Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I'm standing in front of a window of an inn that I rented in the Eluna Empire's capital city. I'm staring at the Palace where Emperor Lerst is going to give his speech to his people at noon 3 days from now based on Diamond and Lothair's information. I'm so nervous and anxious because I couldn't sleep for the last few days in the game.

Avriel is walking towards me and she stands next to me while looking at the Palace as well.

"We have prepared everything and it is time for me to get going, Trevor."

I look at her and exhale deeply and then nod with understanding.

"Okay, be careful."

Avriel slightly smiles and nods.

"Understood."

Avriel then leaves the room, and Krestan stands up from his seat and stretches his arms. I look at him and he tilts his head on the door.

"Alright, I will do my job now."

I'm staring at him while nodding.

"Please do your job properly."

Krestan scoffs.

"I could destroy the Palace in a blink of an eye if I want to, so you don't have to worry. Who do you think I am?"

I shake my head.

"I know what you're capable of. What I meant is your job to protect Avriel, Krestan. I don't want to lose her as well."

Krestan nods with understanding.

"I know, I will protect her. I will get going then, see you in 3 days."

I nod.

"Yeah, be careful."

Krestan is walking towards the door while waving at me from his back then he leaves the room.

I sit down and open my friendlist and message Ivonna.

[How's the situation over there?]

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[As expected, it's not going smoothly over here. I'm currently escorting King Jasvah, King Crafnell, and King Lionel to the Conference Hall for another meeting with all the Kings. I think we miscalculated something, Trev.]

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[Miscalculated? What's happening over there?]

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[It seems that King Crafnell wasn't the only problem, or at least that's what I thought. It's getting heated over here because it's 3 against 5. The only Kingdoms that are willing to fight the Eluna Empire are The Maryoca Kingdom, The Hebraum Kingdom, and The Eynhildr Kingdom, the rest are against it. They don't want to fight and want to surrender themselves to the Eluna Empire because they don't have the resources to win the war because of the Invasion. This is looking worse than we expected.]

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[What's that mean? The only one who lost so many forces is the Maryoca Kingdom. The others are still having at least 60% to 70% of their forces post the Invasion.]

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[That's what I thought as well, but one of their excuses is that the Maryoca Kingdom's forces are the strongest ones compared to them, so even if they sent all of their forces to go to war, it won't be enough without Maryoca Kingdom's full forces.]

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[That's bullsh*t. You said 3 against 5, what about the last one? Who's not voted in this?]

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[The Acuria Kingdom didn't vote. They want to stay neutral and would help all sides during the war. It's Saintess Aria's decision, and the King is taking his side with the Saintess.]

[I have a bad feeling about this...]

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[What happened?]

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[We arrive at the Conference Hall, but we don't see the other Kings in the building, and we only see the Ministers from each Kingdom]

Before I can reply, Ivonna sends another message.

[This is bad, we fell into their trap. They're revolting against us. It's happening, Trevor... the civil war is happening. I have to protect the Kings with the others because we are surrounded. I will talk to you later.]

I lean on my chair while massaging my head.

"Damn it..."

I immediately message Kingstar to ask about the situation in the Aarus Empire.

[How's the situation over there?]

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[It's getting intense here. We received intel that the Aristocrat's faction is going for a rebellion against the Royal family faction because they have been unsatisfied with the Royal family and they want the Emperor to get down from his throne. With this opportunity, they want to take over the Empire and give it to the Eluna Empire as a present. We couldn't do anything in this case because we are all a part of the Royal family's faction, and we can only follow the Emperor's order. The Royal family's faction is preparing its forces to fight against the Aristocrat's faction. We have no idea when are we going to be sent to subjugate the Aristocrat's faction, but it's happening. Right now, we have been guarding the Palace because there's a chance that the subject is working with the Royal family and will kill them when nobody is guarding them.]

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[The civil war is happening there as well, huh?]

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[What about the Alliance Kingdoms?]

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[I just contacted Ivonna and right now the opposing side is already revolting, and Ivonna with the others are protecting the Kings and it's already happening over there.]

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[That's bad, but at least we already prepared for this in the first place.]

[By the way, how about your preparation over there? Are you sure you can do it?]

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[You don't have to worry about it. Just wait until the news of the death of Emperor Lerst in the forum.]

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[Alright.]

[I hate to admit, but you're the only one who can pull this off, so good luck out there.]

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[Yeah, you too.]

I stand up and look outside the window again to see how peaceful this city is, but soon, this city will be bathing with blood, then someone is knocking on the door, I look at the door and put on my disguise. I approach the door and open it, turns out it's just Diamond and Lothair. I let them in and they both look so worried.

I remove my disguise and sit on the chair while sighing.

"I thought you were someone else. What's with the long face?"

Diamond sits on the bed and then he lays down while sighing.

"I heard what's happening in the Alliance Kingdoms from Alessandro. Man, I never thought that our prediction will be right."

Lothair sits on the chair next to me and looks at Diamond.

"Well, this is a medieval age. What do you think when people of this age want power? Of course, they would use violence to gain that."

Lothair looks at me and nods up.

"Anyway, how's the preparation on your side? Is everything ready?"

I look at the window and stare at the Palace while humming.

"Avriel and Krestan should be there by now."

Lothair looks at the window as well.

"Are you sure they can infiltrate the Palace?"

Diamond turns his head and looks at Lothair.

"What are you talking about? Did you forget who stole Krestan's limb from the Eluna Empire and who beat the sh*t out of us during that time? It was this guy and there's no way he could infiltrate the Palace without Avriel's help."

Lothair is raising his eyebrows and looks at me with curiosity.

"Wait, is that really what happened back then?"

I scoff and nod in agreement.

"Yeah, it was thanks to Avriel's help that I could infiltrate the Palace. She was also the one who showed me the secret chamber where Krestan's limb is placed."

Lothair is shaking his head.

"How the hell did you manage to get Avriel into your side and what did you do to make her leave the Sarkh Village? At this point, there are so many things that I want to know from you."

Diamond suddenly jolts from the bed and he looks at both of us.

"Oh, speaking of that, did you know that we can date NPCs in this game? I heard there are so many players are dating NPCs in this game, and do you know what the best part is?"

We both are looking at him and shake our heads while saying the same thing at the same time.

"Not interested."

Diamond clicks his tongue.

"No seriously, listen to me! They said if we have sex in the game, we are feeling the same thing while we are having sex in real life! How f*cking great is that? Imagine if you find the partner you have been longing for and you found them in the game, and especially if they're NPCs. That will be amazing!"

Lothair sighs.

"Dude stop, you really need some help."

They both start arguing while I'm listening to them and chuckling because of how stupid their conversation is. Lothair finally can't stand him any longer and he stands up then grabs Diamond on his back while dragging him toward the door.

Lothair looks at me.

"Good luck, Trevor. We will be fighting you in a few days, and just so you know, we still can't accept our defeat that day and since this is the perfect opportunity for both of us, we will have a rematch and we have been waiting for this moment."

I scoff and raise my eyebrow while looking at them.

"Oh? I can't wait."

Diamond and Lothair are giving me a thumbs up then leave the room.