Chapter 230 - Repeat

After repeating the same secret art over and over again so that he could create a sheet to cover the entirety of the 10th kingdom, Ian simply raised his hands in the air as he tries to support the sheet of force field that protected the 10th kingdom from the endless amount of attacks that were being sent down on him. As the nukes continued to fall on the land like rain, Ian simply tried his best ti hold up his force field. Even after struggling non stop, he tried as hard as he could. He didn't care if he felt pain unlike any other. As long as he was able to protect his king and what he thought his king valued that was all that mattered to Ian.

Even though Ian was being forced to endure so much, that would still not be the end of his struggles as he would now have to deal with a new threat while also holding back the nukes. That being the fighter jets that were being sent in by the people of the regular world. Seeing as all of their nukes were being stopped, they needed to eliminate the one person who was stopping their plans. Seeing as there was only one person who could do such a thing, the people of the regular world just assumed that Ian was Julius himself as in their eyes, the only one who would be capable of hold back a barrage of nukes was none other than Julius who was known for his immense power and durability.

Although Ian had first thought that he would be able to hold back the fighter jets that were coming towards him, he would be quickly proven wrong as they all fired missiles right at Ian which all landed on his body by Ian could do nothing but watch as his body was constantly attacked as even the slightest bit of hindering against the nukes would cause the force field to collapse and for all the nukes to hit the ground at the same time, in the bringing an end to the 10th kingdom.

"Damn you all! Just wait until you r your of these things you call nukes! It'll be the end of you all, I'll torment you to the point where you won't be able to feel even the slightest bit of pain, pain will just be a regular occurrence in your lives! You'll all pay!" Ian yelled out as he continued to be bombarded only for him to continue standing. After a while though, Ian's mind finally gave in and passed out. Ian's eyes lost their life as they turned completely white which meant that he had passed out. And just like the monstrous ally he was to Julius, Ian would rove his loyalty in the form of what he was doing.

Even though he was completely unconscious, Ian continued to stand proud while holding the force field up as even if his mind had given in to temptation of giving up, Ian's body had memorized the task at hand with its muscles and continued to hold up the force field even while he was being attack by a number of missiles while also having to hold up the force field.

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"Why won't he just give up? There's no point in him going any further. He knows that he can't win. We still have plenty of nukes and missiles yet he keeps trying to hold us back. Why though? There's nothing for him to protect. From what we've heard so far, he's a selfish king that only thinks of himself so what could he be possibly protecting that he would put even his own life on the line for the sake of it?" one of the pilots which was directing one of the fighter jets which were attack Ian asked himself in utter confusion.

"Wait, all of the other information we've received about Julius so far have all been true. All expect this one. So if there's someone who seems to be protecting something, that shouldn't be Julius..." said the pilot as he made a horrible realization however it had taken much longer than it should have as a hole was forcibly made into the jet that the pilot was flying before it was forced to crash down the a near by mountain.

"Why did you do all of this Ian? Why would you go this far? Even if you just wanted to protect me, you couldn't just taken me other another kingdom that wasn't being bombarded by an endless amount of nuclear weapons. So tell me, why did you do all of this?" Julius asked Ian who was still unconscious as he wanted to get an answer for why Ian decided to push himself so far for something which didn't even seem to exist.

"It was for you sire. It was to protect your land. I couldn't disgrace myself in front if you once again... I'm sorry," said Ian as he tried to ask for forgiveness. After saying those words, Ian's force field began to finally collapse as Ian could no longer hold it up and the nukes were forced to fall onto the ground. Although Julius could have quite easily broken them and instantly destroyed them or even thrown them back at the regular civilization of humanity, he purposely chose not to for a very good reason. That being so show Ian something.

"You see all of this Ian? There was no reason for you to push yourself so hard. You probably thought that I cared for this land and as such you were forced to protect it. However you're mistaken, there's nothing more that I care about in this world than my precious subjects. I trust you all with my own life which is why it's important that you take care of yourselves and worry about yourselves sometimes so that you can be there when it really counts," said Julius as he tries to reassure Ian that it was okay for the nukes to rain down on the 10th kingdom as long as Ian himself was okay.

As for the regular human civilization though.... that was a while different story.