Chapter 413 – Invasion of the Madmen #4
“…”
Count Saidin was quite dumbfounded.
Haha! Come this way!”
“It’s a drip that inspires energy!”
The pagan priests were working very hard.
I don’t know what the heck is going on, but contrary to the preconception that the pagan priests were evil and disgusting, they showed a fairly high level of affinity and maintained an amicable relationship with the soldiers.
Even that was not enough, he was even giving strength blessings to the soldiers.
“Ohhh… Your body is getting stronger.”
“It is the power of our Purple Dawn Church. Just as the nuns of the Goddess Church heal people, we infuse physical energy. It may make you have a little more appetite, but how is it? You get a lot of energy, right?”
“Yes. It smells a lot.”
“Here, let me do something with you.”
“Come, come! I will bless you as far as I can reach!”
On the other hand, such a warm scene was directed, and in the evening, there were even pagan priests having a meal with the soldiers.
“Everything is to annihilate those demons in angelic masks!”
That attitude of shouting that the angels should be annihilated seems to have added trust.
However.
Where there are no soldiers.
“Kreur…!”
“Swooaaaaa…!”
The pagan priests are summoning strange monsters and conducting specialized civil engineering works. Pagan altars were set up everywhere, and all the torches there were shining purple.
Count Saidin confirmed all the happenings in his estate.
“Bestina. What are you planning to do?”
“It’s simple. I’m thinking of drawing power from the Demon Realm.”
“Strength.”
“It takes a lot of manpower and land to bring the power there. Just like the Count now has.”
Soldiers who received the Blessing of Reinforcement are working hard, being mobilized for civil engineering while preventing the invasion of enemies.
“What are you planning to do with it?”
“If you draw power, the priests will be able to exert more power. For example, whether it’s a summon like that… Or a strengthening blessing. It’s bigger. You can use it more.”
“What about the end?”
“Well, the outcome will depend on the Count’s abilities.”
“Say it straight. Infidel.”
“The objective at hand is to win the war. To win the war against the angels and their coalition. Of course, it will be very difficult, so let’s make that the best.”
A goal that is unlikely to be realized.
“Thus, the realistic goal is… The county’s direct jurisdiction. To be sure to defend only the vicinity of the capital. To be honest, I think it will be possible at this level. You won’t be able to spill it.”
The cultists are aiming for this realistic compromise.
“Anyway, after the war is over. I hope the Count will make this well-thought-out name… The Church of the Purple Dawn your official religion.”
“Is paganism the official religion?”
“If you survive the war, no one will know you’re a heretic.”
“…”
“Because there are still many faiths left in this land.”
According to the Count, Vestina’s purpose was simple. Raising pagan faith in the county after putting out an urgent fire.
The Church of the Purple Dawn is just a trash religion that has not escaped paganism, but the story is different if it is raised with support in one territory.
“That’s the purpose. If you don’t want that, the Count can pack as much as he can and leave. Of course, as for me, I want the Count to win the war and support the Purple Dawn Church as an official religion.”
Thought the Count.
After all, these cultists need their own strength. Well, the cultists can take it away somehow, but cultists running it is a completely different matter.
Only you, a prestigious nobleman, can do it.
It is only he who can protect the small land by negotiating with the allied forces that are hostile to the angels, and it is clear that it will be difficult if it is not his authority to spread the Church of the Purple Dawn to the people of the territory.
If you have a helping and helping relationship with the pagans, you can do that.
The count finished his calculations and said.
“In the end, in exchange for preserving my small position… Will I betray humans?”
He will live, but paganism will prevail, and in the end, there is only a future that will bring in demons from somewhere.
It would be a betrayal of humanity.
“That’s right. But it’s better than the fall of the Count and disappearing. The demons and all that is going to happen in the distant future. If death is postponed and there’s time… Wouldn’t all of that be an opportunity for the Count?”
But wouldn’t it be better than dying in complete ruin?
The Count was cornered too much. To think of honor, I don’t have too many things in my hands right now. The more you fall, the more you are driven into a corner, and morality loses much meaning to those who are driven into a corner.
“Welcome to the Purple Dawn School. Count.”
Bestina laughed evilly.
“…”
The Count took her hand.
“Then let’s wait for the war. If it’s the Count and us, it’s quite possible to do a water castle. If we wait ‘as much time as possible’ and then negotiate, we’ll be able to fully preserve this territory.”
As the saying goes, if these heretics have the power, they will be able to do Mercury.
As Vestina said, the priests will become stronger if they receive power from the Pandemonium.
* * *
“March!”
The Demon King’s army advances at my command.
“March!”
At Vera’s command, humans advance.
It was quite spectacular.
“For the World Tree!”
“For the Empress!”
In front of them, the elven army, which will take on a head-to-head battle, is marching with the momentum to dominate the world.
The armed status was good, the deer cavalry following the foot soldiers were mysterious, and the ‘tree spirits’ carrying supplies were even more mysterious.
“There are many good things about elves.”
A tree spirit taller than a horse is thumping along with supplies on its back. It wasn’t too slow. Well, it will be slower than moving with a wagon, but that seems to be more efficient than a wagon.
Besides, those tree spirits seemed to be able to be used as a sort of golem.
“Elves use something like that. I didn’t know that.”
Vera was amazed.
“Honestly, so do I. It’s more fantasy than I thought…”
When I saw the tree spirit, I immediately thought that it was mysterious. If our demon lords deal with that, it will be very interesting.
“Anyway, the count is over.”
“He was quite capable, but well. It can’t be helped. In fact, I have been wooed by Count Saidin several times.”
“Yes?”
“To be exact, it was his son’s courtship. Count Saidin tried to make an alliance by marrying his son and me. I didn’t even look at it.”
“This is true. I really don’t know what would have happened if my mother passed on.”
“Whoops, that’s right.”
So we marched.
All you have to do is to simply capture the castles and fortresses of the few counts and keep moving forward, hitting the capital and defeating the counts.
It’s too simple.
I don’t have the strength to resist them.
After eating the county like that, concentrating on the internal affairs for a while, save your power and hit the angel, and you’re done.
It must have been.
“Well…?”
Is this something strange?
* * *
Our army advancing in alliance with the elves.
On the way, I encountered the Count’s castle several times, and I expected a non-trivial battle.
“…”
Expectations were a bit off.
It was more than simple.
“What?”
Count’s castle. These days. All had minimal troops, and as soon as they tried to encircle and attack, let alone defend, the white flag was raised.
Has the count’s morale fallen this far?
There really wasn’t a single battle worthy of a battle. They prepared to attack the castle and surrendered as soon as they laid siege. He won without ever swinging a weapon.
Even after interrogating the soldiers who surrendered, there was no information.
An order to protect the castle but give priority to your lives… As a result, the number of troops was deployed to a minimum.
The same situation continued right in front of the county’s capital. We didn’t fight once all the way to the capital.
“It’s strange. What the hell is it? Has the count realized humanism now? Giving up the castle to save his soldiers?”
“Definitely… Strange.”
I’ve been banging my head, but I haven’t come up with an answer.
“There was no battle worthy of a battle. There was no chance to make a claim. In fact, our main purpose was to hit the angels, so it’s not very important. In the first place, the Count was half a corpse, so it’s not strange.”
Even the elven commander just said that.
Anyway.
Feeling strange, I ordered a stop right in front of the count’s capital and gathered information. He unleashed Neckri and the Dark Elves to do some espionage.
“Demon King.”
And the necklace is back.
“I was able to figure out a few things.”
“Ohh, what is it. Necklace.”
“For now, the core force of the Count’s army… It seems that all of them remain in the capital. Well, even so, it’s not as good as before.”
“Okay.”
“And here’s some other strange information… What priests are helping the Count?”
“The priest? Are you talking about the nuns? Even if they help, the general trend won’t be affected?”
“I don’t think it’s the nuns. There are testimonies that the priests blessed the soldiers to strengthen them.”
“What is this?”
I immediately called the saintess and explained the situation.
“At least it doesn’t look like the nuns of the Goddess Church.”
The saintess who heard the story said so.
“Then what the hell is going on?”
“Perhaps… The divine power of another god.”
Another god?
“Of course, there are other gods in this world besides the goddesses. But now, those beliefs have naturally collapsed. Even though it is a divine power, its power is weak.”
I heard the story.
“Those fallen gods are called ancient gods. For example, even if they receive the divine power of a warrior god, they are not as good as a knight who handles mana, and even if they receive the divine power of a healing god, they are not as good as a goddess.”
“Is that so?
Ultimately, it is a question of efficiency.
Even if you receive the holy power of the warrior god, you are weaker than a knight who has trained mana, so there is no reason to believe it.
The saintess added that this was all due to the weakening of God’s power. It seems that the crusaders of those ancient gods were also very strong in the past.
“But to say that the soldiers are blessed enough to become really strong… I don’t think even this saintess knows this.”
“Okay. Thanks for the explanation, saintess.”
That’s it.
“Anyway.”
I just do what I have to do
“The count has concentrated all his power on the capital. It seems he thought he would protect the capital even if he handed over everything else, but if it doesn’t work after negotiating first, then we’ll have to end things.”
There are angels behind the count, but occupying a castle is not a job.
Even if those priests are suspicious, well, if you fight, you’ll find out their true identities.
“Burilah! Limsungah! Gyuilah! Serinyu! Julia! Neckri! We’re going to attack the Count’s castle now! So far, I’ve just entered with a free pass, but that’s because the Count concentrated all his energy on his castle! Now The real war is about to begin, so eat your heart out!”
“Keryaaaaagh! For your world conquest!”
ㅡKeryaaaaak!
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ㅡKyusaaaaa!
My men let out a roar.
Let’s get started.
