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The reason the sub-humans invade our land is not because their land is barren. We won the long war to protect Auquana and the Holy Land, but the 30,000 demi-humans who were captured knew nothing of the duties of a loser. The conciliation and agreement proposed to them never came to fruition. Even though we had the power to take over life and death, they were determined to invade and conquer, and even if they executed hundreds of people as an example, they could not instill fear at all. In the past week, six rebellions have broken out and freed 7,000 Ajin people. Instead of returning to their homes, they plundered nearby villages and massacred 3,000 civilians. Even when tortured, the demi-humans’ will did not break, and when they found themselves in an environment where they could no longer resist, they willingly chose to commit suicide.
Ain is a fanatic and a berserker. He loves war, always wants blood on his teeth, and even enjoys getting hurt as if he were singing a song. This was an obsession and aspiration of desire that surpassed humanity.
In the end, acknowledging that the social agreement was not working, the king of Qualang decided to execute all the prisoners. With the help of the magic tower, he created a pit as deep as the bottomless pit, threw 20,000 prisoners into it, poured oil and embers into it, and burned them at the stake. Even though they were different species, they could communicate well and looked similar to humans, so even though they were enemies, a bit of sympathy arose.
However.
They came back from the fire of hell, stretched out their melting arms like demons, and made my army their companions. In the midst of the confusion, I realized it late while watching Kulang’s soldiers being thrown into the fire pit.
Ain is the devil’s servant.
It was time to look at the demons in the fire pit in shock.
Even though Ain caught embers like firewood in a fire pit, he did not die and shouted at me, spitting out black smoke. What was uttered in a torn voice was a terrible curse. I was frightened by the inexplicable malice and could not understand most of what was said, but there was one thing that enlightened me even in my stupidity. Those words were engraved in my memory like a stake because they did not clear my mind but gave me even more fear.
Sa Parube Di Polam-
Polam was the word for sentinel in the language of the Ains.
We are the sentry soldiers.
Destroy the Akuna Kingdom –
It brought Qualang, the wealthiest country on the Western Continent, to the brink of collapse.
When I heard that the large army was merely a sentinel, I could clearly see the eyes of countless demi-humans eager for slaughter in the land beyond, as if they had spread out before my eyes. One day their true army will cross the canyon and invade our lands. When that time comes, humans will be swallowed up helpless and become slaves, and the world will turn into hell.
Our land is still weak. Even if the legendary Benver appears, humans are defeated.
I felt an absolute sense of duty, and decided to leave Qualang, to which I had sworn allegiance, and join forces with those who felt the same fear as me to establish Musenion, a place of learning. If you are a man named ‘Maul’, the world’s greatest treasure from the Southern Kingdom… syncopation.
To prepare for the demons that will attack again someday.
-Diary of Safarana, the general of Kulang.
#Book Storage, Grand Library, 3rd floor, Room 32, Row 135, Sa-4
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Less than half a year after Emperor Libera ascended the throne, the empire faced a desperate crisis.
An untold number of armies advanced from the land beyond and destroyed the northern front in one night. Due to the warning of the residents of Calvain who had barely escaped, the Northern Alliance gathered troops at Quartz, but was unable to prepare for the surprise attack of the Ain army, and Quartz Castle fell 60 years after the Great War.
The demi-human army was far more numerous than the human army, and its strength was incomparably stronger. While hundreds of thousands of demi-humans arrived right in front of us from the land beyond, humans took no notice at all. This was due to an evil spell, but the empire, which was in chaos, placed all responsibility on the emperor, who had neglected to protect the north.
The severity of the situation further escalated as the strength of the demi-human army was revealed by the magic scout.
The Kunkan Empire was reminded of the great war, a scar that could not heal. Many wise men considered it a threat equivalent to a great war. The number of demi-human troops gathered in the area north of the Neron River increased day by day, so even if all the armies of the empire were mobilized, it was nothing more than a new blood loss.
When heroes rise up and armies gather, but onlookers only offer negative opinions.
Emperor Reinberg, the hero of the Great War, was unable to step forward and resolve the chaos as before. Because he was the emperor of the empire and the father of Kunkan, he was not allowed to have the spirit of a hero.
Troops drawn from all over the empire headed towards the north, but the assembled demi-human army advanced faster.
The armies of the Quarts and the Northern Alliance alone were not enough to block the demi-human army, and if they fought too hard, annihilation was obvious. In the end, the wise soldiers came together and made the March 6th Declaration –
He gave up the north, retreated his army, and planned to prepare for a counteroffensive starting from Sterram and Bourget.
The fact that the empire had lost the northern region quickly spread to the Sternil Kingdom and the Western Continent. The Sternil Kingdom immediately sealed its borders and closed its gates to make its intentions known, and the kingdoms of the western continent were unable to help as they recalled the past demi-human war and reorganized their troops to prepare for the coming threat.
The empire was defeated in the war between demi-humans that suddenly began.
… Everyone thought so.
But-
Ain’s offensive was thwarted.
It was a result that even the wise men of the empire never expected.
The winner of the Battle of the Neron River was the ‘Empire’ –
Ain’s army, which had been as fierce as wildfire, lost momentum and faltered, retreating all the way to Kalbane.
What on earth happened?
The soldiers who belatedly heard the report of the battle could not hide their astonishment.
The report contained unbelievable information, like an old myth.
With only a hundred knights and their leader, Lanista Kunkan Libera, the ‘Second Coming of the God of Fighting’, took the lead and drove out the demi-human army that occupied the Neron River. He was called the ‘Pillar of Dawn’ and became the light of the empire at a young age. It is said that King Polestar charged into the middle of the enemy camp with his loyal knights and cut off the head of the enemy leader leading the army.
With only a few hundred troops, the demi-human army, which was like a flood, was held back. Most people tried to question whether something like a miracle was true, thinking it was impossible, but those who saw the ‘Moon Child’ in person were astonished, but at the same time, they had no choice but to believe. Because it was something that might really be possible for them.
The empire quickly summoned the two heroes to the capital.
What came back instead of an answer was ‘Ain’s head’.
* * *
Quartz fell, but did not fall.
No one died and nothing was looted.
Quartz Castle, occupied by the Ain army, was a fake imitating Quartz.
Just as the Manifest Demon created a separate space at the top of the Magic Tower.
A good wizard can create his own realm.
Until now, I thought that the haunted forest and cabin that appeared in Quartz’s garden were her ‘territory’. Damn it, I was underestimating Melissa. Her domain was the vast Quartz Castle and the city, ‘everything’. Melissa made her entire capital in the northern part of her empire her domain.
It was somehow strange! I think she knows now, such as the fact that she also knows my secrets that I kept to myself, and the fact that she pops up from the ceiling of my room without me having to contact her in advance. Damn it, did they even monitor ‘that’?
anyway-
The Quartz attacked by Ain was nothing more than a dummy created by Melissa, and the real Quartz Castle, Melissa’s domain, was protected by magic and suffered no damage. Like flies caught in a spider’s web, the demi-human army could not escape the trap set by Melissa.
Everything went as Melissa wanted. She experimented with several ‘simulations’ on the demi-human army trapped in the fake city. I figured out all their abilities, powers, tactics, and characteristics in less than a day.
After that.
The Lanistas surprised the demi-human army, which had lost all its strength while fighting the illusion, and through the performance of the weakened but crazy-natured Lanista (during the battle, he continued to get stronger), the demi-human army was driven out, and I was led by the frog charmer McRaney. With help, he killed the enemy commander whom he had seen through Cheonan Tong and disintegrated the army.
It was my job to write the report.
I hid some facts because I thought they would not be believed even if I reported them. In fact, Lanista attacked alone, but he made it more plausible by lying that he led the Blue Wolf Knights… … .
In the end, it ended up being like a heroic story written by a child.
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Within five days after the first attack, the Ains began to gather their troops again near the Neron River. I immediately attacked the remnants and killed the enemy commander called ‘Neferi’ to stop the demi-human attack. In just a few days, thousands of people died. They launched a continuous offensive. I killed the demi-humans senselessly, and the smell of blood and wet clothes reminded me of the familiar scent of war.
The enemies were not ‘normal’. There is no fear of those who have life.
It is beyond the realm of fanaticism. It was like a ‘strategy game’, they were just pieces of chess.
It was certain because it looked like Cheonan Tong. ‘NPCs’ without emotions. They are twisted beings.
I silently looked at Ain’s corpse covering the Neron River.
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I only dealt with ‘those who attacked’. Ain has the body of a beast, crawling and sinking his fangs into him even if it breaks his arms and legs. If you kill the commander, the army will disintegrate. However, in order to do so, he had to swing the sword several times.
“smell.”
I have become numb to the pain of killing. My heart, torn and torn from my previous life, did not beat easily at the sight of a pile of enemy corpses. The Neron River, which flows from the melting glaciers in the north, briefly contained blood, but soon turned into clear blue water. I gathered the bodies and burned them. I looked at the black smoke for a moment and then turned around.
At the guard post, Kosan rangers who had been notified of the situation were waiting.
“… “May Artemis bless you.”
“Thank you for your hard work. “Our hero.”
They gave me a hunter’s salute as they handed me a towel and hot tea.
Hit your chest and forehead twice with your fist. Did you say that it is an action that awakens the soul of the heart and the spirit of the head?
I sat in front of the fire, wiped the blood with a towel and drank tea. Although the tea was just brewed, it quickly became cold due to the cold weather in the North. Mushroom tea doesn’t taste good when it cools down.
It was when I was staring blankly at the fire.
Is it because my senses have become sharper? I already noticed it before it appeared.
It was as expected.
After a while, the fire started to rise and take shape.
The flames spread and formed a rectangle, and soon the glowing orange fire turned into a solid wooden door. ‘Door to Anywhere’ There was no distance limit in her area. I shrugged and drank the whole mushroom tea. After putting two gold coins into the empty cup, I opened the door above the firewood.
A familiar scene appears beyond the door.
As soon as you cross the door.
I had arrived at an old cabin at the Northern Guard post.
Melissa seemed to have figured it out.
The demi-humans who attacked Quartz were a completely ‘different’ race from the demi-humans of the Materand Islands. The demi-humans I have experienced are no different from humans. Rather, he was pure and kind like a child, so he easily trusted others. They felt straight and certain. They were like a flower garden that made you feel good when you were around them.
But those who came over from the wild land were the complete opposite. It was unpleasant and unpleasant and I felt no emotions at all. These are the demigods called ‘Kachiki’ that the fairy mentioned before. I had already heard that all the demigods who had crossed over to the human continent so far were Kachiki and ruthless killers. However, those who experienced it firsthand were not just berserkers who loved war. It was clear that there was a deeper, darker secret.
smart-
I knocked politely on the door.
I was cautious because I knew very well that Melissa, who was being ‘experimented’, was one of the fiercest rabid dogs in the world.
fantasy,
