Free Web NovelChapter 18: Impossible
CH 18: Impossible
"Deactivate the formation! Deactivate the formation! The danger is finally over! The Centaur army has been wiped out! Prepare to welcome the King!" Councillor Gao shouted as he issued orders.
Of course, everyone had seen old Jansh and Luna together with Rios from the very first moment he appeared. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been this relieved, even if they believed Elena’s prophecy.
In the culture of the Elves of the City of Light, the Sacred Trees were always the Kings, while the chosen Elf women from the Clan of Light were the Queens. ƒrēewebnovel.com
The formation protecting the city walls was gradually deactivated, and old Jansh and Luna entered through the gates.
"Knight Jansh greets Her Highness Elena and the honorable councillors."
"Knight Luna greets Her Highness Elena and the honorable councillors."
Both Jansh and Luna dropped to one knee and performed a military salute the moment they met the Crown Princess.
"You’ve both done well. I’ll personally make sure you’re rewarded as you deserve." The Crown Princess nodded to them and spoke in a gentle, reassuring tone.
"You two little brats! We sent you to seek help from that damned Giant, but instead you brought us a Sacred Tree!" Councillor Gao smiled as he pointed at Jansh and Luna, unable to hide his delight at the surprise. Then he looked into the distance at Rios, who stood there like a beautiful yet dark tree, as if embodying the final scene itself.
Although old Jansh looked older than Councillor Gao on the surface, Gao was actually nearly three generations older. He was also the leader of the Wood Elf clan in the City of Light—the very same clan to which Jansh belonged—which was why he called him a little brat.
"Honorable Councillor, please don’t blame me. By the time we arrived to seek help, His Majesty Rios was already fighting that damned Ang." Old Jansh bowed and explained the situation.
"So His Majesty’s name is Rios, then." Councillor Gao muttered for a moment before smiling happily.
"Let me guess. Faced with the overwhelming power of a third-level Sacred Tree, that damned Giant was crushed, wasn’t he?"
Hearing Councillor Gao’s question, old Jansh looked at Luna beside him and smiled as he shook his head.
"What? Did that Giant run away from His Majesty?" Councillor Gao asked in disappointment.
"No, Your Excellency. Giant Ang was completely crushed by His Majesty King Rios. The only thing is... His Majesty Rios was merely at the first level back then." Old Jansh spoke nervously because he knew they probably wouldn’t believe him.
"What?!"
Everyone who heard Jansh’s words was stunned, and whispers spread among the soldiers and knights. The councillors were no exception, especially Elena, Thandria, Etham, and Gao. freewēbnoveℓ.com
"Are you mocking us, old Jansh?" This time it was Councillor Etham who spoke. He continued angrily,
"You left to seek help only a week ago, and it takes at least three days to reach Giant Ang’s forest. Let’s say you found him the moment you arrived. Does that mean he advanced from the first level to the third level in just a single day? Setting aside the madness of jumping through levels, he also fought a Giant an entire level above him!"
"Honorable Councillor Etham, I swear by the One God, Creator of the Universe, that I’m not lying. Knight Luna was with me and witnessed everything." Old Jansh bowed again, calling on Luna to support his words.
"Yes, Honorable Councillor. Everything Knight Jansh said is true." Luna lowered her head and answered nervously.
"Very well, everyone calm down. It’s not that we don’t believe you two, but what you’re saying is difficult to believe. We’ve never heard of anything like it before." Princess Elena spoke, trying to ease the atmosphere before continuing.
"It seems the Sacred Tree still doesn’t fully trust us and wishes to rest where it is. Send patrols to guard it against any potential danger, and send other patrols to sweep the surrounding area and kill any Centaurs found near our borders. The rest of you, follow me to the royal palace."
"As you command, Your Highness!" the knights shouted in unison. Everyone departed to carry out their assigned duties, while the rest followed the Crown Princess to the royal palace.
Inside the council hall, every councillor took their designated seat, while old Jansh and Luna stood beside Crown Princess Elena.
"You may speak now. Explain everything from the very beginning, and do not leave out even the smallest detail. No one will interrupt you." Elena looked at the two knights before her and gave the order.
"As you command, Your Highness." Old Jansh bowed respectfully and began his explanation from the start.
"The moment we reached Giant Ang’s forest, we heard his furious roar and headed toward it immediately, keeping a safe distance so we could escape if anything unexpected happened. But when we arrived at the source of the sound, we found His Majesty Rios fighting Giant Ang, and the battle was almost entirely one-sided."
"At that time, His Majesty Rios’s aura was unmistakable, and so was his age. As for his aura, it was clearly that of a beast in the middle of the first level. And as for his age, it was obvious that he was still a child who hadn’t even reached his first month of life!"
"Impossible!"
At that moment, many councillors shot to their feet in utter shock at the information Jansh had revealed, completely forgetting Crown Princess Elena’s earlier instructions.
"Silence!" Elena glared at them angrily and ordered them to be quiet.
But someone else wasn’t pleased with how things were unfolding.
Councillor Etham drew his sword from its scabbard and laid it on the table before him. Without the slightest restraint, he unleashed his aura and threatened in a voice filled with bloodlust—the voice of a commander who had led an army of tens of thousands through more than thirty years of war and protected his city and people through mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.
"If I hear another son of a bitch make a sound, I swear by the One God that his neck will no longer have a body attached to it!"
