Chapter 201 Wheel of Fortune (1)
Dmitri’s reception room.
As I entered, I saw a familiar face.
Edwin Hector, who was drinking tea, greeted Roman Dmitri with a natural expression.
“Long time no see.”
“Why did you ask to see me?”
“You are in a hurry. Please take a seat.”
It was unexpected.
The last memories of Roman Dmitri and Edwin Hector were not so sweet.
Edwin Hector showed hatred in his eyes as if he were about to shed bloody tears as he saw the walls being demolished and Hector’s soldiers slaughtered.
The relationship between the two was clearly a bad relationship.
No matter how much personal feelings should be excluded for the national interest, it was not such a peaceful relationship.
sat down
Edwin Hector lightly tossed the topic of conversation, probably to ease the tension.
“First of all, congratulations on the founding of the Principality of Dmitry. I knew that Roman Dmitri was a great person, but I didn’t know that he would end the civil war in Cairo and defeat even the Kronos Empire. Even in Hector, many people were surprised by Roman Dmitri’s move. Everyone is outraged by the atrocities of the empire, but no one takes action like Roman Dmitri.”
“Let’s get straight to the point. Aren’t we close enough to compliment each other without embarrassment?”
“… That’s right. In fact, I also did not expect that we would meet in a place other than the battlefield.”
The atmosphere turned cold.
thing at that time.
Edwin Hector still has not forgotten.
Now, he was forced to smile for a special purpose, but on the battlefield, Roman Dmitri gave him an overwhelming sense of fear.
The time when I crossed the border for my country.
Hector’s soldiers were slaughtered one-sidedly, and the defeated soldiers who did not gain anything had no choice but to spend a really cold and difficult winter.
and.
Butler, who suffered serious internal injuries, needed a year of rehabilitation to hold the sword again.
My heart was burning hot.
Edwin Hector, who had been living in the sky, heard the news that Butler was despairing and frustrated every night, and he fell into guilt that his choice was wrong.
Hector was in decline.
If he hadn’t encouraged the war, he would not have experienced the pain of defeat even though it would have been difficult right now.
I caught my breath.
past bad luck.
Having experienced Roman Dmitri on the battlefield, I was even more certain that I had to meet Roman Dmitri.
Edwin Hector said.
“I will tell you directly. War between Cairo and Hector. On the other side of it, there was a black screen that instigated the war.”
* * *
Roman Dmitri’s expression did not change much.
Edwin Hector spat out the words he had organized in his head as he calmly accepted the shocking news.
“As Roman Dmitri-nim knows, the kingdom of Hector has decided to go to war due to the annual poor harvest. I am not making excuses for that. We attacked Cairo to live and that is inexcusable. But right after the war ended. We have confirmed the circumstances that the poor harvest may have been artificially created.”
The timing was tricky.
At first, the village, which seemed harmless, showed signs of anomaly as soon as the war was over, as if there was no need to hide.
“It started with a village in Hector. It was a village with a strangely bad harvest, but as soon as the war ended, the ground became dry and crumbly and turned black, and there were reports that too many carcasses of animals were found nearby. And that was just the beginning. We found out that there was another reason for the bad harvest that was afflicting Hector as the abnormal symptoms suddenly spread throughout Hector. It was obviously the necromancer’s curse. When the beings who worked hard to dry the land for a long time achieved their goal, they no longer hid the true nature of the curse.”
It takes a lot of effort to maintain the curse.
situation was seen.
Hector thought that God had abandoned the country due to the continuous poor harvest, but in fact, there was a different reason.
When doubt turns to certainty.
Edwin Hector could not contain the rage that boiled over.
War with Cairo.
how many people died
The people who went to the battlefield to try to feed Hector met a monster called Roman Dmitry and achieved nothing.
I didn’t want to put the blame on the other person.
The fact that he was stupidly duped by the dark plan and lost in the war was because the leaders who governed Hector were lacking.
but.
I needed to find out the truth.
Having entered the Mage Tower due to a deal with Heaven, he had a really intense time over the past year.
“Which faction really benefited the most from the war between Cairo and Hector? If you think about it simply, you can assert that the force is the Kronos Empire. For those who want to use Cairo as a bridgehead for conquest of the continent, whoever wins between Cairo and Hector will have no choice but to win, so I started my investigation with a focus on them. At first I didn’t want to believe it. Even though the empire’s ambitions have reached its peak, black magic is an area that humanity must not touch.”
exactly one year.
I recently discovered a fact.
And that fact drew Edwin Hector to Dmitry.
“Ten years ago from now. We discovered that there was a phenomenon similar to Hector in the Kronos Empire. It was intentionally made badly, but the Kronos Empire did not actively try to solve them, but rather hid the truth. And when we found a clue about a person related to him, we found out that their poor harvest was the result of an ‘experiment’.”
It wasn’t perfect evidence.
The person who knew about the bad harvest was just an errand boy and did not have the power to use it as evidence.
but.
Edwin Hector was convinced.
Looking at Roman Dmitri, he revealed the purpose of visiting Dmitri.
“It was as we expected. The true identity of the darkness was the Kronos Empire.”
* * *
War of the two kingdoms.
The benefits to be gained from it were obvious.
This is Lee Jei.
Even if the Kronos Empire did not exert much effort, it could drive Cairo into a corner by attracting external forces.
In fact, the war on the southern front was directly linked to Kronos’ gains.
The Kingdom of Hector tried to bring in the Cronus Empire to solve the unfavorable situation, and regardless of the result, the Kingdom of Cairo had no choice but to focus on the southern front rather than the western front for a while.
so slow
Cairo was out of breath.
Just as Hector dried up from a bad harvest, internal and external strife weakened Cairo.
Edwin Hector said.
“People only focus on the atrocities that the Kronos Empire is doing in front of their eyes. They openly talked about conquering the continent, so they think it’s fortunate if they don’t invade the border directly. But the truth is different. The Kronos Empire is cleverly destroying those who stand in its way one by one. The priority target is Cairo. They want to use Cairo as a bridgehead for war, which can be defeated with relatively little effort, unlike the Kingdom Alliance, which is a combination of four kingdoms. Cairo Hector. If we destroy the two kingdoms and take full control of the northern part of the continent, then we will divide the continent in half and start a full-scale conquest.”
“If that statement is true, why did you come to me without publicizing it? Since black magic is a sensitive subject, even the Cronus Empire would not have been able to completely avoid responsibility.”
“I agree. But that alone won’t bring down the empire. no. Maybe it will be the starting point of the continental war. The Kronos Empire has stifled their ambitions with the existence of the Valhalla Empire, but in fact, it wouldn’t be strange if war broke out right now. And there is no certainty that the power of the Kingdom Alliance, except for the current Empire, can handle the ambitions of the Empire.”
Evidence was scanty.
Cronus knew very well that all he had to do was flinch, and that an argument not backed up by force was meaningless.
so that.
Edwin Hector first thought of Roman Dmitri.
“Our relationship went wrong from the start. The responsibility lies entirely with Hector, and if you ask for it, I will gladly accept it. However, to thwart Kronos’s ambitions, Dmitri and Hector will need to work together.”
It was a real purpose.
alliance.
I hoped for the power of Roman Dmitry.
“For years, Hector’s people have starved to death. Whenever I think that their dry faces came from the Kronos Empire, I feel that I cannot live with them under the same sky. My heart is still hot. I’m angry and I’m going crazy This is not just Hector’s problem. So please join me in my plan to destroy the Kronos Empire.”
It was a rather one-sided conversation.
Edwin Hector vomited out the accumulated resentment, and his words were quite persuasive.
however.
It was strange.
Even after hearing the whole truth.
Roman Dmitri’s expression was so calm.
* * *
It was a strange atmosphere.
Roman Dmitry took a sip of his tea, put the cup down, and looked at Edwin Hector.
“I knew.”
“… what is that?”
“After the battle on the southern front. I spread my people across the continent. In fact, the war between Hector and Cairo was something no one wanted, and I thought it might have been artificially created. As Edwin Hector said. It was very clear that the two countries benefited from the shedding of blood.”
Hao Mun.
The people of the information guild permeated all over the continent.
They gathered all sorts of information, and they got a clue about black magic from the information they put together the puzzle.
Hector’s bad harvest.
It smelled artificial.
As Edwin Hector investigated, it was not possible to find evidence that it was clearly the work of the Cronus Empire, but at least it was possible to infer that there was someone’s conspiracy.
Actually, it wasn’t that surprising.
Edwin Hector seemed to be expressing his anger at the part about how humans use black magic, but there were many cases where he experienced worse things than that in Murim.
Jiangshi made from corpses.
Monsters that suck people’s energy.
There were not a few people who gave up living as human beings in order to achieve their own goals.
said Roman Dmitry.
“We are already preparing for war with Kronos. If it were them, they would surely put their ambition of conquering the continent into action, and they would do whatever they could to destroy Dmitri, just like Hector’s kingdom did. By the way. Aside from that fact, why should Dmitri join Hector’s initiative?”
“… Does that mean you will decline my offer?”
“Let’s speak straight. Precisely, I am asking if Hector is in a position to make such an offer.”
eyes changed.
Appearance on the battlefield.
Roman Dmitri showed ferocious eyes as if he were going to eat Edwin Hector.
“The kingdom of Hector was cornered according to Cronus’ intentions. And even though they attacked the kingdom of Cairo by surprise, they failed to achieve their purpose. It signifies Hector’s weakness. Due to the long poor harvest, Hector festers from the inside, and those who do not eat properly will lose their meaning as soldiers as time goes by. And that’s not all.”
It was a cruel truth.
Roman Dmitri mercilessly revealed what he was trying to look away from.
“The war with Cairo is over and the intentional bad harvest is over. However, it takes time to restore the already dry land, and the people of Hector Kingdom are still complaining of starvation due to unresolved problems. I heard that Prince Edwin Hector received a lot of support as he entered the sky. But has Hector’s problem been completely resolved? If war breaks out right now, does Hector have ample supplies and the perfect environment to arm them? Prince. I don’t know your sincerity. The heart that thinks of the people and the vengeance that is about to explode will want to destroy the Kronos Empire somehow. But… … .”
this encounter.
The conversation, which was expected to be smooth, went wrong from the start, just like the relationship between the two men.
“Tell me the reason why Dmitri should join hands with you, rather than the obvious things I know.”
