Episode. Under the 17 flag (1)
Took.
“Quaaagh!”
Leo was fast.
Enough to cut off his right wrist before Pole could even respond.
Blood spilled on the white marble floor.
“Four Commander! What are you doing!”
“… … .”
“profit! sh*t!”
As if he wouldn’t be taken lightly, he raised his axe.
However, since he was already seriously injured, a proper battle could not be established.
In an instant, Leo, who occupied his back, snatched his weapon and fell to his knees.
“omg… … !”
The Jackal family drew in a breath at Leo’s overwhelming prowess.
No matter how much you try to be a family head, you are only the head of a ‘prestigious’ level family.
Compared to Battenberg, it could be said to be the difference between an empire and a small country.
Leo is the highest knight of that empire, and the right-hand man of the emperor.
There was no way something like Poland Helga could deal with.
“Sah, save me! Please save me, Mr. Battenberg!”
Pole, who fell to the ground in front of overwhelming force, begged.
The chieftain of a family was not overly proud and had a shabby appearance.
Richard stepped in front of the servile man.
“Blow gently through your mouth, Traitor Pole.”
“Do, Bocchan! Misunderstanding! I’m a traitor… … !”
seureung-
Richard pulled out an ice crescendo.
When the cold blade touched the back of Polen’s neck, his skin turned white.
“I never say twice.”
“… … !”
Poland shivered.
Richard’s eyes staring at him.
Fiery rage swirled in those seemingly still eyes.
It was no longer something a 16-year-old boy could do.
“okay. Keep your mouth shut.”
“Uh, uh… … !”
At this moment, Richard had gone crazy.
I don’t mean a violent personality, but a maniac who really cuts the throat of a condemned man.
It was then.
“Cha, it looks like you made a mistake! Our family head is not the kind of person to do that!”
Helga’s commander, Abalt.
With his trembling body, he blocked Richard’s way.
Lips tightly closed as if prepared for death.
The loyal knight’s face was full of faith in his lord.
“Do you want to die too?”
“Kill me! But, as a knight, Helga has never done anything shameful! Please do not disparage Helga’s chivalry!”
Richard pulled the corners of his mouth.
When he thought it was a mockery, he opened his mouth.
“The Jackal Family said the right thing. Helga’s knights are brave, but their leader is stupid and stupid.”
His hand pushed Abalt aside.
Poland, who was hiding behind the Abalt, was covered in blood and had a resigned face.
“How much more unsightly will you show in front of your subordinates?”
“… … say, I will. I’ll tell you all. So boo, please, save my life.”
He closed his eyes and started talking about everything.
The shocking and ugly truth.
“oh my god! Are you still the head of a family!”
“No, no way… … !”
His confession shocked everyone.
The other family heads burst into anger, and the faithful Abalt shook his head and denied the reality.
It has to be.
My lord, whom I trusted and followed, was a magician’s helper.
In the past 10 years, countless pieces of information about the armed family have been leaked from Poland, and in return, he received a huge amount of treasure.
Chew-!
“Quaaagh!”
One of his ears fell off from Richard’s sword.
“You are still lying.”
“what… … !”
“There’s no way I would have abandoned everything just for treasure. Would you have gotten something bigger?”
Richard’s gaze turned to the large ax scattered on the floor.
“For example… … Like magic equipment.”
Soon he picked up an axe.
ugh-
As he used his divine power, a complex magic formula emerged on the blade of the axe. In addition, even the magic circle that sealed the magic formula.
It was just as Richard knew.
“you’re right… … I’ll tell you all! please… … .”
“Talk about it.”
This time he started to reveal everything.
“A few years ago, I received a sealed coachman from the magician Roland. Queue! With the words that if you continue to cooperate with the magician, the seal will be released… … .”
“Are you just throwing everything away with just one axe!”
Abalt screamed.
A magician’s nemesis, Poland.
He fell in love with the magic equipment of the coachman and became Roland’s faithful dog.
I handed over a lot of information and threw my pride as a knight to the ground.
Abalt, who trusted and followed such a man, felt like filth was all over his body.
However, Poland’s confession was not over.
“Oh, an order came down a while ago. Interfere with the Alliance from defending Rio Castle… … .”
So he deliberately caused trouble so that the Muga alliance could not unite as one.
I used the name of family head to undercut the commander’s authority, and pushed my family’s knights to the forefront to increase their right to speak within the alliance.
With the right to speak, he created a separation between other families.
“… … If you do, he will release the seal of the coachman and provide you with the best barding and wide territory.”
Only because of magic equipment, only because of property.
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He gave up everything as a knight.
“You mean that magic equipment was more important than the knights who believed in you and followed you?”
“I, I wanted to reach a higher level. Even with the help of tools… … .”
“… … Right.”
“young master! save me… … !”
squeak-
The traitor’s neck snapped.
“… … .”
Silence fell in the meeting room.
Some were speechless with anger, and others were speechless with ugliness.
After looking at the headless corpse for a moment, Richard opened his mouth.
“Helga’s knight is innocent. They should not be penalized.”
“insect!”
“I can’t hold a meeting in this situation. Organize the body, and keep quiet about this incident. Even if it is known, it will only lower the morale of the coalition.”
“I will!”
Quickly sorting out the situation, he turned his gaze to Leo.
There was an unfinished story left.
◈ ◈ ◈
I walked into his room with Leo.
“To say that Poland Helga was a traitor, although it caused many problems… … .”
“What did you do without dealing with that guy?”
“No matter how commander you are, if you carelessly touch the family tree, the alliance will collapse. Poland was deliberately provoking me.”
It was not wrong.
Because the head of households were knights, and the gathering of such people was the union.
It must have been quite embarrassing for Leo.
“How did you know he was a traitor?”
“secret.”
He sighed at my short answer.
“Maybe these liches are also the work of magicians.”
“That’s not right.”
Of course, it was possible to think so.
Pauline Castle, where the lich was located, was located at the southernmost point of the North Continent, facing the magician.
Furthermore, the only place they were attacking was the Kingdom of Baren, and the magician didn’t even look at them.
“They formed a coil between the samurai and magicians to prevent them from cooperating.”
“Then why are the undead only attacking this side?”
“A dead knight is more useful than a dead wizard.”
“… … !”
It was a simple answer.
“The enemy’s purpose is to completely open the rift in the sky.”
“Was it their fault?”
“okay. It was an incomplete rift.”
Right now, the liches must be preparing to completely open the rift by going through a series of rituals like the knight’s ‘quenching’.
In the future I know, the war could only end right before that.
“But you also have to keep in mind the magician’s ambush.”
“According to the information, they also formed an alliance to prepare for the undead attack.”
“Across the river, it’s a blinding scene.”
I closed my eyes.
The fact that Poland’s betrayal was already known.
However, its form has changed.
I never thought he would plot the collapse of the samurai union.
Originally, I was the one who quietly jumped out as a magician by myself.
Why did Roland give such an order?
‘Magical children… … Are you going to directly hit the North Continent, which has been heavily damaged by the undead?’
Did the incidents pile up and pile up to come this far?
Unlike in the game, the knights had no means to resist Magi, and the undead army became stronger.
It must have been a good opportunity for a magician to poke a gap.
measures must be taken
When I was shaking my head for a while, Leo started talking to me again.
“As expected, the young master stimulates my curiosity.”
“suddenly?”
“Isn’t it? Isn’t the family head entrusted with full power, and he appears in a drastically changed shape, changing the game on the battlefield and even finding the traitor! I really want to be that crazy boy.”
“Look at this. I am the Plenipotentiary. Do you want to die for insult?”
Leo, who had been dignified just before, had changed to his usual smirk.
He smiled and waved his hand as I picked up the ax I had taken from Poland.
“hahahaha, actually, I have this attitude towards the family head.”
“Tsk.”
What happened is that there is no article that properly treats you as a young master.
At least Aaron is quick-witted, but there were times when he didn’t even notice.
“Shouldn’t you keep your promise now?”
Leo raised his hand and showed the ring.
His face was full of curiosity that had been hidden for so long.
okay. Now is the time to speak.
“The power of the ring is running low. I guess you wrote it usefully all this time?”
“Mmm, that was really helpful.”
It was a ring that contained ten thousand beliefs.
That’s not even five hundred left.
It was written very sparingly.
“And the power contained within… … , It seemed to be the exact opposite force to Magi.”
“Exactly.”
I grinned.
cancer. don’t say the opposite
“When you wear the ring, your strength rises, right? I feel better. The condition must have been the best.”
“yes. Even the knights around me could feel its power.”
He looked down at the ring with twinkling eyes.
It was a pity that he kept biting his lips and that the ring’s power had weakened.
“What is that? It’s something fundamentally different from mana… … .”
“divinity.”
“yes?”
He narrowed his eyes as if he had heard something strange.
“It is literally. God, so called Hor… … It is the power of a god that exists only in this world.”
“young master. If you don’t want to know, just say no.”
It was an expected reaction.
I cupped his hand.
Specifically, the ring on the finger.
『Gives 2,000 faith to the object.』
“ah… … .”
Leo opened his mouth and looked at the ring.
“Aren’t you curious? Is there really a God or not?”
“There is no way you know that.”
“Pray just once. Then something will change.”
“… … If it were the head of the family, he would yell at me that praying is something that only weak people do.”
I grinned.
“Your father is not here. And again, now I am the Plenipotentiary.”
In fact, I had been given a seal to use it like this.