Chapter 326 – Episode 326 ― Nothing Lasts Forever (1)
Episode 326 – Nothing lasts forever (1)
It was a time when the population was not large.
Even if a magnificent building was built splendidly with the power of magic, the number of people gathered and the food could not be controlled by magic.
Naturally, the size of the city was limited, so the orphanage on the outskirts was not far from the royal palace in the center of the city.
20 minutes leisurely walk,
Even by horse-drawn carriage, it’s a little faster than that.
And the demons were able to run down the main road of Spros and reach the front of the royal palace in 5 minutes.
It was a situation that no defensive force in the city could have imagined.
This would naturally have been an embarrassment to the defenders, who had strictly restricted horses at the gates, thinking that those who would attack the palace would ride horses.
‘It’s an interesting situation.’
Roan suddenly remembered a scene from the game.
It was a scene in the game that I haven’t been able to remember much lately since Anmut became completely one side.
A scene where a hero hides in the dungeon of the demon’s castle to save the princess.
Since it’s a game, it can be lumped together as ‘that’s how it was’, but in the end, it was because Diobe, who harbored hostility toward the Demon King, passed the information on to the hero.
Considering the fact that Roan is now stepping into a secret passage created in the human palace, and that the entire process was advised by Grünent, a princess, and Diobe, a knight, it is truly ironic.
‘In the end, one way or another, it is a matter of the human heart.’
The Demon King made Diobe his enemy and set him on the path to downfall, and the human king made her daughter his enemy and thus allowed the beginning of his downfall.
It’s funny.
“Could this be a tent?”
What was heard softly in the darkness was Vice-Captain Turco’s voice.
Although he is usually reticent, this may be because the feeling of foreign magical power that Roan felt was so severe.
His voice came from somewhere in the middle, not where his head should be, so it felt even stranger in the humid and dark passage.
“Hmm. It seems like I passed through the walls of the royal castle.”
The guide who had memorized the route, Vice-Captain Turco, and Duot’s knight were quickly leading Roan forward.
It is rare for powerful demons to give up the vanguard. But this time things didn’t go as usual.
This was due to the strong insistence of Minoreus and other subordinates of the Society that they could never go into the middle of the enemy lines and put His Majesty at the forefront.
If, by chance, someone counterattacks the sudden attack of the demons, Roan should not be the one to face it unprepared.
Roan clicked his tongue as he assessed the thin but enormous magic field. A one-sided conversation with Aranya came to mind.
“The only thing that can respond is luggage.”
“Isn’t the opponent an unidentified magic that has been handed down since ancient times? Absolutely not. “Kill this old man and go.”
The ancient dragon’s magic barrier said to hang in the human palace of Spros is something close to a mystery in the land of demons.
It would be a world of difference from what the human nobles who frequent the royal palace think of as ‘something rather magical that is always unfolding.’
I am afraid because I have never seen it.
Even though I knew that it was Roan’s holy power that could counter this kind of magic.
Meanwhile, the group’s steps were gradually becoming slower.
Roan forgot Araña’s stern voice and turned his attention to what was in front of him.
Demons have little need to light up in the dark. The demons, who were selected as those whose eyes were accustomed to the dark and continued to run along the dark road, began to see a long, thin straight line like a blade.
It was dark and faint light coming through the crack in the door, but it was strong enough for them.
“Open.”
After hearing the Emperor’s soft voice, the knights who took the lead checked the trap and began to push the door with force.
The thin stone wall, just big enough for one or two people to pass through, was gently pushed to the side, and the cold inside the cave began to become brighter.
Inside the quiet palace warehouse.
The portrait covered in dust was pushed away, and the demons who had led the way stepped forward.
According to Grünent’s words, it is a deep warehouse where even the users do not go in and out.
It was built so that the king and his family could quickly evacuate in case of an emergency, so it is a place where even employees cannot enter without permission.
It was close to the king’s quarters and the royal family’s living space, so it was a perfect passage for a raid.
“Proceeding as planned.”
102 troops crossed over to Spros.
Gather all the humanoid knights and wizards who have reached a certain level in the Central Knights and Great Territory Knights, and even include Roan’s allies such as Aina, Yurtelia, and Anmut.
Of these, there were fifteen who escorted Grünent and headed to the noble house,
The raiding force, including Roan, numbered seventy.
As a magic user, I was seventeen who had to wait for Roan and his party to destroy the dragon’s magic stone and then enter the passage.
This is not a large number to raid the royal palace, but no matter how large the warehouse is, all 70 people cannot fit in it.
Since it was a warehouse for an evacuation passage, it was even smaller.
So the demons eventually had no choice but to open the door to the warehouse.
“There is no one. Open it.”
Following Roan’s order after completing the ‘detection’, Turco carefully opened the door to the warehouse.
It was a quick but smooth movement.
The moment the door opened, the stuffy, dusty air disappeared, and the smell of wet grass came in.
The garden of Sprouse’s inner palace appeared in the silence at dawn.
“Then, I will go first.”
Appreciating an unfamiliar environment is a luxury at the moment. There was no brief encouragement or good luck.
There was only a greeting.
Team 1, including Roan, began to quickly cross the garden, passing Turco and Helen, who had stood aside by the door.
“I will guide you.”
The guide from Team 1 caught up with Roan.
Although Roan was familiar with the interior of the palace in advance, he was worse than the knight in charge of guiding the tour. Roan nodded his head lightly.
Team 1’s mission is to destroy the dragon’s magic stone.
Two teams to capture Sprouse III,
Unlike the 3 teams trying to stop the wizard Schlaner, they head to the royal palace’s most secret place, a place protected by magic.
That is why Roan, who is a natural enemy of magical power, was placed.
Wherever the three groups are heading is important, but what determines whether the latter group can follow them in depends on whether they can break the barrier to the palace.
Suddenly, Roan’s eyes narrowed.
“Be prepared.”
The moment the demon knights’ faces in their hoods harden at the sound of a small voice.
A wary voice was heard beyond the flickering torch.
“Who are you!” “Say your affiliation!”
“It’s okay.”
I’m asking a group of people who appeared in the garden about their affiliation. Instead of hesitating and paying attention, shouldn’t we first draw our weapons and show an attitude of excluding the opponent?
The reason they did not do so was probably because none of the human soldiers expected that an enemy would appear in the garden in the middle of the inner palace.
“Ugh!?”
“Intrusion… !”
The noisy screams ended in death.
The demon knights, who did not hide their pitiful expressions, immediately cut down the soldiers holding torches.
The body fell into the garden before it could scream, so the knights naturally caught it and hid it in the grass.
“Is it this lax? “No one comes running right away.”
The time between midnight and dawn.
There are differences depending on the race, but unlike demon soldiers, many of whom are not very uncomfortable with the darkness, humans have different ranges of protection.
During the day, we would place each other within a distance visible to the naked eye, but at night, it is not possible.
Especially a garden with a lot of obstacles,
If it were a garden near a passage that the king had to use secretly, the security net, which should have been tight, was ridiculously sloppy.
“It won’t last long.”
It will take some time to notice that the torch has disappeared due to the thick bushes and trees.
However, the moment the soldier who is supposed to appear after circling the designated area does not appear, an emergency signal will sound throughout the palace.
Roan also nodded at the knight’s urgent words.
“Yes.”
Instead of speaking, Roan’s eyes looked backwards.
Toward the other knights who disappeared in a different direction from Team 1.
When something goes wrong, the place people flock to is of course the king and queen’s bedroom.
And the second team in charge of kidnapping the king must break through it.
Although we have deployed powerful forces that can sufficiently deal with it, it would be a lie to say that we are not concerned.
“The way to help is to hasten our work.”
Even if there are knights in the capital, hundreds or thousands of them are not all stationed in the inner palace.
We can only hope that the demon elite can safely neutralize the few remaining troops in the palace.
The moment when Roan and his group rush across the garden and jump into the hallway.
Suddenly, a loud sound began to fill the palace.
“!”
“Little…, That’s fast.”
Roan’s eyes narrowed.
There is still no commotion beyond the hallway you enter, but it is an instant for soldiers to storm here.
“It’s not a long way downstairs, Your Majesty.”
The guide’s voice was thin.
Through ‘listening’, her tension and slight confusion were conveyed to Roan.
I could clearly feel the bodies of the demon knights hidden under the hood stiffening. The invisible air was turbulent.
Since it is their companion who has to clash with the human knight guarding the king and wizard’s bedroom, one cannot help but be nervous.
However, the boundaries are looser than you think.
Roan was confident.
I am confident that they will never lag behind humans.
And he himself knew how arrogant the king of men was.
I believed that the demon knights led by Roan would be enough to subdue the humans remaining in the palace. Because Grünent guaranteed it.
“The sooner you hurry, the better. “Don’t hesitate.”
The emperor’s low, powerful voice quickly calmed the knights. ‘Will’ also had a strong effect in encouraging them.
“Yes. “I will move to the staircase.”
The moment when the guide, who had come to his senses, turned the corner of the hallway leading from the Inner Palace to the Outer Palace while telling the destination.
A loud cry was heard.
“It’s an intruder!”
A quiet commotion was felt behind Roan’s back. But they are all knights.
The fastest way for them to solve problems is their weapon.
A natural sword technique that has been practiced countless times. The metal handle they held in their hands clearly calmed their minds.
“Get rid of it!”
The moment a knight following Roan shouted, Roan’s new sword was drawn out for the first time.
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“… “Your Majesty.”
“Ah.”
Grünent was looking toward the royal palace.
Even for princesses who were active in social circles, it was not common for them to leave the palace.
There was a good view of the palace from the Prime Minister’s residence.
The place where he lived his short life of nearly 20 years.
To get back there, her companion is swinging a sword in the middle of enemy lines.
There was no way I wasn’t worried.
“I am not a princess. Prime Minister.”
“Heh, heh.”
He laughed as if he was embarrassed.
From that laugh, Grünent realized that he had called her several times, but it was only when she heard the familiar title ‘Her Royal Highness’ that she was awakened from her thoughts.
“Stop getting lost in your thoughts.”
After making excuses, she soon realized what the prime minister was trying to say.
His face is pale.
Because something is happening that the old prime minister could never have imagined.
Oh, it’s not that I couldn’t imagine it, of course I thought that someone could overthrow this king, but I would never have thought that an abandoned princess who borrowed the power of a demon would be able to do this.
It was a lack of imagination.
“Looks like we’re all here.”
The Prime Minister nodded, blaming himself. It may have been because of the spirit of the beautiful swordsman who was targeting his back.
“Hmm, then shall we go?”
Grünent turned around cheerfully, as if shaking off his worries. It was headed toward the conference room of the prime minister’s residence, where major ministers gathered.
