Beginning of Madness

[After a week]

A week has passed since the summoning of Nazarick forces.

In this week, Marquis Raeven proposed the idea of taking down the central government with the local government; that is, the lords must return to their fief. They will fall back for now, and prepare to take down the royal army once in for all.

Following his suggestion, the royalty faction returned to their own territory.

The nobility faction held some debates, and when they noticed the absence of the royalty faction in the capital, they too departed as not to be dominated by the royalty faction later.

The representative of the royalty faction — Prince Zanac, also departed to Marquis Raeven's fief for his own safety. In the capital, where the princess commands the entire royal army, and the soldiers of the royalty faction are retreating to their own lands, he will be vulnerable to many threats.

They may possibly consider assassinating the princess, but she is surrounded by adamantite rank adventures, and the warrior chief Gazef. Even injuring the princess would be too much to ask for, let alone assassinating her.

It may be admitting defeat without a fight, but only for the time being. Once they have gathered enough strength to take down the princess's supporters, and keep the other faction in check, they will be the one to be victorious. All for the sake of a great future.

Both factions had the same thought. They were gathering strength not only to counterattack princess, but also to keep each other in check. Most importantly, the nobility faction.

Royalty faction has a royal blood on their side, whilst nobility faction doesn't. Even if they defeat the princess, but are unable to overwhelm the royalty faction, then the royalty faction could use their representative as the blood of the former king to incite the public outrage.

So, this time, both factions started to amass personnels to strengthen their military forces. If they want to succeed, they had to overcome two hurdles in a one fell swoop. The longer the battle lasts, the more other countries will try to meddle in their affairs.

As of now, in the bright side, only Baharuth Empire is vying the Re-Estize Kingdom. But, in the dark, countries like Slane Theocracy are inciting the warfare for their own benefits. On the top of that, there are many non-human tribes living in the land of Re-Estize.

Once the power balance disrupts in many division for a longer time, the idea of independence will also surge in them causing more chaos in the country. After that, the other greedy people will also join in the fun to get benefits from this destruction.

In a single week, only princess Renner was left in the capital. It might seem like the capital was in the control of the princess, but it was just the lull before the storm. However, who will be the one to benefit from this storm?

Nobility faction? Royalty faction? The Princess?

It doesn't matter who wins, but the one to suffer the most would be the general masses. Because the madness is about to commence.

…

Although the Re-Estize Kindom is considered to be a small nation, which even lacked a dukedom, it is a home to millions of people.

Among many noble lords, the six great noble families were the second most influential power inside the Re-Estize Kingdom, after royalty. These six great nobles govern roughly a third of the entire kingdom.

The Raeven and Urovana family are the highest ranking among these nobles. Marquis Raeven belongs to Raeven family, which has the flexibility of both military strength and economic riches, whereas Margrave Urovana is more bent towards the military strength.

Among the six great nobles, the royalty faction consists of the four powerhouses, each of Marquis rank. However, the nobility faction isn't so great, twith only one Marquis and one Count as notable figures. To top it off, Marquis Boullope — head of the nobility faction, was expelled from the ranks of the royal army.

As a result, it can be said that, the nobility faction can't pose any threat to the royalty faction for now. They can't even spare the effort to keep track of the actions of the royalty faction in a real time.

…

"A… Another town has fallen, my lord. The resistance force has been completely wiped off, and they are still advancing."

Within the brilliantly decorated main hall, there was a solemn atmosphere.

At this moment, a sturdy looking middle-aged man was reporting with a pale complexion. He was dressed in a long blue military coat and appeared to be a high-ranking military official.

His name was Reese Lester, a military advisor.

"At a time like this, our land was the first to bear the burnt?"

Off to the side, another high ranking soldier said in a low voice. His face was turning purple in an ugly expression. Along with him, other high-ranking soldiers and administrative staff were also worried.

At a time like this, when the Kingdom's power was unstable, their land was the first to be attacked. If it was before, they would sneer at this moment for attacking their glorious land, but now that they can't get support from the royal capital, they are a little concerned.

"Calm down. Our land isn't so flimsy that anyone can trample on. This old man wasn't entitled Margrave for this long without a reason."

At this point, an old man at the head of the main hall started speaking.

His gaze swept through the room like a golden burst of light. He looked like an elderly man with white hair and his body looks like a gnarled wood, but he still had an aura of a veteran military administrator.

Obviously, he was someone who was deeply familiar with the battlefield.

That was the current head of the Urovana family — Margrave Urovana.

Margrave was a title bestowed upon a territorial lord who ruled over the border land and protected the kingdom from the foreign forces.

The moment he spoke up, the entire hall quieted down.

This was the head of the current military administrative family. Despite the fact that he has turned into a dying old man, all the high ranking military and administrative staff should show their respect.

"Although we deployed a third of our soldiers to other territories, we are strong enough to deal with that group of bastards."

Margrave Urovana's words were full of domineering pressure and confidence.

To support other lesser nobles in the royalty faction, all the four great nobles had to sent a force, and Margrave Urovana was to send a third of his force.

Other Marquis can't afford to dispatch such a large number of soldiers to other supporting nobles, except for him. He was the lord of a military administrative land. Whilst his personal soldiers weren't as numerous as royal army, it was enough to support a few noble territory.

"Those damn demons will see the consequences of underestimating us."

Margrave Urovana couldn't hold back his rage. He has been in power for almost three generation, defending the Kingdom against the Republic with an iron fist.

And, today some filthy demons has destroyed two towns in his territory within a few hours. He felt that the demons were underestimating him just because a third of his army was out of his territory.

He felt it was an affront to his pride. Even though the speed of the demon invasion was at a terrifying pace, he wasn't scared in the least.

He was confident in his territory's strength. Although the number of his personal army is small in comparison to the royal army, they were all highly trained.

In the battle of E-Rantle he avoided the princess's plea, and only took a handful of soldiers with the reason of protecting the border. As a result, the Kingdom suffered a great loss.

At least that was his reason. How can he compare those tens of thousands of dead soldiers or to be precise civilians in armor with his glorious army.

So he considers that, his army can definitely eliminate the demons once and for all.

"Gather all the soldiers. We are counterattacking with the full force. Let's teach those demon, who's the ruler here."

"Y…Yes, my lord."

Hearing the confident Margrave's voice, other high ranking officers also got their confidence back up.

When they heard that the demons destroyed two highly defended town within a few hours, they were terrified from their bones. You know, the Margraviate of Urovana is border territory.

Here, to defend against the Republic, each and every town has a strong defense. Although the main force is in the central state, the scattered defense force is enough to resist the attacks on any towns for few days.

But, it was destroyed within a few hours. They didn't know how many loses they were going to suffer at this rate. But now, they heard that the main force is going to intercept the demon invasion, they got their confidence back.

If the defensive force in the towns are ants, then the main force is the elephant. With the main force of the Margraviate, the victory is almost in their hands.

…

It took about an hour to assemble all the forces in the central state. There were about fifty thousand soldiers ready to intercept the demon forces.

All of them were wearing an extravagant piece of armor, stronger and sturdier than those royal army's soldiers. The wealth invested in this personal army was naturally from the royal treasury.

With the excuse of defending against the Republic, Margrave Urovana received a sky-hiking funds to strengthen his personal army. Even the royal capital doesn't have such a prosperous cities as the Urovana.

This group of fifty thousand elite soldiers were highly trained to defend against the foreign invasion. Although Margrave Urovana embezzled some training funds, he didn't dare to be reckless with the soldiers' training.

Even if he wanted, he couldn't. Because just a few hills far there is the Republic. If one day, the Republic lose their mind and attacked the Kingdom, the Margraviate of Urovana would be their first target.

In these years, these soldiers weren't much useful, but now that the Margraviate of Urovana was the first to take the burnt of the demon invasion, these soldiers had got their time to shine.

All the soldiers were exuding the terrifying battle aura. They were all confident and excited to crush over the invading demons.

But at this moment, a single voice made them tremble in fear.

"Look! Another flare signal."

Following the voice, the soldiers weakly looked in the sky. There was a blood red flare.

It was the fourth flare, the central state of Margraviate had seen today. And, whenever someone sees it they feel chills down their spine.

The reason is simple — One flare means the destruction of one town.

Early as the demons completely wiped out an entire town from the earth, they sent a message along with the blood red flare.

Now that with this blood red flare, five towns are crushed down by the demon army. Even if they are considered the elite soldiers, they will feel fear when they know that five towns are destroyed.

Five towns — it's not some simple town. It's a highly guarded town with the resistant defense forces. But, five towns are completely destroyed in one day.

What a terrifying speed it is? How many human lives are taken by the demons in one day. Can they truly face such a frightening demons?

Until an hour ago, they weren't like this. They were a little afraid of the demons pace, but they were also confident in their own strength.

But now, that within an hour three additional towns were also destroyed, their confidence is decreasing. With every new sign of blood red flare, their heart jumps out.

It's not only due to their weakness to fight against demons, but also because of the demon's cruelty. A well-guarded town consists of thousands of people, and now that well-guarded town has been crushed resulting into the deaths of thousands in less than an hour.

Even the confidence of Margrave Urovana is on the verge of collapsing. If he didn't feel sympathy for E-Rantle, fear began to creep into his heart as his own domain was being decimated by demons at such a rapid speed.

He even wonders if the main force would be able to intercept the demons before they reach the central state. At such a fast pace, it won't even take a few hours for them to arrive here.

And, his fear resulted true. After another two hours, just as the soldiers were all prepared to set off with a weak heart, the ground began to shake.

*thud *thud *thud

With a terrifying momentum, the loud roars emerged from the distant land, and a voice echoed in all direction.

"Allow the true lunacy to begin."

….

-> The update was on hold for a long time. Sorry for that.

I was busy with my new novel. If you want to read it, then you can give it a try.

It's a novel mainly focused in praising the MC. I mean, it's like MC is already in high power and all wants him to be savior of the world, not like other novel where every chicken underestimates him. They respect him for it, and also fears. Something like that.

Novel: I'm Really Not The Great Sage!

Link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/i'm-really-not-the-great-sage!_22884042105731805

There are only 9 chapters for now, but I hope you have a good read.