Chapter 28: Chapter 28-Emergency Mission Part End

Nearly an entire day later, the situation in Avalon cooled down. Most of the invading creatures have been eradicated, and only a few were left scurrying around the city, but they wouldn’t last much longer. 

Just like everyone thought, as soon as the Nobles and the King descended from the floating island, humanity quickly got control of the situation. They established order, raised the troops' morale, and informed them how to kill the creatures. 

Temporary bases were made all over the city to help better protect the citizens and more efficiently command them. 

Therefore, humanity made quick work of the voidlings. With their inferior intelligence and lackluster strength, the voidlings were nothing in front of a well-organized group of cultivators. Even their advantage of being immune to magical attacks didn’t help them here.

For the rest of the day, it was constant battles and chaos before humanity took control and annihilated all the invaders.

The people of Avalon cheered for their victory and wept for their fallen friends and family. However, there was only one thought in everyone’s mind after it all ended:

Where did those creatures come from?

Unfortunately, neither the King nor anyone else knew where exactly they came from. All they knew was that a rift suddenly opened up in the sky, released a bunch of these creatures, then closed up.

What did this mean? Will this happen again? How can they prevent it? What if stronger beings show up next time? Should I continue living in the city if it can’t even protect its citizens? 

Such questions plagued the mind of the people and didn’t change even after the King gave his victory speech. 

Of course, they were thankful that the King and Nobles saved them in their time of need, but that’s the problem. There shouldn’t have been ‘a time of need’ in the first place. 

They were within the safety of their own home, of their own country, and were suddenly attacked by a bunch of strange bloodthirsty creatures. 

It may sound a bit presumptuous since it’s the King they’re talking about, but the people aren’t exactly wrong. Not everyone is a cultivator, and among the cultivators, not everyone is a combatant. In fact, there are probably more normal humans or those with regular jobs than cultivators! 

These are people who, although they are required for society to function, need to rely on others in times of war. 

In their minds, the King and Nobles were supposed to protect them from any threats to the country, yet they allowed such a tragedy to happen. 

Luckily, most people didn’t lose faith in their King and the Nobles as they understood this was beyond their scope of understanding. Those creatures were unlike anything they’d ever seen before, and that’s saying quite a bit. Humanity has seen many weird or strange things over the years, especially now that technology has advanced so far.

Still, those against the King might use this situation to incite a rebellion in the future. They could easily release propaganda saying how incompetent the King and Nobles are and how the Patriarchy needs to be taken down. As long as this message is spread enough times and reaches enough people, eventually, some will believe it to be true. 

The spread of information, whether true or false, is insane in today’s age with all the technology available.

Right after the war, the King immediately began working on restoring the city and assisting those who lost their homes and family. 

Due to how advanced their city was, it wouldn’t take long before the buildings were repaired and the families of those who lost their loved ones received support.

However, no matter how fast the city can heal, the people's hearts won’t heal so quickly. 

Today, they realized just how powerless they were in front of a large army with complete elemental nullification barging into their country.

It was this day that created the spark that would lead to change. Whether or not this change will be good, only time will tell.

However, the people understood that something was coming. Something that could appear in the middle of their Kindom, their homes, without warning and slaughter droves of citizens before anyone could react. 

They realized that if they didn’t get stronger, they might not be able to live much longer.

Meanwhile, after things settled down, Cain immediately made his way toward Elizabeth to let her know that everything was okay and that she could come out with the kids. 

It only took him a few minutes to reach the safe house and appear in front of his family.

“Dad!”

“Father!”

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Adam and Nathan quickly ran over to him and hugged him. Elizabeth also walked over and gave him a meaningful smile.

“How is everything? Did your mission go okay?” Elizabeth gave him a peck on the lips before asking.

“Around 25% of the population of Avalon died. Though, it was mostly those with low strength and no battle prowess. Nearly half of the city was destroyed or damaged, including a few mana generators. Objectively speaking, the outcome wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been despite a foreign race appearing right in the middle of the city. However, the damage and deaths wouldn’t have been so great if those creatures weren’t directly teleported above the city and the people had time to prepare.”

“As for my mission, I was able to take care of all the rats hiding in the city without too much issue. Well, at least all of the ones we know of. Anyways, how were you and the kids? Did anything happen?” Cain gave a brief overview of what happened over the last day.

Elizabeth shook her head at his question, “No, nothing happened while I was here. Although the kids were scared, I was able to make them settle down. Well, it was mostly the younger ones that were scared. The older ones had confidence in their parent’s strength and were patiently waiting until this whole thing blew over.”

Elizabeth stopped talking for a second and hesitated to say anything else. However, she couldn’t keep it in and eventually asked for it.

“Did… Did you find any traces of Mika while you were out there?” 

Cain’s face changed for a second before it almost instantly returned to how it was.

“I-I’m sorry, Honey. I didn’t find anything. I checked everywhere in the city. There were no traces of Mika, but I believe she’s still alive somewhere out there in the world. We just don’t know where,” Cain’s voice trembled a bit towards the end, but he kept his act together in front of his family.

Surprisingly, Elizabeth didn’t cry, frown, or anything like that. Instead, she looked like she had expected this news while pondering about something. However, the subtle twitching of her eyes indicated that she wasn’t nearly as calm as she showed on the surface.

“Cain, did you give Mika a real sword before we arrived at the Third Prince’s birthday party?” 

Cain was surprised by the weird question before immediately answering, “No! Absolutely not! How could I give my baby a real sword?”

“That’s what’s weird. When I showed up in front of Mika and Olivia, Mika was using a real sword to fight those creatures. No, it could hardly be considered a fight. She was slaughtering them! It was both impressive and terrifying! I’ve never seen anything like it!” Elizabeth mumbled almost unconsciously before quickly realizing that she just spoke out loud and quickly covered her mouth.

“What?! Such a thing happened?! No, wait, don't say anything else. We’ll talk about this later. But I will say this. Now I’m almost sure Mika knew exactly what would happen to her before she teleported. She’s obviously hiding something from us. Something big. I suppose we can only ask her about it when we find her.” Cain was shocked by this revelation, but now wasn’t the right time or place to talk about this.

Elizabeth nodded and didn’t say anything else. Her Mother’s intuition also told her that Mika was still alive.

“Alright, we can talk about this later. First, let’s get these kids over to their parents and inform the Nobles who lost their children. We also need to hand Akira over to the Raven family.” Cain said, and Elizabeth agreed. 

“Alright, kids, let’s go say hi to your families now!” Elizabeth turned around and announced with a smile.

“Yay! I can finally see Mommy and Daddy again!”

“I hope my parents are okay…”

“I don’t want to leave. It’s scary out there.”

The children all had different reactions, but after a few minutes, Elizabeth successfully convinced them all to leave the safe house.

In the next few hours, Elizabeth and Cain met many Noble families and explained the situation regarding their kids to them. Some were extremely happy to know that their children were alive, while others were heartbroken to see their dead bodies. There were also a few families whose children’s bodies weren’t found, causing them to want to immediately start searching for their children just in case they were teleported to an unknown location. 

Unfortunately for them, their children are most certainly dead. Spatial fluctuations, rifts, and spatial fractures aren’t something that just anyone can survive if they end up entering one. Even the King would have a hard time surviving inside and would definitely die if he stayed in one for an extended period of time. 

Nobody except Mika knew she was a bit unique and had a near-omnipotent System that could help her in emergencies like this.

Sadly, Elizabeth and Cain had no way of knowing this and only gave false hope to those families who had unknowingly lost their children to spatial rifts.

Well, except for one family, the Raven Family. Akira Raven was still alive and would be back to full health soon. 

Akira’s parents thanked the Zollers and told them they could come to them for help if they ever needed anything.

After they reported to each family and the King, the Zoller Family quickly left Avalon to begin their search for their daughter.

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