Episode 64
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Only after the turmoil was over did peace come.
In the name of the Black Tower, the hardliners were wiped out, and the remaining elders also swore an oath of loyalty. Once again, the ‘Black Tower’ system, which could not be defied, was firmly established in the Black Tower of the Necropolis.
An iron-blooded rule built upon the blood and corpses of those who rebelled.
Furthermore, the son of the Bloody Ball, ‘Ray Yuris’, returned to the Equator, and Dale also continued to grow while constantly refining himself.
And leaving behind the peace that had finally come to the Duchy of Saxony, those who broke the silence against the tyranny of the Empire began to appear one by one.
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The eastern end of the continent.
Across the Strait of Calais, there once existed the kingdom of Britannia, comprised of four large islands.
And when the unification war began with the Empire’s otherworldly warriors at the forefront, when the kingdom was destroyed and reduced to a province of the Empire… … Aurelia was nothing more than the daughter of a mere serf.
A girl who lost her family and country to war and despairs over her helplessness and inability to do anything.
A few years after the end of the war to unify the empire.
The voice of the Sistine Sisters was heard towards Aurelia, the daughter of a mere serf.
─ I will give you strength, so save the kingdom of Britannia from the darkness of the empire.
The revelation of the Sistine Sisters. At the same time, the ‘evidence of revelation’ that no one dares to deny was given to Aurelia.
To the daughter of a mere serf, a realm that a knight could never attain even if he spent his entire life honing his skills was revealed.
Avatar.
At that moment, Aurelia did not hesitate. She willingly took up her sword and volunteered to become the standard-bearer of the nation.
Aurelia, the virgin who is called the descent of the goddess.
She did not hesitate to become the leader of the resistance against the tyrannical empire, and patriots of the fallen nation, drawn to her charisma, began to join her one by one.
The curtain rises on a war of independence to reclaim her homeland, the Kingdom of Britannia, from the Empire.
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The Death Knight’s black sword was swung. The immortal knight controlled by Saxon’s Dale, the greatest genius of the Empire.
And against that sword, there was a girl wielding a black sword.
Charlotte, a girl wearing the black armor of a Night Raven Knight and holding a greatsword, clashed swords against Dale’s Death Knight.
At that time, this was the method of ‘new practice’ that the two were devoted to.
Dale refines his swordsmanship by projecting it onto Death Knight, and Charlotte, as a proper knight, sharpens her sword skills by clashing with him.
The method of execution was shocking, if not surprising. And in front of Dale’s unconventional method that made it possible, the knights of the Duke of Saxony could only stick out their tongues.
A practice that aims to kill two birds with one stone: sword practice and necromancy.
Phew!
Dale’s Death Knight quickly charged forward, carrying the warrior’s martial might on the tip of his sword. Charlotte’s black sword smoothly blocked the swinging blow. He dug in to counterattack. He handled the Saxon greatsword as lightly as a rapier.
Two black auror blades clashed in the air, clashing again and again, interlocking endlessly.
The genius of the sword.
Even though Dale couldn’t yet project 100% of his swordsmanship onto the Death Knight, Charlotte’s skills were astonishing, if not equal to, her superiority over the Death Knight.
Charlotte’s growth, which resulted in her attaining the rank of ‘Auror Knight’ at a young age, was so surprising that even Dale could not hide his surprise.
And to further accelerate Charlotte’s growth, the best knights of the House of Saxony are attached to her and are providing her with the best education.
Because the strongest knight in the North at the time, Sir Helmuth Blackbear, was her teacher.
It didn’t stop at just swordsmanship.
Like Dale before her, Charlotte had already been studying military tactics under Sir Helmuth.
She volunteered to become Dale’s knight, and to lead the knights of Saxony, who would later command with her sword.
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It was an incredible victory.
This is a battle that cannot be won without the protection of the goddess.
That is why the high-ranking knight ‘Gilles de Rais’, who assisted the virgin Aurelia, could not hold back his surging faith.
It was a power difference of more than four times.
10,000 Britannian independence fighters led by the Virgin.
Opposing him were 40,000 Imperial troops who had landed through additional dispatches from the continent, and 5,000 mercenary crossbowmen were also hired. Moreover, the ratio of high-level units, including cavalry and heavy infantry, was overwhelmingly superior to the Empire.
From the perspective of the independence army, it was a fight they could never win, and from the perspective of the empire, it was a fight they could never lose.
The virgin Aurelia led the battle to victory for the independence army.
A mere 10,000 Britannian independence fighters defeated an Imperial army of 45,000.
What ‘Virgin Aurelia’ showed was not only the blessing of the Sistine Goddess.
An unbelievably genius strategy.
He deployed his longbowmen in a V formation on the hills, made his knights dismount, and literally annihilated the heavy cavalry of the imperial army that was charging based on precise troop deployment.
As if he was reading their movements and operational systems accurately.
Even when powerful forces appeared who attempted to turn the tide of battle through ‘powers outside the norm’, it was up to the virgin Aurelia to stand against them.
Is that really the daughter of a serf who has never held a sword in her entire life?
A girl who has not received any military training whatsoever becomes the commander-in-chief of a battle where forces of this scale clash, overcomes overwhelming odds, and achieves victory?
This is truly a miracle that cannot be explained without the will of the Goddess.
“For the Virgin Aurelia!”
“The mercy and kindness of the Holy Virgin and the Sistine Sisters are with us!”
Leaving behind his surging faith, the knight ‘Gilles de Rais’ knelt down.
Towards the standard-bearer of the nation, armed with pure white armor and holding the flag symbolizing the Kingdom of Britannia.
The morale of the soldiers with the virgins was also beyond words.
“It was all possible thanks to the efforts of all of you.”
In it, the savior of the country, Aurelia, smiled faintly. Humbly, she gave credit to her subordinates.
“Please stand tall and straighten your shoulders.”
Her blond hair fluttered in the pouring sunlight. A noble and beautiful girl who could not be believed to be the daughter of a mere serf. A knight of purity that no one dared to defile.
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“Ah, ah, holy virgin… … .”
The virgin Aurelia’s fight against the Empire had only just begun.
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That night, when Charlotte, who had finished her training, finally took off her black armor and came out into the courtyard of the duke’s castle.
“shallot.”
“Dale, Dale!”
Charlotte gasped in surprise at the unexpected sight, realizing that there was no black helmet to hide her face.
“Oh, it’s still there?”
Charlotte asked, trying hard to hide her bashful cheeks.
“Why, should I step aside?”
Dale asked absentmindedly, and Charlotte puffed out her cheeks at his absentmindedness.
“That, that’s not what I meant!”
“So does that mean you want me to stay by your side?”
“This idiot!”
Charlotte couldn’t answer Dale’s words and got angry.
She just couldn’t stand the sight of this boy next to her, he was so adorable.
That day, the warmth of the hand that was extended to her was unforgettable. That’s why I wanted to become even stronger. I needed to be stronger than ever to protect Dale.
“… … I want to become stronger.”
After a moment of silence, Charlotte said. Dale smiled as if to say, “There’s nothing to worry about.”
“You’re still doing well.”
Dale could not have been unaware of her efforts to sharpen her sword for her lord day and night.
“Uh, no.”
Still, Charlotte shakes her head.
“It will get stronger and stronger.”
Thinking of the image of the man she holds in her heart.
“Until I become the strongest knight on the continent.”
Divine Sword. The best sword on the continent.
Charlotte steeled her resolve, and Dale nodded silently. After nodding, he quietly took her hand.
Charlotte’s thin, white shoulders trembled. She felt ashamed of herself, unable to hide behind the armor, like a naked girl.
“You can become stronger.”
Dale said, taking Charlotte’s hand in his, without the slightest idea of the girl’s feelings she must be holding.
“I can’t stand to wonder how far your sword will reach.”
As her master, she is always calm and collected.
“……huh.”
Charlotte nodded. Her cheeks, not hidden by her helmet, bashfully flushed in front of Dale… … almost as embarrassed as if she were revealing her own breasts.
My heart was pounding hotly as if I was peeking at a part of myself that I couldn’t show to the boy I liked.
“Yes, Dale.”
So, as if driven by an inevitable surge of emotion, Charlotte opened her mouth.
“huh?”
Charlotte bowed her head cautiously, running her hands through her blonde hair.
side.
It was a young girl’s innocent kiss on Dale’s cheek.
“shallot…….”
“Oh, it’s just a kiss of gratitude!”
Charlotte blushed and tried to sound calm as she shouted.
“I, I’ve received a lot of help from you, and I owe you a lot of things… …! I, I gave you a special service!”
“okay?”
Dale smiled at her appearance, as if he was seeing the raw emotions of a young girl.
“thank you.”
“Ugh, uh… … .”
At Dale’s words, Charlotte was left speechless and closed her mouth. After closing her mouth, Charlotte opened her mouth again.
“It’s changed a lot.”
“I?”
“huh.”
Dale tilted his head at the unexpected words.
“What should I say, I feel a little more relaxed, or should I say I’ve grown… … .”
Charlotte said, “Growth.” She wasn’t talking about swords or magic. Dale held his breath at the unexpected words.
“… … Yeah, thank you.”
“I should be more grateful.”
Dale said, and Charlotte nodded shyly, feeling the warmth of his hand.
Under the silent and chilly night sky, looking up at the stars that shine together.
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That night, in Dale’s bedroom.
Dale looked up, leaving his memories of Charlotte behind.
‘I don’t think my actions can be forgiven.’
That day, I remembered what my father, Black Gong, had said.
‘But the ambitions of the Empire and the Bloody Duke will not stop like this.’
That’s right. The reason why Bloody Ball reached out to Dale as the next ‘Black Tower Lord’. A new Black Red bond.
His goal was always one thing.
‘The Empire will continue to experiment to reach the world of truth again.’
And I will not care at all about the blood and suffering that will be shed for that experiment. Just like the Black Red Training Corps, known as the Devil’s Unit, did.
‘So that the Empire will not repeat such evil deeds again.’
‘So that you can fight them.’
Not as a Duke and successor to the House of Saxony, but rather as a partner who shares the same sense of justice.
‘I will teach you the power I once obtained in that world.’
