Magic Stone Gourmet: Eating Magical Power Made Me The Strongest Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 8] by Ryou Yuuki

Author:Ryou Yuuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Seven: Within the Darkness

A few hours after Ein’s visit with the chief, the clock struck midnight. While this signaled the dawn of a new day in Ishtarica, Heim was still in the middle of its longest night. Heim Castle was wrapped in a hectic and ominous air; its overworked warriors emanating a murderous aura that only added to the relentlessly fierce smog.

That was only natural, of course.

All of the missing nobles had been recovered, and they all claimed that they were the victims of a betrayal. To make matters worse, tragedy had just struck House Roundheart. The house’s former mistress—Rogas’s mother—had lost her head to an assassin’s blade. The entirety of Heim unanimously pointed their hatred towards this mysterious culprit.

However, one person found this sudden uproar to be rather...odd—Elena.

“What in the world is happening?” she asked.

The assassination of a noble was horrific news enough, but the murders of a royal and the commander in chief’s mother? The effect that it had on the kingdom was simply unprecedented. The question was whether a mere insurgent could pull off such a feat. At the very least, Elena thought that it was impossible. That then begs the question: was Ishtarica to blame?

“Impossible,” she told herself. “I simply cannot believe that Sir Warren would lower himself to a series of dirty sneak attacks.”

If he were to go through the trouble of killing someone in this fashion, he would’ve declared war and wiped Heim off the map.

“L-Lady Elena!” her subordinate suddenly called, their face filled with desperation. They were out of breath and sweat dripped down their cheeks.

While no one could be blamed for panicking during such a terrifying incident, the officer looked more nervous and tense than ever before.

“Calm down,” Elena ordered. “What happened?”

“I-I’m terribly sorry!” the officer replied. “But Sir Rogas has...”

Rogas had lost his mother. Elena listened intently, wondering if the general’s composure had evaporated.

“He’s decided to dispatch armed investigators to Rockdam and Bardland!” the officer cried. “They’ll be departing this afternoon!”

Elena gasped. “Who’d you hear that from?!”

“From the knights, madam! I heard them discussing it earlier!”

There was no reason for the knights to lie. If they decided to fib about Rogas’s command, their heads would’ve been lopped off right then and there. In other words, Rogas’s resolve was the real deal.

“With the kidnappings and His Highness’s assassination, Sir Rogas has come to the conclusion that only an outside actor could benefit from our ordeal!” the officer yelled.

“I know! I understand what you’re saying, but this is still a bit too sudden!”

The presence of these armed investigators could easily be seen as a display of military force. For all its power, even a kingdom such as Heim would be met with serious backlash if they were to dispatch their troops to other nations. Should they demand to conduct a search without even the slightest shred of proof to justify it, the other nations would naturally swat away such an unreasonable request. They’d be fools to accept those terms. Heim’s only saving grace was that Rogas hadn’t targeted Euro.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.