Chapter 574 – The Final Chapter. To Julian’s Future (2)
It was a demonic army that was advancing to the ecliptic in an unstoppable fashion.
Although Wilhelm and Gerard are blocking the last apostle Pedro.
The combined total of the Demonic Beasts had already surpassed that of the Imperial Army.
Thirty percent of the 100,000 soldiers were killed in battle.
It was meaningless if those two couldn’t stop the remaining capital, Duke Pedro.
“What the hell is going on…”
Other nearby knights and imperial troops also stopped there.
They all said puzzled.
Clearly, now that the Demonic Beast Army has seized the victory, it was natural that they had no reason to leave their troops behind.
Just at that moment, a loud voice was heard from the imperial troops advancing forward.
“A large-scale troop appearance in the outskirts of Guhwangdo! They raided the Demon Beasts!!”
“The reinforcements have arrived!”
“Hold on, everyone! Now is your chance!”
It seemed that unexpected reinforcements had arrived.
The morale of the imperial army rose at once.
“Good! Bastards! Kill them all!”
Fabian, whose morale had risen at the news, also slashed the beast in front of his eyes.
But at that moment, Leaf, who was swinging a sword to come with me, said as if wondering.
“The area around Guhwangdo has already been covered with Demonic Beasts. Couldn’t reinforcements come from that direction? Unless it fell from the sky or rose suddenly from the ground…”
“Rif is right. Who the hell… Could it be that the demons came as reinforcements?”
However, Fabian shook his head at Eric’s words.
“If the pretty Demon Knights help me, I’ll be very welcome. There was no news that demons were coming through the imperial capital and the empire, so it’s ridiculous! Just in case… No, if God really wants to play a joke, there is only one route, but…”
Leaf hurriedly responded to Fabian’s words.
“I know it’s absurd, but… I thought that too. All forces that can be gathered in the Empire have already been gathered in the Empire. Then, if there are any reinforcements, only the demons are really there. And right now, the Altern Mountains are the only route that demons can go directly to Guhwangdo!”
“In a word, it is absolutely impossible.”
Fabian also said.
However, it seemed that something had happened since the Demonic Beast Army was withdrawing.
The roaring sound of lightning that had been heard from afar, and the roaring glow of mana, had also stopped for a moment.
Fabian thought to himself.
‘The color of the magic spirit that Pedro exudes is dark red. Then…’
All of the lights that had collided with each other a little while ago were nowhere to be seen.
If so, Marquis Wilhelm and the Marquis Gerard are dead.
Or that the battle has stopped.
Riff continued, as if everyone had similar thoughts.
“If there was something wrong with the two of you, the Demon Beast Army would rather attack more aggressively. First of all… Is it time to breathe?”
Riff was right.
After a while, the three learned the truth about what had happened on the front.
“It is said that the Demon King’s legion has crossed the Altern Mountains!!”
At the words of a messenger.
All three of them didn’t know what to look like.
However, all three of them felt that their blood was boiling at the rumors that soon came.
At the very word that Julian von Reinhardt was with them.
“My lord… Has returned…!!”
Fabian couldn’t hide his excitement.
***
High Night Yuriel of the White Night Knights.
She is here in the Midnight Sun, where her reputation is growing day by day even in the Imperial Army, and she was once an escort knight for Julian von Reinhardt, the successor of the Marquis.
Uriel still shuddered at the unbelievable scene he had seen a few hours ago.
‘That… Transcended the human realm.’
Even in the Imperial Army, those at the forefront were the White Night Knights.
Currently, only Wilhelm and Gerard are the only Grand Masters who can deal with Duke Pedro.
Although the strength of Tyrese, the head of the Royal Guard and the general, was also great.
He directed another battle while Wilhelm and Gerard tied up Pedro.
At the same time, the rest of Midnight’s elite supported the two grandmasters together.
However, the battle was hopeless.
Wilhelm’s secret sword, the midnight sword, shows the extreme of the Lion Heart Sword.
Even Gerard’s alchemy, which supported Wilhelm, minimized damage to allies, and supported firepower.
Pedrora was becoming more and more unable to stand in the face of absolute ferocity.
‘Both of you used swords and spells to aura at the level of the 8th tier that transcended humans. And yet…’
Even so, he was unable to withstand the spear that Pedro developed with magical powers.
Unlike the two who are clearly exhausted.
Pedro is breathing but not disturbed.
Of course I didn’t give up.
Even the elites of the Midnight Sun must have intuited that the battlefield they are standing in right now is the place where they will die.
But at that very moment.
The elites of the Midnight Sun saw a huge jet-black dragon flying through the night sky.
‘I couldn’t believe it.’
Pedro and the dragon did not confront each other for a long time.
Two people floating in the air, no beings, just glared at each other.
But the practical experience so far.
And she felt that even in Essenmund, she was one of the most talented heremen.
‘That monster… Pedro, the devil’s apostle, was crushed by that dragon’s force.’
It was as if swordsmen who had risen to the level could roughly figure out the outcome just by staring at each other.
Clearly Pedro had an advantage.
If only the dragon wasn’t a threat.
That Pedro, who had the upper hand against two grandmasters, wouldn’t have bitten him.
At the same time, the situation on the battlefield also changed.
– Appearance of large-scale troops in the outskirts of Guhwangdo! They raided the Demonic Beasts!!
Unidentified troops appeared and raided the rear of the demon army.
The Imperial forces, who were prepared for annihilation, were taken aback, unable to believe the news.
And after a while
Uriel witnessed an unbelievable sight.
“How the hell did that happen? I don’t know how things are going.”
A female knight with blonde hair.
Charlotte came to Yuriel’s side.
She saw it too
The dragon with jet-black scales changed into a human form.
And surprisingly, the dragon was wearing a luxurious armor and cape that would be worn by a king of a kingdom.
However, it was a unique outfit that could not be seen anywhere in the Empire.
No lord of any territories belonging to the empire wears such pitch-black armor and mantle.
No, the only enemy of the Empire, if any.
Only the Demon King, the ruler of the Demon Kingdom, would be able to wear such an outfit.
‘It was the devil’s costume no matter who saw it.’
And the moment they checked the man’s face belatedly, both Uriel and Charlotte couldn’t help but be astonished.
It was a face they couldn’t recognize.
“That demon king… Is he really Count Yulian?”
At Charlotte’s words, Uriel was silent.
He knew for sure that Yulian’s bloodline was not common.
Rumors that she was a child of the demons constantly returned.
However, to say that the son of the great saintess Agnes had demonic blood mixed in was tantamount to blasphemy.
No one in Essenmund had ever spoken of it openly.
‘But… Now I understand.’
Uriel had a hunch.
That dragon must be the Julian von Reinhardt he knew.
It wasn’t anyone else, she was the one who helped Yulian to awaken mana.
That intuition must be there.
Uriel finished organizing all his thoughts.
She smiled at Charlotte.
“I wouldn’t be surprised what truth unfolds before my eyes. Now that the Demon God has been resurrected.”
At her words, Charlotte smiled and nodded her head.
“That’s right! And in fact…”
She smiled and approached Yuriel, and she whispered in his ear.
“As expected, bad boys are attractive. If it’s Count Julian… It’s because he’s a person full of fatal charm. It’s not strange even if he’s called the Demon King. Then I spent the night with the demon king…”
“Sir Charlotte! Another nonsense…”
That’s how she quickly covered Charlotte’s mouth.
In fact, her Uriel’s sincerity was the same.
It doesn’t matter what its identity is.
All she wanted was to see Yulian, the lord she had already pledged allegiance to.
***
Commander’s field barracks on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital.
There, the highest-ranking members of the Imperial Army were gathered.
Just now. The commanders who were prepared to die in the battle.
But they couldn’t stop being surprised for a moment because of a new person who had just appeared on the battlefield.
“The rumors circulated endlessly… But I didn’t know that the most outrageous rumors were true.”
Said the silver-haired middle-aged man, sipping his tea.
A handsome man who is dressed in luxurious clothes, but at the same time, his face has a sense of dignity, and he doesn’t feel like extravagance at all.
Gerard Eitern opened his mouth.
“Julian von Reinhardt… Count Julian. No, should I call you Majesty Julian now?”
He grinned.
At Gerard’s words, Julian also smiled and replied.
“I don’t know what’s important about titles in the face of the current crisis… But I’m still here as the monarch representing the demonic kingdom, Agriel. Please call me that.”
At Yulian’s words, Gerard glanced at Lilia.
She said, looking at the people in the barracks.
“Agriel, the demon kingdom, will participate in the crusade as an ally of the Holy Ramir Empire. So, Julian von Reinhardt is qualified to be in this position as the supreme leader of the Demon Kingdom, not as a subject of the Empire.”
In those words, the Margrave of the Holy Ramir Empire.
Wilhelm von Reinhardt made a puzzled expression.
‘It wouldn’t be strange.’
Duke Gerard heard from Wilhelm.
That his only heir had visited the Demon Kingdom on behalf of the Empire.
The reason is an alliance between the two countries.
To build a united front against Knoia.
However, the fact that Count Julian returned as the monarch of the Demon Kingdom.
Even the Duke of Gerard was not expecting it at all.
After thinking for a moment, Gerard spoke to Yulian again.
“If you don’t mind, I’d like you to talk a little more about it.”
With that said, a man with long white hair.
No, the dragon Aitekia answered first.
