[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-idle-tycoon-system":3,"chapter-idle-tycoon-system-idle-tycoon-system-chapter-13":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Idle Tycoon System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1828009,2431,"Chapter 13: The Demons and Mages","idle-tycoon-system-chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>The captain cursed under his breath. \"The seventh breach this month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elara's playful personality vanished, immediately becoming cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Casualties?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unknown. Just got word now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain stepped forward, his armour clanking. \"Princess, we need to escort you back to the castle, where you are safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of nodding like any sensible royal would, Elara's eyes lit up with the unmistakable gleam of someone about to make a terrible decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to Noah, grabbing his arm with strength that he couldn't struggle against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with me,\" she commanded, already dragging him in the opposite direction of safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah's feet skidded on the cobblestones. \"Wait, what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To the eastern wall,\" she called to the guards, who exchanged looks of pure suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no.\" Noah tried to extract his arm from her grip. It was like trying to escape an elegant vise. \"Why are we going to the eastern wall?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl is actively trying to kill me. She thinks I'm some mysterious hero who's pretending to be weak. I'M ACTUALLY WEAK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mentally screamed while his physical face cycled through at least seven different expressions of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry,\" Elara said, her smile far too confident for someone heading toward a demon invasion. \"I won't make you fight them. I can already tell you're not a mage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, thank g—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to show you what a mage can do.\" Her smirk should have come with a warning label.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain of the guard, a man who had clearly contemplated career changes multiple times that day, sighed. He knew arguing was pointless. He signalled to the other guards, who formed a protective diamond around the princess and her unwilling companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness,\" the captain tried one last time, \"protocol states...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Protocol also states I have authority during emergencies.\" Elara didn't even slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>huh?Noah's brain struggled to process the words.Wait...is she taking me on a field trip to see demons?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People scattered as their group rushed through the streets. Noah stumbled along, wondering how his life had turned from selling bread to witnessing demonic invasion in under an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System,he whispered desperately,what are my chances of survival if we actually reach the eastern wall?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system ignored him, making him curse under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds reached them before the sights, roars unlike anything from Earth, and the distinct crackle of what could only be spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Almost there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elara sounded practically giddy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's what I'm afraid of,\" Noah muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rounded a corner, and Noah's heart attempted to escape through his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eastern wall stood about fifty feet high, massive stone. Parts of it were currently on fire. Other parts appeared to be... melting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And scaling the wall, pouring through a breach near the base, were things that defied description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closest analogy Noah's terrified brain could conjure was \"if spiders were the size of bears, and looked very, very angry. Whilst also having a weird look to them,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also many kinds of demons with different looks and different powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soldiers fought desperately at the breach point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But among the defenders stood figures in robes similar to those Noah had seen in the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hurled spells, actual magic that tore through the demons with varying effectiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There,\" Elara pointed, eyes gleaming. \"That's what you could learn at the Academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mage near the front line raised her staff, and a wall of ice appeared, temporarily stopping the demon advance. Another conjured chains of iron that bound a creature long enough for soldiers to hack at it with enchanted weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is supposed to convince me?\" Noah squeaked. \"Seeing people nearly die fighting these demons?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain growled, \"Your Highness, we're too exposed here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if to emphasise his point, one of the larger demons spotted their group. Its eyeless face seemed to focus directly on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Noah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh no...\u003C\u002Fp>",644,"2026-06-09T06:05:14.055Z",1,"novelbin.me","2f65289d0697973920e351f2ff760c30c301af0b0094dabdc32e0e15cf95fb05","idle-tycoon-system-chapter-14","idle-tycoon-system-chapter-12",438,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fidle-tycoon-system-cover.jpg"]