The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Chapter 209
Madness (2)
“so.”
The emperor spoke coldly in a low voice.
“I clearly told you to bring ‘results’.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
The president of the society bowed his head urgently.
An ancient magic circle that could be found in that bastard’s bookstore.
Thanks to that, things seemed to be going smoothly, but there was actually another problem.
‘Damn it… … No matter what I do, the magic won’t activate… …!’
The magic circle seemed to be absorbing magic power as if it were activating normally, but it soon subsided and disappeared.
I tried dozens of times just in case there was a mistake, but the result was the same.
In the four days given, nothing worth calling a result was produced!
But the president of the association was not one to just sit still.
“Actually, the academy has succeeded in obtaining information related to the magic circle.”
“Oh, you managed to secure it?”
“Yes!”
The president of the society, who had succeeded in giving credit to the best of his ability, continued speaking.
“Ha, but there was just one thing. There was a small problem, so I couldn’t activate the magic.”
“A small problem?”
As expected, the emperor seemed to be interested in that place.
‘Yes, I survived.’
The president of the society, secretly delighted, quickly opened the research paper in his hand.
Then he started explaining the problem, pointing to the page where the magic circle was dissected.
“Actually, the reason we failed to activate the magic was because of a lack of magic power! If you look here, you can guess the amount of magic power that the magic circle absorbs. If it doesn’t exceed a certain level, the magic circle won’t activate and will disappear.”
“It’s a lack of magical power.”
“So there was no way for us to afford it. Perhaps if we had time, we could improve it… … .”
“I see.”
The emperor wiggled his fingers and twitched the corners of his mouth.
Then, one of the magicians standing in front of the battlefield approached.
He snatched the research paper from the president’s hands.
“Huh… … !”
“Let me check.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The president of the academy was taken aback by the sight of a wizard wearing an ordinary robe turned inside out.
But the wizard paid no attention and looked at the research paper, then slowly nodded his head.
“What the interest said seems to be true. The level of horsepower required is abnormally high.”
“In simple terms?”
“It would have been impossible for an ordinary wizard to activate it.”
“I see.”
“but.”
At that moment, the eyes hidden under the robe became cold.
“It doesn’t even seem like a correct formula.”
“Oh, so in simple terms?”
“The structure and format are similar to the ancient magic revealed in Esteban, but… … it means that all the triggers that can activate the magic are missing. In the first place, the reason the magic could not be activated was not due to magical power.”
“I see. So it was just an illusion?”
“You could say it’s a fake that’s designed to cleverly deceive the other person.”
“Hey, who are you to interfere in this conversation!”
It was the president of the society who shouted urgently.
He was glaring at the wizard with a pale face.
That would be the case.
‘Oh, it’s fake? That can’t be!’
If that was a device to deceive them, then the person who proudly showed it off would lose his life.
In the first place, there was no way something like that could be in a neglected laboratory.
“I see.”
Unless they anticipated this situation from the beginning and were just trying to screw themselves over… … .
“Your words are certain, Marquis Lucagos.”
“Yes.”
“Le, the Marquis of Le Cargos?!”
The man in the robe revealed his face.
One of the two great wizards of the Federation Empire… …and the greatest battle wizard who manages the Empire’s magical fleet.
A look of shock spread across the president’s face when he heard that name.
‘What I found in that bastard’s lab was really fake… … !’
But the emperor looked at himself as if he was enjoying himself.
“It’s a shame that the magic circle was fake.”
“That, that… … .”
“Did you say your name was Layton?”
“Yes, yes, Your Majesty the Emperor.”
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“Then where is he?”
“… … .”
At the same time, the wizards who had their heads buried in the floor also flinched.
However, there was no member of the society who could take the lead and tell about its whereabouts.
Because I couldn’t just say outright that he had run away to Esteban and revived ancient magic based on his knowledge and theories.
Of course, the result was the same either way.
Pfft pfft!
“Ugh!”
“Ugh!”
“Kwaaaaak!”
A black spear that appears in an instant and pierces the wizards.
Soon, that thing that took the lives of all the members of the society began to devour their bodies into the shadows.
As if he didn’t want to leave even a single drop of blood behind.
Those were the words of those who abandoned their own future.
“You will pay the price for daring to disobey my orders with your worthless life.”
“… … .”
Squeak-
The interior was so still.
The emperor slowly rose from the throne.
“There is no way to find out what their internal situation is. But that doesn’t mean we can just sit by and watch their arrogant attitude.”
“… … .”
“I guess I’ll have to use this opportunity to lure out the trapped men.”
The Emperor’s eyes, darkened by blackness, were slit open.
“It’s time to put an end to this boring game.”
It was an order that hinted at a new phase.
* * *
A month or so after Esteban took over the castles in the west.
Crunch-!
“Ouch, we’re in trouble!”
A wizard soaked in sweat entered the barracks.
As George and I looked there, the wizard shouted urgently.
“The troops moving south from the north have turned towards the border area!”
“… … .”
For a moment, George and I locked eyes.
* * *
The task of the wizards remaining in the tower was to monitor their forces. And now that the signal has been installed, the range of their magic has increased dramatically.
The movements of the troops advancing south were virtually transmitted in real time.
“Report.”
-Yes, Your Majesty.
The wizard beyond the connected communication began to report calmly.
-It was just this morning that the northern forces began to move.
For a moment, a blurry image appeared inside the magic sphere. It was a recording of the troops advancing south.
The troops there were now heading further west than where Esteban had occupied.
“That direction.”
“… … It’s definitely the border area with Esteban.”
“hmm.”
George answered on behalf of the wizard.
To anyone who saw it, that movement was aimed at Esteban.
-The number approaching the border is a total of two hundred and fifty thousand troops.
“Two hundred and fifty thousand.”
They finally started attacking, in a long, long crouch!
George looked at me and pointedly assessed the situation.
“… … I intend to stimulate this side and make it move.”
I slowly nodded my head at the guy’s serious answer.
“To be exact, you could say it was a ploy to force me into something.”
“It’s been a month already and there’s been no movement, and there’s been no sign of anything.”
Duke Luke, who was sent to fight the siege, died.
And since there was no significant movement, at least to them, they must have thought that I was harmed in the process.
The problem is that this side is defending too easily against continued attacks.
So this counterattack was clearly a decoy designed to shake us up.
The plan is to drag me out if I get impatient and come out, and to trample on my home country if I don’t come out.
“Should I say it’s as expected, or should I say it’s sharp… … As expected, it comes out like this.”
“… … You must return immediately.”
“hmm?”
At that moment, the 4th Knight Commander Brom, who had been quietly listening to the story, opened his mouth.
I looked at the guy and wiggled my eyebrows.
“We have to turn back?”
“Yes.”
Brom opened his mouth with a stern expression.
“The enemy is a large force of 250,000 men. The royal family must have been turned upside down by now by the news of their presence.”
“I guess so.”
“But the thirty thousand advance guard here are elite troops personally led by His Majesty the King.”
“Are you saying that we should first decide to retreat in order to put out the urgent fire?”
“Yes. There may already be voices calling for a withdrawal from within.”
That number must have been quite large. Two hundred and fifty thousand was not enough even if all of Esteban’s troops were combined.
Of course, it is impossible to defend this. That is what I would like to say.
The guy spoke with an even more determined expression.
“The situation has already turned into an all-out war. Now that they’ve decided to counterattack, we can’t just sit back and do nothing.”
“That’s your opinion.”
“… … At this moment, I am making this request not as ‘Brahm’, the successor to the duchy, but as the 4th Knight of the Royal Order.”
“I see. That’s a very reasonable idea.”
Advice without personal feelings.
It was a very realistic statement.
The fact that someone who had originally devoted himself to taking revenge on the Federal Empire asked to withdraw in front of those guys clearly showed how seriously he had been contemplating this.
‘That means the voice came solely out of concern for Esteban.’
It hasn’t been that long since you decided to follow me, and yet you’re already like this.
I shrugged and turned my head. There stood the wizard who had first brought me the news, looking nervous.
“To change the signal of communication.”
“Oh, I see. Where should I connect?”
“royal household.”
“I will obey your orders.”
Wooooow-!
A moment passed with the sound of mana moving, and soon the desired target received the communication.
-Your Majesty, how have you been?
“You have heard the news, Marquis Vidor.”
-Unfortunately, you end up hearing it even if you don’t want to.
The Marquis across the line spoke in a light tone, as if flirting.
But there was still an undeniable tension there.
-… … Two hundred and fifty thousand. Even if we hastily gather troops, it will be a woefully inadequate number. And it will be an extremely difficult defense.
“I guess so.”
-As you may have expected, voices of concern are growing louder internally. Does Your Majesty intend to withdraw his troops?
“Retreat… … .”
At the gentle question of the Marquis, I twisted the corners of my lips.
Of course, the answer was set.
“You ask the obvious. There is no turning back.”
-As expected. Okay, I understand.
“Now, please wait a moment, Your Majesty!”
Brom was astonished at the answer and cried out:
“You said it would be a tough defense! But are you planning on leaving your country like this?”
Of course, if this trend continued, it would have been normal to decide to withdraw.
It was clear that without them there would be no way to stop their forces. It was probably an answer he couldn’t understand.
……but.
“We are not leaving them alone. We are just leaving our own forces to their own devices.”
“one!”
“I don’t understand. Why do you think our country can’t stop their attacks?”
“yes?”
Brom was taken aback by the sudden question.
On the contrary, I shrugged my shoulders leisurely and asked the question again.
“Did you really think that Esteban’s power was limited to those assigned here?”
