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Chapter 4 - Dark History

100 years ago

In the past, this kingdom was known as the most prosperous and powerful kingdom in terms of economy and power. The lives of the people here were peaceful, safe and peaceful.

All the people respected their king and the king loved his people. But this prosperity and peace did not last long. That Friday night everything changed. A party at the royal palace changed everything.

"To those who are honorable, let me introduce myself, my name is Lexus Alexander, the son of King Arthur Alexander."

"Wow, that's the prince."

"What is the prince doing here?"

"My father and I are very pleased that you people have come to host this party. The birthday party of the great King Arthur."

This kingdom was once called Thage Raya. But since the chaos at the party everything turned dark."

"Thank you my son. Okay, let's start the party first, I will drink the drink given by my son."

(gluk … gluk … gluk …)

King Arthur still looks ordinary but ...

(Kuh! Ghhkk—ghuuh!)

King Arthur began to look dizzy and weak. He began to ask what happened to him.

"Why does my head feel a little dizzy. Arghhh who made me like this."

The king's body began to weaken and was not strong enough to stand. The king fell from his chair and rolled down to the floor of the palace.

And Lexus just smiled slyly at him. As if the plan to The coup was successful. The great King Arthur was lying limp on the floor and looked like he was unconscious.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Dad! Dad! Dad!"

All the soldiers took King Arthur to the treatment room. All the people at the party looked worried seeing King Arthur's helpless body.

"Be calm my people because my father is not well. I allow you to return to your respective homes."

All the citizens left the palace with anxious feelings and Lexus just smiled slyly.

"What happened to the king, huh?"

"I hope the king is well."

"King Arthur, don't die. What will happen to the Thage Raya kingdom if you die?"

It was all over. The birthday party that should have been a party to remember for Raka Arthur turned into a deadly event.

"No, my father. You are old, allow me to take your place as king and I will revive a strongest kingdom from now on."

"Prince now what should we do with king Arthur?"

"Throw him into the river channel outside the walls. I don't want the stain of my father's corpse to dirty my throne. I only want 1 thing, namely power and strength like a king."

"Okay sir, we will do as you command."

"Hahahaha ... Now no one can stop me from this throne. I will take my role as the strongest king and tyrant of all time. I will conquer the continents beyond the walls that is, the continent of the intelligence of the Archian race."

Since the reign changed from King Arthur to King Lexus, the name of the kingdom was changed from Thage Raya to Scarthage.

King Lexus began to invade the world from outside the walls, oppressing the weak and reintroducing the slavery system. Using his people as a shield for him. Making the death toll in the kingdom of scarthage increase.

"As I suspected, the party was just Lexus' move to overthrow his father."

"If King Arthur were still alive, our lives might not be the same."

"You stupid slaves are noisy. Do everything that King Lexus wants. If not, you yourself will be responsible, whether it is property or someone's life."

All citizens in the kingdom of Scarthage are treated equally.Young men are trained to become strong warriors to conquer the continent. The parents were made miners to make the wall defense stronger. The girls there were treated unfairly.

The reign of King Lexus lasted for 70 years. And now the reign of King Lexus has passed down to his son with the same system of government.

The people hope for a light that illuminates the darkness in the kingdom of scarthage. They hope for the incarnation of King Arthur to return and uphold justice.

This year I am facing the daughter of the Lexus king, Kimberley.

"So what's your point in saying I'm a symbol of fear for my people? You don't know what I've done to protect this kingdom from the outside world!"

I don't care what you do. But your system of government is wrong, making people into slaves, servants, protectors, and even torturing young people, both boys and girls.

Is it appropriate for the king to do that?

Because the king should protect his people and be a symbol of virtue and justice in his kingdom. Not like this, if you still think of yourself as a king I will consider you then I will consider you as a person who is greedy for power.

"You are a young girl who dares to fight me. It's good that I have never met someone like you in the kingdom of scarthage like this."

"Soldiers and people, look, there is someone who wants to stop me as king. You lowly people."

"Why did the girl dare to go against the king? The girl should apologize before the king makes her his slave."

It seems like my words have caught everyone's attention here. If it's like this I'm just trapping myself in a useless situation like this.

Well if you don't come to your senses sir I'll get out of here. No matter what you do to me.

I started to leave the market towards a quiet area. It seemed ... they won't keep quiet and will definitely target me.

[Action against the system of slavery]

[Points received: 5000 points]

Just by thinking like that I get points? It's not that hard but I'm still thinking about how I can meet Leon and the thief. Are they on the continent outside the walls?

"Hey girl, where are we going?

"Calm down, brother Leon, we will go to the palace where my uncle rules like a king."

"Palace? If it's like this, I only have 1 choice, which is to follow this girl's wishes."

Leon followed the girl to the palace of the kingdom of scarthage. The palace that was once bright blue became dark because of the bad government system there.

"But brother Leon, do you mind meeting my uncle first? My uncle is known for his bad attitude towards new people."

"It's okay, I just wanted to take you back to the palace anyway, so it's okay."

"Thank you, Brother Leon."

"I don't know what's going on in the palace. I shouldn't act rashly to investigate all this.Hang in there Zira, I'll meet you."

I have been thinking about how this kingdom survives since the defensive walls are so strong. But this kingdom will definitely run out of resources if they are still determined to attack the outside world.

[Your Omniscient skill is active]

If according to the plot in the book, the collapse of the kingdom of scarthage will happen soon. Because the continent out there is preparing a tool that can even penetrate the protective wall.

I have to think of a way to get into the Scarthage Palace otherwise the destruction of this kingdom will happen and cannot be avoided.

At the Scarthage Palace, Leon and Qia have arrived and met the palace security guard. Qia introduces Leon to the palace guard.

"Hello guard. He is my friend, brother Leon. Nice to meet you."

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Leonhard and I am a friend of this little girl."

"You guys are friends, right? Okay, the princess and her friends are welcome to enter the palace."

"Good guard. Let's go in, brother Leon."

"Yes, it seems I am friends with one of the princesses here."

Leon and Qia entered the palace. The palace was large and luxurious even though it was covered in dark spots inside. But when they were walking they were approached by the king, aka the uncle of Princess Qia.

"Qia why did you let a stranger into this palace?

"Uncle he is not a stranger he is my friend."

"A stranger is still a stranger. The guards take him out of the palace!"

"If uncle kicks him out then uncle kicks me out too. Where is your good manners, uncle?"

"I'm going to beat this little kid up!

Kimberly's hand almost hit the girl's face. But Leon managed to ward off Kimberly's hand from Qia's face. Leon with an expression of holding back his anger could not accept a child as small as Qia being treated like that country.

"Have you lost your manners? I can leave here but seeing you being rude to this child is very wrong!"

"Now you dare to fight me, you stranger. Don't you know who I am? I am the son of the great king Lexus and you are just an outsider."

"Why if you are the son of King Lexus. With that nickname, can you be rude to a little girl?"

"You! The guards took him out of the palace!"

"The title of king is not appropriate for you. You are just a common bastard who hides from the title of king. I will get out of here, just looking at your face makes me sick."

Leon who looked angry started to leave the palace. Qia started to cry and left the place. Before really leaving Leon looked back and saw Qia. For him, Qia was like a shining light.

While he was outside the palace, King Kimberly came out and started causing trouble. He attacked Leon's back with his hard punch.

"What's wrong with this bastard? Hey damn king if you want to fight me then only your name will be left in the world!"

"I have some soldiers and you alone. Are you ready?"

"Fighting against a few royal soldiers and a small king like you is no big deal."

"You damn brat, you don't realize what position you're in."

"As long as I stay on the path of truth, I am not afraid to face someone like you, even if your position is king."

But before the fight could begin another problem suddenly arose. The outside world aka the Archien continent was preparing their strongest weapon.

"Our natural resources are scarce. If we are not prepared, we will be defeated by the Archien people."

Seeing King Kimberly and his soldiers in confusion, Leon tried to escape from the place.

"Sir he ran away what should we do?

"Let alone the big opponent we face is the Archien race, the smartest race in this world. Let the man escape. Our focus is to make the defense wall stronger"

"Gather all the soldiers immediately!"

"Yes, your majesty."

I have guessed 2 places that the fourth wall refers to.

The closed wall is the kingdom of scarthage and the continent of intelligence is the island outside the wall inhabited by the Archien race.

If that's true then I have to break into the unoccupied room in Scarthage Castle no matter what!

"Why is it that every time I remember the king's face I look like an animal?"

"Brother Leon, forgive my uncle for his bad attitude towards you."

"Huh?"

Qia turns out to have been following Leon secretly while her uncle and his soldiers were focused on the kingdom's resources.

"Why are you here? Won't your uncle look for you and I'll be the one to blame."

"Don't worry, brother. I will take you to the best food place in this kingdom. You will definitely like it."

"gruuukkk ..."

"Arghhh my stomach is hungry, it seems like I have no choice but to follow this little girl's favorite food place."

"Okay, brother, let's go."

"Okay."

Leon and Qia went to the best restaurant in the scarthage kingdom area. Leon hoped that at least his stomach hunger would be gone and he could taste delicious food in an area like this.

"gruuukkk ..."

I think my stomach is hungry. I have to find a good place to eat here. I hope I can use the rest of my money to buy the food.

[Activating vision skill]

I saw that the food place was in the middle of this area. The wheat character seemed to be offering some delicious food.

Okay, I'll go there.

I walked out of my house towards the restaurant. I also looked at the view of the houses in this area. I saw that there was no freedom here and there was a lot of emptiness Here.

A place that is empty and without freedom is just a hellish place in the real world.

(Mr. Shu's wheat figure)

Finally I've arrived, I should go inside.

"Brother, this is the best food place in the kingdom."

"Mr. Shu's wheat character? Is this really a food place or not?"

"Just come in, sis, you will know what's inside. There are lots of delicious foods here."

Okay my little girl, let's go in"

The two of them entered Mr. Shu's grain shop and they saw ...

Sir, is there any good food here?

"There is a miss, just look at this menu list."

Okay, let me take a look at this menu for a moment.

"Huh? Is she Zira?"

"Who is Zira, brother?

"He is my friend.

I think I'm familiar with that voice. Is that the voice of ...

Leon? You're here?

"Zira I didn't expect you to be here. Are you here because you're hungry?"

More or less. I'm confused about choosing the menu here. Do you have money to pay for my meal?

"You guys just eat and I'll pay for it."

Who is this little girl? Hi, let me introduce myself, my name is Zira Leonhert.

"I am Princess Qia, the daughter of Mr. Kai and the niece of King Kimberly."

The nephew of the king of Kimberly? Are you the nephew of that cunning king?

"Yes, Zira, she is his niece.

"Why does Zira look confused?"

No, this could be my plan to enter the Scarface palace but I have to be nice to him.

"Hey you three want to order or something?"

"I ordered Mr. Shu's 3—grain bread."

"I 1 grilled chicken."

I ordered 2 whole wheat breads, 2 hard—boiled eggs and 1 grilled chicken.

"Okay, wait a minute."

"Zira, why did you order so much food at once?"

That's ... because I'm a little hungry and I just want to taste whether the food here is good or not.

"Wow, it seems like you like to eat a lot, huh?"

I just smiled a little at the little girl.

"Oh my God, Zira, why are you making me feel uncomfortable like this?

In the kingdom of King Kimberly and his loyal right hand namely Gareth is discussing the natural resource reserves in the kingdom of scarthage.

"Yes we have to use this resource sir

Gareth opened the palace warehouse and when he opened it, a pool appeared as wide as a lake containing water with high and quality substances.

"Yes this is our last hope that is ..."

"The energy of the silver ocean."

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