Episode 456 – This war will determine the true loser of the world.
A war that the world is paying attention to.
The war between McLane and the Empire seemed to have already been narrowed down to the battlefield of Ruspelheim.
To put it in an extreme way, the biggest turning point in this war was which side’s superhumans would be wiped out first.
Among them, he and the emperor, whose status was revealed to the world through war.
If either of the two superhumans survives, even if they are the masters of a defeated nation, they will become the victorious nation’s confidants.
In such a situation, it was really reckless to decide to go undercover at this time.
-Why even though you know that! Why are you leaving!?
Damian’s shouting was still pleasant to my ears, but I couldn’t reveal the reason. Although he is revered as a hero given by the gods, he cannot actually say that the gods are against him.
Moreover, the clue to solving the situation is right in front of you, so how can you ignore it?
In the end, Damien ended up throwing up both hands and feet due to his stubbornness and not even telling him the reason.
However, precautions were clearly taken in case of emergency.
– Please make sure that His Majesty has decided to go into hiding at such an important time, and return as soon as possible. And at the very least, you should definitely memorize this. The current location of the enemies is…
information that was forcibly injected into the king, almost intimidating him.
According to that information, the forces of the North Sea King and the South Sea King would be near Ruspelheim by now.
‘In the meantime, if I show up in the wrong place, I might start a war with just the two kings.’
In other words, you will have to sneak into Kyle Castle, McLane’s territory.
Of course, McLane’s forces currently gathered in Ruspelheim are not at a level that can be overcome by the two kings alone.
However, if the rumor that he had appeared in Kyle spread, there was a high possibility that the forces of the two kings would bypass Ruspelheim and come this way.
That situation was the problem.
‘If we spread the battlefield into several places for no reason, only we, who have a small total number of troops, will be in trouble.’
It cannot be avoided.
In fact, if you think about it calmly, even if that were the case, you could just abandon Kyle and head to Ruspelheim. Because the army can’t be faster than you.
Moreover, as Wangbu’s troops were heading towards Kyle, it would be easier to deal with the enemy’s main force. It would probably cause more damage to the Empire than burning Kyle or the mainland.
but.
‘If I do that, the trust I built up within the kingdom will be shattered.’
It was not simply about being conscious of public opinion.
Now I have a complete sense of the power of a rookie or even higher.
I vividly feel that it comes from the hearts of those who follow me, so how can I abandon it? Even putting moral responsibility aside.
So it would be better not to go.
…if you are a wise monarch.
‘Since when did I start questioning things like that?’
It was not simply an emotional reason to listen to the fallen Harmon’s last request.
perhaps.
What if Harman could meet the fallen saint and cause some kind of miracle?
And if it is the form you expect.
The idea that we can once again create a variable that can turn the tide of the war.
That expectation is what drives him to Kyle now.
‘So let’s give it a try.’
After detouring south from the forest where the incident took place over the course of three days, Logan took advantage of the late night to run northeast again.
It was so fast that anyone watching from afar would have thought it was a golden meteor passing by across the field. Even though it was carrying a person wearing armor, its movements were incredibly fast.
However, the person concerned was not at all satisfied with the speed, which was several times faster than that of most horseback riders. Even though he is injecting the force to maintain the life of the person on his back.
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Kwakwakwakwakwa.
– What!?
I could see animals running away in surprise from a sudden gust of wind in a remote field, but I had no time to worry about that.
Fortunately, it was a deserted road, so it seemed unlikely that anyone would notice this unusually loud golden light today.
Okay.
‘Then a little faster.’
Gritting his teeth, Logan’s body accelerated even more.
I wasted three days on this return trip.
If you take Harman to the saint kept deep inside Kyle Castle and nothing happens, you will have to go straight back to Ruspelheim. It’s a bonus that you don’t have to be discovered by anyone along the way.
And after those last words, Harmon did not respond to any messages.
As a result, as time passed, my expectations decreased and my anxiety increased.
‘It’s most likely a shovel.’
Even now, this incredible rush felt like it was becoming more and more difficult and time was running out.
If his identity is discovered without any benefit, the situation will only become more complicated.
‘But why me!’
Grumbling.
Actually, I already knew the answer.
Because of that, Logan just put more force into his feet hitting the ground.
It wasn’t for Harmon.
The grandiose reason for changing the situation of war was actually only the second.
The most important reason is….
‘I might be able to save my people.’
That was one thing.
Even if Harman showed only a small change, he might find the possibility of waking them up like he saved the Master.
The possibility of healing the soul with clear confidence rather than the reckless attempt of the Master.
Of course, someone will say that this choice is foolish. You might criticize me for taking a risk that could ruin everything for the sake of that slim possibility.
But for Logan, it had to be this way.
“That’s why I came back.”
Words spoken as if making a promise.
The scope of the fence, which was initially limited to the family, has now expanded significantly. Of course, he still thought that he was not the king’s vessel to embrace millions of people.
That’s why he had no choice but to follow his heart and head to Kyle.
And in fact, there was enough reason to convince myself even if I didn’t know others.
‘It’s best if I can save the two people without my actions being discovered.’
Fortunately, considering the disguise, his own skills, and the level of Kyle’s security forces, the probability of being caught is low. Of course, the probability of saving the two people will be lower than that, but if it succeeds, it will be a greater benefit than anything else.
If Damian had known, he would have told him not to do anything reckless.
‘Even if the odds are low, it’s a big deal if you succeed, so there’s no reason not to do it, right?’
I didn’t consider the possibility that things would go wrong with a lower probability.
He has always been reckless and always achieved results.
So it will be the same this time too.
– Oh, I mean! You can’t follow your heart!! Especially if you are a monarch! Ahhh! I’ll be amazed.
At that moment, Damian’s voice seemed like an auditory hallucination, and I burst out laughing.
‘You guys can make up for what I’m lacking.’
Faces that come to mind at first glance.
Damian Dwayne Rick Hamar.
Logan, who remembered each and every one of his vassals who were not on the battlefield, strengthened his decision again. Even if they were in the same situation as Illyana Clayton, he would have acted the way he does now.
‘let’s go!’
Logan shakes off even the slightest conflict in his heart.
As his will became clearer, the golden meteor gradually increased its speed and headed towards the northeast even faster.
* * *
“Hmm.”
Soldier Aaron, who was on guard duty on the walls of Kyle Castle in the middle of the night, yawned and stretched without realizing it.
It seemed like he had dozed off without realizing it.
I slapped my own cheek and opened my eyes, and suddenly the figure of the Shinigami appeared in my field of vision.
“…Did you doze off?”
“Hmph!”
A round, smiling face.
He looks good, but his essence is worse than the devil. It was the platoon leader’s version.
“Huh?”
“Oh no!”
“What? What isn’t it?”
I especially hated seeing the sly smile on my face today, but I couldn’t show it.
“Joe, I didn’t doze off!”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yes that’s right!”
Aaron tried to prove his innocence(?) by answering loudly in the quiet of the night.
But the smile on Pan’s face only became more cruel.
“Ah… so you’re saying my eye is sprained?”
Cold sweat ran down my back.
“Not that either!”
“Ho? Then what is it?”
“Well, you were mistaken for a moment!”
“So I’m an idiot who is deluded?”
“Oh no!”
“What do you keep saying? What else?”
Noise in the middle of the night.
Taking advantage of the noise, a black shadow passed over their heads in an instant.
‘I’m going into my castle, what are you doing now?’
If he had had enough time, he would have hinted that he would at least establish a communication connection and send someone.
However, he could not afford to do so in a situation where he was carrying Harmon, who was struggling to breathe due to the loss of his soul.
The good news is that the clothes he wore for stealth were black night clothes.
Being prepared to move in the shadow of a forest or on a night road was helpful in infiltration.
Of course, Harman’s shiny silver armor on his back had also long since been buried somewhere in the field.
In such a situation, Logan had reached a different level from when he left Kyle Castle before, so there was no one who could spot him hiding in Kyle Castle.
However, when he arrived in the depths of the inner city in front of the stone chamber that he himself had ordered to be heavily guarded, he had no choice but to make an inevitable choice.
Wow.
thud.
There was an apologetic look in Logan’s eyes as he looked down at the fallen knights, unable to even utter a groan.
But even for a moment.
Skag.
The shimmering golden aura carefully dug into the stone gate and easily destroyed the blue magic that surrounded the entire space.
Victoria would be angry if she found out, but she had no choice right now.
That’s it.
Logan opened the thick stone door with one hand and entered, approaching the place where two transparent cuboid-shaped artifacts were placed in the center of the stone room.
What looks like a coffin is actually a life support platform.
‘Ilia Clayton.’
The people I had no choice but to neglect because I could not save them.
Logan, who was looking at them with a complicated expression, soon walked towards Ilia and carefully put down Harmon, who had been carrying him the whole time.
[Lord Harman. It only lasts a moment. If you can afford it, now….]
A message that stimulates Harmon’s soul.
If a soul was a torch, it was now a feeble soul, little more than an ember, so I didn’t have much expectations. I sent messages all the time, but I never got a reply.
I just took a stab at it again, just to be sure… and
at that moment, change began.
Seaaaaaa.
“her!?”
Suddenly, white light erupted from Harman’s body and poured down on Ilya, who was lying down with a serene face.
That alone was surprising, but before I knew it, the blue magic curtain surrounding Ilia was broken and her true appearance was revealed.
Soon, a blue light that seemed to respond to Harmon’s white light began to emanate from her entire body.
“How could this be…”
Apart from emotional expectations, the probability of reason was thought to be slim.
A truly miraculous situation was taking place.
At that moment, golden light flashed in Logan’s red eyes.
‘It’s clearly divine power…’
Illia, the saint of Amunda, the god of the sea and change. and Harman, the paladin of Arya, the god of sky and freedom.
The divine power that Logan has understood so far is like a trace left by the will of high-ranking gods on the bodies of humans who serve them. Therefore, it was completely understandable that the two divine powers showed slightly different temperaments.
But the traces of two different gods are moving and responding to each other according to the will of those who have already been abandoned by those gods?
This was a scene that he could not understand with his common sense.
‘What on earth has Lord Harman done?’
Moreover, the incomprehensible situation was still going on.
Ugh.
Fazizik.
Victoria’s magic power contained in the life support belt seemed to rebel against the divine power of the two for a moment, but soon gave way.
Before we knew it, the lid of the life support unit opened and the ever-increasing divine power finally made the two bodies float in the air.
The divine powers are now taking the shape of a clear sphere centered around the bodies of the two people.
In the meantime, I could see the soul of the two people, which had been weak to the point of only embers remaining, gradually recovering.
A situation that was not expected.
But then.
“It’s an intruder!”
Noisy voices began to be heard outside the stone room.
already!?
Was the training too thorough?
“The place where His Majesty told us to sacrifice our lives to protect…!”
I didn’t even say that…!
Putting aside his absurd thoughts, Logan moved quickly.
That’s it.
Close the door to the stone chamber with one hand.
Ugh.
Standing with your back to the door, you strengthened the stone door by channeling ‘red’ aura.
And in that state, I watched the changes in the two people again.
‘It won’t take long.’
An impromptu response based on such a premonition.
Fortunately, that premonition seemed to be correct. Boom.
thud.
thud.
As the vibrations outside the stone chamber gradually became stronger, the white and blue light spreading from the center of the stone chamber also became more intense.
Flashing.
And then, at last, the moment when the response of the two lights comes to an end.
Logan moved like lightning, picked up Harmon’s body and jumped up to the ceiling.
Quaaaaaaaaa!
At that moment, as if waiting, the door to the stone chamber broke.
“Find the Chi intruder!”
As if it was a reaction from the Aurors, several knights cried out and vomited blood.
However, the main culprit who created this situation had already disappeared as a shadow between the destroyed doors.
In the end, what the knights saw was….
fierce.
There was only something transparent that looked like a coffin and a silver-haired woman sleeping next to it, breathing evenly.
Even with her eyes closed, a halo was spreading from the woman’s body, whose beauty was evident.
And it was impossible to not recognize a woman like that here in McLane. She was the most famous woman in the world, having become the head of the Holy Kingdom as a bishop from McLane.
“St. Saint!”
“It is His Holiness the Pope!”
A commotion began to occur at Kyle Castle.
