Chapter 372 - 196. The Beginning Of The Apocalypse -1 (Part One) (2/2)

I was suffering fro by the frequent bouts of anae to the stern advice of my fa divinity for a while

There was the burden on my body to consider, but she also said that my soul wouldn't be able to endure it, either

It was then that I ended up staggering froain

"Your Majesty? Are you still feeling exhausted, sire?" Charlotte asked me in a worried voice

This kid, she was completely fine even now

I ainst the Mud Snake Hjorth, and in the process, had to endure the burden of the Grihtly and full of energy?

She really possessed physical specs that were incomparably better than ifted were a breed apart froht"

After replying to her, I scanned the refugees around us

They were currently shuddering in fear Even though the sudden raid of the Jötnar and the vampires had been successfully repelled, they had still been attacked by a huous monster snake called Hjorth in the end They must've been scared of the possibility of yet another attack happening soon

However, there was no need to worry, at least for the ti on her Unira, scanned the path ahead Her eyes began sparkling from what she saw But it wasn't just her

Even the cohtened considerably

"Sire, we've arrived"

I heard her call out to me, so I peeked my head out the

There it was, ait from all sides

We had finally arrived

After a lengthy journey, we had reached the border region of the Theocratic Empire, the place I called home

"It's the Theocratic Eateway to the city opened up, and Paladins hurriedly lined up in rank and file Standing before the Oscal

"Welcome back, sire"

"We came to welcome you back to the E I could hear the raucous cheering of the E fro-awaited return of their Holy Emperor, after all They probably felt really happy to have ees stepped inside the capital city of the fiefdons of their buoyantall the ordeals to get here

As for me, I headed directly to the fortress of the city The moreeted by the throng of a for ether to pray inout with despair-filled faces Their nations were now under intense assault by the giants, they said

They wanted me to accept their citizens under my protection

They didn't have anyJötnar on their own Just a horde of fifty giants would be doood thing was that I thened their forces enough to face off against the Jötnar for a bit They had received training befitting that purpose, so at the very least, they should've bought enough time for the evacuation of their citizens

We needed to get ready, as well; we had to prepare ourselves to stop their advances and launch our own counter-offensive, in other words

It didn't take a genius to figure out that those bastards would soon ht] did predict that eventuality, after all

"We shall do everything in our power"

That's all I could say to the ambassadors They persistently requested nored thenated et The Mud Snake Hjorth was the sure proof of that All the other kingdo h to be stuck in the giants' paths, that's all

I settled down on the throne of the fortress's audience chamber Raphael and Oscal stood before iant bastards will surely make their moves soon"

Frants, Aihrance, and Lome had been destroyed They would surely codoms wouldn't even serve as adequate distractions for thee

They had cottoned onto the fact that an individual capable of killing Surtr, Hríured that they would put everything else on the back burner and relentlessly erous being known to them, which was me, and would also destroy the Empire in the process, too

But it wouldn't just be the Jötnar, though Surely the va, too

The scale of the upcoether when coo