Episode. 16 The living corpse and the living corpse (3)
I ordered the 3rd Knights to come with a wagon and help clean up the battlefield.
The two wagons full of believers were parked in the woods near Rio Castle.
Just in case, I left Adele with her, so it won’t be a big deal.
“let’s go.”
“yes. Please follow me.”
It was time to follow Leo’s footsteps.
“for a moment! I go too.”
Moritz came after me.
“Just help the knights? What are you going to do with it?”
“Hey, I’m a Battenberg too. Qualified enough.”
Moritz had the momentum to follow me wherever I went, even in Battenga.
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Inside Rio Castle.
Five representatives of the commanders of each samurai family except for Battenberg, and five middle-aged men with mighty spirit.
Then Leo, Moritz and I sat around a round table.
“… … .”
Silence hovered over the round table.
I wondered why everyone was silent, so I realized it only after looking around.
The leaders were silently looking at me, as if they were giving me priority to speak.
First, I should introduce myself.
I got up from my seat.
“This is Richard Battenberg. At the command of the family head, I joined the alliance with the 3rd Knights.”
Then Moritz also jumped up and opened his mouth.
“Mo, this is Moritz Battenberg!”
It seemed that this place was tense.
Moritz, whose face was red, quickly sat down, probably feeling embarrassed later.
“It is an honor to meet the children of Battenberg the Great.”
“I never thought noble people would step forward! I really can’t be more reassured than this. I am infinitely grateful to Battenberg for his insight and mercy.”
The commanders made mouth-watering noises.
It was only after the obvious flattery continued for a long time that each of them revealed their affiliation.
The Linne and Orde families are well versed in spearmanship and archery.
A Jackal family that wields a great sword.
A Saiyan family that specializes in dual swordsmanship.
Finally, the Helga family lightly wielding their huge battle axes.
I closed my eyes.
He said, barely holding back a sigh.
“Let’s say hello like this.”
It wasn’t even a meeting, so why did the greeting take so long?
Moreover, the matter is now very serious.
I decided to ask the most curious first.
“What is the reason why the five samurai are pushed back even though they have joined forces?”
I guessed that something strange had happened.
Still, this was to the point where I couldn’t understand it.
As I originally knew, the samurai union consisted of three families.
Helga, the jackal, and the knights of the Ord family all cooperated.
At least until the war with the South escalated.
But what about now?
Two other families have already been added to the union, and even though the heads of the families have already stepped forward, they are still being pushed back by the undead.
‘No matter how much the morale of the allied forces hit the bottom and the demonic energy became much thicker, it’s not easy to understand.’
I looked at the leaders.
They kept their mouths shut like honeydew mutes.
Just as I was about to rush for an answer, Leo said.
“… … The first alliance consisted of the three families of the Baren Kingdom and us, the 1st Knights. That seemed to be enough. But as you know, Bocchan, something strange happened one day.”
I was talking about cracks.
The Muga Alliance must not have escaped fear and confusion.
Up until this point, it was as expected.
“That day, Rio Castle was pushed to the brink of fall, and it was only able to be stopped at the end of a great sacrifice. Bocchan, I’m sorry. It’s all because of my lack of qualifications as a commander.”
“Now I am not trying to argue right or wrong. I don’t even have the right to do that.”
I restrained him as he jumped up from his seat and lowered his head.
Who are you to blame for the day’s anomaly?
No matter how long it flew, it was an unavoidable disaster.
My body stiffens, and my mind seems to go far away.
In such a situation, the undead and the Magi went crazy, so it wouldn’t have been a fuss.
“Sir Leo, keep talking.”
“Since then, the situation has only gotten worse. The family heads, Linne, and the Syan family joined the alliance, but the momentum of the alliance had already fallen to the point where it was impossible to even respond properly. Moreover… … .”
Leo stopped talking and glanced at the leadership.
It was when I wondered if there was something wrong with the frown.
Someone hit the round table with a bang.
“Damn it! Every time the knights of the Jackal family sacrifice themselves, isn’t our family suffering damage!”
He was the head of the Helga family.
He glared at the jackal family head with his bandit-like face distorted.
The atmosphere rapidly cooled.
“I can’t get away with that. That the knights over there were only damaged by ignorantly attacking!”
“Helga’s knights are brave. I’m not afraid of Margie like the jackal family cowards!”
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A fight broke out between the two families out of the blue.
But it didn’t end there.
Helga Gazoo suddenly turned her arrow.
This time to the family of Ord.
“Even archers are only pure cowards. Does this situation seem like a stranger to you guys?”
“Helga go. I admit that your family suffered great damage, but please refrain from excessive words and actions!”
“Hmph, what the union needs is a brave knight. If you’re just here to fill the head count, I hope you don’t. Your troops will only lower morale.”
There really is no mess.
That’s how I felt when I saw all of this firsthand.
‘I think I understand.’
What Leo was trying to say.
You might have wanted to say that these damn idiots ruined the Allied Forces.
The families that have joined the current alliance have their territories between Rio Castle and the Baren capital.
It was obvious as to why the heavy-hungry family heads joined the alliance.
If Rio Castle falls, my territory will become a field of corpses.
Even so, they couldn’t join forces, but the sight of them thrusting their teeth into each other was very unsightly.
Then Leo stepped out.
“Everyone shut up.”
There was great anger in the low murmur.
Yes, that smirk expression was cold everywhere.
“What… … !”
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The family heads seemed uncomfortable with Leo’s high-handed attitude.
Especially Helga.
‘What?’
This is really getting worse.
“Two sons of Battenberg are here. Show the dignity appropriate to the time and place.”
“Commander Leo! If you are a knight with someone you serve, you should be polite to the head of another family!”
“… … Miss Helga. I am speaking as commander now.”
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The entire Rio Castle was shaken by the battle between the two giants.
I quietly looked around.
The commanders stared at the round table, as if they didn’t want to get involved in this mess, and Moritz was terrified like a shrimp caught in a whale fight.
The core of the Muga Alliance was such a mess.
“I’m not kidding.”
At first, it was just absurd, but when I saw it, I was amazed.
To be honest… … Yes, the fever has risen.
The Knights of the Union shed tears of blood as they stabbed their undead colleagues.
If he died after fighting so desperately and fiercely, he would become a disgusting monster and had to suffer again.
“… … stop.”
Even so, the heads of households slandered and pushed each other.
There were even those who showed up to rebel against the commander of the coalition.
Right now, their entire house is on the verge of being destroyed.
Whatever it was, as a knight, I couldn’t forget my mission as a soldier.
“stop!”
It wasn’t until I shouted out loud that my eyes were drawn this way.
It is said that if there are many boatmen, the boat goes to the mountains.
Now the situation was much worse than that.
The coalition’s cancer mass was here.
“I’m sorry, Bocchan. Please forgive my ignorance.”
“Sir Leo. Aren’t you leading the allied forces in the capacity of a commander?”
“you’re right.”
I pointed at Helga with my chin and asked again.
“Then why do you leave such troubled seeds alone?”
“… … It’s my ignorance. sorry.”
Leo lowered his head.
It was a different attitude than when I was in the middle of battenga and rolling Aaron.
Then, Helga intervened.
“Did you just say that you are a seed of trouble? You’re talking too much. Without our family heads, the Allied Forces would have collapsed long ago.”
Now he just left.
He showed a disrespectful attitude towards me, the son of Battenberg, and put down the coalition led by Leo, the best knight of Battenberg.
I didn’t have to put up with it any longer.
No, I couldn’t stand it.
“Helga go. Just now, the commander of the coalition ordered me to shut up. And I also told you to stop.”
“No matter how commander you are, you shouldn’t treat the head of a family harshly, and no matter how much you are the son of Battenberg, you can’t treat me as a minion.”
Laughter burst out at that confident statement.
“It’s not a knight, but a politician crawled into the battlefield, so it looks like this.”
I muttered with a chuckle.
oh, that’s funny
He said, wiping away tears.
Helga’s face grew more and more red.
But that was only for a moment.
“Are the preparations for immigration going well?”
“… … !”
At my words, the boy widened his eyes.
Others in the conference room blinked, not knowing what they were talking about.
Poland Helga.
After the war between the Lich and the Alliance, a worm that abandoned my family and mission and ate magicians.
“If you are going to immigrate, you have to go quietly. Do you think they treat you well?”
“What, what nonsense is that!”
The future I already knew has changed several times, and it has rarely turned for the better.
Similarly, Poland Helga, who appeared in front of me, was even more vicious.
As usual, the guy who would have sold off only his family and ran away would throw the entire North Continent into chaos.
Even so, I couldn’t believe it, but his words and actions and his attitude of not thinking back were something that could not be seen unless there was a corner to believe in something.
In addition, the huge ax strapped to his back was evidence of betrayal.
“I was going to take care of you as well when I came to Baren Kingdom. That’s why I got this from the family head.”
I pulled something out of my chest.
An elaborately carved seal with the ‘sun that embraces the sword’ decoration.
It was a sign representing the full power of the Battenberg family.
“omg!”
“… … !”
Those who recognized the seal drew in a breath.
Then all of them knelt down and bowed their heads.
“Meet the agent of Battenberg!”
He was entrusted with full power from the head of state.
I could do so many things with just that one.
For example.
“Leo.”
“insect! Please tell me!”
“That bastard, subdue him moderately and drag him in front of me.”
It’s about cutting people up without asking or questioning them, that’s the basic of the basics.
Even more so for those who are still standing there dumbfounded without grasping the situation.
“I will follow your orders!”
It was an answer without the slightest hesitation.
The new type of Leo who faithfully shouted out to the world has disappeared.