Rebirth Of Abium 54 Chapter 54: Death Of A Monarch

No one expected the enemy had already inscribed a magic circle inside the palace. Moreover, they inscribed a magic rune circle behind the King's seat.

It made everyone doubt the security inside the castle! Abium, too, felt something was off because he noticed there was no defensive artifact activated when that girl thrust her dagger.

'This situation is too unbelievable! Why did no one check a magic rune circle placed behind the King's seat? Why the so-called legendary tier defensive artifact I heard in the past is nowhere to be seen?'

Although he had expected these types of situations would occur, still it went in an unpredictable direction. Before he came to this banquet, he made a plan if anything happens out of the ordinary. But now the scene in front of him made more puzzled.

If the enemy really a.s.sa.s.sinated the King in the past, then why did they kill him? The whole southern continent knew he was already cursed and barely holding his life. What was the use in killing the king who was at death's door? That's when a though appeared on Abium's mind.

What if a.s.sa.s.sinating the king was just a distraction? Abium quickly thought, If the king was killed in the banquet hall, what will happen?

All the Royal family members will rush towards the banquet hall, including Lucius.

'Hm?' He quickly understood the whole situation clearly and nodded.

His slim figure quickly mingled into the crowd and left the banquet hall without alerting anyone.

The falling sound of the wine gla.s.s that was in King Sewallus's hand made everyone woke up from the shock.

What happened? How did the enemy easily entered the palace and a.s.sa.s.sinated their King? No one inside the hall knew the answer.

"Who authorized to inscribe this magic rune circle inside the castle?!" Crown prince shouted angrily. Of course, he would be furious when his own father was stabbed right in front of him. And it seems king already left the world as his eyes and mouth were wide open as no sound came. His figure looked more like a doll that laid on the ornamental chair.

Not a pin drop sound could be heard as everyone lowered their heads in shame! Finally, a courageous young male servant stepped forth and replied.

"Your highness, It's one of the Royal court mage, Hogg! When i asked about this, he told it's for the safety measures."

"What?! Then why didn't you tell that to royal knights?"

"Y-Your Highness, I told that to Vice-captain, but he said it was alright."

Crown prince gritted his teeth at these subordinates' excuses.

"Lady Roysia! What is the meaning of this?!" He furiously pointed his finger at the Royal Knight captain. She appears to be also had no clue about this as she lowered her head in shame.

"Y-Your Highness, Vice-captain never told us anything about this."

"But everyone sighed soul contract, right? How could they betray us?" He spoke unwillingly.

'Screech!' Suddenly, the main banquet hall door opened with a screeching sound that made everyone shift their gaze.

"Calm down, Huggin. There are many ways to erase the Qrevna's mark from the soul. I just got the news from the inst.i.tute that Hogg's life crystal was already broken. It means that he is already dead, or someone helped him to unbind the contract."

An elderly man walked from the entrance while speaking. His hair appeared white as clouds, and few wrinkles appeared on his face, shown that he already crossed 70 years. Everyone instantly recognized this man.

'Former king Lucius.' The man who protects this kingdom from the shadows and the sole seventh tier warrior in this kingdom. He made a swift glance, and soon, his eyes landed on the n.o.bles on the first row.

He gave a cold look and returned his gaze towards his son. His mere presence inside that banquet hall made all the n.o.bles to quiver a little.

"Grandpa!" princess Ankerita and the crown prince called out as both hugged him with tears. Following that, another three figures hastily ran into that banquet hall with lifeless expression.

If Abium were here, he would easily recognize they were younger Prince Raollet, second Princess Evelune, and second Prince Tybost.

"Father! you should see this!" d.u.c.h.ess Margery, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly stood up from her seat and threw a crystal bracelet to Lucius. Quickly Former King Lucius caught that bracelet then imbued a bit of his mana into it.

Soon, an image of that black-haired girl projected made former king Lucius's expression to frown.

"Who is she?" He asked promptly. There was a profound murderous aura emitted in his eyes that made everyone in the hall step back a little.

"She is the Red Python organization's member." She paused. "And the one who a.s.sa.s.sinated my brother."

The hall went silent for a second, soon the expression on Former king appeared pale. He saw a small red python symbol on her dress that seems to left intentionally.

'What will they achieve from killing my half-dead son? What is their motive?' He confused. Red Python Organization was one of the largest slave-trading organization in the southern continent.

'But for them to target my son? What is their motive?' He also heard that the organization was not much powerful and puzzled.

Although they do influence every kingdom, they don't have any real strength except that mysterious leader. Holy See? He quickly shook that thought. They would never side with this slave-trading organization except for that Pontiff.

The next enemy would be Order of the dead, and he also knew they would definitely create problems but not in a cowardice way. Then who? There has never been an incident like this in the past. He quickly tapped his black ring on his forefinger and asked.

"Zivior, Why there are no mages arrived yet?" There was little annoyance in his tone. An unknown enemy killed his own son right in front of everyone, but no one was able to stop that! Even the legendary artifact was nowhere to be seen in his son's body.

"Lucius! The enemy already put a dimensional lock around the capital. I already told headmaster about this, and he said it would take at least 15 minutes for us to break that s-." Suddenly, the signal got cutoff that made Lucius frown deeper.

"d.a.m.n b.a.s.t.a.r.ds! They even isolate us from getting any help from the inst.i.tute, huh. Good."

Soon, Lucius walked towards the king and muttered sorrowfully.

"Don't worry, my son; I will avenge you."

Meanwhile, King Seawallus's body was already laid there like a statue on the seat. The scarlet blood stained his luxurious clothes, and red drops fell on the floor. The only sound that could be heard inside that banquet hall was the queen's weeping sound.

"Sorry, my dear child. I didn't make it here on time." Former king Lucius apologized to the queen and shifted his gaze towards the n.o.bles.
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"No one should speak a word about this incident to the public, got it? On December 31 st my son King Seawallus Lockridge died because of the curse. If the news about someone a.s.sa.s.sinated right in front of all the n.o.bles got out, I will personally come and cut that person's head."

He then shifted his gaze towards the guards and ordered.

"Inform the whole city to lock do-" But soon, his expression froze as his black eyes widened. Next instant, a golden flame appeared around his body and formed into two golden wings.

"So they are after that stone tablet, huh?" He remembered now. A few years ago, one guy from that organization came and asked for that mysterious stone tablet directly to him. But when he first saw that, there was only some graffiti, symbols carved on that.

Lucius thought it must be something valuable treasure and kept inside the royal treasury as he declined to give that tablet to that organization. After that, he didn't meet with that guy and thought it was over. But now their appearance made him instantly grew alert.

His eyes grew cold as ice and flew out of the room like lightning.

Meanwhile, Abium stealthily walked out of the palace and scanned the surroundings. He came outside the castle without informing anyone. Because Azolla mentioned him earlier, the enemy inscribed that magic rune circle with a first-tier teleportation spell, not a second-tier spell. To activate any high tier spell, she said it would take some time to activate.

'That means the enemy must be inside the royal city.' But the problem was he still didn't sense any elemental fluctuation around half a mile radius.

Suddenly the ring on his left-hand forefinger flickered. The next moment, the communication rune inside his robe started to shine.

"Mage Abium! It's your senior Berold. can you hear me?" A rough voice came from the rune circle on his black robe that he wore inside that luxurious cloth.

"Yes, Mage Berold." He responded promptly.

"Where are you?" There was a slightly anxious in his tone as he spoke.

"I am now standing outside the royal castle and searching for that a.s.sa.s.sin. What happened?" Abium asked. He had a bad feeling about this.

"Mentor just now told me the enemy used dimension lock spell. Go-"

The communication cut off in halfway made Abium knew someone blocked the signal. Soon, he saw the communication rune started to dim and finally died down. He ma.s.saged his template and pondered.

'Mage Berold was going to tell me to go somewhere, but where?'

He shook that thought and checked his body status.

He hadn't checked it after he advanced into an official mage, and soon, a notification icon popped out in front of his eyes.

[Name: Abium

Age: 16

Race: Elf ( ?????)

Health: Normal

Cla.s.s: Official Mage

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Divinity: ?????

Bloodline strength: 1%

Attributes

Strength: 4.9

Agility: 4.9

Vitality: 4.9

Mana: 24.1

Spirit: 12.1

Skills: master swordsmanship, Advanced sword aura.

Spells

Zero tier spells: Blink, Red Orb, Mirage, Dark bind, Storage, Blazing shield, ??????.]

He startled when he noticed a few additional changes like Divinity, bloodline, and alignment. But as he was about to ask this to Azolla, a small fire explosion sound came from afar.

'Enemy?'

Abium's eyes moved in that direction, and he dashed forward. It didn't take long before he noticed what caused the explosion. The fighting was happening on the terrace of a large building.

Citizens and guards watched the fight from afar while maintaining distance from that building. From time to time, small debris of stones fell from that terrace made citizens to panic.

'Who are they?' There was a large dark figure with crimson wings battling against two others. Because of the darkness, Abium couldn't able to see their faces or appearances clearly.

'Blink.' Next instant, Abium's form vanished from that place and soon reappeared on the building.

'Hold on! That's the girl.' His eyes finally landed on one of those two figures and finally found it was the black-haired girl who killed King Seawallus. Everyone also noticed his arrival as they shifted their gaze at the uninvited guest. Many dark red chains bounded those two girls to the ground. Also, that chain appeared more familiar to him.

Yes! It was the same chain that bounded to his soul in the spirit realm.

"f.u.c.k! Another enemy?" Black haired girl's cursed when he noticed his arrival.