The Princess And The Lord

Chapter 1290  Attack of the Bael II

There was a thunderous roar from afar, followed by the sound of an explosion from heavy machines and rifles, as a result, people became even more panicked, they strumbled at each other while others deliberately rammed the car in front of them so their car could get away, several people give up their car then choose to run instead, the situation "What a mess!" Owen grumbled in annoyance, the sight reminded him the time at the Dark age war when people fled to save themselves without care if they had to push or trample on other people, everyone was for themselves at that time.

"Lydia, Owen, Dan, get the car to a safe place before some idiot crashes into our car, Garrof, Lloyd, you come with me to check the situation ahead!" Lory gave a quick order.

"Yes ma'am!" Owen saluted her.

Dan bowed his head respectfully after that he jumped to the driver's seat with Owen taking the seat next to him and Lydia still sat on the back. Before Lory left Lydia called Lory "Your hig...I mean, Raven...please be careful" She looked genuinely worried for Lory.

Lory smiles and then gives a slight nod. "You guys standby, we will call you after checking the situation" Garrof and Lloyd then forcefully pushed the car in front of them after that he waved for Dan to move the car and leave.

After making sure the kids had headed to a safe place, Lloyd and Garrof then rushed forward but they were blocked by a group of people running frantically towards them.

"Over here!" Lory jumped on the hood of the car to escape the mass.

Immediately the three figures jump nimbly between moving and stopped cars at rapid speed, leaving a slight dent to the car they step on.

"Doesn't this remind you of the past, buddy?!" Garrof guffawed.

"Yeah, but it's not a past I'll remember fondly" Lloyd replied sullenly.

As they got closer to the source of the chaos, the worse the situation became. The Beast is a giant lion as big as an elephant with a strange head like a flower but has a snout with fangs like a Lion, however, the creature's body is covered with vines, similar to the Maren and Zhyger they faced previously.

"Is that Fangore?" Lloyd Frowed.

"Not the Fangore that I know," Garrof perplexed.

"Stay alert guys, this one is a tough one" Lory warned them.

The troops came with a strong mech and tank to fight Bael but every time they managed to injure the creature healed itself after that the vines around the creature stretched out as if it was alive then rope around their war machines and vehicles and then crushed it in pieces.

The soldiers were shocked still they were undeterred, they drew their weapons and then attacked the creature directly, some hunters who happened to be there also helped, but unfortunately, they could not match the strength of the enraged Beast.

Pollen that look like fine orange powder suddenly spurted out from the beast's flower head and then infected all the hunters and soldiers who didn't lick near the Beast, as soon as their skin came into contact with the orange powder their faces ballooned and turned bluish then one by one dropped like flies with foam at their mouths.

"Is that toxic Pollen!" Lloyd was stupefied.

"Do you have an antidote?" Lory asks in urgency.

"Yes, we got a few of them in our bag!" Garrof patted his leg bag.

"Here take mine!" Lory threw her bag at Garrof, "Give them, I will stall the Bael!" After saying that Lory lunged toward the beast like an arrow.

Lory waved his hand and many wind blades cut the creep plants at the same time attacking the head of the beast.

The Beast staggered a bit, and soon after the Beast's attention was immediately fixed on Lory. Because Lory couldn't summon Trinity staff in front of other people she took double daggle that was already imbued with wind power.

Lory then swung a dagger to release the wind slash on the neck of the beast, in a second neck of the animal separated from her body, but before it completely severed suddenly strange roots growing from the Beast's neck then joined with the root that grew from the beast severe head, soon the head and the neck connected again.

"Hey, That is cheating!" Lory spat her anger at the Bael.

The beast let out an earsplitting roar at Lory then suddenly a giant bolt of energy shot towards the beast's hind leg and utterly destroyed it, then another quick slash imbued with electric current cut off the beast's other hind leg at the same time electrocuted the beast.

The beast jolted for seconds and its movement halted but before they could feel happy the strange roots grew from the open wound and then connected the severe part again.

Garrof, who had just fired a shot, let out a harsh breath "Remind me how we killed this thing before?"

"Well, we didn't, it was Mr. Zhao who killed it, remember" Lloyd gave a dry laugh.

Garrof pouted his lips, "Oh yeah, I forgot that"

Lory made a long vertical jump into the sky when the beast pounced towards her, meanwhile, the soldiers and other hunters who had already recovered from the poison raised their weapons once again to fight the ferocious Beast, Later on, The beast harrowing roar and the sounds of the warrior battle cry permeating to the air.

"Our attack is useless, what should we do your highness?" Garrof whispers in Lory's ear.

"The only way is to kill the beast completely before it manages to regenerate but to do that I have to show my true strength" Lory felt in a dilemma about what she should do, obviously she couldn't let all these people slaughter just like that, right?!

Lloyd's eyes suddenly caught something, "Wait, I don't think you need to worry about that..."

Lory and Garrof turned their gaze to where Lloyd looked, it was then in the distance there were people in white uniforms with silver armor and their white robes jumped from flying aircraft, their snowy white cape flutter gracefully on their backs making their presence more dramatic, the only thing missing was the 'epic' music in the background.

"THE PALADIN IS HERE!" one of the soldiers holler excitedly.

"We're safe - we're safe!" the other also follows. "Paladin" Lloyd's voice etched with alarm.

"That's a great entrance, by the way," Garrof quipped as he stared coldly at the Paladin.

Lory didn't want to be involved with the paladin so soon so she decided to hide themselves for the time being "Let's see what they want to do" Lory, Lloyd, and Garrof sneak behind the destroyed vehicle to see what the Paladin will do.

In the meantime, The three Paladins bravely faced the Bael. The sounds of steel and the Beast's claws filled the air, everyone watched while holding they're breath.

The two Paladins raised their swords into the sky, and a blinding white light radiated from their swords, the two Paladins then swung their swords simultaneously and the light energy from their swords flew at the speed of light cutting through the creature's legs causing the Bael to fall helpless on the ground.

However, this time the creature was unable to reconnect its severed limbs, it seemed like the power of light had negated the creature's abilities.

Soon after, dark red liquid flowed from Bael's open wound. The other paladin didn't waste any time, he grabbed his sword with both hands and thrust the Beast's head and the Beast let out a final roar before the body evaporated into red flower petals that were swept away by the wind into the sky. Everyone watched with awe as the flower petals were blown by the wind, they raised their hands to try to catch the flower petals. It's hard to believe something so frail and beautiful coming from a dreadful thing like the Bael.

The paladin then raised his sword to the sky while shouting "Behold the divine power of Saintess, bow to her and she will grant you power to fight against this monster!"

The waves of cheers reverberated to the sky, not only from the soldiers and hunters but also from the remaining civilians who were unable to leave also praised the Saintess's name with reverie.

"That's...scary" Garrof stared in disbelief at the wave of cheers from the people chanting the Saint's name.

"If they wanted to spread their influence, they succeeded" comments Lloyd.

"Let's get out of here" Lory prompts them to leave.

Lloyd called Dan to meet at the appointed place, when he saw Lory and the others looked fine, Dan let out a sigh of relief.

Garros shooed Dan into the back seat and then took over the wheel.

"We saw from afar, the creature looked like a Fangore but much scarier" Owen shuddered in horror.

"I'm sure we'll find the stone engraved with that strange symbol again on that creature's body," Garrof said as he started his car.

"We can't be sure now that the creature has turned into a flower petal," Lloyd said irritably while directing his gaze to where Bael was.

Lory supported her chin while staring out the window, a moment later she muttered,

"Transformation didn't happen when we killed Maren and Zhyger, why is it different now?"

Garrof glanced at the rearview mirror, "Do you have any thoughts, Your Highness"

Lory took a deep breath then leaned back against the back of the chair tiredly, "I guess this is nothing more than a special effect placed later to make their powers seem holy"

"Why they would do that?" Owen looks at Lory in confusion.

Lory shrugged indifferently, "As usual, it's for power and control"

Lydia, who still can't accept the institution she loves so much, can be so cruel. "But... would they do that, would they sacrifice innocent people just for that? Would they be so heartless?"

Lory understood Lydia's reluctance to accept, this wasn't something that could be resolved in a short time.

"The only thing we are sure of so far is that the S.A.I.N.T. and Luxemborough are behind the emergence of this new type of monster, and the motive I can conclude for now is that they want to seize the influence of the Lucient family and replace them as leaders. the most powerful country in the world"

Everyone's expressions became tense, the idea of ​​another country taking Harland's place made them uneasy. For a long time, Harland has been a balancing force in the world, even though Harland possessed great power, they never interfered in the affairs of other countries nor did they ever invade other people's territories. What happens is that countries surrender their sovereignty to join, Hence Harland territory expands to what it is now.

"Could...could they do that?" Dan cannot hide his anxiety.

"Well, there's still no response from Harland, right?" Lory raised her brows.

Dan gulped heavily "No..."

Lory didn't say anything she cast her eyes to the window beside her but everyone could feel her trepidation.