After the convoy started moving forward again, Haidee finally told the story of the incident.
Just like the rumors, there are indeed nobles colluding with demons in the Kingdom of Zegus. The Kingdom of Zegus, which is close to the Youxuan Grassland, has had many conflicts and wars with the orcs. However, after the faith was spread in the Holy City, the earth The faith of the god Uznok began to spread to the Zegus Kingdom and the Orc tribe at the same time. Under the teachings of the same faith and the mediation of the Holy City, the Zegus Kingdom has concluded a peace treaty with the Orcs to end the long conflict. Recently, The two sides have developed to the point of starting mutual trade, and everything seems to be developing for the better.
However, after Haidee was born, there were several incidents of orcs and caravans disappearing on the border of the Youxuan Grassland of the Zegus Kingdom. Because traveling on the grassland is inherently dangerous, these incidents were reported by the orcs and the Zegus Kingdom. Both parties treated it as an ordinary murder case. However, as Princess Haidee grew up and began to be involved in the political whirlpool due to palace struggles, although disappearances on the grassland border also occurred from time to time, they did not attract much attention from both parties. , until one day the daughter of an orc tribe leader who had a good relationship with Princess Haidee disappeared, and Princess Haidee discovered the anomalies in the country.
Although Princess Haidee is still young, she has been talented since she was a child. She is not only loved by her father, but also loved by most ministers and people. The original brother of one of Haidee's concubines was even revoked from the throne. The right of inheritance made Princess Haidee, who was only fourteen years old at the time, the crown prince.
Because of this incident, Princess Haidee, who was involved in political struggles at an age that should have been carefree, had to mature quickly under pressure. As the crown prince, Princess Haidee naturally had to work hard to expand her team. Various domestic nobles and foreign diplomatic envoys have become the friends that Princess Haidee needs to establish friendship with. During these days, Princess Haidee met the daughter of an orc leader from a border tribe. The Kingdom of Gus naturally wanted to establish a good relationship with the orcs, so Haidee quickly became good friends with this orc girl who was not only similar in age to her, but also had the same fate of being the heir since childhood.
However, one time after a diplomatic meeting between the two sides, the orc girl was told that she was missing when she returned to Youxuan Grassland.
It is not a trivial matter for the daughter of a tribal leader to suddenly disappear, and the other party disappeared after visiting the Zegus Kingdom. Both the orc tribe and the Zegus Kingdom sent a large number of personnel to search. However, after more than a month of searching, there was still no information. Although conspiracy theories spread for a while and even disgraced the Zegus Kingdom at that time, Haidee, as a friend of the orc girl, was not suspected. On the contrary, most Everyone believed that Princess Haidee was also a victim of the conspiracy.
But not long after the incident. However, Princess Haidee obtained some unexpected information during an interrogation. The earl who was arrested for malfeasance in his duties revealed shocking news. Within the Kingdom of Zegus, a group headed by nobles had actually formed an organization that trafficked and manipulated orcs. Slaves' club.
Through this clue, Princess Haidee immediately began to arrange personnel to track down the matter. She originally thought it was just an ordinary crime committed by a noble group. However, as Haidee dug deeper during the investigation, she was keenly aware that there was a strong force behind this aristocratic group, which even included members of the royal family. The first one to bear the brunt was her brother who had been deprived of the right to inherit. And in addition to selling orc slaves, these participants also gather to perform strange rituals every once in a while.
During the investigation, Princess Haidee's side was inevitably exposed, causing the other party to avoid the search very quickly, and a long battle ensued.
Princess Haidee, who originally thought this was just a separate crime, had to change her view because of a major event, that is, the western part of the continent was invaded by demons. Demons that originally existed in myths and legends Actually appeared in this world.
Are the rituals held by those nobles somehow related to the devil? If they are caught rashly, will demons be introduced to the entire Zegus Kingdom? After weighing for a while, Princess Haidee had to secretly seek help from the Holy City. The Temple of the God of Earth in the Royal Capital also quietly sent personnel to conduct a secret investigation, and finally came to the worst result. That is, these nobles are indeed colluding with the cultists who worshiped the devil.
In order to prevent the whole incident from being exposed to the world and causing damage to the royal family's prestige, Princess Haidee began to secretly contact the Holy City to investigate. Both parties were prepared to eliminate the cultist's den in one fell swoop. Considering that the cultists have been sacrificing innocent people in the country To the devil, before determining the exact location of the devil altar, Her Royal Highness and the Holy City remained silent in order to avoid alerting others, and after careful investigation. The two parties finally determined the location of the altar, which was located at their brother's mansion.
This time Princess Haidee went to a neighboring country to meet with the paladins of the God of Forged Fire for final confirmation. In addition to the paladins of the God of Forged Fire, the paladins of the God of Earth will also come together. In addition, the Holy City also dispatched a Templar Knights and a number of high-level priests, plus Princess Haidee's own manpower, ready to uproot these cultists and demons in one fell swoop.
"In other words, this attack was most likely planned by your brother?" Peenleus asked after listening to Princess Admiration's account.
"Yes~ I think my brother went astray because he was deprived of the throne. I'm afraid he wants to use the hands of the devil to eradicate me."
Peenlius was silent for a moment: "Is the Holy City sure that the demon master is controlling everything?"
Haidee recalled for a while and said: "It is said that they are cultists who worship pain and have killed and tortured innocent people for fun."
"Mosta, Lord of Pain┉┉"
A trace of strange color flashed in the eyes of Peenlius. He pointed at the mask placed in the carriage and said, "But the ones who attacked you this time are the followers of the Lord of Chaos."
Haidee was stunned for a moment. A devil's believer had already given her enough headaches. Now there is actually a second one. God! What mistake did the Zegus Kingdom make that allowed so many demons to covet it
"Could it be that two demons have united?" Elcid asked, who had been listening for a long time.
"Joining forces is possible, but the Lord of Chaos shouldn't be willing to expose his altar for another Demon Lord┉┉"
Kaludia glanced at Peenlius and asked with a cynical tone: "It always feels like you are very familiar with demons. What kind of demon is that chaos lord?"
"┉┉ Just like his title of 'Chaos', Fernandi, the Lord of Chaos, is a demon with unstable moods. Sometimes he gives happiness to others, and sometimes he gives pain to others. Some of his followers are full of evil spirits. There are disciples, but some are people who have exercised justice as their own duty, but in the end these people will go to extremes in their emotions and ideas under the control of the Lord of Chaos." Pernrius was silent for a while and finally said.
"What a strange guy. Won't his followers start fighting when they meet?" Kaludia tilted his head. The followers of such a contradictory guy are probably fighting among themselves all day long.
Perenlius did not answer this question. The attackers of Haidee this time were followers of Fernandi, the Lord of Chaos, and the attack was at the cost of exposing an altar. Each Lord's altar is different, such as The Lord of Pain, Mosta, needs believers to torture and kill others around the altar in large numbers to obtain the power of the abyss. The Lord of Chaos only needs to let the altar release some of the power of the abyss to create a chaotic space, allowing the trapped people to go to extreme spiritual extremes. This kind of extreme spiritual emotion can gain the power of the abyss. For this reason, the altar of the Lord of Chaos does not need to have a large number of believers. Moreover, after harvesting these emotions, it can also affect the memory of the victim, making people mistakenly think that they just did it. It's just a terrible nightmare. In the absence of large-scale population death and disappearance, the altar of the Lord of Chaos is usually difficult to find.
But this time Fernandi, the master of chaos, actually exposed an altar of his own in order to attack Haidee. You must know that compared with the previous cases where he did not kill people, the dark space created by Fernandi using the altar this time is very powerful. , the purpose from the beginning was to kill everyone. If such a large-scale convoy all died or disappeared halfway, especially during the most special period when this kind of demon is raging, whether it is the holy capital or the secular kingdom, it will definitely happen. If you conduct a careful search along the road, you will definitely find the altar hidden in the lake.
It is not impossible for two demon masters to unite, but the price of paying an altar is a bit too high. Besides, whether it is pain or chaos, the two demon masters should understand that now the Kingdom of Zegus has been targeted by the Holy City. Even if someone can pretend to be Princess Haidee for a while, she will still be purged by the Holy City sooner or later. And it is somewhat intriguing that Fernandi, the Lord of Chaos, is willing to expose an altar. You must know that the loss of an altar will cause pain. The Overlord paid a considerable price, just to eliminate Haidee and make his followers support him for a longer time. This kind of exchange was completely worth the loss.
Pernrius has been thinking about various possibilities. Although Mostar, the Lord of Pain, is a crazy, violent, and irritable demon, he is not so stupid that he does not know how to examine the form. Although the Lord of Chaos has a changeable personality, he can also He wouldn't casually sacrifice an altar just to kidnap a country's princess.
Why
For a while, Peenlius couldn't figure out the reason, but one thing was certain, Haidee's plan to return home would probably change drastically. (~^~)