The voices speaking about the horrors of war are so loud, but when you try to describe them, the words that come out are generally the same.
The smell of blood, the taste of dust, the roar, the vibrations, the screams.
No matter who you ask, you get a similar answer, and in other words, the essence of war lies within it.
Elric reflected on that fact for the first time in a long time.
“Aaaahhh!!!”
Damn it!
Red-hot mana explodes in the middle of enemy lines.
The blood and flesh of the soldiers splash out, and then they fall and dust scatters.
Magical bombardments coming from afar, bullets and arrows flying from somewhere.
They are blocked by the wall of mana spread around the body.
Elric moved diligently.
It was a series of mechanical killings.
As always, it was the horn that signaled the end.
Puuuuuuu!
It was a victory.
As something resembling the sound of a ship horn echoes across the battlefield, they begin to throw away their weapons one by one.
“Save me… .”
The enemy soldiers, who had been holding out tenaciously until the day before yesterday, put their heads down on the floor and begged.
I didn’t feel anything special.
All I care about is the ridge beyond that I can see when I look up.
“Secure the prisoner! Clear the battlefield!”
Our soldiers who arrived late are moving in perfect order according to the commander’s shout.
“Kasha! Thank you for your hard work… .”
“Please take care of the request payment.”
Elric passed them and exited the battlefield.
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The war of attrition to occupy the western land, which was divided exactly into two pieces, was fierce.
There was no battlefield that was unimportant, and as such, all of the so-called Power of Seven were having intense times, blocking the front lines in different battlefields and sometimes retreating.
Elric was like that too.
『The fall of Tandal Fortress. This time too, the main character was the Sword Demon.』
The article spread widely throughout the West.
It has been a little over a month since we entered the battlefield in earnest.
Elric was busy spending his days as a mercenary by committing himself to the Kingdom Alliance.
The senses that had become dull in Wibin recovered quickly.
No, I started looking at something more than that.
It was the result of trying, without hesitation like in the past, to erase the longing and fill it with only hatred for the situation in the imperial castle.
But should it be called a reaction?
Some of my senses weren’t working properly.
As I forced myself to increase my physical abilities, the backlash came.
A representative example is taste. Among them, some tastes were sweet or sour.
Even when I chewed something like a snack, it felt like I was chewing paper, and when I drank alcohol, only the bitter taste filled my mouth.
Is it better?
No, it doesn’t matter.
The only possibility in the future was death on the battlefield, so there was no reason to worry about the pleasure of eating again.
It was a moment of thought.
-The skill of a well-established pastry chef is well-known throughout the eastern part of the country. Try one.
Shockingly, Elric trembled as the events of last winter flashed by.
I frowned.
To forget the voice that made my stomach ache, I stuffed some bread into my mouth.
I was chewing on it for a long time.
“Elder! Congratulations on your victory!”
Edward came to his lodgings.
It was a smiling face.
Elric’s brows narrowed.
“What’s going on? “This is probably not the front line you are in charge of.”
“Hey, what’s the use of me being on the front line? “You know, right?”
“… Well, it’s useless in combat.”
“… .”
Edward’s expression suddenly became crooked.
However, that sign was quickly erased.
He soon flashed a rather humble smile.
“that… Aren’t there never-ending reports of victory in every battlefield you enter? As a result, the person who wants to meet… .”
“I have no intention of playing house that is not the same as the other.”
It has been a frequent occurrence ever since the nickname ‘Sword Demon’ was coined.
This was especially true when the war was raging like these days.
There are hunters who try to attract powerful people to their side.
Cowards who depend on others’ reputations have made secret meetings and proposals, and they have always been in a form that did not attract Elric’s attention.
Thinking that this would be the case again, he gave a firm refusal, which made Edward look a little embarrassed.
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“Well, that’s it.”
“Why did your king say he wanted to see me?”
“That is… “He is the king, but he is not our king.”
Only then did Elric’s eyes turn directly to Edward.
“… “What kind of idiot are you talking about?”
Why would the king of a foreign country try to contact him through Edward, Duke of Armin?
No, why would Edward listen to that?
He is the head of a transnational corporation.
Even the King of Amman can’t move him from behind… .
“… ah.”
… There was one person who could do that.
Suddenly, a man’s name passed through Elric’s mind.
When I shouted, Edward quickly lowered his head.
“Well, our great lord is coming this way… .”
He was admitting that Elric’s idea was correct.
The only king who can make Edward roll like a tongue in his mouth.
The owner of Nazak and the man who has lived the longest among the seven powers on the continent.
“Devil.”
“Year-in… .”
The name the continent called him was Demon King Zeldia Nazak.
*
The old man, once called the Demon Emperor, and now called the Demon King, was the man closest to the mysteries of this continent.
This was especially true because very few people knew his true identity.
The world speaks of the country he rules.
[Nazakh is a country, but not a nation.]
It wasn’t a figurative expression, it was actually like that.
This is because in the kingdom of Nazak, the only living person is the king.
40 years ago, Nazak was truly a thriving magic nation.
Zerdia, the king of the time, was one of the kings of the continent under the name Maze, and numerous voices calling Nazak the leader of the West proved him.
The one who destroyed Nazak was the Sword Emperor, called Sangjeong in modern times, and his empire, Mahir.
Nazak collapsed in an instant without knowing what was going on, and Zerdia, the only one who survived, barely survived by using black magic.
Everyone said Nazak was coming to an end.
After the Geomje slowly turned around after carrying out the annihilation of all living things, everyone thought that was the case until neighboring countries marched their armies into the land that had become Muju Communist Mountain.
A single article overturned that opinion.
[There are undead in Nazak. They rule the land.]
Zerdia sacrificed everything he had to raise the people of Nazak from the corpses.
In this way, the form of the country was maintained.
There were voices asking whether it could be recognized as a country.
There was only a voice.
[All armies that marched to Nazak were annihilated.]
Jerdia spoke with force.
As long as he doesn’t close his eyes, Nazak will be immortal.
It’s been 40 years like that.
It has been 20 years since the War in the West began.
Now everyone knew his stubbornness.
Crouching in the land of Nazak, I knew that he was protecting the name of that nation.
That was all Elric knew.
‘He’s the devil… .’
Elric had never actually met the Demon King.
Nazak, where he worked, was in the northeast of the West, and the weak kingdom where Elric mainly worked was in the southwest of the West.
Of course, they did not match geographically, and since both sides were camps that focused on fortification rather than siege, there was no confrontation.
That’s why I’m perplexed by his sudden request to meet me.
However, it was well worth seeing.
Above all, the fact that he knew Elhadak Mahir from the time of the Sword Emperor was effective.
Elric’s target was the man on the throne of the imperial castle.
So there is a need to collect more information.
“He is over here.”
It was the EW branch that accepted the request and made the move.
Edward said, bowing his head deeply.
“You requested a private meeting, so I will be outside. Elderly… Oh, so the old man over there really hates eavesdropping on other people’s conversations.”
Edward was unusually stiff.
Elric’s curiosity was piqued, but he nodded without asking.
He was a person you would get to know once you got inside anyway.
Maintaining a moderate state of tension, Elric entered the branch.
The entire building was engulfed in silence.
The pressure of not expecting even a single bug to survive was pressing down on my whole body.
Elric frowned.
Resisted the energy with mana.
And so I walked inside.
The place he was in was clearly on his senses.
It was towards the garden.
After passing through the inside of the building where the sound of shoes is clearly resounding, you come to a large door. When you open the door, you see what you see.
“Are you here?”
It was an old gentleman in a suit sitting at a tea table in the middle of dead, black flowers.
When he smiled softly, deep wrinkles appeared on his face.
‘strong.’
Much more than what is appreciated in the public eye.
Elric asked nervously.
“Are you the devil?”
The old gentleman answered.
“okay.”
Then I added,
“Indeed, you are the sword emperor’s disciple.”
Those were words that took Elric’s breath away.
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