Phantasia: The Princess Knight

A few days later on the front lines, outside Charles castle, explosions could be heard from the middle of the rebel army. Groups of rebel numbers were being destroyed at an extremely fast pace. Inside the command room that Loeri had Charles set up, Loeri was looking at the effects of the numbers that Alicia had created and smiled. "They truly are much more powerful."

"That they are. I fear they are even more powerful than Logan and myself." Charles smiled bitterly. He couldn't believe the few numbers he gave to Alicia that day allowed her to reverse engineer them into a powerful force that could easily take over his planet.

As the days went on, Logan was in his office tapping his fingers on his desk. "What you said is true? Those new numbers use some unknown technology and can not be killed?"

"General, we have tried everything, even an orbital strike but nothing! They just keep destroying our forces and since they look like our numbers they easily infiltrate us in the middle of the battle and take us out from the inside." A soldier replied his head bowed, not daring to look up.

"Alright… have our people pull back a few kilometers. Sometimes it is best to retreat and get a better grasp of the situation. Even if we lose a lot of what we have control over, this fight is far from over." Logan let out a sigh as he gave out his orders. He never expected this to happen. He could only think of the girl with horns and a tail that looked at him as if he was an ant. The ship she had behind her seemed to be of even more advanced technology than what his machine race had. He leaned back in his chair and pressed the button on his desk and said: "Tell Lina I wish to see her." 

Five minutes later Lina came walking through the door. She saw her father seemed stressed out and frowned a little. "Father, Is everything okay?"

"For now. Just some unexpected variables. We have to retreat for the time being. Although the entire military and the hundreds of billions of numbers that are under my control, it might still not be enough. Make sure you carry your omni cube on you at all times. We may need to use it and start over in another universe. Our race has expanded between the multiverse for many millions of years. We have allies in every universe, so we will always have a place to retreat to." He did not wish to have to run away but he would protect his daughter no matter what.

"Things will get that bad?" Lina muttered as she started to get worried by her father's words. She had thought that everything was going as planned. To get some of those old bastards who would not sided with her father, she even secretly let them… Lina bit her lower lip and nodded her head. "No matter what, we will escape together, father. You are all I got left..."

"I know honey, don't worry. Just do not go out during this time. I will also be staying here so if you feel worried or nervous about the situation just come to me." Logan got up and walked over and gave Lina a hug. "When this is all over, we will find you the most handsome man in all of the Machine Empire and have him become your husband." 

Lina, blushed and nodded her head. She already had a few guys in mind who would not give her the time of day no matter what she did. Once she was the little princess of the Machine race, she could finally have these guys groveling at her feet doing whatever she asked. She poked Logan in the side as she spoke in a spoiled tone saying: "Why just one? I would get bored with a single handsome man, let me have a few." 

"More than one? That is fine too. Just make sure they are handsome. I want my grandkids to be beautiful." Logan immediately agreed like he normally did when his daughter acted spoiled.

"Don't worry Father, I will make sure they are the most handsome men in the entire Machine race." Lina said happily now that she got her father's consent. 

Back in Charles castle. Loeri looked at the map to see the enemy was slowly pulling back. She sat up and stretched her arms as she said: "Round one is ours. It seems we regained a few kilometers of territory back. From this moment on we will send out our numbers in full force instead of just sneak attacks. We will keep pushing them back until they have no choice but to surrender. They think just by retreating they are giving themselves some leeway, they are very wrong." 

"I sure am glad I am not on the wrong side of the fight here." Charles said jokingly.

"I learned from watching one of the best military strategists. Even at a young age, Alicia was very good at controlling a battle, a born leader." Loeri said proudly.

"Then it looks like I made a good friend indeed." Charles really felt lucky that Wendy just happened to meet Alicia or by now he and his daughter would be dead. But this also firmed up his resolve to make the Machine Empire even better after this war was over. He would make it so they would not fall far behind Alicia's technology.

"That you have or else we would not be here. So sit back and watch the show. I am sure you will enjoy it.

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