The Legend Fake

Chapter 53 - The String of Distance

"The String of Distance..."

All the citizens were still halfway towards that gate. Izuru and the others immediately went there to protect the citizens who were behind.

"Your Majesty, you must run faster! If not, you can be left behind!" Says Izuru met the Queen with Princess Clara at the back of the entourage.

"I'm sorry, I can only go this fast." Said the Queen gasping.

"Keep running, I'll protect you in the back." Izuru.

"Thank you for everything."

Behind the other half Iona and Rin ran together behind the entourage. But, it seems that Rin is feeling a little uneasy.

"What's Rin?" Ask Iona.

"I felt something ahead, like which energy was flowing. But it feels a little different." Answer Rin.

"Maybe it's just your feeling."

"It looks so."

Everyone kept running until the exit tunnel. Yarns were seen surrounding the outside of the royal walls and thousands of threads were underground. The entire thread shook and turned red.

"Wine! Everything stops...!" Shouted Rin.

"What's up!?" Ask Izuru and Iona.

"Hurry and stop everyone..!"

"Everything stops...! Don't come out....!" Shouted Izuru, Iona, and Rin.

But a lot of people have already come out of the tunnel gate. Suddenly from below the ground came a thread that stretched to the side, the threads cutting all those who had come out of the kingdom into pieces. All the other residents who witnessed the incident immediately panicked and immediately ran to the back. But the citizens behind him bumped into the one in front and made some of the ones in front push out and get cut off by thousands of threads that moved into a barrier wall.

Residents were silent at the scene, others panicked and ran into the city. Izuru and the others immediately ran over there to see what happened.

"What's going on!?" Izuru asked out of the few citizens who were still there. Instantly Izuru was surprised to see the state of the dead with many body parts separated.

"What's up....?" Iona asked coming from behind. His face instantly turned pale and immediately left while covering his mouth with a hand.

"No... It's all my fault." The Queen fell on the floor.

"Your Majesty!" Izuru approached the Queen and helped her stand up.

"It's all my fault... Because of my orders everything became like this." The Queen looked very shocked.

"Let's go, Your Majesty. Everyone please go home still!" Izuru said telling everyone to leave.

The escape plan failed miserably and 7 people were victims. Izuru and the others returned to the hideout. They sat quietly without talking to each other.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." The Queen lowered her head.

"Nobody knows if there's a trap outside, so don't blame yourself." Rin.

"If I turn myself in, will everything be released?" Ask Queen.

"It doesn't look like it will, because what he's looking for is the Princess' Legendary Bow." Answer Izuru.

"If we give up that bow. I don't know what they're gonna do with that bow, I'm sure it's not something good." Rin.

"Then what should we do? How can we get out of here?" The Queen began to despair.

"The only way is to defeat the man who took over this kingdom.' Izuru.

"You say it like it's easy." Iona.

"Your attention is on the intruders...!" The sound of screaming was heard from outside. Everything went straight up to see what happened.

"What's going on?" Ask Queen.

"This is a warning from the new ruler of the Claric Kingdom, the great Miss Shiori...! If you don't go in front of the palace and hand over the bow, we'll execute all the citizens at once...!" Shouted Dramist loudly from the balcony of the palace.

"Damn, there's no other choice. C'mon, everyone!" Said Izuru running away towards the Palace.

In front of the palace were already many citizens tied together with the soldiers around him.

"I'll count down from now on...! Three...!" Shouted Dramist started counting.

"Normally they'll wait until the last count, good thing it's faster." Dramist. "You guys bring that bow?" Connect Dramist.

"of course! Don't you see this big bow on my back?" Ask Izuru.

"It turns out that way. Quickly grab the bow, bring the child who activated it too!" Dramist said, then one of the soldiers approached Izuru.

"But there's one condition." Izuru.

"Condition?" Ask the confused Dramist.

"I want to meet your leader, Shiori!"

"Why do you want to meet him?" Ask Dramist.

"I'm sure he wants to see me too." Izuru smiled.

"Right, you're the one who caught Shiori's attention. All right, I'll allow it."

"Come Princess, and Asura too." Izuru said, then the three of them walked closer to the palace gate.

"Wait on! Why is the horned woman coming?" Ask the soldier in front of the gate.

"He will guarantee the safety of the Princess." Answer Izuru.

"Here it is, after all, she is only a woman." The soldier let them in.

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"Shiori, they've come." Said Dramist meeting Shiori in the throne room.

"Let them both come in, not the other one." Shiori.

"All right." Dramist said then went out of the throne room and met the three of them.

"He wants you both to come in, not this woman." Dramist.

"Asura, we're in first." Izuru said then entered the throne room with Princess Clara. They reached behind Shiori who was looking out from the large hole in the wall.

"Get me the bow and the boy." Said Shiori turning around.

"What are you going to do to the Princess?" Ask Izuru.

"Just calm down, I'm not gonna kill him." Answer Shiori.

"One more question. What exactly is your goal in collecting legendary weapons?" Ask Izuru.

"What's my goal? I'll tell you after you decide to join."

"I won't join until you tell me your purpose!"

"Is the state of the world not enough to answer your question?" Shiori asked walking towards Izuru and Princess Clara.

"What do you mean?"

"Of course all the bad sides of this world." Said Shiori walking around the two of them.

"So, idealism is your goal?" Ask Izuru.

"More than that, this is also for the sake of the whole country. If there was a great power, there would definitely be a war to fight over that power. Therefore we took everything without resulting in a great war, and all that power will never fall into the wrong hands." Said Shiori stopping in front of Izuru and the Princess.

"Therefore, give me the bow...!" Said Shiori moving her hand forward and threads emerged from behind, then pulling Princess Clara backwards.

"Daughter...!"

"Give me that bow...!" Shiori quickly pulled Izuru with her thread down.

Izuru was pulled down and could not move. The bow fell from Izuru's shoulder and fell into Shiori's hands. Shiori then carried the bow and walked towards the Princess.

"You have a pure soul, you fit into this container of strength." Said Shiori in front of Princess Clara's frightened-looking face.

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