ARCHDEUS

PRE-DISASTER(1)

Hadalon, March of Canadia

A man named Berth walks in a dark alley at night. The narrow alley was only about a meter in diameter. He passed through that alley because it was the fastest way to get home.  Berth had to travel miles to get to the nearest bar. It made him depressed. After drinking and fiddling, he finally went home. Drunk, Berth walked in.

"Sial .. I'm too drunk."

Berth felt his head was very heavy. He decided to sit on the wall for a while.

"Ohh .. Can I move, huh?" muttered.

Berth recalled memories of when he was still with his wife and son. They lived normally, until a strange disease befell his son and wife. The disease took away her entire family. There was nothing left, since then he continued to release his emotions by drinking liquor.

Feeling long enough to sit, Berth finally decided to stand up. He walked back to the house. Caused by dark alleyways, he sometimes groped the surrounding area.

He could have returned safely as usual. But this time it was different. His unholyness is terrible. Berth was suddenly attacked from behind. He was beaten by something blunt on the back of the neck or rather he was struck by a knife handle. The punch was extremely hard, as if it made his neck bone crack. Berth fell down and fainted.

From the dense darkness, a dark-robed man with a black hood covering his face reappeared. That guy looks shorter than Berth. He casually dragged Berth by pulling the man's shirt.

The man walked leisurely, passing through several dark and desolate road intersections. Of course, in the current hour there was no way anyone would come out of the house. The black-robed man arrived at a two-story mansion. The house belonged to a merchant. But now it is no longer inhabited by its owner. The cloaked person walked in casually, as if he was the new owner of this place. When I entered the house, the atmosphere was very dark. But the man felt no distress as if he could see.

"This is the 18th."

The cloaked man looked at the man he had previously dragged. He took off his robe and took off his hood. Then a short-haired blonde girl was seen behind the dark robe she was wearing. The girl went to her favorite place, in the pile of corpses.

Slowly, Berth regained consciousness.

But what he saw was a terrible sight.

He was sleeping among a pile of stiff corpses on the floor.

Berth tried to rise in panic. Unfortunately, his body is bound. Not only that, his mouth was also gagged.

With a terrifying grin, he muttered as if not speaking to Berth

"Do you? Soon you'll be my dolls."

The girl was silent for a moment when she saw her new victim.

"Huh .. seeing you I remember it seems like I only got a pile of weaklings. Too bad Nox forced me to hold back."

The girl seemed to have held back for a long time. If not, then it was inconceivable what damage he might inflict on this city.

The girl started looking for something.

He took a saw on a dirty table.

It was obvious the saw was still littered by a spill of dried blood.

"Have you seen him? It's called a bone saw."

Berth continued to cry for help. He thrashed like a hot caterpillar.

Tears of fear kept coming out of his eyes.

"Haha ... enjoy."

"YARRRGGG!!"

***

The wars of the Kingdom of Artchania and the Kingdom of Ibeltia that had lasted for one season had finally shown the end.

With a long series of battles in the Duchy of Sandwealth as a battlefield, the Kingdom of Artchania was above the clouds after winning a series of battles.

It was not only due to the number and quality of their soldiers who were superior to the Ibeltia forces, but also aided by a better knowledge of the natural conditions of the battlefield.

The war officially entered into a period of ceasefire. Maybe for a time of peace still can not be created in the near future.

But this was more than enough to create a huge prestige for Prince William.

Prince William was the supreme command of the Artchanian army in this war.

He is a key figure who has saved many villages and towns in the Duchy of Sandwealth.

With opponents described as fleeting, Prince William's achievements soared and were far more famous than ever.

As their triumphant convoy took place in Leiceshire, the capital of the Duchy of Sandwealh, everyone from all walks of life cheered joyfully.

Prince William became the leader in this convoy to appear very prominent. He wore special magic armor with a legacy class level that showed his degree that came from among the palace family.

After a long war and an armistice until the undetermined time, everyone could breathe a sigh of relief.

But some are still crying full of sorrow.

In this war not a few soldiers had to die so as to make a very deep sorrow for their families. In addition, there were at least 1/5 of the nobles who died.

This is a very large number. Although the average was low nobles but this was also a huge loss for the country.

But despite all the happiness and sadness that exists, there is something that cannot be avoided.

The nobles with the status of the head of the family must return to their respective territories. That meant Harol who was an important figure in this war could finally return to his territory.

Of course the arrival of Harol and his soldiers back to his county was very much welcomed.

Although the condition of his county is not too good due to high inflation and crop failure are not small, the, but this condition is much better than neighboring areas such as Otilia and Sandwealth which are directly affected by war and fief war.

Harol's arrival was clearly welcomed directly by Alex as the interim governor.

Harol had heard of all the achievements made by his son.

Not only won the fief war and became the representative of Otilia in parliament, now his son also got the title of baron.

Harol couldn't help but be proud of all those achievements. Moreover, the person who got all the fame was his eldest son who was famous as a pitiful and disgrace to the Fertiphile Family.

"Son, you did a very good thing."

"Thank you dad" Alex said.

Both men are now in the office.  If previously this office was used as the work office of Alex as an interim governor, now this office returns to its original owner, Harol as a count.

Harol sat in his work chair while the others stood firmly.

Not only Alex but all the higher-ups of the region were there as well. That includes County Chief of Security Otto.

"Well, this isn't bad. You guys managed to take good care of this area."

Harol read all available reports including reports on inflation rates and the trade balance, and government spending.

Although export/import activities show a downward trend and increasing regional debt due to swelling regional spending but thanks to expansionary fiscal policies they have managed to at least prevent crises and instability from occurring.

"Thank you, my lord."

Everyone in the room thanked Harol for his praise.

"Master Count, please accept this."

"What's this?"

Harol is shocked by the sheet of documents Alex gives him. Not only that, Harol was more surprised by the formal words delivered by his son. It's rare to hear Alex calling Harol a count.

Harol read all the documents quickly. But he was surprised.

"!!"

"What is this?!"

Harol's loud voice left everyone shocked. Though a few minutes ago, Harol spoke cheerfully.

"That's my unpaid salary. I hope Mr. Count will pay my salary immediately as Interim Governor."

Harol's arrival at Fertiphile also signifies that Alex's status as interim governor is also over. Unfortunately because he went to Otilia during the fief war, he did not have time to take his salary as interim governor for several months.

"...."