Chapter 827 – 827. A Tyrant For You
“Arrogant bastard!”
The Great Witch raised a shabby finger and pointed at me. A black curse, emanating from the tip of her finger, fell towards me.
Instead of dodging the curse, I created a clone spear and threw it at the Great Witch.
The Great Witch’s curse clung to my body, and the spear pierced her right shoulder. The Great Witch fell to the ground, bleeding.
“Your Majesty! Are you alright?! I will summon the court mages immediately!”
“Do you think such a curse could harm me? Capture the Great Witch. We will hold a public execution by fire.”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
The knights rushed towards the Great Witch.
I looked at the curse clinging to my body. The entire left side of my body was rippling with a dark energy.
The Stormbreaker armor was not only physically durable but also had excellent magic resistance. Low-level magic was completely ineffective. However, this case was different. As a curse cast with all her might by the Great Witch, it was not being blocked by the Stormbreaker.
The curse’s energy was gradually disappearing. It wasn’t due to the Stormbreaker, the power of the Holy Grail, or the use of skills like Complete Recovery or Heavenly Heart.
It was the effect of Arondight, which I had brought from the imperial palace’s underground.
Arondight had two effects. One was the ability to summon and control the divine beast, the giant wolf, Radios. However, this ability was difficult to use fully at the moment. The divine beast was currently recovering its strength.
The other effect was the blessing of the lake. As the owner of Arondight, I received the blessing of the lake. As a result, magic had no effect on me. That was why the Great Witch’s curse could not penetrate my body.
Of course, there were limits to the blessing of the lake.
‘The Great Witch’s curse has completely disappeared.’
I slowly walked towards the Great Witch, who was being held by the knights. There was something I was curious about.
“Kuaaaaaaaak!”
Green flames erupted from the Great Witch. The knights screamed and backed away. The flames did not fall from the knights’ bodies and continued to burn fiercely. It was a curse flame. The knights were reduced to charcoal and died.
I frowned. The Great Witch’s body was floating into the air. She was spitting blood and glaring at me with eerie eyes.
“Indeed, it is the power of the legendary Holy Grail! How terrifying! But do not be arrogant! Just because you have taken the power of the Holy Grail does not mean you are no longer human!”
The Great Witch was babbling. She probably thought that the curse not working was due to the power of the Holy Grail. It wasn’t entirely wrong. My body, enhanced by the power of the Holy Grail, did have magic resistance. However, the effect was more insignificant than she thought.
“You’re a dying hag, yet you talk too much. Where is Morgana? Is she on the Witch Island?”
“Do you think I would answer your questions!”
The Great Witch used magic. A large magic circle, over 30 meters in diameter, was drawn in the air. From that magic circle, a huge rock appeared and fell to the ground. Buildings were smashed.
‘…It’s not an ordinary rock, it’s a golem.’
The golem rose to its feet. It was over 20 meters tall. The golem walked. Thump, thump. The ground shook. The golem’s target was me.
And that wasn’t the end of it. Lightning fell from the sky towards me, and a tornado swept around me. Green fireballs flew like meteors, and a creeping chill rose from the ground, grabbing at my ankles. Since curses didn’t work, she seemed determined to kill me physically.
As expected of the Great Witch. She had the power to easily destroy a city. That must be why Morgana was able to become the second empress.
However, all of those were created by magic. Due to the blessing of the lake, they couldn’t harm me. At most, they could only restrict my movements.
‘The golem is the most threatening of those spells.’
That was only among those spells. To my eyes, even the golem looked insignificant.
I glanced at the imperial palace. The imperial palace was intact. The magic barrier protecting the imperial palace had blocked the Great Witch’s magic. The court mages were doing their job.
Kiiiiiiiiing!
A huge ice stake flew towards me from the front. If it were just magic, I would have ignored it, but the mass of the ice stake itself could not be dealt with even with the blessing of the lake.
‘She roughly figured out the blessing of the lake.’
I swung Arondight. The ice stake shattered, and the ice fragments hit me. But they couldn’t penetrate my armor.
I bent my knees and then straightened them. With just that, I created a sonic boom and reached the golem’s head. I raised Arondight. A blue aura blade rose to a height of 5 meters. I swung the sword from top to bottom.
Crack!
The golem’s body split in half. But that was only for a moment. The inside of the golem wriggled, and the split body rejoined and swung its fist at me.
I threw my left fist towards the golem’s fist.
Kwaaaang!
The golem’s fist shattered, and its fragments scattered.
‘When I cut it with a sword, it regenerated immediately… It’s more effective to destroy this one.’
I abandoned Arondight and began to fight the golem with my fists. Using telekinesis, flying in the air was no problem. And even without telekinesis, stepping on the fragments from the golem’s body meant there was no chance of falling.
Wham! Bang! Kwaaang!
After smashing the golem with my fists, I landed on the ground and raised my head. The Great Witch was sweating profusely as she looked at me.
“Y-y-you monster…!”
Thick lightning fell from the dark clouds towards me. Of course, it didn’t work.
“…I know that with my current power, I cannot kill you. When I come next time, I will surely avenge my grandchildren. You and your empire will be destroyed, not even a single cornerstone will remain!”
The Great Witch’s body rose higher. She was trying to escape.
“You really think I’m a complete idiot.”
Controlling lightning was my specialty.
Lightning crackled in the dark clouds and struck the Great Witch. The Great Witch, who never imagined that lightning would strike her, could neither block nor dodge it and was hit, falling to the ground.
Thud.
The sound of a lump of meat falling to the ground was heard. I moved towards the Great Witch. Red blood was slowly creeping out from under the Great Witch’s body.
I took off my helmet. The battle was over.
“Is she dead? I should have captured her alive and burned her to death… What a shame.”
Since it had come to this, I was thinking of burning even her corpse.
“Kuh….”
The Great Witch twitched and suddenly raised her upper body.
“She’s alive. That’s good. It seems like you won’t last long, so you’ll be burned at the stake within an hour.”
The Great Witch coughed, spat out blood a few times, and then glared at me with wide eyes. Had a blood vessel burst? Tears of blood streamed down from both eyes.
“Destruction to the arrogant emperor! Ruin to the foolish empire! May everything in this world hate you!”
A black curse clung to my body from the tip of her finger.
I looked at the Great Witch with a pathetic gaze.
“You stupid hag. I have the blessing of the lake. Magic doesn’t work on me. Can’t you tell even after experiencing it?”
“Kikiki. That arrogance will be your death…!”
The Great Witch spat out black blood and collapsed to the ground, dead. I was annoyed that she had suddenly died.
I looked down at the black energy, the curse, clinging to my body. Arondight was separated from my body, but since I was the owner, the blessing of the lake was still in effect. Soon, this curse would disappear as well.
“……?”
The curse didn’t disappear.
The curse passed through my armor and settled on my body. My whole body throbbed, and my vision spun.
Cough.
When I coughed, blood came out.
‘……I’m cursed? How absurd.’
It didn’t feel like I was going to die. But I could feel that my strength had weakened. I paused for a moment, considering complete recovery.
“Your Majesty! Are you safe?! Your Majesty!”
General Luteon and his soldiers rushed towards me. All the soldiers in the grand plaza had died, so these were reinforcements from the imperial palace.
Cough.
I spat out blood again.
Luteon and the soldiers’ faces instantly hardened.
“It’s the Great Witch’s curse. I am currently weakened. From your perspective… this is the perfect opportunity to kill me.”
Luteon tightly shut his mouth. He immediately knelt before me.
“How could I dare harm the Emperor, the sun of the empire! Please forgive me!”
“…It’s a joke. It seems the general didn’t find it funny. Get up.”
Luteon rose from his spot.
“Your Majesty! I will summon the high priest! Please, preserve your health.”
“It’s fine. It’s a weak curse. I’ll get better after a little rest. Have the soldiers clean up the surroundings. In two hours, I will hold the Great Witch’s execution by fire.”
“The Great Witch is already dead. For the sake of relations with Witch Island, it would be better to preserve the Great Witch’s corpse for now….”
“Since the Great Witch is dead, the representative of Witch Island is her direct descendant, Morgana. The relationship between the empire and Witch Island has already reached its worst. General, cut off the Great Witch’s head. Also, capture all the witches within the capital. The execution will be held in the grand plaza.”
“…I will obey the imperial command.”
Luteon and the soldiers moved.
I removed my armor and sat on a chair. I had no intention of returning to the imperial palace. Since I had to come out in two hours anyway, it was better to sit and wait.
“…….”
I unbuttoned the top of the black uniform I was wearing and checked my body. Due to the curse, my left side and chest area were stained black. The stained area was moving little by little. The curse was eating away at my body, but the speed was very slow.
‘Is the power of the Holy Grail and the blessing of the lake suppressing the curse?’
I only coughed up blood and felt dizzy occasionally, but it wasn’t painful. The curse wasn’t a big problem.
“Royal Knight.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The knight that Luteon had left behind answered with a stiff posture.
“I need a woman. Bring a maid.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The royal knight clanked his armor and returned to the imperial palace.
About 10 minutes later, a carriage came out of the imperial palace. The carriage stopped near me, and four beautifully made-up maids got out. All of them had stiff faces.
“Come to me.”
When I gestured, the maids approached me. I threw off my clothes and ravished them.
•••
Preparations for the execution were complete in the center of the grand plaza.
The head of the Great Witch, Mertalian, was displayed on top of a pile of wood and straw, and the Great Witch’s corpse was hanging from a tree below it. And next to it, 32 witches were hanging from trees, surrounding it.
The plaza was filled with commoners. All of them were furious.
“Kill them!”
“Kill the witches!”
“Tear those witch bitches apart!”
“My son! Bring back my dead son!”
The capital had been attacked by the Great Witch. The chancellor announced this fact to the entire capital, inciting the commoners. Many commoners had directly witnessed the dark clouds gathering, lightning striking, green fireballs falling, and golems destroying the surroundings, so the incitement was easy.
Moreover, historically, humans were not on good terms with other races. The relationship with the witch race had only improved since the first emperor established the empire. The witch race looked no different from humans, and discrimination against the witch race was prohibited by imperial law, so they had been quiet until now.
“Your Majesty. All preparations are complete.”
The chief justice said. He seemed to have barely survived the Great Witch’s attack, and his face was full of fatigue.
“Wait. Something seems wrong.”
At my words, the chief justice’s face turned pale. He was sweating profusely and flustered.
“W-what is it, Your Majesty?”
“That woman. That woman is not a witch.”
I pointed to a young woman hanging from a tree. She had long, light brown hair. Her tearful appearance was both pure and pitiful. The upper part of her chest was exposed, and her deep and beautiful chest valley caught my eye. She was a cheeky woman who was arousing my cock.
“…I am sorry, but that woman is definitely a witch. We have confirmed the existence of the magic circuit organ inside her body using magical tools.”
“Chief Justice.”
When I called him indifferently, the chief justice flinched. His eyes were shaking.
“I know that the chief justice is a proud guardian of the imperial law. But my throne is above the imperial law.”
“……That is correct.”
“I’ll tell the chief justice this time. I have divine power.”
“…Divine power…. Yes. I know. It is only natural since Your Majesty has the power of the Holy Grail.”
“I’m not talking about telekinesis. It’s a different divine power.”
“……What kind of divine power is it?”
“It is mind reading.”
