novelraw Chapter 686: Before the Decisive Battle
Chapter 686: Before the Decisive Battle
"Your Majesty, according to your meaning, the Navy already entered the Saint-Nazareth sea area, the Army also already martial lawed the streets of Saint-Nazareth."
The late autumn morning sky is clear and air is fresh, at this moment due to the army's stationed entering causing the entire Saint-Nazareth to all sink into an expanse of silence, the clamor of the past days all was covered by Elizabeth's authority, dyed with a trace of golden solemnity.
Below the Golden Palace square completely is the army already assembled preparing undergoing Elizabeth's inspection, and upon the city gate tower, Elizabeth in a set of fitting white military uniform is leaning upon that golden longsword, indifferently looking towards the sky above, her eyes slightly trembling, seemingly currently producing connection with a certain existence outside the sky, outside the Crevice, outside the Spirit World...
She somewhat painfully covered her own eyes, subsequently lowering the head, softly saying towards the Diane beside.
"The announcement I drafted previously, in half an hour then distribute to all Saint-Nazareth citizens ba... the decision is what I made, also is time to let them know the matters they are about to experience."
Elizabeth previously didn't express to all Naris people the reasons for her present actions, but thinking it over, Elizabeth still decided to inform her subjects of the facts.
The Diane serving behind lowered the head declaring yes, incidentally smilingly asking.
"If due to this matter produces unrest, Your Majesty, whether to suppress?"
"Do you not believe me, or not believe my army?"
Elizabeth opened the eyes, expressionlessly saying."If possessing chaos, let them come and go as they please, me leaving the army here precisely is to maintain basic order, in order to prevent those fellows breaking into Saint-Nazareth causing losses to hinder me, all the rest, letting them be then is fine."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Hearing Diane's reply, Elizabeth was silent for a moment, looking at the Army keeping heads high and chests out below, looking at those Cardinals fluttering all over the sky, she suddenly faintly asked.
"Diane, you are the person who drafted the announcement, seeing my actions, do you not feel afraid ma?"
"Your Majesty, I don't understand?"
Elizabeth slanted a glance at her, tone unchanging.
"I betrayed the entire world, betrayed the present Order, offering it up entirely to the Outer Gods, I still thought you would be scared to the point of fleeing overnight ne."
"..."
Diane merely slightly smiled, lowering the head replying.
"Your Majesty, do you not believe yourself, or not believe Diane?"
"Hehe, glib-tongued."
The corners of Elizabeth's mouth curled up, turning the head glancing at that reverent and respectful female hidden within the shadows, she also bit by bit lowered the head, shielding those black pupils dyed changing color bluish-golden scattered pupils.
"Your Majesty for the sake of state affairs selflessly dedicating, as your subordinate, of course only possesses swearing to follow to the death, where possesses the reason to flee precisely before battle."
"Hehe, if I say, my doing all these entirely is for the sake of a man ne? Is for the sake of Fischer Benavides ne?"
"..."
Diane lowered her eyebrows smiling not replying, and the expression upon Elizabeth's face even more was mocking.
"As for state affairs... towards me speaking, I merely fulfilled the responsibilities of an Emperor that's all, letting them obtain the wealth they originally should obtain to exchange for their support towards me, this merely is a contract. If this matter succeeds, Naris will continue to exist in the new world, the contract also will continue; if it doesn't succeed, the contract collapses, after my body dies, the people grateful to me at this time will be the people who first hurl abuse at me at that time. Since ancient times, the relationship between a leader and subjects is nothing more than this, saying for state affairs actually not to the extent..."
"...Then Your Majesty could it be you once thought, why you merely achieved matters within your duties, as long as you give an order, the present Saint-Nazareth all the masses all obediently stayed within the houses?"
Diane at this moment again opened the mouth, this sudden interruption made Elizabeth somewhat surprised, yet didn't reprimand her, anyway tracking this moment still possesses time, listening more to a subordinate talking some nonsense also doesn't matter.
"Your Majesty, according to my outlook, the reason you didn't advance reliably inform the populace of your actions, one is this matter informing them also is of no avail, because completely lacking connection to your plan, two is because, this way even if you failed, Naris's subjects also would because of lacking knowledge towards this matter, after your death use methods of insulting you to clear their crimes... from a certain significance speaking, you are breaking off relations with them. You care about Naris, just as they care about you."
"...Fallacy. I never believe other people, I only believe myself. And what I want entirely is what I myself snatched back, not what others gave. Right and wrong lacks final conclusion, merely changing along with time that's all, what from ancient times has always circulated, only is benefits. Because I win, so I possess everything; I lose, as it should be then lose everything."
"Your Majesty, you must know, not everyone all cares about winning and losing."
Behind, Diane's body hidden inside the shadows became increasingly blurred and unclear, this sentence continuously echoed within the shadows, this seemingly is a reminder, a piece of sincere advice, but Elizabeth yet merely felt irritable, treating it as wind past the ears.
"But I care about winning and losing... When I was young, a bitch told me, she wanted to tell my family the matters of me and my lover making a private lifelong commitment, she wanted to helplessly watch me lose all my everything, she wanted to make the dazzling eldest Princess turn into a marionette left to Godlin to manipulate. She enraged me, making me act against her, and this also exactly hit the spot she wanted. I lost, losing an utter defeat within her schemes, so I lost Fisher, no matter how much I wanted to explain with him afterward, yet entirely was of no avail, unable to be salvaged.
"When I led the army resisting Schwari, amidst the political struggle between me and elder brother I lost, I lost an utter defeat amidst the struggle of political authority, so my army to protect me entirely wiped out, I lost eyes, inside the tent feeling terrified and uneasy all day long... even if I no matter how much grievance I possessed at that time, calling out father how many times, how helplessly praying, recalling Fisher's appearance all lacked functioning, because losing then is losing, no one will care about the loser's feelings..."
Diane's eyes already thoroughly turned into bluish-golden appearance, she hehe smiled, no longer arguing, only leaving behind obedience.
"You are right, Your Majesty."
Perhaps within Elizabeth's eyes, exactly because she lost so only then would she bear the consequences, once losing, no matter how much you regret, how much grievance, no matter how many tears you shed, no matter how you explain no one will listen to your utterances.
At the instant of seeing the World-Ending Prophecy, she saw power countless times more powerful than humans, than Naris, she knew that World-Ending Prophecy, she saw those several females closely linked with the World-Ending Prophecy, as well as the forces slowly rising behind them.
As a monarch, what Naris is about to face is the Wutong Tree, Dragon Court rising like myths; as a human, what Elizabeth is about to face is the lover possessing a not shallow relationship with Fisher possessing extremely high rank.
She of course could not do like this, letting Naris turn invisible, drift with the current amidst the World-Ending Prophecy, if the World-Ending Prophecy is eliminated, then standing at the passive era of the Wutong Tree Dragon Court rising, humans declining; losing then perishing together with this world, anyway they also entirely lack extremely much relation...
Lose.
Lose.
Lose.
She already lost enough...
Naris or whatever, Fisher or whatever...
She merely doesn't want to resign to fate anymore, wanting to snatch back all the everything that was lost, and all this still isn't enough, still isn't enough...
She wants to win, win even more.
She wants to let Naris stand at the apex of the new world's Order, what Dragon Court, Wutong Tree, Mythical Species all should be discarded; she merely wants one person to obtain Fisher's love, she hopes they only possess each other, letting those superfluous females all depart...
She doesn't believe what destiny, based on what the rank of humans then must be at the very bottom? Based on what Fisher then absolutely must save this rotten Order, atone for the deities? Based on what herself then cannot change all this?
"Weng weng weng..."
Elizabeth's pupils slightly relaxed, this caused her originally entirely empty eye pupils increasingly lacking spirit, she opened the mouth, yet for half a day couldn't speak words, finally only then said to Diane.
"You are fired. After finishing doing the matters I commanded then leave here ba, walk the further the better..."
Diane didn't have a bit of surprise, she shook the head pinching the manuscript within hands standing up the body, also not angry conversely smilingly making a salute to Elizabeth.
"Wishing you prosperous martial fortunes, Your Majesty, also hoping within the new world possesses a position of mine."
Subsequently Diane then turned around leaving, vainly leaving Elizabeth one person standing upon the city gate, also not looking behind, merely alone currently gazing at all the everything below.
Not passing for long, the kind of feeling transmitting from within her eyes also became increasingly intense, that is the omen of the power serving as the Base currently strengthening, thus she then merely treated this trace of unable to see through as merely being formed because of Pandora's Prosthetic Eye's disorder at this moment exactly is.
She rubbed her own glabella, memorizing Diane's words within the heart, subsequently mockingly smiling saying.
"I accurately stake all everything upon this, letting me see what chips you will stake to stop me from trampling this world flat..."
Elizabeth raised the hand targeting towards the sun upon the sky, there, the dispersing Scarlet Mist increasingly fluctuated, her field of vision also became increasingly trembling. She originally thought it was her own Prosthetic Eye trembling so causing looking at things' trembling, yet suddenly discovered seemingly is the entire world, entire Space all are trembling...
Possesses something seemingly obeying her summons coming to this world already.
"Elizabeth..."
Simultaneously, beside her ear, an illusory, making people feel terrified whispering sound softly sounded, making Elizabeth's fine hairs stand on end, cold sweat flowing down at the same time, the corners of the mouth also slightly curled up.
"Heon, you came?"
"Weng weng weng..."
At this moment's Spirit World, The Ultimate also uncontrollably trembled up, the Outer Gods' power continuously expanded, making the several deities guarding this place within the Spirit World instantly feel that streak of formless fluctuation.
Not only is there, below the Demon Dynasty of the Southern Continent, the Authority of Death's rocking also became extremely obvious, two kinds of sharing the same root sharing the same origin's things at this moment produced subtle resonance.
Yes, that precisely is the End of Impurity, that precisely is the sibling of the Goddess of Death Hela, the deity outside the bounds, the trinity God of Death, Heon.
"Not only is me came... They also came..."
"Rumble rumble!"
Following this deep whisper, Elizabeth looked up towards the sky, the entire person seemingly also was pulled by a certain power within her eyes rising up, slowly heading towards the sky.
"Zi zi..."
Her eye pupils continuously trembled, following closely, those golden eye pupils seemingly transformed into a spring eye, from within continuously surging out drop after drop of golden-black interspersed, exactly like a certain kind of polluted printing ink-like liquid. Those liquids anti-gravity floated up bit by bit heading towards the sky, exactly like wanting to dye the sky thoroughly.
Thus very quickly, the entire clear sky precisely like a white paper being dyed by ink, the sunlight hiding between, the land of Saint-Nazareth also immediately was dyed with a layer of heavy shadow.
"It is time, everyone..."
Elizabeth softly opened the mouth, and outside the sky, the bombardment of twelve Demigod-level Chaos-kin also arrived in quick succession, inner and outer coordinating preparing to shatter the outside of the Crevice to pieces.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Illusory, exactly like wanting to shatter the entire expanse of sky to pieces' bombardment sounds pierced through heaven and earth, exactly like a certain kind of war drum like that resounding through the cosmos.
Within the city of Saint-Nazareth, that Tlander staying inside Martha's rental house within the city also with a pale face looking at the sky outside, scared to the point the hands supporting the window all are trembling.
"Crazy... crazy this is... the sky outside all is black, what exactly is this situation?"
Behind sitting upon the wheelchair Martha holding the radio in embrace, face full of wrinkles looking towards the burning fireplace, following sound after sound exactly like snowflakes' sounds passing, from inside slowly transmitted Diane's voice.
"Every citizen of Saint-Nazareth, all Naris people flowing with Golden Bloodline, I am the Golden Palace's Inner Court Chief Diane, receiving the decree of Her Majesty Empress Elizabeth to read the following contents to everyone, concerning everyone's safety, Naris's future, please everyone carefully listen, and pass on the following contents to relatives and friends unable to listen..."
The reasons within, Empress Elizabeth's wildness all at this moment transmitted to her subjects, behind Tlander listening to the point the face became increasingly pale, even more the entire body up and down all uncontrollably trembled up.
When he heard Empress Elizabeth decided to erase everything besides Naris, he even more was shocked to the point of unable to add more.
"Deceive... deceiving people's right it isn't, ah? Then in the future females of other countries wouldn't be unable to be seen anymore?"
"..."
The elderly Ms. Martha expressionlessly turned the head looking towards this young and aggressive Naris gentleman, not knowing what to say is good, merely within the heart still thinking of the Fisher Benavides still exiled overseas until now.
She already is an old person, unable to read what policies and the higher-ups' decrees, merely feeling if Fisher can return should be safe and sound without matters.
And Tlander conversely is the opposite, he entirely couldn't be counted as blindly worshipping Elizabeth, he originally then was a person of the New Party, in the past with the Pioneering Company as the background's New Party, eating drinking whoring and gambling all could be counted as a drizzle, the motto of their group of people precisely is, policies possessing money to earn precisely are good policies, so frequently doing out some matters beneficial to the Pioneering Company yet not beneficial to the nation.
This also is why previously Keken and Fisher graduating from the Gryphon Party's old lair Royal Academy would frequently roast "the Parliament collectively cannot gather one head"'s reason.
Actually possessing a head or not isn't decided by them, but is decided by looking at their buttocks.
So at this moment, the first thing Tlander thought precisely is Elizabeth is crazy, surprisingly daring to do this kind of matter.
And what made him extremely terrified is, following the speech of Diane inside the radio synchronously transmitting to thousands of households in Saint-Nazareth, outside yet still exactly identically an expanse of dead silence, seemingly like not receiving this news like that, all silently stayed home, fulfilling the Empress's commands.
"Crazy... crazy all... The entire Naris all is crazy!"
Naris Parliament member Tlander whose salary increased several times thought like this.
The Wutong Tree at this moment, under the highly efficient commands of Valentiina and various clan Patriarchs, the army roughly about to set out heading to Naris already finished inventorying. The ones responsible for combat primarily are Cangniao-zhong, Giant Troll-kin, the rest Slimes Snow Fox-kin responsible for logistics and real-time coordination then no need to further discuss, still better talk a bit about those possessing faces and heads "acquaintances" wanting to head to Saint-Nazareth ba.
Wutong Tree's side, Valentiina, Giant Troll-kin elder Darivuvu, also possessing Alajina responsible for debugging Cardinals as well as the accompanying Isabel and Aoxi.
Originally Pakhz also wanted to go, but considering the transfer numbers and her physical condition then let it be, keeping her here and Old Jack together.
Saint-Nazareth's battlefront mostly is like this, as for additionally the Crevice that "main battlefield"'s situation...
"Truly stupid small fries! Small fries! Small fries!!"
At this moment, within the embrace of Valentiina already straightened out, wearing the Phoenix Armor, a pink-carved jade-constructed, long-eared black-haired small baby currently gnashing teeth looking at the holding hands Naris gentleman before the eyes, she wore a pink ruqun, the black hair upon the head became a flying immortal bun, behind the head still tied with a branch of Peach Blossom, milky-voiced while simultaneously cursing incessantly, extremely embodying the fiery characteristics of her personality.
Precisely is the eldest sister of the Elves, Tao Gong.
"Still what believe you, releasing the Chaos... knew earlier a miscellaneous fish with irregular brain like you picking up girls picked too much easily goes to the head, you ne, Valentiina?! Being influenced by what one sees and hears beside me for more than several months, still brainless, your this dead ghost miscellaneous fish husband whatever he says you then believe whatever is it?! Do you possess a bit of own opinions?!"
Valentiina helplessly puffed her own cheeks, incidentally ruthlessly pinching the baby fat small face of Tao Gong within her embrace, ever since she awakened Fisher's plan was told to her listening she then became like this, obviously towards the plan Fisher thought of is extremely dissatisfied.
Fisher looking at the one size smaller than the past Tao Gong before the eyes, expression also possesses a bit possessing difficulty saying all.
Ten thousand years ago the appearance she disguised as was approximately six seven years old ba, now even smaller, directly merely four five years old, looking like a little bean, an impossibility of being smaller small baby appearance, the appearance of just being familiar with speaking not long.
"Tao Gong, did you become even smaller than before?"
"What? I already said I entirely didn't recover completely! So only then said this is the best time to kill me severing Chaos descending, otherwise during my prime period you can kill a fart ah miscellaneous fish? Forgot ten thousand years ago how you were chased by me running?"
"Tao Gong! How come one day entirely is die die die!? Fisher is saving you, giving us an opportunity, you don't do like this."
Hearing Valentiina's persuasion, Tao Gong increasingly became infuriated, she with difficulty shook the head struggling free from Valentiina's embrace.
"Who needs him to save, him being capable of saving himself saving you then is not bad, still saving me, can he save this world ma?! He this sperm-on-the-brain miscellaneous fish, once staying by your side any words all dare to promise, slapping the face swelling assuming fatty!"
The Eimhart upon Fisher's shoulder possessed some itching to try, seemingly prepared to start laning, critical moment still was Fisher pressing down Grand General Eimhart, walking before her straightforwardly saying.
"You dying also is of no avail, Elizabeth cannot be killed, Chaos similarly will descend assassinating Dagon."
"So ne, being capable of having one less Chaos then have one less, all coming you can endure ma?"
"Can."
"You can a hair, you can, you a miscel..."
"Dagon's Authority I can mobilize, although because of His condition and consciousness causing entirely unable to perfectly mobilize, but fighting inside the Crevice, our winning chances are extremely large. As long as Dagon doesn't die, this one World-Ending Prophecy then is unable to be realized."
That Tao Gong merely reaching Fisher's waist's height wanting to raise the head looking at him truly is difficult, almost presented ninety degrees looking up, this made the Tao Gong wanting to confirm the truth and falsehood of Fisher speaking exceedingly difficult.
Fortunately right at this time, Valentiina stepped forward once again hugging her inside the embrace... then like this can look at the same level with Fisher.
Merely is a bit similar to a mother hugging a child like that, however now isn't the time to fuss over this.
Tao Gong frowned thinking up, and Fisher also didn't want to waste time upon tongues anew, he turning the head looking at the Wutong Tree soldiers already packed and ready to go, also gazed a glance at the increasingly fierce impact of Chaos-kin upon the sky above, merely said.
"Outer Gods after all are Outer Gods, Their power is filled with properties difficult to imagine, even if merely a portion of power surging in still will make the battle situation filled with uncertainty. The Chaos of Destiny Senior Aris understands comparatively more, the Chaos of Usurping Life besides you no one can be called an expert, as for the Chaos of Death, He shares the same root and origin with Hela, I being chased for this long by the Authority of Death also can be considered possessing a bit of right to speak. So, this time the Crevice's matters still rely on you two helping me, as for below then give to Valentiina and them."
"Tao Gong, begging you, you then agree to Fisher ba..."
Behind possesses Valentiina's request, in front possesses Fisher's knowing with reason, Tao Gong was exactly like a child attacked front and back by parents like that very quickly lost the power to parry.
Words all are spoken to this extent, even if she committed suicide the other possessor of the Destiny Completion Manual also already was persuaded by him, then still possesses what use.
Thus she only could fiercely look at Fisher saying one sentence, "If ruined the major matter, the guilt entirely belongs to you, Fisher!"
"Always has been upon me."
Fisher helplessly said, and simultaneously, he explicitly up and down sized up a glance at the Tao Gong at this moment, asking.
"Your present state possesses impairment, approximately still can exert how much power?"
"If not using the Chaos of Usurping Life, approximately then is at the sixteenth rank or so, not too different from you."
"...Should be enough."
Fisher stroked his own chin, actually the crux still lies in how much of Dagon's Authority can be used.
After waking up in the morning he then went to the Crevice with Aris doing experiments, using the method of devouring the Soul Chaos previously reproducing a round, as a result truly contacted Dagon's Authority, He still lacked consciousness, then letting Fisher obtain a portion of the manipulation authority of the Crevice.
The Crevice is the country of the subconscious, this implies he can randomly construct scenes like the past Dream Magic inside, still can drive a small portion of Dagon's power, conservatively estimated can possess around the nineteenth rank.
Towards Authorities speaking small is small but already is sufficient to use, the problem lies in, this power couldn't be counted as too stable, Fisher attempted three times succeeded two times, the probability is two thirds, but critical moment this one third failure probability then is fatal.
After all this Authority still is in other people's hands, Fisher being capable of borrowing and containing that Authority's power already can be considered extremely outrageous.
This made him increasingly curious, what kind of thing he himself actually is.
Why he can make Authorities reveal names and shapes moreover not mutually repulse, this completely is an enigma.
"Fisher, Valentiina, that side already prepared in sequence."
Right at this moment, the Alajina behind wearing extremely many Cardinal equipments also led approximately ten tall humanoid Cardinals walking over with a serious face, the appearance of those Cardinals seemingly is simulating the appearance of Angels, not much different from the David he saw inside the Shelter, but lacking that particular David's high level.
This precisely is the Flagship Cardinals used by the Angels in the past, regarding the rank Fisher also wasn't good to confirm, after all entirely are made by dead objects, needs to go through strict testing only then can reach conclusions.
At this moment, the army attacking Saint-Nazareth already prepared in sequence, Fisher looked over there a glance, still could see Isabel gripping musket and sword currently taking deep breaths and Aoxi enveloped under a set of cloak.
Valentiina placed Tao Gong down, looking towards Fisher saying.
"Then we then prepare to set out? Seemingly the sky above's situation also is increasingly worse... The Slimes' side already clarified the situation of Saint-Nazareth, Saint-Nazareth right now already entered martial law taken over by the army, almost is all the main forces of Naris, when the time comes probably will possess a great battle. However having me here, a group of humans and Cardinals cannot persist for how long."
Fisher's expression yet wasn't relaxed, he conversely said to Valentiina.
"No, Valentiina, you cannot directly shatter the Naris army to pieces, first is I don't know what backup plans Elizabeth will leave inside, even if completely none, you facing merely a group of humans also cannot do like this. By Elizabeth's side possesses the nineteenth rank Pandora phantom, that existence isn't what you can deal with, stubbornly forcefully clashing definitely will have heavy casualties, so what I need is you delaying time and manufacturing chaos, and not directly facing off with her, can you understand?"
"Okay, I know. Then just in case, she believes Saint-Nazareth's side possesses no importance, sending that Pandora's phantom to the Crevice's inside helping the Chaos ne?"
"I precisely want this goal... one more isn't too many, when the time comes give all to us then is good."
Fisher speaking while speaking again looked towards the Eimhart upon his shoulder, this fellow this morning only then again brought a Dragon Court's letter over.
"As for the Dragon Court's side, they will come from the sea, the sea definitely possesses Elizabeth's Navy, also can help you attract the Navy's artillery fire, so focusedly dealing with land matters then is good."
"Mm!"
Valentiina nodded the head, withdrawing the Ice Phoenix Sword on her hand out, this sword is the King of Phoenixs' sword, but she always uses it unhandily, still the Moon Princess Sword is more practical a bit, this thing she all treats as a ceremonial weapon to use, serving as a kind of symbol commanding the Wutong Tree.
For example at this moment, exactly when about to set out, she then raised high the longsword within her hands, towards the assembled army in the snowfield not far away crying out loudly.
"Everyone!! We immediately set out, all raise your spirits make preparations well!!"
"We, are about to head to Saint-Nazareth, fight to the death with that damn Elizabeth!!"
(End of this chapter)