Chapter 191 – War With the 9-Hissen Kingdom (4)
The capital of Heisen Kingdom. Looking at the huge palace there, the people whispered.
War with the empire. The war that began with the preemptive strike of the Heisen Kingdom was enough to make the people agitate.
Some people fled, stopped shops and farm work, and shut themselves in their homes.
As a result, economic activity ceased.
Merchants also tried to sell only weapons and supplies to Heisen Kingdom, so economic activity. In particular, agriculture was completely stopped and food was quickly consumed.
If the war opponent was another kingdom, it wouldn’t have been this severe.
The people would have lived by farming, selling goods, and purchasing goods, trusting the king and soldiers.
However, the opponent to which Heisen Kingdom wages war is the conqueror of the continent and the empire that has reigned as the strongest nation since the first hero. The people felt despair and insecurity.
No matter how strong the Heisen army is, it cannot defeat the Empire.
Even if the Necromancers of the Episcopal Church of Death intervened in Heisen’s army, it would be fortunate if the undead or annihilation created by the Episcopal Church of Death were not annihilated, let alone win the war.
The people who knew this well looked at the palace where their king was with anxiety and fear.
And they prayed to Halfas, the god of death and the ruler of the underworld, that their king would quickly resolve this anxiety.
Meanwhile, inside the palace, an important story was going on.
On both sides of the long line of battle, Necromancers and nobles, mages who followed Halpas’ will, were lined up.
Necromancers covered their bodies with black robes and held staffs.
Aristocrats wore fancy clothes and showed worry on their faces.
There was a huge throne at the far end of the Great War.
And on the throne is the King of Heisen Kingdom. Pelopon Norman was sitting.
Only a few of the nobles of the kingdom gathered in the Great Hall in front of the throne where the king was sitting, but they were all trusted as the king’s loyalists.
The high-ranking Necromancers belonging to the Episcopal Church of Death on the other side were also loyal ones whom the king could trust.
There is only one reason they have gathered here. It is because of Pelopon Noah, who is the main culprit of the current war with the empire and who will become the king of Heisen Kingdom.
Those gathered here are well aware of the greatness of the Empire and the power it possesses.
The Paladins, who are God’s troops armed with divine power and faith, and the Heresy Judges who punish heretics are feared by Necromancers who believe in the Episcopal Church of Death.
The Mage Tower, the strongest among the powerful emperor’s knights and magicians’ organizations that strictly follow the emperor’s orders, is an object of fear and reverence for nobles and royalty.
All of the aristocrats gathered here shuddered at the thought that Heisen Kingdom could be attacked at any time by forces that could not compete with it.
None of those gathered here want to go to war with the Empire.
It is said that there was a little damage due to the overflow of demon beasts, but the empire is fine even if it receives such an inundation of demon beasts every few years.
If it had been able to win just because there was a little loss of life and some nobles’ estates were destroyed, the empire wouldn’t have been called the loser of the continent.
However, Pelopon Noah, the Crown Prince of Heisen Kingdom, provoked the empire and caused military activities.
As a result, the empire was enraged, and the first princess, Bubbleratio Asuna, famous as a female knight, and Shine Artell, the heir to the ducal family and renowned as the strongest warrior, participated.
I want to lead 100,000 soldiers to punish Heisen Kingdom.
At this situation, Pelopon Norma bowed her head.
The people gathered here were all trusted by Pelopon Noma, so they had no hesitation.
“Haa… I’m sorry. I don’t have a name for you guys. I never thought my son would do something like that.”
“No. The water has already been spilled. First of all, we must do everything in our power to save Noah, the Crown Prince.”
“That’s right. I’ve already sent an undead legion to where the crown prince is, so I’ll be able to get out anyway.”
“…Thank you. Thank you very much!”
At Pelopon Norman’s words, they laughed.
After taking the burden off his mind at their reaction, Norman pondered over his dignity as a king again.
“By the way. This is a big deal. It’s not possible that the first princess of the empire participated directly, so Noah stepped forward and threw it away…!”
“Haa… Prince Noah is too simplistic and short-sighted. He was kicked for being rude to the first princess in the past, and later he tried to retaliate like this because he lost in a swordsmanship match.”
“Grants… I have nothing to say. In fact, His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire was greatly angered by Noah’s rudeness.”
“More important than that is that the crown prince might attack first.”
“Ghmm… I guess I have no choice but to believe in Mr. Varys, who is helping the crown prince.”
Pelopon Noah once fell in love with the first princess of the empire, Asuna Bubbletio, and proposed to her to become his woman.
Naturally, the marriage proposal was not accepted, and when Bubbletio Asuna laughed and ignored it, Pelopon Noah became enraged and requested a swordsmanship match.
At that time, Pelopon Noah was famous as a genius in the Kingdom of Heisen, and because of his status as a crown prince, he was more arrogant and proud than anyone else.
Asuna, the princess of her empire, was also convinced that even if she ignored her own marriage proposal, she would show her greatness with her swordsmanship battle and make her her own woman.
However, Pelopon Noah was thoroughly trampled and defeated by the sword of a true genius named Bubbletio Asuna.
At this time, her Pele von Noah’s pride had a major scratch.
And when the opportunity seemed to arise, it was a rotten rope. Otherwise, she didn’t even check if it was a strong rope and ran at it.
If it wasn’t for Barris, the strongest knight in the Kingdom of Heisen, Pelopon Noah would have already died.
They were well aware of this, so as the story continued, it was said that she should surrender quickly and call the crown prince.
The king also considered this opinion correct and gave the order.
“Whoa… First of all, I will send an apology for this incident and an offering to be forgiven to the empire and send an official messenger. And my son, Pelopon Noah, will be brought here and placed in probation.”
“You’re right. We’ll send a messenger immediately.”
“I will prepare an offering for forgiveness. And since I have an acquaintance in the Empire, I think I am suitable as a messenger.”
“We, the Necromancers, are going to increase the undead army and send them to serve the Crown Prince, just in case.”
“Let it be.”
When the king gave an order with dignity, all the loyalists gathered here bowed their heads and moved quickly according to the order.
The Necromancers tried to inform the king’s order by going outside to call the crown prince as soon as possible and stop the war.
However, before they left the match, someone opened the match and jumped in.
Quaang-!
“What! What’s going on!”
“You arrogant! Your Majesty ordered no one to enter! Who are you to break this!”
The one who jumped into the Great War was a Necromancer.
The Necromancer lowered his head and shouted with a shocked face even while the eyes were focused on himself and the nobles and other Necromancers shouted.
“Your Majesty! The 100,000 undead sent to help the crown prince have all been disconnected and annihilated!”
“What! What are you talking about!”
“No… You mean all 100,000 undead were killed!”
“That’s right! All of the magic links connected to the 100,000 undead have now been severed!”
The Necromancers were taken aback.
Undead are basically connected with the Necromancer who created them through magic.
The connected magic is used to give orders to the undead or to find out their status.
In other words, connected magic is one of the core skills in undead magic, and the disappearance of connected magic means the extinction of the undead.
And now, 100,000 undead units evaporated at once.
“Reports say that lightning constantly roared from the sky, blowing away the undead! Besides…”
“What is it! Don’t stop talking and speak to the end!”
As the necromancer stuttered his words, Pelopon Norman exclaimed, revealing intensified emotions.
The Necromancer was surprised by the voice and continued.
“Crab, besides… The only one who annihilated the undead. It’s Shine Artel’s work!”
The king and nobles who were there at the end. And the Necromancers couldn’t say anything.
There was nothing I could do but pray that the news was false.
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After hanging out with Asuna for a few hours, I warmed up lightly outside, contemplating when to attack, annihilate the enemies, and advance to the capital.
Then, all of a sudden, I felt strangely ominous and uncomfortable.
“Hmm? What is this?”
“? What’s going on?”
“No… I suddenly felt uncomfortable.”
How to say… It feels like someone insulted me somewhere without me knowing.
It’s not that much of a concern.
It’s embarrassing to ignore that.
“I’ve been working out for the first time in a while, but it’s bothering me for nothing.”
“…Hmm. Isn’t that what you call exercise?”
Asuna was dumbfounded as she pointed to the blood-stained earth and the bones and skin fragments of the beasts scattered everywhere.
But what can I do? Guys like this are only my workout opponents.
“Haa… I heard that you were suddenly going to exercise, so I followed you, but to think that an undead army would appear and blow it up by yourself. Your ability is specialized for mass killing. No. It is not your ability, but the way you use your ability is responsible for mass killing. Are you specialized?”
Saying that, Asuna looked at me, and I just smiled.
“Anyway, undead. This looks like the real prince is in the opposing camp.”
“Certainly… That’s right.
Although he received the letter, he never thought that the only prince of Heisen Kingdom would be here.
I don’t know if it’s safety insensitivity or overconfidence, but if the real prince is here, this is an opportunity.
“Asuna. Let’s go back for now. Then the true war begins.”
I said to Asuna and looked at Heisen-kun in the distance.
Feeling that things were getting more and more interesting, Asuna and I moved to our camp to start the war.
Our first goal now is to capture the prince alive.
