Still Loved Even In The New World
CHAPTER 138: The Beginning of the Great War (1).

(Aneria's point of view).

Aneria:"Duke Kharel, what does all this mean?!."

I asked angrily at Duke Kharel. Duke Kharel did not attend the meeting with his highness Philia at that time. He preferred to ignore my orders because he was the one who most rejected my ascension to the throne at that time.

In addition, we, the royal members have discovered a strange movement of Duke Kharel who wants to revolt against the royal family. Merely, Duke Kharel had yet to gather sufficient strength and support. However, this time he took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the other nobles over my decision to gather strength for himself and carry out a rebellion before the royal family could take action.

Kharel:"What does that mean?!. That is, you are no longer worthy to lead this country, Your Majesty!."

He answered me with a grinning face, as if victory was already in his hands. Seeing her grin, I became even more annoyed and wanted to hit her disgusting face.

I took the sword to the right of the throne seat and stood welcoming the knights who pointed spears at me.

It's clang...!!

The sound of a clash between the tip of the spear and the sword made clanging sounds and sparks that spread around. Of the seven knights, four fell because of the impact of my sword swing. I continued my attack, the sword swinging horizontally to aim at the neck of a knight, but since the knight was trained, he managed to hold back my sword slash with the handle of a spear. Because my sword was successfully held, I swung my leg and kicked the knight's stomach until he screamed and fell to the ground in pain.

Luik:"As expected of His Majesty who has been in the battlefield for many years. Back off...!"

The two knights who were still preventing me from retreating after hearing the orders from Marshal Luik. Marshal Luik unsheathed a longsword from his waist and walked towards me slowly.

"Your Majesty, we will help...!!"

"Yep..."

Some of my loyal subordinates, they kneeled on the floor with spearheads on their backs. Seeing Marshal Luik walking towards me, they tried to fight back and tried to stand up to help me. I could feel their loyalty and knight spirit. I am so grateful to have men like them.

Luik:"Hold them!."

"Good!."

The knights who were holding my men used the dull end of the spear handle to hit their bellies. After they curled up due to the pain in the stomach, the knights proceeded to hit the back of the head.

Luik:"Now, no one will bother us."

Without many additional words, Marshal instantly swung his longsword at me with all his might. Facing such a powerful attack, I could only slightly deflect the direction of his slash with my sword and I myself went to the side to dodge the slash.

It's clang...!!

Since I managed to slightly deflect the direction of the sword and dodge it, I managed to survive its first attack. Nonetheless, I felt that my hands were numb and shaking violently. To prevent the shaking in my hand from continuing, I tightened my grip onto the sword hilt.

Hiaaaa...!!

I went back and pitted the sword with the sword.

It's clang...!!

A big swing held my sword back and made me take a few steps back. Due to the loud bang, my internal organs were slightly shaken and finally a salty taste with a slight sweetness was felt in my throat, a mouthful of blood came out from the corner of my mouth and stained my clothes.

After all, even though I belong to quite a formidable knight, Marshal Luik is my teacher who has trained me to fight since childhood. It is only natural that he knows my every move and my habits when fighting.

Aneria:"Royal sword technique: Soul Liberation Sword."

The sword in my hand lit up with a dim blue light like a magic crystal. I felt that the energy in my body was flowing into the sword in my hand. I used full speed and made twelve slashes very quickly. Twelve blue lights shone and shot extremely fast towards Marshal Luik without leaving the retreat path for him.

Bangs... Bangs... Bang.....!!

Twelve sounds of explosions echoed from the direction Marshal Luik stood. The smoke and debris of the building were lifted high into the air like traces of a magic explosion.

Huhhhhh... Huhhhhh...

Because it consumed almost all of my strength, my breath became stingy. I kept watching the steaming smoke. With that attack, there was no way he would still survive, right?.

Sus:"Your Majesty!."

Aneria:"I_"

Looking at Susi who was held on the ground with a happy face because of my success, I wanted to answer her, but before that happened, I felt a tremendous pain in my stomach. I looked at the person who hit me hard on the stomach.

Aneria:"Marr... Shals... Luik...!."

Luik:"The technique of the royal sword is indeed powerful, Your Majesty. However, it is very unfortunate that you have not been able to master it well. If you can already master it, maybe it won't just cut off my left hand."

Hearing that, I looked at Marshal Luik's left hand that was cut off from above the elbow. The scar was still dripping fresh blood onto the ground. He held my attack with his hand?.

Due to the severe pain in my stomach, I fell to the ground, my vision blurred and unclear. Nonetheless, I could see Lusi who was trying to stand up and was beaten up by the rebel knights.

Aneria:"Twist... Don't fight anymore!."

Aneria:"Marshal's... No, teacher, why are you doing this?."

Luik:"I'm sorry Your Majesty. I feel disappointed at your decision to hand over this kingdom to another power. Our kingdom has been attacked by many enemies since its inception, but we can get through it all because of our knight fighting spirit. But right now, you'd rather give up than fight to the end."

Aneria:"Haha...!!!."

Hearing what Marshal Luik said, I couldn't help but laugh ironically at them. Fight to the end?. Maybe they don't know, but I know a little about the power of Moon Palace.

Kharel:"What are you laughing at, Your Majesty?."

Duke Kharel's angry face at hearing my laughter pleased me a little.

Aneria:"This is why you should be present when there is a call from the palace."

Kharel:"What do you mean?."

Aneria:"The power that His Holiness Philia has displayed is far stronger than our kingdom. Even Marshal, did you forget that time?."

Marshal Luik did not reply and threw his face the other way. Seeing that Marshal Luik did not reply, Duke Kharel replied angrily.

Kharel:"Why then?. With the help of airships and troops and weaponry from the forces of the Xuan Ming Empire, we can definitely make them submit to us."

Luik:"We will fight until the end!."

Thus, all of this was due to the support of the Xuan Ming Empire. The fool Phirios knew nothing, he relied only on his arrogance. And what was the resistance until the end?!.

Aneria:"Resistance to the end?!. The end of the fight you will be fighting is to take down the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent knights and soldiers. The end of us is just a lump of rotten meat on the side of the road. Do you realize that?!."

Kharel:"ENOUGH!. I don't want to hear your nonsense about it anymore. Soldier, tie him up and take him to the ship. Only he knows how to go to that place, and only he has the key!."

"Okay, Duke!."

They tied me up and the others, then took us on board. Fathers and nobles and other knights who were loyal to me, they were thrown into the dungeon under strict guard by the soldiers.

On the way when they took us on board, I met Phirios with her belly.

Phirios:"You work fast, Duke!."

Kharel:"Thank you for your praise, Your Highness Prince Phirios."

Phirios:"I heard that the leader of the land we are going to attack is only children."

Kharel:"I also heard such a thing, and the news has been confirmed."

Phirios:"A leader who is only a child, perhaps he is just a puppet to the nobles. I'm sure that many nobles will overthrow him. Once those nobles see our power, they will cooperate with us to betray their leader."

Aneria:"Haha... No wonder you're not allowed to move an army, it's because your brain is too useless."

I cannot say that I know all about His Holiness Philia, but I do know that all of his subordinates have blind faith in him. Moreover, the ability of Her Majesty Philia myself I have seen it, although I am not sure that it is her full ability.

Phirios:"Women... Shut your stinking mouth."

Phirios came closer to me and held my cheek with her hand.

Phirios:"After this war is over, I will make you a toy in my bed..."

Aneria: "You will never have that chance, for in the face of His Holiness Philia, you are all destined to die miserably."

Phirios:"We'll see!."

Aneria:"Yes. Let's just see."

They put me in a room on a plane with four guards at the door so I wouldn't run away. Their destination was the demon city, it was because they were getting the information that there was a strange thing there that was supposed to be a way to head to the Moon Palace.

The flying ship accelerated towards the demon city that had been destroyed. From the window, I could see twenty large ships hundreds of meters long and over two hundred thousand soldiers inside. Other than the warriors riding the flying ship, over three hundred thousand infantry soldiers were on different paths and were about to meet in the demon city.

As the travel time was short, the knights and warriors from Xuan Ming empire, as well as from the kingdom, they had fun and drunk on the deck of the ship. In addition, they also said that they would play around with the beautiful women they would meet at Moon Palace or other vulgar things.

Yes, look at their happy faces, hear the happy things they say after the war is over, but I know that you will only see despair and fear after the war has begun. There won't even be enough people alive from you to count the dead bodies of your dead friends.

They gathered together, laughing, discussing happy things. But they don't know that they're just going to go deliver lives...

(The end of this chapter)

This chapter is a little more than usual. That's because I'm being treated for typhoid pain. Oh my goodness, I am not allowed to eat anything other than bland things that are difficult to swallow. I'll update again after recovery, see you next time;).