Chapter 443: The messenger reported the emergency but hesitated, and finally arrived at Vahlan

In the imperial capital, inside the palace.

King Luld of Hedley was discussing state affairs with his ministers as usual today. The main topic today was still the planning issues in the imperial capital after the dragon disaster.

"Report!"

While the few of them were discussing, a royal guard knight quickly entered the palace, knelt on one knee and said to Luard:

"There is a messenger outside the palace from Hulun Olcott, the Lord of Border City, saying that he has something extremely important to report to Your Majesty!"

Ludger waved his hand and said, "Let him wait outside the palace. We also have important matters to discuss."

"But...but..."

The Royal Guard Knight paused and said, "The messenger said that this matter is related to the demons. It is extremely urgent!"

Demons?

Upon hearing these two words, Lud seemed to have touched a nerve. He immediately sat up straight on the throne and became much more energetic:

"Let him in!"

In a moment, a dusty messenger came up to the palace quickly, knelt down and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty! Dozens of cities in the Western Territory have been attacked by monsters, and now nine out of ten cities have been destroyed!

Hu Lun, the lord of Bianguan City, is currently leading 20,000 people to migrate eastwards. The march is extremely slow. Your Majesty, please send troops to support us as soon as possible!"

What the messenger didn't know was that after he left, the lord of another city came with his people to join them, and now the number of people in Hu Lun's team has reached nearly 40,000.

What the messenger didn't know was that just after he and his two companions passed by a city on the way to the imperial capital, that city was also slaughtered by monsters.

Hearing this, Luld widened his eyes and looked at the messenger below. His head twitched and he subconsciously asked, "Did Kyle send you?"

After these words were spoken, the messenger was confused, and even the ministers around him were speechless.

Luld also realized that what he said was a bit stupid, and he gradually panicked, and at the same time, he was a little bit unbelievable: "Hurry up and send people to the West to find out the situation, and at the same time organize the Knights and be ready to go at any time!"

"His Majesty!"

Hearing what Lourdes said, the messenger was very anxious: "The monster army is right behind the people led by Hulun. Tens of thousands of people are in danger! Your Majesty, please take the lead in organizing a group of knights to rescue the people!"

"This……"

Ludde's expression was a little stiff and his mind was a mess.

"His Majesty."

At this moment, a man wearing armor in the style of the Knights of Glory and with a resolute face stepped forward, and Ludwig knelt on one knee:

"How about letting me lead a group of elite knights to meet the people in the border city first, and then send someone to report the situation in the western border to you?"

"Good! Good!"

Luld nodded vigorously: "Captain Michel, I will assign you two thousand knights to support the people in the border city. Go to the battle as soon as possible!"

"As ordered!"

After the leader of the Radiant Knights and Hullen's messenger had all left, Luld instantly collapsed on the throne, his mind in a mess.

Kyle... Kyle was right. Kyle didn't lie.

If what the messenger said was true, and dozens of cities in the Western Territory were destroyed, wouldn't that mean hundreds of thousands of civilians had died at the hands of the demons?

If I had listened to Kyle and issued a notice in advance...

Oh, Kyle?

Luld stood up suddenly and asked the ministers below: "Where is Kyle? Where is Kyle now?!"

A minister stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Kyle led a thousand knights to the west yesterday."

"Knowing that there would be a large-scale demon invasion in the Western Territory, he still dared to lead a mere 1,000 knights to the Western Territory. Does he want to live?!"

Luld was so anxious that he almost vomited blood: "Quick! Send someone to catch up with Kyle's team! Tell Kyle not to rush forward and turn around to join Captain Mitchell's knights!"

"As ordered!"

After watching the minister leave, Lud immediately asked the ministers on his left and right, "Do you have any ideas about this matter?"

"His Majesty."

Seeing Ludde speak like this, an old man immediately stepped forward and said:

"I think that the scale of the demon attack is definitely not small, as they can cause dozens of border cities to fall at the same time. The Knights should not wait after they have organized themselves, but should attack immediately. Otherwise, something unexpected will happen."

"No!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, another minister stepped forward and said:

"Headley has been hit by disasters for years. After this incident, the materials needed to rebuild several cities in the western region are not small. If we directly organize a large army to go to war, what if the enemy is too weak? Wouldn't that waste a lot of materials in vain?"

Hearing this, the old man immediately retorted: "Too weak? Then tell me, with how many troops are given to you, can you make dozens of cities fall in one go?!"

"According to what the messenger said just now, the demons used nothing more than a sneak attack. The nobles of the Western Territory were too obsessed with pleasure to take defensive measures, so they were captured!"

"Your Majesty! We must not take the demons lightly! Dozens of cities fell at the same time, which shows that the demons' forces are still relatively scattered. Once the demon army gathers together, sending troops to attack will not only waste a lot of supplies!"

The two ministers started to talk back and forth, and soon it turned into a quarrel, and they were just about to fight in the palace, which gave Lud a splitting headache:

"Someone, take these two out!"

While being dragged away by the Royal Guards, the two ministers were still shouting at Luld.

"Your Majesty, send troops immediately!"

"Your Majesty, the treasury can no longer sustain it!"

The two voices gradually faded away and finally disappeared completely, and the palace finally became quiet.

Ludwig looked at the other ministers again, but at this time they all lowered their heads and said nothing.

"...Where is Duke Ryan? Where is Duke Ryan?"

After calming down a little, Lud finally remembered Ryan.

When it comes to fighting against the demons, isn't this the absolutely right person?

And just recently, he assigned all the retired knights of Dark Eclipse to Ryan.

He was a little hesitant at first, but wasn't now the best time to use them?

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

A minister stepped forward and said weakly, "Duke Ryan went to Border City a few days ago. It is said that he was helping Duke Olcott investigate the disappearance of people in Border City. Now... he is missing."

"..."

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Southwest of the imperial capital, in a small town called Vahlan.

The transportation and trade of this city is even worse than that of the former Kalondo. The already dilapidated city wall is only ten meters high. Fortunately, the local old city lord is still a kind person, and the people live a poor but simple life.

When Hu Lun led everyone to the bottom of the city, the old city lord was so scared that he almost had a heart attack, thinking that his small city was being attacked.

After learning about Hu Lun's situation, the old city lord immediately ordered the city gates to be opened, and Hu Lun and his group were finally able to settle down.