FreeWebNovel Chapter 253 – The “peaceful” way – Part 3.
Chapter 253 – The “peaceful” way – Part 3.
[Several moments ago.]
[Location: Empiric Castle (previously known as Royal Castle)]
"...Are you saying that the neighboring nations are preparing for the war?" – asked the young-looking man with brown hair.
"Yes... Our side had confirmed it... It isn’t rumors or anything... However, the information are spread deliberately... The vampires theorize that the ones behind it are the remains of the Anvil And Glory faction." – said the man with dark and white hair.
"Them!? But we wiped out these fucking pshychos during the rebellion years ago!" – replied the visible pissed off young man.
"The people who the vampires had caught some of the dwarves.... They didn’t revealed themselves.... But the chances of them being linked to the Anvil and Glory is... Somewhat high." – said the middle-aged man.
"...Fuck me...." – said the young man.
"So, you are fucking telling me, that not only we are possible dealing with some idiots from neighboring kingdoms... But also, terrorist?
"A freaking terrorist!?"
"..."
"What do you think about it?"
"Arthur?" – asked the young man as he turned towards the middle-aged man with black and white hair, who was wearing glasses.
[Duke Of The Gorijy Empire - Arthur Mifioria – A.K.A The New Duke Of Revolution]
"Honestly speaking... There is still good chance that these terrorist maybe not real... I mean, from what I’ve heard, the original dwarven royal family who ruled Gorijy kingdom as well as the nobility was pieces of shit that were quickly hunted down and exterminated by the people of the kingdom." – said duke Arthur.
"The chances are that this is a fake terrorist... And there was also some info about elves moving around... There is good chance that one of our neighbors are trying to kick up something."
"..."
"The purge happened before I was even born.... But still, even though it was decades, there are still some remains of that corrupted faction."
"But there is no way that there are enough of them in order to make them a proper terrorist organization...."
"Still.... Fuck me."
"They are really trying to use any nasty tricks possible."
[Emperor of the Gorijy Kingdom – Gustav Warmin The Third]
"We can probably assume that both the dwarven and elven terrorists are fakes, but at the same time they are supported by somebody."
"Their goal is probably create unrest and panic amongst the people... For crying out loud, they are really stepping low."
"Well, it could be also desperation." – said duke Arthur.
"For them to make that kind of move, while not even trying to hide them strengthening their military power."
"Rumors are spreading while the terrorist are rampaging."
"The question is, is it the Miorio kingdom’s doing? Or is somebody is trying to make them appear as aggressors?"
"We are either dealing with idiots... Or we are getting played by somebody."
"We would need to launch a deep investigation in that matter."
"Then do it." – said the extremely exhausted king as he sat down.
*Sigh*
"What the fuck is going on with this continent?"
"Are these idiots really that desperate for the wars? Is this some sort of secret fetish or something like that?" – asked the emperor who exhausted both mentally and physically.
"I get what you mean.... This is just idiotic.... And yet? Here we are!" – said the duke.
"..."
(Honestly speaking, even after sometime passed after the war, things never calmed down...) – thought the worried young emperor.
(I mean! I did saw the changes! The peace! Everything ended up way better with us forming the empire!)
(I KNOW! It was somewhat stupid to make it so quick.... But then again....Fuck.)
(It is honestly less about us suddenly making the empire and more about our neighbors’ greed.)
(I knew that it was bad... But to this level!? This was beyond even my predictions!)
(Heck! This moment of peace the empire has given them should had given them a moment to think... But instead?! They instead way more dead set on war???)
"..."
(At the rate things are going, we should assume that we may end up going to the war... But not about "peace" really... But about conquest....)
(I thought of this possibility... BUT STILL!)
(I WANTED TO END THE WAR! I wanted this entire chaos to be over with!)
(But instead, we are here... Dealing with more bullshit.)
"..."
"Say, we-"
As the emperor tried starting up the conversation once again, a door suddenly opened.
"Excuse your majesty! But I have an urgent news!" – said the dwarven nobleman in fancy clothing as he suddenly barged the room.
"Hey! This is supposed to be a private meeting!" – said pissed off duke Arthur.
"How the hell guards even let you past without even-"
"Oh, don’t worry. They are not dead." – said the dwarven nobleman as he snapped his fingers, causing a blackish energy in form of a liquid to appear and shut the doors behind the dwarves, before then sealing them up.
"By the way, you can scream, the silent alarm had already been triggered by now... But as you can probably guess... It is all over." – said the dwarf nobleman as he approached the two men.
"STOP!" – shouted the duke Arthur as he manifested a magic circle in his palms, ready to unleash his magic.
"If you-"
The dwarf snapped his fingers, and in the next both magic circles shattered and disappeared in front of the duke’s eyes, alarming both him and the king.
The duke tried using magic again, but the snap was once again enough.
Magic.
Snap.
Magic.
Snap.
The duke couldn’t even try and cast a spell, as each time he did, the dwarf would just snap their fingers, instantly causing his magic to disperse.
No matter what the man tried to cast, every single spell he tried to even start up was instantly destroyed before it could be even used.
"Oh, calm your tits. If I wanted you dead, I wouldn’t be playing here, dispelling your magic." – said the dwarf as he stopped in his tracks.
"...Who are you?" – asked the nervous yet controlled king.
"You are not Madun."
(Madun isn’t a mage! He isn’t even a warrior! There is no way it is him!) – thought the emperor.
(Not only that, the alarm spells should had warned me about the intruder! The knights should had instantly rushed to this location before that imposter could even reach this room!)
(So how the hell did they got here without me or the whole castle even going on the uproar?!)
"No." – said the dwarf nobleman as his body started changing at the rapid rate, alarming both men as in the moment of opportunity, the king quickly took one of the swords hanging as decoration, arming himself.
"I’m not the dwarf by the name of Madun and don’t worry, I haven’t killed him or anything." – said the creature who revealed their true form, a form of a demonic woman.
"My name is Ariava Byrawa."
"I’m known as the Witch Of Mad Lust."
"..."
"Do you know her?" – asked the emperor.
"No." – said the nervous duke.
"Oh... Well, the vampires you are working with should hear it." – said Ariava as she used her extra limbs in form of tentacle to grab herself a coach in order to sit on it.
"!?"
(She knows about vampires?!) – thought both extremely alarmed men.
"I’m going to get straight to the business."
"Right now I can kill emperor here and now." – said Ariava as she pointed at her finger at the emperor, and in the next moment, a sharp blade like tail appeared next to the emperor, cutting his cheek, as the two men only noticed the blade after it already struck the emperor.
"The fact alone that you couldn’t react to this is kind of enough of a proof right now, correct?" – said Ariava as she retracted her tail, while the two men were completely drenched in fear, realizing that the woman’s attack could really murdered the emperor without them even having time to react.
"But let me get this straight."
"Killing you or destroying the empire will be stupid."
"I don’t want to control it or anything, I just came here to make some business."
"So call the vampires now and have them be present at this meeting."
"Unless you want me to murder the emperor here and all the people in the castle."
"..."
"And if I refuse?" – asked the king.
"You suddenly barge here, a person I’ve never seen in my life."
"Threaten my life!"
"And now you are demanding a business meeting!?"
"Who the fuck are you?"
"..."
(Huh.... He is scared... But he does have some balls.) – thought smiling Ariava.
(It would be stupid if he was cowardly whore instead.)
"Well, it does seems quiet stupid for me to suddenly come to your house and act like I own the place, while making all sorts of demands without proper explanation." – said Ariava.
"Heck, you were just having your average day until some random bitch suddenly appears and ruins it without any warning."
"Your reaction is very understandable."
"But at the same time, you are smart enough to realize that I wasn’t lying about killing you."
"And you are not stupid enough to not realize that something was off about your alarms."
"Although, I did let them be set off, since I wanted to speed up the gathering a bit."
"So yeah."
"Do you really think I’m fucking around?" – asked Ariava with a peaceful smile.... Which straight up only filled the two men with dread upon seeing it.
"..."
"Honestly speaking, I won’t move from this place, I won’t even leave this room."
"The duke here can leave, I won’t stop him."
"If anything, I want you to contact the vampires."
"Oh, and if you say my name, Ariava Byrawa.... Well, it may end up with the vampire representee running here at top speed."
"..."
"Do it." – said the emperor.
"!?"
"What?! Are you-"
"JUST.... Do it." – said the emperor as he gazed at the duke.
"...."
The duke gave up, fully knowing that a wrong move right now would lead to the emperor’s death... And so, the duke left the room.
And instantly after leaving the room, the duke ran, aiming to establish emergency connection with the vampires as soon as possible.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN ARIAVA BYRAWA IS THE ONE WHO TOOK THE EMPEROR HOSTAGE?!"
And it didn’t even took even a moment for the vampires to instantly move out from hiding, quickly traversing the city and heading straight towards the empiric castle.
(Shit! Shit! SHIT! SHIT! Is it really her?!) – thought the man who arrived at the castle grounds.
(Imposter using her name?! Even if it is an imposter, they still fucking took the emperor a hostage!?)
(How?!) – thought the man as he passed the main gate and ran towards the castle main entrance.
(The castle is beyond heavily guarded, not only with spells, but also with my own elite people! There is no way somebody could sneak in!) – thought the man as he entered the castle and started running through its corridors and halls.
(Alarms were also apparently set off... And yet the intruder wasn’t dealt with ye-)
"!?"
As the man ran through the castle, he quickly came across something that made him get straight up consumed with fear.
The bodies of the knights.
The castle guards, the royal knights and even the vampire elites.
All laying around.
"!"
(They are alive!) – thought the man as he quickly realized that not even a single person was killed... However, at the same time, nobody was in.... "perfect" state.
(Curses... Or beaten up.... All them. They all are unconscious... But I don’t think that even a single person here is even dead.) – thought the man as he quickly assessing the situation... Before then noticing the door, leading to the emperor’s private office, completely unscratched.
"..."
The man slowly approached the door, before then nervously standing in front of the door, getting ready to fight.
"..."
"Are you coming in or not?" – asked the woman’s voice that came from the inside of the room.
"!?"
(I’ve hid my presence!?) – thought the panicking man as he was unsure if he should take his blade.... Or give up.
"..."
Before the man could make his decision, somebody from inside opened up the door.
The man didn’t attacked and instead let the person inside open up the door.
"Please. Come in." – said Ariava with a smile, as she was the one that opened up the door.
"I had been waiting for you."
"Now, now. Let’s not keep the others waiting."
"We can finally start our little meeting, hm?"