Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 191: Securing The Capital Part One

Alicia stood frozen in place. She did not seem to understand what was being told to her. 'What did he mean by his words.' Many thoughts were running through Alicia's mind. Her body started to tremble as the worst possible scenario came to mind. Her father was dead! Alicia's eyes started to well up with tears and just as the tears were about to fall she found herself in a warm embrace. 

"Blake..."

Alicia looked up to see Black staring firmly at Dudley. "Be mindful of your words and explain the situation." 

Dudley suddenly came back to his senses and realized he did not explain clearly enough. "Princess do not get me wrong! His majesty is still alive. It's just that in order to stay alive and escape death he has sealed himself before he was captured by the enemy."

Alicia shook off Blake's embrace, jumped down from the wall, and ran up to Dudley, "What do you mean he sealed himself? Why would he do that?"

"Princess it's because the enemy was too strong. If it was just the empire it would have been no problem for us to defend but Mytheth Lenora was assisting them!" 

"The Elves!?" Alicia was confused. "Why would the Elves help in a human war?"

"The Empires Empress is the princess of Mytheth Lenora. One word from her and the Mytheth Lenora army would come to assist. This would not have been so bad but he showed up..."

"Who is this he?" Blake asked.

"The old monster of the elves, a man with twenty Magi Points. No one knows his actual name. We call him the Elven Shadow Reaper." Dudley showed a helpless expression. He was lucky enough to send a message to the army commanders to teleport everyone out of there. But now the empire along with Mytheth Lenora was marching towards the capital. He knew that in order for Alastine to survive they would need to defend the capital at all cost.

"And this man took my Royal Father, is that what you are saying?" Alicia asked her face full of worry.

"Princess, his Majesty is still alive and will be fine. There is no one in this world who can break his seal without the right configurations of hand signs. As long as he is sealed, no harm can come to him. He said that you were to take charge of Alastine." 

"Then so be it! If Royal Father is still alive that just means once we have secured the capital. We can begin searching for information on Royal Father. Once we know his exact location I will lay waste on those countries who attacked us." She would show No Mercy!

"Dudley was it? I will send you back to the capital, I will be there soon. But I must first gather my sisters and brothers and return with as many soldiers and knights as we have left." Alicia decided it was best to just gather everyone at the capital. It would mean she would need to show others her translocation magic but this was not the time to be hiding such magic. 

Alicia poked the air in front of her making a crack in space. "Rose, Loeri, you head back with him. I need you two to help prepare the things needed to create a barrier around the city. Show the shops my crest and tell them it will all be paid off later." 

"Leave it to us, Alicia!" Loeri said before jumping through the crack followed by Rose and Dudley.

"Blake, can you bring me high into the sky so I can get a better view of the land." Alicia turned to Blake and asked.

"Going to teleport over?"

"Yes, we have no time to waste. But I will also leave a little present behind for the Dwarves." Alicia answered.

Blake smiled and held on to Alicia's waist rising up into the sky. Once they were high enough Alicia nodded and both her and Blake disappeared. She reappeared by a young man and woman who were sitting on dragonic horses. "Wha? Who are you?"

"Your third sister. By Royal Father's decree, we are to fall back to the capital. All remaining soldiers are to retreat immediately and head back to the capital." Alicia did not beat around the bush before giving out orders.

"What do you mean..." Before Prince Nicholai could finish what he was saying he suddenly felt the air grow heavy. He looked into the sky and felt that something big was about to happen.

"Alicia, are you going to use that again?" Blake asked, his face turning slightly pale.

"Just enough to wipe out their backline and send their army into disarray. Luckily these lands are not fertile..." As she said this a loud rumble was heard as a beam of light landed on the dwarven backline. 

Thousands of Dwarves and their machines disappeared in an instant. Everything was melted into a pool of magma. Prince Nicholai and Princess Blanche stared at the scene in disbelief. They now realized why their father spoke so highly of their Third Sister.

"Help those who are retreating! I will send you all back to the capital!" Alicia yelled her orders out while covering the soldiers who were retreating. She still had to head back south and to the east. She had to gather as many able body soldiers and knights as possible.

"Quickly go through! If this everyone?" Alicia turned to Prince Nicholai and asked.

"Third Sister, unfortunately, it is. The dwarven magic weapons were too much for us to hold back. We could only hold the line to the best of our ability until you got here." Prince Nicholai explained.

"Alright, then Third Brother and First Sister quickly go through. I will head to where Fourth Brother and Big Sister Catherine is. I will rely on you to draft more soldiers if you can and send a message to the nearby cities, towns, and villages, to pack up their things and move to the capital, we will take in everyone we can. Unfortunately, for those who are days away..." Alicia wished she could do more and warn the other villages faster.

"Third Sister do not worry I will think of a way to warn the other places farther away." Prince Nicholai said. He wanted to try to lift some of the burdens that Alicia was about to face. He understood that his father had chosen her to lead Alastine until he could be saved. She had all the right qualifications. Although young her mind worked better than most adults. 

"Then I will count on you Third Brother!"

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