Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 187: Battle of Romila Village Part Three

Hearing Burgec's words Alicia asked: "What do you mean 'that thing he found'?" 

Burgec, let out a sigh as he looked at Alicia contemplating on whether or not he should say anything. He glanced at Princess Sola who nodded her head at him, only then did he open his mouth. "Princess Alicia may we have a seat, this might take a while." 

"Yes, of course." Alicia said as the group moved to a nearby building. They all sat down at a large table where Burgex began to tell Alicia everything he knew. 

In short, his story went as so... The king of the Beast Kingdom Kirgux Margix had gone out to search a cave that appeared when

"So this is the place! Men clear the entrance, this King wants to go on an adventure haha!" The Beastmen King yelled out joyfully.

The beastmen behind him quickly did as they were told and went to work clearing the rocks that were blocking the cave entrance. The previous night a rainstorm passed through and a fiery ball of light fell from the sky and crashed to the ground. They found nothing strange about the area it crashed into except for a small crater. But within that crater, an ancient cave was uncovered.

Being who he was, the beast king quickly set out to check out this ancient cave. Which brought him to where he was now.

The beastmen quickly removed the rocks blocking the entrance within only an hour. The beast king's eyes lit up with excitement as he quickly entered the cave. 

"I do not know what happened while in the cave, the ones who entered with him did not come out. Only the Beastmen King did and his clothes were in tatters. But he did have one item in his hand when he exited the cave. It was a black cube, and his highness refused to let go of the cube and still to this day will not let anyone else touch it.

"It was after that, that he started ordering me to bring my army and attack the nations of the south and it was also then that the demonic plagues, as you called them, started to appear." Burgec let out another long sigh as he finished. It was a helpless sigh since he could only follow orders.

"When did the Beastmen King find this cube?" Alicia asked.

"This was a few years back Since then his way of thinking has slowly started to change." Burgec answered.

"Yes, my father started to change since the day that he came back from that cave. Also People within the palace also started to go missing." Princess Sola added.

"I see..." After hearing everything Alicia went into deep thought. You did not need to be a smart person to understand what was going on. "Commander Burgec I have one question for you."

"Please ask, Princess Alicia." 

"If you had a choice of saving your kingdom, even if it meant going against your kingdom, what would you do?" Alicia asked.

"I would save it no matter what it meant." Burgec gave a firm answer.

"Then let me ask you this If you were to face an army of beastmen would they listen to you and throw down their weapons?" Alicia had a plan formulating in her head. She figured that whatever the item was that the Beastmen King found was controlling him and that the demonic plagues were born from this item as well.

"I'd say seventy percent chance." Burgec answered quickly.

"Then that settles it. Commander Burgec gather your men within this village. They will be put under our care for the time being. The demonic plagues will be purged from the village none are to be left alive." Alicia suddenly ordered.

"What? What do you mean?" Burgec was confused but Alicia''s words.

"It's simple. We will make the Beastmen King think we are still at war and that you lost hold of Romila Village. You, Blake, and I will enter the Beast Kingdom. That is where we will split up. I will leave the task of stopping the beastmen army from crossing the border to you. Blake and I will rush towards the palace. With Princess Sola with us, we shouldn't have an issue navigating around. We will stop the Beastmen King and destroy whatever that object is that he is holding. Hopefully allowing him to regain his senses and put a stop to all of this." Alicia explained.

"If you really truly are able to do such a thing then the Beast Kingdom will owe you a life debt!" Burgec was surprised that Alicia was willing to go so far. They were enemies yet she was willing to help stop their mad king and bring peace back to the Beast Kingdom again.

"I am not doing this for your beast kingdom, I am doing this for my own home. We do not like war and I will do whatever I can to keep things from going any furth... " 

"Princess!" A Soldier ran over, he was dripping in sweat and having a hard time breathing.

"What is it!?"

"Princess, all the other kingdoms surrounding us are attacking! We are being attacked on all fronts! At this rate... At this rate, the Alastine kingdom will fall!" The soldier had tears and helplessness in his eyes. It was bad enough that the empire also attacked us but now all the surrounding kingdoms were attacking as well.

Alicia's face froze, she was having a hard time believing what was just said. "Co-Could you repeat that..."

"We are being attacked on all fronts. Every kingdom that borders us has attacked!" The soldier said as he fell to his knees. 

Alicia's face went pale, she looked at Blake whose face was also filled with worry. Burgec was also shocked by this news. Thinking for a moment he seemed to have come to a firm decision. He bowed his head and said: "Princess Alicia! Let me and all of my men form a binding contract with you. Although we are not many we can at least help defend this border from other beastmen's armies. It might not be much but this is all I can do now to apologize for the situation that you are currently in that his beastliness has brought upon your kingdom. "

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