Chapter 480

After all, the Seven Deadly Sins Knight Order — all seven of them each represent a different sin.

In front of this group of civil officials, they basically all found it somewhat distasteful.

"All of you, shut your mouths!"

"All you do is gossip in the great hall — if I sent you out to face the Albares Empire, could you do it?"

"If you can't, then shut your mouths properly — the Seven Deadly Sins members are people of our Fiore Kingdom."

"If we can't even be of one mind within our own kingdom, how can we resist other nations!"

The usually gentle Princess Hisui flared up for the first time, and instantly cowed every minister present.

The pressure of one who stood above them all instantly swept through the entire great hall.

The ministers who had been chattering away about this and that all shut their mouths as well.

And Arcadios, who stood off to one side, gave a somewhat gratified nod.

As Princess Hisui's most loyal follower, he had watched her grow up since she was small.

The words she had spoken at this moment truly made him look at this young princess in a new light.

No matter how despicable or how incompetent the people of one's own country may be, when it comes to facing an outside enemy one's own people must absolutely be united.

And the Akatsuki Organization, strictly speaking, is just a group of middlemen.

As mercenaries, they can be hired by anyone.

They have no enemies, and yet everyone is their enemy.

If such people were hired by the Albares Empire, then there is no need to think further.

Even with the Seven Deadly Sins members, they might not necessarily be able to withstand the fierce assault of the Albares Empire.

"My lord Princess, a battle report has come from the Northern Plains..."

"Eleven societies... including..."

"Including thirty thousand troops of the Fiore Kingdom army... completely annihilated..."

"In addition, ten thousand soldiers were captured..."

Just as the sudden silence fell over the great hall, another soldier came forward to report the situation on the northern front.

Once this matter was reported, Princess Hisui, Arcadios, and the rest of the ministers—

All of their faces turned deathly pale.

The Seven Deadly Sins and the Akatsuki Organization each held a sector; another battlefield was jointly held by Fiore and some ten-odd Mofagong Society.

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Yet this defensive line had only lasted a single day.

Although Fairy Tail, hailed as the strongest society, had not directly taken part in the war — one could say they were still on the way to provide reinforcements.

The thirty-thousand-strong magical force their kingdom took such pride in had already vanished without a trace, wiped out to a man.

Though she was reluctant to admit it, Princess Hisui still concluded that the side which had been annihilated must absolutely be the main army of the Albares Empire.

"In the Northern Plains, the people of the Albares Empire... who is it..."

Princess Hisui tried her best to appear calm, but the situation before her no longer allowed her to panic.

If she, as the one in power, had already begun to panic and lose her composure, then the others would fall into even greater chaos.

"It is led by Zeref Dragneel... and there are also a suspected three of the Twelve Holy Shields accompanying him..."

"In addition, there is a magical force of nearly fifty thousand men."

At the mention of the name of the strongest Black Wizard, a bitter smile also appeared on Princess Hisui's face.

Arcadios beside her also let out a soft sigh.

It could only be said their luck was bad — they had not let the people of the Akatsuki Organization run into the Albares Empire.

Nor had they sent out the Seven Deadly Sins Knight Order, which possessed the strongest power within their kingdom.

"Immediately send people to notify the Seven Deadly Sins members, and also notify Fairy Tail and the other powerful societies to come provide reinforcements."

"Quickly organize a second defensive line — we shall fight this final battle at the outer perimeter of Ma Genuo!"

In the span of just a moment, Princess Hisui had already decided how to respond to what came next. Perish.