About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"Leave Garson to me. I still have a score to settle with him." W sneered and chose his target.

"Alina and I will be responsible for dealing with Duke Baikal. It's time for these nobles to wake up from their dreams of the past."

Tallulah and Alina looked at each other and nodded.

They were good sisters when they didn’t have to fight over Orson... Wait, if that’s the case, wouldn’t Frost Star be getting the upper hand...!

Tallulah frowned and realized that things were not simple.

Oh, it’s okay, there are patriots on Frost Star’s side.

Tallulah's brows relaxed, and she remained steady as a poi.

"Then what I say..."

"Ms. Natalia, all you have to do is reach the Chernobyl Signal Tower alive and inform the Emperor in the Holy Castle of everything that happened here." Tallulah told Zaolu the task she needed to complete.

"Of course, you yourself will probably be constantly hunted by Grand Duke Baikal's forces in Che City. The advance troops of the Reunion Movement will help you, Miss Natalia. Stay alive. You are the core of this battle. As long as you and the head of the Rostov family are alive, this war will have witnesses, and there will be no failure."

"……Um!"

Zaolu nodded seriously. This illegal queen, who was once just a high school student, no longer had any trace of immaturity or ignorance. She understood the mission she was carrying and carried it on her shoulders.

——Perhaps the future of Ursus is not that dark.

Looking at Natalia's determined expression, Tallulah sighed.

"Orson... Although Miss Tallulah has cancelled that agreement, I don't mind, okay?"

— Ursus is completely beyond saving!!

Listening to Natalia's shy mumbling, Tallulah sighed.

56. Daily life of an ordinary female high school student

For the people living inside the city of Che, when they realized that the "war" had begun, they were actually already in the center of the battlefield.

The explosion on Renmin Street earlier, the terrorist attack on Peterheim Middle School, and now the sudden attack on the Rostov family's territory -

"Get down!"

"Ugh!?"

After everyone finished the meeting and confirmed the enemies they would face, Zaolu was just about to take action when she was knocked to the ground by Tallulah.

At the same time, the entire outer corridor of the villa was instantly filled with explosions, and several guards were directly knocked away by the powerful impact.

"You're here earlier than expected! Looks like we need to adjust our plans, Natalia. We—"

"No... no need to adjust! I'll hold these enemies back, just follow the original plan!"

Zaolu gritted her teeth and stood up from the living room that was destroyed by the explosion, picking up the steam-powered siege spear that was originally used only to decorate the room.

"I understand. The Reunion Movement's forces should have arrived in Che City. They will cover you as you reach the signal tower."

Tallulah nodded to Zaolu. The noble lady before her had become a qualified "warrior".

"Let's go, Alina. Remember to follow me closely."

Tallulah placed one hand on the greatsword at her waist and stood up, preparing to head to Duke Baikal's hiding place.

She knew very well that this kind of guy who called himself a "chess player" would only watch the fire from the other side of the river in a place he thought was safe.

What Tallulah has to do is to drag these insects that are afraid of the light into the sun and burn them completely with her own flames.

"Okay, don't act rashly then... eh? Lyudmila?"

Alina found that Lyudmila, whom she brought back, had followed her without her knowing.

“…I can help.”

"Haha, don't push yourself."

Alina sighed and rubbed Junjun's hair. At this point, she couldn't say anything like "Don't follow me".

W had already run away in advance, Talulah, Alina and the King Slayer also left the villa through the back door, and no one knew where his cheap father had gone.

"Miss, watch out!"

"Well--!"

The combat-capable guards around him reminded Zaolu, who immediately aimed the siege spear in the direction of the enemy and pulled the trigger.

Puff!!

"RUA!?"

The roaring sound of steam mixed with a fierce hurricane, and a giant spear as big as a human face directly knocked a row of soldiers out of the gap.

"Natasha! Get out of here right now and leave the rest to me, I, I, I, I, my God!?"

Zaolu's father hurried back to the main hall in a panic, just in time to see the exciting scene of his beloved daughter shooting the opposing army away with a spear.

"Father, where's Orson?"

The guards looked for cover and used crossbows to block the influx of Baikal faction soldiers, while Zaolu reloaded her spear while asking questions to the head of the Rostov family.

"He took off. Compared to those, I will hold this place with the remaining guards. You quickly find an opportunity to advance towards the signal tower."

"take off……?"

Zaolu was a little confused. These two words made it difficult for her to imagine Orson's current situation.

"Now is not the time to talk about that, Natasha! Get out of here quickly. There are too many enemies. We must separate them so that you have a chance to reach the signal tower."

The head of the Rostov family swung his staff and awkwardly used the most basic Originium skills to attack the approaching soldiers.

"I understand—Father."

Zaolu nodded and prepared to retreat from the cover and leave the hall.

But just then——

"Don't even think about leaving."

A low voice as if coming from hell came from the soldiers. It was like falling into an ice cellar. Zaolu felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen.

The Emperor's Blade

The inner guard, wearing a strange mask and exuding an ominous aura, slowly walked towards the enemy.

"Colluding with the infected and allying with external organizations, what else do you want to say before your bodies are hanged from the rafters?"

"You... fuck him! Come on together! Fuck him... eh?"

A guard trembled as he rushed towards the inner guard, but after only three steps, his upper body was separated from his legs.

"Internal Security...is this true or not?"

Zaolu's father looked at what he saw in front of him with a helpless expression.

Being able to piss off the internal security and make them come to hunt me down is something worth bragging about. I'll have something to brag about at drinking parties later.

"I only have one thing to say, Lord Neiwei."

"—stay away from my daughter!"

After a wry smile, the head of the Rostov family gritted his teeth and waved his staff at the inner guards. At this moment, all the members and ancestors of the Rostov family would be charged with treason.

But he doesn't care!

boom! !

A huge amount of smoke accompanied by a dull sound instantly filled the entire lobby, and the thick smoke that was so thick that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face immediately enveloped everyone present.

"Ahem... ahem—Father? Where are you... ugh!?"

Zaolu squinted her eyes and tried to identify the situation around her, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed by something.

"——I am not an enemy. Teacher Orson sent me here. You can call me [Faust]. Follow me."

Zaolu looked at the young man in front of her, Fidiya, who had seaweed hair and a few scales at the corners of his eyes. He was even younger than herself.

But it was obvious that this young man possessed the calmness and decisiveness that came from countless life-and-death experiences.

"Wait a minute, my father—!"

Zaolu tried to find her father, but she only heard his shouting in the thick fog.

"You go ahead with them. I'll hold off this inner guard with a facehugger on his head!"

"Please move quickly, young lady. The cover of the fog will not last long."

"……I see."

Zaolu made up her mind and followed Faust to get rid of the pursuers under the cover of thick fog.

Although they left the Rostov villa, Baikal's army in Chech still lingered.

According to the reflective array set up by Orson earlier, only a small number of people were dragged into the Rostov villa by the guards and his father. After a brief period of confusion, the remaining two-thirds of the troops relocated to Zaolu and began to pursue.

"This way."

Faust led Zaolu to travel through the city of Che. Zaolu was surprised that this boy, who had arrived in Che for the first time, was more familiar with every shortcut in the city than herself.

"Ugh! These guys are catching up!"

Zaolu used a siege spear to shoot at the giant billboard on the roof, and forcibly pulled down the huge piece of iron sheet to block the pursuers behind her.

"Fuck... Is this the 'ordinary high school girl' mentioned in the intelligence?!"

The Baikal faction soldiers uttered curses, and at the same time, Faust took out a flare gun from his pocket.

"Don't worry, we've arrived at the first meeting point."

Faust fired a flare into the sky, and Zaolu only then noticed that she had arrived at Central Park, where she had just been a few days ago.

57. I can only see her taillights

Zaolu was about to ask Faust why he came to this place where there was no one or shelter, but the next moment she noticed that dozens of soldiers dressed in black had actually been stationed in this park silently for a long time.

"How many enemies are there?"

As the signal flares were launched into the sky, dozens of heavily armored shield guards with red and black DNA-like patterns printed on their shoulders walked out of the park.

"There are a lot. There's no need to stop them all."

Faust had a brief conversation with the shield guard leader, who nodded and then raised his shield.

"It's time to teach these corrupt and vulnerable recruits a lesson! Warriors, let them know how true Ursus soldiers fight!"

The shield guards took up their positions, and at the same time, the soldiers of the Baikal faction also caught up.

"Just kill that white bear! She's just a student, she doesn't have any--BOOM!!!"

Before the leading soldier could finish his words, he struck him with a powerful shield blow, smashing half his face into his head.

"Enemy!?" "Yes, it's the Shield Guard!? Why is the Shield Guard here?" "Damn it, don't push me!"

The ambush in Central Park stunned all the soldiers of the Baikal faction. They originally thought that the enemy was only the daughter of the Rostov family, and at most the boy Phaedia who suddenly appeared.

But this group of people never thought that they would run into one of Ursus' most elite troops - the Shield Guards - in such a place.

What's worse is that because Chernobyl Park is full of trees, the spears, crossbows, and even means of transportation are useless. On the contrary, the shield guards can rush in groups of three or two to disperse and defeat the soldiers.

The army that was originally approaching him was instantly stunned by the shield guards.

"...So this is what Orson was thinking at that time?"

Zaolu understood Orson's true intention in the "club activity" that day. He was preparing a scenario in which the combat effectiveness of the Reunion Movement warriors would be most effectively utilized when the war broke out.

"Will this get rid of them?"

"No, more than half of the troops will choose to bypass the park, and the shield guards' combat capabilities will be limited in order to avoid harming passers-by."

Faust responded calmly, observing the same Orson hand-rubbing reflective array map in his hand as Zaolu's. As they were already far away from the Rostov villa, their observation of the enemy's movements was becoming increasingly blurred.

"We're still some distance away from the signal tower...we'll be caught up at this rate!"

"So we're going to the next node. Wait for me."