The Labyrinth Kingdom

Chapters 88. Covert Enemy

Inside [Throne Room]

Jeanne is currently in one of the rooms directly connected to the [Throne Room].

That place was Aaron's private room.

Jeanne showed the interior of the room carefully and found that it was much more luxurious than her father's room in the Liberas Palace.

There are many paintings and other ancient items that adorn the place.

Even the sofa he was sitting on right now seemed to be made from the extremely rare and expensive Albion sheepskin.

"Please drink it, it's tea made from the Lincoln Bungan" Aaron said.

Jeanne receives a cup of tea given by Aaron and begins to smell the soothing fragrance of flowers.

"It feels so good. But, I've never heard of this Lincoln flower before" Jeanne said as she drank her tea.

Aaron refills Jeanne's empty glass.

"It's a kind of rose that was developed by the magic kingdom in the past. I don't know if the flower still exists or is extinct.

But, it has the property to strengthen the soul and clear the mind." explains Aaron.

"Ehhh, that's great, " said Jeanne looking surprised.

'It is only fitting that I can suddenly recall the old memories that I had forgotten before. So, it's the effect of this tea apparently.' said Jeanne in her heart.

"Yes, I also like to drink it in my spare time" Aaron said as he sipped the tea that was in his cup.

Time slowly passed, silence filled the room and Aaron loved this calm atmosphere.

"A~no, Aaron." call Jeanne break the silence.

"Hmm? What was? " ask Aaron

"Do you already know about... No, forget it. " said Jeanne, hesitating.

"....."

Aaron looked at Jeanne who was acting strangely for a moment. Then, ignore it.

"This reminds me of one thing, are you still in touch with the others? I haven't heard from them in a long time" asked Aaron in a flat tone.

"I, that... They. " said Jeanne stammered.

He seems to have trouble answering questions from Aaron.

"What's going on...? " ask Aaron while looking at Jeanne seriously.

Jeanne was silent for a while before venturing out to answer.

"Arya and Roro are fine at the moment. But Timoty is dead" said Jeanne, looking hard to say those words.

"What." said Aaron, looking in disbelief.

A pitch-black aura suddenly seeped out from within Aaron's body and the floor around him began to crack as it could not withstand the intense pressure he was exuding.

Jeanne who was nearby at this moment, felt firsthand the aura of death that Aaron was emitting.

His chest started to hurt, he felt short of breath at this moment.

"Ughs... A.. aron! "

Aaron regained his senses and the death aura he was emitting suddenly disappeared after he heard Jeanne's voice in pain.

'Uhuk! Uhuk! Uhuk! '

Jeanne coughed a few times, she tried to stabilize her breathing at this moment.

"I'm sorry, I can't help the sudden surge of emotion that occurred earlier. I'm really sorry Jeanne! " said Aaron guiltily.

He walked over to Jeanne and tried to help her.

"Uhuk! T, it's okay, I just feel a little tired said Jeanne.

He tried to stand up several times, but failing that, his legs felt numb. It was probably a side effect of the death aura he had previously felt.

But it's only a temporary effect.

"Can't you move your legs? Well then, let me help you" said Aaron as he picked up Jeanne and carried her with Bridal Style.

'Bluuush~ '

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Aaron sat Jeanne on the couch that wasn't broken. Then, look at her face that looks reddish.

"Are you okay? Your face is a little red, are you sick? " ask Aaron worriedly.

"T, it's okay, I just feel a bit hot right now. He hehehhh" said Jeanne frantically as she fanned her face with her hands.

'Heat? My feeling has set the temperature of this room to stay cool before, said Aaron in his heart.

She ignores Jeanne's strange behavior and focuses on the important information she wants to hear from her.

"Can you explain to me what's really going on? " ask Aaron seriously.

Jeanne calmed herself down first before replying.

Back then, Deep Sea Kingdom Sirenia, was also attacked by Ocean Emperor.

Scyllenhy, led the Sea Beasts to launch a sudden attack on the Sirenia kingdom that left them in a combat-unprepared state.

From the info I get, it seems like the Sirenia kingdom has been completely destroyed and most of its inhabitants have also died.

The only royal family that managed to survive the disaster was Roro, and all thanks to the sacrifices made by his personal guards.

Sea Kingdom Nusantara, which is a neighboring Kingdom and a friend of the Sirenia Kingdom also did not stay silent at that time.

They instantly sent all the Sea Knights and the strongest naval fleet they had to attack into Scyllenhy's lair as a form of revenge after they learned what the mustard had done to the Sirenia Kingdom.

The battle between the Nusantara Kingdom against Scyllenhy known as the 'Ocean Conquest', the war lasted for 4 full years and was successfully won by the Kingdom of Nusantara.

From then on, the entire Scyllenhy territory became theirs. But even though victory is sweet, there is always a bitter part of every war.

Sirenia kingdom was destroyed, most of the troops owned by Nusantara kingdom also fell on the battlefield.

So, basically the losses they experience are much greater than the profits they get" Jeanne said.

He told me everything he knew about what happened to his friends.

Aaron, who had been listening to Jeanne's explanation, was silent. However, some of the questions that had been stuck in his mind began to be answered.

'So, that is why the Sirenia Kingdom and the Nusantara Kingdom did not send reinforcements when the Magic Kingdom was attacked.

At first I thought they had left us like other friendly countries.

But, it seems like I misunderstood here, everything makes sense now, Aaron murmured in his heart.

He felt regretful for having had such a bad prejudice about those two kingdoms before.

"Then, what about Timoty? What was the cause of his death? " ask Aaron.

"It happened almost the same as I explained in the previous case. The Kingdom of Barbatos experienced the largest monster wave disaster in history.

The deadly disaster not only destroyed the Barbatos Kingdom. However, all the kingdoms around the Zaire forest were destroyed.

At least 16 kingdoms were turned into ruins and several kingdoms were badly damaged by the disaster" Jeanne said.

"Impossible! There's no way Monster Wave could do that much damage" Aaron said.

"Under normal conditions, it may be impossible for this to happen. However, another case if the one who led the Monster Wave disaster was the Natural Dragon Zeralius" said Jeanne.

"......"

"I don't really understand what happened at the time either. But... What is clear, Zeralius suddenly rampaged and began to attack the kingdoms around the forest.

He also ordered all the monsters living within his domain to attack.

It only took him three years to destroy all the kingdoms around the Zaire forest.

However, among all the destroyed kingdoms, only the citizens of the kingdom of Barbatos survived the most.

This cannot be separated from the sacrifices that have been made by the strongest soldiers of the kingdom.

And Timoty was one of the generals who led the resistance forces in charge of distracting Zeralius so that the citizens could escape safely.

From the information I have, there is not a single survivor of that troop. However, the effect of the fight they did made one of Zeralius' arms cut off.

There were many witnesses who saw the incident. So, this is valid information " explains Jeanne.

"Did no one find Timoty's body? " ask Aaron.

To be honest, he still could not believe that his best friend and strongest rival died so easily.

"Huft~ I know what you're thinking. But unfortunately, Timoty's death has been confirmed. The last location where they fought had been destroyed by Zeralius.

Perhaps out of annoyance after losing one of his arms, Zeralius activated the racial skills of the dragons [Dragon Breath] and reduced all the fighters fighting against him to dust.

"So it seems. " said Aaron in a flat tone.

Even though his tone sounded indifferent. However, Jeanne could feel the sadness of her words.

'I feel an oddity is happening here, too many coincidences are happening at about the same time.

The raid that the royal alliance had made against the Magic Kingdom, the assault of the Sea Beasts led by Scyllenhy and Zeralius that suddenly went berserk.

Everything feels so strange to me.

It seems, is there someone who deliberately moved this series of events from behind the scenes? ' said Aaron in his heart.

There were many questions and speculations that filled Aaron's mind at the moment.

But it made him more excited.

'I don't know who you are. But because you have pointed your claws at those I love.

Don't expect that you can get away with me so easily" Aaron murmured inwardly.

Even though he seemed to be smiling at the moment. But his eyes, exuded an extremely powerful killing intent.

A blue portal suddenly appears in Aaron's room, while the two are chatting with each other.

Alice walked out of the portal with a cheerful smile on her face.