What was going on? He had never heard that the Evaluation Country was at war! And why were they all Undead?
Ellie was indeed a bit confused, looking at Ligurit, who also had a bewildered expression, clearly wanting to ask her what was happening.
Ligurit naturally couldn't give Ellie any answers. Ellie could only order Sticky Rice Cake to fly a little lower to investigate, but when they flew down, Ellie was stunned again. No way!
Among those Undead, Ellie saw Nazarick's banner. Although not many in number, among the sea of small skeletons and zombies, occasionally a few higher-level small skeletons, wearing tattered armor, held Nazarick's, which was now the Magic Kingdom's, banner. What the heck!
Now this was good. Originally, Ellie wanted to question Ligurit about what was going on, but now Ligurit was staring at her with a look that said, "You'd better explain yourself."
Just then, at the very rear of the Undead Legion, several magic arrows and some low-level attack spells like Fire Arrow and Ice Cone were shot towards Sticky Rice Cake. Moreover, the defending soldiers on the city walls had also noticed Sticky Rice Cake in the sky. After all, this was a war, and a dragon suddenly appearing in the sky above the battlefield would certainly be mistaken for reinforcements from the Evaluation Country. Ellie did not dare to counterattack rashly and immediately ordered Sticky Rice Cake to gain altitude, flying above the clouds.
"This is impossible... The Magic Kingdom cannot possibly attack the Evaluation Country." After reaching a safe area, Ellie ordered Sticky Rice Cake to circle in the sky and then pondered a solution. Seeing Ligurit's distrustful gaze, Ellie could only explain to her first.
"Then how do you explain these Undead troops?" After seeing Sticky Rice Cake being attacked, Ligurit's suspicion, which had arisen after seeing Nazarick's banner, lessened. After all, the princess of the Magic Kingdom was riding this dragon, and the princess had also said that this dragon was her pet and mount. Would their own troops not recognize their own princess's mount?
"Those Undead troops are not the Magic Kingdom's troops," Ellie answered with certainty. Although she had never personally led any of Nazarick's troops, from the small skeletons and zombies she saw, Ellie could be absolutely sure that they were not Nazarick's troops.
"Are you sure?" Ligurit would naturally not believe Ellie's words so easily.
"Of course! My troops are not that LOWB!" Ellie answered, clearly annoyed.
"Lowb?" Ligurit looked at Ellie, confused, not understanding what this new word Ellie said meant.
"Let me translate. Ellie-sama means, 'My troops are not that trashy!' Hmph!" Chao Lu on the side mimicked Ellie's voice and repeated it once.
Hey, hey! I didn't say "Hmph!"! Ellie didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"What do you mean?" Ligurit was still a bit puzzled.
"If they were the Magic Kingdom's troops, they shouldn't look like this... Many Undead don't even have basic armaments. Such troops are definitely not from the Magic Kingdom. It should be a ploy by someone with ulterior motives to smear the Magic Kingdom," Ellie ignored Chao Lu and quickly explained to Ligurit.
"That's true. The Magic Kingdom's garrison in E-Rantel before were all high-spec Undead, completely different from those Undead below. And to cross the entire Re-Estize Kingdom and send troops here is indeed illogical," Ligurit nodded, agreeing with Ellie's statement.
After all, Ligurit herself was a Necromancer and understood how outrageous the Death Knights in E-Rantel were. How could a country that used such Undead monsters as a guard force send such low-level Undead to attack a city?
For a town like Lasa Road, just one Death Knight could probably take it down easily. There was no need to use these low-level Undead to pile up numbers. Moreover, the Magic Kingdom had no reason to attack the Evaluation Country. One must know that the Magic Kingdom and the Evaluation Country were separated by a kingdom. Why would they seek far when near was available? This made no sense no matter how one thought about it.
"Ligurit, it's good that you believe me. This is too strange. Who is so immoral as to want to provoke a conflict between the Evaluation Country and the Magic Kingdom! And at such a time, this timing is too coincidental," Ellie indeed felt it was very strange. Why at this moment? She had just planned to visit the Evaluation Country for fun, and she immediately ran into something like this. This was too coincidental.
Ellie's first thought at this moment was whether the Slane Theocracy was causing trouble. After all, after the Slane Theocracy eliminated the Elf Kingdom, their remaining strong enemy was the Evaluation Country.
Then, by stirring up trouble between these two countries, causing the Evaluation Country and the Magic Kingdom to fight, they would indeed benefit. But on second thought, it seemed not quite right. She had only left the Slane Theocracy a short while ago. Based on the timeline, could the Slane Theocracy have brought so many Undead here within these two days after she left? With the Slane Theocracy's capabilities, it should be impossible, right?
Unless they had some unknown secret treasure that could instantly summon so many low-level Undead, and they dared to do this right after she left. Were they not afraid that she would turn around and destroy them?
It felt like those old geezers shouldn't be that foolish, so the possibility of the Slane Theocracy being behind this didn't seem high.
"In this situation, it's probably very difficult to safely enter Lasa Road, isn't it?" Ligurit glanced down. Although separated by clouds, she couldn't clearly see the situation on the battlefield below.
"Directly have Sticky Rice Cake air-drop into the city and explain the situation to the city's garrison should be... impossible, right?" Ellie wasn't confident in forcing Sticky Rice Cake to land in a town that was currently at war, fearing a conflict with the town's defenders. Once a conflict started, it would be troublesome. Although flattening the entire town would be a matter of minutes, doing so would truly make it the Magic Kingdom's princess leading an attack on the Evaluation Country, wouldn't it?
"..." Chao Lu, deep in thought, also looked below the clouds and said nothing. It seemed she didn't intend to offer any opinions.
"Then, in that case, the only option is to drive away those Undead and then understand the situation from the people in the town. Sticky Rice Cake! Find an open area and descend! I'm going to clear out these fakes!" Ellie said.
After all, this was the most direct method. Impersonating Nazarick was already a Capital offense, so there was no need to consider that.
"Ellie-sama, you don't need to take action for this. I can handle it," Chao Lu seemed to have been waiting for Ellie to say this, and immediately chimed in.
"Alright, Chao Lu... I'll leave this to you." Isn't this perfect? I wanted to see Chao Lu's combat power. Since she offered herself, let me see what you can do!
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