The Strongest Knight's

Ch. 96 - Defeat

The collapse of the Nusantara royal palace made all the residents of the city panic, there were no knights or soldiers. All of them were slaughtered by Samhong and Troy, and no knights or warriors could inhabit them. The blunders made by the royal officials made the royal palace destroyed in just one hour and even more astonishing was the destruction caused only by one demon named Lucifer.

At present..

Located in the magic castle, the very back of the royal palace complex.

The hero is still leaning, he then tries to get back up while holding on to the tree. He had to force his body to rise because he knew that his current position was not safe.

A moment after the Spirit was in this place, the originally clear sky with sunlight began to appear dark along with the arrival of black clouds and thunderous roars that sounded and struck several times. Then.. Before long, the sky that had been filled with black clouds completely began to emit rainwater.. Slowly but surely the rain is getting heavier and heavier.

Heavy rain poured down on Wira, also wetting the royal capital. The rain puddles that filled the surrounding royal palace looked red, it was because the stagnant water mixed with blood from the bodies scattered around the palace and inside the palace of course. In just a short time, the puddles created also made some bodies drown.

Heavy rain and thunder rumbling as if a sign if the kingdom of Nusantara has collapsed.

"I have to get out of here!" Wira managed to get up, he carried Gayatri on his back while dragging the unconscious Ihsan.

"I'm sorry, sir.. I have no choice but to drag you like this." He said while continuing to drag Ihsan in the midst of the torrential rain.

Still not moving too far, he fell because he slipped, Gayatri he carried also fell to the ground full of puddles.

"Dam.. I, I can't." The woman whose face had turned pale tried to hit the ground because she could no longer get up.

Meanwhile, in the palace.

"Where are you taking that woman?" Lucifer sees Rever holding a dying Linda.

"This woman will be very useful with the space magic that she mastered. With his magic we can open more portals and no longer depend on the Demon king.. The Demon King is indeed very powerful but opening a continuous portal for us his army will weigh heavily on him. Therefore, this woman will replace the role of the demon lord."Obviously Rever.

"I hate to admit it but you're right too." Lucifer raised the body of King Jolang.

In front of them opened a portal.. Rever will go inside the portal and head to where Leviathan Serphen is, then Lucifer will recover himself and return to Darksideland. Their plan was successful, now the royal palace which is a symbol of a kingdom has been successfully destroyed. The rest were a large army that existed in the eastern part of the island of Cebes, an army led by Rein Wijaya.

But there's nothing left...

Not only was the royal palace destroyed, the army led by Rein Wijaya had also been wiped out. It is clear from the piles of bodies of soldiers and knights stacked in the battle valley which is 3 km from the gate of the destroyed city of Kander.

There was only a body, the smell of blood and a tent that had been torn apart. While the demon army that managed to defeat and slaughter Rein Wijaya troops continued their invasion towards the entire city and settlement on the island of Cebes. It was led by Leviathan Serphen.

The fight that took place between Rein, Siska and Tomo against Leviathan Serphen was epic but the three of them had no chance of winning against the giant monster. The defeat of the three of them at once dispelled the hopes of the fighting forces below, damaging the formation to make their defense successfully penetrated by the forces of Astharot.

The same is true in the territory of the royal capital, at this time.. Right on top of those piles of corpses of soldiers and knights. The sky was grieving by lowering the water as a sign of the sky's sorrow for their defeat.

With the annihilation of the army of Rein Vijaya by a figure they consider the demon king, then there is no longer any hope to defend the kingdom. It is only a matter of time before the entire demon army manages to control the entire island and the Nusantara kingdom territory.

Go back to where the hero is.. Still in the middle of the rain.

"Thank you, you're very helpful." Said the Hero holding Gayatri on his back.

"Yes, I'm sorry I can't do much." Reply to someone holding Ihsan on his back.

The two of them walked under the torrent of rain towards the magic castle. Before long they arrived and entered the magic castle. The castle is still intact, there are only a few buildings that collapsed as a result of Mbah Raka's fight with Linda before the explosion occurred.

"You.. You're not papa?"

"Yes I'm not papa." Wira was able to shake because he was very tired.

"You're not okay, look at your pale face. We better get some rest!" The man sent down Ihsan, even with the Hero who sent down Gayatri.

The hero leaned against the wall, he closed his eyes for a moment.

"I'm going out.."

"Where are you going?" The hero saw the man.

"I'll erase our footprints, I think soon there will be something to follow so we'd better remove the trail that leads into this castle." Her speech.

After that, he came out and was again hit by heavy rain as he came out from inside the castle. He retraced the footprints that were still imprinted and with the earth empire, he made the footprints seem to walk in the opposite direction.

But.. When he did that. Troy who was ordered by Lucifer to search for Ihsan's whereabouts appears right before him.

"You!!"

"Huh.." Spontaneously the man pulled out his sword.

"How come you can still raise a sword, after what you did to this kingdom?" Troy intimidates.

"Silent.. Shutup.. I'm gonna kill you!"

"Thank you, it's because of you that we were able to enter the capital and destroy the palace and kill the nobles of this land."

"Shut up.." The woman attacked immediately.

The fight happened in the rain. The woman who was ignited by T'roy's intimidation was Suica.

Suica realized it was her fault, though, he rose from the brink as soon as he knew that the royal princess was still alive and he would do anything to help the royal princess Gayatri escape from the demon kingdom that wanted to kill her.

He knew that Gayatri was the king's daughter when he overheard the Wira growling in pain from the wounds he had suffered. He talks to Wira and who instantly understands the situation and Suica decides to help Wira escape. He did it as a form of regret for making this kingdom destroyed even though he did not do it intentionally.

At least this little thing he can do now to avenge his mistake even though it is not worth what has happened.

The sound of sword and spear strikes rang out amidst the sound of the rushing rain. Luckily Suica managed to remove the trail of steps and the trail of blood that led into the castle was born before Troy realized it. Even now Suica was fighting while urging Troy away from the magic castle where Wira, Gayatri and Ihsan were hiding.

Somewhere else..

Inside an underground library far from the ground. Precisely in the castle of Ifrit, the bottom of a mysterious labyrinth that no one but Richard has ever explored.

"You like reading apparently?"

"Yes.. That's good enough to increase knowledge and waste time." Richard answered Ifrit's question.

At this time Richard's condition was not as messy as before, he had cut his beard and mustache which had elongated. He also has done his hair, although his hair is still a bit long to his shoulders.

"No, you better get out to the surface? I never know what's going on up there but it looks like the situation is getting worse." Ifrit looked up, he was imagining the situation on the surface.

"I told you no, I don't care. After all defeating the demon army was the job of that damn holy knight!" Aspersion.

"Yes.. And you're the holy knight ignis!" Ifrit pointed to Richard who was still busy with the book he was reading.

Richard glances. "No, Ignis was dead 9 months ago.. Ignis died falling to the bottom of this labyrinth."

"But you're alive.. You've even grown away from the other holy knights."

"I'm not an ignis, I'm just a regular guy named Richard. I only care about the current inhabitants of the sky.. I'll look for them as soon as I get out of here, but before that.. I'll try to read some of your books." Richard's Emphatic.

"Ignian.. You won't be able to escape the responsibility that awaits you." Ifrit murmured in the heart.

Back to the magic castle in the Nusantara kingdom area.

Inside the castle, Wira is still incubating.. Dark circles under his eyes seem to be a sign that he is currently in a critical period. His body was covered in wounds from above the orange to below. The severe injuries he suffered on his back were the worst.

"Where is that woman?" Mumbled.

He saw Gayatri who was wearing a wedding dress, the dress worn by Gayatri of course was dirty and tangled what else is currently wet. Gayatri is like a princess sleeping in the vision of Wira, looking beautiful even though her makeup has worn off.

"Gayatri.. You're beautiful today!" Smiling hero.

"But I'd rather if today you married someone else than this kingdom was destroyed as it is now. I'm sorry I took you away.." Conjectured hero

Not long after..

"Ahhuu ahuuu huuhh.." Ihsan woke up, he woke up like he was having a nightmare. He immediately sat down and looked ahead at the irregular breathing plan.

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