Episode 247
a brilliant return
Crackle, crackle!
An eerie sound filled the barracks.
Nergui, a Borfur tribe man who was watching quietly while swallowing dry saliva, thought.
These days, their warchief… No, I think the king has become strange.
Ever since I was born, I have never once regretted being born as a Borfur tribe.
If that was the price for receiving the dragon’s blood, which was only in legend, it might have been better not to receive it.
“more.”
Nergui had to come to his senses at the sudden voice he heard.
However, it was difficult to hide the chill running down my spine.
A feeling as if the great devil living in the bottomless pit of hell is crying.
It felt like if he stayed here, he would be captured by the great devil and sucked into the abyss, but Nergui never showed it.
If the king found out that he was scared, he would end up just like those who are now crushed under his feet.
“Are there any more?”
“Joe, the prisoners I gave you a little while ago were the last!”
Still, Nergui’s voice trembled slightly, as if he couldn’t completely hide his fear.
For a moment, I thought it was a mistake, but fortunately the king didn’t seem to care much about it.
“It’s a shame.”
dump!
Nergui could barely suppress the sigh that was about to burst out of his mouth as he watched King Batu sitting on the pile of corpses.
‘The explosion… It got worse!’
Since when did you become like that?
Most of the tribe members, including him, were well aware that Batu sometimes displayed an unhumanly ferocious temperament.
But no one has worried about that so far.
Because that kind of temperament was something that any ‘warrior’ could have. No, rather, it was revered as a virtue within the tribe.
He does not back down when confronting the enemy, and displays his skills to the fullest.
Aren’t these two the most important virtues a warrior should possess?
Therefore, even to the tribe members, Batu’s temperament was seen as just an extension of those virtues.
Moreover, the only time Batu’s temperament was revealed so far was in special situations such as battlefields, and since he was an infinitely warm man to his tribe members, no one cared.
However, as he set foot in the mainland of the empire, the number of times such temperament was expressed gradually began to increase.
As the success began to stall at some point, even the time increased significantly.
And Batu could hardly control it.
Clearly, the temperament that was only revealed on the battlefield was occasionally revealed within the tribe.
And as the intensity grew stronger, the SS urgently had to hide Batu’s side.
As I learned later, the shaman called the symptoms ‘Berserk’ after the king was medicated.
It’s a kind of side effect that occurs when the dragon’s temperament sleeping inside tries to come out.
So, in order to quell the explosion, the king must quell his inner dragon.
But such attempts failed every time.
No, it was more correct to say that the king refused.
The situation did not follow suit.
In order to calm the dragon inside, you have to let go of the sword for a while, but as the defeat began in earnest, there was no time to do so.
In the end, the time of the explosion became longer and longer day by day.
At some point, I started craving ‘blood’.
In order to somehow satisfy that desire, the SS urgently had to force all previously captured prisoners into the king’s barracks.
And it’s still the same now.
The king concentrated on slaughter for a long time. He did not show any special actions or skills. He simply swings his knife mercilessly, cutting off the prisoners’ limbs and beheading them.
The number of prisoners who died this time was about twenty.
There was a lot of screaming and frenzy for a while, but the king still continued to cut up the soon-to-be dead bodies as if something was missing.
Then he even asked if there was more… .
‘And even more so after splitting up with the Red Lion… !’
It was because of that explosion that the Red Lion Army became completely different.
They continued to be defeated, and didn’t they ask for an explanation from Andre, who was widely rumored to be surrendering to the empire at the time? However, despite the fact that Andre may have felt his life was in danger at the time, he confidently came to Batu and surprised his royal guards.
Even the tribe members who had secretly ignored and doubted Andre had no choice but to acknowledge that he was ‘warrior-like’ at that time.
However, Batu openly treated Andrew as a traitor and did not hesitate to pressure him to hand over command of the army and step down.
Andre tried to persuade Batu somehow, but Batu stuck to his stubbornness until the end.
Because of that, a conflict broke out.
Internal strife broke out between the Mountain People and the Red Lion Army, and in the end, the alliance was torn apart and had to go its own way.
and… After that, it was the same as now.
The Red Lion Army was transferred to the Star Servant Army, not the Imperial Army headquarters.
The mountain people were driven out due to the continuous pursuit of the Great Commandery, and had to reach a point where they could no longer retreat.
In fact, the Mnar River could be said to be their final destination.
Of course, the explosion of Batuu was now at a point where it could no longer be controlled.
‘If only Sarnai were there at a time like this… !’
Knowing that the explosion had not been this severe until the priestess personally took care of the king, I became even more upset.
I haven’t seen any Grigori lately.
In fact, they had to be seen as isolated workers.
How long can we stay like this?
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Because I know very well that other tribes that were already forcibly integrated are also slowly showing signs of breaking away.
Nergui had no choice but to close his eyes tightly because he felt like he could see the future coming soon.
* * *
“My friend, Elric! Now we finally meet like this… ! “Pahahaha!”
When the Star Servant was located a short distance from the main headquarters.
The main office issued an order to report face-to-face about what had happened over the past days.
Even though envoys were sent from the main headquarters, they talked about the situation on the battlefield and talked about it in silence.
Since there were no more excuses to come up with, Elric went directly to the main camp with Isabel, Herman, and Sailor.
The first to greet him was the 4th Prince Cromhel.
Hermann and Sailor were polite, but Cromhel was only interested in Elric.
He even approached me with open arms to give me a warm hug.
but.
Sreuk!
Elric took a step back and avoided Cromhell’s embrace.
“… ?”
Chrome Hell looked at me with a questioning look.
He said he couldn’t understand the English language.
Elric frowned slightly and explained the reason very briefly.
“I have no hobby of having physical contact with men.”
“Hehehe! Hahaha! I’m sorry. I was short-thinking! Hahaha! I don’t really have that kind of hobby either! Pahahaha!”
Prince Cromhel blinked, wondering what this was talking about, and belatedly burst into laughter.
On the other hand, some of the knights and nobles accompanying him turned pale. Some even glared at Elric with their faces turning red.
To them, it seemed like nothing more than a kick when the prince was trying to praise his subjects for their hard work.
It was considered an act of disrespect for Prince Cromhell.
Is it because of that?
“dare… !”
The knight commander of Prince Cromhell’s personal guard, the ‘Black Lion’, even raised his hand to the scabbard with his eyes shining coldly.
but.
“Get your hands off of there.”
A voice pierced the knight commander’s ears.
It was a very low voice, but it somehow contained an undeniable weight.
As if time had stopped, his arms became stiff.
“Unless you want to get cut.”
The knight commander had to grit his teeth.
This is where the gaze falls. Hermann was there.
Although he had calm eyes, behind them was a fierce fighting spirit that threatened to tear him apart at any moment.
‘What kind of eyes… !’
Because of that, the knight commander couldn’t help but tremble without realizing it.
That’s because it’s not revealed to the public too, so we’re looking at the superior level of the 5th chain beyond the 4th chain.
Deep inside, I was confident that I would not be left behind even if I met the Eight Lions, but seeing Hermann in person like this made it impossible for me to say such a thing.
‘They say they’ve reached the 6th chain, but I wonder if it’s really… ?’
During the past year that Hermann went missing, there were many rumors about him.
In particular, the most famous one was the ‘draw with Batu’.
There are already few people within the empire who are unaware of the dangers of Batuu.
Some lions also secretly set out to attack Batu, but boasted such great strength that they had to run away.
There were many rumors going around that he could use the power of a dragon, or that dragon scales would grow on his skin when he held the sword, and even the Inspector General speculated that Batu might be captured only by summoning the Golden Lion.
It was Hermann who was rumored to be the only one who achieved a draw with such a monster Batu.
The fact that Hermann once suffered from mush was dismissed as a rumor by most people… .
At this moment, the knight commander realized that the rumor was definitely not a rumor.
“Captain, insert your sword.”
At that time, Prince Cromhell stopped laughing and said just one word.
Only then did the knight commander take his hand off the scabbard, bow his head and step back. Hermann didn’t bother to question it further.
However, Prince Kromhel’s gaze towards Hermann was full of laughter.
“I guess you’ve climbed further. “How far are you trying to climb?”
The 4th Prince’s subordinates, including the Knight Commander, all swallowed dry saliva.
This was because the same messenger was officially acknowledging that the blue lion had completed the 6th chain.
Excluding the Golden Lion, the completion of the 6 chains that were considered the limits of humanity… . That alone felt like a great topic.
There were looks of shock, disbelief, and admiration all over the place.
Hermann was still smiling calmly.
but.
The content contained therein was anything but calm.
“Well, I don’t know. Rather, for now, all I can think about is that I need to work harder and move up. There’s a guy who keeps chasing me right next to me. “If you don’t keep your head straight, you’ll catch up quickly.”
“… !”
“… !”
“… !”
At that moment, Prince Cromhel’s eyes widened as if he was surprised for the first time.
Shock spread across the faces of several people, including the knight commander.
Some nobles even urgently gave instructions to the attendants next to them to find out something.
Excluding the Golden Lion, Herman, an absolute powerhouse who could be said to be one of the top five on the continent, was directly saying that Elric was only a few numbers behind him.
Of course, Herman may be exaggerating to make Elric float.
Even after seeing Sailor quietly nodding his head next to him, no one would assume that what he said was a lie.
Even if there was exaggeration mixed in, it was clear that the skills would probably not be much different.
so that.
They could all feel it keenly.
Mervinger’s rise has only just begun.
Elric curled up one corner of his mouth, enjoying everyone’s attention.
“Then everyone, let’s go in. “It looks like His Majesty the Crown Prince is waiting for you inside.”
Wizard who swallowed talent
