EP7. Civil War in Laes (7)
“······.”
Only irregular sounds could be heard in the quiet room. As he kept tapping the desk with his fingers, he couldn’t easily hide his anxiety. In the end, he couldn’t control his mind and muttered alone in an empty space.
“If you lose.”
No matter how much I think about it, I think I made the wrong choice. I couldn’t have tried to respond aggressively. He should have locked the gates of the mansion, trusting in the aid to come from the capital.
“Hector. Because he said that damn bastard was confident for no reason.”
Of course, Dios only knows how strong the Silent Wolf is. Didn’t he also pay expensive money to manage his enlisted soldiers? There was no way I could get tired of adventurers who only peeled off monster skins.
But why? The reason why unknown anxiety keeps strangling him.
“Since we have already decided, can we just pray that we will win?”
“Hmm. I think it is too late to pray.”
When the answer that he should never have returned came back, he shuddered with dizziness. The baron immediately jumped out of his seat and shouted.
“Who are you!? . . . Could it be that wizard year again!?”
Dios hurriedly checked the magic detector. However, the light on the detector was not on. It means that no magic has ever been used in this room.
“What are you checking so quickly?”
“You are…”
Dios called the name of the woman he finally found.
“Ms. Kania?”
“It’s been a while. Baron. We should have met at the banquet.”
“How did you get here…? It must have been attacked by a monster…”
Kania rubbed her belly with her wry smile.
“I thought I was going to die. But I guess there is still work to be done. Seeing how you saved me.”
“How did you get in here!?”
“Of course I sneaked in. Aren’t you too careless? If we take all our troops outside, there might be an intruder like this.”
“·······.”
He couldn’t deny it. Perhaps he subconsciously thought that the same thing would never happen again after the daytime raids went awry. It’s ironic that he didn’t forget the magic detector and left it in the office.
“I think I know why you came here. Your brother has been here too.”
“·······.”
“Then didn’t you hear that b*tch!? The war won’t stop no matter what I do! Even if you block me…!”
Kania interrupted her baron.
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
“····What?”
“Because I went there already. A much prettier and better kid than me.”
“·······.”
I don’t know who she meant, but Dios realized. The current situation is that something is seriously wrong.
“Wait! For a moment····! Wait. Did you go through hardships under Dordan? And, and again, Hector didn’t even help you… Aren’t you both resentful? If you want revenge, I…”
“Baron. No, Mr. Dios. You look pretty ugly.”
“f*ck! Hector You bastard! I told you to protect me while I was around you like that…!”
Kania, who watched the scene where Dios exploded and spit out her anger, fanned herself.
“You seem to resent Hector. Do you know why he left you?”
“Shut up. Something like that now…”
“That’s because I don’t like being with you.”
“·······.”
“Mr. Hector hates disgusting people like you the most.”
Her provocation worked well. Dios, who was glaring at Kania, soon pulled out and grabbed the display sword on the wall of her room. But despite that, she didn’t lose her composure.
“Dios. I tell you In order to minimize the damage of war, Congress has decided to execute you immediately upon arrest.”
“····f*ck! Search!”
Looking at Dios clumsily holding a sword and making an ignorant charge, Kania declared with cold eyes.
“The sin of making my sister cry. Repay with death.”
***
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Gania ran fast.
As soon as possible. To prevent even one person’s blood.
In her hand was Dordan’s favorite staff. As proof that he is dead, this should be enough. In the first place, the important thing was to end the war itself. It is selfish heads who want war, and it was not the goal of those who wage it.
‘It’s okay. If everything goes according to my sister’s plan, everyone will be fine…!’
Preventing the duel between Sean and Hector, Levy’s barrier blocks contact between the two sides. If Sean could stop Hector for a long time, it would be the most ideal strategy that would not bleed anyone.
And Gania believed in the ability of a boy named Sean. So please.
‘I hope nothing happens…!’
She ran nonstop like when she went to rescue Kania from the monsters. The destination was, of course, the baron’s mansion, which should have been a battlefield.
‘Was my sister successful?’
The worry was not long. She sees Kania as far superior to herself as her younger brother, who believes if she doesn’t believe in herself. By the time we got close to the baron’s mansion.
There was a being that caught Gania’s attention.
‘····The Silent Wolf.’
She was a clan of silent wolves that were her home to her. Her inexpressible feelings took her mind for a moment, but knowing she was running out of time, she struggled to turn her head and go back on her way.
But something was wrong with her. Gania looked at her clan again.
‘Why is the door open?’
And it seemed that even the lights were on. Did I just forget to take care of it and leave? Is that really all there is to it? Her own mind was casting other guesses.
I wonder if the owners of the house have returned.
‘Her sister could have said the war was over first.’
It is quite possible to speak immediately after killing the baron in the mansion. If so, it is only natural that the soldiers scattered and returned to where they should have been.
Her guess turned into her de facto certainty.
“Yes. The war is over…!”
Gania took a cautious step. She’s towards the Silent Wolf Clan, not the Baron’s Mansion. Is it right to go inside? What makes her hesitate is her last meeting with Hector. She said she would never see her again, she said she would leave the city, but would he accept her?
“Obviously. . . . Will accept it.”
He. Because Hector is such a person. Although he looks blunt on the outside, he’s actually kind. Because he was the kind of person who was willing to give his life for a young sister he never knew. He gave his life to this city full of monsters for the people he saved.
Hector was such a person.
Gania apologized to Hector for her wrongdoing and stepped forward to be forgiven.
She paused, placing her hand on her door. It was the same as it was just a while ago. What kind of reaction will she have if she goes inside? Do you want to look at yourself with a bewildered expression like last time? Maybe they expect to come and welcome you warmly.
Gania was ready to sincerely rejoice at any reaction. She doesn’t care if she doesn’t get into the silent wolf again. Anyway, because everyone is safe. ‘Cause I can see you again
After making up her mind, she opened the door.
“·······.”
Only the cold silence in the empty clan welcomed Gania.
Unexpectedly, she tried to understand the situation for a while as no one was inside.
It wasn’t that nobody was there. Soon someone’s voice was heard.
“…Sister Gania?”
“····Cren?”
What the hell happened? Why only one Is it because only Kren, who is not an official member of the company, is keeping the position? She just couldn’t accept it.
Gania asked Kren with a smile on her face.
“hahahaha. What about the other kids? The leader? Oh, are you all washing up? Well, since I just left…”
“I, sister… I’m not sure what the situation is…”
Cren, who was scratching his cheek and staring at her, finally had no choice but to bring her up.
“…Others went out in the morning and haven’t returned yet.”
“・・・・Nobody?”
“Yes…”
“I can’t.”
The war is not over yet.
***
How much time has passed? Ten minutes? Thirty minutes? Maybe an hour.
I don’t know the exact time, but it’s been a while since the duel with Hector started.
Everything has run out. Shaun and Hector’s health too. Levi’s energy. The soldiers’ patience too.
“Kill! End it!”
“You damned little bastard! Quickly dissolve this magic and start the war!”
“Don’t drag, kill!”
Overcoming the barrier magic, the shouts of the soldiers roar. Shaun, who supported himself with his sword, looked at Hector. Standing upright, he too was gasping for heavy breath as if he was quite tired. He was told by Hector to talk to Sean.
“Come to think of it, didn’t we decide the end of the duel?”
“…That’s it, surrender and it’s over.”
“Yes. But neither seems willing to surrender.”
“·······.”
“Then there is only one way. Until one of them dies. Any disagreements?”
Shaun fixed his sword in response. Hector also saw the scene and went into preparations to start the battle again.
“····Levi. How much longer do I have to hold out?”
“Until you come.”
“Yes. Until you come…”
It was Hector who charged first. The sword slanted down obliquely spills and stabs. However, after being blocked by the blade, this time it cuts upwards from the bottom. Swing from the top and collide.
Two swords colliding. The two, who have lost their stamina, omit and compress unnecessary actions as much as possible, and pour everything into one end of concentration. If you make even one mistake, it’s over. I hold on to the hilt of the sword as tightly as possible so as not to slip in sweat.
Even in the midst of that, Sean looked for an opportunity to target Hector’s weakness. However, if he showed even the slightest gap, Hector’s fierce attack immediately blocked his concentration. Then, when the two swords collided in an oblique line, they entered into a power struggle. Sean gritted his teeth and gritted.
“····If you’ve heard it, you know! There’s no point in fighting like this…! The war will soon be over!”
“I want to ask you. That might be your trick, so how can you be sure?”
“You don’t believe them!?”
Hector hesitated for a moment at that, then frowned and pushed Sean with force.
“The one I don’t trust is you! Those guys don’t care!”
“There is no relationship…! Do you know how much they suffered because of your participation in the war!?”
“Shut up! Do you think I participated in the war because I liked it!”
The wolf savagely attacked the inexperienced boy. Barely defending himself, Shawn’s posture was gradually breaking down. There seemed to be no escape from Hector’s vicious attacks.
In the end, when Shawn’s posture gave way and he sat down, Levy shouted.
“····No. The barrier is breaking!”
At the girl’s cry, both Hector’s and Sean’s gazes instantly turned toward the barrier. In the end, the impatient soldiers were knocking on the barrier and trying to break it.
Since when did that happen? The important thing was that the barriers were gradually being engraved with gold and breaking.
“Looks like there’s a time limit on this fight.”
“····We have to drag out as much time as possible. Mr. Hector! We have to stop the war!?”
“As you said, no matter how much time you wait, the war will begin when that magic is broken.”
“·······.”
Hector reached out to Shawn, who was sitting on the floor.
“All we can do is see the end of this fight.”
“I like it.”
Shawn too accepted the fact that the duel had no meaning. That’s why he wanted to see the end of this game all the more.
A fight to win, not simply to pass the time.
“Levy. If we can’t stop the war. Then run away.”
“·······.”
Sean and Hector. Wolf and boy The two raised their swords and looked at each other.
Shaun’s eyes wide open, trying to catch every movement, while Hector just closes his eyes.
It was Sean who took his foot off first. Shawn’s sword pierced Hector sharply.
The two clashed. Amid the shouts of soldiers echoing everywhere. In the silence between the two, only the occasional sound of iron could be heard.
“····It will break now.”
At the same time as the girl’s small voice, the barrier lost its shape and shattered. Soldiers from both sides rushed into the square. And the battle between the two was also won or lost.
“… That’s great.”
“…In the end, the war was unstoppable.”
Shaun’s sword rested on Hector’s neck. If you dig a little deeper, the wolf’s throat will be cut in no time. It was Sean’s victory. However, the expression on the winner’s face was bitter.
The moment when soldiers from both sides finally get mixed up and try to kill the enemy.
“All… Stop-!!!”
The man’s huge shout shook the entire plaza. As if thunder struck, everyone in the square focused on one place.
Sean muttered, recognizing the owner of the voice.
“…Mr. Kren?”
There stood a woman with Cren. She shouted as she raised her wand in the sky.
“The president of the association and the baron. Both killed by each other’s dukes! With all the warring parties dead, Parliament has ordered an immediate end to the war!”
“I am.”
“So… So now… Everyone stop fighting-!!!”
Seeing Gania shouting unwaveringly in front of everyone, Hector quietly spat out with a dejected smile.
“Nothing has changed from the past.”
She was still a tomboyish and troublemaker girl. How could she break her plate, which no one seemed to be able to easily get rid of, in such a mess.
“····Still, it’s not bad. Even such a messed up ending.”
Hector gave a small smile as he looked at her own daughter.
And.
“····Kuhh!”
An arrow shot from behind pierced his heart.
EP7. Laes civil war (complete)