I Reincarnated as a Wicked Girl
Chapter 7 The Traitorous Duke
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The king, Marquis Zent, and several warriors and witches came to visit the Duke's residence. Their departure was so striking that it attracted everyone's attention. Some people started to think that the King was going to attack the Duke. Despite the misunderstanding, it is not entirely wrong.
The king arrived and conveyed his purpose to the Duke to conduct a check. The Duke initially objected. But eventually the Duke accepted the offer because he suspected that Diana would not be touched by them. But he was wrong, they also targeted Diana so inevitably the Duke pulled out his sword.
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The duke took out his sword quickly, then protected Diana behind his back. Seeing the Duke's attitude, the witches and warriors reflexively went on standby and surrounded the Duke.
"Protect King!" Marquis Zent shouted. Instantly, some people began to protect the King with their bodies.
"you know what you're doing this isn't Enell?" The king raised his voice. He did not believe that the Duke would point the sword at him.
Duke did not respond. He looked at everyone with a serious look and a defensive attitude to protect his wife and son.
"You're really acting suspicious. Why are you protecting that dark witch? Even brandishing your sword to the King? Are you crazy?" Marquis Zent said while laughing out loud. "You're really crazy ahahaha. That woman must have brainwashed you"
The duke immediately gave off his killing aura. He looked at Marquis Zent with reddened eyes. But he still insisted on not taking out a single word.
"Enell, you know that this is treason, right?" The king looked at him seriously. "I know you want to protect your wife, but you know that she's lying to everyone that she's a dark witch. The gods even tell us all that dark witches want to destroy this world"
The king still hoped that the Duke would be cooperative and give up. "If you protect the devil, there will be no one by your side. The Court faction will leave you. The people won't put their trust in you. Even the soldiers under your command will retreat if they know their generals are supporting dark witches."
"Fuck all that!" Duke Court finally spoke. "I won't let my family get hurt even if I have to antagonize the whole world" he said forcefully. Thas right. Even if everyone left him because of this. As long as he could live with his wife and children, he did not care at all about power or anything. "And to hell with God's prophecy!"
"Enell, you'll be sorry" the king said coldly. "You will regret having chosen the dark side and betrayed your homeland"
When the King ended his sentence, a fight ensued. The witches attack towards the Duke. Duke could ward off their magic easily. But still twenty-one is too one-sided. Moreover, they were powerful magicians who protected the kingdom.
The fight made a rumbling sound throughout the mansion. All the furniture was broken and the walls were destroyed. The female servants hid in a corner while bowing their heads, terrified. Some soldiers tried to attack the King's soldiers to help the Duke. But they were outnumbered and crippled quickly.
The duke was still fighting with the witches and the soldiers were also attacking him. Honestly, he was having trouble. She had to protect Diana and her baby behind her back so that she could not fight to the fullest. And he couldn't kill these people either. He can only paralyze them. He did not want to be a cold-blooded killer who massacred everyone who fought him.
Duke did the same. He told all his troops to leave the border and head to the capital for battle. He did not intend to go to war with his own country. But he'll be prepared for the worst possibility if everyone wants to kill his wife.
The Duke nearly crippled his entire enemy. The Duke had no intention of harming the King and Marquis Zent. He just wants to throw them out. Then he would prepare to take everyone away from the capital until the main force came. He could have left that place with Diana. But if he did that, his people who were in the mansion would be killed. He can't take everyone at once. He needs preparation for that.
The Duke thought that the King would give up when he defeated everyone. But it didn't. The weak man still stood firmly without fear.
"Enell, surrender. Let me finish everything fair"
"Your head!" Enell cursed the King disrespectfully.
Unlike the King who was acting calm, Marquis Zent was actually quite panicked. He was afraid that the mad Duke was hurting him. Moreover, they hated each other and he was afraid that Duke would kill him out of revenge. Then the Marquis suddenly remembered. He carried a very valuable magic tool with him. He remembered he got this magic tool from the mysterious organization that helped him.
Marquis. He had no idea at all about the function of this tool. But the mysterious person once said that a magic tool could protect him and cripple an enemy as powerful as anything, even an Elf King. So he activated it without warning.
Instantly, a dazzling light appeared and illuminated the entire room. Everyone could sense the existence of an enormous light magic. The Marquis grabbed the King to retreat, "be careful Your Majesty" he said. Then he started reciting strange spells and mentioned Duke's real name in the process.
"What are you doing?" The king asked with a confused face.
"Protect you and fight the enemy" said the heroic Marquis.
The blinding light disappeared. Show the same situation as before. So the Marquis frowned confusedly. The device had no effect at all. Even the mad Duke was still standing in good health in front of him. The mysterious man tricked him. He really felt annoyed right now and wanted to bite people.
But the assumption is wrong. He saw the Duke and Duke's condition looked very strange. The Duke did not move at all from his place. The crazy man was on the spot. The Marquis's eyes instantly sparkled and he stood heroically. "King, I managed to knock out this crazy guy!" he said like a kid, fun.
The king scrunched his forehead and shook his head weakly. He advanced a few steps until the distance and Duke was only one centimeter. Although Duke's body was frozen, his eyes could still move. The king could see that the Duke's eyes were getting reddened from holding back his anger.
"I'm sorry" the King said in a regretful tone. "I just want to make sure everyone's safety" he said, before he finally crippled Duke.
Duke fell helplessly. He used his last strength to reach Diana who was in front of him. "Diana.." His last strength was already used. His sight faded and his consciousness disappeared.