章 65: Queen of the blood
Zaelia was standing next to Archanium. She was deeply happy. Archanium was with her in her palace and sharing her nights for more than a week already. They were together embracing on the edge of the stairs, admiring the Golden City on Earth. He didn't turn his head in her direction when he slid a hand on her waist with tenderness.
"You transformed the little tribe into this gorgeous city."
She leaned a bit more against his arm with love and care, resting her head on his chest.
"I did it all for your glory, my god."
The sun was high, her body was shiny with golden welts. She was not looking like a human anymore, she was his and together appeared as the King and Queen of the sun. She was full of hatred for Xzander who betrayed her and tried to kill her. He was full of hatred for Tridjan who involved himself directly in the battle and opposed his will. Archanium raised his arm and pulled her closer to him.
"Gather the men still alive. We will ravage the West."
Zaelia showed a large smile, she was excited to start this journey next to her god and soon, the whole world would bend under their will. It would be grand, and powerful, it would be the consecration of her purpose. All humans would admire Archanium in all his glory, and she was the one who brought this to him.
He pressed his lips on her forehead. The passion they shared was unparalleled, and her golden heart beat in her chest only to see him happy.
After a while, he went to the baths to relax. During this time, Zaelia sat on the golden throne and ordered the leaders to come immediately. The five leaders of the raids came to her in no time. They were already discussing it while walking.
"Is it true that Xzander is dead?"
"Men reported that he betrayed! What happened?!"
Zaelia was enraged at this name, he always has been her friend, confident, and partner. He knew her like nobody else in the world and yet, he was the one who attempted her life. He was the one who abandoned her. Her fist clenched on the golden throne and she threw a punch.
"The West is opposing us. Their false god joined the battle, I command you to prepare all our army. Take everyone, absolutely everyone. We leave as soon as we can."
The leaders were baffled. This was a bold move to deploy the full army. If nobody had ever dared to attack the Golden City on Earth, it was still a dangerous idea to leave it without any protection at all, and especially to confront a god. Zaelia had always been a great tactician, but now she seemed driven only by her hatred. She was deeply enraged, her golden eyes were burning like fire. The leaders became aware how much she changed, they started to slowly understand why Xzander would betray her.
They were aware of how affectionate Xzander was towards Zaelia. They were like two fingers of the same hand. He could never have betrayed her for personal gain. What's more, his children and wife were nowhere to be found, no matter how hard they searched. He knew he was going to die.
They left, sadly realizing that with the years passing, Zaelia changed into a bloodthirsty dictator who left no place for discussion, forgetting that all of this started because the elders didn't know how to listen when she was younger. She once wanted to help her people to be heard and great, to give a chance to everyone to be equal.
She was now a golden figure in the sun. She was only equal to herself, the only one of her kind. Without Xzander's presence to hold her back, there was nothing left from the Zaelia they knew before, the Zaelia who had the courage to lead the first expedition outside the desert and guided the fifty.
After a couple of weeks, all citizens were equipped and the armies gathered, ready to march on the West. The leaders obeyed her direct orders. Walking on their strong horses in the front, going to their death.
Everyone knew what would happen, but Zaelia was so confident that it was hard to doubt their success. She gave them hope. The campaign took four months. Strategic point after strategic point. They were eating the defenses of the West piece by piece like they were once the hyenas of the desert. Yelling after each conquest.
Zaelia was the first one to throw herself into the battles, inspiring the hearts of her men, and Tridjan was still not answering the call. She was using this opportunity to do ravages, it was the most bloody era the earth would have known. She and her army killed everyone. From soldiers to children, sparing nobody and nothing.
Once she was finished resupplying the stocks of her army. She commended the massacre of the cows, horses, and dogs and made sure that their land would never grow back. She made the fields burn. The prosperous Kingdom turned into ashes under her wrath. The wind was pushing the dust and the vision of death was the only landscape.
The Queen of the Sun was renamed the Queen of the Blood.
Even her soldiers started to have enough of this, and after another month, most of them didn't want to battle anymore. This was too much. Only Zaelia could continue without getting tired. The more she saw that the leaders didn't want to follow anymore, the more she was mad.
The West was collapsing seriously. She knew Tridjan would come as soon as her army crossed the border and got closer to the capital. She nailed it. When her soldiers took their position to attack the city, Tridjan appeared as she planned it, but he was not alone.
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