adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 148 The Fallen Kingdom, Forrest

Looking at the silver-haired girl with a gentle gaze outside the door, and Anredo and Alwin behind her, Louis's eyes showed a hint of confusion.

"Princess Erisil, what brings you here?"

Erihill said gently, "It's both an invitation and an opportunity to exchange some information with you."

Then the princess said calmly, "Let's talk about the intelligence first. According to the intelligence sent back by the royal spies, it can be confirmed that our neighboring kingdom, the Kingdom of Forrest, has fallen."

Upon hearing this, everyone in Louis's team was taken aback.

The Kingdom of Forrest is one of the five great kingdoms of mankind, a neighbor of the Kingdom of Lortheran, and is known as the Kingdom of Forests and the Kingdom of Nature.

For Louis and others, this country also held another meaning.

It is the hometown of the hero Molly.

This country does not advocate excessive urbanization and promotes harmonious coexistence with nature.

It was precisely because of this philosophy that the kingdom gained the friendliness of the elves, and it is said that some members of the royal family, the Forrest family, have elven blood flowing through their veins.

However, due to the generally unfriendly atmosphere of the Kingdom of Forrest, the country's land area and military strength are at the bottom among the five kingdoms.

But no matter how low it is, this is still a large country with a population of over 70 million, with level 4 professionals and even demigods in charge. And yet it still perished?

Why was there no news at all before?

Seeing the surprised expressions on Louis's team's faces, Erihill continued to explain, "Strictly speaking, it can't be considered a complete demise of the country. Rather, the capital was attacked by the demons. Currently, more than half of the 1.5 million residents of Forrest's capital have become sacrifices to the demons."

"With these offerings, the demons used the Forest City as their base and spread like a plague, constantly encroaching on the surrounding cities."

"The royal family was powerless to resist and was forced into exile. Also, because the demons were encroaching on the surrounding cities so quickly, they couldn't even organize any effective resistance along the way."

"It's estimated that it won't be long before the royal family flees to the borders of the Kingdom of Forrest, and in that case, the country will effectively be extinct."

Louis nodded silently.

It seems that Blackrock City is not the main focus of the Demon Realm invasion. At the same time, in other places outside Blackrock City, even greater and more terrifying disasters are happening.

However, the tragedy that occurred in the Forest City was so fast and so violent that no one could react at all.

According to the demon race's snowball theory, after sacrificing the capital of one of the five kingdoms, the demon realm could no longer be said to have launched a preliminary invasion, but rather a formal one.

The next step would be a full-scale invasion of all human kingdoms and all intelligent races.

"What about the level four professionals from the Kingdom of Forrest? And as one of the five great human kingdoms, they should have a demigod backing them up, right?"

Louis recalled the cataclysmic power displayed by the fourth-level archmage Orianna more than a month ago.

Forest City is, after all, the capital of a country. Even if the combat strength of Level 4 professionals is not as high as that of the Kingdom of Loseland, there must still be more than a dozen of them.

A dozen or so level-four professionals working together could easily raze the capital to the ground, so why couldn't they withstand the demons' surprise attack?

Upon hearing this question, Erihill curled up the corners of her mouth, revealing a sarcastic smile.

"Captain Louis, there are indeed more than ten Level 4 professionals who are stationed in the Forest City and still maintain peak combat power."

"But of these ten, seven or eight belong to various professional associations. How could they possibly be willing to help when faced with a threat that could cost them their lives?"

"To protect the royal family from leaving the capital is already an act of utmost benevolence."

"As for powerful beings at the demigod level, they will not interfere with human development at will."

"Even the destruction of a nation is nothing to them. As long as humanity can eventually repel the invasion of the demon realm and restore the nation, that's all that matters. Whether the royal family is the same one or not is even less important to them."

Louis was speechless.

It's one thing for demigods to have long lifespans and be able to see things from the perspective of all humanity, but these level four professionals are really awful.

The various professional associations are like multinational corporations from a previous life; when a country falls, they simply move to another place to do business. It's impossible for them to risk their lives for a particular country.

Unless all nations of humanity are wiped out and they have nowhere to run, perhaps they will truly fight desperately.

From this perspective, Louis discovered that Orianna was actually a kind person.

At least she really put in the effort when fighting the demons!

After introducing the Kingdom of Forrest, Erisil continued, "I have completed my second job advancement. To obtain the Level 3 Hero's Codex, I must accomplish the great feat of saving five million people."

"To achieve this goal, I plan to travel to the Kingdom of Forrest in a while to help the cities that have not yet fallen resist the invasion of the demons. My teacher, Ignis, will also be going with us."

"I came here today to invite you all to join me."

Finally, Erisil turned her gaze to Dana and Merry, who were standing behind Louis.

Louis caught the silver-haired girl's gaze, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Are you trying to invite our team?

I think you're just lusting after Dina and Merry's bodies, you're despicable!

Dana clearly realized this as well, and said warily, "I will not betray my comrades and join your team!"

Erihil smiled innocently and said, "I know, I just want to have another comrade to fight alongside me."

"Even if we are not in the same team, as long as you can grow stronger, it will be a blessing for the kingdom and all of humanity."

There's absolutely nothing wrong with what Her Highness said.

But Louis didn't believe her nonsense.

This woman's personality is a bit like Cao Cao's; she's always eyeing other people's generals.

It's probably impossible to completely stop her from trying to steal someone else's boyfriend.

So the question is, should we accept Ariel's invitation or not?

To be honest, their route was highly overlapping with that of the Erihill team, as they were also originally planning to return Molly's body to her hometown for burial.

There's no problem traveling together.

However, after much deliberation, Louis ultimately decided to decline.

Their team has too many secrets, and being under the same roof as Erisil all this time makes it easy for this woman to discover something.

"Princess Erisil, I appreciate your kindness."

Louis said sincerely, "To be honest, after hearing about the situation in the Kingdom of Forrest, I did have the idea of ​​going to help them."

"However, our team still has some matters to attend to and cannot leave for the time being."

"Perhaps in ten days or half a month, we will embark on a journey to the Kingdom of Forrest, and then we will meet again."

Hearing Louis say this, Erihill nodded in understanding.

But she still didn't leave, and continued, "Actually, the invitation I made at the beginning wasn't just to invite you to go to the Kingdom of Forrest to hone your skills, there was another reason."

"Only after I finish this matter can I leave Blackrock City with peace of mind."

Louis looked curious.

Then Erisil said, "I am prepared to kill Morgon, the traitor of the Frostclaw tribe."

"You know, Morgon is a thorn in Tiga's side. Perhaps if I kill him, he'll join my team."

Yes.

"As far as I know, Miss Dina's strongest sword strike has power beyond her own level, which will play an important role in the encirclement and killing of Morgang."