The army that had fallen into chaos due to the appearance of the giant spider collapsed in an instant after Delnis's death, and the nobles who gathered from all over the country also fled with their subordinates in a hurry, and the rebels who captured the royal capital in an instant like a tide also retreated in an instant.

It's a ridiculous farce, but it's also a tragic tragedy. Many lives have been cut short by someone's ambition, and many families have been torn apart.

Blood and corpses covered the largest red carpet in the entire palace, and the dying let out feeble moans swept into the sky with the gusts of wind.

"Father's ......"

Lanka looked at his father, who had turned into a monster in front of him, and walked slowly towards him like a walking corpse that had lost his soul. His expression was full of pain and sorrow, and the training he had received so far had only taught him how to deal with physical pain, but how to endure the wounds that came from within.

He didn't have an answer, he just walked towards his father blankly, blood dripping from his heart with every step.

"It's great that you're alive, Lanka."

Ballycalf's voice was muffled as the calcification of the skin on his face had affected the opening and closing of his mouth, but even so, the joy that had infiltrated his heart was conveyed with unmistakable accuracy.

"Father, what the hell is going on, and why are you like this?"

Lanka fell to his knees in front of his father, and the tears he was holding back finally flowed.

"I'm already a knight of the kingdom, why do you still cry like a woman?"

In the past, whenever he saw Lanka crying, Ballykav would always reprimand him harshly, but now his heart was full of pity.

He wanted to reach out and touch his son's cheek, but such a simple action was no longer possible, because the "command worm" in his body had gained dominance of the entire body, and the reason why he had not yet turned into a spider at this time was because his consciousness had not been completely lost.

But it's only a matter of time.

"Lanka, I have turned many innocent villagers into monsters, and I have long been guilty, and it is already a blessing from God to be able to see you and talk to you at the end."

Ballycalf smiled stiffly.

"Father, what are you talking about? I'll save you, Priest! Priest! Bastards, where have all the priests gone! ”

Unable to accept his father's goodbye, Lanka shook his head and shouted frantically.

"Listen Lanka! I can still make the spiders around me kill each other through my consciousness, but I can't get them to do anything to me, so you'll have to help me! ”

"No, no, I can't do it, I can't do it!"

Understanding his father's terrible intentions, Lanka retreated, tears pouring out of his vision that blurred his vision.

"Lanka, I'm going to be a bloodthirsty monster soon, for the sake of this country, for the sake of more innocent people, you have to do this, it's in my belly, you have to kill it!"

Ballykav pleaded loudly, and the surrounding spiders began to kill each other under the manipulation of his consciousness, and the "command worms" in his body also began to resist.

Ballycalf's flesh underwent drastic changes, muscles were torn apart, and countless spikes grew out of his body along with splatters of blood.

"Quick! Lanka! Fast! Don't turn me into a monster! ”

Balikaf's consciousness gradually blurred, and the "command bug" was destroying his brain with all his might.

"Father! I can't! ”

Lanka's hand holding the sword trembled violently.

"Quick!"

The skin on Ballycalf's forehead also began to tear, from which he opened his plural eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Lanka closed his eyes and apologized frantically as if under a spell as he stabbed his sword at his father.

subsequently

The father's orders were no longer audible, along with the sound of the wind blowing, and the crows that were attracted by the corpses.

The giant spiders around them have all died, and the whole world has become silent as if there is no living thing anymore, only the father's loving smile floats in front of him, strange, is the father's smile so warm?

Lanka could not recall, and will never be seen again.

"Lanka, you have always been my pride, to protect Your Majesty and this country."

The father said this, and closed his eyes in his arms.

"Father!"

Lanka finally began to cry uncontrollably, just as he had been a child, only this time no one would reprimand him harshly.

The smiling Balikav felt like a dandelion, and he could clearly see Lanka's grief, and he could clearly hear him crying, but he could do nothing.

After all these years, this child still cries so hard.

He remembered that one night many years ago, he found a baby in a village that had been slaughtered by monsters, and the baby cried so much.

"I won't pick a name, can I call you Lanka?"

Ballycalf said with some embarrassment as he picked up the baby.

However, as if he understood Ballycalf's words, the baby suddenly stopped crying and laughed.

I'm sorry, Lanka, with a father like me who can only keep a straight face, you must have had a hard time, if only I could have been kind to you before, but unfortunately I don't have this opportunity again.

Balikaf's consciousness vanished like a dandelion in the wind.

Lanka sat motionless as a rock holding Ballykaf's body.

"Lanka, you must know that General Ballykav has done everything for the sake of this country, and he will always be a role model for the soldiers of this country."

Kordev III came over, escorted by several soldiers. He patted Lanka on the shoulder and comforted, though his face was also covered with tears.

"Your Majesty, I will definitely inherit my father's will and make this country strong!"

Lanka looked ahead and said as firmly as he swore.

"I know you can do it. Although it is a bit unreasonable to say this, but if you can, please come to the palace in an hour, although Delnisy is dead, but the army and the nobles of all sides will take action, I want to convene a meeting to study the means of dealing with it, and I must not let General Balikaf's efforts be in vain! ”

Kodev III took a deep breath, the expression on his face as majestic and deep as that of a true king.

"Your Majesty, I will definitely come, and my father will definitely want me to do so."

Lanka wiped tears from his face, and his father's words resurfaced in his ears.

The father said, don't cry, so he stopped crying.

"You bring that demonic puppet back," Kodev III gestured to the sides, then turned to Lanka again.

"See you later! General Lanka, the Commander of the Kingdom! ”

With half an hour to go before the meeting began, Kodev returned to his study and closed the door behind him.

When he was the only one left in the room, the expression of extreme sadness on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by a pleasant smile.

He picked up a chess piece on the table, an item left behind by the Founding Emperor "Green Sage" Lukes, a board game called chess.

After finding the pieces and a handwritten note by chance, Kodev III was curious to study them, after all, he had a lot of time as a puppet king, but he soon liked the game and knew the game well.

"I have to say that Ballycalfe's chess piece is really useful, but it really took me a lot of energy to arrange for him to meet with the Zerg bug envoy."

Kodev III tossed the pieces in his hand to the side and took out two more pieces and put them on the board.

"I don't know how to use this chess piece of Lanka, and that skeleton monster, if it can be used properly, maybe it's not impossible to even enter the world, hahahaha, it's really pleasant, it's so pleasant!"