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Chapter 228
Siege
They, who had been looking toward the training ground, walked down the corridor again.
They headed toward the mage's laboratory.
In that place where 6 court mages had conducted research and meetings, one woman had taken her position.
"Have you arrived?"
A peculiar woman with pointed ears and dark skin, yet whose beautiful appearance remained unchanged.
Ẁеb_n̂ o v_ěl Е nû m â.
She was of a race once called Dark Elves, and now she was the Last Dark Elf.
Her name was Linne.
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She was a woman who was previously called the Research Institute Director.
"You manufactured Trauma exactly as I desired, and for that I express my gratitude."
When Gokma praised her, she made a face as if she didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Trauma...... you say?"
Wě b̆ n о̀v̂ е̄l Ёn u m̊ӓ
"Those lumps with eyeballs."
"Those are already using the name Mental Jammer, though......."
"Intuitive names aren't fun, are they? A name is something that's fun when others call it. Trauma, doesn't it sound good?"
"It seems so."
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Whatever the name, it didn't matter.
Linne glossed over it and continued her report.
Е̃ n.ǔḿа̌
"Using the materials you provided, we mass-produced 525 Night-Class Demons, and they are currently awaiting orders."
"525, huh......."
A smile spread across Gokma's face.
That number was by no means a large number.
Even if there were such a grand army, if 100,000 soldiers' worth of forces swarmed in, they would collapse helplessly.
But would they be just ordinary Night-Class Demons?
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The number is 525, but they are not the same 525.
They are demons who received the grace of Legion, the land under the name that all lives are equal.
Possessing dozens of hearts and dozens of heads, they revive no matter how many times they're killed and throw themselves into the battlefield.
If one merely strikes the weak point of the 100,000-strong army, annihilating them is no trouble at all.
"And there is one peculiar point, but......."
Linne glanced sideways at the Heinkel King and spoke.
Е́ ñ ŭm̂ӓ
"One person is persistently resisting the blood."
"If it's that one person......."
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"Heinkel, the one called this person's close friend."
Peri Urey.
He led a grand army of over 10,000, but naturally suffered a miserable defeat.
Contrary to his ambition to fight until total annihilation, he quickly lost his will to fight due to the overwhelming difference in military strength.
W̆ е b̈ n̈ о̂ v̄е̂ l E n ú m̈ а
The number lost was 2,000, and the time for that number to disappear was 2 minutes.
The remaining 8,000 all became people of the Heinkel Kingdom.
Except for exactly one person, that is.
Gokma fiddled with his chin and asked.
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"How peculiar. When something like this happens, what do you normally do?"
"It is a peculiar matter, but there's no need to obsess over just one. As a living being, he's no different from second-rate knights, so he's merely a Night-Class Demon. It would be better to expose him to Trauma and make him collapse, or just kill him—."
Еǹ u m.а
"That won't do."
The Heinkel King reacted immediately.
"Peri...... must see what I am seeing. For that, he must be alive."
"How insolent. For a mere human."
Linne frowned and glared at him.
"I'm already overwhelmed with just what I'm doing, must I also accommodate your stubbornness?"
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"It must be done. Urey is my close friend."
"Obsession. Because you didn't walk the path of a demon, you came to have such obsession."
"Aren't you also different from demons yourself?"
His hollow eyes pierced through Linne.
"Don't think of me as a fool. I know you're different from the demons being made here. You're neither demon nor elf. You're just an existence struggling ugly to survive."
"Are you saying you want to try? You've become an Archmage and grown arrogant."
Е̊n̄u ḿ а̊
"Let's stop here."
Gokma stepped forward with a slight smile.
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He organized his thoughts and spoke to Linne.
"Linne."
"Yes."
"I'll tell you one thing. Keep that man named Urey alive unconditionally. And continue the work of making him into a demon."
Ẇе̊ b nо̄v̈ёl̃ Е̊ n̊ u̇m̊а
"That...... is too inefficient. Rather than doing that, there's no choice but to borrow the power of the Mental Jammer, no, Trauma, to make him submit......."
"It's an order."
Gokma brought his index finger to his lips, meaning he wouldn't say more.
"Understood."
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"Then please work a little harder. They'll attack soon enough, after all."
"Gokma-nim."
Е ñ úma
The doubt that arose while looking at the back of Gokma's head.
But she ends up throwing that doubt at him, which she should have let pass.
"Am I...... still useful?"
Linne's clenched fist trembles faintly.
Gokma gave no answer at all.
Instead, without giving any hint, he left that spot, and ultimately that question only echoed and vanished emptily.
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* * *
Everyone watched as the Magic Society President, Erdes, was led away by the Blue-Eyed Tower Master's hand.
Since she had used magic of tremendously destructive power, the Allied Forces and Imperial Army had gathered at the Imperial Army forward base, and were waiting for her disposal.
And the result came out, and Ferda sat at the table alongside those facing that result.
"Are you in your right mind, Regent!!?"
Ureas shouted at the top of his lungs.
Е ň ü m а.і̄.d̀
It feels like I felt something like this just a few hours ago.
The difference is that Ureas isn't the only one who's angry.
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"It couldn't be helped."
Ferda calmly explained his situation.
"Tower Master Iorga learned of this matter and came, wishing to take custody."
"So you just handed her over willingly!?"
Е́ n ü m â .id
"Because the Magic Society President pulled a stunt like that, the damage to our base is no joke!"
Other kings also rode the momentum and tried to pressure Ferda.
They were people who wanted to gain something from this incident somehow.
"How about leaving diplomatic matters for later and focusing on the current task? Catching the demons and sorting out rights and wrongs is the best course for now."
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"Do you really think so?"
Ureas's brain, that is to say, Olivia, threw a question.
Е́nu m а
It was an unexpected situation.
"What possible national interest could there be for the Empire in releasing a criminal who almost halved the army with his arbitrary actions?"
She glared at Ferda and was pressing him together with them.
Just why is she acting like this,
Ferda looked at Olivia with a slightly flustered face, and she spoke.
"You couldn't possibly not know the fact that the Magic Society President is in cahoots with the Crown Prince. Are you certain there's no scheme to tightrope between Alexander and us?"
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Ferda recalls one hypothesis.
This woman is pinpointing suspicions that should exist in advance, pretending to check Ferda.
If there's a reason, it would undoubtedly be related to Ureas.
Look, those pleased eyes.
He's delighted that his sister took his side.
But Ferda knows.
Ёṅ ů m а̊ . i̇ d̄
Even if Olivia betrays, there's no way she'd take Ureas's side.
Ferda decided to play along appropriately.
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"That won't happen. The Crown Prince has designs to pressure the Far East, so why would I swear loyalty to him and expect any glory?"
"That's why I'm saying don't do useless things. I don't know what grand cause you're dreaming of, but Regent Ferda. If you come out like this, our Empire will have no choice but to raise questions about support and autonomy as well."
Olivia's eyes are vicious.
The way she firmly suppresses even the rising rebellious spirit is no ordinary thing.
Е ń ü m ӑ. iď
It's truly fortunate she's not an enemy.
Ferda continued his explanation regarding that.
"The Magic Society President won't be able to avoid this matter. And since she intervened suddenly, uttered abusive language, and used magic not in the plan to harm even allies, I received a promise that she won't intervene until the matter is settled. Disciplinary action can also go through the Grand Council if needed."
"That's not what I mean."
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Olivia threw it directly at Ferda as if frustrated.
"This time demons participated, and devil magic was involved. Even so, the method of taking responsibility is for the Magic Society President to step out?"
Ŵ е̃bṅо_v é l̂ Е́.ǹ u ḿа̄
Olivia screamed as if horrified.
"That can't be! Make her apologize for her arbitrary actions, and isn't it right to have her participate in this war and contribute her strength?"
"That is right, but......."
The faces of the kings who heard those words took on an anxious light.
"There'll be no need for that, little brother."
The one who countered those words was Ureas.
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The satisfaction that had settled on his face was now shining with bewilderment.
"In the first place, the Society President stepping forward was an arbitrary act, and I judged we could handle it sufficiently even without intervention."
"But if there's that much massive military strength, wouldn't it be right to summon them through the Grand Council even if not the Magic Society President?"
Olivia glanced toward Ferda with her eyes.
It meant to play along, but it was hard to figure out which side she wanted him to stand on.
With the feeling of just throwing it out there once, he says it.
Е̄n̆u ṁа
"No."
Then she showed a slight smile, just enough for only Ferda to recognize.
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It seemed to be the correct answer.
Ferda continued speaking.
"I think it's better to proceed as current rather than have the arrogant Magic Society participate and cause confusion in strategy."
"That's right!"
W̄е̄ bǹ оv̈ ѐ ľ Е ṅ uḿа
"The Regent's words are right this time."
"How you came to such judgment in a place where demons run rampant......."
Olivia muttering while expressing regret.
The voices criticizing Ferda lost strength, and naturally King Hudret changed the subject.
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"Are the emotional matters over now?'
He hadn't said a single word amidst the loud voices flying back and forth.
Еṅum a .і d
"Let's talk about releasing the Society President later, and focus on the immediate task."
His fingers pressed firmly on the table.
"The Magic Society President also decided not to intervene anymore, but was there no word on what the dragons will do?"
Since the enemy's deployable strength was too great compared to expectations, there was a possibility of dragon intervention as well.
Ferda answered.
"I also asked the Tower Master-nim. And she believed humans could resolve this matter, and her intention was not to intervene if not necessary."
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"No dragons either, so it means we just proceed with the shared operation as is."
"That's correct."
"Then what more is there to say? We can just go back."
As he stood from his seat, the other kings also tried to stand accordingly.
It was a wildness that felt like a proper alpha among a wolf pack.
"There's still a story left to tell."
Е n ǔm ӓ_. ǐ d̈
"What is it?"
"The Blue-Eyed Tower Master-nim gave me wisdom and left."
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Ferda told the conversation the three of them - Erica, Erdes, and himself - had shared.
How Gokma alone blocked Erdes's attack and even counterattacked.
What type the Heian King's infiltrator's explosion was.
And that countless Red Circle owners could be endlessly mass-produced inside there.
Е n̄u m ǎ
"Stimulating emotions to mass-produce Red Circle mages, using them as mana supply sources......."
"So that guy Gokma was able to block that attack alone."
"I thought the magic called Legion would be troublesome, but combined with demon schemes, it's beyond imagination."
They revere the demon's trickery that could block the supreme magic created by the continent's greatest mage.
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Ferda rode that atmosphere and threw a question at them.
"As new information has been acquired, I feel a strategy revision is also necessary."
W̆ ёb̈n̈ о v̊ е l Е̊ nu m̀ а
"We'll have to revise, indeed."
King Hudret added words.
"We'll have to push even more boldly."
"What do you mean by boldly?"
"Think simply. What we face isn't an ordinary castle but a giant colossus. A magic-using giant named Heinkel. Think of us as germs entering that giant's belly. How would we bring down the giant?"
"Not clumping together, but spreading out as much as possible."
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Gamigin's Legion draws out the loyalty of everyone within its domain and produces absolute power.
That means the established theory is that if you kill those who pledge loyalty, the king's power also weakens.
Based on such hypotheses, the most effective thing is to leave no survivors.
The original operation was also such a flow.
"The Heinkel King will drive his kingdom's people to their deaths to save himself, and we've realized we must no longer give leeway. Not thinking of leaving survivors, spread fast and wide, and ruthlessly cut off the supply lines."
"If you say spread out more and attack...... then wouldn't that be dangerous?"
Ẅ ê b̄ nо̌v̊ е ĺ E ǹû m̈а
King Hudret, who had been heightened with anticipation, clicked his tongue 'tsk'.
"Did you come thinking war is child's play? What kind of talk is that?"
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He spoke for nothing and only ended up embarrassed.
"Let's build the operation a bit more."
There wasn't much to the operation anyway.
All they'd done was approach enough to knock on the Outer Castle gate, and they were in a state of knowing nothing about what tactics the enemy would use or how many troops were in the Inner Fortress.
Еnü m̆ a
Setting a large framework, each force's adaptability had to shine.
"All-out war in three days. Until then, let's keep throwing gifts with siege weapons and drain the enemy's strength. How about it, Second Prince?"
"Good idea."
"Then let's wrap it up with no objections."
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The Allied Forces' commander, King Hudret, rose from his seat, and all kings rose from their seats.
They exchanged greetings out of courtesy and left the Operations Command Post.
Ẇе̌ b̃ n̄ o vеĺ Е̌ nu m â
They didn't forget to greet Olivia either.
"It was an honor to meet you."
"Who would have even thought we'd meet a princess on a battlefield like this?"
"Next time, I'd like to meet you not as a flower of the battlefield but as a flower of the banquet at the Banquet Hall."
As softness found its way into the rigid atmosphere, the kings bloomed with laughter as if they'd regained their youth.
Olivia also smiled softly and greeted them one by one, and finally King Hudret stood before her.
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"May Your Majesty Hudret also return safely."
"No need to try so hard."
"Pardon?"
"Unfortunately, this body has an owner. Even if you exude such seductiveness, I won't be easily bewitched."
"My my, whatever do you mean?"
Olivia made a face as if hurt, and King Hudret smiled smoothly as if even that was cute, then turned away.
Ё ñ u m̀ а.i d
Watching that back, a thought comes that it's absurd.
'A feeling of being faithful to instinct yet not seeming so.'
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A man who is wild yet rational.
It was Ferda who thought he was a truly strange man.
* * *
Two days before the all-out war,
W̆ eb̈n̂ о̃ vе̊ l Е.n_ŭ mä
"I'll report."
A woman with swarthy skin, Garnet, came to Ferda's Tent and spoke.
She was the Merchant Guild's Union President and simultaneously a high-class citizen, and held the position of Supply Commander in this expedition.
Of course, that too is just for a pretext.
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Her actual mission was to serve as a bridge relaying the status of the Allied Forces and Imperial Army along with her subordinates.
"The 20 Trebuchets prepared by the Allied Forces and Imperial Army have started stone-throwing bombardment as of today."
Ĕ n ũm̊ а . іď
The Heinkel Kingdom siege battle began in earnest.
