Mage Veigar

Chapter 352 Coronation Ceremony
The coronation ceremony took place at 12 noon.

Because at 12 o'clock, the sun is approximately in the middle, the kings of the Holy Dynasty all chose to be crowned at this time, which symbolizes that the royal rule is supreme.

But guards and staff will be in place in the morning.

These include soldiers responsible for security and maintaining order, the royal guard of honor responsible for ceremonials, clergy responsible for crowning the king... This series of workers arrived at the venue at 8.30: in the morning.

The time came to 10.30.

Accompanied by Vega, Xia set out from the palace in a carriage and headed towards the Royal Square.

The Royal Square is not too far from the Imperial Palace, only about 20 minutes away, but since the emperor's coronation is the most grand ceremony of the dynasty, the road is already lined with civilians who are unable to enter the Royal Square.

They cheered as soon as they saw the princess's carriage approaching.

Therefore, the carriage had to slow down. At the current speed, it was estimated that the journey that originally took 20 minutes might take an hour. This made Vega, who was riding a warhorse on the right side of the carriage, frown.

need to know.

In order to ensure a perfect ending to the coronation ceremony, layer upon layer of defense forces were deployed in the Royal Square to prevent some lawless elements from taking the opportunity to attack Xia.

But Vega's manpower is limited after all, and if he tries to take care of one thing, he will inevitably lose sight of the other.

Vega had not expected that the people of the dynasty would be so enthusiastic, nor had he thought that the cohesion of Saint Laurent City would be so strong, so he did not deploy many defensive forces on the way to the square. He originally wanted to move quickly and bring Xia to the well-guarded venue before the enemy could react.

So add Vega himself.

There was only a squadron of mages and a brigade of professionals responsible for the guard.

Under normal circumstances, this force would be the limit. Even the army group commander would not deploy a mage squadron when traveling, but at most two mage teams.

But today is different.

Veigar was not sure whether a squadron of mages and a brigade of professionals would be enough to deal with an unknown attack.

But now that things have come to this, Vega has no other choice.

"General, there is news from the secret line."

Iroh approached Vega calmly and said, "Two forces are planning to attack Your Highness on the way to the venue. Please prepare in advance. We have only captured a few low-level members. We don't know the exact number of people, when, and where the attack will be launched."

"Which two forces are they?"

"It's an underground organization within the dynasty."

Yiluo thought about it carefully, and then said: "These two organizations are closely related. They have been carrying out terrorist activities with the purpose of subverting the royal rule. The two organizations have a history of about 50 years."

"Any news from the Kingdom and the West Coast?"

"Not yet."

Vega nodded and said, "Focus on searching for people from the Kingdom and West Coast. These domestic organizations pose no threat to us. Our real enemies are only the Kingdom and West Coast."

"Yes, General."

Following Vega's instructions, Ilo quickly left here and continued to search for traces of the kingdom and the west coast.

At this time, Vega also secretly gestured, signaling everyone to concentrate and be alert.

And everything happened just as Yiluo said. When the team was halfway there, the two third-rate organizations launched an attack.

Those who rush to the front are professionals and ordinary people.

There was fanaticism and hatred in the eyes of each of them, as if they had an irreconcilable feud with the royal family.

The two teams seemed to have reached a cooperation. Nearly 300 people rushed out from the crowd and rushed towards the carriage where Xia was. The scene instantly fell into chaos.

"Keep the formation and don't be dispersed by the civilians."

This kind of situation was child's play for Vega, so he calmly gave orders, and the entire guard team formed a steady defensive formation among the fleeing crowd, without any loopholes.

Wait until all the civilians have fled.

Only about 160 people from Vega's side and more than 300 enemies were left on the street, facing each other.

"There are 321 ordinary people, 32 professionals, and no magicians have been found yet."

Vega muttered to himself as he looked at the more than 300 people blocking the way. After assessing the strength of the enemy in front of him, he looked at the hidden spots around him in an attempt to find the enemy's magician, but found nothing.

"Could it be the Shadow Mage?"

Vega turned his head and said, “Word Mage, check if there are any traces of Shadow Mage around.”

"Report to the general, there are no shadow mages." In less than 10 seconds, the Word Spirit Mage gave the answer.

But this answer made Vega uneasy. Could it be that the enemy had a way to hide from the Word Spirit Mage? He really underestimated the heroes of the world. It seemed that even a third-rate organization had a killer weapon.

“Everyone, be on top alert.” Vega immediately jumped from his warhorse to the top of the carriage and said from this defensive point with the best view: “Your Highness, we have been attacked by an unknown force. Please do not leave the carriage. This carriage is specially made by us and is strong enough to defend against three attacks of flame explosion magic. I will also stay with you to protect your safety.”

"I understand. Please be careful, General."

Xia's calm voice came, as if as long as she stayed by Vega's side, she would not be afraid or panic.

"Kill, kill all the royal family members."

The leader, a strong man of the lower profession, picked up a huge axe and rushed towards the carriage. "We have finally waited until the dynasty is leaderless. We must not let that little girl be crowned as the emperor."

More than 300 people rushed forward.

Veigar's vigilance was at its peak. He looked around to find the enemy magician, but unfortunately he found nothing. He had no choice but to order the professionals to stand in front, with the fire mage to attack, the wind mage to assist, the earth mage to defend, and the word spirit mage to follow him to guard against the shadow mage.

Boom boom boom——

The power of fire magic is self-evident.

Just one round of flame explosions plowed the entire front area, and out of the 300 casualties, only more than 20 people were left.

"Right now, everyone cover me."

The burly man with the giant axe roared, and took advantage of the interval between the magician's chanting to let his subordinates block the professional. He broke through the defense line with one axe and rushed to the front of the carriage with tremendous momentum.

The law——

As if affected by the strong man's momentum, even the war horses were frightened and began to neigh.

Jump down.

Veigar swung Doran's Blade at the burly man's face.

"Little devil, you want to stop me too?"

The sturdy man obviously didn't take Vega seriously. He raised his axe to block Vega's attack, then chopped the carriage in half and killed Xia, so that this great credit could fall on his head.

pity……

How could a professional who only knew low-level combat skills and wielded low-level magic weapons possibly withstand Vega's attack?

flutter.

With just one swipe of his sword, Vega chopped the burly man in half with his giant axe. He didn't even use any combat skills or magic.

Although this enemy was not as strong as an ant, Vega did not give in. After killing the strong man, he immediately returned to the roof of the carriage, guarding against the enemy that even the Word Mage could not detect.

Until ten minutes later.

Vega finally confirmed that these two organizations didn't have any magicians at all, and the highest level of military force was just a lower-level professional!
Although Vega knew that this was a third-rate force.

But I didn't expect that they were so third-rate that a group of professionals and ordinary people would try to challenge the dignity of magicians?
With such strength, how did these two organizations survive for 50 years?

This shows that corruption was not uncommon in the dynasty.

After killing a few ants and scaring off a group of civilians, Vega finally became much quieter along the way. As a result, Vega and Xia arrived at the Royal Square in less than 10 minutes, and did not encounter any assassination attempts from the Kingdom or West Coast forces during the journey.

He let out a long breath.

Vega relaxed his tense nerves a little. After all, the square was already guarded by three layers of defense inside and outside. If the enemy launched an attack rashly, Vega would not be as flustered as before.

But just after relaxing for less than five minutes, Yiluo's emergency report came.

With an anxious look on his face, he said, "General, the front line is in danger. The Kingdom Army has launched a massive offensive, the scale of which is unprecedented. We are seriously short of high-level military forces, and many fortifications cannot be opened without magicians. The temporary combat command at the front requests reinforcements from you."

"The most worrying thing has finally come."

Vega frowned, caught in a dilemma.

If the square's high-level armed forces were sent to the front, the coronation ceremony would inevitably be left unprepared.

If the enemy launched an attack at this time, although Vega believed that he could guarantee Shia's safe retreat with his own strength, he could not guarantee the smooth progress of the ceremony.

Follow the rules.

The coronation is not considered a success if the ceremony is not carried out to the end under the witness of civilians.

If you choose not to support the city defense.

Although the coronation ceremony can be guaranteed to be completed smoothly, the city gates may not be protected. If the kingdom's army is allowed to march straight in, then even if Xia is crowned emperor, I'm afraid she will not be able to be king for more than a few minutes before she and Saint Laurent are killed by the enemy.

What to do now?
Iroh waited nervously for Vega's decision.

(End of this chapter)