Chapter 233 - The Desperation Of A Council

Gathered across the roundtable of Lamenia, the nobles, and royals were growing increasingly desperate by the minute. Closing in on them was an army of demons, devouring their people and turning their cities into shambles. Confided within the tall walls of Curatos castle, they racked their minds and voiced all kinds of ideas to somehow deal with the situation.

"This is bleak…" Said King Curatos the Third.

The men and women of the council mirrored his pessimism with deep scorn. None of them had ever wanted to serve a coward who breaks down in the face of adversity, but with their deaths marching towards them, they had no choice but to listen to the moronic king.

"Sire, should we retreat? The emperor would surely help us take the land back once the news makes it to his ears!" Jumping off her seat, a woman with a red veil over her face addressed the king directly.