
After Aldric healed his wound he called for the leier's army to spread throughout the city and also the town hall he hoped to capture more, in the middle of the night the calvary leier troops again brought 10 prisoners, where they were immediately sent to prison.
Miriel in her room was asleep with a heavy mind, Aldric did not sleep that night to take care of everything, as he sat in his office he actively communicated with the people who spread in his city through the communication crystal, until the door of his office opened, the figure of an old man in a black robe and hood entered.
"Mr Aldric... I believe you've messed up our plan to kill Miriel's daughter" Aldric, who sits at his desk, looks unafraid at all "not to be expected, I don't think, you are not only reckless but also too brave to come here by yourself"
"oh of course I didn't come here for no reason" he said as he pulled out a black crystal "what is that ?" the old man in the robe laughed "hahaha... This is called an abyss trigger if activated abyss crystals within a radius of 2 kilometers will be active and summon abyss monsters"
Aldric connected the crystal to the abyss crystal that he had destroyed yesterday he smiled in his heart, you fools are their communication this bad?, you know, what ?, did they not realize that all the abyss crystals in this city had been annihilated ? Think Aldric.
There may still be some abyss crystals scattered considering they have been smuggling the object for quite some time but most have been destroyed.
Aldric then touched one of the silent crystals and gave the advance to the leier to get ready, there would be a monster attack inside the city.
"really?, oh no that's bad" Aldric in a not so serious tone like a tobot, the old man was clearly confused "what's that reaction?!, and he was so confused ?!, this city will be destroyed and that's how you break it ?!"
"dad... To be honest I'm not afraid let's call the creature" now the old man became angry "Fuck!, you underestimated us!, you're too naive!, fine if that's what you want !" the black crystal in his hand started to emit a spark.
And Aldeic's energy was aware that the crystal had been activated but seeing from his time Aldric could just shoot it but this was also good with this all the abyss crystals in his city would be gone.
When the crystal was really active an energy wave exploded and spread throughout the city area "feel the anger of !-.... !!" the old man was shocked that no big monster had appeared in the middle of the city, even though it was already active "what happened!, in"
"hahahaha that fool alu has destroyed all those abyss crystals, they were smuggled by bandits right?, yes they have also I sorted out" the old man looked shocked and angry "bastard all my hard work ! all that I have sacrificed to the great ! Everything is gone ?!" Aldric just nodded proudly.
"ass feel this !" he shot out black energy from his finger towards Aldric but the scarf ricocheted back to his chest, blood instantly spilling out from the holes in his body and mouth.
"what... What the hell is that ?" Aldric just smiled, "it doesn't matter anymore, it's the end of you" Aldric said as he stood up and pointed at her with his wand.
"wait!. Don't kill me first ! I have this information in my head... Haha... You needit... You will need it ! Believe me" Aldric shakes his head "what do you mean no ! I know what their plans are in other cities, I can tell you everything !"
Aldric immediately contacted Leier and asked the situation in the city, well some abyss monsters appeared but the numbers were as follows and also they were so weak that they had all been settled easily as well.
Aldric sighed "haaah... Beres... Finally" he said, leaning on his office chair and looking at the wand he was holding "I don't believe it is very useful, simple and easy to use" he said and he fell asleep in his chair with the smoky corpse.
The next morning all the townspeople woke up and began their activities as usual not knowing what had happened that night, some people saw there were claw marks on the ground or traces of beasts "is there a minster coming in at night ?" said a woman who was in the market section "that's it... We have to report this to the town hall I'm worried about my son" said the other woman, but nothing else happened after that.
Miriel woke up and given her breakfast, when she ate it felt like her head was burdened with something heavy, she thought a lot of air was very cold for her, there was guilt also in her heart.
The royal army will arrive soon and so Aldric will take Miriel to his carriage later "hey Miriel are you ready ?" aldric asked with a smile as if last night had not happened anything "yes I'm ready" Miriel's reply was a little pessimistic and there was also a worried tone in her voice.
"Miriel are you okay ?" Miriel nodded "yes... I don't know... Last night... You know that last night when I took the arrow off his bow... It was the first time I killed someone"
Aldric then nodded in understanding ""I understand how you feel, Miriel. Killing is a tough act, even for trained fighters it will be difficult to deal with guilt even if you know the person you killed was a bad person"
Miriel nodded "but why... I've been living for 170 years... Why am I so weak" Aldric shook his head "this is not a matter of being weak or strong, but it is a matter of whether you still have morals or not, your morals are very high and also your empathy, the fact that the person wants to kill you but you feel empathy for them, that's good means you're a good person, not an indicator you're strong or weak"
Miriel felt better after speaking and listening to Aldric's support, they reached the outside of the leier gate and several troops had secured the area.
Before long the royal chariot had arrived they were led by Credric, Credric's army consisting of 500 light calvaries and 300 heavy calvaries they seemed to want to quickly escort princess Miriel to the capital.
Credric saw his sister even though not so long to meet Credric still miss him "Aldric!, how are you ?" Aldric just laughed while smiling broadly "hahaha well, I'm good sis"
Credric then sees the troops protecting their Aldric are clearly not the city guards they can move, their armor also looks not made from Solantia or neighboring countries there is a curiosity in Credric's heart but he held it for now there is something he must do.
"mona Miriel please get into the horse carriage, I will take you to the capital" Miriel rode to four bodyguards Credric then looked towards Aldric "hey Aldric... I'll visit you later okay !" Aldric smiled "of course send me a letter I'll welcome you"
Soon Credric and his entourage left for the capital, and Aldric continued his plan of building better defences and also building more barracks