A knock at the door caught Tessa's attention, and she opened the door to let a group of clerics in.
"Monarch, We have an urgent issue. There has been a line breach." The first cleric in the door exclaimed, only to pause in confusion as a server with a large cake on a cart pushed past him into the room, completely ignoring his panic.
"Continue, sir. There has been a line breach where? I take it that you need an Elite of my Rank, or you wouldn't be here in such a tizzy."
[Tizzy, that's a fun word. I like it.] Cara noted.
The cleric nodded rapidly, then a black robed figure appeared at his left.
"Overlord Niall." Karl greeted him.
More boots were stomping down the hallway, and Dana gave Karl a 'WTF is going on' sort of look.
Overlords Tabitha and Ahmad both burst into the room, skidding to a stop so they didn't bowl over the slower reacting clerics.
Karl cleared his throat. "First off, the advancement of my beasts didn't trigger a false invasion alarm, did it? There are a total of five Monarch Rank beasts with me now." Ahmad's fluffy blonde cat ears perked up as he smelled cake.
"Is that hazelnut and chocolate with strawberries? Oh, no, it wasn't you who panicked everyone this time. The Mountain Giants are pushing across the border at Soutle."
The Mage noticed Karl's confused look and continued.
"That's under a hundred kilometres west of here. We're hoping to stop the advance before we have to scramble the entire Capital Defence Force. We have portals." The Mage explained, holding up a parchment scroll that was most likely the portal spell in question.
Karl sighed. "Cara, Remi. Grab the cake. We will have to party later. Sybil, do we need to take measures, or will you behave while we're gone?" Sybil gave him a thumbs up and sent a message using the system's chat function. {I will go hang out with the others for the rest of the day. They were talking about wanting to learn to work as a team, and Lady Rae says to give them a chance.}
Karl nodded, and the Rogue ducked under the table, then vanished.
Tabitha, the Warrior Class Overlord, looked startled.
"You taught an Awakened Rank Rogue to Shadow Step already? You've only been back a few days."
Rae smiled at her. "Not only did I teach her, we also awakened her after activating her class. She's a good protégé."
The Warrior gave Rae an impressed look. "Which one were you? I studied the portfolio on the way over, but it didn't mention a humanoid beast."
"Lady Rae Bloodbath. I learned how to mimic humans when I became a Queen."
Tabitha nodded and gave her a wink. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Lady Bloodbath. I look forward to seeing what a Spider Queen can do in combat."
In his space, Thor sighed. So much for their days off.
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