CHAPTER 553: CHAPTER 235: THE SHADOW’S ACTION

Giant Rock City.

In the gloomy surroundings, flocks of bats swirled around.

This is the city closest to the Royal Capital of the Blood Race’s Royal Court.

And the one managing this city is the Third Princess of the Blood Race Royal Court, the seventh offspring of the former King.

In the castle of Giant Rock City.

The Third Princess stood on the high tower of the castle, standing on the tower’s balcony, watching the entire city, and looking beyond it.

Judging from her expression, she was in no pleasant mood.

Her favorite activity of skinning and bloodletting hasn’t been conducted for quite some time.

All day long, she furrows her brow, lost in thought.

A blood-colored bat traced a scarlet path through the sky, swiftly flying towards her location.

Upon seeing the bat.

The previously frowning Third Princess immediately raised her hand to catch it.

As the blood-colored bat landed in her palm, intelligence from afar penetrated her mind.

When the information filled her mind, the Third Princess’s eyes widened with anger.

Rage and fear filled her mind.

"Why?!"

She roared, slamming her fist on the stone railing of the balcony.

"Bang!"

The furious punch left a gap in the stone railing, causing stones to crumble.

"Your Highness, what’s happened?"

The Knight, who had been standing guard outside the room, immediately pushed the door open and came in to ask.

"Send Ter to see me, now! Immediately! At once!"

The Third Princess was somewhat agitated, her voice cracking slightly.

Hearing such an expression of emotion, the Knight quickly nodded and retreated.

After venting her frustration, the Third Princess’s face turned gloomy, although her eyes couldn’t hide the fear.

She slumped onto the sofa in the room.

For a moment, she seemed lost in thought.

Soon, the door was pushed open again.

A pale Knight in Blood Race Armor walked in.

Seeing the Princess in such a state, he furrowed his brow slightly, thinking to himself that something must have gone wrong.

What the Third Princess was most concerned about at the moment was the intelligence from afar.

So it must be that something went seriously wrong on the front line.

"What happened, Your Highness?"

The Third Princess raised her head, looking at him with confused eyes.

Muttering: "My brother, the Third Prince of the Royal Court, has been killed."

She did not look sad.

This news set off a whirlwind of thoughts in the Knight’s mind.

Because after all, the place where the Third Prince was located was Gray Rock Fortress.

To put it bluntly, the current situation is practically the lifeline of the Blood Race Royal Court.

If even the Third Prince has died.

Then...

It’s simply unimaginable.

"You understand, don’t you? But the problem is...he died on the retreating route, you know?

He was ambushed by the Night Watcher, by the Night Watcher’s Leader, personally assassinated by my brother Kana."

As she said this, the Third Princess’s face twisted in rage, almost to the point of hysteria.

Clearly, this news brought her more fear.

Or rather, all this news brought fear, just in varying degrees.

Tebi took a deep breath.

The emergence of the news also startled him a bit; after calming down, he began to think.

"Gray Rock Fortress has fallen. According to the latest intelligence, Lake City and the former Count’s territories have also been occupied by the United Army.

Currently, the United Army is attacking Sea Cape City as well as Durian City."

The attack towards Sea Cape City isn’t going smoothly because the number of stationed troops in this coastal city far exceeds other places.

The reason lies in the need for the Blood Race fleet, which is rampaging everywhere, to replenish its forces at the port.

The effort at Durian City is also struggling, since the garrison troops withdrew from Gray Rock Fortress are temporarily holding the city for defense.

However, all this is mainly because the ones currently attacking the heartland are those 20,000 odd men of the United Army.

At the moment, more elements of the United Army are in the process of taking over Gray Rock Fortress.

This is evidenced by the lack of reports of new United Army offensives in recent days in our intelligence.

Once the United Army completely recaptures Gray Rock Fortress and advances to connect with Lake City.

That’s when the real full-scale attack will begin.

"Why? Why isn’t Grandpa providing support? Why is Martin still out there with so many troops marauding at sea?

Isn’t maintaining domestic stability more critical than the outside situation? Once the Royal Court falls, all of this would lose its meaning."

This is where the Third Princess finds it hardest to understand.

Why aren’t reinforcements being sent to Gray Rock Fortress?

Unlike the Third Prince, the Third Princess, who governs Giant Rock City, has a better understanding of the Royal Court’s overall situation, and her intelligence is more detailed and comprehensive.

Until this moment.

Numerous Blood Race fleets are still rampaging in various places, distributed through these areas with enough troops.

If those forces were all to return...no, even if just half returned, it would be enough to annihilate these damn United Army forces and retake the fortress.

Yet, her grandfather wasn’t doing that.

Why?

Was he preparing for some conspiracy?

The Third Princess could not understand, nor could she comprehend.

This intelligence is being disseminated widely, and she’s not the only one who doesn’t understand — many people can’t comprehend it either.

"Do we have any channel to send messages to General Martin?" The Third Princess suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Tebi was bewildered for a moment, then quickly responded.

"Only one, and it was privately established by us."

"Good! Then send this intelligence to General Martin, not just him, but also to those officers under him."

The Third Princess made a decision.

If indeed there’s some plan from above, this action might very well disrupt it.

Tebi opened his mouth to speak but eventually stayed silent.

Because he saw the unconcealable fear in the Third Princess’s eyes.

And he knows well from where this fear originates.

It comes from the Night Watcher, from the Night Watcher’s Leader, the Third Princess’s brother—Kana.

They had dealt with Kana before, even personally leading a squad to corner Kana’s unit.

What was terrifying was that they knew Kana once fought his own mother in Giant Rock City.

With just a few men, they forcibly broke through the encirclements of the Blood Race in the Giant Rock Layer, escaping under Cynthia’s siege.

They even managed to snatch the things they wanted.

According to those who engaged in that battle, Kana seemed like the origin of the Blood Race, like a deity of the Blood Race.

As if he truly was—the King of the Blood Race.

Of course, that’s an unofficial view, but even such tales were enough to suggest that Kana exerted a significant suppressive effect on the Blood Race at that time.

The initial wave of troops to attack Gray Furnace Castle was also theirs.

They were equally aware of the transformation happening with the Night Watcher.

All this put together left the Third Princess extremely fearful.

Because her brother had already killed two of her family members.

Judging by his current status, it was clearly a targeted move.

The mere thought of having to face Kana made the Third Princess tremble with fear.

In her eyes, Kana was a complete monster. A demon lurking in the shadows since childhood.

The thought of being targeted by a demon.

Made the Third Princess tremble with dread.