THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE 207 Bitter News

Ringo replied while crying, " Yes. We don't have anything left anymore. We lost everything."

Mika said, " There was a spy from Loren Empire in our kingdom. None of us knew it. We heard that Ringo was punished by Arjun. So we went to meet her and ease up her heart."

Uma said, " After we left, we met Ringo. We intended to leave immediately after spending some time. But we couldn't leave because of that strange thing which happened in the sky. So we decided to stay with Ringo for some more days."

None of them spoke anything. When Uma said that strange thing, she was referring to the Yin-Yan Ritual that Arjun conducted.

Mika said, " At that time both mine and Uma's communication crystal rang. It was from our parents. They said in hoa.r.s.e voice that they have been poisoned and they don't have much time to live. They asked us to stay in the Kingdom of Nora. But not long later, Ringo's parents were poisoned too. They helped us with their remaining lives to escape and told us to inform you."

The three girls started to cry once again. Jessica and Samantha tried to comfort them.

Gnan said, " Those bas*ards! I'll kill them all."

Sitaram said, " Calm down! It's not the time to lose our calm. Let's a.n.a.lyse the situation and come up with a solution."

Gutherson said, " The three kingdoms are located at a different locations. Nora kingdom located at east. And the other two kingdoms located at southern east and northern west coast. It will take a minimum of one month to seize these three kingdoms. But they did it in one night. It will be our foolishness if we say that they are terrifying to this level."

Gnan said, " They have been planning this for minimum of 20 years atleast. Or much earlier than that."

Sitaram said, " There is no doubt about it. What precautions have you taken?"

That official said, " We have sent 20,000 soldiers to each spot. We sent our elite troops towards the remaining kingdoms which are still under our control so that we can stop another kingdom from fall."

Sitaram asked, " What about the citizens?"

The official replied, " We had no time to look after them. We will do whatever we can."

Sitaram said in disappointment, " Are you out of your mind? The fall of three kingdoms overnight will definitely cause a huge commotion. It will alert the remaining kingdoms. They will take the necessary precautions. The one who needs help the most right now is innocent people. Why did you sent our elites for another mission?"

The officials s.h.i.+vered in fear. But logically what Sitaram said was true. The commotion of fall of the three kingdoms is no small matter. It will definitely alert the other kingdoms. But they completely neglected the protection of innocent people who are completely defenseless. No one knows what kind of h.e.l.l the citizens of fallen kingdoms are facing at the moment. But they completely neglected it."

Sitaram said in heavy tone, " Send the rescue team and make every possible citizens evacuate and take care of them in the underground chamber."

The official said in embarra.s.sing tone, " As your wish, Your Highness!"

That official member left immediately to carry out his orders.

Sitaram said, "Call the mercinaries. Hire them in the battles. Tell them that if they succeeded in their missions, they will be rewarded handsomely.

"Yes sir!" , another official member said and left.

Sitaram looked towards Rick and said, " As for you five children, enter the > right away. I want you people to forge as many weapons as you can. At the same time, I want you to concoct as many medicinal pills as you can. You need to do your job without any rest. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Grandpa!" , all five of them replied in unison. They left immediately to carry out their orders.

Sitaram then looked towards Gutherson and said, " Gutherson! Take 20 members of your soldiers and take charge in the south-east coast."

"Yes Boss!" , Gutherson replied.

Sitaram then looked towards Gnan and said, " Gnan I'll leave south-west in your hands."

"Yes Father!" , Gnan replied.

Sitaram then turned towards John and said, " John! Take the remaining 10 people from Gutherson's troops and go to the border of the Royal Capital. Take charge and protect the border."

"Yes, Master!" , John replied and left with the remaining 10 most trusted soldiers.

After everyone left, Sitaram then walked towards Ringo and other girls. He looked at all the girls and smiled warmly.

He said, " My little princesses has grown up into the beautiful woman now. Being young is really a wonderful thing huh? Especially you, Ringo!"

Ringo ran hurriedly and hugged Sitaram tightly. She started to cry loudly and said, " I'm sorry for whatever I have done grandfather! Please forgive me."

Sitaram said while rubbing Ringo's eyes, " Since when did I ever blame you?"

Ringo said in a little embarra.s.sing tone, " The thing I did to big brother Aeron and big si..."

"That wasn't your fault." , before Ringo could continue, Sitaram said, " You were being manipulated back then. I don't blame you for that."

"But Arju..." , As Ringo tried to say something, Sitaram interrupted her by raising his hand.

Sitaram said, " It's true that you have gone a little overboard with your actions. But Arjun hates betrayal the most. Your actions triggered his anger. Most importantly you kidnapped Aeron of all people. He may not bother that much if you had kidnapped any other person. But you kidnapped someone you shouldn't have. Afterall, you know how deep the relations.h.i.+p between Arjun and Aeron right."

Ringo lowered her head in embarra.s.sment. She knew that the mistake was her's to begin with.

Mika looked at Ringo and tried to break the silence by diverting the topic, " That's right! Grandpa, how is big brother Aeron? And where is big sis Kiera?"

Sitaram's smile froze immediately. He looked at the girls and shook his head and sighed. Ringo and others felt something was wrong and their nervous couldn't be hidden from their face.

Sitaram said, " Listen to me very carefully. No matter what I'm going to say right now, make your heart into a rock and listen. The situation is much more worse than you could imagine. So listen with strong heart."

Uma said, " Don't drag it grandfather. Please tell us what happened?"

Sitaram said, " Aeron couldn't make it anymore. He died immediately after Arjun brought him back. As for Kiera, well, she couldn't take her husband's death. She died afterwards as she couldn't take it anymore."

Thud!

Ringo fell on the ground. Her face turned dark immediately.