A strange world

The cavalry turned into arrows and crashed into the rat tide, killing countless rat men, but the rat tide was coming.

Before the cavalry fell into the endless rat-man quagmire, they followed the soldiers who rushed out to support them. The mage tower standing in the distance was also shining like the blazing sun. The dazzling beam of light shot into the rat tide, plowing out a path hundreds of meters wide. the anxious zone.

The city guards resisted the impact of the rat tide. The herald ran up the city wall and reported to Olmedo: "The mercenaries blocked the city gate and asked to go out to hunt the rat men."

Smoke rises all over Breeze City. But residents have already taken refuge in their homes. After the underground crisis is resolved, the scavengers now only need to clean up the ratmen who spread chaos.

"Let them out. Also, tell them, a ratman's left ear costs 10 silver coins."

There was a bounty for defending the city, so the mercenaries howled and rushed out of Breeze City, bypassing the rat tide and outflanking the rat men from both sides.

The second wave of mage tower beams shot out, plowing out the outline of men's organs around Augusta and the rat elders who were guarding them.

Olmedo also returned to the ground, mounted his horse, and led the returning cavalry to charge again.

The strong wind howled in his ears, blowing away Olmedo's blond hair, leaving only those weathered blue eyes in his eyes.

"Father, you gave up your identity as a human being and your power as a mage. For what reason..."

…

The piles of Skaven bones lying around indicate that some traps still remain in this old mage tower. Annan could not summon the blue dragon and did not have a magic ring, but until he took the fluorite he picked up, got out of the hole, and walked along the corridor to the end, he did not encounter any threats.

Pushing open the room at the end of the corridor, a dust-free room appeared in front of him: an empty room with only a notebook on the desk.

"The Diary of Augusta Olmedo"

Annan saw the writing on the cover of the diary covered with alchemy paper.

Is this Augusta's hideout?

Annan opened the diary that had not fallen into dust:

[My corruption is still deepening, and the time I have to stay awake every day is getting less and less, but I have to wait...waiting for the person who is not controlled by the rat man, can be the perfect implementer of the plan, and is trusted by my daughter]

[I told the rat people about the hidden dangers of the mage tower, and the rat people couldn't refuse this plan... Breeze City is their hidden danger, and the mage tower is their biggest hidden danger. This should delay time for me until the autumn harvest...]

[I found the right person...I have to be extremely careful. Your mother once had a cat. Approaching it rashly will only scare it. You must get familiar with it and let it accept you little by little...]

[I need him to think of me as an enemy, so that he doesn't lose guard against me, so that he has the Omuledo ray that destroys the fel eyeballs instead of using it... This boy is doing a great job, better than I thought. Well, the hidden danger of the Mage Tower has even been solved... But what makes me even more happy is that my child has a friend]

【I can continue without any worries】

[That rat is docile on the surface, but inside it is like a blazing fire element... I can keep giving hints to make it resist my suggestions, and keep the rats that are harming the North here instead of escaping...]

…

"Were you responsible for tampering with the magic circuit of the mage tower, Viscount Reagan and his territory, and attacking Annan in the dungeon?"

Augusta ignored her questioning, looked around at the already declining battlefield, and said to the rat-man elders: "The smartest thing to do at this time is to hibernate again and look for opportunities, rather than wasting the rat-men on meaningless battles."

The ratman elder's response was to remove the goat's horns and pierce his abdomen with the sharp horns. The fluorescent green evil blood flowed, and the pervading evil aura drove all the ratmen into a frenzy.

Looking at this scene, Olmedo took a deep breath and raised his sword: "The rat men are stubbornly resisting. All knights, charge!"

The Mage Tower began to brew a forbidden magic realm that only legends could be exempted from.

"Lord City Lord, the nobles are still in the hands of the master... the rat man."

"Those nobles..." Olmedo scanned the nobles in the rat group and read out each person's name and the crimes they committed: "Even if they are not captured by the rat people, I will arrest them soon. They are all people who deserve to die..."

He led the cavalry and charged towards the nobles who were silently cursing.

…

[You need to learn a lot, kindness is not enough. Those nobles who are on our side but still commit unforgivable crimes will become hidden dangers. I see you are collecting evidence of their crimes...]

[Many innocent people may die tragically, but the necessary sacrifices are worth it...including me. People will not accept a city lord whose father was corrupted by rat men, nor will they accept a leader who cannot remain impartial. My death will push you to the throne that no one can question.]

【I hope you can be strong. Remember what I told you the day your mother died? Don’t expose your weakness]

[Tomorrow is the day when the plan starts]

[It’s time for me to leave. The last part of the plan is about to begin. Please forgive my selfishness, child]

The diary ends here. Annan kept thinking and turned the pages unconsciously, and unexpectedly found a long poem:

…

The Forbidden Demon Realm appeared above the battlefield, and Augusta could no longer threaten Breeze City.

Olmedo ignored the anxious calls of her bodyguards, jumped off her horse and walked to Augusta alone.

"Why, father."

Her question was like a plea:

"You yearn for order, why did you throw yourself into chaos?"

"Order is just a sugar coating around the truth. You have been deceived, child. Eyes will deceive you, ears will deceive you, and your head will deceive you. This world is made up of countless lies."

"You are wrong……"

Augusta didn't say anything, but a whirlpool of magic power surged, gathering into a dangerous tide.

Mages in the Forbidden Magic Realm cannot cast spells, but they can detonate magic whirlpools, and the self-destruction of epic mages will be extremely terrifying.

Augusta looked at her in the flickering tide of magic: "Then will you kill me, or let your soldiers and your people be buried with me."

Olmedo held the sword and stabbed his father's chest firmly and tremblingly.

The epic mage fell weakly like an old man, sourness emerged from Olmedo's eyes, and she knelt on one knee in front of her father.

"Don't expose your weakness..."

Augusta's face gradually relaxed, and the color in his eyes of relief and relief gradually faded.

The broken clouds moved away, and the holy light fell on the sad place in the center of the battlefield.

"My child, you are the worthy king of Breeze City..."

Your cry is accompanied by the first ray of light in the morning,

Come into this world.

The golden clouds and the blue sky are all because of you.

I am honored to watch you grow up with my own eyes,

From babbling to young wielding a sword,

I regret that I can only accompany you here.

I will leave eventually,

And you, my child,

You continue the hope of the Northlanders,

Will support him as king.

【End of Volume 1】