NOVEL NEXT Chapter 83: Escape
[Terra's first City.]
"My Queen."
Egon greeted Aurora who sat in the palace garden, drinking tea.
"Chief Egon? Why are you here?" Aurora asked.
Egon smiled: "My Queen, My title as a chief is now void, so there's no need to add it when addressing me."
"Mm... You have a point, I'll speak to Aaron to give you a new title... Come and have tea with me."
Egon walked up to her, and sat down.
"So, What happened? Did we win?"
Aurora asked, pouring tea in his cup.
"Thank you, My Queen."
Egon took the cup, and added:
"We won the war... All the Soldiers surrendered."
"That's nice."
Aurora said with a smile, taking a sip of her tea.
Egon thought for a moment and asked with a slight hesitation.
"My Queen, what do you think about my daughter? Do you think she'll make a good daughter-in-law and wife for you and the king?"
Aurora placed down her tea cup, and smiled;
"That's all on your daughter, whether she's a good wife to my son, or a good daughter-in-law to me... I hope you understand."
Egon slowly nodded, and took a sip from the tea. "What do you think is Aaron next plan? The whole third Continent is already in his hand, when are we taking the second?"
"Fufufufu... You'll have to ask him that question."
Egon nodded in understanding.
Aurora looked at him for some Seconds, then asked: "Do you know where Lilly is? That girl just vanished from this city."
"Well... I got news from Vince, he said they're in the Demon Kingdom. They had captured the queen, and now waiting for Aaron... My Queen, don't you think it's wise if we all move to the Demon Kingdom?"
Aurora sighed softly... "We can only wait for Aaron... He might have a plan for us, or this city."
Egon nodded, and the two enjoyed their tea in peaceful silent.
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[Academy City.]
[Angela's Mansion.]
Aura walked inside the bedroom, seeing her sister sitting in front of the window, eating cookies.
"What are you doing here?!! You're already a Core Student, shouldn't you be in class?!"
Aura asked in mild annoyance.
"Why are you yelling, Aura? Come here and have some cookies with me."
Angela looked at her sister over her shoulder, a smile on her face.
Aura sighed helplessly, walked towards her sister, and sat down beside her.
"Why are you here eating Cookies? Jenny is practicing to win Jack from you, What'll you do if that happen?"
"So? What if she wins him from me?"
"Huh?"
Aura was stunned speechless.
"Jack killed the shadow soldiers, I'm here thinking on how to tell Dad, and ways to escape his anger."
"Jack Killed the Shadow Soldiers?!"
Aura's eyes widened in shock, the next moment, she yelled:
"I TOLD YOU!! DAD WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD!!"
Angela grimaced hearing her sister's scream, and sighed: "I know that, I'm just surprised Jack is a lot stronger than a Sky realm."
"Wait."
Aura inhaled and exhaled, trying to calm herself down, after some seconds, she asked:
"How did you know Jack killed them? Wait! How did you know they're dead!"
"I told them to report every two hours, that was eight hours ago... So there's only one explanation, they're all dead... And the only person that can kill them is Jack... Lori isn't strong enough to kill even one, let alone five."
Aura was silent, thinking about her sister's word... If Jack truly is the one who killed the five shadow soldiers, then that mean He's a lot stronger than the sky realm... But… There's a second explanation, which is; the Shadow soldiers encountered a powerful Monster which killed all of them... And Aura will never believe Jack is that powerful.
"I don't believe you."
Her word momentarily stunned Angela, who smiled at her.
"You don't have to, I'll prove it to you..."
Aura was so confused that she opened her mouth; "Don't you need Jack for your plan anymore? Why are you suddenly thinking of going against him?"
"I'm not going against him... Come on, Aura, I need Jack alive to achieve my goal. I'm just doing this, so I'll know his full strength and know what to expect when around him."
"Now that you explain it."
Aura picked a Cookie from the silver plate, placed on the small table in front of them, and took a bite.
"I still don't believe you... The Soldiers were killed by a Beast, Not Jack... I can only believe you if you have evidence."
Angela just sighed not saying anything, while Aura picked up the juice on the table, and drank every single drop, then placed the empty glass down... Making sure it made a sound.
She then turned her head to her stunned sister.
"When you're done daydreaming, or Scheming, You can come to class."
With that said, she walked out from the room, with Angela's gaze on her.
"I hope she remembered I'm three years older than her."
She muttered, pouring herself another cup of juice.
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In a blink of an eye, a whole day had past, welcoming a new day.
Aaron and his convoy arrived at the Demon Kingdom, and they were stunned seeing the demons already gathered at the gate and city street, cheering and throwing flowers at them.
"What the... What happened?" Emily asked in mild surprised.
"I don't know."
Aaron was also dumbfounded, He had never step foot on the streets of the demon kingdom, let alone help the people, so why are they cheering his name like he's their god or Savior?
"Long live Emperor Aaron!!!"
"We Welcome Emperor Aaron!!"
"Long Live the King!!"
"Thank You, Emperor Aaron!!"
"Thank you for giving us our gold coins back!! And also helping us in our farms!!"
"Yes!! We're grateful to you!!!"
"You are our King now! Emperor Aaron!!"
"Yes!! Look after us in the future!!!"
"YES!!!!"
Emily, Aaron and even the soldiers following behind were all speechless, Just moving their gazes around as they walked down the street.
"I think this is all possible because of Lilly." Aaron said with a small smile.
"Wait, is Lilly in the Demon Kingdom?" Emily turned her gaze to Aaron.
"I think so." Aaron said in mild disbelieve.
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[In the moving Prison.]
"These Bastards!! This was their plan all along! I should have known that the disappearance of the foods, Merchants, and crops are all caused by him!! I was so focused on revenged that I overlook all these signs! I should have stopped the attack, and take care of my kingdom."
"Oh? So you're the king of the Demon Kingdom, that makes our plan a lot easier."
Zukor turned around to Glad and Nlad, and asked in mild Confusion: "How did that make our plan easier?"
Glad smirked at him.
"You're the king! Don't you have anyone in your kingdom that owes you favors? Or someone you can threaten with something?"
Zukor thought for a moment and nodded. "Yeah, some nobles are under me... They'll do anything to help Me."
"Good! When we escape, we'll head to their location." Nlad said.
"Why? I think it's wise if we just leave the Kingdom, those fools might be my dogs when I was the king... I don't know if they'll help me now."
The two looked at one another and growled in frustration.
"What type of man are you?! Don't you have anyone who's fully loyal to you?!" Glad asked with disdain.
Zukor thought about all the noble families, and nodded; "There's only one family In the demon kingdom, that are 100% loyal to me... But why do we need them in our plan?"
Nlad sighed helplessly, and explained: "We don't have any money with us, we need money for transport, and also for your revenge... Do you think you alone will be able to get revenge on a king?"
"Now that you mentioned it, I need some men... Ok, We'll head to the family after we escape." He smiled.
BAM!
Glad and Nlad looked at one another, and nodded at him.
"I think we have arrived." Glad said.
"Time to put our plan into action." Nlad added.
The three got ready, then listened to Aaron who was saying something to the people outside. After some minutes, two guards walked towards the carriage... They opened the front door, and walked inside.
Glad and Nlad remained silent, as the two guards walked towards the iron door.
Zukor watched as a guard brought out a set of keys. After some Seconds, he found the right Key and opened the door.
The two then walked inside the prison, their hands on the hilt of their swords.
"Get down!!"
They coldly said to the three... Glad and Nlad got on their knees, with Zukor.
A guard walked towards Zukor, while the other walked up to Glad.
Before they could handcuff them, Zukor shot towards the guard heading towards him.
Not expecting the sudden attack, the Guard fell on the ground, with Zukor on him, delivering punches to his face.
"Get off him!"
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The second guard rushed up to him, before he could draw his sword, Glad attacked him from behind, Easily knocking him unconscious.
"Come on, Take their clothes and weapons, we're getting out from here." Glad said with a sinister grin.