Chapter 163: No Longer a Slave
The Bernard Empire's forces have begun to land in the Elysian region. The Navy is using helicopters and landing craft to transport the 8th Infantry regiment to the port. Waves of troops are constantly arriving in the port.
The city's residents are peering out of their windows to watch these scenes. Although they dare not come out, they do not dare to come out. The Bernard Empire's soldiers are sending a message through the microphone that they are not the enemy, but have come to overthrow Storm's rule. But the city's residents have never seen such a force before, so they are terrified.
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Liriana is an Amazonian slave; she is not alone here; there are many more slaves like her. They lived in Amazonia and were captured by Latvia. Later they were sold as slaves in different places.
Although Amazonians belong to the humanoid races. But they were not like ordinary humans. They were very strong. Their appearance was somewhat like elves. But they did not have long ears like elves. Which distinguished them from elves. However, if someone only looked at an Amazonian by ignoring the ears, they could mistake them for elves.
Amazonians were ten times more beautiful than ordinary humans. They also had many strong warriors since they were trained to be strong warriors from birth. That is why all Amazonians had six pegs.
This made them very valuable as slaves and because of this, the price of a typical Amazonian slave was at least 10 to 20 gold coins in the market. Also, people were very interested and curious to keep Amazonians as slaves. Since no one had ever seen an Amazonian slave before the invasion of Latvia. So even in many auctions, Amazonian slaves were sold for hundreds to thousands of gold coins. Since most men were interested in Amazonians. Because they were famous throughout the continent for their bravery, beauty and strength. Because of this, many saw keeping them as slaves as proof of their power and nobility.
The Kingdom of Latvia benefited the most from this. They accumulated a lot of wealth. Since they were the ones who captured them and sent them to different places as slaves. And over time, Amazonian slaves spread across the continent and these once powerful warriors became just trivial toys of play.
Liriana was also once a proud warrior, but now she is just a slave, whose job is to please her master. Although she would rather accept death than live her disgraced life, she is unable to do so, and the reason for this is the slave collar around her neck. It is a magical collar. It forces her to obey all her master's orders and prevents her from killing herself.
Just when she thought her whole life would end like this, she suddenly heard the news of an attack on them.
The sailors are very scared and they come to the storage room. Where they always stay.
They could hear many terrible noises and explosions outside. Although they were a little scared, Liriana was happy that if they killed her, she might be able to get rid of this cursed life.
The loud noises were getting closer and closer to them.
Cassius is also there with them. Their owner. Who had been talking like a brave man a moment ago, but he was now in a very scared state.
Liriana realized that the enemies had won.
After a while, they heard footsteps outside the storage room. With a loud noise, the door broke and some strangely dressed people entered.
These people had imprisoned Cassius.
And one of these new people came and sat down next to Liriana. Liriana saw them take out a strange black box.
Liriana did not understand what it was.
These people took out something like a small rod that emitted red light. Liriana closed her eyes. She thought they might kill her but surprisingly, it didn't. Something like electricity ran through her body, and in an instant, the collar around her neck broke.
Liriana was surprised "What is this—!?"
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"It seems that this device worked properly. We were able to successfully break this item."
What they used was the K-I6, a magic item destruction weapon created by ARI. Although it has many limitations. But it is still very powerful. Since it is capable of destroying any item other than Rear and Legendary magic items.
Liriana looked at these new arrivals in surprise. They were wearing black masks, she couldn't see their faces. She thought, looking at their skeleton-like masks, that they might be an evil organization and that they had used some black magic on her.
Then one of these people said, "You are free now, you are no longer slaves."
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The news of Queen Maria's decision spread like wildfire through the halls of the palace and beyond.
Maria sat on her throne. The weight of her crown felt heavier than ever, pressing down on her like the burden of her choices. She clutched the armrests of her throne, her knuckles white, as the nobles began to voice their grievances.
A noble come forward. "Your Majesty, this decision—this is unacceptable! How can you hand over our lands to a foreign power? Have you no regard for the sovereignty of Britannia?"
Maria's eyes flickered with a mix of anger and exhaustion. "Sovereignty?" she repeated, her voice cold. "What sovereignty do we have left? Our armies are broken, our people were helpless, and our lands are ruins. The Bernard Empire offers us a chance to survive. Would you rather see Britannia crumble into dust?"
The Dutches Milana said. "Your Majesty, this is not just about survival. This is about honour. By giving away our territories, you are stripping us of our dignity. The nobles will not stand for this."
Maria's gaze hardened. "Honor? Dignity? Tell me, Milana, what good is honor when our children are dying in the streets? What good is dignity when our people have no food, no shelter, no hope? If the nobles wish to rebel, let them. But they will face the Bernard Empire, not me."
The room fell silent, the weight of her words sinking in. The nobles exchanged uneasy glances, their anger tempered by the grim reality of their situation. Maria leaned back in her throne, her voice softer now but no less firm. "I have made my decision. We are about to become vassals of the Bernard Empire. They will provide the aid we so desperately need. If any of you have a better solution, I am willing to hear it. But until then, this is the path we must take."