The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 165. Entering the Royal Palace

We made our way in the carriage towards the center of town where a giant tree stood tall. The tree had carvings and holes burrowed into it. The holes were doors and windows it seemed. The carvings looked to explain some kind of history through hieroglyphics. If I had to guess from the figures, it looked like it told the history of the Kings of the Dark Elves.

" This is the Royal Palace of Darkheim! As the 1st Prince of the Dark Elves I, Delcan Nyx, invite you, Marquess Matthew Drake, and your wives, Sarah and Anna, as our guests."

Prince Delcan grandly announced that. It seems he did that because Dark Elves began to stare at our group as we walked up the steps to the Royal Palace.

" A Human?"

" Demons?"

It seems his words caused a stir in the crowd that was around us. I made sure that Sarah and Anna and our guards were close to me before moving forward. If anything happens, I'll be able to summon Paula and get us out of here relatively unharmed.

" Relax, they won't do anything because of my words."

Delcan spoke to me. I guess my demeanor gave away what I was thinking. He tried to assure me everything was fine, but the commotion from the crowd still worried me. Regardless of my worries, we climbed the steps of the Royal Palace without much of a hassle.

" See, I told you they wouldn't do anything."

" It only takes 1 person to do something dangerous, Prince Delcan."

" You sound like you're speaking from experience, Marquess Drake?"

Flashes of history books and my own experience waiting in a blood-soaked car at night go through my mind.

" I've just seen somethings in my life. Whether from books or seeing it in person."

" From your travels before King Warrick found you?"

" That and even after. My wife was kidnapped before we were to be married."

" What!?"

Prince Delcan was shocked by my words. I feel like my words end up doing that a lot in Gaia. I looked at him and continued to speak.

" Yes, we were... Out on a date. Then a man came, with an army of undead and they were able to hold me back as the man knocked out Sarah and took her from me."

" You must've felt so helpless..."

Prince Delcan tried to offer some words of comfort to me.

" Under the feelings of murderous rage, yes there was a feeling of helplessness. However, in the end, I was able to find her shortly afterwards and save her from her captors. Since then, I've hoped that I get to run into those people again."

" You want to meet your wife's captors?"

" Yes, so we can kill them."

Prince Delcan seemed surprised at my words again.

" I hope the man who originally captured me doesn't die before that day. I owe him a debt I wish to repay with the blade of my halberd. While I may be grateful to them for showing me, My Love's more dashing side, I still plan on enjoying their end together with my family."

Sarah spoke with glee about our future goal. You see Sarah, Anna and I have been waiting a long time for that group to be found by Warrick's spies. Once we do, we've decided to slaughter them. So far not much has been found, either they're good at hiding or they're dead. I pray that they're smart and are hiding. Our decision to fight them is 1 of the reasons we've been spending so much time training to hone our old and new abilities.