Chapter 755 - Pursuit and Counterattack 2 (1/2)

Luke was in a hurry to head over to Angara, the capital of Irea Kingdom.

It was because if the Angara got destroyed, a huge blow would come for the continental alliance.

However, Irea didn’t have a long-distance teleport gate.

It wasn’t a decision taken by the King and his men, rather it was due to the lack of funds in the nation. It wasn’t called the Kingdom of seclusion for nothing.

‘Damn it, in such urgent situations…!’

First, Luke moved his troops and supplies as far as he could with teleport magic and then hurried up the match.

‘At any cost, the Angara needs to endure the battle, just till we arrive…’

The King of Irea, Charles was already informed of Arsene and the Undead legion heading over there.

He did propose the idea of evacuation, but Charles didn’t like it.

-Our Irea Royal family has never run away from enemies, not once in history. Of course, probably because we held a neutral stand all through the generation, there were very few enemies invading.

Charles, who said that with a blunt expression, said that he would try to block them as much as possible.

Seeing that Luke couldn’t hold back his emotions.

“The enemy coming over there is not an ordinary one! He is the Lich King, Arsene, he created a large army of Undead and has been alive for over 500 years!”

-Even if the opponent is a demon, we are not going to withdraw and evacuate.

“Look here, King Charles! This isn’t the time to act so stubborn!”

Despite Luke’s repeated warnings, Charles cut off the magic communication, saying that he wouldn’t withdraw.

That only made Luke’s heart more irritated.

“I don’t get it… why is he being so useless?!”

“Irea men are usually like that. They are more stubborn and open to outsiders easily.”

When Belik was talking about the nature of Irea, Arch Duke Gregory, who was beside him asked.

“Your Majesty, can Irea really stop the enemies?”

Luke shook his head, not needing any time to think.

“The Castia Kingdom, which is a lot stronger than the Irea Kingdom, couldn’t stop a couple of Lich and Death Knight. It is only a matter of time before Angara gets ruined too.”

“But wouldn’t it be better than Castia defending, I mean, we informed them in advance, right?”

“I hope they end up doing something good…”

Gregory, who looked at the skeptical expression on Luke’s face, gave orders to the Saint Guard.

“Raise the speed of the march! The people of Angara are in danger!”

“Yes, Sire!”

The members of Saint Guard shouted at once and moved quickly on the horses they were riding.

At present, Gregory had around 1,000 Saint Guards and 3,000 Knights of the Imperial Army, and 200 Gigants.

The knights were all on the horses, while the Gigants are on their trailers.

Reina lent the troops gathered in Bless, and because of that, Luke contacted the Symphonia Kingdom and asked for troops to be dispatched.

Since the Symphonia Kingdom and the Irea Kingdom were neighbors, if their 4th squad of army moved, they would reach Angara a lot sooner than expected.

They ran for two full days to save time, but they hadn’t met Arsene or his legion, instead what they saw was.

Burning buildings in Angara and the bodies which had fallen to the ground and burnt.

Arch Duke Gregory, who took in the entire scene of the city of death, sighed.

“We, we were too late!”

“Damn it, senior! This is all because of the warlocks, I want to punch him down as soon as possible!”

At Belik’s words, Gregory shook his head.

“Not all warlocks are evil. Didn’t warlocks of the Black Tower help in purifying the Undead troops?”

“Well, that is becau…”

Gregory was shocked at the words he spoke.

If it was his past version, he would never be defending the warlocks, he would have used his sword instead of his brain.

That change was all because of Reina and Luke.

“Your Majesty, let’s go to the Royal Palace.”

Looking at the horrors of the city, Luke walked to the palace.

The city was ruined, but there still could be some survivors.

Gregory ordered the Holy Empire to search the city and followed Luke.

The situation was the same for the Royal Palace—all burnt and smashed.

The battle was quite fierce, and there were many bodies along with broken Gigants and soldiers everywhere.

The regrettable thing was all the common people who fled to the palace died.

“This is weird.”

Belik, who was looking around, opened his mouth.

“What are you talking about?”

At Belik’s words, Luke asked what was so weird.

“In Castia, not just humans, but even the livestock were killed. The same seems to have happened, but… I can’t see the body of a horse or a single cow.”

‘Now that one mentions, I can’t see any wagons. Not even a body of children.’

Maybe King Charles was evacuating the capital by using wagons and took out the children first.

As he thought about it, Luke who was shocked felt a little relieved.

“Well, we need to find the whereabouts of Arsene and his minions.”

At Luke’s words, Belik nodded.