Dungeon Defense (WN)

d to depart and waited for the nobles to gather.

The nobles let out a strained laugh.
Within their group were also a few people who had acted like traitors and snitched on their fellow countrymen to Queen Henrietta.
They had managed to get this far by sacrificing their pride, but it all ended up going to waste.

– Shiing.

The nobles held their swords forward.
It didn’t matter what kind of excuses they tried to make here, Queen Henrietta was definitely not going to spare their lives.
Only a dirty death awaited them after an uncertain amount of torture and humiliation.

They resolved themselves.
They were worried about the safety of their families, but they were also proud nobles of Frankia.
They were probably resolved as well.

“……And what if we refuse to have an audience with your queen?”

“There is one thing that humans cannot refuse in the world.”

The knights unsheathed their swords in unison.

“You must all die here.”

The battle started.

The Frankian nobles resisted valiantly.
From the youngsters who had just become the heads of their households to the seventy-year-old man who had lost all of his descendants, everyone who could hold a blade charged forward.

There was only a single line that they shouted out in unison.

“For Frankia!”

Republicans took slashes for royalists.
Royalists jumped into the fray in order to save republicans.
Even these individuals who used to be archrivals because of their different ideologies were nothing more than allies in their final moments.

“For Her Highness the Queen!”

Swords stabbed into the chests of those nobles as if they were laughing at their sacrifice.
A young noble’s intestines came spilling out on the floor as his stomach was impaled by a spear.
The boy fell and tried to push his guts back inside of him, but he couldn’t do much before dying.
The sounds of screams and groaning mixed together as they dyed the estate red.

A certain middle-aged man ran forward urgently with his hands up.
He was the traitor who told Brittany about this assembly.

“Wait! Miss Nazaire! It is me! Do not kill me!”

The vice-captain approached him with a pleasant smile.

“So you were here.
Her Highness will be very pleased with tonight’s results.”

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“T-Thank you very much.
Her Highness’ favor is like the rivers and seas.”

The small number of nobles and their escorts who were still alive became shocked with their blood-soaked faces.

“You bastard, Bethune!”

“May your dirty bloodline be cursed for all eternity!”

The people who used to be his allies shouted curses at the man.
The man flinched for a moment, but he furrowed his brows as if he were displeased.

“……And how clean must your bloodlines be to sing praises about Frankia day in and day out? Nationality isn’t what’s important to the people.
It doesn’t matter who the emperor is either.
It doesn’t matter who the ruler is, whether they’re from Frankia, Brittany, or even the Demon Lord army, as long as they rule well!”

“Shut up, your words are filled with piss!”

A young family head shouted.

“Frankia was the one who raised you, not Brittany! The people of Frankia gave their taxes to you, your Frankian parents raised you, and it was the mountains and streams of Frankia that protected you! How dare a swine who doesn’t recognize his own parents talk about the people!”

“There is no point in arguing…….
History is something that changes! For the sake of the people!”

It was at that moment.

The head of the man with a popped blood vessel was severed.
The man fell to the ground with wide eyes.
His head rolled to the feet of the other nobles.

“W-What……?”

“…….”

The nobles forgot about their anger as they were at a loss for words.

The female vice-captain was smiling in front of them.
Her sword was drenched in blood.
The female knight had personally executed the traitor who should have been Brittany’s ally.

“This is why you Franks are lacking.
Regardless of how right your words are, you must have the strength to back up your words.”

“……Why did you kill that guy who betrayed us?”

“I do not understand your question.”

The vice-captain raised her sword and readied herself.

“I clearly said that you will ‘all’ die here.”

“…….”

“I will see if you are still able to talk about that belief of yours after you have become corpses.”

All of the nobles were slaughtered, leaving no survivors.

A violent storm swept over their families as well.
A portion of Brittany’s army that had left the capital returned and attacked their families.
A massive purge was carried out as women, children, and the elderly were killed indiscriminately.

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– Currently, several nobles have conspired and started an uprising.

– According to the Emperor’s order, these disturbances will be neutralized swiftly.

– Due to the severity of their crimes of being moved by our enemy and trying to shake our foundation, they will be executed without any exception.

Thus, within the span of only two days, nearly three hundred people were executed.

The Brittan army became satisfied after they got rid of their future troubles and advanced without delay.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were dispatched along with the Frankian soldiers to face the Demon Lord army.
Their pace was as quick as a blitz.

“…….”

The nobles who survived due to their caution bit their lips.
The heads of their comrades were put on display on the edges of spears in every plaza of the city.
There was even the dead body of a young family head among them.

The nobles walked away from the plazas.
They left and shed tears of blood in a secluded place within their estates where no one could see them.

“I will never forgive you, Brittany!”

Baron Bercy.
Even this man, who humbly referred to himself as a baronet, was among the people who survived.
He roared in sorrow with his lips that had been torn by his own teeth.

“Never! A day where the blood dries on Brittan soil will never arrive! I will devote my life, my blood, everything to this! I will have my revenge!”

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TL Note: Thanks for reading the chapter.
Things sort of proceeded as expected for the nobles of Frankia.
Excluding the smart few who didn’t gather.

On another note, the wedding was enjoyable.
Although I did have a bad headache throughout it because I probably had a heatstroke.
I had to wear a full suit and was under the blazing sun way more than necessary since my brother refused to pick me up.
I guess there are going to be a lot of weddings now that Covid restrictions have been lessening.

Welp, I’ll see you guys in the next chapter.