BXBX NOVEL Chapter 466 The Cost of War
Hearing that Mrazivý was now partly a magic beast, Marcus stopped stunned for a minute, not expecting to hear this.
Also, the fact that she had absorbed that massive and powerful core and made it her own was all the more surprising.
Still as he thought about it, Mrazivý becoming a sort of human dragon hybrid made sense seeing as how her ancestor was one.
And it was certainly noticeable that Mrazivý had gotten leagues and bounds stronger, as now her strength was pretty much exactly what would be expected from a mythic grade magical beast.
‘Oh yeah when I finally unlocked the requirements for my evolution, I found that the hardest one to obtain was the core of a dragon that shared my bloodline. That was when I realized that the core that Gwyneira gave me must have been just that. And when I asked her about it, eventually she relented and told me that the core had belonged to her father.’ Mrazivý said to Marcus with excitement and reverence in her tone..
Of course, hearing this shocking revelation, Marcus continued to stand there flabbergasted by what Mrazivý had actually needed to do to attain her evolution.
However, as they stood still, Argus looked back and called for them to keep up as they still had some distance from the wall.
Continuing on, Marcus waited for Mrazivý to answer his second question about what had led her to come here, and she said, ‘The second you told me you were going to be acting as a liaison and fighting in this war. I made up my mind to come and help you. I really do not care what you, my father, or anyone else wanted me to do, I am going to help you regardless of the consequences. If something happened to you here, I know I would not be the same person I am right now. You bring out the best in me, and I love you. So, I did not need anymore reason to come to your aid.’
Smiling Marcus could not help but feel warm through his entire soul hearing how much he meant to Mrazivý, and while he understood that her being here could cause problems, he knew that he would have done exactly the same for her.
‘Though I knew that if at that moment when you first contacted me, if I came running, I would only be a hinderance to you since I was too weak. So, I pushed as hard as I and my party could, taking on bests and monsters we honestly had no reason to be fighting since they were stronger than us. But I persevered until I finally reached level fifty and was able to unlock my evolution, so I would finally be strong enough to stand together with you.’
After that Mrazivý told Marcus about how she had finally achieved her goal just three days ago, and had flown off to find him, leaving her party behind without a word.
Naturally as soon as it was discovered she was gone, she began getting dozens of messages from her sending stone, but she simply ignored them all.
‘Mraz, I think that you are probably going to give Heward an ulcer. We should contact him and your father later and tell them what happened. The last thing we need is for them to send someone like Aria searching for you.’
Groaning Mrazivý obviously did not want to do this. Since she knew she would be ordered back home, and she had no intention of leaving Marcus’ side while he was fighting in such dangerous battles.
‘Fine I will contact them, but you are going to have to back me up on staying with you.’ Mrazivý said to Marcus with a stern tone.
Telling that Mrazivý was serious and would not be taking no for an answer, Marcus replied saying, ‘Yeah, I will. Now that you have evolved, I cannot deny that you are very strong, especially since you took on someone over twenty levels higher than yourself. Truly it would be great to have you fighting with me. The only problem is that you might be recognized, so we will need to come up with some sort of disguise.’
Spit balling ideas for a disguise for Mrazivý, for now the best they could come up with was to use the hair clip Marcus had given her to change her hair color, since the deep blue color she had was pretty well known to be a trait often seen in the members of the Borealian royal family.
Eventually they made it back to the wall, where the members of the liberation army where already hard at work clearing ruble and getting ready to start repairs.
Luckily, while the wall had been breached in four places, the overall damage to it was not too significant, and it would likely be able to be repaired within a week or so with all hands on deck.
Though as Marcus and Mrazivý walked inside the city what awaited them was a horror scene.
Tens of thousands of bodies were strewn about the area, some being split into multiple parts, while others were just pools of blood and flesh.
This had been the cost of winning this battle, as many thousands of people had died on both sides.
However, the demographic that had sustained the most casualties was neither the forces from the kingdom’s army or the liberation army, but the people that lived in the city.
They had taken up arms to fight for themselves, and with their on average lower levels and combat experience, they had found themselves slaughtered in droves.
Still their upyielding will to fight, had been a key factor in wining this battle, as even ants could take down a giant if there were enough of them.
‘How many had to die for this victory.’ Marcus thought as he looked out at the mass of bodies that lay in the streets or floating in the canals, painting them red.
Yet, one person as he saw this, could not help but unconsciously have the slightest smile creep onto his face. This was the level of carnage he had been hoping for, and Argus could almost not contain himself, since his goal was getting ever closer.