Belbrok Subjugation Battle (10)
The two one-eyed giants stood up with their heavy bodies, and their eye level was right at the top floor of the lofty royal residence.
He swung his hand with a heavy movement and smashed one side of the royal residence, causing the outer wall to collapse. Soldiers were shooting arrows at the roof, but there was no sign of them hitting the giant.
While the two one-eyed giants were standing tall in the central garden of the royal residence, destroying everything around them, Princess Fenia was running through the corridors of the first floor with Emperor Cloel.
Her body was already covered in scratches, and the hem of her dress was torn. It was uncomfortable to run, so he took off his shoes and threw them away, and even his white, soft feet were so bruised that blood was flowing.
Princess Fenia ran away with a frown on her face, and behind her, three giant bats were chasing after her, clinging to the wall of the hallway.
Occasionally, soldiers appeared and threw themselves at them to hinder their path, but they were only able to increase the distance slightly and were unable to completely evade them.
And I wonder if there is any meaning to being ostracized in the first place. The garden of the royal residence was already filled with numerous monsters, and wherever you went, the sound of soldiers swinging their swords was filled.
There is no escape route.
Even my body was injured a lot.
When I was hiding in the audience room with Emperor Cloel, I used up almost all of my magic power to escape from the giant bat that had attacked me. In the process, he suffered a gash on his forearm and a large cut on his right shoulder, but he was in no condition to be left out.
“your majesty! Go out the back door! “I have a carriage waiting for you!”
A brave knight stood in front of the giant bat and shouted.
“Please escape to a safer place. “Our imperial guard will stop this at all costs!”
Even if you go out to the back gate and take a carriage, you don’t know where it’s going. Aken Island is already covered with monsters.
Still, it’s better than staying still. Emperor Cloel nodded his head and ran faster while holding Princess Fenia’s arm.
“Kaaaaaaaa! ”
As I turned down the hallway, I heard the soldier’s scream behind me. As expected, it was reckless to stop it alone.
He somehow managed to survive by throwing away the loyal young knights as if they were expendable items.
Emperor Cloel sighed sadly with a serious expression on his face, and Princess Fenia also closed her eyes tightly.
As I exited the back of the main building of the royal residence without even having time to catch my breath, the night air completely filled my lungs. My spirit soared even more in the cold air, but I still felt distant when I saw the amount of monsters covering the sky.
Princess Fenia steeled herself again, and this time she took the lead and ran towards the back gate.
If we continue like this, we might get discovered by the flying monsters. Still, it’s a hundred times better than sitting still and being attacked.
Emperor Cloel, who couldn’t muster up courage, took a deep breath and ran.
The monsters flying in the sky glance at the two without hesitation. It’s as if two people, who at first glance appear to have insufficient fighting skills, are running for their lives.
It was the moment when the grotesquely twisted griffin spread its wings, convinced that it had found a good victim.
At that moment, the vast sky disappeared. Thousands of elemental magic circles covered the sky, and the flashes of light from them colored the world for an instant.
I was lucky. There is no more appropriate expression than that.
The moment the magic circles created by Lucy’s magic covered the sky, the eyes of all the monsters floating in the sky were focused on the magic circles.
A magic circle on a massive scale that has never been seen before, whether by humans or monsters.
The sheer number of magic circles left all the audience on Aken Island astounded, making them wonder if even Lucy Mayril could handle it.
Eventually, the magic contained in those numerous magic circles was revealed… The world is bathed in flashes of light.
– Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
An explosion of a scale that exceeds the limit instantly erases the world.
Light, much faster than sound, covers the sky, and the sound of the explosion that follows causes pain in the eardrums.
Not only the numerous monsters floating in the sky, but even Bellbroke, who was wrapped in chains, began to struggle in pain.
The countless monsters that covered the sky all disappeared, even if only for a moment.
Six pieces of rain are pouring down from the sky. The fragmented corpses of monsters cover Aken Island, and the green forests and gray-white buildings turn red.
– Patter-patter
– Huuuk
All things covered in blood seem to symbolize hell.
Fenia felt goosebumps rising all over her body, but she continued to run along the back of the garden.
Because of that blow just now, almost all of the monsters that covered the sky disappeared.
Of course, considering Velbroke’s power to constantly summon monsters, it’s only a matter of time before we’re covered in numbers again.
Still, this moment is the only right time to escape to a safe zone.
I managed to find a safe area, avoiding only the monsters that had already landed on the ground. Then, we can at least protect Emperor Cloel’s personal safety.
With that confidence in mind, I reached the back gate and saw the huge carriage the driver had mentioned standing there. Princess Penny Klitschko gritted her teeth and rushed out, where she quickly put Emperor Cloel in the carriage.
Then he climbed through the outside door of the carriage, went to the driver’s seat, and shouted urgently at the window.
“Let’s get going right now! “Hurry!”
After saying that and looking inside the coach seat, I held my breath.
The body of an old and mature coachman.
While waiting for the princess and the emperor at the carriage seat, he was attacked by a gremlin and died. There was a huge knife stuck in his shoulder.
And, one of the gremlins eating the corpse made eye contact with Princess Fenia. Princess Fenia felt goosebumps rising not only from the tips of her feet to the top of her head, but also on each and every inner lining of her internal organs.
The gremlin with its sword drawn let out a roar and rushed towards Fenia, who was clinging to the carriage.
“Aaaah!”
Fenia quickly pushed her body to the side again, but the arm movement of the gremlin that broke the coach door and jumped out caused her to fall.
Fenia, rolling on the mud, saw the gremlin holding its sword backwards and trying to pierce her. She didn’t get stabbed as she quickly rolled over to her side, but her whole body ended up covered in mud.
Princess Fenia stood up without hesitation and gathered her magic power. Water magic is her specialty. She pulled out her cue and launched it at the gremlin.
The gremlin that was hit directly by the magic took a few steps backwards, screaming in pain. Fenia raised her trembling body and thrust another ball into the corner of the gremlin’s eye.
Taking advantage of the gremlin’s pain as it clutches its eyes, he casts the mid-level water magic ‘Drowning’.
A puddle of water appeared near the gremlin’s head, blocking his respiratory tract.
The gremlin resisted for a while and tried to release its magic, but Princess Fenia did not lose her concentration even as she was bleeding. After maintaining the magic for such a long time, the gremlin eventually lost her mind and collapsed.
Even though I’m not a very strong elite monster, I ended up wasting a lot of time. It even feels like my body’s magical energy has been used up.
Still, Princess Fenia gritted her teeth and got up and got on the carriage seat. When she saw the corpse of her coachman, with his internal organs half spilled out in addition to the blood, she felt faint again.
Princess Fenia managed to move even though her stamina was almost completely gone, and pushed the coachman out of the carriage. Her coachman’s body was spread out on the floor like trash. Princess Fenia felt sorry for not being able to properly show respect to her deceased husband, so she offered her prayers for a moment and then took hold of her whip. Fortunately for her, her horses seem to be still safe.
It is possible to somehow evacuate out of the royal residence.
My whole body was covered in blood and mud, and it didn’t look like anything… Her life was as rich as it was.
The moment he thought that, the two horses were trampled by the one-eyed giant’s foot and exploded.
It happened in an instant.
– Kuung
Blood clings to the giant’s feet.
When I looked up, I saw a one-eyed giant who had come out of the garden, looking down at Princess Fenia’s carriage.
I was trying to get rid of it by stepping on it all at once, but it feels like my aim failed and I just killed the horse. The one-eyed giant gave a creepy smile, saying that he would definitely stamp it out this time. Those huge feet rise toward the sky again.
Die.
If you step on it, it explodes and you die.
There is no means of resistance.
I had to struggle to catch even a low-level gremlin, but there was no way to catch such a high-level monster.
The one-eyed giant slowly adjusted the position of his feet and was about to deliver the final blow.
– Bang! Quang!
The blond man who fell onto the carriage was unable to land properly and hit the outside wall and tumbled once. However, she didn’t care and just grabbed Princess Fenia’s arm and threw herself out of her carriage.
The man who rolled on the floor with Princess Fenia in his arms was clearly… This is Ed Rosstaylor.
“Huh… !”
At the same time, a lioness made of water came out of the carriage carrying Emperor Cloel.
It was one second later that the carriage was stepped on by the giant’s foot and exploded.
– Kwaaaaang!
Dust rises.
Fenia, who barely came to her senses while sneezing inside, saw a man hugging her.
And then I hold my breath again.
The man and Fenia were injured so badly that they could not be compared.
The amount of bleeding is unusual. At least a lot of the bleeding has stopped, and the wounds all over his body are a mess, as if he had been pierced by an awl or something.
It may have been painful just to breathe, but Fenia was saved.
“Ed… Ross Taylor… ! you… !”
Before he could continue speaking, the one-eyed giant’s gaze turned to the two people. Fenia came to her senses again at that moment. Now was not the time for her to stay still. If she continues like this, she will only end up getting crushed by the giant’s feet.
However, the giant never lifted his foot again.
– Hwaaaaaaa!
The fire lizard with its huge body is actually slightly larger than the one-eyed giant.
It’s like watching a fight between monsters, but Tarkan’s fire magic is a fatal blow to the one-eyed giant who has no magic resistance.
Flames poured out of Tarkan’s mouth and covered the one-eyed giant.
Riding on top of its head is the Yenica Failover… Selaha, the older sister of Princess Fenia.
“this… This… ”
“Princess Fenia.”
Ed endured the intense pain, stood up, and made eye contact with Princess Fenia right in front of his nose.
“You’re alive… “I’m so glad.”
Seeing how he protected Fenia’s well-being until the end, covered in blood… Fenia is greatly embarrassed.
He ran all the way to the royal residence where this hell island was spread out, determined to protect Fenia no matter what happened.
The blood flowing from Ed’s body dripped down Fenia’s cheek.
Fenia was startled and was quietly looking at Ed with shaking pupils… Finally, she spoke first.
“therapy… Shouldn’t I get treatment? When I’m like this right now… !”
– Hwaaaaaaa!
Tarkan, who had subdued the one-eyed giant, lowered his head, and Princess Yenika and Selaha jumped from above him.
The two people who landed on the grass quickly ran over and supported Emperor Cloel, while Yenika supported Ed Rothtaylor.
“Abama! Are you okay!”
“You are safe, my daughter Selaha! I was worried about you… ! thank god. “What a relief!”
“I also see that Abama is safe… ”
Selaha couldn’t finish speaking because he was so relieved.
Ed, who had put Fenia down in his arms, managed to get up with Yenika’s support.
“Ed! I’m not feeling well… What should I do if he suddenly jumps like that? Really Ed… If you bleed this much, it wouldn’t be surprising if you died right away… !”
When Yenika shouted in a worried voice, Ed raised his head again and spoke.
“There is no time for a long explanation. Princess Fenia. “You need to go to where Tailly is right now.”
“I beg your pardon… ?”
“we are… We have to catch that dragon here and now. Otherwise, it will become a disaster that spreads throughout the empire.”
After hearing those words, Emperor Cloel, who managed to stand up with Selaha’s support, spoke.
“You… Sir Ed Rosstaylor… ”
“your majesty… Since it is an urgent situation, I would like to slowly organize the situation and convey it to you… We don’t have time for that.”
Ed spoke while suppressing the rising pain.
“for now… A place where Tailly would be… Even though Tailly’s group was gathered there, it was a station close to the Trix building… Ofilis Hall… You should head to Ofilis Hall… It’ll be safer there than here… also… Ugh… ”
Ed grimaced as another round of blood fell. Jenica, who was supporting her Ed, closed her eyes tightly at the sight, and then she spoke to Princess Fenia.
“Medical staff. There are no medical staff! Ed needs to get treatment first!”
“Well, it looks like that… Now, inside the royal residence, the monster tribe has invaded all the way to the center… In fact, it’s safe to say that there are no medical staff left! Almost everything… I think he died… ”
“I came this far… “You mean Ed can’t get treatment?”
Princess Fenia looked at Ed’s wounds with trembling eyes.
“but… is it so… Somehow… Even simple first aid… How to do it… .”
“It’s done. “You can go to the Ofilis Center to receive treatment.”
In any case, Ed Rosstaylor’s purpose in coming here was not to receive treatment.
Even though I was losing my mind right now, the reason Ed came here was clear.
“If we can confirm that Princess Fenia is safe, then that’s okay.”
Fenia still looked at Ed with a puzzled expression.
It was a long relationship, and most of it was a relationship that led to a contract… Because he never thought that Ed would do his best for him like this.
In that condition, he ran all the way to the royal residence with the sole intention of saving Fenia. Just watching it was an incredible amount of willpower.
“Ed… Ross Taylor… you… you are… .”
Ed gritted his teeth and turned his gaze back to Emperor Cloel.
Anyway, the goal now is to catch Belbroke. In order to do that, he had to take Princess Fenia with him.
If you say that Fenia will be included in the Belbroke punitive force in a situation like this, there is no way that Emperor Cloel will agree.
Still, I had to explain the situation as best as I could and take Fenia with me.
“Your Majesty the Emperor.”
Ed lowered his head, not paying attention to the blood running down his face.
“As you are already fully aware, what is happening now is in fact a national disaster. If we don’t solve it here and now, the casualties will far exceed tens of thousands. perhaps… “It wouldn’t be surprising if the empire’s legacy ended here.”
“that… That’s right… ”
“I don’t know whether you will believe me or not. Still, let me tell you, there is a way to defeat Velbroke. but… Of course it’s not easy. But I’ll try my best… .”
Ed refused to let Jenica help him for a moment and walked steadily on his own… He bowed his head before Emperor Chloel.
“Princess Fenia is needed. Please allow me to take Princess Fenia.”
“… ”
Fenia, who was lying on the floor, suddenly blushed and her shoulders trembled.
Princess Selaha, who was supporting Emperor Cloel, was watching quietly and suddenly raised her voice.
“Ed Rosstaylor! “Don’t you feel a bit strange when you ask me something like that?”
At Selaha’s words, there was silence.
No one will think of it that way, and they might think you’re making a fuss, but… Selaha was speaking more sincerely than I thought.
That’s because Fenia’s expression was unusual from a while ago.
It seems like Yenica also has a strangely wild feel… He was looking around with an anxious face.
However, Emperor Cloel is a man of insight.
The more urgent the situation, the more he always penetrates to the core.
“Never mistake recklessness for courage, Ed Rothtaylor. That Seong Chang-ryong… “It is a mythical monster that even the first swordsman Luden had to risk his life for.”
“But you can’t suffer death without even resisting. If we can’t finish it here, the damage will spread throughout the continent. “First of all, I plan to unite the various garrison forces within Aken Island and resist.”
“Are you going to summon all those who are torn and scattered all over the island, unable to hold on and unable to move, into one place?”
“Fortunately, I can persuade the leaders of each garrison.”
Combat Department student chief Dyke Elphelan;
Lortel Kecheln, acting president of the Sylvania branch of the Elte Chamber of Commerce.
Sylvania Academy student body president Tanya Rosstaylor.
Saint Clarice of the Holy Emperor Telos Church.
Belle Maia, the head maid of the top-class dormitory, Ofilis Building.
Each leader has different values, a different way of life, and a different course of action in an emergency like this.
However, if there is one common denominator among all these different people… . At the center of the tangled human relationships is a man named Ed Rosstaylor.
Already, the spirits holding Yenika’s letter were flying and scattering here and there on Aken Island.
Originally, it would have been difficult to send a spirit because of the monsters that were lined up, but the demons in the sky were temporarily wiped out by Lucy’s magic… Conditions have been created to send messages much more quickly.
Lucy’s elemental magic was close to a struggle… As a result, it was possible to connect the communication network between each station more quickly.
“I sent a message asking you to take responsibility and gather at Ofilis Hall; “You all know that if you just hold out in the current situation anyway, you will only face catastrophe.”
Among the dying merchants, Lortel was protecting the store building by using ice magic to kill monsters. Charis, a low-ranking wind spirit in the shape of a sparrow, flew in and sat on her shoulder.
While the mercenaries of the commercial association are screaming and fighting, outsiders requesting protection are constantly pouring into the commercial building.
In the midst of such confusion, Lortel discovers a letter tied to the foot of the spirit sitting on his shoulder, and quickly takes it out and reads it.
Although it is a dire crisis, I somehow manage to smile and look up at the sky covered in magic circles.
I decided it was a gamble worth taking.
The same goes for Dyke Elphelan, who is rescuing survivors at the combat unit’s training center. After receiving Ed’s letter, he rests his chin in contemplation, and eventually shouts out to the students of the combat club stationed there.
The road to Ophilis Hall has already been cleared to some extent by the blood-crazed Clevius. Running along that path is low risk. It was a decision worth making.
Tanya Rosstaylor, who headed to the living quarters, also accepted the letter and nodded. Since she has already left for Ziggs of Philis Pavilion, it would not be a bad idea for her to follow him. In particular, if it is a garrison centered around Ed Rosstaylor, it will be safer because many of the core forces within the academy will be gathered there.
Although the distance is a bit further, there is a greater chance of safety being guaranteed at Ofilis Hall. It might be right to break the travel route even now. First of all, it is easiest to follow Ed Ross Taylor’s path.
The same goes for Saint Clarice, who was protesting with priests at the Bachelor’s Cathedral.
Because she had heard some rumors about Bellbroke’s resurrection, she was able to deal with it more calmly than expected. Although she was resurrected earlier than expected, her heart was still prepared.
Clarisse had been waiting for Ed to contact her from the beginning. If this is the man who predicted Belle Broke’s resurrection, he will try to contact you in some way and discuss a course of action.
From the beginning, Clarice didn’t even question the plan to gather at Ofilis Hall and go to defeat Belbroke.
All I could do was quickly run towards the barricade in the square in front of the cathedral to give instructions to the priests.
“I can assure you. “Everyone will gather at Ofilis Hall.”
“under… haha… ”
Emperor Cloel laughed as if it were absurd.
Even the emperor of a country has personnel that are difficult to control at once. In particular, bigwigs like Saint Clarice and Lord Lortel were more likely to make conservative decisions in such urgent situations.
Is it possible to capture such characters at once and gather them into the Ofilis Hall?
Those who lead a group must always calculate risks. How difficult it must have been to forcefully move the station, fight through monsters, and gather in one place… I know better than anyone else how politically arduous it is to get all the different leaders to act with one mind.
Nevertheless, this man is confident that he can unite the scattered forces into one place.
There are two types of people who can do something like that.
Or the embodiment of politics.
Or, a hero.
Which one is this guy? Emperor Cloel looked at Ed, who was bleeding, for a moment, but did not come to a conclusion.
It doesn’t matter either way.
Right now, it’s important to address the situation at hand.
Whether it’s a politician who is good at politics, or a hero who can control people… The key point is that the leaders of the garrison follow Ed’s wishes.
In that case, wouldn’t it be the right decision for the emperor to trust this man’s policy?
Emperor Cloel quietly looked at Ed Rosstaylor.
Is this a new flame that has bloomed in the Ross Taylor family that Crepin was holding and shaking?
One way or another, it was not a family rotten to the roots.
