Chapter 237 – Gaiden – Part 0, Chapter 11
The Duke of Gracas, unable to mobilize all available soldiers at once, released a large amount of cash and hired a significant number of additional mercenaries, and waged a territory war to recover the city of Emerys, which had been taken away by Baron Armageddon. It wasn’t just a fight between the territories, but because there were troops that could really fight a war, everyone believed in the victory of the Duke of Gracas. However, the entire force of the Duke of Grakas was completely stopped by a mysterious and powerful warlock in Emeris City.
The siege tower was caught by powerful and ominous magic the moment it approached, and it was sent back and shattered the siege tower of the allies.
Even if he tried to climb up the ladder, siege was almost impossible because of the undead soldiers jumping from the walls.
No matter how many times they die, the immortal soldiers who rise again were not afraid of falling from the high walls, and the sight of a shattered corpse reassembling and charging back to the ground was a sight that would frighten anyone who fears death.
And worst of all…
[Wake up.]
The number of undead soldiers, who were otherwise quite numerous, increased as the battle lengthened, rather than decreased. The dead troops on the Duke of Grakas’s side would be resurrected as enemies. The number of people almost three times lost its meaning as it met the difficult battlefield of siege and the non-standard enemy of undead soldiers who resurrected even after dying. Furthermore, the wizards brought from the Duke of Grakas were one of the large-scale attack magic raining down from all sides without time to chant. Falling down one by one…
In just two days, the siege ended with the shocking conclusion of the annihilation of the Duke of Grakas.
A result no one expected. One of the two wings of the Hermon kingdom was broken in the counterattack of the Armageddon family, which had fallen due to the pincer attack by the Dukes of Period and the Dukes of Gracas.
Shocked by this fact, Prince Period immediately dismissed the troops that were about to send reinforcements, revealing that he had no intention of fighting House Armageddon. By swallowing it, it has risen as the most powerful force in this kingdom.
“Oh my, that person…”
“Ugh… Isn’t this dangerous?”
And three months have passed since the siege of Emeris City, at a ball party held by the royal family to celebrate the prince’s birthday…
“Why is he here…”
“Hmm, hmmmm…”
Baron Ragnar Armageddon, the protagonist of Hermon’s biggest civil war and one of the kingdom’s most talked-about names recently, has made an appearance.
Even without an escort, alone and very confidently.
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Prince Alfred Hermon’s birthday party.
1st Prince Alfred, who is the first in line to the throne and the main character of the party, 2nd Prince Frederick, who is popular with the people for his gentle temperament, and 3rd Prince Wilhelm, who has a weak personality but has proven his abilities sufficiently (even so, he is not as good as Alfred).
As the party was attended by all three princes of Hermon Kingdom, the party was so luxurious that the majority of the families with some standing in Hermon Kingdom were required to participate. Just in case, she is a lady who has a vain but sweet dream that she will be able to connect with the prince and become the queen of this country, a nobleman who has come to wait in line for the prince she will follow. As each came with their own purpose, the party was attended by various nobles.
And in that ballroom, there was one person who was uniquely different from others.
“All, you…”
The guard in charge of the entrance to the ballroom couldn’t help but be astonished at the nobleman in front of him. Even the nobles who are dark in the situation have heard of its notoriety at one time or another, the darkness that rises in Hermon Kingdom. A villain who has produced countless orphans and widows, enough to be called the king of the underworld, who has more power than the king. A celebrity who was the last heir of a fallen family, but accepted an evil power and broke one of Hermon’s two wings.
Baron Ragna Armageddon.
“Looking at that reaction, it seems you’ve got a sense of who I am. Then you don’t have to bother proving my identity, right?”
“…”
Faced with the dark and heavy energy emitted by the wicked man who had brought countless deaths right in front of his eyes, the soldier broke into a cold sweat and swallowed dry saliva. Rather, if he had been wanted, he could have called for support. However, the soldier was not given that option.
All the brutal slaughter he committed was done according to the law of the kingdom of Hermon and without any problems. So no one can hold him accountable. Both legally and physically.
“Are you…Alone?”
“Yes. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find a partner. But just because you don’t have a partner doesn’t mean you won’t be denied access. Doesn’t it?”
“…You’re right.”
The soldier desperately held back his trembling voice and stepped aside.
“Welcome, Baron Ragnar Armageddon. Please have a good time.”
“Thank you.”
At the same time that Rag or Armageddon stepped into the party, the hyenas, who had been looking for each other while wearing smiling masks, all felt the threat to their lives and shrank. As befits those who were in a position to have their throats blown off with the slightest word, they sensed the strong smell of death emanating from Rag or Armageddon.
“Ugh…”
“Whoa, whoa…”
The nobles standing in the direction Baron Armageddon was walking, naturally stepped back, each one pretending. Like avoiding him.
It was the specialty of nobles to bite each other and criticize each other, but no matter how much they can’t handle it, they don’t show their teeth towards opponents.
Especially if the opponent is a mad dog that brutally bites the opponent until he dies.
A slayer who single-handedly annihilated the Duke of Grakas, who destroyed his own family. An aristocrat foolish enough to start a fight with a man who cleverly used the rule of the territory war and erased the ducal family who started this country from the map in just a few days was already scared elsewhere before reaching this position. He would have been rude without warning and his tongue would have been cut out. The kingdom of Hermon was very wary of the power of the nobles in the royal family and implemented various anti-aristocratic policies, so arrogant nobles who believed only in the name of the family and were ignorant of the fear of the world had long since disappeared.
Only one man showed up, and the atmosphere at the party cooled surprisingly quickly. That’s natural. There are people who can separate their necks from their bodies at any time if they make a mistake by taking only a few steps, but there is no way there can be a crazy idiot among the nobles who enjoys a party.
The orchestra tried hard to revive this cold atmosphere by playing exciting songs and uplifting songs, but even so, the frightened nobles did not wake up to the rhythm.
“Hey, fallen nobleman.”
Someone called an anonym that clearly meant him.
Even if it wasn’t him, as long as he was a nobleman, he would never be able to endure an insulting insult.
The aristocrats turned their heads to see who the fearless man had pressed the switch on a bomb that might explode at any moment, but soon cleared their throats and lowered their heads again. Even so, I couldn’t send such a disquieting glance at the prince of this country.
Second in line for succession to the throne. The 3rd Prince – Wilhelm Hermon.
As a member of the royal family, the ability is quite outstanding, but because of his poor personality, he is often compared to the first prince, Alfred, and suffers from various feelings of inferiority. And he’s a young tyrant who’s known for taking his stress out on those below him.
“Are you deaf? Can’t you hear me? Are the words of royalty funny?”
At Wilhelm’s harsh tone, Ragnar Armageddon only then slowly turned his head to face the prince. And she tilted her head with a relaxed smile, as if she had seen her pet play.
“Did you call me?”
“Then, who else is the Fallen Noble besides you here?”
The nobles of the Wilhelm faction slapped their foreheads in their hearts. Even though the prince they were pushing was not very good in personality, he had a good ability, so they grabbed the rope, but they didn’t know that the prince would grab the rope and attempt collective suicide. No matter how bad your personality is, there are people you can touch and people you can’t touch. And now, the person Prince Wilhelm touched was clearly a human belonging to the latter category.
What the heck was the prince trying to do against a human living within the kingdom of Hermon who already possessed more power than the royal family or the Duke of Period?
“Hmm. It’s not wrong, but it’s a nickname I don’t really want to hear. Just call me Baron Armageddon, Prince Wilhelm III.”
“Your title is not chosen by you, but by me. Ruined Nobility.”
The little tyrant and the king of the underworld met each other’s eyes.
If Wilhelm’s gaze was a sharp dagger, Baron Armageddon’s was a bloody guillotine.
Shallow and light fighting spirit, heavy and terrifying flesh.
“…That’s fun.”
Wilhelm did not give up his sharp gaze until the end, and Baron Armageddon snorted as he walked towards him.
Tumble, tumble, tumble, tumble.
The sound of shoes echoing quietly in the wide hall.
Prince Wilhelm’s two escort knights stepped forward, putting their hands on their scabbards to block the approach of Baron Armageddon.
[Move.]
As if a ferocious carnivore was purring right in front of their eyes, the two knights’ bodies froze as it was at a single word filled with heavy murderous intent. Wilhelm, who was behind the two knights, was not much different either. The prince, whose body froze involuntarily at the word that came out of his mouth, soon felt ashamed of the fact that he, a royal, was frightened by an order given by a baron, and fueled his anger.
“You just said that, say it again in front of me.”
The red-haired woman who was assisting him would probably have grabbed his head and lamented the rudeness of throwing away honorifics and honorifics in front of the prince of a country.
“The Fallen Nobility.”
As if Ganttaeng was so swollen that Gan had escaped overboard, Prince Wilhelm glared at him and spoke the word in question again. But Baron Armageddon looked down at him and laughed.
“You sound like an immature kid who can’t increase his own value without putting others down.”
“Are you finally crazy? How dare you show such disrespect to the royal family… Where did you throw away the duty of a subject?”
When Baron Armageddon came out with insults that could not be excused even if he was arrested for insulting the royal family, Prince Wilhelm became angry and asserted his authority as a member of the royal family.
“Who was it that seduced the servant in the first place?”
When the content of the aristocratic world came out of the mouth of the person concerned, even that Wilhelm was momentarily mute.
“First, I removed my subjects with my own hands, but now do not think of acting as royalty in front of me. You have already ousted my family, and the Armageddon family is no longer your subjects.”
“…Arrogant. Do you dare to be ok in this kingdom with that attitude?”
“Isn’t there any reason to be afraid of the weak royals who notice the nobles?”
The nobles present felt a desperate urge to immediately rush into the bathroom and wash their ears. The vicious war of nerves waged by the King of the Dark World, who destroyed even the youngest princes and dukes, was bloody to the point that the weak-minded aristocrat’s wife would lose consciousness from foaming on the spot.
And the words that came out of the mouth of Baron Armageddon afterwards.
“I have no intention of bringing down the royal family. Cowards like you don’t deserve that much attention. So don’t expect loyalty from me. I’m afraid that the teeth of my hound are sharp. Do you think there will be a hound that wags its tail at a cowardly hunter who throws it away as useless?”
It was too dangerous and rude to say that it was said at a fancy party where famous nobles gathered, and right in front of the royal family, so this story was later distorted and transmitted under the control of the royal family and royalist nobles.
The bloody quarrel between Baron Armageddon and Prince Wilhelm is a testament to the true intentions of the baron on the prince’s side.
The rudest insult that comes from the mouth of Baron Armageddon is a roundabout expression of disloyalty to the royal family.
