106 – Chapter 35. Civil War – 3
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The Island Defense Command located on the outskirts of the Islands.
At the top of a large, old, four-story building, a flag engraved with an eagle wearing a crown and holding a scepter was flying.
The Island Defense Force, which was originally stationed here, joined the Crown Prince’s Army with all its troops and supplies just before the start of the war.
After recovering the system, the Island Defense Force, the core force of the regular army, passed the island and headed east to the battlefield.
And like an elite soldier, he will roll to and fro through the tough battlefield.
We unpacked our luggage with an uneasy feeling that the owner of the vacant seat might have been dead or alive.
Tuk tuk
“Ah, ah. Can you hear me?”
A familiar voice came out of the speaker.
I don’t know his name, but he was a senior in the 4th grade in our military academy’s broadcasting class.
“Yes!”
The people who were unpacking at their respective seats answered their voices.
I don’t think I’ll even hear it from the broadcast room.
I had a few roommates here, but they were all in the same class as me and a helicopter unit.
They, like me, were wandering abroad, unable to return to school, let alone home, throughout the winter break.
Maybe that’s why, everyone seemed excited about the school atmosphere I haven’t felt in a long time.
“Today, the Holy Kingdom is finally making a major announcement. Estimated time is 1130. If you have a TV in your room, turn on the TV and set the channel to Imperial Public Broadcasting. For those who do not have a TV, broadcasts are played in the break room on the first floor. I hope many of you will attend.”
When the broadcast ended, Chermia turned on the TV with her remote control.
Special broadcasts for the exhibition were streaming on the Imperial Public Broadcasting System.
It mainly showed the evil deeds of the Crown Prince, who was designated as a rebel, and the damage caused by it, but in fact, the damage was increased by having fun fighting with the Crown Prince.
When I thought that we had also indirectly contributed to the landscape of the ruined city, my heart was not at ease.
“Finally announcing.”
“Why did you hold it off for so long?”
At a friend’s question, Chermia let out a sigh of relief.
“That’s right. Erif. Do you know why?”
Are you asking me a question?
She gave her a moment of dissatisfaction and then turned her head.
“The evidence that the prince’s army cooperates with the demons is probably not because they have been collecting evidence since the beginning of the war, no, even before the start of the war.”
“Yes. But is that really the case?”
“Huh? Really?”
Chermia, who was sitting in her chair, got up slowly.
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Putting her finger to her lips, she walked around her room, asking her questions.
“Erif. You have the most contact with the people of the Empire or the Republic. Have you ever seen demons or heard that demon corpses were found?”
“Uh… ….”
Come to think of it, she had never heard of such a thing in person.
As demons do not die even if they are shot, or their tanks are not intact even after being hit by my Hellfire, of course there must be eyewitness accounts of seeing demon corpses.
At the meeting of the leaders, there was usually talk about demons, so of course I only thought that the evidence had been secured.
Well, if I saw demons, rumors would have circulated among the Crown Prince’s soldiers right away.
Chermia put her hand on her chin and made a serious expression.
“Actually, did you ever stay alone and bring a soldier with you last time? Then we went first.”
“Ah, then.”
It was a week ago.
Is the soldier still alive?
“I was driving back in a helicopter and caught a few more enemy tanks in the plains that crossed over to the islands. They were coming from the other direction. At the same time, the Crown Prince was going to take care of it, so I went with him to escort him and check the status of the demons.”
Her friend who was sitting in front of Cermia nodded her head eagerly.
“Oh, I remember. It was dark, so I couldn’t see well, but I was just rolling around with a tank and power armor. He said he was an ordinary human when he took off his helmet.”
“Rather, you asked if we were human, so you looked at me strangely.”
The testimonies of female pilot class students continued throughout.
But was it really human?
She may be a demon that resembles humans a lot like the vampires she met before.
If it’s not a demon with a really unusual shape or skin color, it’s because it looks almost like a human.
For a while, each of them had their own speculations, arguments, and objections. Then, when the broadcast time ran out, the story ended naturally.
The calm voice of the anchor came from the TV.
“We will temporarily suspend the exhibition special broadcast, and send an urgent report. There is going to be an important announcement by the Holy Father of the Holy Kingdom and Ireana, who recently became a saint. I will connect you with a reporter who is on the scene of the Holy Kingdom.”
After a while, the screen showed a white building in the Holy Kingdom.
Familiar faces appeared while concentrating on the video while spilling the reporter’s explanation to one side.
When Ireana appeared in a pure white elegant dress with a white veil that reached her eyes like Aruma Naan, exclamations flowed from her room.
Ireana has been a celebrity on campus for her last year.
Judging from her position and her appearance, the word ‘Princess’ suits her perfectly, and she was loved and loved by everyone.
How did such a cute junior participate in an announcement that is broadcast live on all continents by being called a saint.
I felt a tickle in the corner of her chest.
Everyone will.
The pope, walking behind Ireana, holding a scepter that seemed excessively larger than her body, still looked like a young boy.
She had a rather dignified expression on her face, but she only looked like a child of hers.
“It’s cute.”
Yes? Are you that drunkard?
“The pope? How old are you?”
“I heard that you are already an adult. Are you of mixed race?”
“No. Isn’t it possible to maintain youth with divine power?”
“Actually, there are a lot of spirits and wizards who live over 100 years old.”
“Erif also looks younger…… Oops.”
I don’t know why my name appears there, but it didn’t feel good.
She turned her head and saw a classmate covering his mouth.
I saw your face.
I turned my gaze back to the TV screen, leaving behind my friend who had a troubled expression.
Standing behind a large, white podium, Ireana could only see the veil she was wearing on her head.
Soon, a paladin who was nearby brought her footstool as if familiar with it, and Ireana bowed to him and stood on her platform.
Ireana on the other side of the screen took a few deep breaths and then she slowly opened her mouth.
“I say to the people of this land. Today’s sad tragedy may not be a day or two, but its end is far-fetched and shrouded in darkness.”
Flash baptism pours out.
Ireana’s veil trembled slightly.
“To light the darkness, we have driven out the darkness with fire among the four elements God has left. However, not everyone on the earth raised fire only to drive out the darkness.”
Thump
The paladins who were lined up behind Ireana rolled her left foot at the same time.
Fire flared from the sword they were holding on the ground.
Ireana continued her words in a trembling voice.
“There were cases when humans were towards humans, or towards other races, or vice versa. Since that great tragedy, we have been on fire towards each other.”
Ireana she was talking about the Shinma War and all the wars that followed.
After the war with the demons ended, humans and other races started killing each other.
“Now is the time to turn the ‘fire’ in your hand toward the darkness again.”
Even the flash stopped.
A rumbling sound was heard over the screen.
The reporters did not dare to open her mouth to her saint because questions were not allowed during the presentation.
Ireana raised her chin.
Her green eyes were visible through her veil.
Ireana, who put her hand on her podium and looked at her ceiling, said in a calm tone.
“The prince of the Eitian Empire has colluded with the demons.”
The flash flooded again.
After the simultaneous terrorist attacks around the world a few months ago, people recalled who the enemy of Shinma War was.
But the prince, one of the powers in the civil war, colluded with the demons?
The repercussions of those words were enormous.
Reporters ask questions to Ireana.
There were also sounds that were almost shouting.
“I… ….”
My friends and I were outraged at the sight, but there was nothing we could do in a distant land.
Contrary to concerns, Ireana stepped back slowly, as promised in advance, without fear or embarrassment.
The pope bowed her waist slightly to her Ireana and then climbed onto her podium.
“I understand that you are having a hard time believing it. But even if you don’t want to believe it, you have to believe it.”
As the pope spoke while looking around the crowd, the Paladins took a step forward.
Reporters shut their mouths again.
“In the name of our Holy Kingdom, we will punish those wicked people who dared to oppose God.”
As the pope gestured, an image was projected on the screen behind him.
Evidence that is not vague like the testimonies of soldiers or demons that look just like humans has emerged.
A large, half-broken tank.
There is no one who doesn’t know that it is the main tank of the Prince’s Army.
If you turn on the news of the Empire, it will come out right away.
A priest instilled elemental power into the manastone he was holding in his hand.
He approached the tank cautiously, mounted a magic stone on a large gauntlet, and touched the surface while wearing it.
“Isn’t that forbidden? To prevent each other from attacking on the same side.”
As soon as someone spoke, a scream came out of the screen.
「Wow!」
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Pajik. With a sound, the priest rolled behind him.
But no one cared about him.
Everyone was looking at the tank with the black shield.
The video didn’t end there.
This time, in the middle of the battlefield where the battle is over.
There was a corpse on a stretcher.
He was wearing power armor engraved with the Prince’s military pattern, his side was cut long, and the power armor melted by the high temperature was attached to his wounds.
It was mosaiced quickly, but the faces of my friends did not improve.
When a man in a gray robe over a priest’s robe placed his hand on the pale corpse’s face and unlocked the power of the elements, the normal human face crumbled like a mask was peeled off.
And what was revealed was the face of a demon with dark skin and horns on the temple.
After the announcement of the Holy Kingdom, the warlord entered a stalemate.
I heard rumors that deserters are coming out of the Prince’s Army, but the reality has yet to be confirmed.
After declaring war on the prince’s army in the Holy Kingdom in the southern part of the empire, Selmeier, who did not directly touch the border, was on the lookout for Kanbal, another subject to watch in the south.
Instead, we sent additional helicopters and pilots.
“Erif!”
Familiar faces approached waving their hands.
Suddenly, he got out of his school uniform and looked quite mature.
I was guiding her to her room after high-fives with her friends, and it reminded me of school, so I was a little nervous.
When I came out of the hallway after guiding the room, Chermia was waiting for me.
As the commander of the helicopter unit, she took over the management of her unit on behalf of me, who was busy with operations.
“What about Shane?”
“Mission to the North.”
Currently, the front was largely divided into northern, central, and southern.
We’ve been in a complete stalemate in the past week as the central part has been solidifying its defenses since we recovered the hill last time.
The northern battlefield was mainly naval battles, and it is said that our helicopters stand out.
May everyone be safe.
The problem was the southern battlefield.
The Holy Kingdom was advancing across the border, and we must move forward and join it.
The attack helicopter troops, including me, will leave there tomorrow.
I got information that the enemy’s air force almost moved south, so it’s probably there. That guy.
She chatted with her friends until late at night.
Everyone talked nonstop as if they were trying to forget their fears.
It felt like a school trip.
It was not an exciting situation at all, but this atmosphere alone relieved the fatigue of the war a little.
The next day, I got on the helicopter after saying hello to the people who came to meet me and the officer in charge.
The body was deliberately not taken out.
You can take it out right away if you leave the car, so you should use it by surprise.
You have to save your manastones too.
She took Zermia’s hand in a pilot’s suit and climbed into her cockpit.
The main pilot was Cermia, and I was the commander-in-chief and assistant pilot.
In case I have to act separately, I have to act with Chermia, who is good at maneuvering and attacking alone.
“This reminds me of the past.”
“That’s right.”
Since we were sitting next to each other, I remembered the time we acted together in the spirit world.
Since then, the seats have changed and both of them have grown in size, but we were still best friends.
I have full confidence in my friend Chermia, who plays the unknown role of ‘the heroine’.
It would be the same for Cermia.
When our eyes met, we smiled at the same time.
The helicopter unit, which departed early in the morning, passed through the fields of scrap metal and corpses, and headed for the edge of the mountain range from the center of the empire.
A city whose outer walls have collapsed passes by under your feet. A runway on the outskirts of the city stood out.
After a while some fighter jets from there started following us.
Because he was the Crown Prince, he did not have any boundaries.
Chijik-
“The 3rd Imperial Air Force is stationed at Krian International Airport. We will escort guests from Selmeyer.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
“I heard there are so many beautiful women in Selmeyer’s army, but it’s a pity that I couldn’t meet you in person.”
“If I had met him in person, I might have been disappointed by the rumors.”
“hahahaha. You have wit. Then go straight to your destination.”
The place where we decided to join the Holy Kingdom was a small town about 30 minutes away by helicopter from here.
We are going to stab the prince’s side where it has already been recaptured by the Allied Forces.
However, the closer I got to the destination, the more strange it felt.
Smoke rising from the distant horizon created anxiety, and dots began to appear in the sky one by one.
“This is Locke A. Enemies have been captured. From now on, we will enter the battle.”
The fighter jets flying alongside us accelerated and moved forward.
The fighters flew towards each other with terrifying speed, erecting their claws.
“From Seraph 1 to the former helicopter unit. Prepare to intercept the air with the Earthsphere!”
「Larger!」
Activated the Mana Stone of the Armed Forces and grabbed the control stick.
A few seconds later, after a close encounter with the regular army, a black-brown spear was shot at the enemy fighters flying this way.