One month after the Beigalta Kingdom's defeat, the Fourteen Nation Allied Forces were ready.
Because the news was sealed off, the other thirteen countries were unaware of the Beigalta Kingdom's defeat.
The current King of Beigalta Kingdom was the former Second Prince.
After all, the First Prince and the Old King had both died.
The current King of Beigalta Kingdom did not take the Oriana Kingdom seriously.
In his opinion, the deaths of the Old King and his elder brother were merely the result of The Order trying to push him to the throne, intentionally orchestrating those events.
The story of Princess Rose killing them must have been false.
It was merely a deliberate propaganda to portray a powerful and evil princess, using it as a pretext for an invasion.
And now, as the representative of the Beigalta Kingdom, he sat in the conference room.
The Fourteen Nation Allied Forces had assembled a total of 20,000 Magic Swordsmen.
The current King of Beigalta felt that this number of Magic Swordsmen could completely destroy any country.
Even the Holy Church should not be able to withstand the attack of so many Magic Swordsmen.
"That damned old man didn't want to give me the throne, giving the opportunity to earn merit to my elder brother while making me stay behind to guard the country. Now he's dead! The Beigalta Kingdom will expand its territory under my rule, and my name will surely go down in history," the King of Beigalta thought to himself.
Out of the fourteen countries, including the King of Beigalta Kingdom, a total of five kings were present.
The national representatives sat together, discussing the attack plan.
In reality, they only exchanged pleasantries and said nothing useful.
With 20,000 Magic Swordsmen, how could such a lineup possibly lose?
No one present believed that this battle would be lost.
20,000 Magic Swordsmen, plus 5,000 support troops, marched majestically towards the Oriana Kingdom.
As soon as they entered the Oriana Kingdom, people everywhere came to surrender.
With so many Magic Swordsmen, a number greater than even the ordinary soldiers under their nobles, no one dared to fight such an overwhelming war.
Wherever the Allied Forces passed, people either surrendered or fled.
There was no resistance whatsoever.
In just one day, the Allied Forces had reached the city walls, arriving at a city near the Olyana Capital.
It was already night when they arrived, and the Allied Forces entered the city. The local lord had already fled, leaving only ordinary citizens.
Everyone planned to rest here; Magic Swordsmen were also human, and after a full day of marching, everyone was exhausted.
At night, Epsilon appeared on the city wall.
A large number of black-clad figures appeared with her.
They silently hunted down the sentries.
Princess Rose was also among the black-clad figures.
In the military camp, a man opened his eyes.
He was the Sixth Seat of the Round Table Knight.
He was The Order's commander for this battle.
The Second Seat of The Order had convinced him with the Fifth Seat's position, making him the commander.
The top five seats of The Order could each form their own faction, such as the Fenrir faction or the Loki faction. As the Sixth Seat, his position had always been awkward.
Even after Fenrir's death, he could become the Fifth Seat.
Becoming the Fifth Seat required merit, and now, besieging the Oriana Kingdom was a golden opportunity.
Gathered here were 1,635 first-rate Children of Diabolos, and 47 Order executives from around the world.
As long as the executives performed well in this operation, they could become Round Table Knight.
On Shadow Garden's side, there were only 300 people in total.
These people were all elites of Shadow Garden, and their strength was formidable.
Among the Seven Shadows, only Epsilon and Zeta came.
Lord Shadow was also called by Sino.
Although Sino believed in his own strength, he did not want anyone from Shadow Garden to die.
A nuclear bomb could clear out these people, but these people had falsely reported the army's numbers from the start.
In reality, they had over 50,000 people, including 30,000 children and women, all citizens of the Oriana Kingdom.
They deliberately coerced these people to prevent Shadow Garden from using large-scale destructive weapons against them.
The Order's people were not fools; the huge crater in the Midgar Kingdom explained everything.
The Order speculated that Shadow Garden possessed terrifying large-scale destructive ancient relics.
They exploited Shadow Garden's righteousness, holding children and women hostage as their shields.
Therefore, Shadow Garden could only resort to close-quarters combat.
Sid was extremely excited, assassinating the Allied Forces' Magic Swordsmen while clad in black.
Because Sino told him that after this mission was successful, he would give him one billion Zeny.
"With this one billion Zeny, I'll immediately be able to buy the most valuable collectible in the world. I think it's called the Three Heroes Scepter, worth ten billion Zeny."
However, that item had been in the auction house for a long time without anyone buying it.
There were plenty of people who could afford it, but the item actually didn't have such high collectible value.
It was merely a showpiece created by the auction house.
It was just a gimmick; truly smart people wouldn't buy that item.
And our Lord Shadow doesn't seem like a very smart person.
Sid didn't care about anything else; he just knew that the item was very expensive, the most expensive collectible in the world.
So, as the most impressive Lord Shadow, he definitely had to own this item.
And now, he had saved up over five billion Zeny, plus the one billion from this operation, making it six billion Zeny.
"Just a little more effort, and I'll be able to buy it."
...The daydreaming Lord Shadow didn't notice a person appearing in front of him.
That person looked very ordinary, but the sword in his hand was anything but ordinary.
Like a sapphire, it emitted a blue light in the dark night.
"This sword is pretty good, it should sell for a lot of money!" Lord Shadow said.
"Hmph, what nonsense, how dare you covet my weapon! I am..."
Before he could finish speaking, his head flew off.
Lord Shadow reached out to snatch his sword.
But he pulled several times without moving it.
Lord Shadow felt the magic power flowing rapidly through this person's body.
His gaze fell upon the head.
The head on the ground rolled a few times and stopped, its eyeballs suddenly moved sharply, staring intently at Lord Shadow.
"You, you're Lord Shadow, aren't you!"
The headless body suddenly swung its magic sword rapidly.
However, it was easily blocked by Lord Shadow with a slime sword.
The headless body quickly approached the head, picked up its own head, and reattached it.
As Round Table Knight who had lived for many years, many had modified their bodies.
As the Sixth Seat of the Round Table, he had modified his body to be unkillable.
He would not die no matter what fatal injury he sustained.
"I cut off your head, and you're still not dead? Is it similar to the Vampire Queen's ability?"
"You guessed correctly, but unfortunately, there's no reward!"
The Sixth Seat quickly approached Lord Shadow and thrust his sword.
When he came to his senses, he found that his sword was already in the opponent's hand.
"When did you..."
The next second, his body shattered into hundreds of pieces.
"The Vampire Queen's regeneration ability comes from the inexhaustible magic power in her blood. But what if that magic power is drained?"
A terrifying magic power fluctuation appeared in Lord Shadow's hand, and a powerful magic vortex emerged, absorbing the Sixth Seat of the Round Table's magic power.
"This feeling, no, don't, you can't do this! I have information, I can let you know all secrets."
The Sixth Seat prioritized restoring his mouth with his ability and spoke quickly.
"I'm not interested in your secrets."
As his words fell, the shattered flesh had already lost its magic power, and after losing magic power, the flesh began to dissipate into thin air.
Unfortunately, he did not understand Lord Shadow; perhaps if he had offered money, he would have survived.
Money is the most mundane thing in the world, and powerful individuals generally do not lack it. The Sixth Seat also could not imagine that a powerhouse like Lord Shadow would be short on money.
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