Episode 447 [McLane won a great victory in Ruspelheim.]
The voice of the black-haired beauty in the communication port continued calmly. However, the content was quite different from what was expected.
“Huh…”
The old man found it difficult to continue speaking at the unexpected report.
Then the old man frowned and asked.
“What about the Emperor? Have you confirmed that you are using the scrolls I sent you?”
The scrolls sent to the emperor could be said to be an improved version of the work that the Tower had secretly laid out on the eastern and western fronts of the empire.
Visions that completely drained the tower’s wealth. Since we needed to see results in a short period of time, we sent the most reliable products.
But even that didn’t seem to bring much benefit.
[…I confirmed that it was activated. However, it was significantly less than what you mentioned in terms of scale. Perhaps the preparation was discovered in advance.]
“…I guess so.”
Only then did the old man make an expression of understanding.
Of course, there was something strange about it.
“Even if it was less than expected, it would have been enough to turn the tide of the war, but did it really happen?”
Could it be that the emperor couldn’t even activate the magic circle properly?
Even though he is a half created with the power of tradition, he is still a great mage?
[It looked like less than half.]
“Half…? No, but the imperial army still lost?”
[It was so great that the Emperor was defeated so quickly by Logan MacLaine.]
“What!?”
The old man jumped up from his seat without realizing it.
No way!?
The emperor, who possesses the power of lore, is a powerful person that even he cannot easily ignore. He was also certain that although Logan McLane might show extremeness towards him, he could not do so towards the Emperor.
‘The Geomshin line and the Ares line are a relationship that has developed and complemented each other. ‘There’s no way we can get along, right?’
Through the previous sparring, I learned that the person who changes fate uses the same power as the Geomshin Ilmaek.
After confirming that the power of the sword spirit that appeared after the founder’s death was included in the prophecy, I became even more confident in the path of the magic tower.
So they even changed the route of the plan, but why did things turn out like this…?
“Can’t it be true that Logan McLane has grown again? How can that be?!”
Of course, the voice of disbelief that the old man let out without realizing it was transmitted to Luisa through the communication port.
[…Anyway, it is true that the emperor was defeated. After that, the Black Knights went on a rampage and began targeting the imperial army and the emperor. That completely changed the situation.]
What does this mean?
“The rampaging Black Knights only targeted the Imperial Army? That’s impossible?!”
[This is a fact that my father and I confirmed directly.]
“What kind of nonsense is that? When the Black Knights go on a rampage, reason must disappear for it to be normal!”
[But this is the actual result.]
Despite the very excited shouts of the tower owner, Luisa’s answer was calm.
“under…!?”
Situations that I could not understand continued to unfold.
‘What happened?’
Okay.
“…That is not normal. It is absolutely not normal! After that, report the progress of the war in detail! Especially focusing on Logan McLane and the Black Knights!”
[That…]
Luisa, who was continuing to answer right away, stopped at that moment.
“…What?”
[After seeing the emperor’s defeat, I stopped chasing after him… I’m sorry.]
The moment he saw his disciple bowing his head, the patience of the pagoda owner, who had become extremely sensitive due to the unexpected situation, suddenly ran out.
“under?”
The reason was very easy to deduce. Because he was the one who took advantage of the situation of Gerard and his wife, who had a grudge against the emperor.
However, the owner of the tower, who was very nervous ahead of the big business, had no courage left to understand such ‘trivial’ circumstances.
“These pathetic things ended up doing such idiotic things!! Did you think you could do anything to the emperor!?”
bang.
Luisa’s expression, which had been calm all along, eventually distorted as the angry tower owner poured out verbal abuse.
But that wasn’t the owner’s business either. To him, Gerard and his wife were now just a sorcerer, not a king of the four directions, and an ordinary wizard who could not even become a sorcerer.
“These wretched things don’t know the subject and handle things like that!? They even ignore my orders!?”
[Tap owner’s words are too harsh….]
“How can you be harsh!!!!”
Crack.
The few remaining teeth were clenched together, creating an unpleasant noise.
“So you captured the emperor!? Did you even fatally wound him!?”
[….]
“That can’t be possible. How dare you, the great mage!! Since you don’t know the gravity of the matter and don’t understand the topic, you must have been praying to the emperor so that your family can be ruined!”
[No matter how much it is the tower owner…]
Luisa’s face in the communication port turned red as if it was about to explode, but even that only looked pathetic in the tower owner’s eyes.
“What!? Did I say something I shouldn’t have said!? What if the great cause is hindered by your pathetic behavior?”
[….]
“Why don’t you know that if the great cause fails, all your hopes will be in vain!!”
[…I’m sorry, Master.]
Huh.
Only after pouring out a lot of money did the tower owner’s sense of reason return.
Although they are insignificant things, they are still necessary hands and feet. I realized that I had taken the stress that had built up up a bit too far, so I needed to give it a little encouragement.
“…I know that you are going through a hard time. How could I not know that you worked hard for a great cause even at the cost of losing your royal wife? If the great work is accomplished, I will ask Him and He will be the first to grant your wishes.”
[…Thank you.]
“So next time, don’t make a mistake.”
[…Yes.]
Pot.
Luisa’s lowered voice was not very trustworthy, but Top Master ended the communication with those words.
I needed to organize my mind, which had become as complicated as a tangled skein of thread.
‘Should I have gone myself?’
Even though I knew the reality that I couldn’t move because I was controlling the western kingdoms, I kept feeling that regret.
‘The biggest problem is Logan McLane’s powerlessness.’
It was impossible to unilaterally defeat the emperor based on what was assessed when they met before.
In fact, the power of the Sword Gods line is even greater than that of the Kassel Magic Tower. If you want to sacrifice the person who changes fate according to the prophecy, you must first subdue him.
It was difficult to do so with the power of the Kassel Magic Tower alone, so I made a deal with the emperor, but I never expected that the situation would turn out this way.
‘In the meantime, there is no way he would have exceeded the limits of the Auror Master. ‘This is something that no one has ever achieved in history.’
Even if you are a genius who reached the level of Aura Master in your twenties, it is impossible to reach that level.
‘Or has he suddenly awakened a trait that allows him to exert a level of power? Like a runaway?’
Of course, at the level of an Auror Master, traits such as runaway loss of reason are rather poisonous.
However, that was the only characteristic that went beyond what he could think of. Therefore, even though the head of the tower made an inference that was close to the truth, he came to a slightly different conclusion than the emperor.
‘Then the most likely thing is growth. Considering the case of the Sword God, if an Aura Master reaches his extreme, he will be comparable to an 8th class master level archmage.’
Assuming that he has grown to level 8 in a short period of time.
That also didn’t make sense, but it seemed more likely than the ability to overcome the limitations of an Auror Master.
Thanks to this, it became even more difficult.
“…In a way, it worked out.”
He took pains to evaluate the shocking variable positively.
‘The higher the level of sacrifice, the higher the probability that He will fully descend.’
If Logan McLane is that strong, even if the Empire’s Western Legion defeats the Western Allied Forces without significant damage, it will be difficult to deal with McLane in the future.
If that happens….
‘the empire may fall.’
The moment he thought of that thought, he felt goosebumps all over his body. It was a premise that I hadn’t even thought about until recently.
A number of superhumans that cannot be compared to other countries.
Powerful troops and resources.
Moreover, the power passed down from that damned godman, Taron Ares, gave the emperor of the empire the power of a great mage from generation to generation.
And the reason why the power of that tradition was so scary was not because the emperor was equipped with the power of a great mage.
‘It’s really amazing that when you become emperor, even your personality changes.’
The ruler who ascends to the position of emperor is forcibly given ‘the mental strength and reason’ to maintain the status of a great mage, and ‘a sense of duty to prosper the empire’, no matter how bad his original personality is. It is thanks to this that the empire has been able to grow steadily without stopping even for a moment since the days of the Kingdom of Ares.
An iron man with absolute power. As a result of continued development under rational rulers who only pursued national development without being eroded by individual desires, the empire became an ironclad castle that would never collapse unless it was destroyed from within.
That is the true value of the tradition left behind by the ancient great mage Taron Ares.
Furthermore, it was also the reason why the ancestors of the Kassel Tower bowed their heads and chose the path into their interior.
‘Still, it failed.’
But now things are going like this?
“Hehehehe. It’s fun. It’s fun.”
In fact, if there were no signs of the era in which the destiny changers left, he would have tried to use that move as well.
Once he entered the imperial court with his head down, he planned to rule over the next great emperor.
The necessary preparations were also steadily underway. Taking into account the series of measures to be taken by the imperial family.
Whatever the level of magic, from a magical perspective, he was proud of himself as the best snake that ever swallowed the truth, so I thought there was a good chance. I also thought that this was the only way to avoid the Ares group and achieve the great cause.
However, there were signs of an era when the gods left, and a person who changed fate appeared, and eventually the era changed like this.
“Huh… I see. That was it.”
The old man instantly clapped his hands and stood up.
“A person who changes fate…”
The prophecy about a person who changes fate finally resonated with me.
The power of the Geomsin Ilmaek is merely the power of the body, but in reality, it is the power that leads to changes in the world that seemed completely impossible.
For example, the fall of an empire.
That was Logan McLane.
“And it was he who foretold it.”
Once again, my faith in my ancestors seemed to have become stronger.
Yes, the time for the great cause is getting closer.
‘This variable is just one part of that process.’
After thinking like that, I felt much lighter.
For now, I just had to find a way to utilize this variable further.
First of all…
“Emperor.”
How will an emperor who has been defeated one after another emerge?
The prediction wasn’t difficult.
“There is no way to surrender or give up. The Emperor of the Ares Empire is a human being who has no choice but to move forward.”
The price of gaining the power of lore.
It couldn’t even be called a penalty, but it was the worst in the current situation. Even if the emperor faces destruction, he will choose to fight until the end.
And if the empire begins to collapse in earnest, the time when sufficient energy is gathered ‘there’ will be accelerated.
‘Perhaps more than a certain amount of power may be gathered.’
As long as Logan McLane is there, McLane’s victory is almost certain, but the Empire still has room. It was best for the greater good if the two collided and caused as many casualties as possible.
To be precise, not only the empire should fail, but McLane should also fall together. Even if it’s just to catch Logan McLain.
In that case, it was clear what the Kassel Matap had to do.
“We have to make it happen.”
First of all, this war in the West must be resolved appropriately.
And…
grin.
“Okay, that will do.”
The top owner must have thought of something and started to smile that sinister smile.
“It’s going to be fun. A lot.”
With the tower owner’s laughter, the light came back on in the communication port that had been turned off. The light went beyond several layers of security and reached the secret line in the center of the continent, where unqualified people could never reach.
[Please tell us the identity of the person requesting communications.] The
Imperial Imperial Household Communications Officer faced him again.
“Isn’t it spherical?”
[Please tell us your identity.]
“Heulheul. They are such boring people. Yes, please tell His Majesty the Emperor. The Black Snake has another suggestion.”
The sight of the tower owner smiling softly was very different from when he first heard the news of the empire’s defeat.