Chapter 21 – 2. Street That Shouldn’t Be There (1)
The heavenly city of Cherniysk.
Located west of Kaliningrad, the capital of the Slavic Federation, it is a tourist city and a strategic point. If the highlands of this now-ash-heaped region fall to Bernhard’s side, the Slavs will not be able to stop the invasion leading into the Northwest Federal District.
So, when asked where the battlefield of the most fierce battle is in the current eastern front, everyone will say in unison. It was a place full of beautiful ancient ruins, today’s ashes of Cherniysk.
“Brigadier Mannheim, there are emergency telegraphs from the Army Administration and the SS headquarters respectively.”
Brigadier General Bernhardt of the 5th Army Corps Mannheim accepted the paper printed from the encryption machine at the same time as his adjutant’s report. The 5th Army, which had built positions with several trenches and hills in between, had been repeating exhausting battles for several days, and because of this, bad rumors abounded among officers who could see the war situation.
For example, rumors that the military leadership was deliberately delaying the victory.
“Crypt bottle? Please decipher it.”
Mannheim himself did not agree with such rumors, but it was true that the situation on the Eastern Front had become very cunning this year. Even Lieutenant General Moritz, who was considered the guardian of the front line, was ordered to return to Brullin.
There must be another plan for the boss, but it was a yard where things flowed to this point, so it was not understandable that such rumors were circulating.
“The telegraph from the Army Administration is a communication link order. It sounds like you are connecting one-way communication with the call signs listed below. It looks like someone is coming.”
“The bodyguards?”
“Hmm, that’s strange. The telegraph and password that arrived from the Army Administration partially matched. I’ll have to decipher the details, but it looks like I’m asking the call sign written here to tell me the following.”
If so, decipher the full text. Mannheim pressed the report. His adjutant had the same previous position as the codeman here, so the conversation flowed to decipher the telegraphs of the Army Agency and the SS headquarters one by one.
“Kappa, Alpha, Iota, Sigma.”
“Epsilon, ro, iota, nu.”
Before long, the expertise of the two people who went through decoding was revealed. The identity of the common letter was Kaiserin. In the Bernhard language, it means Empress, and according to the standards of the Defense Forces, it is an identification code given to only one person.
“…… Brigadier General, the emergency telegraph from the SS headquarters has been deciphered.”
“Contents is?”
“The specialty is this. I want you to accurately convey the situation below to ‘Kaizerin’, who will be heading there in a while. Giselle, the great leader of Saxony, requested an interview on the subject of an infiltrator.”
“If it’s Kaiserin, it must be…….”
“This is the call sign for His Excellency the Führer and his private plane, the Skeleton Dragon Siegfried.”
Mannheim, bewildered by his incomprehensible body, asked again.
“Your Excellency is coming here?”
“Maybe it is.”
“Commander, detoxification has been completed here as well.”
The codeman in charge of the telegraph on the Army Administration side raised his hand. After finishing the arrangement by marking only the real thing among the letters densely written with ink, he read the full text.
“Notice Cherniysk Garrison. As soon as the body is decoded, establish one-way communication with Kaiserin and secure the current position. Kyiv Kalinin and its airmobile strike force sortied in the area.”
Kyiv Kalinin and his Air Mobile Strike Team.
“Aide!”
Mannheim’s complexion turned pale. The old wizard, the supreme leader of the federation, has seven disciples. The so-called zvezda, war weapons called stars in their language.
“Call the unit in charge right now and activate the magic detector!”
“Oh, old!”
“And hey, since it’s a password bottle, you can connect to it, right?”
“Yes, it is possible.”
Fortunately, there were only three of them in the barracks right now, including him, his lieutenant, and the codeman. If handled well, the response could have been made without lowering the morale of the soldiers. Mannheim immediately ordered the connection of communications.
“Start mana induction and establish one-way communication with His Excellency. As soon as it is received, it is disseminated to all troops.”
“All right.”
Kurrureung! As soon as the Cryptographer tried to connect, the ground shook. Combining the sudden shaking with an air raid, Mannheim rushed outside and, seeing the seven stars coming with the wind from afar, cursed.
“What the fuck…….”
Noon was right around the corner, and the sun, which had been bright just a moment before, had disappeared. Before long, seven meteor showers embroidered the dark sky of Cherniysk, shining more brilliantly than the full moon.
It’s Zvez.
As the deputy commander of the front line corps, Mannheim, who knew the horror of that starlight, shouted with all his might.
“Everyone, prepare for battle!”
The stars that started from the dot and flew like a shot increased their brilliance more and more.
“It’s Zvezda! Zvezda has appeared!”
The seven strongmen, who were finally close enough to be able to distinguish with the naked eye, landed in various places in the 5th corps barracks. Immediately after, the battle was fought with question and answer dance, and the soldiers in panic made them shout here and there.
“Run away! Everyone run away!”
“I, let’s retreat and do maintenance for now!”
“Kalinin is coming!”
It was completely abysmal. Even though those Zvezdas only had military uniforms, staffs, and magic books.
The battlefield was a real hell.
“This is Mannheim Brigadier General! Commanders of each unit report the situation in turn! All soldiers, do not panic and respond immediately with combat readiness!”
There was blood, flesh, and screams here and there. Inside and outside the tent, the soldiers who had to be faithful to their respective roles were terrified. Still, not all were completely distraught, and Mannheim was soon able to greet several of his men, who followed my orders and came to report the situation.
“Commander, you are here!”
“Report! Communications have been lost in Districts 1 and 9!”
“A request for assistance from districts 2, 3, and 6!”
The Federation’s Zvezda are all one-man corps. In this way, the stars dealt with 10,000 of Bernhard’s 80,000 members of the 5th Corps. If it wasn’t that there wasn’t a special class like magic among them, the war situation was overwhelming.
Worst of all was the fact that it wasn’t the end. Mannheim, who witnessed the enemy coming from beyond the hill, couldn’t help but dismay.
“Federal headquarters…… !”
It was an all-out offensive by the Commonwealth to defend Chernisk. It was several times more troops than the soldiers who were supposed to be stationed here. Despite the already dire situation, Mannheim, realizing the seriousness of the situation, immediately took action.
He ordered his men who had gathered belatedly to take action and report, and ran toward the back of the barracks.
And then it was.
There was a flash of light in the dark sky. Then he stiffened at the sight unfolding before his eyes. It was because his subordinates, who were clearly alive just a moment ago, were dead in disarray.
“Don’t move.”
Pronunciation of Bernhardt is so proficient that even a native speaker would believe it. However, the attire of the Commonwealth leader clearly contradicts that fact. At the headquarters of the 5th Corps, Mannheim faced an old man who suddenly appeared.
Wedge love!
In addition, the Pagongeum that arrived only then helped to understand the situation. The fact that the old man who appeared like light was the one who destroyed the whole area, and held the temple that seemed to have the highest rank as a hostage.
“Can you say the official statement, young man?”
“…… Brigadier General Egert Mannheim, deputy commander of the 5th Corps, belonging to the Bernhard Defense Force.”
“Do you know who I am?”
The old man’s eyes lit up with a cane. He was sentenced Even in the hair and beard that covered his entire face, his eyes pierced everything in front of me.
“Kyiv, Kyiv Kalinin.”
General Secretary of the Federal Communist Party. Old Slavic sorcerer. Supreme Leader Kyiv Kalinin.
“If you know, it will be quicker to talk.”
“If you intend to encourage surrender, just kill them. I have sworn allegiance to the great leader of my country, Her Excellency Beatrix Adler.”
Mannheim exclaimed proudly. If the Minister of Propaganda had been by his side, he would have been an example of a patriot and had a spirit that would have been praised. Of course, it was a sound that didn’t even bother the old Kalinin, and in reality, he didn’t blink an eye, and he pierced his brain with a good-natured voice.
“Eggert, don’t be a jerk and listen carefully.”
“…… !”
“The life and death of an army is in your hands. I do not intend to disparage your loyalty, but life is precious. So don’t give it a chance As soon as you enter that barracks, order the entire army to retreat. I’m leaving Chernisk for a while, just for today.”
“Only today?”
“In a little while Beatrix Adler will arrive here. Judging by the speed, I had about a minute or two left. When divinities collide, the world naturally shakes, but isn’t there someone there to protect helpless soldiers like my stars?”
Kalinin thumped his cane. Then, the Zvezda members, who were rampaging like ghosts, stopped their actions. The main force, which had approached right in front of them, also stopped advancing, and so the supreme leader of the federation urged them to make a choice.
“There is no time. Hurry up and decide.”
“I don’t fall for that candy coating.”
“Do you want death that much?”
“…… For Bernhard!”
There is no way to stop soldiers drunk with patriotism. Mannheim was an ardent admirer of Beatrix.
“The fanaticism of the blind is truly dreadful.”
There is no need to spend more time on fanatics. Kalinin slashed Mannheim’s throat with the blade of his hand holding his cane. It was a simple movement, but it was a technique that applied the magic of the 5 ranks.
“I’m sorry.”
Far away on the horizon, dark clouds gathered from the direction of Bernhard. Even so, he and the Zvezda of the federation brought complete darkness to the battlefield where the light was blocked.
It was the dragon’s work.
Bernhard’s skeleton dragon, Siegfried, who was once said to have protected the kingdom, announced the arrival of his master along with natural disasters. The battles that were taking place all over the barracks were further instigated. Thus, he finally made Cherniysk, which was called the heavenly city, reborn.
It is a figure suitable for the nickname of the largest battleground on the Eastern Front.
“I don’t know how long this has been, Mr. Adler.”
Siegfried stopped flying 10 km above Chernisk. Kalinin straightened her wand and followed the trail of the woman falling from in front of him.
Thud!
The owner of the dragon, Beatrix, who landed lightly from the sky, opened her mouth while chasing the dusty wind. He couldn’t have made a neater move than that, given his height.
“Kalinin.”
“Long time no see. You live for the fun of killing people these days, don’t you?”
The fight of the strong is different from that of the city government. Kalinin, who spoke with a quiet expression in the midst of the mayhem caused by the killings and bloodshed, continued to throw the topic.
“How is that frail male prostitute doing?”
“…….”
“I have heard of the upside down of the Partenope. I never thought there would be such a secret story about suddenly invading an ally. I wonder if an existence comparable to a foreign god is too obsessed with mere humans.”
Wailing and screaming surrounded the battlefield. Now even the vicinity of the headquarters was not free from the war. The armies of both sides clashed as they were, causing a whirlwind of slaughter, directing a battle reminiscent of being under fire.
“It is truly unpredictable. We are in a position to rule over them like each other, so I am not in a position to criticize them, but there is no such thing as an intention.”
All the while, Kalinin, who had been acting mild, growled.
“From the point of view of this Kalinin, there is nothing wrong with your actions. Pure evil and madness. It’s been a long time, but now I really want to know. How many more times will I have to repeat this atrocity to be satisfied!”
Beatrix responded to Kalinin’s words with an emotionless face.
“It’s a plausible imitation, but it’s a bit lacking.”
“…… Beatrix Adler!”
Furious Kalinin roared across the battlefield. It was such a loud cry that the soldiers around them, except for the two, covered their ears in agony.
“You mean you really have to lose something you care about to come to your senses!”
“It won’t be too late even if you say it with the ability to do so.”
“Have you ever thought about the plight of those who died from events other than famine!”
“There is no skit. Did you rule them just because of such vague justice?”
It was a conversation in which no consensus could be reached. In a fit of rage, Kalinin pointed the tip of his staff forward.
“No way! That’s what it was!”
Everyone was fighting fiercely. Among them, the leader of the federation, who had no intention of pretending to be aloof, memorized an incantation. He shouted and cried out, calling a huge pile of meteorites in the sky.
“I want to be wise!”
It was a fever pitch.
“I want to be strong!”
In response to the question of an old enemy named Beatrix Adler, a passionate speech was made by a rival named Kyiv Kalinin.
“I want to rip and fix this rotten world under my rule!”
You could call it a confession.
“To a better world, to a great future!”
In addition to the meteorite in the sky, the old wizard cast several spells on himself. His body is rejuvenated, he is freed from pain, his senses are sharpened, and he is ready for battle.
“There is no end to my anger. I affirm that that desire made me who I am today! Be that as it may, who dares insult the wishes that made this Kyiv Kalinin!”
“A foolish thing.”
Beatrix smiled and stretched out his arm.
“If you insulted my lover, what is the reason for me to respect your wishes?”
“Then come on…… !”
A meteorite rained down and swarmed around him.
“Kalinin, you young widow.”
It was finally time to fight.
“Know that this is the only reason I am keeping you alive.”
Finally, heaven and earth were opened.
