Chapter 945 – 945. Continental Congress (4)
“… I beg your pardon?”
Upon hearing the news, Yuria opened her eyes wide and asked.
“They say the Lucadia royal family has fallen.”
“… I wasn’t asking that right now. The royal family… Does that mean everyone is dead?”
“Yes.”
“Why… “What happened?”
Eunhyeon relayed all the news she heard from Elvin to the group gathered in the room.
“Lexus did something like that…”
Especially when he heard that 1st Prince Lexus Lucadia, a member of the same royal family, killed all of his royal relatives and disappeared, it was so shocking that he could not keep his mouth shut.
“What? Queen. Do you know that prince?”
Erin tilted her head at Yuria’s words and actions, naturally mentioning his name as if they were friends.
“… That’s all I know. “Because I am also royalty.”
Yuria is also a member of the royal family.
He knew about royal families and high-ranking nobles belonging to other countries.
This is because their connections can become the cornerstone of exchange and diplomacy between countries.
There was a large distance between the Kingdom of Pernias and the Kingdom of Leucadia, as there were several small countries, but since they were located on the same eastern continent, it was natural that they knew each other’s faces.
“Huh? Were you very close?”
“We weren’t close, but…”
The last time Yuria met Lexus was three years ago, during her last Continental Congress.
At a banquet held after an important meeting between countries, she encountered Lexus for the first time.
A princess who inherited royal blood was an important means of establishing exchanges with royal families and nobles of other countries through her marriage.
In order to bring benefits to the Kingdom of Pernias by marrying the princess, who was valuable just by her very existence, to a foreign country, Yuria had no choice but to participate in the banquet held after the Continental Congress, which she did not want to do.
“We just talked about it a few times at the banquet.”
Eunhyeon asked Yuria.
“What kind of person was Prince Lexus?”
“… What does it mean?”
“Was he so crazy that he slaughtered all members of the royal family who had the same blood as him? And was he actually so powerful that he could have done that?”
“…”
Yuria was lost in thought.
In her mind, she remembered the conversation they had had at her banquet and gauged her humanity in her Prince Lexus.
“I’m not confident in my ability to see people, but… “The Prince Lexus I spoke to didn’t seem like that kind of crazy person.”
The Prince Laxus who existed in Yuria’s memories was not that kind of person.
He was a man who knew how to smile very gently, and he was a nobleman who truly cared for the people and worried about national affairs.
Of course, if he was someone who decorated himself with such actions and words on the outside, but was hiding his dark intentions on the inside, the story would be different.
At least her first impression of the man who spoke to her wasn’t that bad.
“So what were the surroundings like?”
“… “The surrounding area?”
“For example, the members of the Leucadian royal family that Prince Lexus exterminated. “In particular, his father, King Leucadia, who would have participated in the last Continental Congress.”
“Hmm… In the case of King Lucadia… “He was a difficult person to talk to.”
Although she was not directly involved in the Continental Congress, she sometimes got a feeling for it even without speaking.
Not this person.
It won’t suit you.
A type of person that I cannot understand physiologically and do not want to get close to.
Although it was difficult to even call it a woman’s unique feeling, Yuria got that feeling from the King of Lucadia.
It was to the point where I couldn’t understand how someone like him could inherit the blood of such a person and be born a righteous gentleman like Prince Lexus.
“Okay.”
After hearing Yuria’s story, Eunhyeon quietly nodded her head.
She couldn’t jump to conclusions just by hearing her story, but she could at least have a basis for judging.
“…”
After Eun-hyeon, who was lost in thought for a moment, closed her mouth, the room in her room became extremely quiet.
Everyone was waiting for Eunhyun’s decision.
Eunhyeon opened her mouth only after several seconds of silence.
“I think we will have to split into two teams. “Queen, please head to the kingdom’s capital first.”
“… “What should I do?”
“A palace where the royal family fell. “Please understand what is going on in that place where people who are the foundation of the country are dying and desperately trying to maintain the shaky foundation.”
Now the continental conference scheduled to be held in the Kingdom of Leucadia was not the problem.
Her heart pounded.
Probably everyone currently in the room has a vague guess.
The harbinger of disaster began to stir little by little and was about to reveal itself.
Was discovering this truly heavenly luck or bad luck?
She couldn’t come to a conclusion easily.
Rather than jumping to conclusions, it was time to make a move.
“… “What are you going to do?”
“I am concerned about our border to the west. “I have to go see what’s going on.”
It is not surprising that the undead and demonic beasts that are already advancing from the west will arrive at any moment.
However, in this situation, all members of the royal family were massacred.
To a prince who is a member of the same royal family.
It’s artificial, strange, and bizarre.
Perhaps the battle against the undead or demonic beasts flooding in from the west may have already begun.
Once the border is breached, there will be a truly unanswerable situation.
The problem is not that the country is falling apart.
Many people will die and the undead army, which has become more powerful, will attack the rear countries.
“Alex. You will escort the Queen as you always have. And…”
Eunhyeon looked at Erin and Siete in turn and pondered.
He wanted to attach one more person to escort Yuria, who was likely to be exposed to various dangers as she headed to the Lucadian court.
“I’ll go.”
Siete, who understood Eunhyeon’s gaze, volunteered to accompany Yuria and Alex.
“… Master. Are you sure you don’t mind?”
“What are you worried about? As for the role of her escort, it wouldn’t be that difficult. And…”
Siete glanced at Erin slightly and opened her mouth.
“This little boy will noticeably lose motivation if he’s not with you. “It’s much easier to stick with you.”
Hehe…”
As if she had hit the nail on the head, Erin smiled sheepishly and scratched her head.
It was true that if she acted apart from Eunhyeon, she would be a little disappointed.
She felt a little embarrassed because it seemed like her true intentions were discovered.
“Alex. “Do you know how to drive?”
“I did learn.”
“… Really? “Do you have a license?”
Yuria was surprised and looked at Eunhyun and Alex in turn.
“Where is there such a thing as a license? Here. “I was just curious, so I taught him and gave him some driving practice.”
Fortunately, Alex immediately understood the operation and structure of cars, including Retona, and easily learned to drive.
Although he had never actually driven a car, his skills were not too bad if Eunhyeon would allow it.
Suddenly, she realized that her driving skills were much better than Erin’s, who had stepped on the accelerator and crashed here and there.
“… Do I have to ride it?”
Although Yuria was hesitant simply because she was a novice driver with little experience.
“For your information, Master, you don’t drive or anything like that.”
Siete was a natural mechanic who knew nothing except swordsmanship.
If she didn’t want to let Alex drive, there was only one option left.
“Do you want to drive yourself?”
“… “I will shut my mouth and ride quietly.”
It was an extravagant story for Yuria, who did not have her license at all.
“Don’t worry. Queen. “I will take you safely.”
“… Yes.”
Yuria nodded her head at Alex’s confident voice, hoping that it would happen.
“Erin.”
“Huh.”
“As soon as the sun rises, let’s board Bumblebee and head to the western border by the shortest route.”
“Okay!”
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Kwasik!
“Ok, ahhh!”
The soldier’s screams as her bones were shattered and her flesh was torn off and eaten echoed throughout the battlefield.
The scene unfolding before me was hell itself.
Even if you turn your eyes away from the scene and try to run away, the sight continues wherever you look, from the side or behind.
A terrible fear of life being trampled surrounds the surroundings.
It’s been a week since the battlefield was filled with an eerie stench and deep fear.
The border defenses were increasingly reaching their limits.
The suddenly appearing undead and demonic beasts gradually approached the border gate, and the quick response of the guards guarding the gate fiercely resisted the approaching enemies, but the undead and demonic beasts continued to pour in without end.
The overwhelming volume of the offensive gradually created cracks in the border defense.
The number of dead soldiers increased day by day, and the dead soldiers became undead and further undermined the border defense.
The continuous battle eroded the mental strength and took the lives of the soldiers who barely survived and fought on the battlefield.
It was a natural step to meet limitations.
“Here… Until…”
The commander of the border guard who commanded the battlefield lamented.
Looking at the battle situation from the top of the castle wall, he closed his eyes tightly.
The endless, terrible screams of the soldiers, the terrible stench from the undead and corpses, the bodies of the soldiers with their flesh eaten away and their limbs and internal organs torn off, faced the terrible disaster brought by death and foreboded their own end.
No matter how much we struggled and struggled, in the end, the decided result did not change.
He must have been a master general worthy of praise for his commanding ability, as he was able to withstand the endless waves of disaster for as long as a week.
But how can those who would praise him take comfort in this situation without the soldiers?
As a garrison commander responsible for the lives of soldiers and people, and as a human being, I was once again experiencing the feeling of extreme helplessness.
In fact, the garrison commander thought that the fact that he was now in the position of garrison commander was nothing short of a miracle.
“Is it 20 years ago? The miracle I saw then…”
Near the end of his life, the garrison chief recalled his past.
This situation was similar to that time.
Many soldiers died, and the border was in danger of being breached.
The terrible despair subsided and gradually encroached on the surroundings.
Of course, the current situation was worse than then, but the hope that I saw back then still remained as a strong light in the garrison commander’s memory.
In order to fight against an empire that boasted of overwhelming force, he fought desperately and survived, but it was a time when he could not see his future or hope.
No one would have guessed that a party that appeared on the battlefield and began sweeping away the soldiers of the empire would turn the tide of war with just seven men and women.
It was literally a miracle.
“If that miracle happened once again…”
I earnestly prayed that someone would put an end to this disaster.
“It would be impossible.”
It was absurd to hope for such a miracle to happen twice.
And then.
[Barbarian witchcraft]
[Goblin Banquet]
Dozens and hundreds of blue fireworks covered the sky.
