Tyrant, No I am the Villain

A knock was heard before a soldier walked into a cottage. Inside the small room, a couple was seen laying on a bed under a thin blanket. The sudden entrance of a soldier did not surprise them for they looked and waited for the soldier to speak what he wanted to say to them.

The soldier spoke immediately after entering "My Prince, the fortress is under attack." Those words got a quick response as Prince Endron and his wife Ameris exited the bed "What? All of a sudden."

The soldier was shaking before he uttered that name "Estafan, he - he is leading the charge my Lord." Stuttered due to fear which was understandable by everyone considering he was after all a man who butchered the majority of their nation.

Ameris looked at her husband Endron "It's too early, you have yet to reach the position of Arch Magus." But Endron refuted "Doesn't matter dear, if they have indeed reached the fortress then I must go or else they can easily attack the city." His words did not calm her for she was afraid to lose her love.

The city was not too big considering it was near the border, one could easily suggest it was an insignificant area where there wasn't much of a large settlement. But the presence of the Prince indeed made the area valuable, not to mention the place where the last stand will be made by the last remaining Royalty of the country.

The Prince made haste towards the makeshift armoury to prepare but his wife followed him while begging for him to not go but the Prince turned around and smile while saying "I must, I have to for I am the only one left to stop the enemies, for the sake of my people, for the sake of you my love."

Those words of someone who did not want to be stopped, "Defeating an Aura wielder by yourself will be hard. I will join you my dear, whether it be death or being alive. I would like to do it with you, together." Those words from Ameris only made Endron smile with warmth.

They began to prepare, the fortress was 5 Li(5 km) away from the City. They could reach quickly with the aid of magic. The last remaining battle mages were with the Prince who himself was a battle mage of Class 1 Magus similar to his wife except the Prince was closer to reaching Class 3 Arch Magus.

Once a Magus reaches Arch Magus Class, they can compete and defeat an Aura Wielder. While a Class 1 could defeat an Aura Wielder but the chances are very low that too with miraculous luck.

After preparing they arrived only to find the fortress completely penetrated by the Estafan and his troops who now was brutally killing the soldiers in melee as there was no ounce of mercy shown to them.

The Prince didn't hold back, he raised his hands with his lips moving. Sounds formed were of chanting some words which seemed like a spell and suddenly a spell circle appeared mid-air in front of his hand facing the enemies in a split second thunderstruck, not the land but on to the bodies of the enemies but individually.

In a single move Prince Endron disarmed more than 30 soldiers which announced his arrival, giving a light of hope to the Soldiers of Theon.

Estafan looked up through the broken ceiling since Endron appeared at the top most parts of the fortress. Though none could see due to the mask, there was a smirk inside as he said "Kill the rest, I'll handle the Mage Prince." His words were brimming with confidence.

The Bloodhounds slightly bowed before they moved towards the enemies. The Bloodhounds were all Aura Wielders more capable than a normal Soldier. They were all wearing a black mask where only their eyes can be seen which were shining bright like a Ruby while black cloak covered their bodies hiding anything and merging themselves with shadow to be not seen easily.

They moved so fast that the soldiers of Theon couldn't even retaliate against them, they swung their blades cutting the enemies open with ease.

The numbers of the enemies in the fortress were dwindling, Estafan moved towards the Prince who wanted to aim for the Bloodhounds but before he could, he felt it. The Aura which was so thick which made Prince Endron grab his throat because he was feeling like being suffocated.

He saw the glimpse of a man in mask slowly but menacingly approaching them but his wife didn't take the risk, Ameris pointed her index finger towards Estafan and a spell circle of white colour with many intricate shapes appeared inside. With incantations suddenly a beam of light shot from the spell circle which flew towards Estafan.

Prince Estafan has already mastered Aura wielding to a master level where his senses were already in peak condition. He simply moved to the left evading the light beam which went past him striking the ground after him which caused a large explosion.

He moved forward while there was a large explosion behind, "Thank you for the dramatic effects, now simply die so I can finish this." Those words echoed with pure strength.

But Prince Endron simply laughed at that idea "Overconfidence is not good you brat, You will die here and I will reclaim my lands." But those words couldn't last long because Estafan charged in.

With magic boosting his speed Endron evaded the attack from Estafan who launched himself towards Endron with his sword in a stabbing position. But to the surprise of Endron the attack did connect with the blade managing to slice the right side cheeks of Endrons face.

Seeing her husband's face bleeding, Ameris unleashed her mana in rage as she aimed for Estafan and began to chant her spells but to everyone's surprise Estafan didn't have enough patience to allow her to continue.

He grabbed a dagger and threw it towards Ameris who was busy chanting "Silence wench." He said right before the blade went through her mouth.

For a moment she couldn't believe what happened as she held her mouth and looked at Endron with teary eyes before she fell down with blood dripping out from her mouth. "NO!" Endron screamed, realising what just happened before he looked at Estafan with his eyes shining brightly.

"YOU WILL DIE!" So said the prince not so calmingly.