E - Rank Hero In Another World
Chapter 122 - Envoy

"It's bad. Very bad." Said Leo after reading the report given by Artemis.

"really right? Who spreads fake news like this? Then for what? By the way, I'm tired. So I'll take a shower and go to bed soon. See you soon." Said Artemis who immediately stood up from her seat and left.

Leaving only Leo and also Selene to bother about this.

Both are constantly thinking about what they should do with this information. But after discussing it for a moment, what they needed to do was not much different than the previous one.

That is to continue to protect a large part of Rustfell's Western territory with regular troops and special forces, as well as looking for the cause or source of this fake news.

While both are busy....

'Brakk!'

Leo who saw the figure of Luna who opened the door without knocking no longer had the energy or intention to reprimand him. He was tired of all those who did not know the Kramas.

However, the arrival of Luna has a much worse meaning than that.

"Master Leo! It's bad! The envoy from Eastfort is on his way to Venice City! They are made up of 5,000 soldiers and are led by one of the heroes, Alicia!" Shouted Luna with that quite surprised attitude.

Hearing that, Leo began to lose his wits.

One by one, problems began to constantly appear as if they did not want to let him rest.

This envoy named Alicia alone was already bad news. But coupled with 5,000 trained soldiers from Eastfort? The bad news is only the worst that Leo has heard to this day.

"Set up special forces. Put them inside the walls for emergency situations." Leo's orders immediately stood up from his chair.

He grabbed his cloak hanging from the side of the room, and put it on quickly. Along with the robe, Leo also took a small one-handed sword and his favorite pistol.

"Selene, call Reina and ask her to prepare herself in an emergency. Right now, I don't know if I can hold Alicia alone or not." Leo's orders.

"By soon, sir." Reply Selene while slightly lowering her head.

Leo finally rushed to follow the footsteps of Luna. Walk towards the fort on the North side of this Venice City.

......***......

...The North Side of Venice...

Inside the wall, in the high-ranking room, Leo and the other high-ranking officers were watching the march of the Eastfort army marching towards the city.

If you look at the way they move and the formation, Leo is very confident that they are a very Elite army.

It is impossible to defeat them with the impromptu female warriors that Leo forms in the midst of this crisis.

On the other hand, Leo is quite hopeful for the division troops, especially those who use magic weapons in the form of rifles. However, due to his orders a while ago, the number of special forces still remaining in Venice City was very few.

Even today, there were only 50 people who could guard this Northern wall. With the remaining 50 people scattered on the East wall, the South wall, as well as around the city.

Of course Leo could not allow an impromptu attack from the other side to occur when he was off guard. And with the special forces, Leo hoped to hold off for a moment the enemy troops before reinforcements arrived.

Now....

"Sir Leo, are you sure of this strategy?" Ask Selene again.

"No problem."

"Wait first! Why are you acting so pretentious? Coming to the messenger with just the three of us? Then what if...." Shouted Reina who looked quite annoyed.

"That's why I asked that Balista who was on the wall be on standby. If the three of us were to be attacked, and end up getting killed, they could at least give a counterattack as well. But I doubt Alicia would." Obviously Leo.

Reina seemed confused to hear the statement. Without hesitation, Reina immediately asked.

"What do you mean by that, Leo?"

"My point is, I've been increasing the strength of his weaponry all this time. Especially his sword which made himself much stronger than before due to that increase in defense.

So hope.... May he feel a little grateful and return my kindness. Aah, of course. Besides, I'm sure they'll play the role of 'Ustusan' well." Obviously Leo.

One of the highest laws in existence is to guarantee the safety of the messenger himself. If only the messenger received a slight wound, then it could be a consideration to give one of the most severe laws to the culprit.

Of course, the same applies to the messenger, or in this case the envoy's welcome from his opponent's side.

And they are none other than Leo, Selene and Reina. That is why Leo feels a little confident that his security and safety can be maintained.

"They're almost there. Time to get ready." Leo's orders immediately out of this room lead to the outside of the walls of Venice City.

To his right is a figure of Selene who has been on standby with two swords beside his waist, as well as a beautiful iron bow on his back. Complete with 50 more arrows.

Meanwhile, on the left side of Leo is seen the figure of Reina who only carries a one-handed sword that looks quite short.

Although not yet fully healed from the curse, Reina had regained most of her former strength. It is probably still recovering at 70%.

Then in front of them, Alicia was seen walking along with the two Knights with beautiful silver armor. Leaving his 5,000-strong line at the back.

These two camps continued to walk closer to each other. Finally, after a while, the two camps met.

Leo immediately used his [Clairvoyance] ability to grasp the power of Alicia.

'As I expected, he was a monster among monsters. How could one possess such great physical strength with this body remaining lean?!' Leo complained in his heart.

At that time, Alicia was the first to open the conversation.

"You must be the guy named Leo, he's not. Listen to me, Leo. I reluctantly did this at Feris's request. But first I wanted to make sure of one thing." Alicia.

"What's that?" Ask Leo while giving a pretty sharp look.

"Have you committed, or ordered, an assault on some village in the Rustfell region?" Ask Alicia.

No need to think about answering such a simple question.

"Of course not. What am I doing it for?" Ask Leo.

In front of her, Alicia was seen watching the archer troops standing on the walls of Venice City. Almost all are women. Some even look too young, or too old.

Realizing this, Leo immediately said.

"You're aware of that, right? This region was about to collapse under the insane orders of Duke Achibald. All that was left were women, children, and the elderly.

You think we have the energy and time to invade other regions, while we're still fighting against hunger and poverty?"

Alicia seemed to listen to all of Leo's words well. Even the evidence was in front of his eyes.

Even so....

"Leo, given that Feris is quite wary of you, I also need to do the same. But for the time being.... Maybe I can...."

'Swuuushh!!! Blaarr!!!'

Suddenly, a witch from Alicia's army is seen firing a fireball at the walls of Venice.

Leo who immediately turned his eyes also saw the figure of some of his wounded soldiers. With a face of his regret, he now glared at Alicia's face with quite a lot of anger and disappointment.

As if to ask, why did Alicia do that.

"Ooo! What the hell are you doing?! Do you know what we're here for?!" Shouted Alicia in an angry tone.

At the same time, Leo's forces, who were not met with impromptu attacks from them, considered that the peace discussions had failed. Hence....

"Foot!" Shouted one of the female commanders at the scene of the explosion.

Hundreds of arrows appeared to be shot into the air.

Along with that, Leo already knew.

That word peace.... It might be too late.