Chapter 989 – #99. Three Thousand Concubines and Emperor Gaiden (47)
“Mo, they’re coming. They’re coming!! It’s really right in front of your nose! It’s not too late now, so it’s right to run away.”
“Where are you going to abandon the imperial palace? And even if you run away, there’s no way the empire won’t come after you!”
“What if I lose? Are we going to die together while holding out in the imperial palace?!”
The Geos nobility, perhaps realizing that it was a battle that would not come to an end between themselves, spoke harshly to the people of the temple.
Then the representative of the temple sighed and said.
“I am very sorry that this has happened.”
“Sorry? Yugaaam? Is that all there is to say? After taking so much money, what the hell did you guys do? Where did you promise to kill the emperor!”
The aristocrats had enough justification to run amok.
The temple boasted that it would get rid of the emperor of the empire as much as it took a lot of money.
However, they did nothing.
Until now, when the empire had marched right in front of the capital, nothing had been accomplished.
Because of this, the nobles of Geos had no choice but to look down on the people of the temple.
“The failure of this operation is disappointing for us as well. Who knew? The plan had already been passed over to the enemy by spies. No matter how good we are, if the people we work with are so incompetent, it is bound to ruin everything. .”
Their plan of conversion failed miserably.
The terrible risk of the failure of the operation was more dire than they expected.
All the paladins sent by the temple were captured as prisoners, and so were the knights of the Geos Empire.
There was nothing wrong with the Paladins being held captive.
It was also a temple situation.
The problem was that most of the knights of the Geos Empire were taken prisoner.
It was as if more than half of the power had disappeared.
“Are you saying this defeat is also our fault?”
“Are you going to say no if you don’t? How thick is your face… Tsk tsk! Aren’t you ashamed under the sky?”
“Me, me!!”
“No responsibility for security, blame others, and no knights to fight anymore…! Does this make sense?”
Watching the temple and nobles fight, Emperor Geos realized that even if he won the war, it would be difficult for the country to return to normal, and he decided to admit that it was impossible to win in the first place.
‘I lost.’
Defeated.
It sucks too!
‘What should I do now?’
I don’t think I’ve ever thought of losing when I was invaded.
Then, after being unilaterally pushed by the empire, he seemed to feel a sense of crisis when he joined hands with the temple and formed an alliance with the surrounding kingdoms.
But even then, I never realistically worried about the situation when I lost.
Because…
“What did you guys do!! What the hell is that!”
“Are you insulting our temple!”
“Have you ever acted so proudly and inflicted a scratch on the emperor’s body? If I said that, I would raise my arms and apologize! Tell me once!”
Even though he extorted a lot of money, the temple’s military power was reliable.
However, the current temple was different.
They don’t show off, but they’re terrified as well.
‘And they’re pretending to be shameless.’
They probably won’t send any more reinforcements.
And he’ll try to take his hands off us.
If you give them even a little bit of an excuse, they’ll run as if they’ve been waiting for it.
‘It’s not just the temple that’s terrified.’
It was the same that the aristocrats, who were supposed to be the most courageous, were terrified.
“Now is not the time to fight like this!
“What’s the solution? I just lost. I lost!”
“You’re talking harshly! Isn’t it enough to plan for the future? There is still time left!”
“What do you do when you have time? No one can protect you.”
“I’ll take His Majesty and run away to another place to buy some more time.”
“Abandon the imperial palace and run away?”
“Is the imperial palace a big deal? Shouldn’t you save your Majesty!”
When the empire trampled on the capital and invaded the imperial palace, both the nobles and the emperor were difficult people to survive.
For now, there is no reason to let the emperor who is full of hostility live.
Wouldn’t it be more picturesque to newly enthroned the imperial family, who could move easily according to their tastes?
And the same goes for nobles.
Rather, the nobles’ lives would fly more easily than the emperor’s.
Even to take away their wealth.
“Anyway, abandoning the imperial palace is a bit…”
“Ha! Everyone, don’t pretend to be clean. Am I the only one who’s in such a hurry?! You’ve already made all your family and relatives run away to the kingdom! You’re cleaning up your family property too! You! You! You too!! Even so, the imperial palace Am I the only one who was at fault for asking to throw it away?”
There were no nobles who did not know that the war was shaking the roots of the Geos Empire.
For this reason, there was already a movement among the aristocrats to siphon off their family assets overseas.
Even when the war was over, there were already too many things to give to other allies and temples.
‘The country may disappear. Jim ate the country…!’
Why did he become emperor?
He shouldn’t have accepted the position.
It would have been enough to have been entrusted to another member of the royal family, but I don’t know what kind of greed created this division by occupying an undeserved position.
‘Have you been possessed by a ghost? What the hell have I been doing?’
Win or lose, the Geos Empire is doomed.
Now, the emperor also learned to look at his situation objectively.
There’s no way nobles with quick calculations wouldn’t know that.
How many aristocrats will hold on to the ruined country?
Even if they were like that, it seemed that among the nobles who visited the imperial palace, no one foolishly clung to a rotten string.
Of course…
“Oh, really? Are you really prepared to run away from behind? Didn’t you ask me to stay with you and fight for your country!”
Among them there are aristocrats who naively believe in things as they are.
However, the emperor’s gaze upon them was not kind.
‘I know that I have to run away even though I have not learned anything… Tsk tsk!’
He disliked nobles who did not take any countermeasures because they were stupid, and disliked nobles who had prepared countermeasures in advance because they were cunning.
In the first place, the Geos emperor and the nobles hated each other, and because of the war, they were temporarily on the same side and fighting, wasn’t it?
Fighting together didn’t produce good results, so there was no time for the relationship to improve.
“I’m going to go back like a country. Draw it. Go back well. Ehehe.”
All the nobles who moved the country’s great and small affairs had made a corner to escape behind.
Without them, the country could not function properly.
I didn’t know that as an emperor, so I tightly closed my eyes.
The sound of laughter was heard from the place where the people on the side of the temple were gathered.
“Ha! There’s nothing to say about just watching. We’re sacrificing a lot to help Geos, and we’re talking about running away.”
The temple side was finally starting to pamper themselves.
Realizing that what he had been preparing for had happened, Emperor Geos sighed deeply.
I wanted to say something to stop them, but I didn’t even have the strength to do so.
To be honest, it might be better to raise a white flag and declare defeat to the Empire.
It was only a matter of time before the war would end with the defeat of Geos anyway.
“When the hell did the temple pay such a big sacrifice? Is it a sacrifice that the paladins are being held captive by the empire? Our knights are in a situation where we don’t even know if they are alive or dead!”
The empire was not stupid, and there was no way they would have killed those high ransom paladins.
If possible, I will try to rip off the compensation money by keeping him alive.
He did not know how much money he would have to give to bring back the Paladins captured by the enemy.
Of course, it is not that the temple did not consider this part.
The compensation for the paladins and priests who were captured by the enemy country had been contracted to be borne by the Geos Empire.
However, seeing the country now, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to get the reparation money.
“I wonder if it would be better to just go back to be treated like this.”
“!!!”
“To plan something big with these people…Tsk! ?”
The excuse given at the temple was that the security of the Geos Empire was poor.
“All the Paladins dispatched were caught because security was not properly maintained. How can I bear that disgrace…”
They felt humiliated was the only loss, but the Geos Empire suffered damages that staggered the foundations of the country.
Tight-!
Emperor Geos clenched his fists as he watched the temple bastards brazenly spread iron plates on his face.
“Aren’t we going to pay the indemnity anyway? The temple has nothing to lose.”
“The paladin’s honor has been tarnished!”
Let’s see these bastards!
“Are you fanning a house that is on fire right now? In a situation where the country might turn upside down, it’s time to talk about compensation and disgrace!”
“If not now, when? The nobles are plotting to escape, and His Majesty the Emperor is stunned.”
“Okay…”
They wanted to swear at them coolly, but the Geos nobles couldn’t swear at the temple to their heart’s content.
It was clear that in the current situation, without the help of the temple, there would be no time to escape.
“It’s definitely not possible. We’ll go back to the temple.”
“Where are you going back?”
“It’s going back to where it was.”
The ‘withdrawal’ that came out of their mouths finally made Emperor Geos’s eyes sting.
“You have to pay for the money you get. Do we look stupid?”
“I’m sorry, but this war is hopeless. I think it’s right to raise the white flag and ask for mercy from the empire to save you.”
“How much money did you steal from us, and you said such irresponsible things!!
“Well. I’m not sure if the Emperor of the Empire is actually a demon contractor in the first place.”
“What, what? Such shameless…!!!”
“We did our best for the Geos Empire. Don’t you know how many Paladins and Priests are being captured by the enemy right now? The number is staggering. We can’t force these meaningless sacrifices anymore.”
Bang!!
Emperor Geos could not stand it and shouted as he slammed his fist down.
“Are only your soldiers precious!! Hundreds of thousands of our soldiers died!!”
“It’s our fault for not protecting important information, so it’s useless to tell us.”
The way he spoke was unusual.
It was unexpected that the temple retreated so quickly.
‘What will happen to us if the temple withdraws?’
Suddenly, Emperor Geos was overcome with fear.
If all of the Paladins fell out of here, there would be no one who could protect the Geos Empire.
The nobles will disperse to find their own way, and you…I…!
‘Can I live?’
Despair creeps in
