Chapter 904 – Ep.902 the Collapsed Empire
Only after the screaming started to subside did Melbourne return to Mariel’s location with the rope.
“Town…”
Is it because the wind has stopped?
In front of the guild that returned, the foul smell of blood mixed with the disgusting smell of burnt coal was enough to make my nose tingle with just a single breath.
“Even if you were born during my time, you would have occupied the last seat in the knights’ order.”
Depending on what you hear, it could have been very insulting, but if the target was the founding father of the empire, it would of course be right to accept it as a compliment.
If he is a transcendental person who can cut an institution in half with a single sword…
“Here, I brought you a rope.”
“Okay.”
Mari El was given several ropes of different materials, lengths, and thicknesses, and she began to use them to wrap them one by one under the chests of the adventurers who were foaming at the mouth or even urinating.
“You hold on to that beast and follow it so everyone can see its face.”
“…”
A beast so skinny that one wonders how he could be alive, if he were alive.
“Yes.”
Melbourne answered briefly, then walked up to Suin and gently grabbed her hair, which had become matted, and lifted it up.
‘It doesn’t fall out.’
Sympathy?
The only emotion they could give to the bitches who were the first to stir up internal strife and point their knives at them, which they would not mind eating, was anger.
Melbourne, who saw that his hair was stronger than it looked, picked up the thin and very light beast.
And dozens of adventurers followed Mariel, who started walking along the empty street without any problem, holding on to the ropes tied together with one hand.
**
Underneath the northern outer castle gate that did not collapse.
“I’ll be cleaning up the area, so don’t climb up and wait here calmly once I’m done explaining.”
“All right.”
Genoa looked for a moment at the prisoners who were crammed in iron cages, and came up to the ground, looking at the prisoners whose power was so insignificant that even the vagabonds of the Demon Continent who roamed the cities and plains could outwit them.
“Let’s see…”
Genoa, who had climbed to the top of the castle wall in just two approaches, squatted down at the edge of the wall and looked around.
The guys guarding below were knocked out immediately and thrown far away, and Genoa, who was slowly trying to spread the spirit to see if there were any other guys that were bothering him, discovered something very strange in the distance.
“What are those bitches doing?”
It was so far away that I couldn’t even hear the sound, but the visual information alone, excluding the sound, was enough to determine that the two people standing in the center were doing something very crazy.
Their arms and legs were fine, but their stomachs were burned black from what they had done, and they all had white foam at their mouths. They were humans and beasts that looked no different from the prisoners down there.
The two of them tied dozens of well-mixed groups together on a rope and grabbed hold of the hair of Mariel, who was shining brightly like a small sun rising in the middle of the night, and a skinny old beastman, who were dragging them around as if they were taking a baby for a walk. Melbourne is following closely behind.
“You’ll figure it out.”
The owner obviously wanted to finish the job as quietly as possible, but considering that one of the bitches who was acting crazy in the distance had gone out alone with the owner, Genoa decided not to interfere.
It wasn’t like I wanted to get that close to begin with.
However, regardless of what he thought, soon a voice colder than the wind blowing across the snowy mountains where winter never ends reached Genoa’s ears.
Children born and raised under the name of Tullius.
Your master has returned to restore his lost glory.
Genoa, who had been searching for another underground place to hide her body, stopped her steps and turned her head toward the direction from which she heard her voice.
And she took a deep breath as the crowd of people increased in comparison to what she saw from the castle wall.
This is because the citizens of the island, who had locked the door handles and were holding their breath in fear at the impact of the shock created by the sword attack that Mariel fired at her signal, opened the door on their own and followed after the brilliant shining light.
“… There will be light for Tullius.”
“What, light?”
Genoa asked the knight at her side.
Then the knight, who was completely unaware of Marie Elle’s presence, nodded and spoke to her with her half-fazed face.
“A noble person will become someone’s light just by his or her presence… As long as the name of Tullius exists, the empire will shine forever.”
A phrase that no citizen of the empire must know.
However, Genoa, who was ignorant of the meaning and the royal family, frowned and muttered at the strange sight, as if he had fallen into group hypnosis.
“… Well, it does shine.”
**
After going around the island for a while, Mariel looked indifferently at the completely tattered adventurers and let go of the rope she was holding.
“Keep it locked away out of sight.”
I just look down and say.
That’s not all. The citizens of the island that followed her rushed to catch her adventurers without regard for who would go first, and the adventurers were instantly swallowed up in the crowd.
“How can I do this?”
“I helped you conserve your strength, so please rest in a suitable place.”
“All right.”
“And when I come, I bring something like a thick blanket.”
Genoa quietly lowered her head and quickly stepped on the exterior wall of the building, jumped up, and disappeared.
Mariel said she was alone and looked up at the building at the top of the black ship she had returned to.
“Repent.”
What.
To whom.
It was just a word thrown out vaguely.
… Dump.
As she slowly headed towards the building at the top, loud and small sounds came from behind her.
As she climbed each flight of stairs, the bright light began to fade, and when she climbed all the stairs, there was no more light.
She, who had covered the night with her own will, finally turned around.
A huge crowd of people filling the streets.
She was the only one standing alone in it.
“Puh…”
She slowly looked down at the humans with her head lowered towards me, and with an inexplicable smile, she turned her body again and entered her top.
‘If I were my perfect self… Yes, if that were the case, I might have become the light once again.’
But unfortunately, she no longer had any intention of being a light for the peoples out there.
‘All I love is this empire and the children worth caring for who are willing to give up their lives for what I want to protect.’
There was no longer any light to share with those less than beasts who laughed and compromised with the invaders.
“Then…”
Mari El took out from her sleeve a dagger that looked a little more like a knife than a kitchen knife, and held it in her hand.
“It would be good if the disciple was happy.”
She grinned and slowly walked up her stairs.
**
After the operation was successfully completed.
Although she was taken aback by Mariel’s completely unexpected behavior, she was able to quickly regain her composure as the citizens showed surprising obedience to her words.
She decided to go back and listen to the detailed report later, and asked Mari El to organize the crowd of citizens.
“Tomorrow at noon, gather in front of the imperial palace.”
She, who had a sacred glow on her body that went beyond her mystique, only spoke cursorily, but her citizens quickly dispersed without a word of complaint.
‘… It’s not like I’m under some kind of group hypnosis.’
Hundreds of thousands?
I don’t know the exact number, but the sight of so many people filling the streets completely completely under the control of one person was both amazing and strangely unpleasant in itself.
“Then, let’s go up.”
“Okay. “Let’s go up.”
“… ?”
I blinked at her behavior of slightly keeping my distance, and as I walked away, I approached her again and asked.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
“Because it smells.”
“… Honestly, if I didn’t know that it would fall that much, I wouldn’t have said anything in the first place. “Don’t just keep it quiet and come here.”
“Puh… Okay. “It can’t be helped when a student likes his teacher so much.”
She came closer, her shiny hair flowing, and this time she pressed her shoulder to the point where she felt it was a bit too much.
‘Why is there no middle ground in the real royal family?’
It was shameful that I did this without even consulting her, but it worked out well for her and it was for my own good, so I decided to accommodate her even if it was a little uncomfortable this time and entered her building again.
“Oh, now that I think about it, is there anyone left in here? “Looking at it, if that many people had come, I think they would have run away even if they had already run away.”
“Don’t worry, my student, just hurry up and climb the stairs.”
“…”
“Uh huh, your eyes should open nicely.”
I couldn’t help but relax my eyes as I heard her slightly playful yet gentle voice.
‘What did I do again to make me smile like that?’ …’
I looked around her, not feeling at all that she was popular, and slowly walked up the stairs with her to the top floor.
And not long after, we arrived in front of the large door we remembered.
‘Now that I think about it, I used windows more than doors.’
I pushed open the door, shaking off old memories that were vaguely surfacing.
“… ?”
A woman with light brown hair lying down on the luxurious carpeted floor, bowing her head.
I asked, pointing to the female beast trembling, her body quivering with a bushy fox tail and tightly folded ears as if she had an electric massager between her crotches.
“What is it?”
In response, the other Mari El slightly raised the corner of her mouth and spoke softly as if in a whisper.
“This is the second gift prepared by the teacher to save our students from trouble.”
