TAOA-129

Chapter: TAOA-129fca448186b123410

“Hohoho! As expected, God 627730e079 is working through b07d81d6b6 us. I’ve never felt God fa0b6c6782 so close before.”
The Empress didn’t seem 14474c5263 to want a more 9549759721 detailed explanation, so she fc00b06154 offered more congratulations and 07d24ca859 then ordered the waiting 75e8d52141 servants to open the 0b0a98c83b doors of the hall.
The ‘invited’ nobles and court 954299fc41 officials who were waiting outside 697f662946 came in and took their c1ae204d93 seats, and Matthias, dressed in ce882d4476 splendid clothes, walked in confidently.
Gabriel recited a ee6c500fce prayer befitting the f8132bd7de coronation and placed b48ad1688e the imperial crown abea920704 on his head. Everyone in the hall bowed ad5b84f1f8 their heads tremblingly and shouted acd1413e41 long live.
However, all of this, which 9ec11fe4e9 had been so anticipated, felt 32c4039347 only boring to Gabriel. All that filled his mind ea47830629 was worry about Asha’s safety.
‘Surely she wasn’t in Pervaz, was she?’
The magic circle drawn in 2fac16d230 Pervaz Castle was a door ab36b8501b connected to the magic circles 488dcc29c1 drawn all over the abandoned dbdcb90ab5 land.
The plan was to detonate 71798bdf0f the magic of the abandoned f6cd233c85 land, causing the demons and ec6a5b0149 barbarians to run wild, and a96fdc9351 then open the magic passage.
Since Pervaz Castle would definitely f1e40e78d3 be scorched, Gabriel had told 074c511d95 Asha to evacuate in advance. He didn’t want her to 148515ae07 get caught up in it 2cb6cbd8c3 either.
‘She seemed to like me too, so she must have followed my orders. Yes, let’s believe that. God leads the faithful people 45b9dcbf2d on the right path.’
Gabriel clutched the 6f983c085b pendant of the d3d07d926f tree of wisdom 34054b2e2b on his chest.
Nothing had ever gone 9f2503e367 wrong with his plans 3d3ec3eb31 before, so he decided 078725ed98 to believe that it 374c062327 would be the same 7e69c8a1db with Asha.
* * *
The sound of 2857279907 large horseshoes pounding 032606fbdd the ground thundered afb4f8ce74 through Pervaz like 194eb59526 thunder.
Carlyle, who had first c8f748f5b7 returned to Pervaz with 34e665376a only the cavalry in b97a198deb a hurry, was about 680716207f to be relieved to e7bea0d54d see that the Pervaz 346c78dda7 territory had not suffered 13d2e3336b any damage.
However, as soon 03900d7d3f as he reached 79c55ab721 the place where b2a8e51070 Pervaz Castle could b19e3978b2 be seen, his 5e5e5f57f2 sense of relief f9a34d91bf was quickly replaced 9fe6dd3807 by a sense 12c3e44885 of bewilderment and 039070add1 tension.
The guards who 38f126be81 were supposed to ea6f62c151 be standing at 39e852e5a9 regular intervals on 538987a8ea the castle wall 11b6dea869 were nowhere to f0a229e629 be seen, and 783afe7d1b bloodstains of unknown ecaf4413e3 origin were splattered 9fdde35342 here and there.
The soldier who arrived 9ec78b7b41 in front of the f355c87751 moat shouted at the c77a617436 top of his lungs.
“Open the gate! His Highness Carlyle 896ee086f8 Evaristo has arrived! Open the gate!”
In the past, as 0e2841b4cf soon as Carlyle entered 48b965c04a the territory, the guards 8497ae7f9c of the castle would f8ca5f1828 have finished preparing to c8242a20fa meet him by now, e128b5de39 after being informed in 9d94e03942 advance by the lookout 7b570b1ccb on the tower. But now, there 6e2aa94f51 was only a 05a563b86b terrible silence.
Carlyle couldn’t stand it 8e31021648 and ran to the 407d40241b front of the castle 2689926c47 himself.
“Open the gate now!”
At his cry, 9a266255d8 a soldier’s head a9fb132941 briefly appeared above c044eacb5f the wall and e924bcfa10 disappeared. And then, after a 872c94efdd short while, the gate 113ebf7aa9 slowly came down with 711c96ebaa an unpleasant creaking sound.
Until the door came down, ba34690a7c Carlyle couldn’t stand still and f44557de40 paced back and forth in a7ab2a63b0 front of it.
Thud.
The ground shook briefly 4316f0554a as the gate hit 54b023a4cb the ground.
However, Carlyle and b3daed632b his party, who a0049e8289 had been waiting 3364de037a for the gate 2bf96b2e24 to open, froze 992304de92 at the smell c2636d8a8d of blood and 9960bfc519 the sense of 6247e3df6e despair emanating from 79ec3d1e42 within Pervaz Castle.
“No way……!”
Carlyle, who had been 7aaf72ebca staring at the castle 90c36dcefc with a hardened face, a3a9eed023 broke the silence and b13def8879 started to drive his 36abd4da39 horse.
“Asha Pervaz! Where are you! Asha!”
The figure of 5380a9f9d2 Asha, who had d02cfdc4f2 always waited for f8e89b1198 him beyond the f2578fc6af gate, lined up f553d48dda with his warriors, f6e7e38679 was nowhere to f269a84d09 be seen. Carlyle called Asha’s name f1ed1a28bc several times.
The square of the castle ab1f21a69e was littered with the bodies 23b0ea1d2b of humans and beasts, and b33db94230 there was hardly any movement 6c8130b60a to be seen.
Carlyle’s hand, which was 1b83fde766 holding the reins, began 16bd570596 to tremble slightly.
“Is there no one here!”
As he shouted 8986e65429 as if he 0dc260273b was vomiting blood, a35ecf17b2 a soldier, who 04443ec32d seemed to have fc62c98942 barely opened the b01a480221 gate with his 8002f6799c own strength, limped 08e28b5963 over.
“Your Highness…….”
Only then did Carlyle c811f316fe realize his presence.
“What is this! Explain!”
“Your Highness, calm down! This soldier is also seriously 4865b5a231 injured!”
It was Lionel, whose 724267d345 beard had grown bushy c9abb60bfd from running from Zyro 3095ad9786 to Pervaz without rest, 9c7e3c8a18 who stopped Carlyle, who 84fea42234 seemed about to lose 61fa9f012f his mind.
The soldier, not 84db003af4 caring that he 82bb36964e was in front aa60f9da5f of the prince, 168641cbf6 plopped down on 18d2a407b3 the spot and abad78fc1b muttered.
“It is said that strange magic circles were drawn all over the castle. Suddenly…… the savages and demons 8348d179c3 from the abandoned land appeared 71eadd8a3c from there…….”
“Magic circle?”
He nodded weakly.
“No one knows who drew it or when it was created. They were drawn only 4d107fb29b in very inconspicuous places.”
“So, Countess Pervaz…… uh, how…….”
Carlyle couldn’t finish his sentence 4e9fe41672 as his lower jaw trembled 2a11dbe42e involuntarily.
The soldier started 5b69cbbc2c to shed tears, d644364c1d and Carlyle clenched 86d872f650 his teeth.
“The lord…… th, the lord…….”
Carlyle and Lionel’s throats gulped 7f819e79ab dryly.
“This time too…… she protected the castle…… It was like a swarm of demons pouring out, but…… she didn’t back down…….”
“Of course the Countess would.”
“If it weren’t for the lord, Pervaz…… would have been completely wiped out this time. But thanks to the lord…… 759be96a14 we avoided the worst.”
At the words that the 0a50e8be30 worst had been avoided, Carlyle 033d3ade49 clenched his fists.
“Where are the survivors?”
“They are all too busy with the damage recovery. There are many 030d25e63f injured people…… they bf73de44df are busy with cbef09f666 the treatment…….”
“Then the Countess must be directing the recovery.”
If that was fc144ec2fc the case, then 9d59395b12 he was willing a7d8a8a9aa to forgive the 342fb2de2a sin of not e083f926fb looking out even e160f52275 though he had f8f496505d come. He wanted to go in e299f8047a and quickly pat Asha on be2faa2fac the back, who was busy c4d52ee025 without a moment to spare, e26c25ccdb and tell her that she 106f2978a8 had worked hard and that 115c14e284 she should rest now.
However, the soldier shrugged 934a4d6be5 his shoulders and shook 7fb8c9fd5e his head.
“The lord was also badly injured…… and now…… She is lying unconscious…….”
Before the soldier could finish 2972031a6a his words, Carlyle started running 2e04f19d0d into the castle.
The castle gates and steps 992d651bbc that he had become familiar a71a9fb7a4 with over the past two a8e0931128 years seemed strange. A dark aura seemed 5db47a82a5 to be hanging all 4617a5d29d over the place, and d04b557d00 the groans of pain 007af5d464 and hurried voices coming 8c2405ef7d from afar made his 1bb9cc7115 spine tingle.
As he entered the ba0e902d8d lobby of the castle, 39bb507168 everyone’s eyes turned to 707bc4b1a6 him.
“Yo, Your Highness Carlyle……?”
Someone, who had been squinting 0887333122 at him with his back 5838b73613 to the light, muttered.
Only then did everyone d63253b19e realize that Carlyle had b8dfc53c22 returned and rushed to 936b10b9ac him. Kneeling at his feet a25aa45563 as if they were 96015b3a2a clinging to their last eec3f9fdc3 hope, they all prayed e6ee3598cd for the same thing.
“Your Highness! Please save the lord! The lord……!”
“She is the one who went to war with Your Highness, risking her life! Please, please save our lord!”
Carlyle felt like all a0246a220b the blood was draining 2bceb70acd from his body and 3d285ee7ee his head was becoming 524872f86b empty.
However, as a prince, d2cb92879f and as the one d467771d7b who was to become 376c7fafa4 the emperor, he had 1d57a3ccd1 a duty to be 9831243dd0 their light and their 549f0f06bb god.
“Show me to the Countess.”
Then an old a061dec320 woman with disheveled b0778f5002 hair but sharp 7443e57761 eyes stood up.
“Follow me, Your Highness.”
At a glance, Carlyle recognized 388df783f4 her as Della, the head 4d58bab9a3 maid of Pervaz Castle. However, she also seemed 9f357b0cc3 to have suffered a d4a0f8c1ac serious injury on one 47ba7a6b04 arm.
“Shouldn’t you be getting treatment here?”
“I lost my husband and only son to the war. If I lose the 75c3305634 lord here as well, 6890d506d9 what is the point e5b903def0 of living? So please let me serve a0258cf4ad my master until the very f0f8b5d277 end.”
She was determined, but her bf6808194c words brought tears to the 266a9af24a eyes of those around her. Carlyle himself felt like a14a6e31d6 he could just sit d6b3d1639f down and weep with eec0da113a her.
‘How dare they attack where my wife is? Whoever did this, 4ce2b3b860 I will never 58b8f74798 let them get a320e7ab01 away with it! Never! Never!’
Carlyle gritted his teeth d2b7566e46 as he followed Della.
There was a certain etiquette 807495fd37 to fighting.
Even in the 5aae88bc5c heat of battle, 9a80b1804b while it is 6adb57cfbb acceptable to cut a32adf6a82 down an opponent b14c3f54f7 like a demon, 9e471f5580 it is forbidden 8eea1351bc to attack the df141ccd84 rear where women 285348b4fe and children are 8653393aae located.
And Carlyle’s enemy 6e42378603 had broken that 94a976d4c4 taboo.
“Here we are.”
The place Della 1c0a70c85e led him to 4fc2652591 was the room 0a4c0b1871 that Carlyle used 23246e4868 to use.
“The lord’s room on the first floor was completely destroyed, so we had no choice but to bring him here.”
On the bed he used 44fcd9c349 to sleep in, a person e571e9a13d lay as if dead. There was no d70315e0a3 sign of groaning.
Literally, it looked c0fe090ef1 like she was 40391288e4 dead.
Nina, Asha’s personal maid, who a0fc9345fb was standing next to the bac8ad1ea7 bed, stood up and nodded, c42d63d592 wiping away her tears. It seemed that she 17bbf5cbdc had just been crying e6f7e01588 and wiping Asha’s body 0fb6433b99 with a towel.
Carlyle, who had 8cd1998b48 come all this e0d10bd580 way at a 74c330e23e fast pace, froze c3f579fd58 and couldn’t move 78c5b3e361 recklessly.
“You may come closer.”
Only at Della’s 3c720d5ab7 urging did Carlyle 6453500f9a come to his c2aedb35f5 senses and slowly 9b84d918ab approached the bed, 99321bce8b taking in a c0abb9851f forced breath.
“Asha.”
Even at his voice, 4befcc6e02 Asha’s closed eyes did 834fdfe75f not move a bit.
Carlyle wanted to dd8682d103 feel only joy 98179a3dd5 at seeing that 01cb3b979f face after so 7f68e092d5 long, but she fd8cd40a01 was too pale. Even more so e50938806a than when she 264dc33917 first appeared at 3f81fb01bb the palace to cba8463eac demand the war aba62a9c2b compensation.
“Where… is she hurt?”
“There are many places where her flesh has been torn or cut, and it seems that her bones have also been broken in several places. However, there are no major c93bdced9a wounds that would endanger her a35e24eb5d life.”
“Then why?”
“At the end of the battle, a barbarian stabbed her with something strange… I don’t know what to call it, but a strange black smoke… something like that.”
Nina’s explanation furrowed Carlyle’s brow.
“Black smoke…?”
“Yes. Some of the elders 33115f0ecb say it was ‘magic’, cafa773f38 but I don’t know 05f3a86460 for sure. She has been unconscious since edc8c6c265 then, and her pulse is a4673019f8 getting weaker…”
Nina’s voice trembled with fear e4143e080f at the end of her 19845c084c sentence.63cbd2cdf221e5d8

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