‘Mother. I am sorry, I can’t look after you.’Matilda felt her pain disappear.She knew this feeling well. The feeling of being numb after getting beaten too many times. She had felt this before, but this time it was different. It was because of the wound she had on her chest. She knew even if she survived, there would be no use. Her legs got crushed by the falling rocks. Even if she survived, a slaver would surely kill her. Because she had no use. Once more she yearned for death, and her wish was finally becoming reality. She wished to die when she saw her father getting beaten to death. She wished to die when the pregnant woman she knew died after she miscarried because she was beaten too much. She wished to die when that woman’s husband banged his head against the cage until his brains came out. She wished to die so many times, but there was something that carried her forward. Her mother. They came all the way together, even after her father’s death. She wished to take care of
“Is that a wounded person?”“Yes.”“Bring them here.”“Alright.”Matilda didn’t know who was asking, but it was the man that carried her who gave the answer. She knew they were already out of the city. The massive gate they passed though was broken and she saw the shattered pieces on the ground. Her legs didn’t stop hurting, but this wasn’t the first time she had suffered from broken bones. Within a short span of one year, she learned a lot about pain and death. ‘They are bringing slaves here?’They walked through people who were sitting here and there. Most of them had reggae clothes like theirs, but she saw some people that looked like commoners of the city. Some of them looked at her with disgust, and she didn’t mind it at all. Because she was used to those disdainful gazes. “Bring wounded to this side.”Her body involuntarily flinched when she heard those words. She didn’t feel any malice from them, but her natural reaction was to be afraid. Because wounded slaves had no use. I
“Really?”Matilda thought she heard wrong.“Of course, but if we delay the treatments it will take a lot more effort.”“Miss, can’t you cast the healing spell to cure it?”“Sadly, no. No one has that level of power. Maybe only the Saintess Wendy or Master Gerard can do it. The one that can certainly do it is the Lord.”“Oh.”The soldier seemed to understand what the woman talked about, but Matilda failed to understand her. Instead, she had several complicated feelings in her mind. These people seemed to not mind how dirty she was. But she felt inferior to this woman with clean attire. Also, they treated her and her mother very nicely.“Hm. If it is delayed it will be a big operation to fix this. But right now she is not a citizen of the Crimson Empire.”“You are thinking about an Elixir, Miss?”“That is the fastest way.”Matilda simply listened from the sideline, not knowing what an operation was. All she knew was this woman was hesitant because she was not from the Crimson Empire.‘
“They Must be really close.”Matilda whispered.“Close? They are husband and wife.”“Really?”She didn’t expect two mighty figures to be actually husband and wife.“Mistress Mila and Lord David are among the earliest followers of Lord Adam. Lord David is also one of the three retainers of Lord Adam, and he is our General. They get to be trained by the Lord himself. How envious!”Matilda felt that David should be the man they just called Iron Bull. She felt she was dreaming when she heard those words. A Beast man had become a General and even the subject of envy of these people.’‘Am I dreaming?’She failed to realise that she was unconsciously curling her finger without any pain.“Alright. You are completely healed.”“Ah… What?”She shook her head and looked at her legs. There were no bruises or any marks left, and there was no pain. She saw the woman in the white dress reaching to untie the planks strapped to her legs.“I… I can do that.”She didn’t want to see this woman’s hands
Alex floated toward the north using his magic. He wasn’t as weak as he once was when he passed through the Summer Palace city long ago. However, it was a lie to say that he wasn’t afraid. Their original battle plan was to separate their enemies by attacking the different parts of the Blood Baron Kingdom at the same time. Also, by using a portion of their units and the help of the Kingdom of Boria, they should have been able to delay the reinforcements from the other five kingdoms. Lady Helen was to show herself at the Dwarven mountain to create a distraction and intimidation. That wasn’t all. He was the one that took out the enemy scouts near the borders of the Crimson Empire with ease. Then he asked for the help of Lady Helen to take on the Wind Hold city to prevent any news from leaking to the rest of the city. He knew their enemies would realise the threat once the army was divided and Lady Helen fortified the Dwarven mountain. It all went as they planned, but he realised h
“We have to run!” Oliver heard someone yelling, but he didn’t know what to do. “He followed the orders of the king, coming here to destroy the Summer Palace city. The reason was to simply buy them more time. According to the information they received, the army was led by the infamous three Generals of the Crimson Empire. Since the main army was already divided into three, there shouldn’t be enough power to fight against twenty 10th-tier powerhouses at the same time. Besides, the Crimson Empire army should have more than enough Dwarven machines to face them. However, there shouldn't be enough time to move them for a defensive battle or to mount them on a wall. In a sense, there was no way this city could stand against them. What really worried him was the results. They were doing all these things based on the assumption that the owner of the taboo name wasn’t as powerful as they said. However, he didn’t understand why they were underestimating the revenge of the Crimson Empi
“Are you alright?”“Yes, Your Majesty.”Adam sat with the Empress, looking at the two girls playing on the beach.To him, knowing the truth didn’t hurt much. Rather, he felt relieved to know the truth. ‘Am I angry?’He couldn’t say no. He was angry. If he didn’t lose his father, things would have been much different for them. Maybe… Just Maybe… His mother could have survived. Of course, it would have changed many aspects of his life, including moving to the West Coast, but he wished his mother to be alive. However, knowing the Church of Light might be behind his father’s death didn’t sting as he thought it would. As for how he knew his father was dead; that was because of what he saw in the underground of the church. There were hundreds of dead bodies being held there, draining the liquids from the,He didn’t know what was the exact process, but he saw the so-called Life potion coming out of that facility. Besides, Helen confirmed this matter. ‘If not for Amy and Zafira, I would ha
Adam moved fast and landed in the area he saw the camps. He simply nodded at the people who started greeting him,He already found Alex, and he didn’t seem to be alright. “My Lord!!”Adam nodded at David before entering the tent. Already, there were several healers around the bed, including Mila. ‘Not good.’He felt Alex’s breathing wasn’t stable. “What happened?”The people made way for him with ease.“My Lord. There seemed to be a weird poison.”“Poison?”He didn’t smell any poison, but he realised Alex was unstable. Someone had removed the clothes from his upper body. His veins could be seen on his chest and there was a back lump on his chest. The wound was gone, but he wasn't getting any better. “Hm… Divine power.”He didn’t expect the enemy to use such a weapon. If it was before, he would have had a hard time dealing with this, but not anymore. The divine power was just another source of power restricted to this world. Although it was the most powerful, it wasn’t powerful en