Episode 446
“We won again!!”
“We won!”
“Long live McLane!”
“hurray!”
Shouts of joy erupted from all over Ruspelheim.
Of course, the owners of all those voices were McLane’s soldiers. The imperial citizens residing in Ruspelheim could only watch with fearful eyes as McLane’s army entered through the broken gate.
And some soldiers, steeped in the madness of war, felt quite uncomfortable by the frightened gazes flying from the darkness.
bang!
“Everyone come out! The Empire bastards die…”
Whoops.
A soldier who was kicking in the door of a private house with great force was hit on the back of the head by a hand larger than his head and fell to the floor.
“You crazy bastard… will you die first?”
A giant who saved his family from a sword attack.
However, the giant knight, who was several times the size of an ordinary person, only conveyed a much greater fear than the soldier just before him.
“Heeeeeek!”
“McLain doesn’t touch civilians. Just follow the controls.”
Luther Kyle left a nonchalant message to the trembling family inside the broken door and left the house, dragging the leg of the soldier he had knocked out.
And I frowned slightly as I saw similar things happening here and there. Soldiers, drunk with the joy of victory, were destroying houses everywhere, brandishing swords or trying to harass civilians with maniacal looks in their eyes.
The damage caused by the madness of battlefield where people die and kill. The crazy guy who fainted by his own hands a little while ago may just be a naive young man once the war is over.
Of course, there was no reason to leave this situation as is.
– Ruspelheim will become McLane’s territory in the future and become a bridgehead to keep the empire in check.
Because the goal was no longer to cause as much damage to the empire as possible.
“This is His Majesty’s order! Do not touch ordinary people!”
As Luther Kyle’s loud shout rang out, McLane’s soldiers who were trying to plunder the houses beyond the collapsed castle wall stopped. And the knights themselves began to subdue the soldiers who did not stop their violent behavior despite such warnings.
“Plunder will be punished with capital punishment!”
“From now on, Ruspelheim will be integrated into the spirit of McRain!”
“Don’t touch the civilians!”
The process of forcibly suppressing the madness of the battlefield.
The culmination of the process is….
[Rebuild the barracks in Ruspelheim and house the soldiers. And all the knights must gather in the inner castle.]
It was the voice of the monarch that struck directly into the minds of each and every one of the great soldiers.
“Your Majesty is watching.”
“Keep order!”
“Move quickly!”
The power of a monarch to immediately clear up chaos.
It was no mistake that the movements of the soldiers who saluted him became lighter.
“Your Majesty, the King Dongyik’s wife and the Auror user…”
“I know. They must have disappeared.”
“…Were you also a spy for the Empire?”
“No. The other side.”
“yes?”
“It’s done. Don’t worry about that and just organize the battlefield.”
“…Yes, Your Majesty.”
Logan, who defeated the knight with a rough wave of his hand without being questioned, looked down at the battlefield that was slowly being cleared.
The minions of the Kassel Magic Tower have disappeared. It was a situation I was worried about, but since I thought of them as potential enemies anyway, I wasn’t too concerned.
Above all, there was only one thought that dominated his mind right now.
‘I won again…’
These hands are shaking.
Logan wanted to fully enjoy that overwhelming feeling.
The past time of running without stopping for even a moment passed through my mind like a flash.
A different overwhelming feeling came over me than when I had prevented the Empire’s attack, and I became confident that I would be able to definitely prevent future troubles.
And then I heard a voice that calmed my overwhelming heart.
“Your Majesty, I have collected the scrolls you mentioned.”
Victoria, who had a dirty look on her face as she had been hiding in the ground to move the golem, approached and cautiously opened her mouth.
“…Okay, thank you for your hard work. I know you worked hard, but I need to check their condition, so can you help me a little more?”
“Yes, of course, Your Majesty!”
Hundreds of 5-circle scrolls that conveyed the power of victims on the battlefield to the Black Knights. The majority of them were destroyed by himself and the Luther Wicken Kingdom alliance during the battle, but about a hundred remained intact.
Strictly speaking, the Black Knight’s self-destruction was because the Emperor’s magic could not be maintained for long, not because the scroll’s power was exhausted. If the emperor’s plan had gone as planned, McLane would have suffered a blow from which he could not recover.
Scrolls that swallowed the souls and blood of countless people.
In them, the mana of the Kassel Tower was felt more strongly than the emperor’s mana.
If this is the case….
‘I may be able to know some of the secrets of the Kassel Magic Tower.’
I can roughly guess what contract the Kassel Mage Tower made with the emperor. I also felt like I had a rough idea of what they were preparing.
‘He talked about the weight of the covenant and then got stabbed in the back. ‘I’ll make you regret it painfully, old snake.’
It is a betrayal that will almost destroy all plans, so you will pay a heavy price for it.
Logan’s gaze, which gradually deepened, turned to the rapidly clearing battlefield. McLane’s troops were enjoying the joy of victory that he could not enjoy alone.
– Glory to Macline!
– We won!
– Wow!
The voice, which continued to spread endlessly, gradually quieted down in the middle of the night.
* * * Whiiiiiiiing.
No one was able to fully perceive the ray of blue wind rushing through the air. Not only was the speed so fast, but at the center of the blue wind, magic that hindered human perception was also constantly being revealed.
However, the face of the person who showed such amazing miracles was completely distorted.
‘How can this be…’
Emperor Caesus van Ares was extremely confused even as he tried to escape, squeezing out his mana, which was at its lowest point.
The moment the golden light spread, your magic was washed away as if you were swept away by a wave.
The scene from that moment was still playing endlessly in his mind.
The great magic that had been thoroughly prepared, even with the help of the Kassel Magic Tower, was stolen midway.
And that too for an Auror user, not a mage.
Even the simple blow that followed left a deep wound that shook the very foundation of one’s soul and magical power.
Unless he was a legendary rookie, this was impossible no matter how much he was an Auror Master.
‘There’s absolutely no way that would happen.’
The fact that he became an Auror Master in just a few years was beyond common sense.
But has that limit been exceeded in just a few months? This is ridiculous.
‘The limit of Aura users is Aura Master.’
Even if the Aura Master is a war weapon that can cover 7 to 8 classes depending on the level, that is the end.
It was clearly recorded in the documents left behind by our great ancestors. That colleague, the ‘First Auror Master’, was also a wall that he could not overcome in the end.
Unlike his ancestors, who eventually reached the level of a rookie in his later years.
Since this is what our ancestors who saved humanity professed, it is impossible even if they are truly gods-given heroes.
– The one who saved the world was not Taron Ares, but the Sword God….
At that moment, his nonsense came to mind, but he immediately shook his head and brushed it off.
In any case, he too couldn’t escape the limitations of being an Auror Master.
As I thought about it, one thing occurred to me.
An incident in which the great magic ‘Extinction’ was defeated in McLane’s Kyle Castle.
‘That light.’
I couldn’t believe it at all, so I ran out of the barracks.
‘It’s clear.’
The person who confronted him after that clearly showed the power of an Auror Master, but only once did he show the power of an Auror Master in the true sense.
The blow that took his left arm.
After that, it just looked like it was being pushed back miserably. It was as if all his power had been squeezed into that single blow.
‘It makes no sense that an Auror Master, the god of battle, would get tired so easily.’
Thinking about it, there was only one conclusion. The light that defeated extinction also used a similar tactic to what he did now.
Unlike mages, it was possible for auror users.
‘Characteristic…’
Demonstrating power that surpasses the limits of an Aura Master in an instant.
Maybe that’s his trait. In return, it was clear that he would fall into a state of exhaustion after a certain period of time.
‘Damn Auror user. Damn trait.’
After reasoning, the emperor came to a conclusion that was close to the truth.
However, that did not change the current miserable situation.
Even after participating in the war, he was once again defeated. Even with as many as 12 superhumans, he was defeated in the Battle of Suseong.
‘How many actually survived?’
I wasn’t talking about knights or soldiers. At the moment of crushing defeat, the number of casualties among regular troops would have already grown to the point where it would be meaningless to guess.
There was only one thing he wanted.
May the sacrifices of superhumans be small.
‘I delivered a message when I retreated. Most of them would have evaded themselves and come to Plan, giving priority to protecting themselves as much as possible.’
The emperor soothed his anxiety like that.
However, over the course of two days, only two people arrived at the safe house set up in Plen, a small city northwest of Ruspelheim.
* * *
“Galen Jerome. The two members of the Dickade family… Are you really the only ones?”
Inside the stone room, a dim torch barely illuminates the darkness.
Seeing the emperor sitting with a haggard face, Galen and Jerome, with even more miserable complexions, knelt down.
“…I apologize, Your Majesty.”
“…There is no shame in it.”
A face that clearly appears to have not recovered from internal injuries. It was a pitiful appearance, unbecoming of a superhuman from the great Ares Empire, but the emperor could not be angry.
Who is it all because of?
“The fever is dead. Hehehehe… How could this be…”
The emperor let out a sorrowful voice, biting his lip tightly and lowering his head.
Galen and Jerome, unable to bear to see the emperor’s shabby appearance, bowed their heads even deeper.
After a long time like that.
“It’s all because of my vice.”
The emperor’s voice, hoarse and cracked, echoed throughout the dark room.
“Your Majesty…”
“How could you say such a thing…”
A miserable expression appeared on the two people’s faces, but neither Galen nor Jerome could say anything more.
Soon the emperor asked in a sorrowful tone.
“How far do you think they will advance?”
“Assuming the Western Legion remains intact, our empire still has the upper hand in terms of combined military strength. McLane will not dare invade Aserian.”
“…I won’t let that happen. Rest assured, Your Majesty.”
“Are you saying we should be relieved that the Aserians are not being invaded? Hehehe. How did I end up…”
Galen and Jerome spoke one after another, but the emperor’s voice, sweeping his face, was only sorrowful.
“Besides, they have an Auror Master named Logan McLane. Are you sure that you can win if you mobilize the three remaining Four Kings and the Western Legion? Are you sure, Galen?”
“…I will risk my life to stop it.”
“I will stop it…. Hehe, you, the sharpest sword of the empire, are saying that you will risk your life to just barely stop it.”
Even the resolution of the Mage of the Cold Wind could not clear the emperor’s gloom.
“Damn it.”
Even if it came from the mouth of the emperor of the empire, or the king of a nation, it would be cheap. A curse rang out in the room.
The emperor continued to sweep his face with his free hand, and for a moment his black eyebrows twitched. Then, someone’s voice appeared in his head.
– I will not participate in the war ‘in person’. Also, mass production of the Black Knight. I’ll also tell you how to do that.
– Instead, please capture Logan McLaine, Your Majesty. All we want is him. An
offer we couldn’t refuse, made in a confident voice.
An offer that was too sweet to be true is just that. Was it a bait?
Or…
“No, he didn’t know either…”
Galen and Jerome flinched at the incomprehensible muttering, but the emperor remained silent for a long time, lost in thought.
Then, suddenly, a soft voice spoke. came out:
“You guys should head to the Western Front first. Do everything in your power to end the war in the west as quickly as possible.”
“…Yes? Yes, Your Majesty.”
“…I will follow your orders.”
Although they were embarrassed, the two members of the Dickade family could not say anything else. In the end, they quietly left the dark stone room, leaving the emperor calmly beckoning. Kugung
.
Soon, a huge stone door was opened. The Emperor, who was left alone after being shut down with this heavy sound, continued to ponder something.
There is definitely a possibility if he clears the West and drives his troops to retreat. Now that he knows the characteristics of Logan McLane, he is confident of taking advantage of that loophole. .
The advance of the McLane guys will be able to be stopped before they even reach Aserian.
Yes, they can be stopped….
“This is all I can think of as the Emperor of the Great Ares Empire…!!!”
Blue magical power burst out with
a shout. Boom.
Blah blah blah blah.
Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu not just a
shout. Cracks like spider webs appeared on the floor of the stone room starting from the feet that stepped forward with anger. And almost immediately, the stone room collapsed from the ceiling. It started.
Grrrrrrrrr.
The dust that began to fall from the cracked ceiling settled white on the Emperor’s head.
With just a moment’s use of magic power, he was able to shake off the dust and escape the collapsing chamber, but the Emperor did not wait until the dust covered his entire face. He just stood still.
That’s how serious a conflict was brewing in his heart.
– Remember@@$%@.
– This should only be used when humanity is in crisis or the resurrection of the Great Evil Ji$%@ is imminent.
– Otherwise . The power to be passed down will be cut off at that moment…
An imperial taboo that is passed down only to the emperor from generation to generation.
The last arrangement left by the ancient great mage Taron Ares for descendants (humanity).
The moment it is used, it is passed down to the emperor of the empire from generation to generation. The entire power of the great mage will disappear. And he will have to bear the aftereffects that are difficult to bear.
But…
“Now that the empire is under threat, this is the crisis of humanity. It is not a violation of the instructions of our ancestors. “Yes.”
Pout.
“I’d rather be remembered as a loser in history…”
The determined emperor decided to break the taboo.
Ugh. Ugh.
In an instant, the blue magic that arose from the emperor’s body repelled the pouring dust and collapsed. I supported the stone chamber.
Kuuuuuuung.
“I, the empire, will win. Wait, Logan McLane! I’ll tear you limb from limb and kill you!”
Uuuuuuung.
– Quaaaaaaaaaa!
With a surge of blue magic, the entire safe house exploded and disappeared.
And there was no one left in that place.
