strong and the gods seemed to favour him. Although he had no holy sword, he still had an anointed one, which was dipped in holy water. It was dange