The Labyrinth Kingdom

Chapters 77. Naraku

Aaron, Timoty and Arya spend their time together while fishing and telling stories of some things.

There are many things that they discuss, especially with regard to economic, political and security developments in each of their kingdoms.

"What about the movements of the sea monsters? " ask Aaron to Arya.

"Sigh~ Not too well, in recent months their movements have begun to become more active around my kingdom.

Even some of them began to dare to attack the sirenia deep sea kingdom which made Roro experience a lot of problems.

There was some damage caused by the attack but fortunately, the problem could be resolved quickly. So, the soul corba can be minimized "answered Arya.

"Then, has the source of the problem been found? " Task Timoty.

"Not yet! My father and Roro's father are still investigating. However, the cause of the monster rampage will soon be found "Arya replied confidently.

"Good! But if you need help, just tell me. I can send some Sorcerer to help you" Aaron said.

"I really appreciate that. But, no need to worry, I'm sure the Sea Knights can solve this problem" Arya said.

He was very confident in the strength that the strongest forces of his kingdom possessed.

Moreover, he also felt bad asking Aaron for help just to settle such a trivial matter.

"Then, what about you, Timoty? Is there some strange movement going on around your kingdom? " ask Aaron looking at Timoty.

"Nothing! However, the monsters living in the Zaire forest seem to be agitated at the moment" said Timoty.

The Zaire forest is the largest forest on the repel continent, approximately 10 times larger than the Lamas forest.

In addition, many non-human races and monsters lived there.

"Ehhh, what's going on there? " ask Arya curiously.

"You must have known, if the natural dragon Zeralius built his nest in the western part of the forest Zaire" said Timoty.

"Yes, everyone knows that" said Aaron.

"It seems that Zeralius laid eggs last year" Timoty said briefly.

"Ehhh, really? " asked Arya with a surprised expression.

"There is no real evidence yet! But the biggest possibility is like that. At first Zeralius left the Zaire forest for many years and was never seen again.

But~ last year, the dragon suddenly reappeared in the forest and exuded an intimidating aura that terrified the monsters.

Seeing the strange behavior of Zeralius, people began to suspect that his appearance in the forest this time was intended to lay eggs there" replied Timoty.

"If Zeralius' goal was indeed to lay eggs, then it would make sense. Dragons will become very aggressive and territorial during incubation.

Hmm.., I will ask my father about the clarity of the information later" said Aaron.

"Like that! But, I hope there will be no problems that happen because of it" murmured Timoty.

To be honest, the current condition of the Zaire forest made him a little worried.

Dragons are extremely powerful and terrifying creatures. If they feel disturbed, who knows how much damage they will cause.

Since ancient times, dragons have been a symbol of destruction and disaster, there is no good ending if hostile to them.

'I hope no fool will deliberately incite the anger of Zeralius to create chaos around the Zaire forest.

This worried him all along, he started to feel uneasy as Zeralius reappeared himself in the forest.

'Huft~ '

While Timoty was drifting through his mind, Arya suddenly asked something.

"From the info I've gathered before, it seems like the kingdom of Aria managed to track down the trail of the kidnappers and managed to find their hiding place.

In fact, one of Emissary's led the assault operation directly " replied Timoty.

"It is natural, this is to show the seriousness that the kingdom of Aria has in addressing this important case" said Aaron.

"Then, what about the victims? " ask Arya.

"Unfortunately only a portion of the victims were found there, the rest are still declared missing. Most likely the children have been moved to other places and the ones that have been found are those that have not been moved yet" Timoty replied.

"So you mean, the headquarters that the Paladins had found earlier was not the main headquarters of the 'Cursed Soul' members but only a temporary shelter? " ask Arya.

"I think it's like that" Timoty replied confidently.

"Hmm, it might be difficult to track down the remaining victims if the members of the 'Cursed Soul' managed to take them out of the territory of the kingdom of Aria." said Aaron, looking to think of something.

"Huf... We can only pray for their safety at this time" Timoty said with a sigh.

"Since the beginning of the 'Cursed Soul' group was famous for their skills of hiding and removing traces. If not, they would have been destroyed long ago" Aaron said.

'Cursed Soul' was the most famous group of hitmen in the repel continent, no one knew where their headquarters was and how they worked.

However, there are some people who suspect that the 'Cursed Soul' is the remnants of the evil organization 'My Brother' that still survives today.

'My brother' is an evil organization that is the source of all the chaos that happened in the past.

Back then, 'My country' managed to build an empire that aimed to protect the criminals hunted by other countries.

The kingdom became a gathering place for violent criminals and considered very happy and threatened the peace of the continent.

Therefore, many countries are working together to destroy the kingdom and exterminate all the criminals who live there.

The magic kingdom was the country that led the extermination operation of 'My brother' back then.

However, even though the strategy used was very good and the siege carried out was perfect.

Some cunning villains still managed to escape total annihilation and the 'Cursed Soul' was likely the remnants of that evil organization.

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Time slowly passed as the three were chatting.

Before Aaron and his group returned to the palace, they decided to cook some of the fish they had caught first to eat.

But as usual, bad luck still haunts Arya.

Even after a full day of fishing, all he managed to catch were insects and some useless trash.

There was not a single fish he managed to catch today.

Ugly Bastard who saw Arya who was lamenting her unlucky fate from a distance, smiled happily.

`He hehhhh, This is a punishment for you for almost killing me earlier and not showing the slightest remorse.

Huft... I'm starting to miss Devian! ` Ugly Bastard said in his mind.

He walked up to Aaron's group who were partying to ask for some food.

"Oh, Ugly Bastard! Are you hungry too? You can eat this one, I'm sure you'll love it. " said Aaron.

He gave away one of the Golden Salmon he had caught before.

Of course I Ugly Bastard did not reject Aaron's goodwill and greedily ate the fish.

He mingles with Aaron's group and enjoys the party with them.