Chapter 126 CH 113: COUNTERATTACK

[Central zone, near the tower of Babel]

“Your majesty, the situation is getting out of control.”

A black knight riding on a wyvern jumped from it and landed in front of Lilith before kneeling down.

The black knights could be said to be divided into old and young, but more precisely, land units and flying units.

Initially, the black knights were only composed of riders who used nightmare horses. But after Mars formed his contract with Blaze, using her authority she created a supply of wyvern that could make a contract with promising knights. After all, few humans could form a contract with B and higher creatures.

Because of this, even if Lilith had lost control over the land unit, she had absolute control over the younger black knights who used the wyverns.

Because of how large the capital was, she had sent a scout on wyvern to observe the situation. After all, no matter how fast she was, it wasn’t as if she could teleport. She couldn’t afford to run around without a clear understanding.

“Calm down. Report.”

Kneeling down, the knight began to report.

“Your majesty, the situation is grim.”

“Go on.”

“The part of the East zone that had been destroyed was shortly completely restored by some unknown magic. The barrier surrounding the Gorfard house is also still active, the status of those in it is unknown.

“The West and the South had been completely locked down, and soldiers belonging to the Travers and the Milaris are protecting the civils who hadn’t joined the grand mass and sending them toward the church in the Central Zone.

“In the central zone, the paladin and the nuns are calming down the civils and are reassuring them. Some of the battle maids are also helping as you ordered.

“As for the North...”

At this moment, even though his face was hidden behind his helmet, it was quite easy to see how angered he was. But Lilith didn’t urge him.

Finally catching his breath, he continued, “The North is a total mess. Sir Athena Highland is organizing the evacuation, while the Duke Tyr Highland, Duke Hermes Travers, and Duchess Arachne Milaris as well as their follower are on the verge of engaging the traitors following General Gerald.”

The knight still seemed in disbelief, Gerald was an example of the perfect knight. Even though his influence on the young knights wasn’t as great, he was still very respected because he even tutored many of them.

Lilith’s eyes narrowed in thought, before asking the most important question, “Civil casualties?”

This time the knight mood seemed to rise a little, “For now none. Even though the traitors are preparing to fight, it seems that none of them harmed the civilians. Some of the soldiers under the nobles did try, but they were always stopped by the black knights who rebelled.”

This was the only grace in this whole debacle. It seemed that the black knights weren’t willing to harm the people they swore to protect.

p ‘That old fox.’

Lilith cursed inwardly while feeling a growing admiration.

From what she had heard and understood, at the end of this debacle, no matter what was the result, the only culprits would be him and the nobles.

The fact that she could see everyone fighting to hold in their laugh made it worse.

Blushing, she jumped down and futilely hit Lilin's shin for a short while.

A short moment later, with Lilin on the helm, while Nuwa and Theresa rode behind her, the three of them flew away in the direction of the Gorfard mansion.

Now alone with the young Black Knights, what Lilith wondered wasn’t whether they could win, but they were going to win in the cleanest way possible while assuring the smallest loss.

Still, she didn’t really have to worry either.

‘With Persephone and Camelia, as long as they don’t die, no matter how severely wounded they are, they will be alright.’

“Your majesty, we are ready, how do you want us to proceed?”

Looking at all the young knights kneeling in front of her, she simply smiled, “You have nothing to do. Just follow me.”

Saying so, she took her sword and threw it in the air before jumping after it.

The knight didn’t understand what she was about to do, but they all raised their head in shock when she stood on the flat of her sword and began to float steadily, more than 10 meters in the air.

Standing in the air, Lilith ignored the astonished look and slowly floated higher and higher.

The higher she was, the calmer she felt.

The immortal slaying sword. The technique that she had created from the description of her brother about people called cultivators.

She remembered, when she was at her lowest after learning her mediocre talent, her brother's stories were the one that could always make her see a brighter future.

She remembered about his stories, of how people with absolutely no talent could train to the level of slayings gods themselves.

Since that day, she had yearned for this power.

It didn’t matter how impossible it was.

She wished to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

She wished to become someone no one could look down on.

She wished to become proof that in this shitty world, one didn’t have to be blessed to become strong.

....And she was close to success.

<<Immortal Slaying Sword Style: Flying Sword.>>

Faster than the eyes could see, standing on her flying sword, she completely vanished.

It was time to make all the people in this kingdom remember why she was strongest here.

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(AN: Wyvern and nightmare horses were first mentioned in ch 12. I even mentioned how Sol as a half-dragon could make all inferior dragon types like wyvern or drakes obey him. The introduction of quality and capacity was done in CH 11.)