90 – Terror
“I… Illuen.. G.. What did you just say?”
Emilia doubted her own ears and called Illuen to listen once more, but
Her face was not a stiff one from a while ago, but only a painful one, and she did not say anything else.
“Why did the saintess come out at this hour?”
Emilia was waiting for Illuen’s voice, but she heard a middle-aged man’s voice, not hers…
“Ra… High Priest Radboard…”
“hahahaha, you were with Illuen-sama. But it seems that Iluen-sama hasn’t been feeling well yet… hahahaha.”
“Yes? Ah… yes… it looks like it.”
High Priest Radboud was talking to Emilia at least with his mouth, but his eyes were only looking at Illuen as if he were watching…
“Iluen-nim is not feeling well, so why are you going back to the barracks?”
It seemed that he was trying to take Iluen by force and dragging him by the arm.
“Um… Over there! High Commissioner Radboard!”
“Yes?”
Emilia summoned her rad board high priest who was going to drag her away to inquire further into her Illuen and put her on the spot.
“Ah… That… The high priest must be busy too… Can I take Iluen and nurse him?”
“Yes? The saintess?”
“Yes. Still, it’s definitely the same warrior party as it was before, but if Lydia and I take care of it, won’t it get better soon?”
“…..”
Emilia thought she would have said it as well as possible without revealing herself, but
The face of High Priest Radboud had a completely different expression from what she was thinking.
“hahahaha, even though the saintess is busy with work, she even takes care of her. Did Iluen-sama say something?”
“…..!!”
“He’s not feeling well right now, so he sometimes says nonsense, so don’t worry too much about it.”
“Ah.. No.. That.. Not that…”
Emilia tried to cover it up somehow, but the High Priest Rod Board had already noticed everything about her, and she didn’t turn her eyes towards her anymore.
She was sending a message that seemed to tell her not to intervene anymore, but at least she sometimes sent her notice.
So Emilia didn’t give in and stood in front of High Priest Radbod and held him back so he couldn’t go.
“Priestess, if you have something to hide from me, tell me honestly. You are like a father to me, right? Yes?”
“……”
“Is there something I don’t know about the new hero, the current state of Iluen?”
“hahahahaha, saintess, how could I hide something from you? At least, I’m just helping the saintess not to pay attention to her chores.”
“High Priestess!”
She tried to hide the answer of the High Priest Rad Board from Emilia until the end, and Emilia, who couldn’t stand her, tried to hear what he was hiding by even shouting at her.
But…
“Saint?”
“……”
Feeling a strange aura from her High Priestess at the moment, Emilia tried to move her body, but her body didn’t move as if she was controlled by something.
I was quietly listening to his story.
“This is all for the Holy Lady and our Daeshinjeon. So, the saintess just needs to believe in me and follow me well.”
“……”
Emilia could not accept his words.
Because what he is doing now and what the new hero is doing is not for the Great War and the saintess.
Moreover, the energy that prevented her body from moving was also coming from the High Priestess,
This was the dark energy that Emilia had been feeling until now.
“Oh no. She almost forgot to say this. It seems that the day when our army will step on the land of the kingdom of Argen is not far off.”
“……”
“The hero, Carlos, is seriously injured. hahahahaha, I’m checking his exact condition, so I’ll start as soon as the results come out.”
“…….”
Emilia had a mountain of questions she wanted to ask High Priest Radboud.
It wasn’t Iluen’s problem or everything that was happening at this garrison right now, it was that the mighty hero Carlos was seriously injured…
According to her common sense, the only person who can defeat the hero Carlos now is the Demon King, so her curiosity was growing.
“There must be many things you want to ask. But for now, it’s helpful for the saintess and me to watch over her quietly. So, would you like to go back to the barracks today?”
“…..”
Emilia didn’t want to do that.
She wanted to ask a lot, and she wanted to know the true nature of this magic that seemed to be controlling her body, but
She couldn’t bring herself to speak or even gesticulate.
The life emanating from the High Priest Rad Board was so powerful that even if it wasn’t magic, I felt so much fear that I couldn’t move her body…
She nodded her head ever so slightly, and she couldn’t help but agree with him.
“I’m glad we can talk. Then go back and rest for today.”
“…..Yes.”
Emilia, barely able to move her body, gave a short answer and headed for the barracks without looking back.
She didn’t care about the high priest’s gaze behind her.
She’s here and she only looked back one more time…
Because she was full of thoughts that she could become like Illuen…
*****
In Lexen Territory, the largest of the battlegrounds in the southern part of Horon Kingdom, the arrival of the warrior party members, excluding the hero, was boosting the morale of the soldiers.
Perhaps because of their reputation last time here, none of the soldiers doubted their skills.
Above all, Count Rocelli, who is in charge of this place, greeted them most warmly…
“How are you? We met again on the battlefield like this.”
“Yes. Has the Count been all right?”
Among the warrior party members, Irene was the only one who had a conversation with the Count.
It was already decided that Irene would have a conversation in the carriage, as if the shy Lucia and Kir, who had been enemies until a few months ago, felt pressured to step forward.
Commander-in-Chief of the Fjord Empire and once a princess of the kingdom, Irene could talk to her count without any hesitation.
So Lucia and Kir only looked at her with her envious eyes.
“Even though I’m sad that the hero couldn’t come… Still, I’m so grateful that our Irene, Kir, and Lucia came. Ha ha ha ha ha.”
“How is the current dynamic of the demon army?”
“Ah… Yes… That’s…”
Earl Rochelli was taken aback by Irene’s words as she spoke in a straight line like usual.
He unfolded the map and stood there to explain the location of the Demon King’s army.
“The demon army is very similar to last time. We set up a camp near the valley and are still on standby.”
“I see. What is the number?”
“Haah … That’s … I don’t know because the information coming in is different, but I have heard up to hundreds of thousands of reports.”
“……”
When Irene was told that hundreds of thousands of troops had arrived, she didn’t say anything anymore and just stared at the map quietly.
Irene, who had never seen such a large army even when she invaded the castle to save Kir, could only think that the entire army of the demon army had gathered in this Horon territory.
“Can we know for sure the number of troops and the deployment situation over there by tomorrow?”
“Yes. I will find out completely by tomorrow.”
“Then let’s go…”
The rest of the warrior party members, including Irene, who had been running all the way to this place, were still tired from the trip, so they tried to get up to go to rest.
Just then…
“Count!”
“What is it?”
“That is… The hero of Argen Kingdom…”
“Hero? Did you get any contact?”
“Not that…”
Surely, the Horon Kingdom soldiers who came in to report to Count Rochelli did not report,
I was only staring at the warrior party members next to me.
“The hero… Is said to have been seriously injured in a surprise attack!”
“What!!!!!??”
At the soldier’s words, not only Count Rocelli, but also Irene, Kir, and Lucia were all surprised.
The fact that the hero, whom even the demon king could not defeat, collapsed with serious injuries was such absurd information that no one in this room could easily believe it.
“From what I heard… I was attacked by the Four Heavenly Kings, Seir…”
“How can a warrior who can’t defeat the demon king be defeated by the four kings!”
Earl Lochelli finally shouted at his soldiers, disbelieving them,
The warrior party members felt something unusual when they heard the word Seir, the Four Heavenly Kings.
Who is Seir, the Four Heavenly Kings?
Isn’t the hero the Four Heavenly Kings who paid for his life with one arm in the dukedom of Alsmeyer…
I thought that if he planned this for revenge, the hero could get caught off guard and take a big blow.
“Yo.. How is the hero’s condition?”
“Caught up in a huge explosion… He is said to be unconscious.”
Lucia, who stood until the end at the soldier’s words, sat down and cried.
Kir tried to head outside, as if he couldn’t stay here anymore, but he couldn’t leave because he was caught by Irene.
She turned her head and glared at her.
“What are you doing!!”
“Calm down. Going on like this won’t solve the problem.”
“What!!? The hero is unconscious right now!!”
“Think carefully. If the hero had gone unconscious, what would have happened to the Four Heavenly Kings, Seir? Is the hero the only one who can be defeated alone?”
“……”
At the end of Irene’s words, Kiru calmed down and concentrated on her words.
“First of all, let’s do our job here. If the hero or the kingdom of Argen were in danger, they would have contacted us as well.”
“…….”
Irene calmed Kir down and headed towards Lucia, who was sitting on the floor and crying.
“Lucia, the hero will be fine. So, let’s finish our work quickly and go to the warrior.”
“Hey… Yes…”
Irene patted the fragile Lucia on the back and lifted her up from her seat.
They did not go to their rooms to rest, but sat down in front of the table again, looking at the map and putting their heads together to execute the operation as quickly as possible.