Chapter 339: The Valhalla Kingdom in an Extremely Dangerous Situation 2 (1/2)
“Her third Majesty was able to summon the Spirit King but lost…”
“Esmeralda is about to fall to the enemies!”
“The soldiers are discouraged… at this rate…”
“His Majesty Dorian Explorer has been injured…”
The situation was getting worse.
Husband…! Ninetails bit her red lips. When are you coming… the kingdom needs you…
The absence of Kang Chul-In had a great effect. Of course, it was true that Kang Chul-In was 50% of the Valhalla Kingdom’s manpower, but this was too much. What kind of army was the Valhalla Kingdom? Soldiers in the Valhalla Kingdom were trained intensely like every fight was to the death. Moreover, they were a military that had only experienced victories. A hundred percent winning rate. The Valhalla Kingdom’s soldiers were the strongest in Pangaea, but such an army was falling apart.
It wasn’t because Kang Chul-In was absent. The enemies were just too strong.
A mysterious legion of 500,000 monsters and the Ancient Empire, with the demon Saturnus. It was because they were being attacked by these two great forces.
“Husband… please come back soon.”
It was a desperate self-muttering.
“Y-Your second Majesty…!”
It was then.
“Something bad has happened… sad news…!”
A messenger quickly ran into the hall and bowed in front of Ninetails.
“What… is it.”
Ninetails asked with an exhausted face. She was tired. Every piece of bad news that came was horrible. Things were so bad that she thought they couldn’t get worse.
“The commander of the White Lion Knights…”
“...!”
“Sir Mikael…”
“No way…”
“In the battle against Ancient Empire soldiers…”
Ninetails felt her heart dropping to the ground. What kind of knight was Mikael? He was the master of internal affairs who had made Balnibarbi of rural Pandemonium into the second capital, along with Captain James. The man who Kang Chul-In had left Balnibarb to had died in battle.
It was something she didn’t want to believe.
“I… see.”
Ninetails tried to hide her feelings of despair.
“His body.”
So she asked in the steadiest voice possible.
“Were they able to bring the body back?”
“T-That’s…”
“Answer me.”
“...!”
“I asked if they retrieved the body.”
“They weren’t… able to… retrieve Sir Mikael’s body…”
“Are you being serious right now!?”
Ninetails roared. She exploded.
“Your second Majesty…!”
“He was given stars by the kingdom but you weren’t able to retrieve his body!?”
“B-But… the situation on the battlefield was too disadvantageous to us…”
“Shut up!”
“I-I apologize…”
The messenger didn’t know what to do.
“Please… step back…”
“Yes, your second Majesty…”
“Whew…!”
Ninetails couldn’t hold in her blazing fury. She knew that it was funny to be angry at the fact that the body wasn’t retrieved properly, but there was nothing else she could do. One of the kingdom’s pillars had fallen at the continued losses. It was hard for her to reign in her anger…
If only Tactician Kwak was here…!
Kwak Jung was half-disabled from the overuse of his ability, so he couldn’t strategize and plan for any battle tactics. No, strategizing and planning aside, he was barely living day by day with Alfred’s Blood Heal.
“Husband has to come back…”
There was no solution. The only one, if there was one, was Kang Chul-In. He had to come back for the soldiers to feel encouraged again and fight back against the enemies.
“If Husband comes back…”
It was then.
Boom! With a loud explosion, the Lord’s Hall began to shake.
“...!”
While everyone was shocked at the sudden commotion,
“Aaaack!”
Someone’s scream rang out in the Lord’s Hall. That wasn’t the end, however.
“Stop!”
“Stop them. We have to protect the Lord’s Hall!”
“Stay calm! Endure!”
“Emergency, emergency!”
“It’s an enemy.”
Shouts of the guards outside of the Lord’s Hall could be heard.
“...”
The shouts didn’t last long, however.
Silence. The frantic commotion stopped instantly. Then, footsteps approached them.
“...!”
Ninetails shivered after hearing the sound.
This is…! She didn’t have a good feeling about it. Demon.
That was the only word that she could think of. The being outside was scary, although they were only standing outside of the Lord’s Hall.
Boom! With an explosive sound, the door to the Lord’s Hall burst open.
And,
“Hehe…!”
A demon with a cruel smile showed itself.
“Y-You are!” Ninetails recognized the demon at once. “T-The Emperor of Lunacy and Night…”
Why wouldn’t she? If one knew the Emperor of Blood and Iron, they would know the Emperor of Lunacy and Night as well. The story of how he killed his father a thousand years ago to become emperor was still a famous one.