Novel Full 303 As The World Comes Down Part 2
“Faith, where are you? You need to heal, Mother!” Hearing my brother’s panicked voice, I rushed into the teleporter room to see my mother’s body half burnt and that she was missing a leg. My eyes went wide seeing such a scene. My father was also in serious condition as well. I ran over and quickly began using rewind on the both of them. “What the hell happened!?”
“We don’t know. We were suddenly attacked with a strange spell that ignored the barrier that you set up. It destroyed the entire village. We only survived long enough to get out due to the barrier you put around the village and house that slowed the spell. But everyone else….” My brother’s lip trembled. He held my nephew in one of his arms, while Rachel stood there shivering in the other.
I waved my hand, erasing the teleportation runic inscription on the floor so no one else could make use of it. If they could ignore the barriers to the point that it only slowed the attack down, then there is a mage with great power out there. “There… they should be okay now….” I said as I looked at the leg that reappeared on my mother. Her wounds and my father’s wounds also were fully restored but they were still passed out. Luckily they would wake up soon.
“Little Bell!” I called out.
“Yes?” Little Bell appeared in front of me, rubbing her eyes.
“Can you tell me the status of the cities and towns in the kingdom? Have any of them been attacked?” I asked. If I could get a grasp of the extent of the damage, I could figure out the next plan of action.
“Only your village was attacked, but there is a massive army entering the Kingdom with strange machines on carts being pulled by monsters. They are coming in from the Norian Kingdom.” Little Bell replied, causing me to bite my lip. Strange machines? Did they actually find them in a dungeon, or was this something else?
“Alright…. Annie, can you get some of the maids to prepare Adel’s and Sophi’s old rooms for my family?” I asked. I had no time to spare because a meeting needed to be held right away.
“Yes, Boss!” Annie quickly ran off.
“Brother, you will be led to a room in a bit to settle everyone down. If Mother and Father wake up, tell them to stay put.” I said before standing up and turning around. I looked at the King, who nodded at me and quickly left the room.
In a newly built meeting room, myself, everyone on my team, The king and the nobles of the court, along with the generals of the army, were all sitting around a long table. I was standing at the head of it as I waved my hand, revealing the destruction of my home village. “This is what is left of my home, Cyrilia Village.”
Gasps filled the room. Even I couldn’t help but grit my teeth. Only my family was able to get out. Everyone who was kind to me was now dead. I was already doing my best to hold my anger in. My ancient will was begging to come out, but I repressed her. But this did not mean I did not plan to avenge everyone who died for no reason. So many kind people…. Auntie Finna, who used to give me cookies…. They will all be avenged.
“As you can see, the village was attacked, and now a massive army has entered our kingdom from the Norian Kingdom. They have strange mounted weapons which I believe were used to attack my home village. But on top of a massive army of soldiers….” I switched the view. The magic I was using was a combination of my detection magic and illusion magic which allowed everyone to see what I was seeing.
“The army is not just humans or demi humans but also monsters. They number in the hundreds of millions, maybe even a billion. Our world is big and vast, and the number of people living in any kingdom can be hundreds of millions to tens of billions, depending on the kingdom. So it is not strange to see this, but the force they built is something we will need to face head on. While watching our backs since we do not know if any other kingdom will attack in union with them. General Briggs….” I called out one of the generals.
“Can you secure our rear borders with your men?” I asked.
“Princess Cyrilia, you can count on me and my men to hold the line.” General Briggs replied with a salute. One may ask why I was the one giving the orders, and that is because the King pushed all the responsibility onto me.
“I thank you. I will have part of Mr. Blob’s subordinates join you as well. Keep one at your side at all times to give me updates since they can send me the information through my mana link.” This was basically an army of slimes that numbered in the hundreds of thousands. While they may seem weak, they were actually all over level one hundred now.
“That would be a big help.” General Briggs replied with a funny expression, but well, whatever, he will understand their worth when the time comes.
“General Hanson, you will take the north, and General Harris, you will take the south. You will each get a part of Mr. Blob’s subordinates, and as I said to General Brigg, keep one on you at all times so you can relay messages back and forth.” After appointing the generals to their locations, I looked at the king and said: “I will go to the front lines with the rest of our forces.”
“Are you going to be able to handle it?” The king asked as he gave me a deep look.
“We are fighting the unknown. How am I supposed to know if I can handle it? All I know is I need to do what I can to protect the kingdom I have come to love. Protect the people who only wish to live out their lives in peace. The one behind this attack was probably the Prime Minister and the nobles who followed him. Even if I must destroy the entire Norian Kingdom, I will drag that bastard out from under his rug and cut off his head. If it isn’t him, then I will find out who is and still do the same.”