Chapter 30. Rebellion. Part 1. Battle of the palace.
The knights very quickly pushed the opponents back. Still, there was a numerical superiority on their side, although a huge number of ordinary people were on the side of the enemy, but this did not save them from the four hundred magicians of the King. The most unpleasant thing for the enemies was that many free magicians had nothing to do with the King, also sided with the knights and helped suppress the rebellion.
A little further away from all this commotion, two A-rank mages and about fifteen B-rank enemies fought against the seven A-rank mages of the King. But there was a similar situation, because B-rank magicians could hardly help anything and quickly died at the hands of the stronger.
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"Too easy, don't you think so?" Rick said, surveying the battlefield.
"As I thought, this is just a diversionary maneuver to keep everyone here while the main forces are storming the palace ..." - Eros said with ease, fighting off the people attacking him. After all, most were weaklings of the C-rank or ordinary people, and the B-ranks were engaged in attacking the carriage where the Queen and the princess were. Therefore, Eros decided to leave the barrier for now, leaving only Lily in it.
Still, the titan did not want to leave a bad opinion about himself, because he still lived in this country and decided to help him somehow. Basically, he destroyed only magicians, and left ordinary people on guard, which was very easy to deal with, and the fact that there were magicians among them greatly simplified the matter.
In less than five minutes it was all over, the knights quickly regrouped and at that moment the carriage opened and a woman got out of it. She had blonde, wavy, green hair that extended to her shoulders, as well as green eyes with long eyelashes and thin eyebrows. She was wearing a white dress with cutouts to show her breasts and white shoes. In her hand was a girl who was no more than a year old.
- Queen, please come back, it's dangerous here! - Excitedly exclaimed the knight, whose armor was completely white, you could immediately see that it was of much better quality than the others.
- Not! - in a firm voice, she said, - Arcadius, I order you to immediately return to the palace and help my husband!
- I cannot, madam, the King has strictly forbidden to return until he has dealt with everything! - he knelt down on one knee in front of the queen, - Therefore, please, return to the carriage.
- Arcadius! Are you not going to obey my order ?! The woman exclaimed angrily.
- Sorry… - He lowered his head.
- If so! - she turned her gaze to the crowd gathered, behind the rows of knights blocking the path to her and said: - I am Yuki E. Fiore, I swear to repay everyone who helped protect me and my daughter today, and I ask your help again, please, help my husband that remained in the palace, that would cope with the traitors, who intended to kill him and take the throne. My husband has ruled for more than the first or second decade, during this time, he has never behaved dishonestly towards the citizens of his kingdom. He is an honest and just man, and I ask you to protect him.
After her words, silence hung throughout the street until one of the townspeople began clapping, followed by a second, third, fourth, fifth ... Until it covered everyone.
- This is our Queen! What a great speech!
- We will help you madam!
- FOR THE QUEEN!
Everyone began to chant these words, supporting her. Tears welled up in the Queen's eyes at such a sight.
Eros also looked at her in a completely different way. After all, he had already seen all sorts of wives of counts and dukes, self-confident, arrogant ... They were always disgusting to him, so Eros did not try to get the title, because then he would have to communicate with this rabble. And the lost nerve cells are restored too slowly, but it will be difficult to get rid of gray hair.
Looking to the right, his eye twitched. All three of his "allies" were currently chanting "For the Queen!" and rushed straight into battle. Apparently he still has to take part in this.
When the crowd had already gone towards the palace, three companions of Eros followed him, whom he had to drag back by the scruffs.
- What are you doing?
- Well, Eros! We must help her! Rick exclaimed in a firm voice.
- Yes, let's help her, - Lily said with teary eyes, trying to pressure Eros's pity, but this technique didn't work for a long time.
- We will not get into the thick of the battle.
- Sure? It will be very dangerous, you can lose your life there, - in a more serious voice, said Eros.
- But you still want us ... - but not having time to finish, Rick got a slap on the head, - Why ?!
- Just like that, - Eros shrugged his shoulders, because he himself did not understand why he did it, maybe because of Rick's stupid behavior, or because of his impudence ... There were many reasons, - Okay, but stay closer to me, especially you Lily and Roni, I don't have to worry about this fool.
- Who did you call it a fool ?!
- You, and now let's go.
Not paying attention to something shouting Rick, Eros again surrounded the whole group with a barrier and they also followed the crowd.
During the journey, no one tried to get close to them, because many saw how this barrier works, although some tried to talk to them, but Eros completely ignored them.
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At the same time, near the palace, many strong magicians fought with each other, but no one was able to get into the palace. As soon as they approached him, they quickly perished without having time to understand anything.
Each kingdom has its own secret defenders, and the kingdom of Fiore also has a secret organization dedicated to the execution of those who infiltrated the palace. This is the Order of the Hungry Wolves, a secret unit serving the Kingdom of Fiore. They guard the Abyss Palace, acting as executioners for all the criminals who got there. The Abyss Palace itself is the underground catacombs, under the Palace of Mercury, as well as its second name.
The Order of the Hungry Wolves obeys no one, they have the right to choose what they do. And at the moment, they are guarding the palace, not allowing anyone to go inside. Even A-rank mages obeying the enemy cannot do anything. Of those eleven magicians who participated in the uprising, only four survived, the rest have already died trying to enter the castle. And of these four, two fled, realizing that lives would be more valuable than some title and money.
At that moment, a stomping was heard from the west, from which one could immediately understand that a huge crowd of people was approaching the castle.
- Hey Kama, apparently soon even more cannon fodder will arrive ... - said a large, plump man with a grin, holding a bottle with unknown contents in his teeth.
Due to the shadow covering the entire five, it was possible to see only their silhouettes.
A large crowd reached the palace and began to attack the enemies, forcing Kama's emotionless face to reflect such an emotion as surprise.
- What's going on, ide ?!
- Apparently they decided to help, what are they shouting there ...? "For the Queen"? - said a slender girl of tall stature, with long hair tied up to the waist in two tails, - Mistress managed to enlist the support of so many people ... - the girl sang in a slightly excited voice.
- Hey Kama, why are you so gloomy ... although you are always gloomy, but now unusually strong, did you see something interesting?
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Only when they reached the palace, the whole crowd exclaimed "For the queen!" rushed into battle. Attacking everyone, not paying attention, the magician is one or an ordinary person. They were injured, fell, but the next moment they got up again and fought.
Eros watched his friends as they watched the massacre with tension. On the faces of Lily and Rick there was only fear and disgust, because they are ordinary children. They saw how people killed each other, how blood poured, how knights without arms and legs asked for help, but no one paid attention to them, and the enemies finished them off.
Although they lived for several years in slavery, it was impossible to compare with this.
Rick, who was trying to calm Lily, that he was trembling with his face buried in the guy's chest.
- This is a battlefield and someday we may have to be on it again, so look, do not turn away.
- Eros, stop talking nonsense! You're scaring Lily! Rick exclaimed angrily.
The next moment, Lily raised her tear-stained eyes and looked at the Titan's hard gaze. This lasted no more than ten seconds and nodding, she again turned her gaze to the battlefield.
- Eros ...!
- Shut up! - the titan looked at Rick with anger, - "Let him look, we cannot live in peace forever, understand, people are too different and there will never be peace and someday, our guild may have to participate in this again!" - Mentally, he conveyed only to Riku.
"But ..." - but seeing the serious look of Eros, he turned away angrily and hugged Lily, stroking her head.
The Titan knew that he was acting very cruel, but when Lily overcomes this, she will become much stronger.
As Eros contemplated this situation, a cold sweat broke out on his back. He felt that someone was looking at him ... This look, as if a hunter was looking at a game. And finding the source of the titanium was not difficult. He felt this look from the side of the palace, where there were five dark figures. It came from the man in front of the group.
Meeting his gaze, the titan saw surprise in him. Eros only grinned in response and stuck out his tongue at him. Then, turning away, the titan began to completely ignore him, and even to the murderous intention coming from that person, he did not react in any way.