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An ordinary… paladin?
“…”
The scene in the entire great hall became extremely awkward. Even Elena glanced at Shelley.
[An ordinary paladin?]
[How shameless.]
“I’m not wrong. I’m really just an ordinary paladin.”
“It’s just that I’m a little more handsome.”
Shelley’s expression did not change in the slightest. He gently pulled out a stool for Elena and helped her sit down.
“If you insist on asking…”
“I am still the only prince of Fente at this time.”
“The only prince of the half-elven kingdom of Ir.”
“The High Priest of the Half-Elven Church.”
The half-elven kingdom… that unrealistic rumor is actually true.
Gaden, who had originally held on to a glimmer of hope, had completely lost his dream. He was as limp as a pile of mud, paralyzed on the ground.
“It’s really fun to pull a big flag as a tiger’s skin.”
“But I hope they can update the information, so that I don’t have to say it every time.”
I’ll be embarrassed too.
Shelley sat down in the first seat where Snow had been sitting just now, gently crossed his legs, placed his hand on his knee, and said no more.
Elena received the message from Shelley and gently tapped the cup with the silver spoon on the table.
“Everyone, let’s start the meeting.”
“The meeting of the Southern Kingdoms Alliance officially begins.”
Elena gently raised her wine glass and gestured to the scattered kings and guards.
Some of the panicked kings struggled to get up from their stools and raised their wine glasses, trembling.
There were also some who, with their own strength, performed a little better. They looked at the scene before them with hesitation.
Everyone present understood that this was a time to take sides…
Thud.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
This life of falling and suppressing a painful cough was like a heavy hammer on their already-tense hearts.
The floating Snow fell heavily. He lowered his head and was helped by a guard to an empty seat far away from Shelley, and picked up his wine glass.
“To the Queen…”
The King of Roseth’s compromise became the plan, the last straw of their hesitation.
Everyone raised their wine glasses in turn and said in a low voice to Elena, who was sitting in the first seat, “To the Queen…”
In this series of congratulations, which were mixed with panic and unease, Elena no longer had any nervous emotions. These opponents, who had originally seemed very difficult to deal with in her eyes, turned out to be just a group of cowards who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
She became more and more calm. She carefully looked at the expression on everyone’s face.
Unease, fear, resentment… but these were all deeply suppressed, and they did not dare to show the slightest bit.
Because they were weak, they did not even dare to show the slightest bit of the anger in their hearts.
“Strength is the foundation of everything.”
Elena looked at Shelley, who was smiling beside her and looking at her with a gentle gaze. It was this man who had given her the strength and reliance to rule the south.
A socialite who had originally relied on her beautiful appearance and small cleverness to get by in the noble circle… at this time, she had the strength to make the entire south tremble.
“I can’t lose to Nadia.”
Elena silently strengthened the belief in her heart. She showed a high and mighty, reserved smile to the various kings.
“To everyone…”
“Today, I have something to announce.”
She stood up, drained the blood-red wine in her glass, reached out, and untied the long hair that was tied up at the back of her head, letting the flame-like red hair fall and scatter. She gently shook her hair and then announced, “The Kingdom of Fente will withdraw from the Southern Kingdoms Alliance from today on…”
!!!
What!?
Snow and the others couldn’t even care about the amazement in their eyes. At this time, their hearts were full of incomprehension and shock.
Elena continued, “Fente, at this moment, to the Southern Kingdoms…”
“Issues a declaration of war.”
…
The city of Kose.
Many, many people were gathered in the city square. At this time, they were looking at the group of black-clothed people on the bell tower with some panic.
“What on earth are those people talking about?”
“But…”
They looked at the front of the crowd, where there was a mother and daughter, hugging each other tightly, and roaring at the bell tower, “What did you do to my husband? What did you do?”
“Daddy! Give me back my daddy! Wuuuuu!”
The clothes on the two of them were still intact, but there were traces of blood. The two of them looked as if they had just rushed out of a room.
Dong, dong, dong!
The bronze bell on the bell tower was rung again. The entire town fell silent. They knew that that group of people had something to say again… The last time they had rung the bronze bell, they had announced their existence, and also the fate of these people.
“You weak prey.”
“You actually didn’t understand our request.”
“This is a contempt for us.”
A tall, black-clothed man walked out from behind the bronze. He held up the bloody corpse in his hand and shouted at the whispering crowd below, “No one will come to save you. We have completely cut off all your contact with the outside world.”
“All you can do is to follow your request.”
“If you disobey…”
“This is the end of your disobedience.”
He crushed the head of the corpse in his hand, as easily as crushing an egg, and then threw it down from the bell tower. But the corpse did not fall to the ground. There was a rope tied to his waist, and it swung in mid-air, dripping blood on the ground.
“No… impossible…”
She held her child and slowly collapsed to the ground, looking at the familiar corpse, tears constantly flowing down. The clothes on that corpse were sewn by her own hands. She recognized every patch on it… that was her husband…
“…Daddy?”
“Mom, is that daddy?”
The broken-down woman could not say a word. She could only forcefully press her daughter to her chest, not letting her see the scene.
The panic began to spread. Before they could get into a mess, another nine corpses were thrown down from the bell tower.
“It’s the blacksmith, Charlie.”
“Avik! It’s him.”
“Heavens! The king is above…”
“No, no, no! This isn’t real.”
“…”
The panicked emotions were completely ignited. When death descended on the people around them, everyone realized that their lives were already threatened. They began to shout, to curse, to run…
“Run! Shout.”
“Only by killing one person can you live safely.”
“Anyone will do. Your enemy, your relative. The old, the young… all the same.”
“Only the one who survives is the strong.”
Looking at the crowd below, who were all in a state of panic and were beginning to scatter, the black-clothed people on the tower revealed a savage smile.
“The hunt begins…”
“May my Lord bless these pitiful people.”
“Hahahaha…”
