◈ 495. [Side Story] When we arrived at Sujitasan
Hotel Crossroads, there was no uproar like this.
Poo-Ok! Wow Jangchang! Chaeng-Geurang!
The sound of hitting, breaking, and breaking was heard from all sides of the meeting room.
“Damn the northern savages!”
“What are you talking about, western sand dust bastards!”
A dark-skinned woman wearing a turban and a white-skinned man wearing white fur punched each other and said,
“You dare to sit on the same table as us, given that you are slaves of different races?!”
“Of course not! Now, let’s reverse the relationship between humans and dwarves!”
Just like the bearded human king, the bearded dwarves rolled across the table clutching each other’s necks.
Enemies gathered from all over the world were biting each other.
Hair, beard, collar, necklace and accessories… … while holding on to each other.
Even among them, there were those who fought shoulder-to-shoulder together in the Battle of the Imperial Capital.
During the goblin invasion, among those who came as reinforcements, I saw people punching each other.
I muttered involuntarily while watching this exciting stage of group violence in a daze.
“… wow.”
no. At this point, if it’s a piece of shit, I’m really genuinely admiring it.
The fortunate thing is that everyone seems to have seized the last reason, and they are only using their fists without taking out their weapons… … .
Kwajik-!
Scary to think, a female tribal chief lifted a chair and slammed the queen next to her.
‘Chair shot?!’
correction. It seems that they were just punching because weapons were not allowed in the meeting room.
That neat chair shot was the start.
Flower pots on the table were swung and the dish set in the hotel was smashed into pieces.
The thick book and the bottle collided, tearing and breaking.
“Holly shh.”
I was staring blankly at the meeting room, which was steadily becoming a mess, when I heard a voice next to me.
“This is quite romantic.”
“… romance?”
When I looked there, the emperor was there.
The emperor, who was sitting leisurely on a chair, was sucking on the drinking straw in his hand.
“Aren’t you resolving old ill feelings between the kings with fist fights instead of war? If this is not romance, what is romance?”
“… .”
I looked at the chaotic battle royale scene again.
‘Is this really the romance of a fantasy world?’
No, yes.
They are high-ranking people whose names are about the kings of each country and the heads of organizations. Taking off your rank insignia and punching yourself… … I do have a strange feeling.
Patter!
Blood from someone’s nose splashed onto the floor right in front of me.
I realized once again that there is a paper difference between romance and savagery.
Stepping back, he asked the emperor.
“… Doesn’t Obama wear it?”
In fact, among the kings gathered here at the meeting place, the one who bore the most grudge must be the emperor of the Everblack Empire.
In fact, they are sending eyes full of flesh from all over the place.
Wouldn’t you like to fight cool once? Wanting to see it, the emperor perplexedly dug his ears.
“Is there anything to kill everyone?”
“… .”
I heard that too… … .
It is rare for a person who sits on the throne to excel in combat, but the emperor possesses transcendental power.
While thinking about it, I looked around and found that among the kings, especially those with high personal combat power, they were sitting in a corner and drinking.
I felt a little relieved when I saw Dusk Bringer sitting quietly in the corner over there.
Even if you breathed out, this hotel that you barely built might have collapsed.
In addition, the kings with exceptionally high fighting power, including Kuilan, trembled and endured the war.
I’m glad everyone has the opposite sex… … no wait
You have a member of the opposite sex, are you giving this shit?
In any case, the kings gathered here fought each other, tearing each other apart as if venting old grudges for tens or even hundreds of years.
The emperor clicked his tongue.
“Look, Ash. What you are trying to bring together are people with different interests, circumstances, and conditions who have deep affection for each other.”
“… .”
“We all speak different languages, but we are all different. To put it more bluntly, they actually hate each other.”
The Emperor stared at me with deep golden eyes.
“Can you bring these people together?”
“We will have no choice but to stick together.”
I answered with confidence.
“Because we are all targets the monster wants to kill.”
Monsters keep their manners like this and don’t even punch romantically.
I’ll bite your neck in one breath and kill you.
Didn’t the forces that joined the world defense front first come under my command not long after they showed the threat of a real monster?
I believed I could get other kings to come under me in this way.
However, despite my explanation, the emperor snorted.
“Aren’t most of the people who came under your command first the kings of the southern part of the continent and the frontier?”
“… What do you mean?”
“Even if the threat of a monster exists, it is the southern part of the continent and the frontier that will be invaded first.”
The emperor’s voice was extremely cold, but also rational.
“The more the area in the upper south is the central area, not the border… They will not be actively involved.”
“Even if the monster comes and everyone dies?”
“yes. everyone will die So the more urgent south and frontiers will put out the fire. They don’t have to risk bleeding even to themselves above.”
The emperor laughed, revealing his teeth.
“The regrettable side loses, and the more the opponent loses, the more I benefit. This is the interest between countries.”
Suddenly, a similar example on Earth came to mind.
War, starvation, abnormal climate… … .
Even when a threat loomed that the world itself could be destroyed if it was not resolved, everyone was reluctant to ask their country to bear the damage.
It wasn’t a matter of being selfish and cursing.
For a leader to weigh gains and losses for his country is to be faithful to his responsibility, and as a human being, he will have no choice but to focus on the immediate problem rather than a distant threat.
But monsters do exist.
And it will eat up the world within a year.
“Did you try to do politics only for the cause, son? Isn’t that too idealistic?”
“… .”
“The friendship between humans is deep. The hatred is even deeper. To the extent that those who wear crowns have accumulated over dozens of hundreds of years to swing their fists at each other so unseemly.”
The emperor looked around calmly at the flying fists.
“Can you overcome this and form an alliance? really?”
The Emperor stared at me as if waiting for my reaction. Conversely, I asked the emperor.
“When it comes down to it, what do you think is your constant?”
“If it were Jim, he wouldn’t even bother forming an alliance. We will drive out all these unreliable remnants and form a front line with only the Imperial Army.”
As expected, it was the way of an absolute being who could stand on its own as a child.
The emperor waved his hand.
“We will clear out this old fortress city and build a new fortress in the middle. I will gather all the national power of the empire and fight the monster.”
“… .”
“But that is my way. And since that method is not enough, are you not going to take a more difficult path now?”
“… .”
“So, let me ask you one more time. How will you bring them together?”
Instead of giving a clear answer, I let out a shallow sigh.
And he chinned towards the dog plate in front of his nose.
“Anyway, I’ll stop fighting first… .”
It seems that people who are really hurt will come out soon.
Romance is also dependent on romance, so if you catch someone like this, it’s an alliance and there’s no such thing as anything.
I rolled my arms and stormed into the battle royale, and the heroes under my command, who had been waiting, also rushed into the conference room.
And he began to separate the kings one by one from the field of battle.
***
The priests dispatched from the temple healed the wounds of the kings.
Thanks to the romantic(?) fight, no one was seriously injured, but the atmosphere in the meeting room was extremely bloody.
If there is going to be romance, I wish there would be a development like becoming friends after punching.
“What is the reason we need to unite as one!”
shouted one of the new kings.
His nose was bleeding, but his voice was dignified.
“Sending troops, funds, and provisions to the southern outskirts here for over a year?”
“Why do we have to suffer so much loss!”
Most of the kings must have been trying to take care of their honor by only putting their names on this grandiose alliance called the ‘World Defense Front’.
That’s why everyone gladly came to the southern tip of this place because they liked Lululala.
It seems like we’ll lose money if we fall for nothing, so everyone without exception.
However, I demanded that all of them actually participate in the war.
Then, the complexion of most of the kings who had come this far changed.
Saying let’s all fight together was like saying let’s all take the loss together.
Kings did not readily agree.
Then the kings of the existing world defense front shouted Barak.
“Tell me how many times a monster is coming, a monster!”
“The monsters in ancient legends keep coming, don’t they? We saw it firsthand! You should have seen those thousands of monsters… … !”
Then refute.
“If you’ve been blocking it so well, why are you suddenly acting out? Why do you need our help?”
“Do you have any other plans?”
rebuttal.
“The monster invasion has only gotten stronger over the past two years!”
“And in the next year, more monsters will come in even more numbers! If the world doesn’t unite, the front line here will eventually collapse! Then it’s all over!”
It’s comfortable to have you do what I have to say, but… … .
In any case, words constantly came out from all sides.
“What if this son of a bitch attacks our country while we send troops here?”
“what? What do you see us as… … .”
Two kings of neighboring countries grabbed each other by the collar.
It wasn’t just these two.
The kings of neighboring countries, who were not on good terms with each other, glared at each other warily.
“Our country has had poor harvests over the past few years, and the entire population is starving. Take responsibility as one of the countries in the world without giving any support to us like this?”
“Our country was devastated by the war between the Empire and the Principality of Bringer. Not only the troops, but also the national treasury is empty!”
“We can’t call out our troops! Not only troops, but I can’t pay even a single gold coin!”
Of course, it wasn’t just these negative people.
However, even those who were positive expressed their disapproval of the harsh conditions.
“It is good to join the world defense front, but one year is too long… … .”
“Since we stopped the goblin invasion together, we know how hard the Crossroads fight. But how will our city make a living if we put all our young people into it?”
“During the Imperial War, the entire world’s industrial logistics came to a halt as New Terra, the imperial capital, was blocked. Our merchants almost starved to death at this time… … Now that the New Terra door has opened and I am barely breathing, if I issue a de facto conscription order like this… … .”
Here is the peak of the fire dragon.
The kings of the different races and the kings who still viewed the different races as slaves pointed their fingers at each other harshly.
“If you don’t drive out those filthy alien bastards first, I’ll go first!”
“Right, good! Get out of here! Otherwise, I’ll chop you off in the head with my axe!”
“Aren’t the four major races all slaves? Why are you occupying a place here? no way… .”
“You don’t intend to abolish slavery, do you? All of our city’s industries are run by dwarven slaves! Are you going to kill us?!”
Humans and alien races fight,
“We northern kingdoms have nothing to do with this war! Aren’t these things on the Imperial Southern Front?”
“The North will fall! We will do it on our own!”
“what? Why do we in the South have to make the sacrifices!”
“Okay, let’s just die together! Don’t bother stopping the monster, let’s make it go all the way to the north! Just wait and see, I’ll make you guys in the north shed bloody tears too!”
The North and the South are fighting and
“after weakening our forces like this, isn’t the Empire going to restart the war of conquest?”
“The Empire is always burning with ambition for world unification! Who knows not!”
“After gathering such a large force and defeating all the monsters? Can you voluntarily disband? Isn’t the suzerain Empire planning to devour the world as it is?”
Other nations pointed the finger at the empire.
Originally, I wouldn’t have dared to be hostile toward the Everblack Empire, but to be honest, the Empire was now weaker than before.
The first and second princes who led the country both inside and outside died after a civil war, and in the process, more than half of the mighty army was destroyed.
The ecliptic was shut down for several months, and the internal affairs were reeling.
At a time like this, they made unreasonable demands against the whole world, so the kings were raising their voices because they wanted this time.
In the middle of the noisy conference room, I held my throbbing forehead.
The emperor was staring at me as if he was having fun.
– So how are you going to catch them?
The emperor was asking. I let out a small sigh.
His father’s gaze, as if he was sneakily trying to test the next imperial throne, was burdensome, but he couldn’t help it.
Now is the time to unite people in the face of monsters… … !
