Chapter 99: Throne Room (2/2)
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An immediate overload of useless and repetitive information was suddenly forced into his head by whatever it was that was protecting the throne from being read. Tyler's brain suddenly felt like it was about to explode as the information kept repeating itself in his head with no sign of stopping.
Tyler held his head as he was forced to his knees in excruciating pain. His mind was about to go blank but Tyler knew he couldn't let that happen. If the information kept coming it might kill him. He tried as hard as he could to muster up the strength and quickly canceled the spell that had been hijacked by the throne.
The pain slowly subsided as he began to regain some semblance of his thoughts. He quickly cast placate on himself to calm his mind as he managed to stand up, panting heavily. Tyler glared at the metallic throne with clear malice in his eyes. He really wanted to just smash this thing apart for that but was wary of any more defensive mechanism.
He had wanted to attempt entering the secret room without activating the monarch ring but this was not a good sign as he climbed down the stairs and exited the throne room. He clearly wasn't ready for anything in there and he didn't want to know what type of protection was in the secret room.
As he came out of the throne room a sudden ringing entered his head which made him flinch in fright but soon realize it was just the communication spell being used. He accepted the communication request and Albert's voice entered his mind.
He was reporting his completion of the preparations for Tyler to leave for Winged city today and Tyler thanked him for his hard work.
Tyler also told Albert to tell Nadine she was accompanying him right before he hanged up the call. He had already informed her beforehand so this was merely a reminder.
He took his time heading to the gate so he could continuously use his healing spell on himself to be fully recovered from that mental assault. Upon getting to the gate he saw a single six-eyed bull attached to a single carriage. It was obviously the same carriage as the ones that brought the ogres here but right now the carriage wasn't as large as he remembered.
It was of relatively normal size with the same simple design. It wasn't until he focused did Tyler realize that this carriage was a magic item. He wondered how a tribe of freemen got their hands on so many rare mounds and magic carriages before his eyes settled on the two people standing by the carriage and it clicked for him.
It was Albert... He remembered asking a question previously and Jarret had given him an answer that also answered this question. When the Great five had tried to influence the lives of freemen, stating that they needed to either become the citizens of a region or relocate to an unoccupied region. Albert who had been a Lord of a small region had provided this tribe with everything they had needed to survive.
Perhaps he had also done that because he knew he would need their help in the future, his foresight wasn't bad. Albert and Nadine dropped down to a knee upon Tyler's arrival and Albert spoke first.
”We've completed all the preparations you requested.”
”Nice, good job my guy.”
Tyler said trying to lighten the mood but it didn't seem to work as the girl Nadine looked incredibly nervous and was trembling visibly.
Tyler looked at the petite girl with a very cute face and fluffy tail that made him want to pet her. He remembered the wild side she showed in the magic crystal mirror when she had fought against the unique trolls and even when she had defeated the Lich last night and couldn't believe she was the same person acting timid here.
Tyler chuckled before walking over to her and calming tone, he greeted her. ”Hi there, looks like I'll be in your care for some time.”
Nadine's face flushed red as she tried her best to compose herself in her response. ”I- I'll d-do my best.”
Her shaky voice made Tyler laugh a little and that made her face get even redder.
”There's no need to be so nervous, I'm not scary am I?”
”Uh, n-no... just, err, sorry”
Tyler didn't understand why she was now apologizing so he thought he would stop there before she broke down or something. He turned to Albert and asked. ”Is everything in there?”
”Yes, Nadine is also aware of what to do to get into the city.”
”Alright, Let's head out. Oh and, do keep an eye on Z, I'll call you if his information checks out so you can let him out of confinement.”
”Yes sir.”
”Is he done with the training regimen for them?”
”I believe so, I'll implement it as soon as the competition ends.”
”Alright, I'll be back sometime next week, maybe earlier so see you then.”
”Yes sir.”
As Tyler turned to board the carriage, he suddenly saw a dark figure running towards him from the castle. He instinctively knew who it was and he could see two other figures that were flying after her.
As Rain bolted to a halt she grinned at him and before Tyler could even ask a question, she had already moved forward and kissed him. Unlike the last peck she gave him on the tower, this was a deep kiss.
As she pulled herself away from him, she quickly whispered something into his ears before bolting away like lightning just as the other two girls had reached her location. They flew down in front of Tyler and Liz felt like she should apologize for her friend. ”I'm sorry about her Lord Ty, we couldn't stop her.”
Tyler's mind finally spun again as he chuckled trying to hide his surprise. ”Hmm, it's fine... Are you guys here to see me off?”
”Um, yeah... we were all supposed to do that but Rain wanted to sneak into your roo— Oh umm, she was just sad you weren't taking her along.”
”Wait did you say sneak?”
”Oh no, we have to go please be careful out there.”
Before Tyler could find out more Liz had already dragged Erin in the air as they flew away. Erin looked helpless as she was being pulled around by the two.
”Well, that was weird.”
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