Chapter 951 – 951. Continental Congress (10)
“You prevented the invasion of undead and demonic beasts?”
[Well, it just so happened that it happened like that.]
The way he said it was that it happened unintentionally.
I pictured him scratching his head and ignoring it as if it was no big deal.
The number alone is about 2,000.
“Under…”
I was so shocked that I had no idea how to respond.
Eun-hyeon is far from the type of person who forcibly creates her own status by spouting lies, so this is not a lie but the truth.
As a rough estimate, the number 2,000 also meant that at least that number could easily be passed.
Compared to the scale of the previous invasion of the Mograf Frontier, the border of the Kingdom of Pernias, the number was not that large, but even so, it far exceeded the limit of what could be handled with just two people.
Rather than saying that the problem had been solved neatly, it was even more strange to talk about it and accept it for granted.
‘Okay… This human can do it…’
To the extent that it is absurd to accept oneself as such.
He glanced up and looked at the rearview mirror in front of him.
Alex, who was driving in the front seat, was also smiling bitterly.
Alex, who was listening to the story through the crystal ball, also showed a similar reaction to Yuria.
The only person who took this story calmly was Siete, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
“Of course he can do this.”
“… Yes yes. “I guess so.”
Yuria let out a small sigh and agreed accordingly.
She is known to be Eun-hyeon’s teacher, and even though she doesn’t seem like a person worth dealing with at first glance, she secretly brags about her student to the point where it’s really annoying.
She may have responded well at first, but as time went by, she started to get tired.
[Yes? What are you talking about?]
It seemed like Eunhyeon didn’t really hear Siete’s story.
“No. It’s nothing. More than that, what do you plan to do in the future?”
After receiving the shocking news that the entire Lucadia royal family had been annihilated, Eunhyeon, who sensed something was strange about her, headed to the kingdom’s border with Erin.
And she couldn’t help but be shocked when she received the news of what was happening at the border.
An endless invasion of undead and demonic beasts.
A lord who abandoned her role and responsibility and ran away with her family.
As each day passes, the number of soldiers killed increases, putting pressure on the future of the surviving soldiers.
Eunhyeon’s anxiety was right.
As of yet, no connection has been found between the massacre of the entire royal family and the appearance of a large army of undead and demonic beasts on the border, but is it really possible that this happened at the same time by chance?
It wasn’t so.
[For now… I plan to contribute to the reconstruction of this area. At least the border defenses must be secured so that there is a justification for holding the Continental Congress.]
It was obvious that it was simply for the people on the border, but the emergence of undead and demonic beasts gradually coming from the west occurred faster than Eunhyeon expected.
This Continental Congress was very important as building a union of the remaining continents as quickly as possible and countering the West was an urgent issue.
[How about there?]
“… We will arrive in the capital soon. “I plan to head straight to the palace to find out the situation.”
[Okay.]
Although they started from the eastern border, Eunhyeon arrived much faster at the western border, which was three or four times the distance.
Eunhyeon did not blame Yuria for not yet arriving at the capital of the Kingdom of Lucadia despite the relatively short distance.
Although he learned how to operate the Retona, Alex is still a beginner and is not used to driving.
Moreover, it is perhaps natural that an experienced person riding a bike at full speed along the fastest road can cover a longer distance than riding on an unmaintained road in a car.
[If anything happens, please contact us immediately. First of all, since the Queen also has a Master, most problems that require military force will be resolved.]
“… Yes. “Of course.”
[Is there something wrong?]
Eunhyeon felt doubtful about Yuria’s momentary pause in her answer.
“No. “It’s nothing in particular.”
[Hmm?]
Yuria let out her sigh in a small voice that Eunhyeon could not hear.
For some reason, I felt irritated that teachers and students alike had similar attitudes toward each other.
She doesn’t have anything to do with it, but she just gets angry when she watches the two from afar.
It feels like a third party caught between two men and women having a romantic relationship.
[Hyuna! Hurry! Quick! You decided to play with me all day today!]
Moreover, the man is already married and has four wives.
It wasn’t like he and her were related to each other, but for no reason, I got excited.
[Okay. Then, if anything happens, I’ll contact you again. I’ll stop now.]
“Yes.”
Yuria ended her communication with Eunhyeon like that.
After finishing the call and driving for another day with Alex, the three finally arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Leucadia.
“… “It’s serious.”
From the moment he came inside after completing the inspection, Alex couldn’t help but frown.
The streets of the kingdom’s capital were more miserable than expected.
Skinny beggars were seen everywhere, sitting on the ground begging, and the roads were left with dirty trash and sewage due to lack of proper maintenance.
Just looking at this situation, it was clear to one’s eyes what kind of future the Kingdom of Lucadia was facing.
“It really looks like it’s on the verge of collapse.”
Siete, who was also looking around, said calmly.
This is what the Earth he lived on looked like right before it was destroyed.
The world, which continued to become dirty and broken because no one managed it or cared about it, eventually perished.
If everyone disappears, including those who manage or care about it, and no one who can say anything about it, what remains there is bound to gradually crumble and lose its form.
“… “Let’s go.”
Yuria left immediately, accompanied by Alex and Siete.
She seemed to be walking aimlessly through the capital, but her destination was clear.
The place where the royal family, the owners of the Kingdom of Leucadia, is located.
It was a royal palace.
Finding the location of the palace wasn’t that difficult.
All I had to do was find an area that was relatively neater and more organized than this one.
As we looked for a place where there were no beggars lying on the streets and no filth or trash left behind, we naturally began to identify the location of the Royal Palace of Leucadia.
And when they arrived in front of the royal palace, the three had no choice but to stop.
This is because, unlike Siete, who expressed no interest in a calm tone, both Yuria and Alex felt suspicious at the same time.
“… “No security?”
There was not a single soldier guarding the entrance to the palace.
Even when I looked around, I didn’t feel like I was popular.
Only cold silence remained in the open entrance.
“…”
Yuria tensed and swallowed her saliva.
Inside, where there wasn’t even a single guard, it was impossible to guess what was going on.
But for some reason, it felt uneasy and ominous.
I carefully went inside, hoping that my intuition was wrong.
“… “Queen.”
Alex, who was walking ahead of her, momentarily stopped Yuria, who was following her.
“What’s wrong? Ah…”
Yuria, who sensed her doubts, belatedly realized the reason.
This is because she discovered traces visible throughout the palace.
Not only are the pillars that support the building destroyed, but the walls are dented and cracked.
She was surprised that the palace itself did not collapse.
She was certain that fierce fighting had taken place inside the royal palace of Lucadia.
“These are not recent traces.”
It is probably a trace of a battle that took place on the day of the terrible incident of the 1st Prince Lexus Lucadia’s massacre of the royal family.
“Why on earth…”
Why?
Why did this happen?
I couldn’t understand.
To find out, the only way was to go deeper into the interior of the palace.
“… “Let’s go inside.”
“… Yes.”
Alex hesitated for a moment.
Is it really right to let her in here?
But Alex also knew that he wasn’t the type of person who would listen to words.
He had no choice but to escort Yuria and enter her.
It was also because she believed not only in herself, but also in the abilities of Siete, whom Eunhyeon firmly trusted.
Even so, she couldn’t relax.
Putting all her nerves into observing the perimeter around her, she slowly entered.
“Ahhhhh!”
Yuria and Alex trembled at the man’s scream coming from inside.
“… !”
“… !”
It was only for a moment that we looked at each other and checked our expressions.
The two quickly composed themselves and nodded, confirming each other’s intentions.
As if in protest at the pause, he immediately ran inside the palace where he heard the screams.
And what I saw there.
“Are you sick? Are you suffering? “Do you want to die?”
“Ugh… !”
It was a sight of a black knight’s sword spreading an eerie dark red energy piercing the body of a guard knight lying on the floor.
And next to the black knight, a woman was talking to the guard knight in a soft voice.
“Say. “You’re asking.”
The Black Knight twisted the blade that pierced the Guard Knight’s abdomen to the side.
“Kaaaaak!”
As the blade sliced through the abdomen and internal organs, blood spurted upward and decorated the surroundings.
“How does it feel? What is the feeling of a blade penetrating your abdomen and tearing all your organs apart? Are you sick? How? How does it hurt? How painful is it? “Is it so painful that you want to die?”
“Ah, ahhh!”
The guard knight could not answer the woman’s question.
That immense pain overtakes and torments his body.
As if the comfortable rest of losing one’s mind was not allowed, the Black Knight continued to tear the body of the Royal Guard into pieces, while the woman persistently asked.
“Oof… !”
At that terrible sight and the smell of blood that stings her nose, Yuria finally cannot stand it and begins to gag.
“Huh?”
The woman who heard Yuria’s voice sensed her presence and turned her head toward her entrance.
She then tilted her head and asked.
“Who is it?”
“…”
Alex didn’t answer.
Rather than answering her questions, my priority was to look around her and understand the situation.
The interior of the palace was almost half destroyed and devastated to the point where it would not be easy to restore.
Corpses that ended their lives in horrendous conditions as eggs were laid all over the place.
In this hell-like place, only the black knight and the woman radiating terrible energy stood there.
Alex tensed and looked at the black knight.
‘You took care of all these royal guard knights? The author alone?
The stab wounds on the bodies of the corpses lying on the floor were all inflicted by one person.
The form was so terrible and miserable that I couldn’t breathe.
“I asked who it was?”
When Yuria, Alex, and Siete remained silent, the woman asked again.
But still, no one answered her question.
Yuria’s gaze turned to the black knight.
Although she was fully armored in black armor, she gasped when she saw his bare face without a helmet.
“Reck, Suss… ?”
“…”
Lexus didn’t respond.
Rather than opening his mouth or showing any reaction, he looks straight ahead with a blank expression.
No. Is that looking forward?
Eyes are out of focus
I couldn’t even feel like I was breathing.
Like a walking corpse.
“Dead body? A corpse? No way…”
“I asked who you were!”
When she asked the same question three times and got no answer, the woman screamed hysterically.
Her eyes were filled with intense anger and hatred, as well as wariness toward Yuria, who had uttered Laxus’ name in her mouth.
“How do you know Lexus? Who are you.”
“That…”
“Ha, no. No. I guess I’ll just have to kill them all anyway. Lexus. Take care of it. There is no need to intentionally save it. “Just kill them all.”
“…”
Lexus walked forward.
No reaction or answer came back, but Laxus swung her sword at Yuria, like a machine or doll given her command.
“Can I take charge of it?”
“Ah… !”
She didn’t even have to answer.
Because she was already moving.
Siete, who passed between Yuria and Alex, suddenly drew her sword and rushed towards Laxus.
