Talent-Swallowing Magician Chapter 186

Episode 186

Defeat or Victory

Crunch crunch.

As Batu chewed the steak, he eagerly sucked all the blood and grease off his hands.

If the empire’s nobles or upper class people saw this, they would criticize it as uncultured.

But no one can say anything to him.

In a space where screams and screams echo and violence abounds.

No matter how strong your stomach is, a normal person wouldn’t go down their throats while watching people they were drinking and hanging out with die.

But Batu didn’t care about that.

In fact, I even chewed the meat more thoroughly and savored its taste.

It seemed so disconnected from the world, even intimidating.

war god.

They say it is reminiscent of a mythical being that is commonly accepted by all mountain peoples.

Those words were a perfect fit.

“It’s unripe. If you’re going to grill it, grill it thoroughly, so that blood leaks out. “After all, the Empire doesn’t understand.”

Even though there were forks and knives in front of him, they were of little use to him.

In fact, Batu was doing it intentionally.

Using things like forks and knives is just a rule enforced by the empire.

For him, who lived in the wild with the sky as his roof and the earth as his home, this was only natural.

Look.

As your empire lives by your laws, so shall we live by our rules.

Just as you have imposed your order over the years, now we will impose it upon you.

That’s what I’m trying to say.

“Save me… !”

Then, Batu heard a voice coming from below and naturally turned his head towards it.

An old man was crawling across the floor, trying to grab Batu by the leg of his pants.

Chief of the Hanabada tribe.

The Hanavada tribe was the largest of the 12 mountain tribes until the Borpur tribe grew in size under Batu.

Because of that, the chieftain there was always intoxicated with the old glory and always looked down on Batu.

In addition, he always admired the empire’s culture and boasted loudly that one day he would leave this shabby and shabby mountainous area and become a noble of the empire, perhaps?

Then, when he suddenly experienced a great victory, he suddenly changed and showed off as if he was in charge of everything.

It looked the same so I left it alone.

Seeing him begging for his life with his head half broken, I thought it was really funny.

“my… !”

Pow!

The Chief of Hanabada’s words did not last long. Before he knew it, a warrior came up behind him and smashed his remaining head with a mace.

Broken flesh splattered on his collar. Batu brushed it off as if it was nothing special and took the remaining steak in one mouthful.

“oh. The stomach is also good. “I’ve lost my appetite so I can’t eat anything.”

As if to mock Batou’s attitude, Lapis grinned in a charming tone.

In fact, the reason this place was created was all because of Batu’s suggestion.

-Anyway, the 12 heads of our people will only be a hindrance to being with you. So, I’ll take that headache out of your head right away. What is it like?

Until Batu first asked for help from them and the Red Lion Army, Lapis and Lazuli looked down on him, calling him a bastard blinded by power.

But when I actually met him like this, I realized that it was different from what I thought.

‘Even if this place wasn’t created separately, the author must have brought different tribes together at some point.’

But it would have taken quite a bit of time to do it alone.

Since I was able to cover the debt while relieving myself of such unnecessary trouble, I should rather consider this as luck.

‘It seems like the Red Lion knew about Batuu… . No, if you think about it, isn’t that rather natural?’

Andrew has been in charge of the eastern border for a long time. You probably already knew what kind of being Batu was.

Perhaps he may have induced Batu to make the board like this. To further strengthen the power of the mountain people.

‘Because it would be better to have one unified system rather than a disorganized command system.’

In addition, it was often said that Batu’s followers were hiding throughout the 12 tribes, so it was clear that there would be quite a commotion in their base by now.

It was like a collective coup.

‘It’s fun, very.’

Lapis was very satisfied as she could feel the bloody smell up to this point.

“I don’t think we have anything else to talk about, so get up now.”

Batu stood up, rubbing the corner of his mouth with the white cloth that was neatly folded next to his fork. In fact, it was proof that he was not ignorant of imperial etiquette.

Andre nodded calmly, and Nameless still didn’t seem to pay any attention to him.

In any case, the secret agreement made between them only covered the invasion of the mainland of the empire.

From then on, all we had to do was go our separate ways.

“let’s go.”

Batu said as he looked at his subordinates waiting to follow his orders, holding a mace dripping with blood.

Quickly. After the warriors with menacing eyes left the barracks like the ebbing tide.

“ha! “It’s so cool.”

Lazuli muttered softly while stroking her chin with an ecstatic expression.

Lapis scolded her twin sister in an absurd tone.

“Oh my, this guy. “What good is a man who is so ignorant and cruel?”

“I like macho.”

“Anyway, I don’t have any eyes for men.”

Lapis shook her head and narrowed one eye toward Andre.

“A man is supposed to be strong, but also have rational thinking and intelligence. Isn’t that right, Andre?”

“… “Our business is over, so we’ll see you next time.”

When Andre got up from his seat, Nameless followed suit.

“It’s not fun. “If people just lived that bluntly, life would be so boring.”

Lapis said something incomprehensible, but Andre didn’t care at all and left the barracks with Nameless.

Standing outside were his three henchmen, who were called his ‘swords’ and ‘claws’.

As he watched them being polite, sadness appeared in the corners of Andre’s eyes.

Originally, there was another person next to me.

Since he was such a big guy, the empty space seemed especially large today.

‘Sagnad… .’

Andre shook his head and asked ‘Saber’ Jenova, who was closest to him.

“What about over there?”

“There is chaos going on. “But I don’t think it will escalate into infighting.”

“Should I say it’s fortunate… Or should I say it’s disappointing.”

We are talking about the turmoil going on within the mountain people.

Andre couldn’t decide whether to be happy that Batu was taking power like this, or to be sad that his lifelong enemies were not taking advantage of this opportunity.

This meant that the situation he found himself in was contradictory in many ways.

And yet… These are his henchmen who are looking at him, and the soldiers’ eyes are not shaken at all.

I could tell by looking at it.

‘A lot of blood will continue to flow in the future.’

A war started to save the lives of his subordinates.

but.

Instead of trying to protect the lives of his subordinates, he will be forced to suffer harm to the people of the empire who have done nothing wrong.

Is that really the right thing to do?

Is the decision you made really the right one?

I just couldn’t figure it out.

What will happen at the end of this war?

Andre felt like he couldn’t see his future, so everything was sad.

And as if he understood his friend’s feelings.

Tuk-tuk.

Nameless reached out his hand and patted my shoulder without saying a word.

I raised my head.

Unlike the bloody ground, the sky was extremely clear.

* * *

“’Unlike the empire, they are warriors who know honor, so they are not stingy with the defeated soldiers’… . “I sent you that message.”

It didn’t take long for the answer to come back to the Star Wars.

When Sailor, the company manager, wrote a letter by hand and sent it, the envoy returned within a day.

The envoy also looked dumbfounded.

This means that they agreed spontaneously without any lengthy discussion.

Because of that, it was the star group that actually faltered.

“This isn’t a trap, is it?”

“I guess not. “For the Borfur people I know, nothing gives them more trouble than using their brains.”

Herman expressed his concerns, but Sailor immediately dispelled those concerns.

“The decision has been made. let’s go.”

According to Elric’s decision, the starry army began to march east.

Now the mountain people are about to sweep across the mainland of the empire. Rather, they went deep into the enemy’s territory.

Although it seemed like an act of suicide, Elric’s face showed no signs of agitation.

because that.

Even the members who showed anxiety at first gradually became more confident.

“Nothing much will happen… ?”

“Didn’t Elric say it was okay? So you have to believe it.”

“Well, if it’s Elric’s decision… .”

As the situation continued, it was Count Calliger and Viscount Couransiville who became more anxious as time went by.

“Are you planning on staying like this?”

“No way. “I’m just seeing an opportunity.”

In fact, it was natural for them to feel a sense of crisis.

This was because among the soldiers and adjutants under their command, there were already quite a few people who had a lot of admiration for Elric.

I was half-hearted by Elric’s performance so far.

Moreover, there was an inherent limitation that their roots were in Mervinger to begin with.

While Count Calliger and Viscount Couransiville secretly discuss future events.

Before we knew it, the Star Wars had completely left the Winds border and reached the mountainous area.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been here… .”

Sailor looked around with eyes filled with emotion.

I saw very rough and sharp mountains.

The trees were so dense that it felt cramped rather than dense.

Isabelle could be said to be the territory of the ‘real’ mountain people from here on out, so she gave orders to Brian to ensure that the army’s order would not be disturbed no matter what happened.

Then.

“Kakapa shagunadu, chasha, sailor?”

The edge of the forest shook, and a group of groups appeared, blocking the path of the star group.

These people wear leopard skins and have tattoos large and small all over their bodies.

It was a sight that was not unfamiliar to Elric. They were warriors of the Borpur tribe.

Elric could only understand the word ‘Sailor’ in their difficult to understand speech.

“Shatta. Kakugi, Sailor.”

As Sailor stepped forward, the young tribe member narrowed his eyes.

“Toon?”

“Toon.”

“Yaba.”

“I want you to follow me.”

At Sailor’s words, Elric nodded and stepped forward. At the same time, he opened his mind’s eye and his ghostly senses wide and prepared for a possible surprise attack.

Fortunately, I couldn’t find anything else strange nearby. It didn’t seem like a trap at all.

however.

『Hmm?』

Mephisto, who had remained silent until now, slightly narrowed his brows and tilted his head.

Elric turned his head towards him, wondering why he was doing this.

[What’s wrong?]

『I felt it a little bit before… At first I didn’t think it was a big deal, but it became increasingly strange.』

[What?]

Elric was tense, wondering if he had missed something, but Mephisto said something he couldn’t understand at all.

『It seems like it has changed a lot over time. Why are they using dragon language?

Wizard who swallowed talent