Chapter 1112: The Arrival of Doom
Though he had long guessed that Nocnalea couldn't save Britain, Eiji never expected her to die so quickly.
To be fair, even though he had only met her once in the guise of Okita Souji without exchanging a single word, Eiji held a rather favorable impression of her, knowing she was an excellent leader who considered the common people.
Yet, Aurora eliminated her in just a few moves.
This woman possessed considerable talent—a talent for evil.
His smile made Aurora overjoyed.
"I've been praised! Lord Eiji praised me!"
"Wonderful! This approach is indeed the most correct!"
Aurora felt she had grasped Eiji's preferences.
She believed she could fully realize what pleased him!
Her efforts during this period hadn't been in vain. Even if so many soldiers of the Wind Clan were sacrificed, if it led to such a perfect resolution, it would be enough. Those who died would surely be happy for me in the afterlife!
Lost in her wishful thinking, Aurora drew closer to Eiji.
She stood on her tiptoes, about to throw herself into his arms.
At that moment, her movements suddenly froze.
An incredibly terrifying sense of crisis surged within her, forcing her to halt her steps abruptly.
"Aurora, it's terrible!"
Just then, a azure light descended from the sky.
"The King's Clan in the city has gone mad! They're seeking revenge for Nocnalea and are now indiscriminately slaughtering fairies from other clans. Fighting is breaking out everywhere, and Klar has already been killed..."
Merlin's anxious expression proved that Salisbury was at a critical juncture of survival.
Even from this distance, thick smoke could be seen rising from various parts of the city.
The sounds of battle cries echoed incessantly as chaos spread throughout the entire city.
Eiji waved his hand, dispersing the wormhole-like passage before him that connected to an unknown location, then turned his gaze toward the cathedral. From here, he could still see Gudako and the others gathered together, fighting their way out of the city with all their might.
Everything was exactly the same as 2,400 years ago!
"It doesn't matter."
Aurora stopped in her tracks.
She paused for a moment, dismissing the earlier feeling as an illusion, then laughed carefreely.
"If sacrificing the city of Salisbury is the price to eliminate Nocnalea, it's still a worthwhile trade!"
"This way, the only opponents left in my quest to become the queen ruling over this fairy nation are the Child of Prophecy and Muirenn. The Child of Prophecy is easy to deal with—after all, she's also a fairy of paradise. With a few warnings to everyone, they'll help me drive her away. The only troublesome one is Muirenn."
"However, news from Gloucester suggests that Muirenn seems to have died at the hands of an unknown person."
"In other words, no one is my match anymore!"
Aurora spread her arms wide, her face filled with satisfaction.
As if she had already won the entire world.
"Once I become queen, Lord Eiji will be my consort, right?"
She delightfully envisioned the future.
Her face was full of longing for that life, as if she had already fallen into delusion and couldn't extricate herself.
Eiji paused for a moment.
Then, suddenly, he understood.
I finally understood why this woman, who had always been so careful with her reputation, had become so crazed—was it because of this?
"Aurora, this isn't about Salisbury right now!"
Melusine earnestly tried to persuade Aurora.
But it was utterly useless.
Even worse.
"Melusine, I no longer need you either."
Aurora glanced sideways at Melusine, revealing a hint of displeasure.
"Wh...at...?"
Melusine instantly froze in place.
Every expression on her face stiffened as if time had stopped.
"I never liked you from the beginning. It was only because your immense power was convenient that I forced myself to smile at you. After all, even smiling at a piece of rotten flesh like you, emerging from the mud, everyone must have been constantly praising me, right?"
Aurora laughed heartily, genuinely pleased with herself.
"But now I'm about to become the queen. No one will be able to threaten me anymore, so of course, I no longer need a bodyguard like you!"
"Besides, you're just an ugly, filthy piece of rotten flesh. How dare you act so familiar with Lord Eiji? I wish you would stop being so presumptuous!"
Melusine stood there in a daze.
Whatever Aurora said after that, she could no longer hear.
Only one thing registered in her mind.
Pain.
So much pain.
It hurts too much!
Why does my entire body ache with a dull throb?
Why does my heart feel as if it's about to split apart?
"Aurora."
Eiji's voice drew Aurora's attention.
She gazed tenderly at his face, feeling as if nothing else in the world mattered besides him.
"Can you see what's happening in the city?"
Eiji pointed toward various parts of Salisbury.
"Isn't it just fighting?"
Aurora glanced casually, dismissing it as unimportant.
"Your eyesight isn't very good."
"Please don't say that, Lord Eiji. I'll look carefully!"
Aurora panicked slightly and immediately began observing earnestly.
With just a quick scan, she realized something was wrong.
"Mors?"
She stared in astonishment at the dark curses emerging throughout the city.
"What's going on? Why are there so many Mors appearing in the city?"
Except during calamities, Mors usually only appeared outside the city.
A scene like this was nothing short of abnormal!
"Because the Great Calamity has begun."
Eiji spoke calmly and deliberately.
"How can that be? Didn't the Great Calamity just happen?"
Aurora was stunned, a flicker of panic rising in her heart.
"The essence of the Great Calamity is the island's self-destructive will and the curse from the Cursed God."
Eiji explained calmly.
"In the past, the Queen suppressed it, so the island and the Cursed God couldn't act recklessly. They could only extend their reach once every thousand years, erupting as the Great Calamity. But the Queen is gone now."
"And Knocknarea, the only one who could inherit the Queen's legacy, was just killed by your own hands. So, the Great Calamity, which had been lurking in the depths of darkness, has now surfaced!"
If Knocknarea were still alive, she could have used the throne to control the cycle, and the fairy kingdom might have survived a little longer.
But unfortunately, the last hope was destroyed by Aurora herself.
"In other words, the true Great Calamity is about to break free like a tiger unleashed, completely destroying the fairy kingdom. And there's likely more than one such Great Calamity!"
Eiji gazed at the distant sky.
Thick dark clouds spread across the horizon, dyeing half the sky in pitch-black hues.
That location, if nothing unexpected happened, must be the Great Abyss!
"The apocalypse has already arrived. This fairy kingdom is beyond saving. You can no longer become the queen, and it seems fate has determined there's no bond between us."
"Of course, even if you could truly become the queen, I wouldn't hold you in any regard at all. I truly wish you would stop getting so carried away with yourself."