Episode 157: A move that was kept hidden until the very end.
Lux’s time acceleration, which he had saved until the end even though he was in danger, was unleashed at the perfect time.
Is it too much self-satisfaction to think that acting with a vain expression, as if committing suicide, also played a role?
“Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…?”
The only two emotions in Jordan’s snake eyes as he looked down at himself while spitting out blood were resentment and anger.
‘It’s worth it.’
He would have never imagined that the enemy, who he thought had run out of energy, would suddenly become more than three times faster and that part of his auror would be cut off the moment he clashed with him.
Much less expected that the fiery attack that came through the gap revealed by the cut off part of the auror would shatter the cracked beloved sword and become lodged in the neck.
In fact, it was a stroke of luck that even Logan, who attacked, had not expected.
‘I was lucky. Hmm….’
It was a miraculous strike that combined time acceleration, flame cutting, and luck.
It took a moment for me to feel so relieved and let my heart sink.
Logan, who saw his allies under siege and under attack, quickly killed Jordan by completely cutting off his head.
and.
“Oh don’t come! How dare you. You know who I am!!”
Skag.
He immediately cut off the head of the bug that was making noises that were too good to be answered.
Logan, holding the severed head on the tip of his knife, immediately shouted loudly.
“All the princes are dead! Stop the fighting!!”
The cries that echoed throughout the battlefield soon brought about drastic changes.
“The Archduke did it!”
“I killed the prince!”
“We won! We won!”
McLane’s elite, who were struggling to resist the attack within a fully constructed siege, were the first to respond to Logan’s voice.
I shouted loudly and loudly in case the enemies didn’t hear me.
Next, the Walter Maim Knights, who had confirmed the death of the monarch and prince they had followed, laid down their swords one by one with ecstatic expressions.
“How can this be…”
“How can His Excellency…”
The moment the core forces that had established the siege network and encouraged the entire army let go. The soldiers around him also stopped attacking and looked around, trying to understand the situation.
“What happened? Why aren’t you fighting?”
“They say the war is over…?”
“What nonsense?!”
There were some who protested, but the offensive soon stopped as the soldiers, centered around the second prince’s army base, laid down their weapons one by one.
Those who showed the most obvious change were the male viscounts who were on the front line encouraging their troops to deal with MacLane and the Knights of Esperanza.
“If I fought any longer…”
“There’s no point. I’ll surrender.”
“Well, we were just following the Lord’s orders.”
A civil war that was fought in the first place to make the prince he served king.
But the prince died.
The prince couldn’t hide it somewhere in a hiding place in case something happened, and was always guarded by the superhumans at the top of the faction.
Moreover, even the superhuman and leader of the faction, Jordan Walter Maim, who was protecting the second prince, was defeated by an unexpected person.
So there is only one option left for them.
“Baron Fractal has no intention of continuing the fight any longer!”
“The same goes for Viscount Lohen!”
“Baron Anthony will also take down his flag!”
Although it cannot be said to be the head or body of the faction, the troops that are the size of the hands and feet gather their weapons according to the instructions of their owner.
One after another, people retreated, lowering the flags representing the troops of each family.
Then, at the shout of Juan Douglas, the 1st Prince’s army, which had been blindly pursuing McLane, also began to come to its senses.
“I think the duke also went bankrupt?”
“War…”
“What happens if this happens?”
Murmur.
The madness of the battlefield began to subside in no time.
Nevertheless, there were some who did not try to stop the fight.
“Huh… this is ridiculous…”
Since something irreparable had already happened, it was better for his competitor to get fucked as well rather than just himself getting fucked.
Of course, I couldn’t have guessed that the competitor would not only be fucked but also die.
This was a catastrophe far beyond Juan Douglas’s imagination.
‘Everything is ruined.’
His expression, which had been cruelly distorted, gradually changed to expressionless.
They say that when a person goes beyond the limit of their anger, they actually become calm.
He never imagined he would experience something like that himself.
‘All of this is because of that guy.’
That young guy is shouting while holding the 2nd Prince’s head in the distance.
That one loach ruined everything.
The seething anger beneath the expressionless face was focused on only one person.
Everything I dreamed of has been shattered and there is no way to get it back.
If that’s the case, shouldn’t we at least take out our anger on the guy who created this irreversible situation?
‘I will definitely kill you at all costs, Logan McLane.’
The moment Juan Douglas thought that, he stopped using the magic he was projecting towards the swordsman.
And then he raised both his hands as if he had given up everything.
“I surrender, Geomgong.”
“what?!”
“dismissal!!”
Luther and Wicken, who were frantically engaged in sword fighting, screamed.
They were dealing with the kingdom’s strongest enemy from the front, but they were unable to properly grasp the ever-changing situation.
It was as if I had suddenly been stabbed in the back by an ally.
“That’s wise, Juan.”
Pale complexion and blood flowing from the corner of the mouth.
The appearance suggested that this close combat would be difficult even for the swordsman, who was said to be the strongest in the kingdom, but his power, released from the mage’s restraints, was terrifying.
Gurgling.
The swordsmith disappeared in a flash with the sound of thunder and appeared behind him at the same time as the screams of the two superhumans who were confronting him in front of him rang out.
“Ahh! Kwaaaaah!”
“Fuck… Damn it….”
He flutters.
Two Auror users collapsed in an instant, but the sight did not surprise Juan at all.
This was because he was fully aware that the movement that produced the unbelievable result along with the roaring sound was the swordsman’s strongest secret technique.
‘The already terrible method has become even more terrifying. ‘Monstrous old man.’
It was a bit like grinding my teeth, but there was also a silver lining.
Both Luthor and Wicken, who had just fallen, suffered heavy blows and lost consciousness, but there were no signs of life-threatening wounds.
The conviction that the swordsman was trying to capture them rather than kill them made his heart feel a little lighter.
‘First of all, let’s catch it. And that guy must be…’
As I glanced at the red head in the distance again, the anger that had settled in my heart boiled over again.
Juan tried to calm his mind and turned his gaze to look at the approaching swordsman.
“I ask you to guarantee survival and the bare minimum rights. I will recognize all rights of the winner.”
“Yeah, that’s what I expected. But…”
“…?”
When the swordsman’s grinning smile feels ominous.
“Your intentions have been revealed on your face for a long time, Juan. As an ice mage, you will have to live or die.”
“What is that…?!”
Juan tried to protest, but
Skag.
With the sound of something sharply cracking, he suddenly felt as if the world was tilting.
Soon I couldn’t even think about what that feeling meant.
The body that had lost its head in vain fell to the ground in a fountain of blood.
dump.
The magician’s eyes, which did not use magic, could not even catch the swordsman’s movements.
The end of the nobleman who boasted the most powerful power in the kingdom, known as the Freezing Mage, was so vain.
And the person who created that death smiled bitterly as he looked at the face of his disciple who was clearing the battlefield from afar.
“I had no intention of letting you and Jordan live anyway. See you in hell, Juan.”
It would have been even more unfair if Juan had heard that.
Fortunately, the mage’s soul had already left his poor body.
It wasn’t just superhumans who couldn’t stop fighting.
“Everyone fight until the end! What are you doing? Aren’t you moving?!”
Julio Tritan, Margrave of the North, kept shouting at his troops.
From a little distance away, the Margrave of the Northwest, Pamil Cherno, was also shouting loudly.
“Whoever wants to stop it! Fight! Fight! Kill those Macline bastards!”
There was no way that they, who led the civil war as the leading figures of the Two Princes faction, would see any good results if they surrendered.
Naturally, they have no choice but to struggle until the end.
And it was the same for the margraves of the First Prince faction who were in unrest in the south.
Of course, Logan had no intention of just watching the struggle.
“The culprit of the civil war! Capture the margraves! The person who captured them will be treated preferentially as a public servant!”
The cries that echoed throughout the battlefield further confused the factional coalition forces.
In that situation, a new trend emerged on the battlefield as several of the margraves, who had already figured out that the war was going badly, were seen running away, taking only their knights who were their confidants.
“The margraves are running away! Catch them!”
The reluctant coalition of factions, originally under the Margrave’s command, began to pursue the fleeing ‘former’ monarchs backwards.
There it is.
“McLane’s troops capture the fleeing margraves!”
“The Knights of Esperanza must slaughter the culprits of the civil war!”
The orders given by the leaders of the two forces that ended the civil war between Logan and Sword immediately formed a siege network in the east and west.
“catch!”
“They are the ones who tried to ruin the country!”
“Get rid of them all!”
In total, there were only about 100 loyal knights of the fleeing margraves.
It was not enough to deal with McLane or the Esperanza Knights on their own.
In the end, most of the margraves who fled were caught and beheaded on the spot.
But not all margraves met their end so helplessly.
“Count Lucen Talos of the Second Prince faction has disappeared without a trace. Not even his knights know his whereabouts.”
“A very small number of people, presumed to be Count Kyron Wolves of the 1st Prince faction, ran away, bypassing the Esperanza Knights while keeping them in check with repeating crossbows.”
Tsk.
Logan clicked his tongue in disappointment as he listened to the report.
But the words that followed were without hesitation.
“Well, there’s nothing those two can do now. The best they can do is run away from the country. Clear the battlefield.”
* * *
“I think the identification of Pia is now vague.”
At Logan’s words, the swordsman nodded with a relieved expression.
Although there were countless casualties, the number of surviving enemy forces totaling nearly 60,000 from both factions.
Considering that the combined strength of Duke Esperanza and McLane was about 20,000, it was an abnormal result that the strength of the defeated remnants was three times greater than that of the victorious army.
Therefore, it took quite some time just to identify the enemy and take away the weapons of the defeated soldiers and organize them, but even that did not feel boring.
Because all of that was ultimately a process of proving that this tiresome war was over.
‘thank god. I’m so glad.’
As the swordsmith was heaving a sigh of relief, Logan said something unexpected.
“Master. I will go to the capital first. Please take care of the rest.”
“what?”
“We need to sort out the rest of the factions that remain in Grand. I don’t know if they’ve already run away, but if they remain, I don’t know what they’ll do.”
“If they were to remain in the capital, they would probably be civil servants?”
“There are some people we couldn’t catch here, so we’re trying to guard against the unexpected. The remaining matters here will be sorted out much more quickly with Master here than with me.”
It was right that the swordsman himself should be here, even if it was because of the two captured superhumans.
“…Hmm. Yes, I understand.”
The two margraves who ran away, as well as most of the knights who are the center of the force, are being held here.
Even if they were manipulative, it was not too much of a worry, but the swordsman tolerated his student’s resentment
. ‘It’s better to finish it clearly than to leave it behind.’
Even though he nodded,
“The war is not over yet! McLane Knights! Gather all but the wounded of the crossbow cavalry!”
I felt a little uneasy when I saw Logan’s back as he quickly gathered only the elite troops who could ride horses and galloped away. For some reason,
the disciple’s last appearance looked murderous. ‘That guy can’t be…’
With the thought of just in case, the swordsman decided that he should finish the war that was already over as quickly as possible
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