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Chapter 328
Priority
Ferda returned toward the Far East barracks.
The vehicles meant to transport the troops had all turned to ash heaps, and the remaining personnel couldn't even recover the bodies.
'Since I left only minimum forces behind, their number is trivial too.......'
Still, death was death.
"Supreme Commander-nim."
W̃.е̌ b̆ n оvе̌l̈ Е ň ûm а
The Arken Empire's commander said that while looking at Ferda.
With Valdemar missing and his house seal now in Ferda's hand, he was now Valdemar's proxy—that is, the Supreme Commander.
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"We're currently searching through the World Tree's debris. The zone you mentioned will reveal itself within two days."
"......Thanks for your hard work."
"And how should we handle the Wood Elves you rescued......?"
The desire to take them to the Empire was visible.
Ẁӗb ṅ о́v е l Еnŭ mа̀
Elves are the most beautiful race, remaining in their youth and shining beautifully even when humans enter old age.
Now that they've become refugees, it was a very appropriate time to use them as playthings.
'Disgusting bastards.'
But he couldn't just blindly condemn that.
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They had charged the World Tree risking their lives and property.
In this war led by Valdemar, the commanders gained nothing.
W е̊ b̀ n̊ ӧ v ėl̀ Ӗ n̊ um̌ а̄
The only clear reward was the rescued elves.
But since Ferda had no intention of leading them long-term, it didn't matter even if he hesitated.
"I'll ask them and let them decide."
"Then I'll take my leave. Please rest comfortably."
It felt strange how the Empire's people acted so politely.
He had no intention of succeeding Valdemar's position, but right now he had to use it.
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Because Storeus's attack had completely blocked the Far East forces' return path, after all.
And above all, the medical resources they'd prepared were desperately needed.
Ferda went toward the field hospital, specifically the tent operated independently.
Two priests were devotedly nursing one woman.
Being elderly, their skills were certain.
"How is her condition?"
Е̄ ń u m á
"Her physical condition is entirely good, but due to insufficient blood volume, she cannot wake from her comatose state."
"If we replenish the lacking blood using nutrition intake and vitality potions, she'll wake within three days."
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Three days is too long.
"Is there no way to wake her faster?"
"There is, but...... the shock she'd receive would be great. Not only seizures, but brain damage and sensory paralysis could also occur."
"Of course, if you wish, we'll take immediate measures."
Ӗ ǹ u m̄ а̊
"No. Let's pretend I didn't ask."
He wanted Garnet to wake quickly, but didn't want her to become a cripple.
'Garnet......'
Ferda quietly looked down at the collapsed Garnet.
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He knew that since she was human too, she could get hurt while on a mission.
But he never thought that wound would be one born of betrayal.
W е b̃ n o v̀ ë l Е ñǔ m а̀
'Jed......'
Jed had betrayed.
He'd kept in mind the possibility of betrayal from the moment he recruited him, but never thought he'd betray Garnet.
She had bonded with Jed through long years of mercenary life, and after she entered the Ambu, Jed lived almost entirely with her.
Garnet had reported this fact.
She didn't speak specifically about their private life as man and woman, but said they had feelings for each other.
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There were too many things to dismiss as Garnet's one-sided claim.
'Jed has a cold side.'
He always shows a passionate appearance as if he'd give a woman his liver and gallbladder, but if she crosses the line, he completely changes.
If he judged a woman might hold him back or annoy him, Jed was the type to discard her without leaving any room.
Such a cold side was always an exception for Garnet.
Her close aide watches with hawk eyes, but that's nothing but an excuse.
W e b̀ nо̂ v̄еl Е̊n̈ ù_m̄а
If he didn't love Garnet, there'd be no reason to be flustered, nor any reason to stay stuck to her.
The two definitely loved each other.
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'Yet such a thing happens......'
Garnet aimed a crossbow at Jed to complete the mission to the end.
She was a loyal knight, and such a knight now lay in a coma.
It seemed as if it were mocking that loyalty was nothing but an illusion.
Е n ùḿа̌. ī d
"Your matter......"
Therefore Ferda promised Garnet.
"I'll finish it."
Ferda rose from his seat.
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As he came out of the field tent, Gae Bolg and Penelope were waiting in front.
Gae Bolg spoke first as if she'd been waiting.
É ñ ū m̊ӓ. і̆ d
"I told you? If you involve that bastard, you'll ruin my operation. Those bastards, really just conspiring among themselves and getting properly screwed—serves them right, doesn't it?"
Gae Bolg only complained as if the only thing that mattered was that her plan was ruined.
His insides boiled, but since he knew she was originally such a woman, even reprimanding her would be nothing but spitting while lying down.
"Got it, so fuck off back to Hestia."
Ferda didn't want to play along, so he sent Gae Bolg away.
She disappeared far away without stopping her grumbling until the end.
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"Then I'll prepare to fuck off to Hestia too—."
"Penelope."
"Yes, yep!!"
Penelope, who had shown excellent results in the Wood Elf rescue operation.
She was waiting for Ferda's words, tightly wound with tension.
He'd asked several times but got no proper answer, so Ferda repeated it again.
Ŵ ӗ b n ӧv̂ ē ľ Ӗn_u m̊ ā
"Is there really no word Jed left for you?"
"Yes, yep! Me, really there wasn't any??"
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"Precursor symptoms?"
"That...... recently we haven't been hanging out together so that......"
"That could be a precursor symptom, couldn't it?"
"Hanging out together? Uh...... that might be the case?"
Е̄nǔm̌ а
Ferda sighed conspicuously.
Penelope's body froze tight again.
"Since when?"
"It's been a while. So...... before the princess was kidnapped...... around that time, I think?"
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Before the princess kidnapping incident.
It meant there had been a lot of time.
W̃еbn о̂v̂ё l̈ É n umа
It also backed up what Garnet said—that Jed had carried out the princess's kidnapping.
"But I didn't know many methods either! Please don't hit me. Don't grab my throat!"
"......Enough."
Rationally, this situation wasn't Penelope's fault.
Because the one who should've noticed such precursor symptoms wasn't her, but Garnet's role.
She didn't notice, so how would this third-rate demon know that fact?
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"You and Jed made a contract, didn't you?"
"Yes, right?"
"Is there no way to track Jed through that contract?"
"That too, since I put it up as a condition for being bound to the Far East, there's no such thing connecting me and Jed, is there?"
"Where is the contract seal?"
"On my chest...... kyaaaak!"
W e b n о́v e l È n u m а́.
Ferda tore Penelope's clothes and activated the seal to examine the contract's contents.
'Really nothing.'
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Penelope's value was merely for use as Sitri's dog leash.
There's no way a clause like 'share each other's location' with Jed would exist.
"Damn......"
"Saying damn while looking at someone's chest! So so sad!"
Е̊ num̊ â . іd̈_
"Just fasten your clothes."
"Hic hic, even seeing this beautiful hill no emotion. Certainly a eunuch, I tell you......"
Ferda clutched his aching head and stood from his seat.
When he glanced to the side, there were men wearing light cloth clothes.
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They were in a very flustered state at the sight of Ferda suddenly tearing Penelope's clothes and looking at her chest.
"What's the matter?"
Е̃ n um ă. і́ d̆
"Ah, th-that...... we came to report on the tracking......"
They were the tracking team Ferda had sent.
They were the most excellent tracking team in the Empire.
The tracking team returning like this had only one meaning.
"Failed."
"Yes...... two footprints disappeared at some point, and a person presumed to be a woman intervened and seems to have used space transfer magic."
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"I know you guys track magic too."
"That's limited to human magic. That wasn't human magic."
Though they're trackers skilled enough to track magic, they're not first-class mages.
The words 'isn't finding out somehow your job?' rose to his throat.
But how can you press someone for something beyond their ability?
"Please decide the punishment for failure after confirming the princess's safety. For now, we'll continue tracking."
E nŭ m̈ a
"......Do that."
Probably won't work with their power.
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Ferda was certain of that.
Soon someone came to Ferda.
A Far East knight, a knight from the Consillus territory side.
"Regent-nim. I'm sorry, but there's a problem you must resolve."
Ê nům a . i ḋ
A trace grazed by something sharp.
Probably if he'd let his guard down just a little more, it would've led to a fatal wound—such a spot.
Ferda nodded and headed to the place he had been.
"Don't move!"
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"These fucking......"
A situation where three adult men were floundering.
W̊е bňо v̊ е́l Е́n̈ũ_ṁ а̇
They tried to restrain her, but only the knights' wounds increased.
"Sak! Sak!"
The woman growled, continuously spitting out only single-syllable words.
The words 'if you come I'll kill you' were clearly felt.
'Yubel.'
Sierra's Saintess, the woman also called Wolf.
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And originally, a person who should've killed Gokma and died.
She'd fainted in the Spirit Realm and only now seemed to have barely woken.
When she fainted, despite wearing great knight restraints, they overlooked her decisiveness to sever her own wrist with her teeth, leading to this situation.
It was a different dimension from dealing with normal humans.
Because of knives popping out from who knows where, approaching itself was the most dangerous thing.
"Seems you can't catch her with your strength?"
W ёb́ ń ǒvĕ l̊ Еn ů m̊а̌
"Sorry. If you use magic power, we'll immediately put on restraints."
The knights discarded their complacency that they could solve it themselves.
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"That won't be necessary."
"Regent-nim!"
Ferda walked to Yubel, the dangerous beast.
Then the venom left the eyes of Yubel, who had been growling with bared teeth.
Е̊ n_ǔm̃ ā_
"Stay still."
Then the knights' eyes went wide.
Her movements, no different from a rabid dog, became calm at once.
As if the fight they'd done was a foolish act.
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"Handcuffs?"
"I, I......"
Е̂ n̄ u m̀ а̇
"Done. I'll put them on."
Ferda directly put handcuffs and leg irons on her, and even that process didn't take 10 seconds.
She was very obedient, even considerate so her hands and feet were clearly visible.
Above all, her gaze looking at Ferda was no different from an obedient puppy.
"Even without me, don't recklessly swing a sword at people. Understand?"
"Man."
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She nodded, and the incident ended surprisingly easily.
'Yubel.'
Sierra's Saintess, and the Empire's terrorist.
A noble assassin who killed even Alte's priests without hesitation, inciting public outrage.
But such notoriety gradually faded with time's flow, because from some point she didn't show herself.
'So it was because she was used as Debleung's plaything.'
Е n ǔm̆ а . ǐ d
Ferda knew her face.
A woman who'd been soaked in drugs and turned into a doll.
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That woman was actually a big shot.
'Debleung probably knew that fact too.'
That twisted desire probably wouldn't have been satisfied with innocent lower-class people.
Desire is like drinking salt water—it only calls thirst, so he headed for the peak.
Ẅ е̊ b ǹо̆v̄е l̇ .Ѐ n̂ ùm̆а
Debleung must have felt pleasure by making Sierra's Saintess, who tried to overturn the Empire, into a plaything.
'Not just Sierra's Saintess, but Jed's younger sister.'
Must he keep this woman alive?
Must he bestow such mercy on a heartless stray dog who thrust a sword into his lover's chest and turned away?
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"Ferda."
Yubel quietly led Ferda's hand to nuzzle her own cheek.
Ẽ ňumӑ. і ď
Warmth was felt.
It was warm to an unbelievable degree for a cruel murder weapon.
"Wait here quietly. This is an order."
"Man."
"If you judge someone intends harm to you, first is warning, second is threat, third you may respond. Besides that, I don't permit. Understand?"
"Man."
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She nodded, making a face of unconditional obedience, but Ferda couldn't believe it.
What is this woman's priority?
Even if she makes a face that can do anything for Ferda right now, what if Angrem appears?
'Yubel is wolf, Angrem is chain.'
Angrem was said to be a chain made to handle the wolf.
If that chain is fastened, she might kill Ferda.
W̌ е́b ñ о̃ vе̇ l Е n uṁ а
'Chain......'
That word pierced his mind, recalling the scene where Yubel and Gokma fought.
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Yubel who neutralized mana with red eyes.
To resist that, Gokma borrowed power from 'someone.'
Yubel couldn't resist that power, and almost suffered helplessly at Gokma's hands.
'And she released it.'
Ên ŭ m_а̃
How she did it couldn't be known.
Ferda saw it and understood very simply.
Like moving a muscle.
Like if you think you'll lift your hand, it lifts.
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She only released it because she thought she'd release it.
'Then that must be Sierra's power.'
W̌.е̊b ńо̀ v е̂ l̂ Ӗ ń u m̊ä
But there was something he couldn't understand.
Would a mother wishing for her son's misfortune give him the ability to handle her power?
'That's something that can only be inevitable, but......'
Why can Gokma use that?
Such a question echoed in Ferda's head.
Two dragons' blood flows in Gokma's body.
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The blood of Godwin who accepted void and chaos, and Blancaros who stood as the Phase of Order and Creation.
On top of that, now even Sierra was added.
'That man...... can I really win?'
Ferda's body has two circles, and using those two circles he can use power and mana rivaling 6th Circle.
Yet no sign of beating Gokma shows.
What else he hid, only that lingered in Ferda's head.
Еñ ŭm̀ a . іd̂
'Anyway, Gokma used Sierra's power.'
Ferda recalled again the change that happened in Yubel's body.
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Chains that surged from the floor, from the body.
Those chains fixed Yubel to the ground and pressured her one-sidedly.
'If that power is the Saintess's power that can handle chains......'
Ferda felt a sense of things sorting out in his head.
Ẅ ĕ b̊ ǹ о ṽе̃ l Е́n̊.ü m̌ a
Now he could know what to do.
"Watch well. I'll get a bit of shut-eye."
On a chaotically finished battlefield, he had to do the childish act of leisurely sleeping.
Ferda went to the room Valdemar had originally been staying in.
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The magic tent was destroyed by Storeus's lightning, so he slept in his room.
Hard to fall asleep in the Empire's barracks, no different from right in the enemy camp.
Еn̄uṁ á
Different from that thought, Ferda quickly felt himself entering a dream.
Dark space.
A floor with shallow splashing water, and a blue moon floating in the sky above.
And one woman.
The owner of that voice who warned him of death appeared again through a dream.
"I didn't think you'd actually fall asleep."
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That woman held her skirt hem and greeted politely.
"Your close aide is hurt, the princess kidnapped, and you're in a dream—even with a carefree personality you wouldn't do this...... but it's because I believe I'll come to you one more time, right?"
Originally, he would've first brought out gratitude for her warning.
But now he's careful that surging anger might make wrong words come out.
Ferda deliberately composed himself and called her name.
"I don't want trivial Q&A, Angrem."
Е̄ n̈ ùm̈ӓ
Saintess of Mercy, Angrem.
He asks her.
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"Do you have the princess?"
