The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

Sharduo and Eshilia watched Rein and the Queen from afar at the door of the church. Eshilia's face was expressionless, and she looked as dignified as usual, but Sharduo knew that she must be very flustered at this moment.

With an impulse that came from nowhere, Sharduo grasped Eshilia's hand. The princess trembled slightly, then returned the grip with the same force.

The army began to march out of the church. Before leaving, Ryan came to Ashlia and half-knelt to salute her.

"Princess, please take care of yourself," Ryan looked at Eshilia with a worried look on his face, "I always feel that this matter will not end so easily..."

Meeting Ryan's even somewhat tender gaze, Ashlia smiled gently, then touched Ryan's head with one hand.

"It's you who should be worried, idiot. Please come back safely."

"Sure, I will be back."

"When I come back, I'll tie a bow on your pigtails!"

"That's not necessary, Your Highness," Rui Yin said with a wry smile, "The royal guard still needs some dignity."

"Well, what's the point of being so majestic? Rein can be very cute, it's really boring."

"I am such a boring person," Ruiyin smiled and turned his gaze to Sharduo, "Miss, please protect Her Royal Highness the Princess and try your best to help her. Of course, if she wants to get into trouble, don't help her."

"Huh?" Sharduo was a little confused.

"What! Ryan! I won't be so ignorant at a time like this!!" Ashlia was a little noisy.

"I...I will try my best...hehe..." Sharduo forced a smile.

During the conversation, the soldiers in the church had left, leaving only Ryan and Ashlia standing at the door, looking at each other.

"Okay, Your Highness, I'm leaving now."

Just as Ryan was about to stand up, Ashlia suddenly pounced on him.

"Your Highness?"

"Ryan, you must come back...you must come back."

Ashilia hugged Ruiyin's neck, which made Ruiyin feel a little bit overwhelmed. The master who had been serving him all the time suddenly became so gentle, which really made the royal guard a little confused.

Ryan coughed flatteredly, then gently patted Ashlia's back.

"Don't worry, I..."

"If you don't come back...I will have no one to bully me."

Ruiyin resisted the urge to roll his eyes. At this moment, he still wanted to talk nonsense.

Her Royal Highness, the noble and somewhat difficult to control princess, still has the face of a difficult little girl after all.

"Don't worry, they are just a bunch of rabble. The Kingdom's army will defeat a stronger enemy than them," Rain said softly, patting Eshilia's back. "I will definitely come back."

"Um..."

Ashlia let go of Ryan and looked at him with her bright golden eyes filled with tears.

Before leaving, the princess kissed the forehead of the royal guard and prayed for him:

"Oh, the morning star that is high above... protect my knight (Kingdom language)."

"Take the Morning Star as your mark (Kingdom language)." Ryan murmured in a low voice.

Then, the tall knight turned and left, leaving behind a figure in silver armor.

The knights of the kingdom drew their swords and raised them high in the direction of the upper city, their silver swords reflecting the scorching sun.

......

The church hall was empty, all the soldiers withdrew outside the church and began martial law.

The plan of the kingdom's army was to break through the defense line of the upper city directly from the atrium and defeat Leon's direct army from the front.

This would undoubtedly cause harm to the civilians in the atrium. Even if Celica said she didn't care at the meeting, she couldn't really treat it as if it never happened.

Ashlia pulled Sharduo towards the high altar. Under the illumination of the colorful dome, Celica was praying with her hands clasped together and her eyes closed.

"Gods of the high heavens/Kings in the ivory towers/Please protect my people/Keep them away from war and hard labor..."

Ashilia stood silently beside her mother, also closing her eyes and praying. Although Sharduo didn't know how to pray, she still closed her eyes and clasped her hands together.

I hope Uncle Rein can return safely, Sharduo thought.

I also hope that... Her Royal Highness the Princess and everyone else will be successful.

After the prayer, Celica opened her eyes, looked down at Eshilia, and gently stroked her head. Rarely, there was a hint of fatigue in the Queen's eyes.

Ashlia was extremely sensitive to her mother's emotions and hugged her gently.

"It's going to be okay, Mom."

"Ah."

Under the colorful dome, the mother and daughter who lost the protection of the [Attack King] embraced each other. Everything since the academy war: burden, pressure, pain, all merged into this silent embrace, blending with each other in a way beyond words.

A kingdom or its destruction is just one step away.

Sharduo just silently watched the mother and daughter hugging each other. She had not seen what happened on the Aston Plain, and she had never even walked out of the edge of the big cage. But for some reason, at this moment, she felt a strong sense of bitterness.

Just as she struggled in the streets of La Vatino, the two women in front of her, even though they were in high positions, were also struggling in the melting pot of this world like her.

All beings are suffering.

After the hug, the mother and daughter separated, their golden eyes looked at each other, and both mother and daughter smiled at the same time.

"What do you want to eat tonight? Eshilia," Celica's eyes were full of warmth and motherhood, "I haven't cooked for a long time. Today... I'll help you cook for once today."

"Then let's do it as usual," Ashlia smiled cutely, "I like everything you cook!"

"Where's Shardo?" Celica looked at Shardo with the same gentle gaze, "What does Shardo want to eat?"

"Huh? I...I'm fine with anything..." Sharduo was flattered.

"In that case, I hope you won't be disgusted by my declining cooking skills."

Celica turned her head and looked at the huge wall with the Morning Star carved on it. The white flames were swirling and the light was overflowing. The last time she saw the same characteristics was in the man who commanded thousands of troops on the Aston Plains.

I haven't cooked for a long time since I left Roseides.

"Mother, come quickly, I will help you wash the vegetables!"

Celica looked down the stairs. She didn't know when her daughter had already run down with Sharduo and was calling her from a distance.

The road ahead still needs to be walked under the guidance of the Morning Star.

Celica once again looked at the morning star carved on the wall and smiled helplessly.

"Towards the Morning Star... this is the only way left."

However, an ominous feeling flashed through her mind, and Celica felt her heartbeat suddenly speed up, and a strange sound came from behind the wall in front of her.

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, time slowed down in Celica's eyes. She saw the Morning Star carved on the wall slowly cracking in the middle, and a blood-red glow shone through the cracks.

"Zizi..."

The brief glance was infinitely prolonged, and Celica could only watch the morning star on the wall being torn and shattered, while the light behind the wall became brighter and brighter.

The red light was like the divine punishment she had witnessed on the Aston Plains, like the Tower of Babel from afar.

But it is like the morning star burning in the sky.

Ah, the morning star, it shines again. Celica's mind flashed with one last thought, and her golden eyes were filled with red light.

"boom--"

From Sharduo's perspective, the huge wall exploded almost instantly, and then a long trail of blood-red light instantly pierced through Celica's chest, knocking her off the altar of the church.

The body of Queen Celica Yad Pershipons was spinning in the air, and in the last moment before the light in her golden eyes disappeared, Ashlia's screaming and distorted face was reflected in them.

"daughter..."

The brilliant red light like fireworks dissipated, and Celica's body fell to the ground of the church, shattered into pieces.

"Mother!!!!"

...END...

8) The Flase Icon

“She stood up amid the waves of worshippers and looked the false idol in the eye.”

——"Forbidden Sayings: The Old Testament"

......

Fire, smoke, and blood.

A shameful traitor, a broken morning star, a church collapsed in the fire.

The biceps had a very hard time bearing the resistance of the silver sword cutting into the flesh and blood, and almost broke.

Consciousness gradually dissipated, and only the instinct of killing drove the body to move mechanically, one sword after another.

"..."

"Rui Yin, you must come back. You must come back."

The pale golden eyes flickered before his eyes, and Rui Yin suddenly came back to his senses. In an instant, thousands of troops quietly enveloped him from all directions.

"Kill!!!"

A loud roar came from the smoke ahead. Rein suddenly pulled out the long sword that had sunk into the enemy's chest, and slashed back with it.

“Pila——”

Flesh and blood burst, heads fell to the ground, and even if those guys had federal-made rifles, their poor marksmanship could not make up for it much.

Even if it is hit by a stray bullet, it will only be bounced away by the factor shield.

On the chaotic battlefield, Ryan and the rearguard troops he led penetrated deep into the puppet army like a long sword, disrupting their formation under the cover of smoke.

Even if this is destined to be like a moth flying into a flame, even if this can only buy a few short breaths of respite.

But behind him, the kingdom will last forever—

"Ahhhhh!!"

Rein roared and charged forward. His companions were getting fewer and fewer. Without the protection of the factor shield, they could only rely on smoke screens to avoid bullets, but the effect was limited.

Soon, when Ryan tore open the end of the puppet army's formation, he was the only one left.

And at the end of his sight, he caught a glimpse of the tall black figure——

"Deploy the formation backwards to block the [Pure White Fireworks]..."

That was the Great Prophet Zachamos, the Blade of the Tower of Babel. Although he had not yet been named, Rein was inexplicably certain that it was him. The clothes on his belly had been torn apart by some strange force, and underneath was a layer of black armor, and blood was seeping out of the cracks in the armor.

Zachamos looked a little embarrassed. Ryan saw him bite off a piece of red lump from the chain inside his clothes and chew it in his mouth.

The fire, the burning fire, the collapsed church.

The fire burned in Ryan's eyes. He tightly grasped the silver sword and roared at Zachamos:

"【Blade of Babel Tower】!!!"

Blood debt must be paid with blood.

The royal guard launched the most violent attack of his life. He raised the silver sword high, and the emblem of the Grau Yad Kingdom carved on the sword shone brightly under the scorching sun.

For the queen, for the princess, for the attack king, for the kingdom.

As if he was aware of Ryan's presence, Zachamos looked at him with his dull eyes, and the next second, a strange smile broke out on his face.

"I...saw you (E-Tran)."

Black smoke rose, and the bronze blade burst out. The two figures merged and were swallowed by the black smoke under the scorching sun.

......

"how so..."

On the hill outside the Pershipens Wall, Ashlia knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the huge black army that surrounded the wall.

Siege equipment was set up once again, and flames and black smoke covered the walls, like purgatory.

It's all my fault. If I hadn't left the old town, if she was still here...