Still Loved Even In The New World
CHAPTER 142: Invitation.

"A, what should we do now?."

A military superior asked in a trembling voice.

Phirios:"WHAT MORE..!!, hurry, get the hell out of here!."

Phirios in her panicked voice shouted to the military man.

Phirios:"It's all your fault, you who made me do this, it's your fault...!"

Nick:"Silence...!!"

Phirios continued to bellow madly and pointed at the people of the Dragon Kingdom. Outraged by Phirios' actions, Marshal Luik shouted with a horrifying angry face.

Phirios:"What... You are just a commoner, dare to shout at me?!. I can punish dan_"

Bang...!

A hard blow landed on Phirios' heart, rendering him unconscious from the pain. Before Phirios fell to the ground, he was captured by Marshal Luik.

"Prince...!"

"What are you doing...!"

Shouts of surprise and anger came from the soldiers of Xuan Ming. They immediately brandished their weapons towards Marshal Luik.

Luik:"He was just unconscious, not dead. Right now the prince's mentality fluctuates greatly, I'm just helping him rest."

After saying that, Marshal Luik directly threw Phirios towards the soldiers. Perhaps feeling that Marshal's words were correct, the soldiers stopped pursuing the matter and brought the fat ball into the room to rest.

Marshal Luik took a deep breath and saw an aide.

Luik:"Report our current condition!."

"Eh... Of the 50 airships, only three remain and fewer than 10,000 crew members remain. In addition, all three ships suffered severe damage, it was impossible to travel back to the nearest city."

Marshal Luik nodded and immediately gave a follow-up order to make a landing immediately. The remaining medical witches were ordered to immediately provide treatment to the entire surviving army. More than 500,000 soldiers, only about 25,000 remained. From this, we can imagine how tragic the massacre was.

We had to land the ship. We landed back in our original camp near the desert of death (Sisa the city of the Demon Gate that was already a barren wasteland.) which was quite a distance away from the battlefield. Even though it was a long distance away, either because of the tragic war or it did exist, but I felt that a thick scent of blood was still left in my nose.

I went into the tent that was built especially for me. The atmosphere of the campground became very quiet, very different from the previous campground which was filled with the noise of the soldiers. Well, after seeing such a thing, they would definitely be shaken.

Susi:"Your Majesty, this is her dinner..."

Although the strength shown by Moon Palace far exceeded our expectations, it did not have much impact on me and Lusi. However, after seeing such a massacre, it would be a lie if it was without the slightest impact, at least looking at the food that Lusi served, I did not have the slightest appetite. My nose was always overshadowed by the strong smell of blood.

Aneria:"Lusi, it seems that your mentality is stronger than what I expected. Under these conditions, you can still eat."

I spoke while looking at Susi who ate a piece of hard bread in the corner, like nothing was wrong in the least.

Susi:"The massacre is the life of others, while eating is our own life. It would be too foolish if we harm ourselves for the death of others."

Aneria:"That's not what I mean, don't you feel like you're a bit nauseous after seeing those bodies?."

Sus:"No. At first I was just scared and lucky when I saw the sight. The disgust of seeing a corpse, it's because of our sympathy and empathy for the same race, while I don't have such a thing."

That's right, after all, Lusi has had to see a lot of blood and murder since he was a child. It would not be wrong if he did not have such a thing.

Seeing Lusi finish eating, I invited him to go outside the tent because there was nothing else I could do inside the tent. When I came out, there was no lively scene like before, I only saw a few soldiers sitting by the campfire without saying a word with a gloomy face looking at the swaying fire. The atmosphere at the camp was really depressed and very gloomy like there was no more hope or desire, all there was was was despair and fear.

We walked to the edge of the camp. Because of the rest of the battle of His Holiness Philia at that time, it was rare for a tree in this area, even if it existed, it was just a dead tree with sharp branches without leaves.

Susi:"Your Majesty, do you not feel sad for losing so many soldiers."

Aneria:"Eh?."

I was a bit wrong, suddenly Lusi asked like that. It really doesn't suit the Lusi I know.

Aneria:"What's the matter, why are you suddenly?. Do you feel sorry for those soldiers?."

Sus:"No. The traitors deserve to die. It's just, you're usually gonna care a lot."

Aneria:"Well, they have rebelled and do not deserve mercy. I realized, that storing the seed of thorns, one day would only hurt myself. I began to think that it would be better for the traitors to be cleaned up now."

Yes, during this time the kingdom only kept the seed of thorns, and tried to inhibit the seed of thorns to grow. Those nobles and warriors who did not have that loyalty, they were just thorns waiting for the time to pierce the kingdom. Although we always knew that they often made small movements or even supported some rebel groups, we could not clear them without evidence because we were afraid of public opinion, besides, we could not, we are afraid of causing trouble because some of those people hold important power and positions in the government.

When I was betrayed, I finally knew that thorns were not worth saving. No matter how we guard, they will stab when we are at a weak point.

As I continued to walk some distance, I saw someone sitting under a tree looking at the red moon hanging in the sky. Although from the side and some distance away, I could see a sad and regretful expression on Marshal Luik's face. With such an expression, I don't know what he was thinking aloof in a place like this.

I walked slowly towards him from the side. Maybe to give us a speaking room, Lusi did not follow me close, he just stood in place. I walked over and stood beside Marshal Luik while taking a look at the moon.

Luik:"Do I look stupid?."

Marshal Luik asked without taking his eyes off the moon. Although asking, but in the question contains reproach against yourself.

Aneria:"Yes."

Luik:"So it's true... I, I've made the wrong choice."

Aneria:"Yes, if it were not for you, hundreds of thousands of lives would not have been lost in vain."

Hearing my words, Marshal Luik lowered his head and looked at his own hands. Although his mouth was smiling, but deep regret was evident in those eyes.

Luik:"Yes, if it wasn't for me... Perhaps, perhaps they would not die in vain. It's all my fault, me, me..."

Marshal Luik looked at me with a hint of hope. A very strong feeling of guilt, there is only one thing that can make him have hope, namely redemption.

Luik:"Is that what I can replace?."

Aneria:"No. Your life is worthless and cannot replace the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who have died. You can only penetrate it by continuing to live in guilt and suffering, if you kill yourself, you will only escape responsibility."

Luik:"That's it... It's too late to regret, right?!."

Aneria:"Related will be good if the mistake can be corrected, but if not, then regret is also meaningless."

I saw him who looked down in despair, very different from the one I admired first.

Aneria: "Well, the night is getting cold, I'm leaving."

I turned around without seeing her again and walked towards Susi. After a few steps, I stopped and left him a word.

Aneria: "Well, I don't care if you're going to kill yourself or not, but my teacher once said: "A fighter who runs away from his responsibilities, he's just a lowly and useless person"".

I continued my steps and went back to the camp. Along the way, I heard some moans from some tents. I continued walking and reached my tent to rest.

.....

I woke up only to see everyone gathered on the open ground near the campground. I could see that there were ripples in the void that were very strange. Everyone was wary of the strange incident, so everyone gathered here.

Moments later, a wide gap opened in the sky, an extremely large airship, slowly exiting from within the gap. Slowly, the ship showed an incredible size, many times larger than the largest ship the kingdom had.

The ship stopped and floated above us. Maybe others don't know, but judging from the shape of the ship, I know that it's one of the Moon Palace's ships.

From the top of the deck of the ship, I saw a servant girl who was floating and descending slowly towards us. After landing, the servant girl was put on a sword using spears and swords by the soldiers. Seemed like nothing had happened, he gave the servant salute to us.

Galerina:"Greetings everyone, I am the third level maid, Galerina Margina, I have come to present an invitation from Your Majesty."

There is nothing stupid in this place. Even though Galerina said that it was an invitation, it was actually an order for us to face her.

"What if we refuse?!."

A noble from Xuan Ming spoke, seeing that he was unwilling to leave. After all, they would not know what the enemy would do to them, so it was only natural that they would be afraid.

Galerina:"Because this is His Majesty's order, so everything must follow."

Phirios:"Is this how you're diplomacy?. I am the prince of the Xuan Ming Empire, you must treat me well."

Galerina:"I have no right to such a thing. All the treatment you will receive, is all at Your Majesty's own will, so please do not complicate my duty, and immediately prepare to leave."

"I refuse. How dare an unpopular power to be so disrespectful in front of us. If indeed he invites, at least send a worthy envoy, not a maid."

"Yes right..."

"That's true..."

"..."

Many nobles began to question and were not satisfied with what Moon Palace did. Of course, high-level nobles like Phirios and the others did not participate in this except for a few words at the beginning, they were not stupid enough to do that. Hearing all those complaints, Galerina just sighed softly and looked disappointed.

Gallery:"Huh... Looks like you guys haven't realized where you are at right now..."

Akh...!

ahhhh...!

Suddenly some movement came from the nobles earlier. When I saw what was happening, the noisy nobles fell to the ground and began to groan in pain. Their skin and eye sclera started to turn yellow very strangely. The men started screaming and scratching their skin until it bled. Oddly enough, as their skin bled, the blood that came out became so much and did not stop flowing. After a while, after they continued to whimper in pain, they suddenly remained silent and did not move on the ground while maintaining their body position at the beginning, as if they died suddenly stiff. They just died in terrible circumstances.

Seeing that strange death, many swallowing sounds and sounds breathed cold air from all around. The sudden and so strange death, it was very clear that this was related to Galerina's maid.

Galerina:"So, can you now start preparing and coming with me?."

Galerina smiled as she asked us. Although it was a gentle, polite smile, there was a hint of a naked threat in the question.

There were no more people who dared to doubt or question it. They took what needed to be taken and immediately returned to the open space. With one quick flash of lightning, we suddenly stood on the deck of the ship belonging to Moon Palace. Some people who did not know this, they were shocked and immediately looked around strangely.

After everyone was put on board, the ship began to spin and re-enter the space rift. Everyone was very curious as to what was behind the crack, so everyone was holding on to the deck while looking towards that space crack.

As soon as the ship passed through the gap, an extremely shocking sight lay in our eyes, attracting the feeling of admiration of the people. Far ahead, there was a land flying above the sky. The land is divided into two layers that are connected with various large tree roots. Around the mainland, there are other small islands scattered.

"Dragon... It's naga...!!"

I don't know who was screaming, but it caught everyone's attention. We saw hundreds, or even thousands, of white dragons flying from the islands and circling the mainland. They roared onto the ship that managed to scare everyone.

Aneria:"Even though I've seen this sight, but I can't stop admiring it."

Amidst the panic as we were about to fly towards the dragon horde we heard the voice of Galerina introducing the conditions.

Galerina:"Everything don't worry, these dragons are the guards placed by His Majesty to guard the Moon Palace, so they won't attack us."

We flew slowly between the dragons. Up close, I could pay more attention to the dragons and amaze me even more. Very beautiful and amazing.

Galerina:"In the meantime we'll land at the air port..."

(The end of this chapter)

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