Episode 440 A person took flight wearing the golden dragon’s armor.
The sight of bluish magic coloring a radius of several tens of meters attracted the attention of many people even in the middle of a cruel battlefield.
“Shoot, shoot!”
“Kill!”
“It’s the emperor!”
Soon, countless attacks were launched towards the source of the magic power.
The most impressive thing among them was the barrage of arrows wrapped in red flames, blue wind, white broken ice, and bright yellow lightning.
An attack launched by the Magic Archers, the pride and symbol of power of the Kingdom of Linden, a country ranked among the top two kingdoms in the western part of the continent.
As close to a thousand magic arrows filled the air, the entire area turned into hell.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa.
“Ugh!”
“damage!”
A terrible explosion created by the tangle of flames, lightning, wind, and ice.
The aftermath of the explosion alone caused all the soldiers fighting on the castle wall to fall to the ground.
However, the imperial army used the crisis as an opportunity.
“It’s time! Charge!”
The knights of the central army of the empire quickly climbed up the castle wall, taking advantage of the enemy’s main offensive focused on the emperor.
“Stop it! Stop it!”
“You have too many knights!”
“Stop it somehow!”
“Aaaah!”
The tide turns in an instant. Brother Clark Claude, the twin mages who are the pride of Linden and the leaders of the magic archers, gritted their teeth and shouted.
“You just have to kill the emperor!”
“Squeeze out your mana!”
It wasn’t just yelling at his subordinates. In fact, they too were preparing for the final blow by concentrating their entire body’s magic power.
Wooooow.
Five classes of artifact bows made from the horns and tendons of Linden’s national treasure demonic beast. The power of the lightning mage and the flame mage were put into the artifacts with grandiose names such as ‘the lightning of the beginning’ and ‘the flame of creation’.
Wow!
The yellow and red arrows fired with an ear-splitting explosion struck the target directly, revealing their distinct presence even among the bombardment of the magic archers.
Flashing.
Wow!!!!
For an instant, a bright light burst out, turning the sight pure white, and a beat later, a roar rang out, drowning out all the noise of the battlefield.
The moment everyone’s eyes turn to the epicenter of the explosion.
[This one was pretty good. Did you say twin mages?]
The voice of the emperor, who seemed a little tired but appeared unharmed and unharmed, decided the outcome of the battlefield.
“His Majesty is victorious!”
“Wow!”
“Long live the Empire!”
Unlike the Imperial Army, whose morale soared to the sky.
“I can’t do that.”
“What kind of monster is that…”
“We have to run away too…”
The sight of the Linden soldiers collapsing in an instant was a stark contrast.
Soon the emperor’s indifferent voice came out again.
[Pay with your life for daring to cross the empire. Mekido.]
At that moment, a huge blue flame covered a corner of the castle wall.
– Argh!
– Wow!
The sight of the twin mages melting into nothingness with shocked expressions was enough to confirm the empire’s victory.
“Ugh!”
“Everyone run away!”
“help me!”
bang!
Pabababak.
Wow.
The Kingdom of Linden collapsed just two weeks after occupying Gritheim, a large city in the western part of the empire.
* * *
“Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty.”
“Salute to His Majesty the Emperor!”
“Glory to the Empire!”
Gritheim’s inner city, which was being cleaned up after the war, was filled with loud cheers.
The emperor sitting at the head table calmed the excited atmosphere by raising his remaining right hand.
“…it is just a natural result of what must be done.”
The new head of the Imperial Special Inspection Department, who was the first to greet the emperor with a calm expression, was heartbroken.
‘Now you have finally regained your composure.’
The emperor, who had always seemed nervous after losing his left arm, was no longer there. I felt a sense of exhilaration as if the frustration that had built up in my chest after the Battle of McLane had been blown away all at once.
And he was confident that the smiling emperor’s feelings were similar to his own.
“Any news from elsewhere?”
“The Mage of the Cold Wind from Rugenheim has delivered news of victory.”
“That is also natural. What about other places?”
“There is a general push in other battlefields as well. However, the remaining countries are showing signs of uniting.”
“Tsk. I guess that’s true too.”
There were only two clear reports of victory, but the expressions on the faces of the emperor and those reporting were extremely calm.
That’s right, most of the superhumans were on the battlefield in Rugenheim, where the Mage of the Dead Wind was located, or in Gritheim, where the emperor himself went on the battlefield. The purpose was to take down Gaia and Linden first, which were the two most powerful western kingdoms.
“Your Majesty’s operation was a complete success. I offer you reductions.”
“I’m giving you a reduction!”
“hmm.”
In response to the shout that resounded throughout the hall, the Emperor nodded with a calm yet slightly flushed expression.
As a result, about a third of the Allied forces’ 15 corps-level troops were lost. I was confident that even if the remaining eight countries gathered together, the Western Legion alone could crush them.
Of course, the remaining troops amounted to 500,000, a number that could never be ignored, but in terms of quality, they would never be able to overcome the empire.
So the emperor’s interests naturally went elsewhere.
“What is the whereabouts of the new sword?”
“…I’m sorry about that.”
The head of the Imperial Household Special Inspection Department, commonly known as the Ghost Director, knelt down and bowed his head.
“Still haven’t found the traces yet?”
“I’m sorry.”
“No, no. If the opponent is a divine sword, that could be the case.”
The emperor’s mind was clearly at ease. Because of that, he was able to speak leniently even when his subordinates failed in their missions.
Since the Holy Sword was wanted in the Holy Kingdom anyway, it would have been difficult to put pressure on the Holy Kingdom using that guy as an excuse.
However, the fundamental question did not disappear.
‘Why on earth did he do that?’
Shingeom’s actions could not be explained as absurd.
Not only did he intervene in McLane’s war and antagonize the empire, he returned to his home country and practically assassinated the Pope, who could be considered its leader.
Even the simpletons in the countryside could not help but feel strange, and it left an uneasy feeling in the emperor’s heart.
‘There is something. There’s a movement behind the scenes that I don’t know about…’
It didn’t occur to me that Shingeom was crazy like popular rumors said.
The Shingeom I met in person was clearly a superhuman among superhumans who had reached the level of an Aura Master.
It was much more reasonable to believe that there were other reasons than the possibility that someone with such a strong soul would suddenly go crazy.
But there was nothing that made any sense.
“There is too little information. Start by thoroughly investigating what has happened inside the Holy Kingdom recently. Start from the beginning again.”
“yes.”
When the leader of the ghosts bows his head with a short answer.
– your majesty! It’s urgent!
An urgent voice was heard from outside Daejeon.
As soon as the driver rushed in and delivered the news, shock appeared on the faces of everyone in Daejeon.
– McLane has begun his advance towards the empire!
“This is crazy…!”
“The small country’s liver is swollen just because they won once!”
“Your Majesty, please return from the army immediately!”
The Daejeon military officials, whose excitement of victory had not subsided, raised their voices in unison and raised their spirits.
Is it because of that momentum, or is it because of the memories of defeat that surged up again?
The emperor also had no choice but to grind his teeth at once.
“He broke out of the protective shield on his own? Ha, Logan McLane, that guy is truly crazy!”
I thought it was better.
‘If they broke through the Great Magic Line, the Eastern Legion alone would be enough to stop them.’
Even if the situation takes a turn for the worst, it will be possible to endure. Before that, I will clean up the small children and then punish the Macline bastards.
“Prepare to go to war again! Let’s clear out the Western Allied Forces as quickly as possible and show the power of the Empire to those Macline bastards who don’t know the subject!”
“yes!”
Now, the ten Western countries, no, eight, are belatedly trying to unite after being pushed back by the imperial army.
The emperor decided to gather them all together and get rid of them once and for all. They thought that was the way to end the war more quickly.
At the time when the eight western countries were gathering their forces and the western legions of the empire and the imperial central army were speeding up their march towards them.
Terrible news has been delivered to the Empire.
– Half of the Eastern Legion was annihilated by McLane’s army on the Plains of Ruspelheim!
The shock of the imperial leadership was even more extreme because it was an unexpected and shocking defeat that occurred less than ten days after McLane began his invasion.
“How!?”
“You can get that much power without the magic circle?”
“What on earth did Commander Zipen do!?”
The leaders could hardly regain their composure. No, as the confusion grew, the emperor eventually made a decisive decision.
“Send all remaining Black Knights to Ruspelheim! I am also going to Ruspelheim. Select half of the knights of the central army and have them follow me!”
The subordinates who were listening to this truly unconventional order widened their eyes.
“Your Majesty!”
“Then the current battlefield is…!?”
“I will leave the subjugation of the remaining eight western countries to Galen.”
Whose words would we dare to disobey?
“I will follow your orders.”
The five magicians of the empire, including Galen Dekaid (two of the seven magic tower lords died in McLane).
“As His Majesty wishes.”
Five western corps commanders, including Ivan Rodriguez. (5 corps commander Balton Krassen, 6th corps commander Rodrigo Blanck died during the invasion of the Western Kingdom).
“For the glory of the Empire!”
And all the superhumans of the empire, including Jerome Dickade, Matt Dickerson, and the five remaining superhumans of the Imperial Guard, who were dispatched to suppress the uprising in the West, bowed down and bowed their heads.
But right after that.
“Your Majesty. We’re in big trouble!”
News that could overturn all those decisions was delivered one after another.
– The Great Mage appears in the Allied Forces of the 8 Western countries!
– Estimated Kassel magic top owner!
– It is estimated that there are at least four magicians following him. It is estimated that there are around 300 wizards below that number.
The most shocking of them all was the release of statements in support of the Kassel Tower by 10 Western countries.
– The Kassel Magic Tower only became a public enemy of the continent due to the empire’s unfair oppression and has never committed a crime worthy of it. Since the affairs of the Holy Kingdom also resulted from a misunderstanding, we will resolve the misunderstanding through dialogue with the new Pope.
It was like covering one’s eyes and shouting, but for the empire, it was no different from a fatal surprise attack.
Fortunately…
– Seongguk has no intention of listening to the excuses of those who defend the Kassel Magic Tower. We will crush all the devil’s seeds who have toyed with the Holy Kingdom and even brainwashed our sword, Harman Killerbrew.
Rather, the Seongguk signaled its intention to take the side of the empire and participate in the Western War.
However, that alone was not enough to extinguish the fire that fell on the empire right away.
“It is believed that it will take at least two months for the Holy Kingdom’s troops to participate in the Western Front.”
“The Holy Kingdom has drawn a line that it will not contribute to the war in the east.”
The emperor pressed his pounding head with one hand as he received a series of news that he did not like.
In such a situation, a communication was secretly sent to the emperor.
[I meet His Majesty, the Emperor of the Ares Empire. I think this is my first time seeing you like this. It seems like you’re in a bit of trouble these days, so I have a suggestion that could improve our uncomfortable relationship.]
The Emperor finally exploded at the message of the Empire’s public servant, Cassel Matapju, who forcibly entered the secret communication channel exclusively for the Imperial Family.
“How dare this damn old snake…!!!”
The anger in my heart rose to the top of my head, and I wanted to destroy the communication port right away, but the owner of the empire was not someone who could be moved by emotions alone.
[Heulheul. Please come in first, Your Majesty. There will be no harm.]
The conversation between the grinning old man and the angry emperor continued for a long time.
