Chapter 189 - INTENSIFICATION (1) (2/2)
A secret passage.
The corridor over there.
And one of the many rooms connected to that corridor.
Bababang!
The walls and ceiling collapsed due to the battle between Count Bayer and First Sword.
But Cordelia ran without looking back and almost broke the door with her telekinetic power.
“Found it!”
Cordelia exclaimed and Jude saw.
A large bathtub in one side of the room.
One of the bathrooms set up all over the royal palace by the previous king because of his love for bathing.
“Quickly!”
Cordelia ran holding Jude’s hand, and the confused Jude entered the bathtub with Cordelia.
And he realized it.
What Cordelia was trying to do now.
The gamble she did.
“<Waterfall!>”
Water fell down over their heads. It made Jude and Cordelia wet, and she opened her mouth. Jude did the same, opening his mouth to do what she was trying to do.
“Twinkle twinkle little star!”
“Shining beautifully!”
It was almost like a yell and not a song, but now was not the time to think about that.
The Plan B Jude himself had prepared.
It was different from that.
There was a separate place that they had agreed on in advance.
But Cordelia ignored it. She revised the plan with her beastly senses.
Would it work?
Even though they were within the royal palace, it was still quite some distance from the outdoor hot spring area.
But could they do it here too?
Would the fairies appear here too?
Jude looked at Cordelia. Cordelia looked at Jude.
They opened their mouths at the same time to say the next lyrics, and a third voice came at that moment.
“Did you call?”
The Summer Fairy Queen.
She received a box of fairy chocolates and accepted the deal.
Jude hugged Cordelia. He couldn’t help it.
“You’re a genius!”
Cordelia screamed for a moment because he hugged her too tightly. But she tightly hugged Jude back.
And what he wanted to do from now on.
He wanted to kiss Cordelia’s forehead and cheek while whispering words of love, but they had something to do before that.
Jude turned to the Fairy Queen.
Sitting on a large box, she was grinning with her hands on her chin as if she was watching the two.
“Continue. The two of you will be kissing now, right? Like the love story of the Archwizard and the Fairy Queen?”
At her question asked in anticipation, Jude shook his head instead of saying yes.
“The plan has changed.”
Their deal with the Fairy Queen was to take the royal family outside.
But things had changed.
The destination had changed.
Instead of moving outside the royal palace, the two would be moving to the shelter.
If she had been a human merchant, she would have charged a new fee here, but she was a pure and innocent fairy. With a big smile, she accepted Jude’s request.
***
Flames soared from all over the royal capital.
The demon followers released zombies everywhere to increase the infected, and fierce battles occurred between the fighters of the Devil’s Hand and the Royal Guard members at the east and west gates.
At the west gate.
In one of the bases of the Royal Guard Magic Corps.
“<Fire Ball!>”
Adelia shouted loudly and threw a ball of flame, but it did not hit its target who was fighting Gaël.
Saluzia stopped Gaël by swinging like a sword the two pairs of wings from her back, and at the same time, splitting the ball of fire thrown by Adelia.
“Gaël!”
Adelia shouted once more and tried to support Gaël with magic, but Saluzia’s guards who were mid-ranking demonic humans did not allow it.
Apart from the fighters who were likely to be a hundred in number, there were three people who penetrated inside the Royal Guard Magic Corps base and ran wild, so Adelia was in a hurry to protect herself and her subordinates.
‘Too strong!’
A female demonic human with deer antlers on her head.
Her magic power was terrifying.
Moreover, her magic power wasn’t the only strong part of her. Her skill in hand-to-hand combat that pushed Gaël was truly amazing. Despite it only being a few minutes, Gaël’s body was full of wounds.
How much longer could Gaël endure?
How much longer could Adelia herself stay on the front line?
‘We have to hold on.’
Until the other commanders arrive.
She wondered how many commanders would gather here when the royal capital was in chaos, but at least three, or even two!
“<Fire Wall!>”
Adelia cast a wall of fire.
She lit up the night with a 3-meter high flame, creating a wall for her subordinates that could support them even for a moment, and then she turned to Gaël. She screamed at the sight she saw.
“Noooo!”
Saluzia’s wings headed straight towards Gaël’s head.
***
At the same time.
On top of the drawbridge leading to the south gate.
Koros and Seryu clashed.
The attack of Koros, who was the strongest among the high-ranking demons of the Devil’s Hand, was truly destructive.
The air burst out as if it were exploding, and a part of the bridge was on the verge of falling.
But Seryu responded calmly.
She was a master of counterattacking, attacking back when the enemy attacked.
Koros in his demonic human form was around 3-4 meters.
On the other hand, Seryu was only 160 cm tall, so their difference in size was almost thrice.
It was clear that if she allowed even a single blow to hit her, it would crush her slim body.
But she was one of the Ten Great Swordmasters.
Koros’ attacks hardly reached Seryu.
Her skillful swordsmanship combined with her unique light and flexible physical abilities deflected all of Koros’ attacks.
But Seryu was also seldom able to counterattack. Because Koros’ attacks continued without a pause.
How long would she be able to deflect Koros’ attacks?
How long would Koros be able to continue his onslaught that did not even give her a chance to counterattack?
Koros laughed.
Seryu clenched her teeth.
Once again, fist and sword crossed.
***
‘Pink Bomb!’
Running on the rooftop, Scarlet was anxious.
The royal capital was burning.
The royal palace was also on fire.
Scarlet’s reasoning said this.
This is the royal capital of the Sälen Kingdom.
Even though it may seem dangerous right now, the situation will be solved over time. It’s a place with that much power.
But she felt anxious.
Will that really happen?
No, even if it did, what about the damages that will occur in the meantime?
‘Was it this? Was it this?’
Pink Bomb said that on the day of the founding anniversary celebration, an incident might occur in the royal palace, so she had to be careful.
So Scarlet did not hide in the royal palace. She decided to enjoy the festival on the streets.
But it happened.
It was a lot bigger than what she had imagined.
She was worried about Pink Bomb. Lucas’ brightly smiling face also kept coming to her mind.
However, Scarlet was forced to stop running towards the royal palace.
“Heeelp!”
“Mommy!”
Under a roof.
A roof had fallen on a woman, and her child was crying, but people were too busy running away and didn’t have the time to help the two.
And zombies flooded in between the flames and smoke.
Scarlet cursed and drew her sword. She took a final look at the palace before she threw herself at the horde of zombies. She began her fight to protect the people.
***
At the southwest side of the royal capital.
Someone stopped running and gazed at the burning royal capital.
He had a weird look.
His entire body was covered with a black robe, and his entire face was covered with a mask reminiscent of a bird’s beak.
The burning royal capital.
The burning city.
The past and present crossed.
Because the sight in front of him brought back memories of the past.
The Paragon Kingdom.
A city destroyed by demons.
And another one.
The masked man could feel it.
Death was spreading on the royal capital. Dead people were being mass produced.
“Giddyap!”
The man did not think anymore. The closer he got to the royal capital, the stronger the barrier worked, but not all necromancy came from the power of demons.
Life Magic.
The horse the man was riding on revealed its true nature. The eyes of the ghost horse – a Phantom Steed, glowed green, and smoke rose from its hooves. Its harrowing ghostly wail shook the night sky.
Necromancer Velkian.
One of the Paragon Kingdom’s five heroes.
He headed for the royal capital.
He crossed the night sky with his Phantom Steed.