THE GUARDIAN's FINAL QUEST- Ranking of kings leveling System

4. ALLUSSIA'S NIGHTMARE

A right fist slammed into my face before another landed into my stomach. My back landed against a wall, swirling to the ground. I opened my eyes only to see a black boot already in the air slamming into my face. 

I managed to look and my assailants were three young men dressed like princes on fine medieval tunics of red with striped patterns and buttons of yellow. Black pants on ankle knee black boots. 

Two were aggressively dealing with me as they gang up, unleashing continuous fury with their fists and feet. 

What the hell have I done? Where am I? I manage to look. I couldn't recognize where I was. From the looks of my environment, i was in a medieval era, and the cobble floor and building structure i was not what I was familiar with.

A youth with red hair and eyes stood behind them, gentle like a prince, with a handkerchief covering his nose and mouth as if where he was standing was beneath him, observing what they were doing to me.

"Did we not warn you to stay away from her, you gold digger?" With one hand, the man to my left pulled my jacket to his face. He was big with muscles that could frighten an average man. 

His aggressive style suits his dark skin, matching his dark, low-cut hairstyle. He stared his dark eyes at me, expecting some kind of answer. My body prepared itself for his fist when the other by his side held the wrist of his hand.

"Donovan! Let me handle this," like a showman he is. He proudly styled his green hair and stared his green eyes at me like a rotten, proud noble would behave, and said 

"Yaah! Hey stylish Worm, know your place. Trying to dissuade the princess from her folly is beyond even one of my stations. When a dog soils the carpet, his master is responsible for dealing with him." From the way he talks, he is proud of his looks. He looks at the man standing behind him and asks,

"lord Cariot. Can you say something about this?" 

"Charles! Don't call my name in such a filthy common place."

"Stylish Worm," he pointed at me, "let this be the last time I see you at the prestigious academy. The next time I see you. I won't be so nice. Know your place, worm. Donovan, Charles. Beat some sense into him and leave him."

" Alright my lord" The duo pulled me and slammed his fist to my face. Blood spat out. More punches rock on my face. 

At the far end of the alley, a fat woman ran at full speed. She gets closer and jumps on top of me, using the weight of her body to cover me. My eyes widened for I knew who she was, or at least I thought I knew.

She was known as Nana in my world. She took care of me at the orphanage. They continue slamming punches and kicks on Nana and i, not regarding her motherly status. Donovan's hook and jab landed a huge blow on me. The world came spinning around me and I collapsed then I passed out.

........

A golden carriage rolled slowly through the cobblestone streets in the kingdom of Elarion. Sunlight shone on its polished sides. Inside, Princess Allussia sat gracefully, her long silver hair shining like silk. Her blue eyes, matching her grand blue gown, roamed out her window to a beautiful field. 

Thoughts of her and a young man standing in a medieval Academy hallway came flooding into her.

"Always smile, princess Allussia," He said, looking directly into her blue eyes.

She smiled in her carriage, remembering his words. She warmly waved at the cheering citizens who lined the road to welcome her to Elarion. 

She looked at the necklace in her hands. Another memory flashes to her departure

"Slaine, I must bid you farewell. I will go to the kingdom of Elarion now to fulfill my duty to his majesty king Edmund the Unready of Lukedonia." She walked and held Slaine's hands.

"Won't you be in danger?" Slaine asked.

"Fears resolve nothing. If the great kingdoms of Elarion and Lukedonia are to one day walk together. This royal union with Prince Wales will be the first step to avert war between the two kingdoms." Slaine realized this. He pulls out a necklace from his neck and places it in the hands of the princess.

"Please accept this, princess, Allussia, as a lucky charm to avoid danger on your way there."

"But is this not a memento of your mother?" Alussia shocked

"Please take it. I'm sure my mother would be glad if I gave it to you. Thank you for all you have done for me and my family all these years. Look at me. I am in a prestigious school." Princess Alussia looks at the lovely, crafted necklace.

She looked into his eyes like two birds in love and said, "Thank you, Slaine."

"Thank you, Slaine," she announced inside the carriage as her thoughts returned. She looks back at the Knights in shining armor marching on both sides of her carriage, their swords gleaming under the sun. 

Behind them, a small group of adventurers followed, each one alert and scanning the crowd for danger of monsters. Two knights armored in silver to the teeth on horses gallop swiftly to her window. One is, male with a dark skin complexion, a low cut, a full beard, and brown eyes, and the other is a female with tan skin, long purple ponytail hair, and purple eyes.

"Princess, what's wrong?" He questioned 

"I am worried about Slaine. He is left all alone at the academy. I have a bad feeling about leaving him behind and this whole trip, Gorlan."

"Tsk! That weakly. I am sure he will be fine." The lady cuts in disgustingly. Princess looks at her while Gorlan laughs, remembering a thought of Slaine falling from the swing of his sword.

"HAHAHAH! A"

"Do you also consider Eren to be beneath you, Eddelrittuo?" Allussia's question 

"If I may, princess, I think you are too close to him. Birds of the same kind flock with the same kind. You are Royalty with royal blood in your veins. Eren is a born commoner, and what disgusts me is that he is weak. If he were to be strong, the hope of his becoming a knight or a baron would be in view. I don't know what you see in him that makes you closer to him than your elite guards. I hope you know your closeness brings him more trouble and hatred, Princess Allussia." Gorlan cuts

"Eddelrittuo?. I understand you hate weak men, but Slaine is honest. A good lad eager to learn, but he is just the type who did not inherit a warrior gene. Maybe he will become a well-respected master blacksmith or craftsman in the future. His future is still bright."

"He will only get in trouble with the nobles at school. Especially Cariot and Charles, who see him as a gold-digger using the princess to climb up the ladder. They already show disdain for him and would do anything to harm him. We can't continue to protect him," Eddelrittuo replied.

Gorlan is scratching his face with his finger.

"I know that scratch, what are you hiding?" Allussia questioned.

"Talking about trouble. When you said goodbye to Slaine. I saw Cariot and two others escorting him out of the academy." Although I told someone to follow them secretly, I feel Slaine won't be in good shape by the time we return." Princess Allussia sat back in her carriage, silent and sad, with her face flashing in worry. The carriage rolled into the palace of Elarion.

In a grand hall in the palace, a feast had been prepared. Long tables were lined with food and golden cups filled with sweet wine. Princess Allussia's mind was restless about Slaine when.

At the far end, King Denmark stood from his throne. His crown sparkled in the torchlight as he raised his goblet.

“A toast,” the king’s voice boomed, “to a hopeful union between Princess Allussia of Lukedonia and our noble Prince Wales! Of Elarion”

The guests cheered. Cups were lifted high. Allussia raised hers and took a gentle sip—but the moment the wine touched her tongue, a familiar sound rang in her head.

[System Alert: Poison detected. Initiate Detoxification?]

[ Detoxifying will take more than half your current mana Status. Do you accept]

Her eyes widened. She mentally chose Yes.

A warm energy surged through her body, cleansing the venom from her veins. The system’s voice faded, but then… chaos erupted. A glass cup exploded as he hit the ground. 

The queen gasped, clutching her chest. Several guests, nobles, dukes, and high lords collapsed to the floor, eyes rolling back. Servants screamed. 

Kkkkkkkyyyyyyyaaaah

The king fell from his throne, his cup shattering on the marble. All around her, people were dying—but she remained unharmed. From the other side of the table. A voice of laughter 

"HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA," a man turns his head and stands up.

"The rumors are true, they say, of you. You are immune to poison princess Allussia. I have to deal with you with a backup plan," she stared at him with shock in her eyes. For a moment, she seemed frozen

"Prince Herald," Allussia announced. Herald's lips curled into a wicked smile when a dying princess cut in.

"Why have you done this? After all we have done for you. I am your wife. What about Roland, our son? That doesn't mean a thing to you?" A princess dressed in Royalty but weak with her body paralyzed on the table.

Allussia watched as Herald walked up to her and said.

" my love princess Lydia. You were a tool to exact my vengeance on Elarion just as Sweed and all continents will light up in flames of my vengeance hahaha" he grabs the lady's head and looks at her face. 

"Proclaim white skin, golden eyes, and Blonde hair. You are not even my type of lady. I married you as a tool to rise to power. Now that had been fulfilled. I will eliminate all Royal bloodline. The next plot is a global war that starts with the king of Lukedonia." Herald lifts his blue eyes and sets his gaze on Allussia.

"You will never get away with this. I will do everything to stop you." Alussia shouted.

"Huh! Get awaaay" Herald stared disgustly with the corner of his blue eyes.

Suddenly, the palace door opens. Eddelrittuo, Gorlan, and two other knights ran in. They surround the princess, holding their swords. 

Unexpectedly, red-armored soldiers troop in surrounding Alussia and the guards.

Herald pushed King Denmark from his throne. He picks up the crown and wears it on his golden hair, then sits down on the throne, crossing his legs. He looks at the princess and says,

"The sins of your fathers have come to catch up to you. Now tell me, how do you intend to stop me when you are in prison?" 

"Huh."

Unexpectedly, a passage door opened, and a doppelganger—a look-alike dressed like Princess Allussia walked in holding Princess Allussia's Royal sword.

"How did she get my Royal sword?" Allussia questioned pointing her finger. Princess Allussia and her Guards watch in shock as the identical look-alike in an identical gown walks to Herald's wife. She lifted Alussia's sword and thrust the sword through her heart, forcing it out of her chest.

Allussia looked alike and moved to the king. She lifted the sword in front of the king's neck and brought it down vertically and beheading the king of Denmark. She stabbed everyone and then came to a halt. A male voice speaks out from the look-alike.

"Princess Allussia. Let me introduce myself. I am Vermilion. D. Voldegold… Hope you enjoyed the show. Many more nightmares are coming to you now after you see what I am about to do to you and the destruction of Lukedonia." The princess look-alike in vermilion grabs the head of King Denmark.

A Vampire's fangs grew out of the teeth. Vermilion lifts King Denmark's head and lets the blood from the beheaded head drip full on her mouth, gulping the blood like water at the same time. The blood soiled her look-alike garments. 

Princess Allussia fell to her knees, vomiting on the floor. She looks at her mana on a red tab system. Her mana will only go for one more powerful attack, and then she will react.

"What monster is this?" Vermilion then transforms into a red-hooded man with red eyes and most of his face hidden inside the hood. He begins to laugh.

"We must get out of here fast. We must leave," Eddelrittuo screamed as they ran to the door. The red-hooded man lifts his hand. A deck of cards with pictures swirled into the air. 

A red spear appeared in his hand from a card. He strikes the spear, accompanied by a gust of wind through the air. Two guards jumped in front of Allussia and they were killed instantly.

" Cain, crok" She screamed their names. She grunted and narrowed her eyes. Allussia angrily slammed her hand on the ground.

Rocky giant spiky Ice shards shoot from the ground into the roof, and the entire palace, including soldiers, screamed as they were covered in ice, blocking the red-hooded man's path.

Eddelrittuo and Gorlan grab Allussia and run. As they ran through the hallway of the palace compound. They saw the Elarion guards of King Denmark being killed and replaced by other guards.

"The princess Allussia ver Asseylum has killed the royal family of Elarion. Catch the princess alive and kill her royal elite guards," Herald shouted from the balcony.

Allussia entered her carriage, and the adventurers fought while mounting their horses. They gallop down the road pursued by Elarion soldiers. Vermilion walked out to the balcony. A swirling of red cards in red energy swirls before him midair. He picks a card with a picture of meteorites. He summoned it.

Suddenly, the cloud tore up in burning flames, and thousands of stone meteorites on fire swiftly descended from the cloud. They crashed on the pathway; the carriages moved, dodging on every part, but meteorites descended, slamming the carriage horses to death, and the carriage lifted tilting into the air and crashing into the cobblestone. 

A giant boulder Meteorites crash, blasting through her guards and escorts. Allussia climbs out of the carriage, helped by Eddelrittuo, as a meteoric stone crashes into the carriage, exploding it. 

Kaboom

Eddelrittuo and Alussia jumped to the ground. They rose and mounted a horse and zoomed off. Gorlan and a few surviving guards rose to their feet with swords drawn against a horde of soldiers blocking the path. 

"Run, princess. We will lay down our lives to buy you time to escape." Gorlan swings his sword and expands into a giant man and slams his sword like a high orc on Elarion soldiers.

Tears swirled in Allussia's face as she ran. Allussia looks at her mana on her screen. The ice has depleted her mana, and she needs to recover. 

" Am worried. I can't help Gorlan."

"Don't worry. Gorlan is the strongest warrior of the five kingdoms. He won't die easily," Eddelrittuo announced. 

At the balcony, Herald walked up to Vermilion, looking at the princess running and Vermilion said.

"To have frozen an entire palace and its environment. That's a lot of mana. She is quite strong and may not be easy to defeat, but her emotional state of mind has placed her right where I want her to be. She is moving according to my plans." Vermilion raised a magic orb. The orb glowed and revealed a man with red hair matching his eyes with a mustache and a pointed beard

"Your Highness, King Herald and vermilion. " he saluted. Vermilion continues.

"Crutheo, princess Allussia has fallen for the bait. She is returning to Lukedonia. Her problematic guard has been taken care of except for three. I believe you can handle it. Now it's your turn to play your card on his majestic Edmund the Unready with the toy I have given you. Have you confirmed the location of the grave?"

"We found the exact location where King Alfred was buried but we will get back to you by the end of the day. As for princess elite guards, we've taken care of loose ends over here."

"Crutheo," Herald called, "I expect a lot from you if you are going to be king of Lukedonia. The coup plan in Elarion was successful, and the Iron Army will be ready for war. The first stage of the plan is complete. The second stage is the gathering of the sacrifice in an arena, and the princess will be the essence to awaken the third and final stage. Monster stampede. Do not disappoint me, Crutheo Trillram."

"I am sure, your highness. I won't disappoint you. So well then," the magic orb shuts off.

"Your highness, it's time to address the iron army." Vermilion gave the orb, with Princess Allussia looking like beheading King Denmark in the video displayed in the orb, to Herald. Herald lifted it and smiled. 

.......

Eren wakes up in a wooden medieval room. He remembers his mother and girlfriend. Tears streamed from his eyes when unexpectedly, a player system colored in gold appeared in front of his view.

Welcome, Eren Edgar.

You have been awakened.

[Follow star coordinates to locate News, the whereabouts of the guardian Inheritor of the red philosopher's stone.

Eren rose from his bed and walked, following a GPS signal that led him to a crowd full of people. A man stood and said.

"Here is the final verdict. Princess Allussia Vers Asseylum for the gruesome murder of the king of Denmark and his family. The verdict is death. "

Eren was not only shocked and confused about the verdict, but what was more shocking was that Princess Allussia was a spitting image of his beloved dead girlfriend, Sandra Rose

Weeks earlier