Chapter 391 – Chapter 40
“Ik! Ik! Ik! Eeeee!”
“Ouch! It hurts! It really hurts! Ugh!”
After coming to her senses and realizing the situation, Lillian started beating Kaicent.
On the outside, it looks like he’s throwing a tantrum out of shame, but each blow contains the power to knock down most knights.
“I know how embarrassed I was!”
“So, I’ve been apologizing since a while ago… Ouch!”
Kaicent is unable to avoid Lillian’s attacks because of his sins.
“Ha. Huuuuu.”
After several minutes of non-stop spanking, she felt a little relieved and took a deep breath to calm her chest.
“I was really scared.”
Lillian’s face was slightly tearful, as if the shock was greater than she expected.
“I’m sorry. This won’t happen again next time.”
“Hmph. Don’t think you’ll be forgiven for that.”
She promised herself that she would definitely receive an apology at night.
“But it was good, right?”
“You!”
“Ouch! Sorry!”
She stuck out her head for a moment and then shrunk like a turtle.
Hehe. Still, I’m pregnant with a precious child who will inherit the heir, so wouldn’t everyone be happy in the end?”
“Count Raiblim. I have a lot to say to you too.”
Lillian glared hard at Charlize, but she couldn’t make her opponent calm down.
“I am sorry, Queen, but she is making such a request, and as a mother, I cannot refuse.”
“I also… Feel sorry, but… It’s what the lord wants…”
Charlize and Tang Seol-yeong, who could be said to be the core of this plan, were people who would do anything for Kaicent, so even if they questioned them, they could not receive anything more than an apology.
Next time, if Kaicent wants, he will do the same thing.
“Ha. Yes, what power do you have? It’s all because of this guy.”
“Ouch!”
To vent her anger, Lillian grabbed her cheeks with both hands and pulled them hard.
However, she has such a good background that even when she breaks down, she breaks down cutely.
Barnes’ expression turned serious as he watched Kaycent sacrifice her entire body to free Lillian’s heart.
“Lillian. It’s a big deal.”
The light mood that had scolded Kaicent in her voice immediately subsided.
“What’s going on?”
“The western kingdoms are being attacked by castaways.”
“What?”
The Western Allies suffered a blow that would take decades to recover from.
The pride of the western kingdoms, known as strong armies, is in constant war with monsters and drifters.
When a nation is driven by its pride, it does not hesitate to do irrational things, so with Lillian’s permission, Vaneth had her agents infiltrate the Western Kingdom.
After several relays, the information was delivered directly to Barnes through the telepathic ability between vampires.
“Charlize. I was asked by the top to quickly deliver this.”
Almost at the same time, a vampire maid delivered a letter to Charlize.
Knowing the importance of information, she reduced the size of the upper level while maintaining information sources in each region.
“It’s just as Vaneth said. They say the Western Kingdom’s army is being defeated by the castaways’ offensive. According to the informant’s personal opinion, it doesn’t seem like they will be able to last even a month.”
Perhaps because the situation was so urgent, an informant who was supposed to convey only objective information attached his personal opinion.
When the two intelligence organizations presented the same information, the playful atmosphere immediately subsided.
“Summon Ferdo.”
Promesa’s moderate leader, Ferdo McClarney.
There came a time when his information was needed.
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“With the power of justice!!”
A line that seems like something out of a 90s cartoon.
However, the power was not like old cartoons.
Kwa-ga-ga-gagak—!
When the sword engraved with light is swung, the ground splits in the direction it was swung, and the knights are reduced to pieces of meat without being able to scream.
Hehe! Haha!”
Kang Myeong-cheol, who became a follower of Justitana, the goddess of justice, burst into laughter at the sight of the enemy being torn apart.
Even if you use the power enough to kill dozens of knights dozens of times, the power overflows.
I don’t know why, but this is possible because the amount of divine power that can be received from Justitana in another dimension has increased recently.
In addition, if you use up all of your sacred power, you can fight with your own magic, so it’s literally like a one-man army.
“Throw it all away!”
Having inflicted one-sided violence, he went wild with joy at finally being able to find his place as a warrior.
“Kang Myeong-cheol!”
At that time, a follower of another god who was fighting nearby came running.
“You must not kill more than necessary!”
“Oh, that’s right.”
In response to Shindo’s warning, he adjusted his power and focused on cutting off the knights’ limbs and neutralizing them.
There was a reason why he, being selfish and self-righteous, accepted the warning.
Hehe. If the ‘smelting materials’ decrease, it will be difficult.”
Those captured will be used as ‘material’ to strengthen our troops.
‘By the way, that damned brat is blocking my path until the end.’
A bloodline that possesses the training method of turning humans into ghosts and absorbing the talents of their opponents.
Of course, he had a vicious nature and took advantage of others as he thoughtlessly used humans as materials, but the skills he possessed were needed by the drifters, who were inevitably few.
However, when he found out that it was Kaicent who killed him, Kang Myeong-cheol realized once again that he and the boy were destined to die.
‘But this time things are different!’
His wise subordinates who recognized his greatness and talent and appointed him as their leader will support him.
There is no hypocrite like Celestine who betrayed herself out of jealousy.
‘Wait. I will gradually increase my power, and this time I will cut off your head.’
Kang Myeong-cheol looked towards the east and developed hatred toward Kaicent.
* * * * * *
Isilid, conference room.
“… That’s all I know.”
Ferdo, a politician from Earth, explained everything he knew about the hardliners.
Subsequently, Barnes confirmed that Kang Myeong-cheol was acting like the leader of a hardliner.
‘Kang Myung-cheol… Is it you again? … !’
Kaicent was so angry that Kang Myeong-cheol came out again that his scales rose.
Celestine, who was separated after finishing her training for unity, also had her face hardened with anger.
“I’m sorry. I had no idea he would become the leader of the hardliners so quickly.”
Ferdo, who read the mood, apologized first.
“No one expected him, an outsider, to suddenly become the leader of the hardliners. Keep your face up, Ferdo.”
“We thank Her Majesty the Queen for her grace.”
In common sense, there is no reason to raise a problem with him, but the monster called politics is that when something unexpected happens, someone has to take responsibility.
“But no matter how much you think about it, it’s strange for him to become the leader of a hardliner.”
Ferdo, evading responsibility, explained the hardliners’ situation as he remembered it.
“In the hardliners, the leaders of foreign religious denominations gather together and have a system similar to a parliamentary system. This is because everyone’s power is similar, so it is a structure where no one can attack.”
“But it would be one of two things that Kang Myeong-cheol, an outsider who did not serve foreign media and had just arrived, became the leader.”
Kang Myeong-cheol subdued everyone with his mighty power.
“The religious leaders reached an agreement and elected him as leader.”
Charlize made a serious face as she sensed the strong scent of pubic hair.
If he had brought them into submission by force, the situation would be very simple.
However, if the religious leaders elected Kang Myeong-cheol, an outsider, as their leader, it means that they are plotting some kind of conspiracy using him.
The problem is that they don’t know what benefits they will gain by electing an outsider as leader.
“I’m sorry. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know why.”
It is impossible to find out their plot as even Ferdo, who has been stationed in Promesa for a long time, raises his hands.
In the end, the usual answer was to continue gathering information.
“Ah, but there was something that bothered me recently.”
“What is it?”
“That… That… Um…”
Ferdo, who always spoke smoothly, began to groan as he was worried about some reason.
“I will forgive whatever comes out. Just say it.”
As Lillian took her oath as queen, he took a deep breath and slowly opened his mouth.
“Among the moderates who have immigrated, there are believers who serve foreign religions.”
“What!? You kept it hidden until now!”
“Stop.”
When Priscilla tried to lash out with her angry face, Lillian stopped her with her quiet but commanding voice.
“Keep talking.”
“Yes. Not all foreign religious denominations are hardliners. There are also foreign religious denominations that want their believers, who have been stranded in another dimension, to live quietly and peacefully.”
“There are certainly foreign religious denominations recognized in the Eastern Continent.”
Charlize provided additional information, adding persuasiveness to Ferdo’s argument.
“But recently, it was said that the divine power that had been transmitted barely uninterruptedly like a thread suddenly increased several times. When I checked, all the believers shared the same testimony.”
“The divine power received from another dimension has become enormous?”
“Yes. Originally, I was going to report it after organizing the information more systematically, but after hearing the news from the hardliners, I thought it was related, so I decided to tell you now. I apologize again, Your Majesty.”
Lillian thought about something for a moment after hearing Ferdo’s information.
“I forgive you.”
“Queen! No matter what, hiding this matter is a serious matter!”
Priscilla, who was determined not to have her kingdom taken away again, strongly insisted on her punishment.
“He told the truth at the risk of being executed immediately if he was misunderstood even slightly. If he had hidden that information here, I would have… Hehe, Jim would have punished him later.”
“I also agree.”
Barnes also provided support fire and acknowledged that Ferdo had crossed a dangerous road.
“Anyway, thanks to this, I learned why the hardliners continued to easily win against the western kingdoms. No matter how much they lost to us, there is a weight class, and it means that the strength of the enemies who received several times the divine power became that much stronger.”〈 Br〉
As she organized her information, her meeting took a different turn.
“As long as Kang Myung-cheol exists as the leader, there will inevitably be a hostile relationship with us.”
He will never be satisfied with conquering the western kingdoms.
Are you sabotaging the hardliners or focusing on internal affairs?
“I will focus on the interior.”
“It’s the right decision. Even if we try to attack the hardliners, the western countries will not take it lightly. In the worst case, a three-way war could break out.”
In the eyes of the western kingdoms, the hardliners and the Kingdom of LuceArcanel are the same.
If you send troops here, the Western Kingdom will only see it as supporting the different species that are attacking them.
“Kaycent.”
“Yes, four!”
Kaicent knew that Lillian had to be respected as the queen in public, so she answered as forcefully as possible.
“Size up Battle Armored production. In the worst case scenario, the hardliners could attack us as soon as they destroy the western kingdoms.”
“Yes! I will deliver it right away!”
Since it was a meeting attended by not only themselves but also the castaways, they answered Lillian as harshly as possible.
“Barness and Charlize must gather information from various angles. We must read the intentions of the hardliners.”
“Yes.”
“I will do so.”
“This is the end of the meeting. Everyone go back to your usual work.”
Now we must strive to normalize the country.
By expanding administrative power not only to the capital but also to other cities and stabilizing the territory, the size of the troops that can be mobilized will also increase.
* * * * * *
-Master. Artie. Just a moment.-
“Huh?”
“What’s going on?”
When the meeting ended, Artemis called the two people aside.
-There is good news and ambiguous news.-
“I’ll hear the good news first.”
-It is now possible to turn Artie into a new human.-
“Really!?”
Artie was thrilled that she was half machine but could also be half fertile.
“What is the ambiguous news?”
-After studying Lucia’s semen, it became possible to strengthen the genes themselves through the divine power contained in her semen. However, this method makes the conversion over 10 times longer.-
“The dimensional warehouse can be 10x faster.”
-Even taking that into account, it will take 7 months. Of course, based on the actual date.-
“7 months!?”
Even if you use a dimensional warehouse that flows at 10x the speed, it would take 7 months.
At that time, Arti asked Artemis a question.
“… What happens if I don’t receive genetic enhancement work?”
-You will become stronger than you are now. The estimate is about 1.125 times.-
“What if I receive reinforcement work?”
-Because it is an unknown area without data, we can only make predictions, but it will be at least several times stronger than it is now. And-
“And?”
-Like Celestine, you can self-develop your divine power and temporarily strengthen your output. Holy attributes are added to normal attacks.-
The last part seems to explain the game system, but explaining it this way was easier for Artie to understand.
“Arty. There is no need to receive reinforcement work. You can just improve the Vanguard’s armament or make stronger armament.”
Kaicent didn’t want to be separated from Arty for 7 months, so he wanted to become stronger by using external weapons.
However, after a moment of contemplation, Artie rejected her master’s will for the first time.
“I’m sorry, master. I want to become stronger than I am now.”
The disadvantage of external armament is that when it is destroyed, combat power decreases sharply.
If the external armament is destroyed while fighting a strong enemy like Bealderin, it becomes nothing more than a burden.
When Artie saw Kai Cent confronting Bealderin alone, she felt anger as if her reactor would explode and despair as if her circuit would be broken.
“It’s painful for me not to see my master for seven months. However, the despair of not being able to do anything while my master is fighting alone… I never want to feel that again.”
“…”
The fight with Bealderin left a big scar in everyone’s hearts.
Everyone in that place cursed their weakness and struggled to become stronger somehow.
Kaicent acknowledged that he had to let her go in the presence of her arti for her first refusal to obey his orders.
“… I’ll be waiting, Artie.”
“Yes. I will come back as a Super Arty who is stronger than anyone else.”
When Kaicent opened the dimensional warehouse, Arty made a lighthearted atmosphere by joking and went inside, carving the master’s face into the circuit for the last time.
-Super Arty. That’s a good name. If you want, can I engrave it with official numbering? How about ‘SAT-∞’?-
“Shut up.”
Although he was a killing machine born to kill the future leader of humanity, Artie, who was now able to make human jokes, headed to the facility to transform himself, feeling half excited and half afraid.
