After being reborn, I was turned into a slave girl by a princess.

Naronna struggled to sit up from the bed.

Even so, a feeling of utter exhaustion washed over her. This made the blonde girl clench her teeth weakly, and her arms trembled involuntarily.

(How could I be so exhausted? It was just from breaking a boulder...)

(No, perhaps there were already signs...)

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To fight on the battlefield with such a petite body is inherently a risky endeavor.

Even if I keep persevering, even if I think I can keep going, the fatigue and erosion keep accumulating in my body.

Naronat was well aware of this, but she didn't tell anyone.

She thought she could hold on for at least a few more years, but she never expected that she would reach the end now.

……

Elusia is right. If I go out now, even if I don't die, my life will be ruined...

But everyone is fighting hard, so how could I possibly back down?

This is my country, the place where Princess Cecilu and I live.

Absolutely...we can't let those guys break in!

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Naronate gazed at the distant storage warehouse, a certain resolve forming in her mind.

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"My fellow countrymen of the Kingdom of Mingjin, I, Princess Cecilu, will always stand here with you."

Seated on a seat above the central square, Cecily gave a serious speech.

Staying in a place like this is a hundred times more dangerous than being in the palace... because the central square is interconnected, with several wide roads leading to it.

Cecilia felt so weak that even standing was difficult for her.

but……

We absolutely cannot back down!

Because Miss Fox has already helped me so much.

When she was injured or unable to attend various inspection missions, Miss Fox always took her place, fulfilling the princess's duties.

I am failing in my duty by doing this.

and so……

At least in the most important moments, I must stand here, representing the royal family of the Clotia family, to prove that I stand with everyone!

……

Princess Serhiru!

"Come on, everyone! We must protect Her Highness!"

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Cecilu's figure was like a banner; she simply stood there quietly, and all the soldiers seemed to be inspired, their morale soaring.

Elusia's plan completely exploited the demons' weakness. After the first line of defense was abandoned, the demonized orcs charged into the rugged terrain.

But instead of wreaking havoc, they became like giant beasts stuck in a swamp, completely unable to move.

Because Elusia had already laid traps here... piles of crystal stones had turned the place into a muddy mess. And the enormous weight of the demonized orcs had become an obstacle to their progress.

At this moment, a second round of long-range firepower came down.

Whoosh!

Many orcs suffered heavy losses, while the demon army outside the city, unaware of the situation inside, thought they had achieved a victory and wanted to rush in all at once.

The situation among the demons is already somewhat chaotic. If things continue like this, perhaps everything will really go as Elusia planned, and the demons will be annihilated smoothly?

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But at that very moment...

Suddenly, a pitch-black stone appeared in the vast sky.

Its size was not particularly large, so people didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking it was just an ordinary rock.

But soon, someone noticed something was wrong.

Because when this thing flew into the air, it was like a solar eclipse, and even the sunlight was blocked.

The sky began to grow cold, and wisps of chilling air spread across the entire firmament. Sensing that familiar presence, Cecily looked up in astonishment, her eyes widening in surprise:

"H-How is this possible?"

Princess Serhiru...?

"That's the core of the Otherworldly Destruction! Everyone, find cover quickly!!!"

However, it was too late to warn them.

The stone that had been lying in the sky exploded, and what fell down were tens of thousands of strange, decaying fragments.

Chapter 72 The Battle of Solania (Part 2)

Tens of thousands of fragments of strange decay—what kind of concept is that?

Don't forget that the fragment of the Otherworldly Demise hidden in the Ramlin Gang was only a small piece, yet it could completely affect a person's body, turning a normal person into a monster.

And now...

That is tens of thousands of pieces.

It was a nightmare scene, like a nuclear explosion. When the black stone began to crack, it foreshadowed Insolia's death.

It is eroded, polluted, corroded, and alienated.

With so many fragments, there's simply no chance of survival. Even a superhuman like Princess Cecilu might be able to resist some of the damage, but ordinary people exposed to the elements would undoubtedly die.

Moreover, this kind of death is extremely long and painful. You can feel your internal organs failing little by little, but you are completely powerless to stop it.

At first, you'll just feel dizzy, but after a while, you'll feel blood flowing continuously from your seven orifices, and your body will gradually become ugly and weak, eventually dying in an extremely ugly way, like a zombie.

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Black fragments drifted across the sky, like a shattering dance of world destruction.

Witnessing all of this, everyone was filled with despair.

Soldiers and civilians alike stared in astonishment at the sky, as if they could not believe that they had already been sentenced to death.

"Mom, I'm scared!"

"Baby, don't cry..."

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"Everyone, quickly get inside the house... Ahhh!!!"

"Brother, no!!"

Despairing cries echoed throughout the city, as the corrupted beastmen and ordinary demons fought even more fiercely due to the erosion caused by the fragments of the alien decay.

The sturdy roadblock was shattered in an instant, and the armored soldiers couldn't even last a second before being sent flying.

Looking up at the sky, Luo Zhisheng was too shocked to speak.

How can it be?

How could it have turned out like this?

The girl knelt on the ground, while the man beside her, as if resigned to his fate, said, "Little girl, hurry up and run away."

"Uncle...?"

"I'm sorry, I lied to you... Actually, I've never had a daughter. I'm just a useless person who lies at home all day playing with the Levi device."

"!"

"I've never even been married, so how could I possibly have a daughter? That's why I'm tired of this life and want to find a way to die a worthy death... After all, I've been playing with this device for so long, but I've never actually fought a real battle."

"Uncle..."

"But you're different... I know you're not an ordinary person. Even if you appeared in a story, you'd definitely be the kind of hero who saves the world. So, fight..."

Perhaps it was because of the excessive blood loss?

Furthermore, for ordinary people, the fragments of the Otherworldly Immortal are simply too terrifying.

After giving Luo Zhisheng a slight smile, the man fell into a deep sleep.

Staring at the old man's corpse, Luo Zhisheng laughed heartily.

"Ha...haha? What, what hero? Haha, hahaha! I'm just an ordinary person who can't do anything."

Her laughter was so arrogant and so contemptuous, as if the whole world were an illusion, devoid of any hope.

What's the point of fighting? If everyone dies, how can we fight?

What hope is there? Now, for all those in Solania, what hope is there at all?

(I can't do anything at all. I can't protect any of my comrades. Even if I obtained the power of the Bright Ash, I would still be nothing but a powerless piece of trash.)

So, that's it...

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