Chapter 63 – Ah~ It’s Ruined~ (5)
Due to Violence’s absence, the long-term stay in Elheim Kingdom, which had no way to end, came to an end today. Finally, Saha succeeded in gathering information about the location of Violence.
“Good work, Saha.”
“No. I’m sorry that I couldn’t provide you with important information sooner due to my lack of ability.”
“No. If it weren’t for you, it would have been impossible to find out information about Violence. This unexpectedly prolonged stay ended today thanks to you, so you owe a lot. Then…”
After ordering Saha to rest, I looked at the map she brought.
The Kingdom of Elheim, located at the northernmost tip of the continent. North of the capital, El Harda, there is only a hill called ‘Warrior’s Grave’ where a former warrior fought a bloody battle with hundreds of followers of the immortal dragon for three days and an underground temple where the immortal dragon was sealed. It is barren land. Currently, Violence is in the ‘Warrior’s Grave’. She is staying there with the Royal Knights, as if she has found something about the former warrior who has gone missing after sealing the immortal dragon in the underground temple.
Since there is no proper village nearby, a small number of Royal Knights supply supplies by going back and forth between the warrior’s tomb and the capital, El Harda, and Saha’s search for information about her is also relentlessly following the wagon containing supplies. It is the result of only one success. Normally, if the leader is away even for a short while, the country is going to go to shit, but the kingdom of Elheim was as usual without any problems, even though the queen who gained the throne in a rebellion was away for at least a week. It can’t be a surprising ability to block information.
That means that Violence is putting a lot of effort into this work.
“Let’s say they’re the best under Violence’s direct control, in fact, except for a few of them, by my standards, they’re not that much of a threat… But we should be prepared. Those few guys are really annoying.”
To name a few of the most representative ones, first of all, the 4 knights, Ella, Iris, Endo, and Cale. They are the most compatible among the Royal Knights, and if these four team up and attack, even Mars, who is the strongest in terms of pure combat power among my subordinates, will have a little trouble.
Next, the silver knight Argent. A former Paladin of the Luminous Church, he is a swordsman who fights using divine power like Luke. Compared to Luke, the total amount of divine power that can be handled is so small that it is only possible to maintain it for about 10 minutes a day at the longest, but the problem is that the proficiency in handling that divine power is superior to anyone else, so on the contrary, those 10 minutes who use the divine power During that time, it is almost invincible. If I put all my strength into it, I might be able to subdue it somehow, but that’s only possible assuming I deal with him alone.
And sorceress Mox. He’s obviously a wizard, but he’s a crazy guy who became a knight after constantly training his body, saying that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body. It is a hybrid character that fights with a trained body and magic-enchanted weapons in close combat, and shoots magic when the opponent distances himself. Usually, a character like this is a bitch, but this guy offset his ambiguous position with several times the effort of others. He is in charge of the strongest firepower within the Royal Knights, and is strategically very important because he knows how to use wide-range attack magic.
Finally, the Black Knight, the leader of the Royal Knights. This kid is the biggest problem. This crazy bastard was the one who followed Violence before ascending to the throne, even when he was at the bottom of the succession list because he was an illegitimate child. He’s an oddball who always wears dull black armor, but he’s the only one among the Royal Knights who can’t defeat Mars, the strongest of my men, in one-on-one combat. Without this guy, it is safe to say that the Royal Knight’s power would be reduced by half.
“…I’ll have to leave the 4 knights to Ray. No matter how good the coordination is, it’s meaningless in the face of an overwhelming amount. As for magic knights, Saha, who is good at assassination, will have to deal with them secretly. If there’s a problem, it’s the silver knight and the black knight… Haru Only the troublesome guy who is practically invincible for 10 minutes and the guy I’m a bit reluctant to deal with are left. If we bring in a group of warriors…”
First of all, no black knight. If you let a party of warriors deal with him, he will be annihilated in an instant. The position of the black knight is similar to the giant demon that Ray succeeded in taming in our territory before. Monsters that are stronger than the bosses, jokingly called Jinbos. The Black Knight is a very strong guy, to the extent that if I were asked to choose between one Black Knight and the three Violence, I would choose Violence unconditionally. It makes me wonder how a human who can’t even use magic can be so strong.
So… I guess Luke will have to deal with the Silver Knight. If he fights with him, he’ll get a good feel for how to handle the divine power. The problem is that the Black Knight will be guarding Violence’s side… Then I have no choice but to step out. In a situation where I can’t bring Mars right away, I’m the only one who can deal with the black knight.
But most importantly, thinking about who is in charge of who is not very helpful. Violence isn’t an empty-headed bitch either, so you should be well aware that dispersing power in front of me will lead to individual defeats. So, after she gathers her royal knights in one place, when she fights me, she will somehow induce a melee in one space.
If Ray fights against the 4 Knights, there is a high probability that the Silver Knight will be with them to help them, and Mox, who is in charge of strategic firepower, will prepare an attack next to the Black Knight and Violence, the safest place to avoid being targeted by the Assassin Saha. Will be. When that happens, the aspect of the battle becomes unanswered. I don’t know if it’s an individual battle, but there’s no guarantee that the warriors’ party will definitely take my side in such a melee, so the battle will eventually flow into a three-way battle.
In that battle, while protecting the hero and his party from dying, minimizing the damage to my troops, who will be the next ordeal for the hero and his party, and neutralizing Violence’s main force. Not one or two things to do, but the headache starts to throb. Even so, he couldn’t summon Mars, who was busy invading the territory. Waiting for her to get here is taking too long. With that much, Violence would have already excavated the remains of the former warriors, resurrected them, and made them his puppets.
…Yes. The important thing is the ‘remains of the former warrior’. I don’t know if Violens really got the help of the ‘saboteurs’ or if she’s just being used by them, but whether or not she finds the remains in question will be the crux of the matter this time around. Then…
Knock-knock, knocking on the door woke me from deep thought. I asked through the door.
“Who is it?”
“..It’s me.”
“What, was it Hawk or you? Come in.”
I’m sorry. The door opened, and Hockna entered the room. She was usually very thinly dressed, but today it was even worse. Ay, how bad would it be if the exposure was too much? I say this because I can’t see this scene with my own two eyes. The clothes were not functioning properly as clothes, so blood flowed naturally between the legs. I had no intention of hugging a woman today because I was thinking about my physical condition tomorrow… Hokna put me to the test by openly mocking my thoughts and coming to me dressed to seduce me.
“…This is the clothes I bought this time, uh, what do you think…?”
Oh please Hockna usually prefers light and comfortable clothes like short sleeved shirts and shorts, but the clothes she wore today were even stronger. Cropped tee with hot pants? ‘Please eat me’, something like this? Smooth armpits without a single strand of hair, a soft line from the narrow waist to the hips, and strong thighs that make viewers salivate. I felt blood rushing to my lower body.
And most of all, the moment I saw her expectant eyes, my patience snapped.
“Uh, uh…?”
I jumped out of her chair and strode to her entrance where she stood. And as soon as I took her by the hand and pulled her into the room, I immediately closed the door and locked it. Then she turned her head, her face half-expected, half-embarrassed, her hock looking at me, holding my thin waist and her hand on her shoulder, and pushed her back to her bed.
“Are you trying to seduce me by coming dressed like that to a room alone with a man you’ve already had sex with, knowing that he has a strong sexual desire?”
“…”
“Are you Hawk?”
“…This, you don’t have to ask for permission, you just have to do it, this… You idiot. Goo, do I… Have to say something so embarrassing?”
I put her on the bed, put her chin on her shoulder, and hugged her tightly. The skin is soft with a thin and thin line, but it doesn’t feel fragile. Rather, Hochna’s body was quite far from the sickly image typical of an average elf. It seemed to tell her not to worry, as her body, tempered under the influence of an arduous and rough life, would not be damaged even if I poured out my desires to the fullest.
“Then Hawk, I won’t let her go until the word comes out of your mouth to save her.”
“…Huh, hmm… Ha, if you can, try it…”
It took less than an hour for the words of surrender to come out of her mouth as she spoke shyly and confidently.
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“…Whoa, annoying.”
A wide, desolate hill with countless types of weapons stuck upside down on the ground like tombstones. Violence murmured annoyedly as she rose from the bed prepared in the base camp in front of the ‘Warrior’s Grave’ located in the northern part of Elheim Kingdom.
2 weeks. It means that it has already been two weeks since I left the castle in the capital, El Harda, and stayed in such an annoying place. For Violence, who was able to get what she wanted at any time after she decapitated all her blood relatives who ignored and laughed at her and ascended the throne, spending two weeks in such a harsh environment was no different from torture. Even so, she couldn’t bear to go back to the castle in El Harda.
The excavation of the remains of the former warrior, which began secretly a month ago, was not very smooth. In addition, he must have heard from the informants who had spread the news that Baron Ragnar Armageddon, that damned man who never left his territory after gaining strength, was suddenly leaving the territory and coming to the Kingdom of Elheim. Unfortunately, the first thought that came to Violence’s mind was ‘run away’.
It wasn’t simply because he had a fragment of chaos like himself, so his power didn’t work. It was the same with the other two who possessed the fragment, the vengeful soldier and the mad scholar whose names he could not remember. But there was another reason for her fear of Rag or Armageddon: the signing of a mutual non-aggression pact.
Even though he cannot directly control it with his ruling ability, he is already a noble from a fallen family and is himself the queen of a country. The difference in power was vast, and she thought it wouldn’t matter if she couldn’t directly dominate him. Until he catches and kills other nobles in a series of land battles, and the Hermon royal family finds themselves in a difficult situation to do anything about.
As a fallen aristocrat, he had reached the point of single-handedly destroying one of the two ducal families that maintained the kingdom to which he belonged, and Violence felt a sense of crisis only then. If left alone like this, he thought that one day he would claim himself as king and devour Hermon’s family, which would soon become an enemy threatening his kingdom.
So Violence sent a Royal Knight to keep him in check. Of course, they didn’t invade his territory without permission from the beginning, and in the process of sending an envoy to the royal family of Hermon under the pretext of something else, while passing through his territory, he got into a fight with his soldiers, and it could be said that it was a problem between the kingdoms. It turns into a big fight. Baron Ragnar Armageddon loses her troops as her privates are swept away by the Royal Knights, and the royal family of Hermon takes it as a problem and can put political pressure on him… It was the original scenario she devised.
If there is a problem, the disaster that all the royal knights she has, which can be said to be her most powerful hand, was captured alive by his hand in the process of the fight spreading was at least not in her calculations.
I don’t know if the royal knights could have led public opinion in the desired direction by killing important people, but it couldn’t be because they were all caught alive without any proper damage after arguing. Moreover, if Ragnar Armageddon took this as a diplomatic issue and launched an attack against her, she, having lost half of her main force, would have no way to keep her power. So Violens hastily concluded a mutual non-aggression pact with Ragnar Armageddon, and somehow he was able to return the hostage Royal Knights by paying a minimal ransom.
It was a humiliating first defeat for Violence, and an incident that instilled a sense of powerless fear that he could not control himself. . The fear grew even more after Baron Ragnar Armageddon came to rule as the de facto ruler of Hermon Kingdom.
At the news that he was coming to the Kingdom of Elheim, Violence’s trauma from that day was revived, and he took all of his main troops out of the castle and arrived at the ‘Warrior’s Grave’, where the search for the remains of former warriors was in full swing. Fortunately, even when she is here, her powers of dominance are still exercised, so there will be no catastrophic loss of the throne while she is away, but Violence is surrounded by the strongest subordinates she has, but when and where he is I was terrified that he might appear.
Besides, isn’t he notorious for his sexual life being very riotous? Her fears were fueled by the fear that if she did meet him, he would not only be defeated and killed, but that she might suffer humiliation that she could not bear as a woman.
Violence, who had no intention of returning to the kingdom until Ragnar Armageddon returned to his territory, continued to monitor his activities through the informants planted in the kingdom. He even thought that if he entered the kingdom as a prisoner of war, he might take his country and claim himself as king. Fortunately, rather than attacking the palace, he resolved the conflict between the two witches who were disturbing the peace within the kingdom, but Violence could not be relieved to see that. He is not a good man who does good for no reason.
Are you sure you don’t intend to demand something from yourself? What if I refuse the request and then suddenly change my attitude and try to dethrone me? In the first place, for what purpose did you come to my country? What the hell do you want, still not leaving my country?
If you think about it, the answer doesn’t come out. But you can’t ignore it at all. That annoyed him even more, so Violence left the tent openly expressing his surging annoyance. Since it was originally a base camp built for royal knights to stay, it wasn’t a facility that the queen could stay in, and the supplies that could be brought for meals were only brought in in an appropriate amount so that other kingdoms did not notice her absence, so Violence was stressful in many ways. And…
“Queen, I have something to report.”
“Ha… What else is this time?”
“The man, Ragnar Armageddon, has begun to move.”
Her loyalist, the Black Knight, spoke the words she most wanted to hear in a voice so grave.
“Direction north. They say they just left this morning. There’s at least five hours until the man gets here.”
