A week later...
In the southeast of the Erasia continent, where more than a thousand soldiers were entrenched and were hung high with blue-bottomed and gold-edged griffin flags, in the largest tent, Queen Catherine was frowning, staring at the cowhide topographic map of the Erasia Kingdom spread on the ground in the middle of the tent, and on it, there were many small people carved with wood and houses, indicating the situation of the enemy and us, as well as the situation of some major towns on the Erasia continent.
At this time, the bad and shocking signs of the enemy and our situation above made her and the generals who were also frowning around her felt extremely worried! Because so far, through the investigation of the generals she sent out, the scouts' investigation and various intelligence summary feedback from various channels, they could roughly guess the extent to which the Kingdom of Eracia was currently in its fall.
Even though there is still little information to be returned now, even if they landed on the continent of Erasia, it only took about twenty days. However, based on the current information, she could easily see that the situation was really optimistic! To this day, there is basically no place on the land of the Kingdom of Erasia that belongs to humans. It is ruled by a certain lord and has been established to resist invasion. Therefore, on the map in front of them, all the towns and strongholds that are extremely important to Erasia were marked with the marks of Negan or Over, and the small area of ​​Caliade that belonged to them, which they landed...
Anyway, the situation was very bad, much worse than what she could guess and estimate when she landed in Eracia before.
However, no matter how bad the situation is, they always have to continue!
After all, since she has come to Eracia and has chosen to reorganize the mountains, she must not watch Negan and Over's demons rampant and slaughter the people who enslaved her on her homeland, nor can she bear to watch the land that gave birth to her and raised her fall, nor can she allow her father King Griffin to die tragically. Then the huge kingdom was occupied by Negan and Over's demons who were suspected of being behind the scenes!!
Just as Queen Catherine and the generals were at a loss for the current bad situation and did not know what to do next, and where to start to break through this passive situation that was very unfavorable for Elasia, suddenly, a guard stepped in from outside the tent.
'Report!'
‘Queen! A griffin knight came outside. He claimed to be a messenger who came from Caliard City overnight. He came here specially to deliver good news like you!’
The guard said excitedly.
Obviously, for the soldiers who fought on the land of Eracia but were hitting walls everywhere, the thing they most hoped to hear at the moment was probably the word "good news"! So, after seeing the soldier who was able to ride that fierce griffin to report the news for some reason and hearing what the other party said, he hurriedly ran in to report.
"Griffin Knight? Good news?"
"Oh!"
When Katherine heard the word "Good News", she was stunned for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses and smiled, not too much.
"Let him come in!"
"I want to see, what else can surprise me in Caliard City?"
I guess a little guy is really capable. She must have beaten the invading Negan and then hurriedly sent someone to her to seek credit and reward?
She knew that the little guy's spell was indeed quite powerful. I guess those Negan's demons must have suffered a great loss in the other party's hands, right? Of course, the other party's employment cost is also very high, and she almost vomited blood! However, if the other party could still keep the important landing port for her and the small town of Kaliard a month later, perhaps the money would not be too unfair!
Soon, while Catherine was staring at the map in a daze and thinking about it, a soldier who looked a little excited walked in with great strides under the guidance of the guard just now.
"Tell me!"
"What kind of good news is it? Did the city of Caliard be attacked and the enemy was driven away by the little witch?"
When the other party finished salute, before the other party could speak, Catherine asked the soldier in front of her who was wearing strange leather armor that she sheltered from the wind, carrying a bow and arrow, and several small axes were inserted into the leather behind her.
'ah?'
‘No! No!’
‘His Majesty Queen! The city of Caliard was not attacked, nor did it see any enemies!’
I wonder why Queen Catherine in front of me suddenly asked those nonsensical words. After hesitating and surprised for a moment, he answered honestly.
“??”
"What else can there be a good news? Could it be that she ran out alone to sweep or sneak attack the enemy's patrol?"
Unexpectedly, it was not because of the attack on Caliard City, which made Catherine, who had not paid much attention to it, a little surprised.
'Report!'
‘Not it!!’
"Oh!"
"Forget it, then you can tell me..."
Finally, Catherine let out a rare sigh and smiled bitterly, then had to give up and not plan to continue guessing.
‘Report to the Queen!’
‘The Lord Anne Witch led his army to break through the My Khan City the afternoon of the previous day, killing more than 2,000 enemies, completely occupying the entire city and area. He is currently sweeping the surrounding areas of My Khan City and waiting for an opportunity to march towards Prince and Treya!’
As if he was afraid that the others in the tent would not hear it, the messenger read out loud and proudly what he knew, and at the same time took out a roll of parchment from his bag, and then held it in his hands in a manner, handing it over to His Majesty, who seemed to be shocked by the news he brought.
“!!”
"This is impossible!!"
However, without waiting for the messenger to be happy for a long time, nor for the other generals and nobles in the tent to come to their senses, they all heard the queen's scream.
"If I remember correctly, together with the city of Caliard, we left her with less than two hundred soldiers, and most of them were old and weak. What would she use to capture the Secret Khan City occupied by Negan?!"
"Soldier, are you trying to lie to me?!"
Catherine's tone became harsh, and even she began to think about whether the guy in front of her was Negan's spy. Moreover, if she remembered correctly, their army or the Kingdom of Elasia did not have the kind of army like the griffin knights!
Because griffin itself is a powerful creature with a bad temper and barbaric temper. Although it can be tamed or used as a mount, ordinary soldiers cannot tame that kind of creature. Even if they ride griffin, it is useless. When shooting arrows in high altitude, they have no guarantee of accurate heads. As for bringing other things, let alone, she knows how much weight-bearing the griffin is. They are not horses or dragons. Even if you want to take an adult man to the sky, you need to be gifted.
‘King, Queen!!’
‘For specific, you should read this good news first…’
Seeing the furious Queen Catherine, she looked at the generals and guards around her who were holding the hilt of the sword. The messenger dared to delay, and quickly handed over the magic-sealed sheepskin roll he held in his hands and trembledly.
“…”
"snort!"
Queen Catherine snorted coldly and grabbed the letter. After looking at the magic seal above, she frowned, but in the end, she pulled it apart and started reading it quickly.
“!!”
After just one look, Catherine subconsciously knew that this letter was probably written by the strange little girl witch, because it is so distinctive that ordinary people can't learn even if they want to pretend.
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Queen Catherine's eldest sister:
‘Hi~!’
(???????▽??????)
'How are you doing lately? But no matter whether you are good or not, they are doing well now and have a lot of fun... By the way, don't be killed by Negan's dungeon lords, because you still owe them a lot of small money and don't give them a thousand gold coins a day, but they count the days with their little fingers!'
s(*??︶??*)ゞ
‘That’s how it is…’
^-^)o
'Since the day you left, they began to sweep the area of ​​Caliard City as you said, and then accidentally hit the city of Secret Khan. Now they are cleaning up the area. I believe that in the near future, they will be able to capture Prince and Treya City. How about it, are they super powerful?'
(灬??ω???灬)
‘I didn’t want to do so many things because the money you guy gave is not enough! But, anyway, it’s all like this, so I have to continue! Speaking of which, the cause of the matter actually starts with the fact that they convinced a team of Erasian soldiers who fled through very, very powerful diplomacy…’
(*^▽^*)
Anne began to use a long and long time to describe how she was "dominant" (X drop) in the letter... describing how she was wise and powerful, and persuaded her to join her team with a group of defeated soldiers, refugees, wizards, knights, gladiators and knights from the Kingdom of Elasia to join her team.
Of course, there are certainly other messy creatures...
Then, she swept through the road, captured many strongholds that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Elasia, liberated and incorporated many people, discovered many novel things and robbed them (X-dropped)... She dug up many treasures, and later took advantage of the situation to build the Secret Shan City.
This passage was written very long and messy, and Queen Catherine frowned! However, it was these very long and messy chapters that made her roughly understand how the other party did everything magically.
‘By the way! He rescued a guy named Jill Knight in the prison southwest of the Mikhan. He said he knew you? But that annoying guy has been sent back to Kaliard City to guard the gate. If you go back at this time, you will definitely see him!’
(??????????-)??
‘Oh!’
‘I found out before that, after burning many of the hell cave people who were caught, I asked… It seems that there is an entrance to the underground world in the area near Kaliard and the Mysterious Khan City, and there seems to be a dungeon in Negan, whose name seems to be called Terenise?’
く(＾_??)ゝ?
‘Anyway, if you have time in the next time, you will definitely go to the underground world to check it out for you!’
o(*??︶??*)o
'alright!'
‘This is how it is. I didn’t want to write this letter, but those annoying guys, those who claim to be the nobles of Elasia, have always asked them to write it. So, if you see it, remember to reply!’
o(??^')o
——XX day of the Golden Rat Week in XX month of XX year, Anne Hasta??
‘…’
‘His Majesty, what’s wrong?’
‘King Princess Catherine?’
'His Majesty?!'
‘???’
After seeing their Queen reading the long letter, she stood there stupidly without saying a word. The curious and worried generals and guards next to her couldn't help but throw worried and inquiring eyes at her.
“…”
"I already know the matter roughly. He didn't lie. That little guy, she did build the Secret Sweat City!"
"But the process is a bit complicated, I will tell you in detail later!"
Queen Catherine, who had put away the parchment letters and did not intend to let her generals and nobles see this letter with some strange and completely unethical format, then looked at the messenger who was waiting for some trepidation after appeased the generals and nobles who wanted to surround them:
"you!"
"Take him down to eat something and find a tent to give him some rest, and then remember to ask the camp clerk to withdraw him ten gold coins and bring him back to me after dawn tomorrow!"
After quickly rolling up the long parchment letter, Catherine directly explained to the guard as she waited by the uneasy messenger.
‘Yes! Obey the order!’
Looking at the queen's expression, and according to the other party's arrangement and reward for the messenger, the guard did not know the authenticity of the good news that the messenger had just mentioned from the city of Caliard? So he responded with some excitement, turned around and pulled the messenger out, and planned to go out and ask carefully after going out.
“…”
"Everyone!"
"It's really good news!"
"Caliard City, there is basically no danger around our rear road... Surprisingly, the little wizard we hired is now leading her 'army' to sweep the surroundings of the Mysang City. If everything goes well, after we complete the tactical goals of coming here, perhaps the area of ​​Prince and Treya City may be completely restored by her?"
‘!!’
'What?!'
‘That is absolutely impossible!’
'absurd!!'
‘I don’t understand, where did her army come from, that little witch?’
‘This must be Negan or Over!!’
‘Your Majesty! You won’t really believe in something that would never happen, right?’
‘…’
Sure enough, just as Catherine expected, as she spoke, the generals and nobles exclaimed, and just like her previous reaction, she could not believe anything that could not have happened.
After all, it sounded even more incredible than the rebellion initiated by the remnants of the former empire that she was the princess of the Kingdom of Elasia and was only seventeen years old. But no matter what, Catherine knew that the messenger and the little girl should not have deceived them! Moreover, this matter could not be faked, and she would definitely verify and confirm through some channels.
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Chapter completed!