The Forbidden Magic Laws of a Fallen Princess
Chapter Summary
Perhaps they were waiting for this moment to launch a final attack on the last remaining guards of the Royal Training Center of the Kingdom of Edela. Once the guards of the last royal training camp are defeated, the Kingdom of Edela will fall completely, and the entire territory that originally belonged to humans will be completely occupied by the Demon King's army. "Honestly, what I'm really concerned about right now is the residents who have taken refuge in this kingdom.
"So, Princess Ivy, you are the child of the goddess.
No wonder you are protected by the gods.
Not only you, but everyone around you has been saved.
"Hearing this, she felt relieved, and the doubts that had been weighing on her mind disappeared.
"Um……""However, Your Highness, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back.
Really, the lord and his wife entrusted me with the task of protecting you before they died, and I swore an oath to them.
But now, the academy has been suddenly destroyed by the Black Dragon God's terrifying ultimate move.
It's truly hard for me to accept this...
"As she spoke, Louise knelt down on one knee and blamed herself for not being there when I was in danger.
“It’s alright, Louise.
After this experience, I know my true identity, and I also understand that I am the only one who can save everything in this world.
”As I spoke, I got out of bed, gently patted Louise's shoulder, and then slowly pulled her up from the ground.
"However, Your Highness, your temperament and everything about you have changed, except for your voice.
It seems that you have experienced quite a lot in the past year or so.
""Ah, yes, a lot has really happened.
"Just as I looked up to recall what had happened, suddenly, as if a cannonball had exploded, a loud noise occurred, and the entire training camp building and ground shook violently.
Chapter 52 Accidentally Taking on a Very Heavy BurdenThis sudden attack was clearly abnormal, and the force of the attack must have been either the power of a super-level magic or the result of a bombardment of many high-level spells combined to produce such an effect.
"Your Highness, I am sorry for the inconvenience.
"At that moment, Louise turned around and rushed out of my room in a panic.
Of course, I couldn't just sit and wait to die, so I grabbed Xiaobai and Lila's hands and rushed out.
"What happened?
"At the same time, Elena also seemed to have recovered and rushed out, wearing her lock-eye glasses that she hadn't worn recently.
"I don't know, let's go with Louise and see.
"However, at that very moment, I had a bad feeling that something was about to happen.
And then I remembered that I had forgotten to report that the Demon King's army of at least 200,000 had already attacked.
Perhaps they were waiting for this moment to launch a final attack on the last remaining guards of the Royal Training Center of the Kingdom of Edela.
Once the guards of the last royal training camp are defeated, the Kingdom of Edela will fall completely, and the entire territory that originally belonged to humans will be completely occupied by the Demon King's army.
In that case, their attacks will directly block all the passes and key routes, and it will only be a matter of time before the world is completely occupied by the Demon King's army.
At this point, we followed Louise down the stairs from the second floor and then walked quickly outside.
However, we can see a dark mass on the distant horizon, which should be the Demon King's flying units, and on the ground in the distance, there are also countless strong Demon King soldiers gathered.
Good heavens, these wretched guys are indeed preparing to attack.
"What's going on?
How come so many people have come?!
"At this moment, even the commander Edson seemed somewhat flustered upon seeing such a large number, as it was indeed a number that could not be dealt with.
"Where are the intelligence agents?
Where are the intelligence agents?
Why haven't they made a sound!
"At this moment, Admiral Edson immediately began shouting loudly in all directions.
"Report...
Our intelligence agents have likely all been assassinated, therefore we were unaware of the enemy's entry into our territory.
"At this moment, a soldier in light armor rushed forward and knelt on one knee on the ground.
"What?
They've all been wiped out?!
Damn it, what a bunch of useless idiots, now they don't even know how many enemies there are.
"It was clear that Commander Edson was somewhat annoyed, but an army cannot devise a strategy without knowing the approximate number of the enemy.
Therefore, he must be in a very anxious state right now.
"Commander Edson, how many soldiers do we have in the Royal City Training Camp?
"At this moment, I quickly stepped forward and asked calmly.
"Ah, it's Princess Saintess.
Hmm, including the old general and his group, there are more than 23,000 people in total.
""More than 23,000 people...
"At this moment, I couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?
Do you know how many enemies there are?
"At this moment, Commander Edson looked down at me and said with some anticipation.
"Yes, the enemy has about 200,000 land soldiers and about 10,000 air soldiers, totaling no less than 210,000.
"At this moment, I roughly recalled the scene of seeing the torches last time and used forbidden magic laws to estimate the number of enemies.
It's truly gratifying that these forbidden magical laws have such wonderful uses.
"This, 210,000 against 25,000...
This Demon King's army is really impossible to wipe out; on the contrary, it seems to be growing in number.
"Even knowing the approximate number of enemies, Commander Edson couldn't give orders directly.
Because the two sides are outnumbered by about tenfold, it is natural that they cannot take the initiative to attack.
If they do, they will only be waiting for total annihilation.
If they do not take the initiative to attack and continue to defend, with the current defenses and barriers, they should not be able to hold out for more than a few days.
If it gets breached again, it will indeed be very difficult to continue defending it.
So this is a dilemma.
"By the way, where are the residents of the royal city of Adela?
I don't see a single one of them on the streets.
"At that moment, it suddenly occurred to me that if this kind of battle were to involve the surrounding residents, what would be the point of keeping the city alive if all the residents were to die?
"Ah, all the residents have been moved underground to take refuge.
In other words, we made a mistake, and the residents who took refuge will also suffer.
""How many residents have been born now?
"Honestly, what I'm really concerned about right now is the residents who have taken refuge in this kingdom.
If possible, we could recruit some volunteers from among the residents, which might be beneficial in terms of resistance.
"Hmm...
probably around 100,000.
""so many?
"Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but widen my eyes and ask incredulously.
What kind of facility can hold so many people?
This is absolutely terrifying.
"Alas, it was His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Edela who foresaw this day and thus built an underground shelter that could accommodate nearly 200,000 people.
I never expected it would actually come in handy.
"Indeed, the king of the Kingdom of Edela's thinking was far-sighted and very correct.
It's such a pity that this king died so soon...
He truly died young.
"So, approximately how many men are in the shelter?
""Uh...
Patch!
"Perhaps because the task of counting heads was not under General Edelson's jurisdiction, he called out a person's name.
Then a young man, probably around thirty years old, quickly ran over, holding a quill pen and a small notebook in his hand.
"Yes, sir!
""Tell Her Highness how many men you have counted in the shelter.
"“Ah, yes…”At this moment, Patch quickly picked up the small notebook in his hand and pressed it almost against his face.
It's clear that his eyesight is quite sharp, especially at close range.
"Let me see.
According to the statistics, there are 8251 children, 46522 women, 41552 adult men, 7111 men who are about to reach adulthood, and 7000 elderly people over sixty years old.
"After hearing his statistics, I immediately realized that the male-to-female ratio was actually quite good; otherwise, there would really be a gender imbalance.
"How about we hire these men to join the army?
"Indeed, if these 50,000 men could be recruited into an army, they would have no problem defending the last piece of territory of the Kingdom of Adela.
"Ha...
Does Her Highness mean mandatory conscription?
"At this moment, General Edson couldn't help but stroke his beard and ask.
"Hmm...
but it doesn't have to be forced.
We recruit soldiers to protect our country, not to send them to their deaths, so there should be a lot of volunteer soldiers.
""Ah, if that's alright, then Your Highness, I'll leave the conscription to you.
I'm just a rough Chinese man with no education.
""Uh...
ha.
"Hearing this, I was stunned.
That's right, indeed, most people in the army are military officers, and people who are both literate and martial are extremely rare.
"Well...
okay, I'll give it a try.
"Left with no other choice, since I was the one who brought it up, I had to take the blame.
Sigh...
this burden is really heavy ┭┮﹏┭┮ boohoo.
Chapter 53 My current status is greater than the king's authority?
Although I said that, I still felt quite guilty.
Honestly, even though I am the Holy Princess of the Kingdom of Edela, the thought of leading people to defend their homeland and guiding and persuading them makes me wonder...
if I can do it well.
Because I feel this is something a monarch should do, not something I, who, although on equal footing with the princess, am not a member of the Edra royal family, should do.
Actually, I've considered having Elena take on this important task.
Unfortunately, her sister and father died in this disaster and probably haven't recovered from their grief yet.
It would be too cruel to push such a heavy responsibility onto her at this time.