Episode 222
Shushire suddenly remembered the time he was in the ‘Forest of Demons’ a while ago.
To be exact, I was thinking about that time when a man came to see me.
The right-hand man of Iskandar Tulkan, the crown prince of the Tulkan Empire, and the continent’s strongest swordsman.
Heynckes Beckermann.
He came unexpectedly and said nothing but this without any explanation.
“His Majesty would like to make a proposition to you.”
“What is that?”
“Naturalize to the Tulcan Empire.”
“… … .”
Not only Shushire, but everyone else was silent.
“Not just you, but all the troops you have, the number doesn’t matter. The key is you, Intermediate Master Shushair Malone.”
That is to say.
“Bring everyone you want. I’ll give you everything.”
“Are you serious?”
“Your Majesty does not lie. There is no need for Him to do so.”
Shushire swallowed hard.
Among the three red mana wielders in the entire continent, Heynckes Beckerman stood at the very top.
In other words, the strongest prosecutor on the continent.
The strongest man in the human race.
That’s what a man says.
Reliability has already reached 100%.
“I’ll be waiting at the border of the Tulkan Empire, so come when you’ve gathered your thoughts.”
And that’s how Beckerman disappeared.
After about an hour, Shushair made a decision.
I will naturalize to the Tulcan Empire.
He also said that he would wipe the entire Teslan Kingdom off the map along with the Tulcan Empire.
But that was it.
It was just a pledge, something to do in the future.
Shushair wanted to vent his anger right now, right now.
So I didn’t stop walking towards Tesla.
Before naturalizing, how about using that gift to scorch the borders of the Teslan Kingdom?
It was thrilling just thinking about it.
There was, of course, no attachment to the name Tesla itself.
I just wanted to see them cry and suffer.
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Then suddenly this thought occurred to me.
Is it really right to bring all these troops to Tesla?
There is already constant internal noise over whether or not to naturalize.
Very, very annoying.
Then Shushair realized.
why.
Did you ever think of burning down the borders of Tesla?
Even if it wasn’t something like that, there were many ways to vent one’s anger.
For example, the soldiers of the punitive force we are currently with.
Needless to say, these people all belong to the Kingdom of Teslan.
What would happen if we killed them all?
How to let go of anger.
Wouldn’t this be more certain?
The people of the Teslan Kingdom will be saddened by the loss of their families.
Shushire laughed.
So I decided.
“It goes through the Steel Mountains.”
Shushai’s aides around him looked at him with a look of doubt and asked for an answer, but Shushai did not answer.
So the punitive force headed towards the Steel Mountains, and Shushire, who had entered the mountain range, said this.
“Leave a bloodstain here.”
Shushire’s gaze shifts to the soldiers camping near the mountain range.
His gaze was very cold.
Like the gaze of a murderer.
This happened before General Rommel’s informant met them.
And 5 days later.
General Rommel’s informants saw an unbelievable tragedy in the blood-soaked Iron Mountains.
Immediately, they contacted Rommel through the communication device they were carrying.
* * *
That was when I was killing time.
“Confucius!!”
I turned my head at the urgent voice piercing into my ear.
A man was running towards me.
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Should I say that the appearance looks a little familiar?
Previously, Aveiro had thought of absorbing all the adventurer’s guild branches in the Teslan Kingdom into the nameless one, and I agreed with that opinion.
And on that day, when such a conversation took place, I absorbed the Ascendible branch of the Adventurer’s Guild located in front of Ascendible.
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At that time, I hired a reserve instructor for the Department of Information Science and a staff member to handle various miscellaneous tasks. The man who could be considered the person in charge was named Lagrem.
He was the former adjutant of the Alaves Adventurer’s Guild, and now he’s running towards me like that.
My inspiration and I, who were under the tree, were looking at him as if we had made a promise.
Like that, Lagrem, who had arrived towards me, shouted without even being able to catch his breath.
“The punitive force has naturalized!”
Did I hear wrong?
What the hell is this?
“Not return, but naturalization?”
“Yes, that’s not the end.”
I looked at Lagrem in silence.
More, as if to say, try it.
Lagrem said with a miserable expression.
“Half of the punitive force was killed. Not by the monsters, but by the ‘punishment force’.”
I should say I’m a little confused.
Half of the expedition force died, but they were killed by the expedition force, not by monsters?
Given the context, there is only one answer.
“The ‘naturalized force’ led by Shushai Malone killed the ‘non-naturalized force’.”
I’m at a loss for words for the first time in a long time.
* * *
I am good at seeing people.
General Rommel.
It’s true that he is a really nice person.
Although his relationship with Aveiro seemed strained, Aveiro tried and the inspiration agreed.
So the inspiration decided to invite me and said to me.
How is the punitive force moving?
Furthermore, don’t they act strangely?
I asked why.
It’s called intuition.
I just had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, like the calm before the storm.
Then he said that he had some informants that he was raising, and that it would be a good idea to send them to the Forest of Demons.
I just said okay to that.
Just in case something unexpected happened, I even gave him two of the premium communication devices I had.
And the news just broke.
“ha.”
I don’t know if it’s because of the alcohol, but I feel like my body has gotten a little hotter.
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Expeditionary force.
I thought that if they really had any thoughts, if they really had brains, they would come back on their own.
The expression “complacent” may come out, but honestly, the word “complacent” is not appropriate.
Because the expedition force is originally scheduled to finish the expedition and return to the kingdom next year.
But it’s only October now.
The punitive force set out around August, so only two months have passed by now.
In addition, since it was a large-scale movement of people, it would have taken about two weeks just to get there, and the actual time to set up camp, conduct reconnaissance, and fight after arriving at the Demon’s Forest was at most about 40 days.
The return of the punitive force that I expected would be at the latest the end of October, or if I take into account variables that I cannot predict, the beginning of November.
I thought at least he would come back in the meantime.
In other words, I have reduced a war that would have lasted at least six months to a mere two months.
Even at the beginning of a war, it is standard practice to form a reconnaissance unit and prepare for battle to determine the enemy’s strength.
In other words, the consumption of troops is extremely low.
I thought it was clearly in the public interest and that it was okay.
I guess you did put some thought into it.
however.
Kwajik-
The glass in my hand turns to dust and scatters.
“Did you take the medicine? What did you do?”
“… … The total number of people included in the expedition force was 60,000. Of those, 20,000 were mana users, and there were many other soldiers in charge of supplies, officers, and private soldiers from various noble families. Of those, 40,000 died. The commander-in-chief of the expedition force, Shushire Malone, the remnants of the Malone family, and the remnants of other noble families, all worked together.”
I didn’t mishear.
Yeah, thinking about it again, I don’t think it was the alcohol.
me.
I feel a little angry right now.
Maybe a lot.
“Why?”
“… … I thought it might be destruction of evidence, but it wasn’t. They just… … just carved a bloodstain.”
I wasn’t worried about the punitive force at all.
Because those of the punitive force who had ties to the Tulcan Empire would have noticed that the situation in the kingdom had changed and that tensions had developed between the Tulcan Empire and the Alliance of Kingdoms.
That is, their place to stand has disappeared.
However, rather than relying on another country that he had never known before, it was best and most common sense to hurry and return to Teslan, his own kingdom and his family.
Is that all?
I even said some soothing words to them.
When was it?
The day when all the nobles were gathered at the academy and they were all killed.
The inspiration was not only holding meetings and setting up Mazar Teslan as a puppet.
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I had instructed the Master to do one thing separately, and that was to send a message to the punitive force.
To be exact, I sent it in that name using the puppet Mazar Teslan.
like this.
If you safely return to the Kingdom of Teslan, I will protect your position. Since we have a lot to talk about regarding the future of the Kingdom anyway, let’s return quickly and talk.
There are already so many dead people that the seats are empty, so come and take a seat.
Of course, I didn’t write those words verbatim.
I sent it decorated a little in an old-fashioned way, like an aristocrat.
Of course, he wasn’t sincere when he said he would spare her life.
There were a lot of people there to kill.
This was nothing more or less than an attempt to appease.
And it was just one of the groundwork to finish all the work of the kingdom at once, so it didn’t have much meaning.
The reason the King felt uneasy and asked for my opinion on sending out informants was because the envoys who had gone over to the punitive force in the name of Magyar had not returned for several days.
It was all related.
But then, a real accident happened.
“So, they have already shown the Tulcan Empire their intention to completely abandon the kingdom?”
“Yes. Even most of the dead were commoners. Judging from the fact that there were a lot of Mana users among them, it seems that there was internal strife. Furthermore, Shushair intentionally slowed down while moving from the Forest of Demons to the Mountains, and even formed a separate special force to train. In other words, Shushair Malone had other ideas from the beginning. Naturalization was just an excuse.”
Shushire Malone.
He is the adopted son of the Duke of Malone, who has now passed away.
I’ve never actually seen it.
Because I’m not interested.
But now I’m interested.
The reason I didn’t pay attention to the punitive force was…
Because it really makes sense to come back.
Naturalization is a problem, and this bastard called Master kills all those who oppose his will?
Is the reason just to leave a bloodstain?
How absurd this is.
Even the emperor and noble bastards of the Tulcan Empire, who had gathered child soldiers in my previous life to try to kill me, did not kill their own soldiers unless absolutely necessary.
You can come up with any reason, whether it be necessity or something else, but if you look at the result, he didn’t kill them.
But that bastard named Shushair is now showing behavior that no one expected.
Comrades who fought together, and those who risked their lives together and swung their swords in the Forest of Demons, albeit briefly.
Would you kill your comrade and fellow soldier for such a reason?
What crime did they, who are just third parties, commit?
This is something even I did not expect.
I really couldn’t imagine it.
No matter how intelligent a race may sometimes act like an idiot, this is something even an idiot would not do.
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The line has been completely crossed.
I slowly got up from my seat.
“Where are they now?”
