Chapter 289 – 67. Mission. (4)
Lord Murloc was silent for a long time. However, Allen waited for the opponent’s reaction. … For a long time. Persistently.
Quite a short amount of time passed, and Gong opened his mouth very calmly and calmly with a slightly subdued voice.
“… Do you mean treason?”
Treason.
The most dangerous word in the Empire.
However, Allen, the money ghost, shook his head resolutely without blinking an eye even when the fearsome word of treason came out.
“It is not treason. The current emperor of the empire cannot be called a real emperor. It is nothing more than a scarecrow set up by the court officials.”
“… But he is the emperor.”
“If sitting on the throne is crowned emperor, are you saying heretics and demons can also become emperor?”
ㅡ!
“Just because you sit on the throne and wear a crown doesn’t mean you are the emperor. The true ruler that the people of the empire can recognize is the emperor.”
Allen Danju instantly overwhelmed the atmosphere.
“Majesty. You must see the essence. … Why do empires exist and why do emperors exist! Why did Your Highness claim to be the Empire’s shield! Was it just for your own peace and well-being? Because that wasn’t the case, didn’t you go directly into that dangerous limb where you might die and remonstrated to His Majesty the predecessor!”
The murloc ball bit his molars lightly.
“Now the throne is by no means a place of glory. It will be the most difficult place in the history of the Empire. Nonetheless, the reason I want to make you emperor despite disloyalty is because only you can overcome this crisis. Only Your Highness. Because he is the most suitable person for the throne… !”
Allen Danju slightly leaned his upper body toward the murloc duke.
“Majesty… I will be your sword. Those who stand in the way of Your Highness, and those who disturb the empire, I will slay them all.”
He paused briefly.
“So, Your Highness… , Become a noble emperor.”
The murloc duke closed his eyes.
It’s been a long time.
He slowly opened his eyes and asked Danju in a solemn tone.
“The moment it starts… , It will be irreversible.”
“I have already made up my mind.”
“I don’t know what lies at the end… , You and I, together, will go to the end.”
“Yes. Until the end, with Your Highness, I will go.”
There was not the slightest wavering in Allen’s tone.
“… Sorry hey Again, only with your help…”
At Lord Murloc’s apology, Allen grinned.
“It’s just my help. I have also received a lot of help from Your Highness. … And, are you comrades? We.”
“… Yes comrade comrade is right Eternal allies.”
“So, don’t be shaken. No matter what happens Next to Your Highness, I will be there.”
“Okay. … Thank you.”
The two looked at each other and smiled lightly.
At that moment, Allen let out a small exclamation as if he had suddenly remembered something.
“Really… , Majesty. There is one person I would like to meet.”
“Who?”
Like the Duke of Murloc, Allen Danju remembered an eternal ally.
“He is my comrade, who has devoted himself to the continent.”
· · ·
The two of them went into an alcove still thick with cigarette smoke, where the fire ghost was embedded.
Granjo Danju, whose eyes widened slightly at the unexpected guest, extinguished the cigarette he was smoking in an ashtray and greeted the two guests.
“How did Your Highness come to this shabby place?”
“I stopped by because I had something to do. Allen Danzou said to see you together.”
The eyes of the money ghost and the non-ghost met for a very short time before they fell.
The three men sat around a small round table.
The presence of the three giants of the continent made even the shabby and narrow room feel antique.
“I should have served you tea…”
“It’s okay. I drank a lot.”
Lord Murloc politely dismissed the unnecessary greeting. I’m here with a much more important matter…
Momentary silence.
The fire ghost stared at the murloc duke with a keen gaze.
There was no way that Grenzo, a great wizard who realized the truth and a superhuman who surpassed human limits, could not understand why the duke had come to Vermandois in this chaotic situation. Besides, the fact that Allen Danju came here together must mean that the two of them have already made up their minds.
… This, I would have been the most timid person…
The evil spirit smiled lightly. And say
“I’m with you too. To accompany Your Highness and Danju…”
ㅡ!
A strange light flashed in Lord Murloc’s eyes. As expected of a great wizard who realized the truth, he seemed to see through the whole situation at once, even though there was no explanation.
“… Maybe it will put a big stain on your honor.”
Then Granzo Danju let out a small laugh.
“It was not to seek honor that I sought the truth. It was for the stability and balance of this world. … I’ve been thinking about how to rectify this situation for a long time. To be honest, I was struggling with a little extreme method.”
Allen had a rough idea of what that extreme method was.
To burn everything that interferes with stability and balance—-.
That’s the most unholy way.
“It won’t be easy to make a decision… Thank you. Do it together.”
“On the contrary, it is I who am grateful, Your Highness.”
“I am grateful. All of this is the work of Allen Danzoo. He caught me shaking. Risking his all.”
Granzo Danju finally looked straight at Allen, who was smiling naturally.
“I was sure you would do it together.”
“I want my wives and children to know me at least half the way you know me.”
Three small smiles.
Allen, who took the starting point of this plan, looked at the two comrades and said.
“There is a lot to prepare for in the future. … To overturn the empire.”
The money ghost intuited that the time had come to bring out the merciless and thorough mercenary nature that had been suppressed.
· · ·
Now, the court nobles, who had nothing to fear, became more and more violent with each passing day.
The people of the empire, who had been ripped off under all kinds of pretexts and whose way to live was bleak, were in a frenzy about getting out of the capital, and on the contrary, merchants or families with rich money packed money and flocked to the capital to try to get ahead in this opportunity. The mercenaries also gave their allegiance to the nobles of the court, as if they were honored and nabbed in front of a large amount of money, and would take out the liver and gallbladder.
It was obvious that the nobles of the court also rose in rank arbitrarily.
In particular, some who held the imperial power even took the property of the imperial palace privately. It even went as far as intercepting many of the silver ingots transported from the silver city of Agnentia.
Now, not only the streets of the capital, but even the imperial palace had become uglier and more promiscuous.
There was also an incident in which the few remaining loyalists planned a revolution to overcome this national crisis, but were discovered and executed in the middle.
The Nogoe, who were alerted by the incident, felt the need for strong military force, not just simple mercenaries. Sword Emperor Magnus was the one who caught the attention of the court nobility.
Aiming for Magnus, the sword emperor, all sorts of filthy desires approached him, but he refused all offers and offers, confined himself to the hideout, and did not come out. The only time he shows up is when he is under the emperor… However, despite all the tricks, he was not broken in the end.
– Cheeky bastard!
The old monsters were blind to Magnus, who had a straight head until the end, but even so, they couldn’t touch him easily. It’s a big deal if you accidentally touch the empire’s strongest sword, which is respected by regular soldiers and mercenaries. Instead, I kept an eye on him constantly, in case there was a pod of faults to be found.
… And, one mercenary group entering this chaotic capital.
Rick Danju, a lucky man, gave a bag of gold coins to the gatekeeper and entered the capital without checking his ID. He didn’t even need a fake identity he made up just in case. … It must mean that the current situation in the capital is so desperate.
“Wow, if I had money, I would accept even bandits! It’s more bullshit than rumors.”
One of the members of the Rick-Mercenary Corps muttered something so absurd.
They entered an inn building in a back alley that was so messy that it was hard to believe that this was the capital. After finishing the meal in a somewhat gloomy atmosphere, the members put down their luggage in their respective dorm rooms and gathered together in Danju’s room.
“Prior to the action, it is our duty to grasp the situation inside the capital and to help our colleagues who will come later. I warn you… , You should not trust anyone but your colleagues. Even a child!”
“Don’t worry. Do we, well, do this for a day or two?”
“Of course you know. But one moment of mistake can ruin everything. So be careful with every little action. Got it?”
“All right.”
The gathered members soon fell like the ebb tide.
Lucky Rick opened the window and looked at the spire of the imperial palace reflected in the sunset.
– An ugly, dirty smell vibrates. A bastard who knows only blood and money.
– Murder and rape. Killed three, committed five.
– For three gold coins, you sold my child.
A bloody voice that constantly comes out every time you look at the street.
The capital was already rotten to the very roots.
