Dark Reincarnation: Nightshade

Chapter 70

                   Beast King's POV

           "Let me through. I must speak to the king at once!!"

     I woke with a start hearing a ruckus coming from the other side of my door. Looking out the window I realized it was still the middle of the night.

           'Who the hell?...'

      That's a new one. Over the years i've had plenty of people demanding to see me for something supposedly important. But I'm pretty sure this is the first time someone's had the balls to come banging on the door to my bed chamber so late.

     Well shit. Even if the guards are keeping them out, the damage is already done. I'm wide awake now.

      Getting up and throwing on my robe I slowly walked to the door mumbling all sorts of nice things. When I had opened the door I saw one of the knights I had sent to Fresia Magic Institute being held back my two of my guards.

      The poor sap was frantically trying to get them to let him through. I'm pretty sure that he has only recently became a knight and I could probably kill him in my sleep so I wasn't worried about him trying to get to me so badly. No. What actually had me worried was that the guy was not only covered in blood but also missing an arm.

            "SILENCE!!! Step aside, let him speak."

                     "Sir!!"

   Once the guards had released him and stepped aside, he tried making his way closer to me but fell to his knees halfway while spitting blood. Rushing to his side I tried to use a light magic spell to heal him but it wasn't working.

            "Tell me boy, what has happened to you?"

                     "Do not worry about me sire. I have urgent news!! The Fresia Magic Institute has been attacked!!"

             "WHAT?!?! Attacked? Where was the head mistress? There's no way in hell that powerhouse would let her school be attacked.."

                         "Dead sire... They killed her and drug her around campus for everyone to see. We knights tried to stop them but they were too strong.

    My entire squad is dead.. my captain managed to hand me a teleportation scroll at the last second but I was hit with a cursed weapon.

    But that's not all sire. I know why they were there... They took her..."

       Before he could finish he started violently coughing up blood and collapsed to the floor.

             "Stay with me boy!! Who did they take?!?!"

                       "They took th- *cough cough* - took the h-human child.."

     Directly after saying that his body went limp. The life in his eyes fading. This boy was missing an arm and bleeding out. He knew he was going to die and yet, he fought his way all the way here to be able to warn me.

              "You!! Summon the war council immediately!! You, take this poor boy and give him a hero's burial, he's earned it...."

      Half an hour later I was sitting on my throne staring at my council.

          "How in the actual fuck did this happen? Has anyone heard from or attempted to contact Alice yet?"

                   "No sire. No contact with her has been made neither have any of us tried to make contact."

          "Good. Do whatever it takes to find me answers. I don't care if it empties the royal vault, do what you have to in order to find that child!! If we don't at least have a location once she finds out then we're fucked!!!!"

       This isn't good... It isn't good at all... The only reason she hasn't wiped this entire kingdom off the planet is because of the promise to keep her daughter safe. I fear for my people were she to find out before we had her back.

       As a man, my pride is hurt that I was unable to uphold my promise. But as a father and as a king, I am absolutely terrified because of that same reason.

              "Do we at least have any idea as to where Alice currently is?"

                          "No sire, unfortunately we do not."

    Fuck, who knows when she'll be back again..

                 "Without knowing when she'll return we're out of feasible options. We have no choice... Start evacuating the people.."