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Chapter 186: Upside Down

Chapter 186: Upside Down

Agharita attempted multiple times to contact someone in Mistrallon from the call center, but unfortunately, she was unsuccessful. The employees in the office watched her nervously, hesitant to advise her against damaging the third phone they had given her.

"What...the fuck...is happening?!" She crushed the tool in her hand again, throwing the pieces everywhere. "The next train is tonight, I can’t wait that long!... Master, you better be dead if you want to justify it."

With her nail between her teeth, she shivered slightly. Walking away, she suddenly stopped at the entrance and then dashed towards a different staff member.

"Another!"

"Ma’am!!!... My apologies, we are suffering from a technical outage and we must suspend our activities..."

She locked eyes with the quivering young man before letting out a sigh and strolling off, absentmindedly scratching her chin.

"Forget it, I can’t wait any longer. I’m going to run."

"Man, calm down! I don’t understand!" A man at another booth was fidgeting on the phone.

Agharita cast a fleeting glance at him before directing her gaze towards the staff member with disdain. As she made her way towards the frantic man engrossed in a phone call, a piercing scream erupted.

"What do you mean the city is under attack?!"

The whole agency was taken aback. Agharita grabbed the phone forcefully and brought it to her ear.

"I am one of the knights of the kingdom, what is the situation? Where are you and what are you..."

[Please! Help me! He’s... AAAArr....]

Echoing through the phone, a multitude of screams reverberated, abruptly ending the call. Agharita remained motionless, her body frozen momentarily until she firmly grasped the gentleman by his collar.

"Where was it? Who did you call??"

"He was... He was my cadet from work... in Cerenice Town."

In a matter of seconds, the ex-Holy Knight dialed a number, her fingers moving swiftly across the phone’s keypad. The call was answered by a voice, its tone rough and hoarse.

[Hello, we are the Social Service of the Parliament, we must apologize but we cannot currently...]

"This is Saint Agharita of the Holy Knights."

[... Saint Agharita? You are still here?! Thank God!]

"Thank God? What’s going on? I received a report that the city of Cerenice is under attack, what’s the situation?"

[... Wait, I’ll put you in the group call, it’ll take a few seconds.]

Shaking her head in disbelief, the Holy Knight directed her gaze towards the phone, lost in thought for a brief moment. Unbeknownst to her, a crowd had formed behind, consisting of both staff members and customers, eagerly absorbing every piece of information available.

[Hello, Agharita. This is Agiel, why are you still in Ambrosia? The Queen’s Marina should have left by now.]

[Saint Agharita is here?! So there is still hope! Are you with the others?!]

Agharita, increasingly anxious, tried to calm her breathing.

"I didn’t go with the others, Miss Candace is missing and I have reason to believe she is still in Mistrallon, but what is happening in Cerenice?"

A cacophony of panicked voices erupted simultaneously on the other side, creating a chaotic and unsettling atmosphere.

[The dean was in Mistrallon? Oh my God, it’s a disaster!]

[Have we received a report from the inspection team yet?]

[It’s only been two hours, how are you waiting for a response?!]

Sweat formed on the knight’s forehead, her teeth grinding against each other.

"Can someone tell me what’s going on?!"

The voices grew louder, but all stopped completely, Agiel’s voice taking over.

[Sorry, I think it would be better to mute most of the speakers a little, Saint Agharita, I don’t know if I should be happy to see you here but to answer your question, we are faced with a situation terrible. Greed has destroyed part of Mistrallon and is currently attacking Cerenice.]

The entire office erupted in shouts while the Holy Knight’s face drained of color.

"... What?... Wait, WHAT?!"

"That’s how you heard, Anesidora Carper betrayed Ambrosia, and Candace has disappeared."

Agharita sensed as if the earth was crumbling beneath her, causing a sudden shift in her emotions. Her anger dissipated in a split second, leaving a profound sense of emptiness in her mind. She carefully absorbed all the information she had just received, ignoring the voices of those around her, and then...

[Mr Agiel! We have a report!] A new voice came into the call. [Greed is attacking the port of Lavalia!]

A hushed silence enveloped the room momentarily, until it was abruptly broken by a chorus of synchronized shouts that echoed through the air.

"WHAT?!"

(Port Lavalia)

In one building, a woman with a phone observed the chaos through her window.

[Miss Layla, please calm down and be more specific, You are in the North of the Kingdom, Greed is currently in the South!]

"Sir, I would never joke about a matter like this! We need support in an emergency!!!"

[I repeat, greed is...]

"WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! HELP!!!"

A multitude of knights dashed in all directions, the earth fracturing beneath them and the sky unleashing a purple storm cloud. A large knight crashed into a building. His body was charred, his axe shattered, a shadow extending behind him.

"Damn..." He jumped back after unleashing a wave of energy but was met with a towering tornado of flames.

Agharita quivered, her confusion deepening as she witnessed the mayhem unfolding around her. With Candace’s whereabouts and Dora’s updates swirling in her mind, a fleeting realization struck her.

"... What if it was the master who..."

[New Veridian is under attack!!!]

The phone fell from the knight’s hands, caught in time by a staff member.

In a large room, Agiel and several people were gathered, one of them, next to a map of the Kingdom on the wall, indicated the third city.

"It’s impossible... South, North, and now West? Isn’t this a big joke?"

"I think the sound of the explosion is quite believable..."

Agiel, scratched his chin, observing the map, on the table, three telephone handsets were installed as loudspeakers, transmitting different messages across the kingdom.

[Baltigate is under attack!!!]

[A giant sword destroyed the Queen’s Tower in Sunny Hills!]

Agharita cracked the phone again.

"... What the hell is happening?"