Chapter 628: Before the battle
"How many is your estimate?"
"Thousands… tens of thousands, Your Majesty."
Beatrice' eyes widened. That number… how in the Underlands did such a number managed to come out within just that short period of time?! How could that even be possible? Was it even the same abyss they were talking about?
A few hours ago, the abyss had pulsated, and monsters came pouring out of it. The number already doubled than the usual - a few hundreds. And now, this second pulsation poured out tens of thousands even though it only lasted for a very short moments?!
"Big and small." Alvion added. "And in a few moments from now, they will reach our camp barriers and clash with our soldiers."
Belial's blue eyes gleamed dangerously. That look means nothing but war.
"Get everyone ready, Alvion. We are not going to let any of these monsters reach any of our cities." He declared and Alvion bowed low before disappearing into smoke.
"Leave this place Beatrice. And go find Evie, our daughter-in-law. I will stay here and deal with the monsters with my soldiers." Belial kissed his wife's head. "You need to go, right this instant!"
Beatrice could only steel herself and nod at her husband. This was war. Her husband must fight without question, and she had her own missions to carry out as well.
"Don't be too reckless, my darling." She reminded him fondly.
"I'm not sure about that, but I promise I will not lose. Or my darling might kick my ass." He grinned and then after telling her the location, he sealed Beatrice's mouth with his and disappeared as well.
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At the front lines, Zanya, Leon, Samuel, and Zolan were leading the small group of Light Faes. Lord Azrael had taken them in to join with his army and they were at the far south border of the abyss. They could tell that the dark faes at the front were already fighting against the monsters.
The dragon riders in training had to climb off their dragons as they still could not perfect controlling and fighting together with them. They did not want to risk harming the dragons by engaging in a war without managing to even control them fully. So, the light faes had taken over.
Zanya and Zirrus had easily taken over the riding of Silver and Fir while Kariza was still coaxing Vermillion to cooperate with her.
The vampires and the light faes were silent, unmoving and a bit restless. They all knew that the light had belonged to no one else but their queen. And the fact that none of them were with their queen right now while she was fighting, made their hearts sank to the ground.
They did not know whether they should fight here or fly towards her. But they had received an order. Their queen had ordered them to stay here and fight with the dark faes.
"Say something, Samuel. You're still the leader Her Majesty has assigned." Zolan broke the silence. Nudging at Samuel.
Samuel glanced at him. Then he looked at Zanya who was standing between Leon and Zirrus.
The light fae nodded at him. Zanya was also the leader the Queen assigned. So with her permission to do the speaking, the big man stepped forward.
"Do not worry about our Queen." His voice echoed. Even the dark faes nearby looked at him.
The light faes threw him a cold gaze at his words though, most especially Zirrus.
"I am saying this because I believe in her more than in myself." He added then he began to recount. "I still remembered that day when we were on our journey to Crescia. She was still a princess then and she thought she was nothing but a weak and useless human. We were overpowered by orcs in the Misty Forest and honestly, we all thought that we'd die there. But then, she came to our rescue, riding on a dragon and coming back for us… saving our assess in the coolest way ever. And that wasn't the only time she had done that. What I'm saying is, our queen is very strong. And she is very resourceful. It's normal for us to worry about her but our worry must not hinder us from focusing on the battle that's right before us. Our queen had said that she'll never let us go to the frontlines again if we get hurt. That only meant one thing. She wants us to be alert and be careful and survive if a battle ever broke out. That is what we can do right now. We must focus and fight so that when she comes back to us, she would not be disappointed and sad to find our dead bodies. I have a strong belief that she'll come back for us when we most need her. So let's lift our heads up and don't let anything distract us. This will be our very first battle here in the Under Lands, so we need undivided focus right now to survive this battle and see Her Majesty again!" Samuel finished his speech on a strong note, the air vibrating with the power of his belief and confidence in Queen Evie.
Zolan smiled. "That was one amazing speech." He murmured, nudging at Samuel teasingly again as they looked at the Light Faes who were now finally looking revitalized and encouraged by Samuel's little pep talk.
"Stop nudging me, Zolan."
"I am just really touched. Don't worry, I managed to ask Zanya to immortalize your speech with her magic. We'll make sure Her Majesty will hear it once she's back." Zolan winked at Samuel and snickered slyly.
Samuel's ears reddened a little as he coughed and looked away. "She doesn't need to hear that, you sly fox." He said to Zolan before glancing over at Zanya.
But Zanya was already busy speaking with Leon. Zolan grinned at him again. "Don't go disturbing the loving couple. They must be having a heart-to-heart talk before the battle begins." Zolan nudged him again.
Samuel shook his head and turned his back at the annoying Zolan when the ground suddenly began to tremble. The thousands of monsters were here!