Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Chapter 139 - Episode 139: The Invasion. (5)

Avriel looks at me with disbelief.

"I never expected that. A child that is now trying to survive on his own after his own uncle tries to kill his own brother for the throne with the help of the three-headed snake. There are so many things that I would never know if I stay to be his hunting dog."

Avriel then leans on the chair while staring at me for quite a while.

"Everything is thanks to you."

I scoff and smile while shaking my head. Avriel then tapping the table.

"Since my job is done here, I would like to ask for the payment, but it seems that you're currently too occupied with that thing. I guess I will be patient and wait until everything is over."

I look at Shazjae through the big hole in the house.

"Yeah. After seeing all these, it will take quite a while until I can give you the payment."

Avriel is looking at Shazjae and shakes her head.

"I'm glad that I don't have to take a part in this since this is not my war or my father's war. It's yours and all the people who devoted themselves to Orion. But that does not mean I'm not worried about what is going on right now. Just by looking at that thing, it reminds me of the old fairy tale about the legendary heroes that protected the Orion from that kind of beings that brought chaos upon this world. I never believed those stories, but after seeing one with my own eyes, I think I will start to believe those old fairy tales now."

Avriel looks at me.

"Is there anything else you want me to do?"

I shake my head.

"No, this is enough for now. By the way, how's the evacuation progress?"

Avriel is humming.

"Father already evacuated all the people on the list that you wrote. They are now safe and sound outside the Alliance Kingdoms. To be exact, they all should be in Fjel Town right now as we speak."

I'm humming with understanding.

"That's good news."

Avriel then stands up and looks at the heads on the ground.

"So, should I just toss these heads into the river or do you want to do something with those?"

I look at the head and grab them all then put them on the table.

"Can you preserve them? I need those heads for later."

Avriel scoffs and nods.

"That's easy. Are you going to show them to him?"

I look at her and nod. Avriel then starts chuckling.

"I can't wait to see his face when he sees his subordinates' heads. Just tell me when you want these, I will send them to you."

I nod.

"Okay, I'll see you soon."

Avriel nods and puts the heads into a bag and then she disappears.

A cracking sound is coming from outside of the kitchen, I take a peek and I see Chelsea is looking around while carefully walking into the house. I raise my eyebrow.

"What are you doing, Chelsea?"

Chelsea jumps and screams.

"Holy Mother of God! You scared the sh*t out of me!"

I'm snorting while holding my laughter.

Chelsea is leaning on the wall while pressing her chest.

"What are you doing in here?"

I look around.

"Nothing. I was searching if there's something that I can take in this house. What's up?"

Chelsea is pointing outside with her thumb.

"Ivy is looking for you. She said she has something to ask you about something. She looks a bit worried when she saw a message on her screen."

I nod and hurriedly run toward Ivonna. She looks at me and showing her screen.

"This is really bad..."

I read the message she received from Kingstar. He said that hundreds of monsters are seen around the two cities that are still inside the Maryoca Kingdom territory. He gathered the investigation team to search where did they come from. Turns out, so many monsters came out from the sewer systems. He only found one sewer that is filled with monsters, and he's afraid that there are so many sewers that have become their hiding spot. He believes that the reason why they managed to get out of the capital city is that the impact from the asteroid creates a path for the monster to walk inside the sewer system that the Maryoca Kingdom has. Thankfully, there were no casualties either on players' or NPCs' sides.

I cover my mouth because I didn't think about this. I'm so stupid. Ivonna is looking at the screen.

"We already put a precaution for this. We already send Aspen and his men to handle this matter. But what concerns me the most is why they only discovered it now? It has been around 18 hours since the impact, and 18 hours of running especially knowing how fast these monsters are, they should be near the other kingdoms by now."

Ivonna is looking at me and waves her hand in front of my face.

"Trev? Were you listening?"

I'm gulping and look at Ivonna.

"Tell everyone that we must go back to the other kingdoms that surrounding the Maryoca Kingdom. Right now."

Ivonna is panicking and nods while messaging them that.

"Why? What's wrong?"

I look around and sigh.

"There's something else than just a sewer system underneath the Maryoca Kingdom, there are hundreds of tunnels that will connect to all the kingdoms from here. You know what I mean, right? And from what you said earlier, that 18 hours is enough for those monsters to reach the other kingdoms? You're exactly right about that."

Ivonna is looking at me with her mouth open and with disbelief. Ivonna then looks at Francesca, Francesca nods and hurriedly runs toward the teleportation device while Ivonna is explaining that information to all the other leaders.

In less than a minute, dozens of messages appear on Ivonna's screen that almost overwhelmed her. She can't read all of them at once and then she looks at me.

"Let's go back to the Eynhildr Kingdom right now, we need to let anyone know about this and check every tunnel in the kingdom. I will ask about the tunnels and the map for it to the royal families."

We all nod and run toward the teleportation device. Grisell is groaning in annoyance.

"Why the hell do they have secret tunnels like that?! Now, look what happens because of their stupid ideas!"

I tilt my head.

"Well, they made it so the royal families can easily evacuate if a disaster or something similar that might threaten their lives. In the past, so many have tried and some have succeeded in killing or assassinating the royal families because once they were surrounded, they couldn't go anywhere."

Grisell is laughing in annoyance.

"Good job! Now they made the monsters free access to the other kingdoms!"

We all looking at Grisell and her expression that make us chuckle.

We are back at the palace with Sigryd and Alessandro. Ivonna orders every player from the Alliance Kingdoms' faction to go back from the Maryoca Kingdom and start patrolling around all the kingdoms. Aspen is checking all the sewer systems in the Alliance Kingdom and check if there's a sign of a monster in there. Kingstar is waiting for Ivonna to get the map of the tunnels from the royal families since they're the ones who will investigate and explore the secret tunnels. Diamond and Lothair with the Eluna Empire's faction are still at the front line holding the monster from leaving.

Ivonna is currently inside the King's chamber and asking about the secret tunnel map. I can hear them talking from out here.

"You want the map of the secret tunnel? Why do you need that?"

Ivonna sighs.

"Because, those monsters are entering the tunnels, and they have been seen in the nearest cities! If we don't respond to it as quickly as possible, the whole Alliance Kingdoms' territories will be filled with those monsters!"

I can hear they all are murmuring. One of the Kings is clearing his throat.

"Alright, Lady Ivonna. We all agreed on giving you the map, but only you can see it."

Ivonna replies.

"Fine, just give it to me."

One of the King says,

"We do not have it. It is in the archive room inside the holy temple, and the Arch Bishop is the one who has the key to the archive room. We can give you our seal so the Arch Bishop will allow you to enter the archive room. But..."

Ivonna asks,

"But?"

One of the King says,

"Currently, the holy temple is doing a spiritual event to choose the new Saintess, and the Arch Bishop cannot be disturb. But you can check the holy temple now since this phenomenon is happening right now and we do not think they still doing the spiritual event because of this."

I immediately jolt and stand up straight while covering my face because the most important NPC that I forgot to write in the list is Aria. The next Saintess! Everyone is startled because of me. I wear all my equipment hurriedly while they're looking at me with confusion. I tell everyone that there's something urgent that I need to do, and when I'm about to leave the palace,  a notification appears.

[Voice of the World]

[World Secondary Quest (Failed)]

[Shazjae's armies have managed to escape the Maryoca Kingdom and infiltrated the other kingdoms' territories! Each monster that has infiltrated the kingdoms has now become 10 times stronger and multiplied by twice the amount that has infiltrated the kingdoms. The Armies have learned [Adapt] (The longer they are alive, the stronger they get). Rare drops are no longer available since the quest failed.]

[Shazjae is awake!]

[The casualties is less than 5%]

[Shazjae is furious!]

[Shazjae is releasing [No Escape] (Teleportation and Portal skills are disabled inside the Alliance Kingdoms territory.)

I sigh and roll my eyes.

"Are you being serious right now!"