Episode 428
Episode 138. To save the black wolves (1)
I regained the land that I was afraid of having been taken away from.
What took place between Yuma and Jeton Castle after the knight war with Damian was not a fight, but a massacre marked by condemnation and punishment.
A person who has received some kind of power from Risol, the possessed demon. A person who gave up being human until the end.
It didn’t take an hour before Yuma had them all sorted out.
Then, along with Ariel, the other dragons waiting nearby cleared the territory outside the fortress.
The fleeing demons were burned to death by the breath, and flames soared throughout the territory.
Successfully completing the mission, Yuma immediately returned to the capital aboard Ariel.
After a big fight, Yuma was warmly welcomed by the common people and became the main character of the victory ceremony.
However, the victory ceremony could not be held while the whole world was becoming a battlefield. Instead, people said small prayers from a distance while watching Yuma ride a dragon and move quickly through the sky.
Chuck Chuck!
Upon entering the imperial castle, the waiting knights raised their swords.
Less than a week after leaving, he recaptured Jetten and returned.
The troops who wanted to stay in Jeton had also departed after seeing the flare fired before Yuma started returning.
“You worked hard, Yuma.”
Hella, who was sitting on the throne, stood up and said.
Since the start of the war, she hadn’t had a good night’s sleep, and her face was so tired that it was unbelievable that she was the best of all.
Standing next to Hella, Cheryl was in the middle of explaining about medical reform. At the same time as the war began, Cheryl’s prearranged systems saved thousands of lives a day.
“No, Your Majesty.”
“..Before you arrived, the other dragons had already informed you of Jetten’s situation through the Dragon Lord. So there is no need to report it.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. While I was on the way, I also heard through the dragons that I had to go straight back.”
Yuma said in a calm voice.
He had just killed the bandits and returned home, struggling with an indescribable bitterness, but as soon as he arrived, he went to the battlefield again.
Even so, it was not a forced audacity.
When I was a former eunuch, I was stuck in the imperial castle, doing nothing but collecting, organizing, and classifying damage reports every day.
It was, in some ways, more terrifying than going to the battlefield and fighting for one’s life.
It’s like sitting still and watching the numbers and letters, watching how the empire is crumbling and how humanity is crumbling.
Because of that memory, Yuma now understands Hella’s heart better than anyone else.
She will feel guilty. I hate myself for sitting in the safest place and looking at the numbers.
“your majesty. I am just grateful that I can go out and fight and that I am that strong. I will go again and again with a happy heart.”
“Yeah… I’m glad you’re there as always. Hurry up and go to Lord Duran. It seems that the words from your upright heart will be needed by the ball more than I do today.”
Duran was at the wall.
He had just finished discussing the supply of supplies and the deployment of troops, and was looking down at the land he was guarding from the top of the wall.
Duran, feeling Yuma’s presence, did not look back, only looking at the sky. So even Yuma had a hard time opening his mouth.
No matter how much you wear it, it’s like a sore finger in the end. How can you explain the hot and complicated emotions flowing in Duran’s heart right now?
“How was it?”
“Damian… remained unmanned in the end.”
Duran, who lowered his head from the sky to the ground, let out a short sigh.
“I didn’t ask for that. I was the commander of the empire even before I became his father. What I asked is how you feel. Wouldn’t that be uncomfortable?”
“Master.”
“You call this damn ugly thing your teacher. There are all the fucking teachers in the world who make their students cut their master’s children.”
I had nothing to answer.
I could see the teacher’s back, which had only felt infinitely wide, sway a little, so I only turned my head.
“♦…Do you know where you will be competing next?”
Duran, who immediately organized his emotions, continued.
“Yes, Master. I heard that you have to go to the border area with Matan.”
“Yes, it seems that those mercenaries survived fortunately. Hugo’s location was clearly identified, but it was a problem because the fate of the members he and the separated members were unknown…
During the four days when Yuma recaptured Jeton and returned to the Empire.
The Empire was able to acquire information that the Black Wolf had survived without being destroyed. The dragons dispatched to various places accidentally found Hugo while inspecting the border area.
Hugo was currently clearing out the monsters in the southern area of Matan, accompanied only by Zishka and a handful of assault troops.
However, it was also a situation where they could not move without haste, but the empire figured it out because of Zishka’s safety. Or there are other reasons they don’t yet know about.
“There is nothing to worry about as an ogre slayer, but it seems that the personnel who went out on missions before and after the war broke out were surrounded. If you look at the Balaur’s information, it seems to be about 40% of the Black Wolves.”
“For now, it is fortunate that Godmother Zishka and Director Hugo are confirmed to be alive or dead. If Captain Hugo joins us, we will be able to double our offensive team.”
“I guess so. However, he was told that the dragons were still on guard. Seeing that the guy didn’t leave the southern part of Matan, leaving the besieged members alone, there must be something wrong.”
Hugo does not collect the besieged members and stays in the southern part of Matan.
I felt a bit uneasy.
The Hugo Yuma knew was never a person who would turn a blind eye to the members who were driven to death.
If so, then Hugo is also in an urgent or critical situation to the point where he has to give up the members.
Malone’s location was not yet known even to the dragons. However, he did not think he would die from being attacked by the demons because he had recently gained Hwa-an and had crossed the realm.
Rather than Marlon, he was more concerned about Hakka and Maria. This is because the demonic beast could have reached Baron Harrell’s estate before Marlon found them.
“For now, I will go and rescue the besieged. You can hear something from them.”
“Do you know that another five hours later?”
five hours.
It was Yuma’s minimum break that the Empire concluded at the end of the meeting.
It was such that only one person was responsible for the attack on the front of the vast western continent. Giving up all human life and going to the battlefield as soon as you replenish your physical strength with minimal rest.
Even that would have been impossible without the dragons.
Although there was a far superior Tulka compared to any other horse, even the ancient wolf couldn’t keep up with the mobility of the flying dragons.
“You don’t need five hours of rest, Master. We will prepare and depart immediately.”
“Eat some rice and go.”
In a way, it is said to eat rice that does not match the situation at all. When Yuma heard her teacher say that, she felt her nose tingle for some reason.
“I ate on the way, Master.”
“Yeah… even if I were you, I think I would have left right away. Those Worgs once saved your life during your final battle in the East.”
“Yes, this time it is my turn to save them. If the encirclement is so strong that 40% of the Black Wolves cannot break through, it must mean that unless I go, there will be no choice but to be completely annihilated.”
If it was close to half of the Black Wolf, it was no different from the strongest unit in the world at this point, when the Imperial Capital Knights were divided into different regions.
Their feet are bound in a state of siege. Needless to say, it had to be the top priority rescue target in the current situation.
If they lose, the human army loses one of the best armed groups.
It was for this reason that Kyle decided to rescue them before the endangered lands of his own country.
“I will send my regards to your people.”
“I’ll be back, Master.”
As Yuma turned around and was about to descend the wall, Duran called his apprentice’s name in a firm voice.
“Yuma.”
“yes.”
“My daughter doesn’t regret getting close to you. So the next time you see him, treat him as usual.”
* * * Again, Yuma rode Ariel and moved.
[I’ll drop you off at the border area and go look for Marlon.]
Yuma looked at Ariel’s back startled.
“Ariel, are you looking for Marlon?”
The reason why Yuma felt a bit embarrassed was because she was worried that Ariel would leave the border area without permission because of her affection for Marlon.
She obviously likes Marlon. Yuma knew that fact better than Ariel.
Currently, it was dangerous for Ariel to wander alone anywhere on the Western continent. Demons that she couldn’t handle were scattered all over the place.
However, the story of Ariel, which embarrassed Yuma for a moment, was not a matter that she decided emotionally alone.
[The Lord gave the order. Find the Guardian of Hua’an and reinforce the Western Front. I’m moving alone, so you don’t have to worry.]
“Thank God. Have the means for a search been prepared?”
[I have no choice but to pursue the unique energy that Hwa-an causes. I rode an ancient wolf from Tejiz, but it bothers me that it has not yet been found in the border area of the Empire or Matan.
] It is very likely.”
[Maria. The Lord also requested that Haider’s lover, who had long been the object of surveillance by the senior Balaur, also be found. He said that if the child were to die now, confusion could come.]
“Confusion… It must be because of Haider.”
[okay. He was worried that as long as Risol and the underworld joined hands, there might be a change in the order governed by the god of the underworld. It was the first time I had heard of it.]
The order governed by the demons in the underworld is death.
The order governed by the underworld demon was reincarnation.
And Mahatrisha judged that the change in the relationship between Risol and Sekmeira may have violated some of the laws of the Underworld Reincarnation.
[Looking for Maria is a more important task than finding Marlon. I didn’t know, but at the same time as the war started, more than 10% of the Balaur were being put into the search for Haider’s lover.]
That was a fact Yuma didn’t know.
However, Mahatrisha did not intentionally hide it from Yuma. We just didn’t have time to talk.
Mahatrisha planned to find Maria and protect her from falling into the hands of Haider or his helpers.
[You’re almost there. It’s a pity that we couldn’t fight together this time, Yuma Drake.]
“It’s most comfortable to fight alone these days. In the process, I can feel that whatever happens is my responsibility.”
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