Transmigrated Into the World of Magic and Swords-Chapter 240: They Poisoned Our Food

’Hmm?’

Commander Raiden approached them when he saw wagons entering the fort.

"Where are Quee-" He stopped his words halfway when he realized he had almost let his tongue slip. "Where are the two people we sent to rescue you?"

"We don’t know." Layla lied, "They said they had something to do and told us to leave first."

"I see." Commander Raiden did not suspect her because she showed no sign of lying. "You can rest once you are finished here."

"Understood, Commander." Layla responded politely.

Then, Commander Raiden headed to his office.

At the same time, in the Tuiziya Kingdom’s fort, Commander Charles and his subordinates were preparing to attack.

Layla had already informed them of their arrival, so Commander Charles knew the time to strike was near.

"I can’t wait to kill them!"

"Me too!"

"My hands are itching from slaughtering them!"

"The opportunity to avenge our fallen brothers and sisters has finally appeared."

All of them were excited because they had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"Remember! Don’t let a single one of them escape!" Commander Charles said, "We have to kill all of them before seizing their fort."

"We will remember that, Commander." His subordinates responded in unison.

As they were waiting to strike, the chefs of the Veneian Kingdom’s fort were cooking lunch for the soldiers.

They didn’t know that all the food and drinks had been poisoned because the poison was colorless and tasteless.

"Done!" the head chef said. "Start plating the food and let the soldiers know lunch is served." freeweɓnovel-cøm

"Understood, head chef." The blue-haired man responded,

Shortly after that, soldiers stepped into the dining hall with happy faces.

They had not tasted anything delicious for a week, so the sight of the appetizing dish spread out on the long tables filled them with excitement.

"We finally get to eat meat after three days of nothing but bread!"

"Just the sight of that food is making my mouth water."

"I can’t wait to eat it."

"Me too."

Even though they were eager to dig into the delicious dishes on the table, they sat quietly on the long benches because they needed to wait for their Commander first.

Shortly after that, Commander Raiden and General Lara stepped into the dining hall, followed by Ren’s subordinates.

After sitting on the long chair, Commander Raiden said, "You’ve all worked hard. Enjoy your meal."

"Finally!"

"Let’s eat!"

"Smells amazing!"

"Best words I’ve heard all three days!"

Everyone started consuming the food with happy faces.

Layla and her subordinates joined in because they didn’t want to raise suspicion.

Of course, they ate without worry because they had already taken the antidote, so the poison would not affect them.

’Savor it because it will be your last food.’

Layla glanced at Commander Raiden and General Lara as she consumed a chicken thigh.

Once they finished eating, the soldiers who had been on duty earlier took their turn at the table.

Like the previous group, they didn’t notice anything.

All they felt was happiness because they had been waiting to eat meat for three days straight.

"It was delicious!"

"Damn right!"

"If only we could eat meat every day, I would sleep with a smile on my face every night."

"Do you think meat is free? Why don’t you ask Commander Raiden to serve it every day?"

"Do you want me to get beaten to death? I would rather eat bread than ask that."

"Haha!"

They walked out of the dining hall in a good mood because they had just eaten delicious food.

At the same time, soldiers on the training ground began collapsing one by one.

Some clutched their stomachs and vomited, others turned pale and green, and many staggered as dizziness and weakness overwhelmed them.

Even though they had consumed the same type of poison, they showed different symptoms because their bodies had different levels of strength and tolerance.

"What’s wrong with me?"

"My body feels so weak."

"Poison! Someone has poisoned us!"

"Go report this to Commander Raiden and General Lara."

They drank healing potions, but not a single one had any effect because the poison King Aldric used was unique and deadly.

He even used human blood as one of the ingredients because he didn’t want his plan to go in vain.

When Layla and her subordinates saw the soldiers collapsing one after another, they wasted no time and rushed to the gate.

It was time to carry out the next step of their plan, so they needed to open the gate immediately.

"Mia, tell Commander Raiden that someone has poisoned us," the blue-haired man on top of the wall said.

But instead of heading to Commander Raiden’s office, Layla rushed toward him and sliced his neck with a knife.

*Slash...

Even though she was a mage, the blue-haired man still died at her hands because he was unprepared when she suddenly attacked him.

"Why would I report to him? I’m the one who poisoned all of you." She stopped pretending since they no longer needed to act as soldiers of the Veneian Kingdom.

"Mia, you! You! Why did you kill him?" The blue-haired soldier wore a shocked expression after seeing her kill him.

Layla turned to him before shifting her gaze to her subordinates. "Kill him!"

One of her subordinates rushed to him.

The blue-haired soldier died in a short time because he was weaker than her subordinate.

"Open the gate!" after giving an order, Layla sent a signal to Commander Charles to launch an attack.

At this moment, Commander Raiden and General Lara still didn’t know what was going on because they were still fine.

"Poison?" Commander Raiden said in surprise.

"Yes. Commander." The red-haired soldier responded.

Commander Raiden and General Lara exchanged a glance with each other before finally heading to the training ground together.

Once they arrived, they saw twenty healing mages treating the soldiers.

"What is their condition?" Commander Raiden asked as he approached one of the healing mages.

The purple-haired mage turned to him and responded, "Commander Raiden, they have been poisoned and we still don’t know what kind of poison it is."

"Can you heal them?" Commander Raiden asked,

"I’m sorry, Commander. We can only stop the poison from spreading for now," the mage explained. "Only Tier 6 or higher healing magic can fully remove it since this is no ordinary poison."

Commander Raiden gritted his teeth in frustration because none of the mages could perform Tier 6 or higher healing magic.

WHUMP!

WHUMP!

One by one, the soldiers fell to the ground.

Even though they didn’t die immediately, their condition worsened with each passing second.

Commander Raiden and General Lara were shocked and instantly turned their heads toward them.

"Healing mage, help...help me."

"Healing mage, I got...poisoned too."

"Healing mage, save...me."

The soldiers could not approach the healing mages, so they could only stare at them.

"Hang in there! I will sa-" the blue-haired mage also fell to the ground.

’Don’t tell me...’

She immediately realized that she had been poisoned too.

"General Lara, this is..." Commander Raiden almost could not control his emotions because the situation was already out of their control.

"They poisoned our food!" General Lara said.

"Then doesn’t that mean we have all been poi-" Commander Raiden stopped his words halfway when one of his subordinates rushed toward him with a panicked face.

"Commander Raiden, danger! The soldiers of the Tuiziya Kingdom are attacking us!" the white-haired soldier said urgently.

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