Revolt
The beginning of the case was not insignificant.
At most, one closed dungeon with an A grade.
Of course, the appearance of A-grade dungeons for the attackers guilds that attack the dungeons and the attackers belonging to them was seen as an opportunity to raise their reputation or build insufficient performance, but that alone was not a story that would become a major national event.
Even if the attackers failed to conquer the dungeon and a breakout occurred, the military power of the Millennium Empire would be able to deal with it without much confusion.
The problem was that the monsters that came out of the dungeon were not ordinary monsters.
In A-grade dungeons, S-grade undead, Death Knight, and Archrich, which are treated as boss monsters, poured out in a pile.
Since the grade of the dungeon was measured by reading the magic wave flowing from the dungeon’s doorway, the dimensional rift, this could not have happened in the first place.
It wasn’t difficult to figure out why it happened.
The attackers who tried to attack the A-grade dungeon but failed.
Attackers who died inside the dungeon were resurrected by the ruler of the dungeon.
From the beginning, it was the Grade A attackers who had the status of 6 circles or 9 stars.
However, in the process of becoming undead, they were given the status of 7 circles, 10 stars or more, and were reborn as S-class undead armed with loyalty to the immortal demon Nebulus.
The problem wasn’t just that.
The undead who succeeded in escaping from the hell called the Demon Realm and the prison called the dungeon attacked the nearby estate without delay at the same time as the breakout.
However, no matter how powerful the Millennium Empire Ibrium is, there are no 7 circle arch mages or 10 or more Sword Masters left.
The S of S grade is the S of Special.
As the rating implies, there was a huge gap that could not be narrowed between the 6th circle wizard and the 7th circle archmage, and the 9 star knight and the 10 star sword master also had the same abilities as babies and adults.
Only S-ranks could deal with S-ranks, and even in the Blitz Spirit that was attacked, mages and knights with the best skills immediately counterattacked.
Even with the same 7 circles and the same 10 star status, the undead were A-class attackers who could only achieve 6 circles in their lifetime.
The S-grade power granted to them was a temporary power given to them by the boss monster of the undead dungeon, so they were able to defeat a fairly large number of Death Knights and Archriches.
However, it was difficult to subdue the undead corps with just the two of them.
Except for the ghouls, durahans, and specters that came out of the dungeon, the number of Death Knights and Archrichs was too large.
Best of all, the number continued to grow in real time.
Soldiers who fell to the floor while fighting against the legions of the undead rise again.
Among them, there were a lot of magicians with the status of 6 circles and 9-star knights, and they woke up again as 7-circle Acrich and 10-star Death Knights.
If it had been a country with a weak military power, it would not have been this far.
However, the Millennium Empire Ibrium had more magicians and 9-star knights in circles than any other country, and all those who died on the battlefield were resurrected as undead.
The nobles who managed to escape from the Blitz Territory requested help from the neighboring estates, and a similar process was repeated.
Although there is a limit to the number of undead that can be created with normal necromancy depending on the skill of the necromancer, apart from common sense, in this case, the size of the undead army was increasing indefinitely.
Then, feeling a sense of crisis, Ibrium of the Millennium Empire gave the undead monarch who caused this incident an EX rating with a nickname of Death Lord.
EX grade is the highest risk grade.
For example, given to individuals who deal with 8-circle magic or 12-star martial arts, in simple terms, it was a grade given to monsters with ‘Demon King’-level force.
Aside from whether the Death Lord had enough fighting power, the current situation was judged to be more dangerous than the demon king’s direct descending.
In order not to call the Undead Corps any more, there is no choice but to respond by forming a small detached corps, but the number of S-class monsters, Death Knight and Acrich, has already increased so much that it was difficult to respond with a small number of units.
However, even in such a dangerous situation, the Millennium Empire Ibrium did not accept any support from other countries.
When the Millennium Empire collapses, Death Lord’s next target will be other countries bordering the Empire.
No, it was a desperate threat that could cause all the countries of the Radiant Continent to collapse by the countless undead that had absorbed the military power of the Millennium Empire.
For this reason, starting with the Holy Empire, Saint Lane, many countries offered to support the Millennium Empire Ibrium, but the Millennium Empire was trying to use this crisis as a political means.
What a demon king-class monster.
A disaster that threatens the security of the empire.
If we can solve that crisis, we can emerge as a hero of the Millennium Empire.
From the point of view of the Empire, which is still in a fierce power struggle between the imperial family and the magic tower, this crisis was a golden opportunity to put an end to that power struggle.
However, if such a case is resolved by external forces, the power struggle of the Millennium Empire will continue to lag in the future.
The Ibrium imperial family and the owners of the tower were more wary of the weakening of national power due to internal conflict than the threat of the Death Lord.
Of course, Lyon, the head of the Philo Kingdom and the saint of the Holy Empire, must have been an outsider from the point of view of the Millennium Empire, but it was solved simply.
“I will accept your engagement first. And once this case is resolved, you can break up the marriage after that.”
It was to participate in the war as the fiancée of the 4th Princess Olivia Ibrium.
“Are you really 13 years old? You said you absolutely hate marriage, so you use your engagement like this?”
“Isn’t it a political engagement that was calculated from the beginning anyway? I’m going to use it politically too, but it’s not against the rules. why? Have you lost your mind?”
“no. I like it more.”
Leon shrugged at Olivia’s face with a bloody smile.
* * *
Those who were put into the operation were the strongest in the Millennium Empire in name and reality.
The owners of the Imperial magic tower boasting the state of the eighth circle and their disciples.
The seven sword masters who swore allegiance to the imperial family and the knights they led.
All of them had 7 circles and 10 or more incompetence, but even if they were counted, more than 100 people gathered.
Indeed, it could be said that it was a millennium empire that boasted the best military power on the continent.
And on top of that, Olivia Ibrium and her fiancée, Leon Farostel.
Leon used the status of Olivia’s fiancée to mobilize Cindy and Veronica for the operation.
“Olivia? What are you doing here?”
However, apparently unaware of Olivia’s participation in the war, an old man dressed in a colorful robe approached with a frown.
The Empire’s Red magic lord, Serman Blay Morales.
Hell Bringer, known as the ‘Bringer of Hell’, was an authority on fire magic.
His notoriety grew even in the Philo Kingdom.
For example, there were open rumors that he had burned them all by himself against the 100,000 army of demons.
However,
‘Is it really the owner of the Red magic tower of the Millennium Empire?’
Leon couldn’t help but admit the rumor to the magic wave he felt.
In terms of the amount of simple magic, it is rather huge compared to Mellit Flare Farostel, the owner of the Red magic tower of Philo Kingdom.
If all that magical power could be turned into flames, it wouldn’t be impossible to burn and kill all 100,000 demons.
Olivia, who received Serman’s ferocious gaze, fiercely rebelled against that momentum and glared at her.
“It is a crisis of the empire. Is it so strange that I, a member of the imperial family, would do my best to overcome that crisis?”
Olivia’s participation in this battlefield was an improvised judgment based on Leon’s insistence.
It was decided only after Leon offered to help Olivia, so Serman could not hear the news until the day of the operation.
“Hey, no matter how hard you try, there’s nothing you can do. If you’re going to become an undead and grab your ankles for nothing, I’d suggest you stay quietly in the corner. No matter how hard you try, a fake cannot become real.”
Indeed, it seemed that the imperial power had fallen to the ground.
Even if Olivia is called a fake princess, it is clear that she is a member of the imperial family, but this kind of treatment.
Soon, Serman’s fierce eyes turned to Leon.
“Then, is that the person who promised to marry the fake princess? I heard that they are a dragon tribe with the tinnitus of a thunder dragon, but if you run wild without knowing your own fraction, you will not be able to live up to my name.”
Sherman was so slanderous, but for Leon, it was rather a strange feeling.
Philo Kingdom, much smaller than the Millennium Empire Ibrium.
The owner of the Red magic tower there, Melite Flare Farostel, felt like he was completely ignoring Leon despite Leon’s various activities. Because it was said that he was strongly conscious of Leon’s existence.
“Then I will play well and then go back to my fountain. old man.”
At Leon’s reply, Sherman frowned as if he didn’t like it, and went back to his place with a small click on his tongue.
When I turned my head to follow him, hostile eyes were pouring from there.
The fiancée of the 4th Princess Olivia and the eyes of uncomfortable emotions towards an unexpected guest.
When emotions are added to their state, their eyes are not simple eyes.
The magical wave exerts physical force and compresses the mind and body.
Rather, it was a violent mental wave that felt that Beatson’s mental magic was much more docile.
Leon wasn’t the type to give in to a mental wave like that.
Similarly, Olivia, who received a dragon horn that was processed as an artifact, even though she was a fake dragon, and Cindy, who had vast divine power as a saint, were able to survive.
However, Veronica, who was the most incompetent, had to shed a painful moan under the pressure of the mental wave.
That touched Leon’s wrath.
“Until there.”
Leon raised his whole mind and resisted the pouring mental waves.
A dragon’s horn grows above its head, and a light ring rises at the end.
The intense mental waves that spread around Leon began to engulf the spiritual realm of more than 50 wizards.
A mental wave caused by the magicians of the 7th Circle, who are not ordinary wizards, but are the elders of the Imperial Magic Tower and the master disciples of the Magic Tower.
Leon alone had offset the mental waves of all of them.
“Cuckoo!”
“Woo!”
The wizards exposed to Leon’s mental wave collapsed one by one, and the rest could barely stand still holding their shaky legs.
“I hope it’s this one, Dragon Fear…!”
“no. no! This is simple…!”
Resonance of magical power caused by emotions.
What that meant was that, regardless of the amount of magical power Leon possessed, Leon’s mental power had already reached the realm of the 8th circle.
No matter how Yongin people are, they are not in a state where they can reach the young age of only 13 years old.
Leon opened his mouth as if growling towards them.
“Who the hell is running rampant without knowing the fraction?”
The faces of the wizards turned pale with fear.
At that time, there was a person pulling Leon’s sleeve.
“master······.”
veronica.
When Leon regained his sanity by her touch and recovered the developed mental realm, the wizards began exhaling harsh breaths as if they had been rescued from the water.
However, Leon cast a cold gaze at them, who were still terrified.
“Keep the good. Then I have no intention of being against you.”
As Leon turned his back and retreated, he heard the murmurs of the wizards of the Empire.
monster.
But to Leon, their voices were nothing more than meaningless echoes.
At that moment, Olivia’s meaningful expression caught Leon’s eyes.
“what’s the matter?”
“Isn’t that woman just a maid?”
Olivia had thought of Leon as a figure who was not appropriate for her age and who only moved according to calculations.
A ‘monster of reason’ who does not move like a stone in the face of the imperial power and the temptation of Olivia, desperately rejects marriage for emotional reasons, but is willing to get engaged for political purposes.
Leon like that, turning the Imperial magic tower into an enemy just because one maid is suffering.
Olivia’s reaction was unexpected.
Leon answered her question with a smile.
“She is the sword that I cherish the most for my existence. Then I would be a single scabbard just for her.”
Leon, who threw out an analogy as if he was hiding his true feelings, continued to walk to keep distance from the wizards of the Imperial magic tower, and Olivia swept her heart at the strange feeling she felt for the first time.
In her mind, a question was rising as to what would have happened if Leon had faced the Imperial magic tower for herself, not for Veronica.
She couldn’t stop thinking about it, even though she knew it meant nothing.