Chapter 580 – Salvation War! #11
“March!”
“Keryaaaaagh!”
My Demon King’s army, the warriors of Gyeongcheon-dongji, advances at high speed toward the capital where the emperor is located.
However, there was no battle worthy of a battle.
Corruption was rampant everywhere, and officials tried to flee as soon as the city gates opened. The same goes for the soldiers under him.
The only thing blocking our way during the expedition was a few stupid soldiers who couldn’t get their heads around. All the guys the officials tricked and threw away to buy some time.
“Aaaaagh!”
I crushed them all. Of course, since they have zero fighting power, they are virtually no different from non-combatants, but everyone knows that Imperial soldiers are trash.
Even if a dozen people stood in our way, they stabbed us to death with spears without mercy.
“Kuaaaaa! Victory! Victory again! Raise my flag in this city!”
Every time I moved like that, I received a declaration of surrender, so I was able to expand my territory to the area around the capital in an instant.
“Kereuuk! At this rate, even the empire will soon perish! The Sacred Culse Empire built there! It’s perfect!”
“These guys are really no big deal! They don’t even have the taste to fight!”
“Kreukreuk! Those old Hobgoblins were stronger!”
Wow, that’s right.
“Coming to think of it, those Hobgoblin bastards were quite scary too.”
They at least knew the concept of a warrior. The characteristic of patrolling in an orderly manner and trying to exclude threats around it was very intimidating.
What is the empire
Since the unification, the nation’s weight class has grown so much that it is no longer under any threat, and since there is no external enemy, it naturally rots and deteriorates from the inside.
In the end, if there is no external enemy to raise awareness, should I say that it is a fucking structure?
But.
Why raise an army when there are no enemies in the world? Do something else with it And when you do something else, you naturally have other thoughts, and other thoughts lead to negativity.
This is the result of the accumulation of synergies with the incompetent emperor.
The Empire couldn’t even resist like resistance and beat me to the yard right in front of the capital.
In the process, our loss was zero, and thanks to eating countless cities and collecting taxes, we not only became extremely prosperous, but also increased our troops.
Even now, the army led by Geum Ha-rin and Yoo Seong-gun is occupying the city while enlisting the people of the Empire who have been saved.
“But since it’s an empire, the capital may have something. According to information, the imperial palace in the capital is… A fortress within the castle called the capital, and boasts tremendous defense. Even heroes of the past were frustrated because they couldn’t overcome the imperial palace. They say he’s done it a lot.”
Vera gave me advice by my side.
She, too, led human armies to repeat her occupation. She did a great job and joined me to attack the palace.
“Yes. Of course, you have to be careful. But, according to the story I heard, there are hundreds of thousands of troops guarding the palace… There is an analysis that the actual number is less than 10,000.”
“Is it likely true?”
Hehe, it’s a joke, but I think it’s true.”
It is said that if you see one, you know ten, but if you see ninety-nine, it is not a task to know a hundred.
Judging along the way, the Empire does a good job of detecting and suppressing small peasant revolts in advance, but it does nothing when well-armed foreign troops show up.
If the imperial palace was attacked seriously and without carelessness, it would be able to capture it in no time.
“Vera! After the maintenance is finished, we will immediately advance to the imperial palace! Write a siege plan and post it!”
“Okay. I’ll make a strategy book that can definitely end the imperial bastards.”
That’s how we prepared for the attack on the imperial palace.
* *
At first, it was assumed that the empire would be a great power, but after looking at the reality, it was not at all, so various plans were changed.
First, the plan to set up a hive in the empire was canceled. I expected a fierce battle with the Empire. Of course, there would be many corpses and it was judged that our troops would be insufficient.
However, there was no fierce battle, and we advanced to the front yard of the imperial palace with a free pass. So there was no time to build the hive.
That’s why it’s difficult to replenish monster bottles.
But, well, the Evil Eye agency to receive Carti’s support is being dutifully built. Soon Carti may intervene.
Anyway.
“Waaaaa!”
“Ooooo!”
All troops were gathered to lay siege to the imperial capital.
Starting with my demon king army, Vera’s crusade army. And even the defector corps under Keum Ha-rin.
Now, they will besiege the capital from three directions and attack and encircle the imperial palace. For reference, there are also elves, but they are now focusing on occupying the outer lines of the empire.
You don’t have to worry about it.
“Today we will trample the capital of this goddamn empire and slaughter the loathsome emperor! Long live the benevolent god Culls! We will slay all these wicked bastards and save the people!”
ㅡQuaaaaa!
ㅡKeryaaaaak!
At my speech, everyone shouted in unison.
“Advance!”
I gave the command
ㅡChuck Chuck!
Countless soldiers move in an orderly manner and begin to surround the imperial capital. The capital is big. But unusually, the entire capital is in the form of being surrounded by walls.
If you cross that wall, you enter the capital city. In the center is the Imperial Palace.
Anyway, on the wall, soldiers who looked like conscripts were standing trembling, but apparently they were the emperor’s nawabari, so they didn’t seem to be able to escape.
I’m sorry but I can’t help it.
If you surrender, you will accept it, but if you resist, you will only get rid of it.
Time passed and the siege was over.
“Lyriel! Serinyu!”
“I get it!”
“Huh!”
I used the air force in earnest to attack the walls.
ㅡQuaaang!
Fallen angels flew up and scattered black flames. With that, the troops on the wall were easily removed, and the Pixies roamed around and conducted reconnaissance.
“No threat!
“Yes! Go, boys!”
“Keeeee!”
Deathfind kicked the ground.
ㅡQuaang!
Just rush to the castle gate and start the demolition work. Soon after, the eastern gate of the imperial capital was destroyed.
“Get in!”
My men immediately enter the capital.
A procedure as simple as peeling a fruit. Soon, my men will break down the gates and enter the capital elsewhere as well.
“Waaaaa!”
“Keryaaak!”
Imperial capital.
From there, they march with shouts.
There were no residents around. Since the capital was blocked off, they must have concentrated their forces on the imperial palace side.
“Occupy!”
As usual, clear the area and occupy it. The task was simple. Because there was no one
Because I was moving while doing my best to do that.
“Oh, is that it?”
Beyond.
The large imperial palace standing tall in the distance caught my eye.
After strengthening his eyesight with magic power, he saw a large number of soldiers on top of the high imperial palace walls. And people are gathering under the wall.
That is the final destination.
If I occupy it and become the emperor, the empire will be stable, and it will give me taxes and life energy stably. If I increase my strength with it, I will become very strong.
And you will rule this world.
Hehe.”
It’s a situation where they say that they rule the world, but the enemy is an idiot, so it’s a bit disappointing. If nothing else, the conquest of the empire would end with this.
But what is it really?
Maybe empires and emperors are just mid-bosses, and there are separate bosses?
While thinking of such trivial things, he joined forces from other places and started a siege of the imperial palace.
* *
“Hey, these scumbags!”
In the end, the rebel group that was trampling on the empire was visible in the eyes of the emperor. The emperor somehow rallied his troops and struggled to protect the palace. Even if you’re stupid, you can understand the feeling that a fire has fallen on your feet.
“Defense! Defend!”
The Emperor gave the order, but everything was empty.
Ministers originally carried out all orders only on paper and misappropriated the budget. However, the papers became useless due to the decline of the emperor’s intellect, and in the end, the ministers were ripped off by the emperor and worked directly.
However, there is no way that ministers who have never done anything other than embezzlement and extortion in their entire lives would not have the capacity to carry out Hwangmyeong.
Due to the incompetence of the ministers, all orders went completely contrary to the emperor’s intentions, and the emperor immediately remembered what he had heard the other day.
The word that the ministers cried out to each other as traitors.
So the emperor killed the ministers as soon as he found them. Come to think of it, it was because the traitors were right. Under such circumstances, many ministers fled.
“Where are the ministers!”
There are no more people to listen to orders.
There are only officials of relatively low rank. They were afraid of the emperor who had gone mad, so they did whatever they were told to do.
He had soldiers and people with farming tools gather at the palace to defend it, but even that was not feasible. Those soldiers, who were no different from confinement in the imperial palace, were all starving.
That fact drove the emperor even more mad.
“Ohh, ohh…! My ancestors…!”
The mad emperor cried out at the visions of his ancestors and remembered something.
“You’re right!”
It is the heaviest secret passed down only to the emperor.
The Imperial Palace has a secret place for the Emperor in danger.
“Let’s go there!”
The mad emperor began to wander around the palace like a tramp, and soon disappeared.
