Themis, The Flower of Justice
Chapter 21 — Start of War (End)
“Who is leading the war this time from the Chronos side?”
“Granger Graziette and Marsha Benwith from 7 Heroes Chronos,”
“!!!”
‘7 Heroes Chronos!’
Hearing this, Luminas widened his eyes, from the class of history he lived all this time he had learned about the various kingdoms in this world. Moreover, the history of the Chronos Empire, Luminas was very interested in studying it.
‘In this continent consists of countless kingdoms, but perhaps the Chronos Empire is the strongest rivaling the Selene Empire.’.
On the continent of Helios where Luminas lives, there are many kingdoms. Whether it is a large, medium, or small kingdom. Of the many kingdoms that exist, there are 7 kingdoms that have military and economic power that can not be compared with other kingdoms.
One of those 7 powers is the Chronos Empire. Compared to other kingdoms, the Chronos Empire has a short history of the founding of the country, which is only 100 years.
Since the establishment of the country, the short history possessed by him proves how strong the power he has so that it can dominate the continent with only such a short period of time.
Luminas were always amazed when they heard the story. Medeia was once the dominating state of almost all the kingdoms of the continent, but one day the glory of the famous Medeia disappeared and the once vast territory was released one by one.
It took even three of the king's generation to escape the calamity that befell the kingdom as well as stabilize the entire existing territory. One of them is the generation of King Elios Von Medeia who managed to defend the territory in the center of the continent, and managed to build a military force so strong that it was able to make other countries tremble in fear.
Everyone on the continent thought that it was only a matter of time for Medeia to be able to rule over the entire country of the continent.
Yet when everyone thought like that appeared a supernova state that shot over the entire region quickly like a comet, it was the Chronos Empire.
When King Elios was newly installed as king, the Kingdom of Chronos was able to control many territories and declared itself to be an empire.
The name of the Chronos Empire reverberated across the country, with historians both shocked and excited by the existence that made new historical pages. They all flocked to the present kingdom of Chronos Empire to go interview and rewrite history.
The Medea kingdom who felt their royal debut had been taken by the kingdom that had emerged from the middle of nowhere and suddenly declared themselves to be an empire made them furious.
At that time King Elios Von Medeia plunged directly into the fortress of Zhaksen in Lyberion alone and destroyed it. Then the knight order shaded by King Elios immediately went to seize the four surrounding fortresses in order to connect into a line and then make the Medeia region become more and more extensive.
The incident was named ‘Anger at Zhakzen’. This is recorded by history when the enraged King Elios destroyed a very powerful border fortress by himself.
Luminas managed to remember all the lessons he learned perfectly. Now in his head revolved about the information about the 7 Heroes of Chronos that made Chronos able to control half the plains of this continent very quickly.
7 Heroes of Chronos, most of their identities are kept secret but the War Castle organization of the Central Alliance can clarify that the 7 Heroes of Chronos can fight against the ranks of the strongest masters. It is said they are the strongest warriors who will take Chronos to the peak of its glory.
“If it is the famous heroes of Chronos then this war in the west should not be taken lightly,”
Selena broke the silence and put on her serious expression.
“Yes, that's why His Majesty the King ordered you to go to the western battlefield,”
Ludwig nodded while crossing his arms.
“Besides Eilyan, who is guarding the western battlefield?”
After seeing Selena's serious face, Ludwig asked Chris for something, and Chris gave Ludwig a paper roll. It was a detailed map of Medeia. Everything about Medeia is clearly depicted on the map, from the ins and outs of Medeia's secret passageways, to the military power and food supply lines detailed on the map.
“Currently blocking Chronos' army at the border are the Argaient Magic Squad as well as the soldiers from each region around the border. We have also sent Marquess Joshua Gregory to the battlefield to face the Chronos army,”
Ludwig ended his explanation of the current war situation.
Selena then advanced forward towards the map and looked at it up close.
“Considering the distance and the many troops from the capital towards Arland City, they will reach the border in about 10 days, and when will Chronos start attacking Medeia?”
“We received this letter one day ago, and the messenger said this message reached the capital within 3 days. Which means the Chronos attack about 4 days ago,”
Upon hearing Ludwig Selena's explanation nodded and stroked his chin.
“Hmm, judging from the power that Chronos has, I think they can conquer Arland City in just 1 day, even if the one guarding the city is Marquess Zagam. Maybe we'll soon get news about the collapse of Arland City,”
After finishing his sentence, suddenly there was a boisterous sound from behind the door of the room where they were meeting. A soldier from the Knight Order of Black Panther walked into the room in a breathless state.
“News from the capital to Lord Duke Ludwig and Her Majesty Queen Selena! Explained that, Arland City has collapsed!”
“!!!!”
They were all shocked, and just as Selena had expected, they immediately got bad news from the palace.
“Ascertained that, Arland City has been charred by fire! All the soldiers and civilians who were not displaced have been slaughtered by the Chronos troops, even including Lord Marquess Zagam!”
When reading out the news, the tone of the soldier sounded slightly quivering. It is natural because the news brought by him is very bad news for the kingdom.
“So Marquess Zagam already..”.
“I can't believe, I think Marquess Zagam will at least be safe..”.
Ludwig and Selena who heard the news were a little surprised, especially about the loss of all the soldiers and civilians, as well as the death of Marquess Zagam, the news shook them a little.
But Selena quickly calmed herself down and refocused her eyes on the map.
“The city of Arland is a crucial city of Medeia, as all the important cities of Medeia are accessible through the City of Arland. If their goal is to expand the area by conquering the area around Arland, then they will gain a foothold to attack Medeia which means it is the worst news for all of us.”.
While looking at the map, Selena kept muttering to herself. He seemed to be seriously paying attention to any situation that might occur even for now. In her head was spinning hundreds of simulated war paths that might lead Medeia to victory.
Luminas who saw her mother seriously was a little surprised. She learns that she has an amazing mother, but her behavior buries the overwhelming suggestion that Luminas only views Selena as a joking mother.
But when Selena was analyzing the war situation, she looked very serious. Luminas was amazed by the side her mother had when she was serious. The bad stigma of the Luminas attached to Selena began to lift entirely from this incident.
‘Mother is great...’
Luminas can tell what her mother is thinking just by looking at her face. He firmly believes that his mother is currently running various combat simulations in his brain to achieve the best results.
*BRAK!
“I know!”
Selena kicked her desk loudly while exclaiming.
Luminas and Ludwig who were seriously watching the serious side of Selena became surprised by her suddenly breaking the table.
“Duke Ludwig, how many masters are in the current border if Marquess Gregory is counted?”
“... Since Zagam is gone, there are only 3 aura masters at the border,”
“... So,”
Selena crossed her arms and lowered her head towards the map for a while.
“Alright, I will take care of the battlefield that is in the west,”
“!!!”
Ludwig was surprised while smiling with Selena's statement.
“Talk to your majesty about it, and also tell her that I will ask for 3 more aura masters from the Knight Order of the Palace,”
“Alright, I'll tell him... Oh, Selena, if you're upset, do..”.
Before Ludwig finished his sentence Selena cut him off.
“All Knight Order Silver Snow Wolf will move,”
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After finishing the conversation regarding the war situation, Selena told Luminas to meet her within two hours in her private training room.
As Luminas was walking down the aisle to where Selena had asked, all the conversation continued to spin in Luminas' head.
Luminas never skipped when he was asked to study, especially if it was about history and geography. He considered that it was a very important thing to survive in this world.
‘One of the 7 strongest powers, Chronos Empire from the west.’.
In this era, a lot of talented people were born in all the existing kingdoms. The talented people continue to hone themselves so that it is now famous as the 7 strongest rulers.
The talented people are now fighting each other and fighting for the power that each region has to prove their strength, so this era is known as a turbulent era.
Luminas thought, if what his mother said was true, then the war this time would be very deadly.
‘If two of the 7 Heroes of Chronos are present, chances are the opponent will be stronger than that..’.
Luminas speculates that if two of the 7 Chronos Heroes who had equal standing were placed on the battlefield, then it would mean that the two of them were not the commander-in-chief of the war.
‘If you have to estimate, their supreme commander should at least be the leader of the 7 Heroes of Chronos or the second strongest person of the 7 Heroes of Chronos.’.
As Luminas was deep in thought, the presence of a silver-haired woman standing in the hall leaned against her, it was Selena.
Selena stood leaning in the hallway as if waiting for someone.
“... Mom, why is mom here?”
“Mother here is waiting for you, Lumi,”
“Waiting me?”
“Yup, come here, follow mom,”
Selena without making small talk turned around and walked forward after saying that. Luminas also followed him without much asking.
Selena and Luminas continue to line the hallway. They do not even exchange words or when they walk, this is a strange thing according to Luminas because his mother looks different.
‘Will mom show me something important?’
Luminas unconsciously became excited when he thought about it, he was very curious about what his mother would show him while being serious like this.
After walking for a while they reached one of the doors in the hallway, and it was Selena's private room.
‘Mother's room? Why did you take me to her room?’
Luminas wonders what she will do in her mother's room.
“Mother, aren't we going to practice? Why did mom take me to your room?”
“We will train here,”
Selena then opens her room with the key she holds. Then he walked to the table by the window where he used to sit. Selena picked up a book from several books that were on her desk, then she turned the page quickly.
After turning the page for a while, Selena stopped at a page. Then he formed his hand as if he was holding something in the air, and then a key miraculously emerged from his hand.
‘A key appears suddenly? Was that a space magic?’
Luminas concluded this because from some of the comics he read, usually people from magical civilizations can use space magic for storage of goods.
But after moving to a world full of magic, Luminas thought that space magic was a magic that did not exist.
Because of the things he heard that the soldiers were fighting, they brought many carts full of food. Which meant they could not use space magic to store their food and save manpower.
In addition, all spells in this world are based on something called elemental. Of all the elements available there is no element of space.
But all that Luminas learned from this world is refuted by the sight of Selena that gives rise to a key from the empty air.
Selena then continued by inserting the key into the hole in the book. After a while, a secret room behind the shelves containing thick books opened.
Luminas was surprised, he was curious what kind of magic technology was used to create a mechanism like this.
“Come in,”
Selena looked towards Luminas and told him to go first.
After Luminas first entered the secret room, after a while looking outwards, Selena closed the door and moved after Luminas.
Luminas walked down the hallway from a room made of stone and illuminated by candlelight hanging on the wall. After a few moments of walking, a ladder was seen descending.
After descending through the stairs, a fairly large cube-shaped room was seen. The entire room is made of stone that looks very sturdy and smooth. Illuminated only with a hanging candle, creating the impression of a pretty creepy atmosphere.
“Mother, will we train here?”
Luminas looked back, after a while Selena was seen coming down the stairs and entering the cubicle.
“Yes, we will train here. This room is a private training room that I made myself. Even His Majesty the King does not know of this,”
“Dad doesn't even know this?”
“Yes, this room is specially made to develop the power secretly. This room is made with a rare material specially processed with the technique of ‘Dwarf’, so this room is very sturdy even if attacked by a grand master aura though,”
‘!!!!’
Hearing this, Luminas was quite surprised. He did think that this room was very strong and sturdy. But he did not think that the room was capable of facing the attack of a grand master who could be said to be the strongest in this world.
“Great right? That's why I developed my abilities secretly here. Do you know Lumi?”
“????”
“Do you know that Duke Ludwig Dynema is the second strongest knight owned by Medeia?”
Hearing the question, Luminas nodded.
“Although Duke Ludwig Dynema is indeed so powerful that it is known as the second strongest Medeia, but the power possessed by this mother of yours, has far surpassed her,”
When listening to this, Luminas became a little confused.
Seeing Luminas' confused expression, Selena stepped forward and headed towards the center of the cube room.
“Look carefully at your mother's strength,”
After saying that, suddenly a very strong aura emanated from Selena. The aura was extremely strong and suffocating, even Luminas was made to his knees and could not breathe.
While giving off the powerful aura, Selena stepped forward towards Luminas. The ground that Selena was treading cracked Selena's footprints.
Luminas who saw this were amazed. He believed in his mother's words that this room was extremely powerful, it could even withstand the attack of a grand master aura. But the mother now corrupted him with just an aura and walked.
‘It means mother...’
‘Strong, or even stronger than a grand master!!’
Thinking of this, the feeling of goosebumps of astonishment spread throughout Luminas' body. He was shocked when his mother kept a huge amount of power.
Luminas thought, when Selena received the request to lead the war against two people from the 7 Heroes of Chronos, as well as a person much stronger than the two of them, she accepted it very easily. It was as if he had secured victory against them.
At first he thought that his mother was careless and only pretended to be calm to avoid a crisis in this kingdom, but it turned out that it was all confidence in his strength.
‘It looks like Father and Duke Ludwig already knew about it,'
After a moment of giving off a devastating aura, Selena pulled her aura back.
Luminas saw his fine self after from the beginning feeling Selena's suffocating aura, he realized something. That Selena turned out to protect herself with mana shortly after she let Luminas feel the power of her aura.
“For decades, I honed myself here in secret until it became this strong. This time it's your turn, my daughter. In this exercise you will train your aura strength secretly, and not let anyone know about this, until you grow up,”
Hearing his mother's words, Luminas was stunned for a moment and nodded his head.
“Good, mom! In that case, what exercises will we go through today?”
After listening to Luminas question, Selena smiled widely.
“We will form your ‘aura’, and make you an aura knight!”
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