Episode 197 Change of Empire (1)
Could it be that these people thought that the saint would gnaw his teeth?
The present saint, who does not have all common sense, excitedly spread lies under the sky that God is watching.
“Who am I? In case of such a situation, all the necessary measures are prepared. It will be difficult to catch the culprit, but it is possible to overcome this situation.”
The nobles cheered at his confident words.
“You’re a saint after all!”
“There was a reason God chose you as a rookie!”
The nobles were fooled by Ray’s baseless self-confidence.
The emperor would have been fooled if he hadn’t listened to him beforehand.
The gloomy atmosphere in Daejeon was now lively, almost as if a festival had taken place.
In a situation where he had to prepare for the war against the Wyverns, he must have felt that all his worries were relieved because he had a perfect solution.
That was what Ray was aiming for.
As they are released, the nobles who dreamed of rebellion become impatient.
He barely managed to attract the Wyvern and planned a friendship with the Empire, but as if showing off, he escaped.
Perhaps after the meeting in Daejeon, they will gather independently to discuss the situation.
We only have time until tomorrow morning, so we’ll have to move around tonight.
Ray put on a sinister expression without anyone noticing.
* * *
Several figures swayed in a secret place.
All of them, wearing robes, quietly opened their mouths.
“Work got boring. I never thought I would even have the Wyvern Lord’s Mana Contract…”
“There is not much time. We must finish the work before dawn.”
The other person received the words of the two.
“But I think it’s impossible to think of other plans within that… I think the preparation time will be quite long…” “There
is a way.”
“…let me listen.”
After being allowed to speak, the man who had been speaking earlier shared his thoughts.
“I’m going to use the wyverns one more time..”
“…Do you mean to touch them again??”
“That’s right. If there are two attacks following the first one, there will definitely be retaliation, even though it is the Wyvern Lord’s mana contract.”
“Hoo.”
“In front, they would forgive, but in the back, they would launch an attack on the empire. After that, we just have to spend some time to keep the two apart, isn’t it really simple?”
After thinking for a moment about Rob’s words, In-young shook her head.
I heard and saw that too.
Wouldn’t it be necessary for them to induce everything?
If an attack on the Wyverns occurs again, the inside of the Empire will fall into suspicion among themselves, and the Wyverns will no longer be able to see the Empire’s behavior.
If you’re lucky, there might be a civil war on the inside and an external enemy on the outside.
It didn’t take long for me to buy into the idea, which was simple and good.
“good night. then let’s do that Just like last time, call in the strike force. Make sure you have everything ready so that you can move as soon as the sun goes down.”
“All right.”
Rob showed up on one knee.
This will throw the empire into chaos again.
He only attracted the Wyvern to the rebellion, but the profits he gained were beyond imagination.
Excited at the thought of sleeping with the empire in their hands, they began to move quickly.
There was someone watching all of their actions from one side.
‘You mean that? Hehehe.’
As expected, things went smoothly and he felt better.
I had expected that the rebellion would progress to some extent, but I never dreamed that they would touch the wyvern again.
It would make things a lot easier if you just tipped this off to them.
Ray, who was left alone in the woods as the figures who were having a conversation scattered, his eyes lit up.
“I just need to deliver the Wyvern job well… All that’s left is digging for the beast.”
That’s enough to make the captives open their mouths.
He hurriedly moved toward the wyvern’s lair.
* * *
As the sunset started to get darker, Ray, who crossed the mountain range and arrived at their lair, encountered a guard Southern Wyvern.
The female wyvern standing at the entrance was the same wyvern she told her to run away from when she was in danger.
Unlike before, she asked with alertness.
– Human What else is going on here?
Perhaps the humans are on edge because of the attack on the wyverns.
Ray shook his head, indicating that he had no intention of fighting.
“I have something to say to Rod. Won’t you give me permission to enter the village?”
She, who had been hostile to his words until just now, suddenly lost her momentum.
– The strong man’s words deserve respect, but as a person who maintains vigilance, it’s okay to ask why?
“I came to keep my promise to Rod. It’s something I need to tell you urgently. There is not much time ahead.”
– promise? You mean you’ve already found the ringleaders?
“no. I couldn’t find it.”
how do i know that His expression, as if to say something, is annoying.
She frowned slightly at that cryptic answer.
What do you mean when you say you came to keep your promise but couldn’t find the culprit?
As she was about to say something, Ray grinned.
“But the criminals will come back here on their own. Wouldn’t that be a good enough answer?”
– ….
His confident words shook her.
After thinking for a while, she nodded her head and moved away.
– …I don’t know exactly what you’re talking about, but… Rod will judge that. go in
“thank you.”
Ray, who had finally entered the village from the entrance, speeded up his steps toward Lord’s house.
The opponent said it moves as the day goes down.
There is not much time left, so it is better to act as quickly as possible.
While receiving the stinging stares of the Wyverns, when he went to the Lord’s house, there was a shabby house that was destroyed as it was supposed to be destroyed before, and even the shape was not properly left.
Lilith, who was drinking warm tea in a place without a roof, saw Ray and pretended to know her.
“what’s the matter? I think we were supposed to visit in the morning.”
Ray punched into Lilith’s ear the business he had come to this place over the mountains.
“Listen. From now on, the people of the empire will attack again. I don’t have much time. You guys have been lying in ambush for a while, and when you feel the presence of mana, immediately ambush them. Can you tell me just this much?”
“Kek! what what What are you talking about?”
She was visibly taken aback when she was drinking tea.
Are the humans attacking again? How did they know that information and how could they believe it!
It’s just embarrassing to say it as if it’s passing by so quickly.
However, she did not volunteer to be the Wyvern’s rod for nothing.
It didn’t take long for him to recover himself.
Lilith, who quickly grasped the situation for an instant, asked only the main points.
“Where does the information come from? How many opponents do you have?”
“After you guys left, I stabbed the nobles. It’s pretty reliable information, so it’s okay to pretend to be deceived and act. The troops… I don’t know exactly, but I’m guessing it’s a strike force made up of a small number.”
“…okay. I’ll take care of it myself.”
She poured the tea into her mouth and stood up.
The house is desolate without even a chair.
Well, it grew on its own and broke it, so what should I do?
She closed her eyes and let her whole body relax.
After some time seemed to have passed, wyverns popped up from all over the village.
Perhaps he conveyed the story to all the wyverns through a message.
They took one look at Lilith and then started moving across the mountains.
Ray, who had been watching him calmly, also got up from his seat.
“Then I will go too.”
“I’m going? Aren’t you watching?”
“I also have work to do in the Empire. you promised I will hand over every single one of them.”
“…Did you mean that?”
Surprised, she looked at Ray with the gaze of a madman.
I thought he was exaggerating on purpose, but he couldn’t believe he was speaking from the bottom of his heart!
In the house where only the floor remained, Ray looked at Lilith for a moment and then lowered her head.
“This is all I can do. I think it’s best for me… but could you reconsider attacking the Empire with this?”
Lilith was taken aback by his sudden action.
I never thought I would bow my head for those who could be called strangers.
Moreover, in her eyes, the person in front of her is a strong person.
Do the strong bow down for the weak? It was an incomprehensible action for her, who was accustomed to the simple rule of wyverns’ strong self-respect.
I don’t know why, but I don’t hate it.
I definitely can’t understand it and I don’t want to understand it, but it’s a feeling that I don’t mind.
Maybe it’s because he’s a wyvern, so it’s a sense he wouldn’t know even if it took his whole life.
Lilith, who had surprised eyes, said with a fresh smile.
“I heard at first glance that humans are called saints… is that true?”
They sell God, commit fraud, steal money from bandits, and have no faith, but they are saints.
Of course, she didn’t know all of that, but she knew very well that the person in front cared about others more than anyone else.
Even in modern times, it was a job to save others, so it would be natural.
Ray also smiled and waved his hand.
“Because I am a saint, I can do it. It’s something I have to do because I’m a saint.”
“…”
Lilith listened to the story in silence with a pleasant smile.
She didn’t answer, but she also vaguely knew.
That even a saint can’t do these things easily.
Since she has lived for a long time and has seen many saints, such thoughts were even greater.
When it was time to leave, Ray silently exchanged greetings with her and left the rare.
He intended to investigate the imperial family in the empire.
He had to order Heuk-young and So-young to investigate the background, but they couldn’t enter important places because they were heavily guarded.
So, there wasn’t much left.
Ray, who tried to dissuade the two from dying to apologize for failing to achieve the desired results, did not take it seriously.
If you can’t figure it out backwards, you can figure it out from the front.
For him, all preliminary research has been completed.
All that was left now was to summon the members of the imperial family, excluding the emperor, and meet them face-to-face.