Chương 29: Before the Battle

Face with Lori's cold and threatening gaze, the leader terrified, immediately spit out what he knew.

Lori's expression change when he heard the words of the soldier. For some reason, his parents disappeared from the palace and their whereabouts is currently unknown. And right now, every soldier in the capital was searching for them.

Suddenly, Lori remember what Swain told him a few days ago. That there was someone sneaking at the top of the palace. 'Is the disappearance of my parents related to that old man? If so, then what is the identity of that old man?'

He put aside the question at the back of his head for now and ask the soldier again, "Then what about the mother of the two princesses? Did the queen and her followers do something to her?"

The soldiers paused for a moment before answering, "Concubine Mill was sent to the prison by Her Majesty Queen. But she ordered everyone not to touch Concubine Mill and just let her stay in the prison for the time being"

"I see"

"C...can I go now?" the soldier said with almost a begging tone. He was already scared and terrified that he will lose his life at this moment. So he answered all the question that was asked him thinking that there is still a chance for him to survive.

A meaningful smile surfaced in Lori's lips and said, "Alright, you can go now"

Puchi!

The soldier was immediately felt joyous when he heard that he can now go. But before he can take a single step, something stabbed through his chest piercing his heart. His face turned extremely pale as he spit out blood from his mouth.

"W...why? You said I can go?" his words were full of unwillingness as he felt savor the metallic taste in his mouth.

"When I said that you can go, what I mean is that you can now go to the road of reincarnation" pulling out the short dagger from the chest of the soldier. The shadow of death finally take over the remaining life from the soldier and the lifeless body fall to the ground.

After that, Lori headed towards the direction where the prison is. He intended to free Rose's mother to make sure that nothing will really happen.

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Meanwhile, in the Morrison Family mansion, the whole area was surrounded by royal guards and soldiers. Leading them was Han Goldling who was wearing a gloomy expression on his face.

"Edward Morrison, roll out here!" his thundering shout shakes the ground beneath their feet. His voice was filled with anger as his eyes were sharply staring at the huge mansion in front of him. When he knew that the king and concubine was missing, the first person he thought was Edward Morrison. The current patriarch of the Morrison Family, Edward Morrison.

Inside the Morrison Family, Edward Morrison the current patriarch was surrounded by the elders of the family. All of their expression was dark and one could see hatred and anger in their eyes.

"Patriarch, this Han Goldling is too much! Surrounding our whole mansion with soldiers, this is a clear disrespect and provocation towards our family!" an elder with a long white beard said angrily.

"I suggest that we signal the summon of our soldiers. Even if Han Goldling is powerful, I don't believe that he is invincible" another elder said.

"I agree with what the second elder said, this Han Goldling wants a fight, we will give it to him!"

Listening to the elders of his family, Edward Morrison slowly shook his head. His eyes turn to his grandson and slowly said, "Tony, what do you think we should do at this time? Han Goldling thought that our Morrison Family was the one behind the disappearance of the king and Concubine Selena. As the future head of the family, what would you do in this kind of situation?"

Tony listening to his grandfather's words immediately felt pressure. The elders were all looking at him waiting for his answer. "I think what the elders said is correct. Han Goldling is really too much this time, just because of a single thought, He already accuses our family as the perpetrator of the incident. Because of what he did, if we don't fight back this time. We will lose our face in the whole capital city"

The elders nodded their heads satisfied with his answer. But Edward Morrison was still silent with a smile on his face.

Of course Tony knew that if this is just his answer, his grandfather won't be satisfied with him. So he added, "But before we do that, we need to make plan first. Grandfather needs to talk to Han Goldling and buy us enough time to prepare. And using the communication talisman left by the previous heads of the family, we can call our forces here"

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At the same time when Han Goldling lead the soldiers in surrounding the Morrison Family. Princess Jean of the Molon Kingdom and her escort was inside one of the room in the palace.

"Jean, with what is happening in the Silverwing Kingdom right now. It is good for our side since we can freely do what we came here to do" Elder Red said with an incredible flash of light in his eyes. He was one of the Rank A master of the Molon Kingdom. And he was sent here to help the princess in her mission in this kingdom.

The princess knew that the situation right now is very favorable for them. But she couldn't help but feels that there is something wrong in the capital. That if she makes a move, something terrible will happen.

Princess Jean turn to Elder Red and said, "Elder Red I know you heard about the disappearance of the king. Do you feel anything weird about that? How could the king and his concubine just suddenly disappear without you or even Han Goldling noticing it"

Hearing the princess's words, Elder Red remained silent. As a rank A mage, his perception to his surroundings were very good. He can even perceive the smallest movements of the ants in the palace. So he was also curious on how someone near him disappear without him noticing.

"Jean, do you think that?" Elder Red said but he was interrupted by the princess.

"Yes, I think that the king and his concubine was taken by someone. And that someone is powerful enough not to be notice by bot you and Han Goldling. With this sudden variable blocking us, we can't harshly make our move" the princess thoughtfully said. Her eyes were calm and her expression was still.

"Then what do you think the best to-do right now?" Elder Red asked.

"Wait, we will wait for a few more days and decide what we should do. If the king and his lover didn't appear within a few more days. That is the time when we will make our move"

Elder Red stares at the serious face of the princess and said, "Alright, we will listen to you. We will wait for several more days. After that, we move"

Princess Jean smile beautifully and said, "As for now, we should enjoy the show quietly"