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The city was burning.
This is the Tibun Viscounty, a borderland of the Canel Kingdom.
Among them, it was a city located in a remote area.
It was originally a fairly large agricultural city.
However, as the war became more severe, the flames of war eventually reached this place.
Cities and villages burned.
The place that was the home of people was reduced to ashes.
The Petyman Kingdom army threw the torches in their hands toward the house, making the embers grow.
One of Pettman’s knights, who was leading the soldiers on horseback, pointed with the tip of his sword at the refugee procession outside.
“Behold, proud soldiers of Petimman! There are remnants of the evil Canel! “Hit them without missing a single one!”
The soldiers were startled by the loud shout of the knight in the lead.
The article criticized their hesitant reaction.
“What are you doing! “Hurry up and stop chasing those guys!”
“I’ll get better!” No matter how you look at them, they are refugees, not remnants of Canel.”
There was no way there were any remnants of the Canel Kingdom army in the first place.
The Kingdom of Canel was recently defeated in an all-out war against the Kingdom of Petimman, leaving its soldiers in a situation where their soldiers were greatly defeated.
While the Canel Kingdom army was replenishing its forces to straighten its lines, the Petiman Kingdom army was occupying the land of the Canel Kingdom.
There was no way there was a battle.
Even the lowest-ranking soldiers knew that fact.
“Foolish things! The moment when swords and spears are in their hands! It will become an army of evil that threatens our proud Fettiman!”
A person who appeared to be a knight commander scolded the soldiers.
With blood in his eyes, he spat and shouted.
“In your Majesty’s name! Root out evil! Establish justice! That’s you! This is the proud mission of the Fetman Kingdom Army! “Kill them all!”
“B-but it’ll get better! There are old people and children… … .”
The knight commander’s eyes twitched when he saw the soldier persuading him.
“You dare protest now?”
The knight commander got off his horse and approached the soldier.
“It’s not a protest.”
Deep!
“Gagging?”
The knight commander’s sword was inserted into the soldier’s abdomen.
The soldier, who was coughing up blood and shaking, fell to the ground.
“Ignorant people who live under His Majesty’s favor but don’t know it.”
Disgust appeared in the knight commander’s eyes.
“You guys who betrayed His Majesty’s favor are no longer part of the great Fetman Kingdom army, but traitors. “Knights.”
Sreung-!
With the gloomy voice of the knight commander, the Fetman Knights drew their swords.
The faces of the soldiers who saw this turned white.
“Punish these shameless traitors!”
“Glory be to your Majesty the Great King!”
“Justice is with us!”
The knights who gave off aura tried to slaughter the soldiers under them.
“Aaaah!”
“Don’t do this!”
The soldiers fled in fear.
They each held weapons.
But I never thought about fighting against the knights.
They knew it very well as they had experienced the battlefield.
How pointless it is to fight against knights who control Aurors.
The knight commander snorted as he watched the soldiers running away in fear.
“I will face death with reverence, as I was once under Your Majesty’s name. It’s like running away without a trace. “As expected, there is no way to save frivolous trash.”
The knight commander adjusted his sword and held it towards the soldier who was lying on the floor and wincing.
“You die too.”
The moment he swings his sword to end the life of his subordinate.
Tup-!
“I think you guys are irredeemable trash.”
The outstretched hand held the knight commander’s sword.
The knight commander, startled, looked at the person holding his hand.
Cold red eyes were looking at him.
“What are you doing! “Are you a stooge of the Canel Kingdom?”
The knight commander swung his sword roughly and scolded.
But the sword in Leo’s hand did not move.
‘What power!’
The knight commander, who was wide-eyed at Leo’s power beyond imagination, raised an aura.
“I’ll cut your hand off!”
At the same time, aura erupted from the sword like an explosion.
Seeing this, the face of the knight commander, who had been smiling in remorse, turned into one of astonishment.
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The sword still wouldn’t budge from Leo’s hand.
Leo tightened his hands.
Kwasik-!
“Whoa?!”
The sword exploded.
With that, fragments of the sword and aura flew in all directions.
The fragments did not inflict even the slightest scratch on Leo, but the knight commander’s body was reduced to rags.
Lille appeared in front of the knights who were about to slaughter the soldiers.
“As a knight on the battlefield, you want to cut down your subordinate. “Aren’t you embarrassed?”
At Lille’s shout, the leading knight swung his spear.
“I don’t know what she’s doing, but she’s blocking our path! “It looks like you want to die!”
A spear imbued with aura along with Ilgal teased Lil.
Woe!
However, it was faster for Lil, who took out the battle hammer, to blow away the knight than for the spear to reach Lil.
Tsk-!
“Whoa?!”
The knight whose body was hit by the Battle Ax floated in the air and fell to the floor.
“It’s a knight sent from the Kingdom of Canel!”
Lil glanced at the ten knights surrounding him while holding the weapon wearing an aura, then raised his battle hammer and struck the ground.
bang-!
The waves of the earth that rose along with him swallowed the knights.
“Kwaaaak!”
The knights’ voices rang out.
After a while, the knights stuck their mouths out and showed their faces like moles.
Lil, with the battle hammer slung over his shoulder, said as he approached them.
“Please be thankful that I am a Lumerun student. “If you had come here for family reasons, I would have smashed your heads to pieces.”
The knights trembled in fear as they watched Lil speak in a gloomy voice.
Leo, who was watching, took out a potion from his pocket and treated the injured soldier’s abdomen.
Then he approached the knight commander and spoke.
“I want to ask you something.”
“You guys… … It’s not the Camel guys! “What is it?”
In response to Leo’s question, the knight commander shouted as if he were angry.
“Can’t you tell by looking at these clothes?”
Leo said as if he was too annoyed to answer.
The knight commander, who was startled by those words, gritted his teeth.
“Lumern?! Lumern must remain neutral! Oh my! The evil Canel bastards have dragged Rumerne in! Shame on you! “Those who aim to be heroes dare to side with evil!”
The knight commander’s eyes rolled back and he spoke evilly.
Leo saw that and narrowed his eyes.
‘Conversation won’t work.’
“Long live His Majesty the Great King! Justice will be with the Fetman Kingdom!”
Leo raised his foot towards the knight commander who was yelling at him in a mad manner.
“The Justice Guild will punish you… … !”
Sigh-!
Leo stomped on the head of the knight commander out of frustration.
‘Justice Guild?’
Leo narrowed his eyes at the last words the soldier spoke before fainting.
Justice Guild.
This is a place that Leo also knows.
None other than the Hero Guild.
Among human hero guilds, it was the 3rd largest guild after Twilight and Imperial.
‘Is the Justice Guild involved in this war?’
It was a time when Leo was feeling doubtful.
Doo doo doo doo!
The sound of horse hooves pounding on the earth was heard.
When I turned my head, I saw knights running at full speed, waving flags embroidered with familiar emblems.
Leo checked the request form in his arms.
‘Family records of the Tibune family.’
They were none other than knights belonging to Viscount Tibun, who commissioned Rumern.
“Wow!”
The young knight in the lead was riding none other than a griffon.
A knight who rides a phantom beast.
By all accounts, he was a high-ranking knight.
The young knight looked embarrassed after checking Leo and Lil’s outfits.
“Lumern school uniform? “What do Lumern students think?”
Looking at the young knight with a puzzled expression, Leo showed the request form.
“I am a student dispatched from Rumern to resolve a request to investigate the tomb robbery of a hero’s tomb. “I would like to meet the client, Viscount Relgen Tybun.”
At those words, the young knight got off the griffon and stood in front of Leo.
“Thank you for responding to my request. But the client does not exist.”
“What does that mean?”
Lil, standing next to Leo, tilted his head.
“My grandfather already passed away a month ago. “The current Viscount Tibune is not Relgen Tibun, but I, Eshman Tibun.”
Viscount Eshman smiled bitterly as he took off his helmet and said as if he was troubled.
“Thank you for responding to my request. I must have visited you in a truly difficult time. “Students of Lumern.”
Lil looked serious at Viscount Eshman’s words.
Leo said while looking at Eshman.
“Could you explain the situation?”
Eshman nodded at those words.
“I understand. I think the first thing to do is to detain the knights and soldiers of the Fetman Kingdom. “I will explain the situation later.”
At those words, Lil made a serious expression.
“I feel like this is more serious than we think, Leo.”
“… … .”
“Leo? “What’s going on?”
“Yes.”
Leo, who looked up at the sky for a moment at Lil’s words, clicked his tongue.
‘They’re watching this from afar.’
Leo’s extra senses detected gaze.
“It looks like something is going on.”
***
“I’m sure you all know the history of the northeastern part of the continent.”
“yes. “Since the fall of the Tarim Empire 1,000 years ago, the divided kingdoms have been in constant conflict.”
Tarim Empire.
It was a country of heroes in the northeastern part of the continent.
And the Tarim Empire was the most powerful human nation since the Age of Heroes.
The person who founded Tarim was none other than the heroes of the Gaebyeok era.
To be exact, it was Tamus, a hero a generation older than the heroes of the dawn of time, and recorded as a knight of the nether in the hero record.
However, people have a second name that is more famous than the Knight of the Nether.
Hero Emperor.
He was the strongest hero of his time and a man who had many heroes as subordinates.
When Thamus was alive, the Tarim Empire was a kingdom with so many heroes that it was called the Empire of Heroes.
‘Well, he may have been a great guy, but now he has become an object of complete ridicule.’
After the fragment of Erebos was resurrected.
Thamus, the knight of the Nether, declared the subjugation of Erebos.
However, the legions of heroes of the Tarim Empire were defeated by the legions of the monster queen and the giant king, let alone Erebos.
Of course, even if it was defeated, the Tarim Empire survived.
The Second Coming of Disaster ended and the empire continued for another 2,000 years.
That meant that Tarim possessed such great power.
However, the Nether Knights and the Tarim Empire did not enter the battlefield to preserve their power after the first battle.
That is why they were ridiculed in later generations.
However, since it was the most powerful country in history, the legacy it left behind was also enormous.
Based on that legacy, many heroes were born in the northeastern part of the continent even after the empire fell and was divided into numerous countries.
However, due to the long years of war, the area was now deprived of heroes.
Leo said, thinking about the history of the northeastern part of the continent.
“The Northeast has been fighting for a long time, but I understand that it does not cross the line because it is a region where war is commonplace.”
To be precise, I couldn’t cross the line.
It is true that there are constant wars to claim Tarim’s heritage and claim to be the successor to the Tarim Empire.
However, due to 1,000 years of conflict, bloody slaughter ceased to occur.
To be precise, even the basis for such a war had been lost.
They have hated each other and pointed their swords at each other for 1,000 years, but now even the power to wage war has been completely exhausted.
The war did not stop due to the remaining sediment.
However, the northeastern countries of the continent knew that the moment a full-scale slaughter war began, it would be mutual destruction.
The wars in the northeast had become a kind of land grab, with the side retreating at the slightest disadvantage and the winning side only taking over the territory without pursuing it any further.
In other regions, there were even calls for this to be a ‘fake war’.
Eshman sighed deeply in response to Leo’s question.
“The situation in this area has changed since a month ago.”
Lil made a puzzled look at those words.
“Were there any external forces involved?”
“yes.”
After hearing that answer, Leo crossed his arms.
“Are you by any chance related to the Justice Guild?”
“you’re right.”
***
“your majesty. Today too, His Majesty’s great soldiers brought us news of their victory. With this, His Majesty’s territory has expanded further.”
“indeed.”
The King of Pettiman curled the corners of his mouth as he looked at the woman who lowered her head and spoke.
“Sir Jerome, what do you think is the reason for my army’s victory?”
King Pettiman asked the man standing next to him.
“Isn’t there only one reason for your Majesty’s army to win?”
Jerome grinned.
“Because justice is with you, Your Majesty. Since this is Tarim’s true heritage, it is only natural that all of this land becomes Your Majesty’s.”
“Hehehe! Hahahaha! “It always makes me happy to hear Sir Jerome’s words!”
Jerome Cardium, the head of the Justice Guild, said while looking at King Pettyman, who burst into laughter.
“Soon, countless heroes will be born among Your Majesty’s subordinates.”
“Really?”
King Pettyman smiled brightly.
Jerome nodded as he looked at King Pettyman.
“of course. “Real war creates heroes.”
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