MERCIA
57. Traitorous Punishment.

"Your highness Valon at the gates of the palace are seven men who want to meet your noble one" said a soldier.

"who are they?" ask Valon.

"six people claimed to be from the Armeda clan and another one an elf."

"elf?"

"Yes your honor."

"call Ravenna and let them in!" valon's orders.

the soldier nodded, bowed, and left, not long after Ravenna had arrived.

"Your highness Valon you called me?" ask Ravenna.

"Stop calling me that you are my brother and the guardian of this kingdom" Valon said.

Ravenna smile.

"Your friend seems to know the Armeda clan" Valon said.

"My friend?" Ravenna was a little confused.

"The menacing man broke Dior's leg and dragged him before the gates of this palace."

"Mercia? why with him?" ask Ravenna.

"You're sure he's your friend or something.."

"What's wrong with him?" Ravenna cut Valon's words.

"He succeeded, six Armeda men and an elf had arrived" Valon said.

"Elfs?" Ravenna was a little surprised.

"i'm also confused, which is why I called you" Valon said.

Shortly after, Aira and the others entered the room.

"Greetings to the king of Valon, my name is Aira the six of us are emissaries of Armeda led by the chief of Myla, and this elf is named Nasyra, he is from the kingdom of Healon in the world of Enigma."

"Greetings to the king of Valon" said Nasyra.

Valon and Ravenna looked at each other.

"Healon Kingdom? The enigma? I really didn't expect, what made you willing to come to our palace?" ask Valon.

"Your highness, first because I am Aira's friend, second because I want to rebuild the relationship between the elves and you" Nasyra said.

"Didn't King Thurinor hate humans so much?" ask Ravenna.

"My father has changed, he has known the truth, the rift between the elves and the human race due to the incitement of Clawrit and his group."

"Your father? you're Thurinor's son?" Valon surprised.

"Right indeed" said Nasyra.

"Sorry king Valon, if you know how you know Mercia?" ask Aira.

"I just heard her name, My sister Ravenna who knew her" Valon said pointing to Ravenna.

Aira and Nasyra glanced at Ravenna.

"Lady Ravenna can you tell me how you knew August ehm.. I mean Mercia?" ask Aira.

"Call me Ravenna, I met him at the temple of Eryas, the temple leader named Irric the arrival of Mercia turned out to have revealed a truth, that Irric used a dirty way to seize the temple from a woman named Emera, Mercia helped Elyn the daughter of Emera, she also healed Emera and returned the temple of Eryas to her hands. I was there because I needed the help of Emera's husband to contact the Armeda clan, it turns out that Emera's husband had been killed by Irric five years ago, Mercia volunteered to contact the Armeda clan."

'Why August did not meet me first, only the first time to this world he had known many powerful women, Emera, Elyn, Ravenna, Nasyra, he said, Sylvana and she instead met a cold woman who once wanted to kill her, Huh. I will teach you a lesson.' thought Aira.

"Miss Aira, will Mercia return to this palace?" ask Valon.

"I don't know, I haven't met him" Aira said.

"then how did he ask your clan to be willing to help us?" valon was confused.

"he asked me to contact Aira and the chairman of Myla" Nasyra said.

"Wait.. You live in the world of Enigma, and your father used to hate humans so much, how did he ask you?" ask Valon.

"he accidentally entered our world, my father's subordinates captured him, after which my father's throne was destroyed by him" Nasyra said.

Valon and Ravenna were surprised, they did not expect that much Mercia power. Valon gulped, he recalled when he heard Ravenna's story that Mercia threatened to break Dion's leg and would drag him to the front of the palace gate, but Ravenna's impulsive attitude actually saved him.he did not want to imagine if at that time insisted on telling to finish off Mercia, maybe his palace was flat on the ground.

Similarly to Ravenna, his intuition was excellent, when he saw the speed of Mercia beating Irric with one super-fast punch, he chose not to be rash.

"King Valon, why did you ask us to come to your palace?" ask Aira.

Valon and Ravenna are awakened from her daydream.

"We have information that there are troops moving to attack us, the leader of the army is named Kallus Alexys Clawrit's men" Valon said.

"Alexy?" Aira surprised.

"you know him?" ask Nasyra.

"To gain the power of that crystal" said a man who had just arrived with a woman beside him.

"Lieth.. Legira... You guys are back?" ask Ravenna.

"Miss Ravenna, me and Legira managed to find a gathering place for the traitors of your kingdom, there were seven people who were there that we had killed, we also found a list of names, and there were seven people who were there, more than thirty people are still in this palace I leave everything to the king of Valon and Miss Ravenna" said Leth giving a paper scroll to Valon.

Valon unrolled the paper and read it. He twitched his forehead in surprise.

"BASTARDS.I trust these people a lot" Valon said.

"we also have information that Kallus will soon arrive with ten thousand troops less than two weeks and half of them are not human" Leth said.

"We can't survive if half their army isn't human, we know Kallus well and what he can do." Legira added.

"Lieth.. Legira... do you know why Kallus wanted to attack Galan?" ask Ravenna.

"We don't know for sure, but most likely it was by the order of Clawrit, after he thought he had obtained the power of the crystal he began to move to conquer Proxima, and saw Galan as the weakest kingdom among others." said Leth.

"Wait for you to tell me that Clawrit got the crystal, is that the point they sent Alexys to earth? then why does Mercia remain strong?" ask Aira.

"He only got the crystal, but the core strength has already been absorbed in your friend's body, I'll tell you later" said Leth.

"We only have two thousand troops, half of them have no experience of fighting, if our people help also will not have much effect" said Ravenna.

"i'll send an envoy to some of our allies to ask for help" Valon said.

"Chairman Myla is also ready to send the entire Armeda clan if the situation gets more desperate" Aira said.

"Chairman Myla is coming?" Valon was moved to hear it.

"Right.., when we both heard that Mercia was asking us to help you, the chairman without lingering on preparing everything, what Leth said was right, said Leth, this is just the beginning of a major war that will sooner or later take place in Proxima" Aira said.

"i'll ask my father for help to send troops, I don't promise he will agree but I will try" Nasyra said.

"Thank you Miss Nasyra, whether or not you succeed, I respect you elves." Valon rose from his throne and stretched out his hand.

Nasyra shook Valon's hand. "Thank you king Valon."

"King Valon if I may advise your allies that Armeda will always be ready to help if they will someday experience similar problems with Clawrit" said Aira.

"Well, thank you Miss Aira" Valon said.

"Ravenna now takes care of those traitors, you know what you're gonna do?" valon asked to hand over the list to Ravenna.

"You don't have to worry, I'll make sure no one will dare betray this kingdom again" Ravenna said.

"Guards close all city gates let no one in and out." - Valon.

the guard bowed and hurried away.

"Miss Aira, Miss Nasyra I say goodbye first" said Ravenna nodding her head and leaving.

Aira and Nasyra replied with a smile.

"Miss Aira and others you can rest first. I've ordered the waiter to prepare everything for you, once Ravenna's business is settled, we will meet to discuss the next step" Valon said.

"Thank you, then we'll excuse ourselves" said Aira leaving the place with the others following the waiter who walked in front of her.

While the uproar occurred, some thirty-seven people were dragged by force to a large field, suddenly making the public want to know what happened, they were willing to leave all their activities to see it, he said, very similar to the behavior of citizens of six two.

Ravenna deliberately let the public witness, because that is the goal.among the people who were dragged it has a different background such as traders, farmers, soldiers and even a minister.

"Lady Ravenna why are you treating me like this? I'm your brother's advisor." said one whose hands and feet were in chains.

"You know each other, right? so I don't have to bother explaining it." said Ravenna coldly.

Those who were dragged looked at each other, finally understanding that their identities had been revealed. The voices whispering to each other among the people began to buzz like the sound of bees.

"What do you mean Ravenna you don't go crazy. akhh uhuk..." a minister's voice stopped when Ravenna slammed a pill into her throat.

"it's an inner-glass poison, any food and drink that goes into your body will feel like you're eating a sharp shard of shard and will destroy your internal organs, if you can't find an antidote before sundown, the poison can never be treated, you'll either starve to death or you'll die while eating" Ravenna said.

"Let him go."

"You are. you are a demonic woman" said the minister.

"Kill all but the soldiers and high-ranking of the kingdom, drive their whole family out of this city, confiscate their property." orders Ravenna.

The bodyguards nodded immediately.About a dozen people had been killed.

"Lady Ravenna what about the rest?" asked a guard who was next to Ravenna.

Ravenna closed her eyes took a deep breath, held it for a moment then exhaled it, black smoke came out of Ravenna's mouth enveloping the remaining ones then disappeared in a flash, all eyes looking on with fear and curiosity. suddenly the itching appeared simultaneously all over their bodies, they scratched, with their own fingernails but the itching was getting more and more unstoppable, they continued to scratch and tear their skin and flesh all over, strangely no pain, they cried out, asking for forgiveness but no one helped them, not long after one death.

"Listen to you all the people of the kingdom of Galan, these are traitors of this land, they have endangered your lives, they have given information to the enemy and will attack this kingdom."

"For women, children and parents, take a few weeks, while for men you have a choice, take refuge or take up arms, fight with us."

"Prepare all of you!" ravenna said and walked away.

The other soldiers then burned the bodies, while the people who witnessed it began to leave and discuss with each other in shock.