Chapter 291 – 291. Duke’s Thirteenth Sabotage (7)
– One –
“What is the status of wizard placement on each side of the wall?”
“A little less than 200 people were deployed in each direction.”
“Umm… There are fewer people than I thought. What to do with the lack of firepower…”
Lieutenant General Glen Elgin frowned.
It was then.
“…I can’t come in and out for a long time…”
“…It’s possible!”
A commotion is heard from the entrance to the command and control room.
There is a deeper gap between the foreheads of Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin.
“Find out what’s going on and come.”
“Yes, General!”
Jerk, jerk.
Jump.
The intelligence officer at his side steps out.
Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin alternates between looking at the map of the islands and the report on the number of requisitions.
Drown in sorrow
Jerk, jerk.
The officer who went to see the situation returns.
His face was terribly hard.
“General. The person claiming to be the envoy of the Marquis of Caymus wants a private meeting with the general.”
“Not the Marquis of Caymus himself, but a mere messenger trying to break into the command and control room during wartime? I’ll cut off one of his arms and drive him away!”
Before Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin can answer, another officer next to him speaks passionately.
Most of them seemed to agree with his opinion, and all the other officers were nodding their heads without any disagreement.
However, Vice Admiral Glen Elgin’s expression was calm.
“Tell them that it is difficult to be alone, and interviewing with other officers is not possible.”
“Haona,”
“It’s done. I’m a loyalist of the emperor’s faction and sent by someone like His Majesty’s hand. I won’t do anything in vain, and I won’t talk nonsense. There’s no time, so hurry up and come in.”
“Yes, General!”
There was no further backlash.
When he makes a decision, the soldiers under his command follow it faithfully.
The greatest master of the empire had enough name value to enforce it.
Beat, beat, beat.
Chuck.
A man enters the command and control room, removes his hood, and pays respect.
“Nice to meet you, General Glen Elgin Distillery. My name is McKellen, aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Baptiste Camus.”
“Nice to meet you.”
Lieutenant General Glen Elgin did not offer him a seat.
That indirectly suggested that the situation was not relaxed enough to continue the talks leisurely.
“Originally, His Excellency the Marquis should have visited and told him in person, but since he was attending an urgently convened royal meeting, he had no choice but to send me instead. He said that he would first sincerely apologize for this matter.”
Swoop.
McKellen bows deeply toward Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin.
Although it was not an apology from the person concerned, his modest and polite apology softened the expressions of the officers around him.
“I can fully understand that point, so please tell the Marquis not to worry about it.”
“Thank you for your understanding, General. Then can we go straight to the point?”
“Yes.”
“His Excellency Marquis has told me before entering the meeting that I must tell the general.”
“What is it?”
There is curiosity in the eyes of Vice Admiral Glen Elgin.
The two knew of each other’s existence, but hadn’t even had a single contact.
He moved only to the battlefield, and when there was no war, he lived only in the military camp.
Since he had never set foot in the social or political world, he had never left the faction and never even met the nobles.
Because of that, he was genuinely curious about what the great-ranking aristocrat who found him in this situation would say.
“Due to the lack of magicians and shamans in the islands due to being recruited for the 1st and 2nd Northern Expeditions, he said that it would be difficult to intercept the imperial army and projectiles, and he told me to commandeer the artillery and magic tools that the imperial family has.”
“What?!”
Consternation came out of the mouths of other officers, not Lieutenant General Glen Elgin.
Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin was not without surprise, but he always kept his composure like his habit, so he could only express his surprise by opening his eyes wide.
“Did something like that remain on the Islands? I thought Duke Whiskey had collected all the siege weapons and weapons of mass destruction necessary for the Mercury.”
“Yes, General. It was kept secretly in what is ostensibly known as the warehouse at the top. Because of that, it seems that the Duke of Whiskey didn’t even notice it.”
“I see. Then, since emergency martial law has been declared, the requisition itself is not a big deal, but in reality, the material to be requisitioned belongs to the imperial family. I can’t.”
“No.”
That buck
Squeak, squeak.
Swoop.
McKellen steps forward, pulls out a letter from his pocket, and hands it to Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin.
Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin stopped the officers from getting nervous,
Tup.
Sararak.
He accepts correspondence from him.
Open the envelope and unfold the letter.
“Huh…!”
He takes a breath
I opened my eyes and looked at the correspondence and McKellen alternately.
“Is this for real?”
“Yes. Before the enemy’s artillery fire began, His Excellency the Marquis of Caymus requested a private meeting with His Majesty and, just in case, obtained permission for the requisition and use of artillery magic tools.”
“Huh… That’s right… He’s a man with foresight…”
Lieutenant General Glenn Elgin is admiring.
The emperor faction aristocrats were also competent.
It did not stop at urging the imperial army by expressing anxiety just before the start of the war, but it was to prepare in advance for things to go wrong by moving separately from it.
“All permission was obtained from the imperial family in advance, and the story of the requisition was also delivered to the warehouse manager who stored the artillery and magic tools. Your Excellency the Marquis has urged you to do your best.”
“Cancer. Of course it is. In such a difficult time, hand over a suitable helping hand, and tell the Marquis that you sincerely appreciate it.”
“Yes, General. And here…”
Swoop.
Flutter.
McKellen presents to Vice Admiral Glenn Elgin a report summarizing the performance and quantity of artillery possessed by the imperial family, along with a map.
“Requisition artillery from the warehouse shown in the map here, and refer to the information on the back for planning the deployment of artillery magic tools and future defense strategies.”
“Thank you. It will be of great help.”
“You’re welcome. Then I’ll leave.”
Chuck!
McKellen salutes himself and backs away from him.
Squeeze, snap.
As he leaves the command and control room,
“If Warden Glengoyne had been by his side at a time like this, he would have said, It’s time to crush the enemy.”
Hehe. You’re right. It’s time to grind it down into porridge.”
“You immediately dispatch the personnel to be requisitioned. In the meantime, we will establish artillery deployment and defense strategies. To transport the artillery directly from the warehouse to the wall, let’s bring enough soldiers to go.”
“Yes, General!”
Silent cheers echoed among the commanders.
– 2 –
“Ha, ha, ha, ha…”
Mondavi looks up at the top of the clock tower, breathing heavily.
More than her body was tired, she was exhausted mentally.
She finally arrived at the entrance of the clock tower.
‘If I climb all that, I’m sure I might collapse from exhaustion… I hope no one lives in the clock tower…’
Running down the street in the sweltering heat, she was drenched in sweat as if she had just bathed.
Water trickles down like rain from her short, bobbed hair.
It will be lukewarm water with a hint of salt.
Knock, Knock, Knock.
Her sweat doesn’t fall to the floor.
On the way to this place, a soldier from the Islands Defense Force with a good eye noticed beads of sweat on the floor.
He said he could smell her bitch nearby, and hovered around her for a while.
She luckily manages to escape her soldier, but playing tag with him at close range, she is completely exhausted there.
Since then, she has been controlling every single one of her bodily fluids with this ability.
Squeeze, straight.
A bowl of water forms under her chin as it runs down her face.
From her fingertips to the nape of her neck, she collected every single drop of sweat.
“Ha, ha, ha, ha…”
The veil of moisture that surrounds her refracts and distorts light like a mirage.
It makes her assimilate into the urban landscape so that her figure cannot be captured by the surroundings.
However, it was an airtight membrane.
Because of this, ventilation was not guaranteed, and the scorching heat from the midsummer sun made it stay inside.
She somehow knew what it felt like to be caught in her fire with a mask on in the heat.
– 3 –
“Medic!”
“Kuaaaaagh! It hurts, it hurts!”
“Damn, I don’t care if the fingers are minced, but how many times have I told you that you have to bring the missing parts along, huh?! “Cure? No! No, no!”
“Kkeok, turn it off…”
“It’s late… Put the body in the warehouse over there. Find out the identity later, and take care of the other patients first.”
It seemed that if there were people who did not know the meaning of the word Abigyuhwan, no matter how intelligent they were, they would understand it as soon as they were brought here.
It wasn’t just people who were wounded by spears and knives, but there were people who were crushed by rocks the size of houses and people who were pierced by arrows taller than people, no, spears.
Beginner and lower-level healers were sweating and chanting healing spells, but in most cases, they were not enough.
Most intermediate and advanced therapists should come forward, but relatively few of them were present.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa…”
That’s why Smirnoff, who volunteered to come there as a high-level healer, had no choice but to seriously squeeze out his divine power, just like other upper-mid-level healers.
“Smirnoff, you’ve worked hard.”
“Next, next patient, heh, heh, heh…”
However, he was a person who had a reputation as a saint of the streets in the first place.
Although he has reached the age of innocence this year, he has never been involved in a specific monastery or church since he was ordained as a priest.
He has always devoted himself to curing diseases and injuries of the poor and orphans on the streets by squeezing out lacking knowledge.
For young children and those with reduced mobility, he earned money by doing manual labor himself, and with it he bought and distributed food to satisfy their hunger.
“Get some rest, Smirnoff. We’ll look for the patient. Can we find them in order of urgency?”
“…”
Was it because the goddess was moved by the warmth he gave to his neighbors?
One day, without any warning, a light of healing came to Smirnoff.
The Goddess had allowed him a high-level healing spell from the beginning, and he was overjoyed at being able to help more neighbors than before.
However, he was accused of heresy by other priests who were jealous of the fact, and was referred to the Inquisition for heresy by the Heretic Inquisition.
As if he had a last conscience, the priests who accused him of heresy only excommunicated him and expelled him from the church instead of burning him at the stake.
Not only did he not care about that reality, but he was happy to be able to help the wounded and dying all over the continent without being tied to a religious order.
He was indeed a street saint himself, always obsessively pushing himself to heal the wounded.
Dump.
“Please, Sinatra…”
Smirnoff collapses as if collapsing.
His eyes were out of focus.
He looks around with open eyes.
“Ahhh…”
After the outskirts were evacuated, the frequency of new patients brought here decreased.
Not only did those who were in danger of being hurt by the projectiles of the siege weapons withdrew from the outer world, and most of the injured that had already occurred were brought here.
Or already dead
However, many people were dying here too.
It was because there were too few people to share the healing light.
“Kuheugh…”
Moisture fills his eyes.
Those who suffer cannot be saved.
Those who are not saved soon lose their lives.
There is no dying person, but he himself is too weak.
“Goddess, Goddess…”
Not even thinking of getting down on his knees, he crouches down and prays.
Doesn’t even cross the sign.
Not even formal.
With only sincerity and a little bit of resentment, I look up to the sky and cry quietly.
“…Come, and if you can take away their pain, please take my humble life instead…”
At the end of that, at the end of such earnestness, he holds his hands together and sheds tears.
Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk.
He simply volunteered to heal at the field clinic to make room for Mondavi to infiltrate the clock tower, but before he knew it, he was screaming with sincerity.
Here the lives of the innocent are too fleeting by the quarrels of those who have nothing to do with them.
I despair of it and, again, get frustrated.
His frustration and anger earnestly called out the name of the goddess,
Whoops, whoops.
Whoops, whoops.
The goddess started responding to it.
Holy light began to emanate from his body.
“What, what, what, what is that…?”
Dump.
The healer sees Smirnoff and collapses.
The light emanating from his body contained unprecedented, immense, unrefined power.
It was sacred and noble at the same time.
“Oh my god…”
“It’s a saint…”
“Stop, saint…”
“Goddess…”
Priests, soldiers, noncommissioned officers, officers, and even civilian medical personnel all lowered their voices and began to whisper.
It was a low, quiet voice, indistinguishable from a whisper, but since there were well over a thousand mouths uttering it, it resonated and created a huge white noise.
“…”
But Smirnoff, who was already in a trance, didn’t hear the noise of those around him.
He still sat down in a lax attitude, holding only his two hands together, staring blankly up at the sky with his unfocused eyes.
“S, S, S, Smirnoff…!”
Surprised, Sinatra tries to pounce on him.
Robert comes running quickly,
Tup!
“Shh, shh! Wait, wait!”
Her urgency dissuades her.
He too was very confused, but seemed to sense in his intuition that he should not be disturbed.
“For a moment, just leave Smirnoff alone for a moment. If something happens to Smirnoff, I’ll do something about it. For now, just for now…”
“Yes, yes…”
They clasp each other’s bodies and tremble.
Others who looked at Smirnoff were not much different from the two.
It was clear that the light he emitted contained benevolence, but he felt as if he would be suffocated by his overwhelming presence.
“My bride…”
The moment Smirnoff muttered a word as if sighing,
Whoaaaaa!
Fuhuaaak!
A huge pillar of light began to pierce the sky around him.
The power it contained was enough to destroy common sense, and even though it was not violent at all, the wind started blowing dust in all directions.
“Ah ah ah ah!”
“Oops, gaaaaagh!”
Quadang!
Thud!
The two men and women standing right next to Smirnoff, Robert and Sinatra, fall to the floor.
They close their eyes tightly and lower their heads to protect them from light and dust.
However,
Woo woo woo woo!
Whoa oh oh!
“Kuh, keuheugh…!”
“Kyaaaaa…!”
The wind began to blow so strong that it was not enough.
They were struggling to the point that it was difficult to breathe properly.
Just then,
“Gee, it’s a miracle!”
“I’m healed! I’m healed!”
“Pa, the arm has sprouted!”
“I can see! I can see! Shit, some quack lied about having to live blind, huh?!”
Patients from all sides begin to rob their seats and get up.
Those who were diagnosed with a permanent disability due to the disappearance of the saintess, and those who had to be transported to the morgue soon after having their entire lower body crushed, everyone jumped up.
All types of wounds are repaired, including serious wounds that could not be regenerated even with advanced healing techniques due to loss of limbs, minor cuts and abrasions, and even minor bruises.
Woo woo woo woo.
Whoa.
The light emitted by Smirnoff and the wind that blew outward around him all slowly faded away.
As everyone in the field infirmary recovers, everything fades away.
Dump.
Finally he collapses.
He passed out with a bright smile.
“Smirnoff!”
Sinatra turns to Robert.
Robert nods her head, and runs with her to Smirnoff.
As they were checking Smirnoff’s condition,
“Has the saintess returned?!”
“No, it’s a miracle created by the Holy Son!”
“Stop, saint?!”
“Hey, the person who shines the holy light from over there must be the saint who descended to earth after thousands of years!”
Those who regained their strength began to flock to Smirnoff one by one.
The clergy around them were all staring blankly at the scene with confused eyes.
