Treason-2
“…wasn’t it a lie?”
Cain, who was wearing a mask, frowned at the flash of light that bounced off in the distance.
Obviously, the prince said that Robert would join the lie, but just looking at that momentum, it seemed like they were genuinely pushing their swords at each other.
I think I heard that it was a relationship with entangled emotions. Perhaps Adele was genuinely furious at Robert’s betrayal.
Of course, there was an order from the prince not to make hasty judgments.
However, Cain did not intend to follow such a thing straight away.
The problem was that the snake sleeping inside Keitel had grown too big.
If this situation continues, the evil dragons will cover him uncontrollably, so shouldn’t he cut off the dangerous buds in advance?
Giving me the reins of the demons this time was something Keitel shouldn’t have done.
Once the northern part is cleared, Robert will be dealt with and at the same time we will advance to the capital.
Then, he intended to kill the crown prince and occupy the imperial palace before the evil dragon appeared. Isn’t that why he wore a mask?
Cain slowly placed his hand on the mask with the face of a laughing clown on it and quietly looked up at the top of the castle wall.
There were stones and arrows pouring in, but the troops on this side were not in a state of great damage.
“It comes out more defensively than I thought. If that’s the case, why don’t you fight back? I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
At Cain’s words, another masked man next to him nodded.
As long as they wear a mask, they are on equal footing, but since they lead the Imperial Army, they have to hide this fact for the time being.
With Robert rampaging and clearing out quite a few, this newly emerging faction had to look like Keitel’s.
The Imperial Army had to follow until the northern part was cleared and settled. However, if you’re so sluggish…
Cain glanced around for a moment and clicked his tongue.
“In my heart, I want to call in demons.”
“…it’s dangerous.”
If he couldn’t control it, he might not be able to cope with the rampage of demons like the Minotaur.
Also, isn’t it the demon tribe that was brought out for the purpose of planning both sides, assuming that Robert would betray him?
If the demons showed up while they were still attacking the northern gates, they didn’t know how the imperial army attacking the city walls would react.
Of course, this was a possible thought because he could not grasp Cain’s thoughts.
Hearing this, Cain smiled and touched the jewel in his bosom.
Empire? In the first place, the main force was the demons, not the imperial army.
Dealing with all the two demons and the four demons brought in in preparation for an unexpected situation failed because Keitel objected.
However, it didn’t matter. The two demons brought in now were called warriors among the demons.
Minotaur and Mephisto. Thinking of the two names, Cain pondered for a moment as he watched the soldiers knocking on the wall.
And the momentum and flashes felt in the distance.
…I didn’t expect Adele to be that strong. However, there was no way he would be stronger than Robert, who was dealing with the Minotaur.
Perhaps, with a little time, they will be subdued, and the northerners, who are working so hard now, will lose their motivation.
“Should I wait a bit?”
“The moment we free the demons, we must be hostile to Keitel. It wouldn’t matter if you were prepared, brother. I guess we should think a little more carefully.”
“I have already reconsidered several times, and I have no intention of giving up.”
Cain, who did not use honorifics even at the word brother, narrowed the eyes of the masked person, but he knew well that he would be at a disadvantage as Keitel’s rampage continued.
If the evil dragon wakes up like this, then that was really the end.
If you quickly bring out the demons from here, clear Robert and the North quickly, and advance to the capital with that momentum.
There must be a possibility of killing Keitel and taking over the capital of the empire without worrying about the dragons.
However. The man who still couldn’t get rid of the worry that was simmering in his head let out a sigh.
I couldn’t figure out what this unexplained anxiety was.
The reason why Cain is so obsessed with demons must be because of his personal desire.
His gaze at Cain, who was clutching the jewel in his bosom, was gradually sharpening.
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As time passed, Adele’s sword slowed down, but Robert’s sword gradually began to speed up.
There must be such a difference in skill.
Adele thought she had seen Robert’s sword several times, but as her emotions gradually subsided, she laughed at the difference in ability she felt.
“I can’t even hold myself back anymore. If you hold on to it, won’t it escape by force?”
“I won’t run away if you catch me, but I don’t have a kite only in the north.”
It didn’t matter much when I was only related to Adele.
For example, when I first came to the North, there would have been no one to say anything about even if Adele had captured it.
However, if that happens now, Mirazen or Adrian will come running.
There was a point that Adele couldn’t do that because she was a grand duke, but now she was accused of treason, and until the crown prince died, wasn’t she a criminal?
“Hey, if I see you, that saintess who acts like a fox won’t stay still.”
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Gazes come and go between the swords that stopped in the air for a moment. Robert’s sword, which did not shed a single drop of sweat, seemed to be more advanced than before.
Perhaps, more than he knew, he had never seen his strength when fighting the Minotaur.
Still, if he fought with all his might and was pushed behind like this, wouldn’t the difference in skill be clear?
Actually, I was trying to stop it. It’s true that Robert did something outrageous, but it wasn’t like he was doing something reckless to save himself.
Reacting with sincerity mixed with emotions was also a decision that I made my own decision because I thought that Robert would endure it.
But… I didn’t know I would be so overwhelmed. Now, even blocking the sword was overpowering.
They do not unleash slashes to hurt each other. I’m just showing exaggerated momentum to make this fight look intense to the outside.
Even that was a daunting reality. want to dry However, it cannot be dried.
Would the thoughts of a man who risked his life to save himself be so easily broken?
visor! Adele, who strongly pushed back the sword, took a deep breath.
As she pulled the sweat-soaked hair off her cheeks, her eyes were on Robert, who was looking at her.
“…If I told her to go back, she probably wouldn’t intend to go back.”
“Do you know why I came?”
“You are a stupid person. He found out the way to die and came in, and now he won’t go even if he is stopped.”
“I think Adele is more like that. why didn’t you run away? If you knew what I was thinking, you should have run away and saved my life.”
This time, they had not been called to the imperial palace, and the imperial army had just sortied toward the grand duke waiting in the north.
Had he realized his intentions, he would have had enough time to run away. Of course, the plan must have gone awry.
He would have missed the time to properly counter Keitel, but if Adele lived, that would have been enough.
“I can die.”
After saying that with a calm expression, Adele looked at me and smiled slightly.
When I was startled by the soft smile of a woman who usually only had ridicule or cynicism, she twisted her lips a little more and continued.
“But you can’t die. I know it’s selfish, but I’m a selfish woman.”
I had already considered the idea of running away.
He also thought of losing himself stationed in the north, and wasting the opportunity to attack the crown prince without allowing Robert to use this punitive force.
If that happens, will Robert be fine? You might get beaten on the grounds that you might have been in a relationship with yourself.
He might figure it out over and over again, but Adele didn’t want to take the slightest risk.
If Robert’s plan succeeds by risking himself, wouldn’t it be cheap?
So I thought it would be okay to give up at least one life. There are many women besides himself, so he shared such self-deprecating thoughts.
Realizing that Robert’s eyes were growing cold, Adele sighed quietly.
I thought you wouldn’t understand. It seemed that I was quite angry when I was told that I could die.
What can I do? Adele’s old friend, Gam, had told her well that only those Imperial forces would not attack the North.
And it was not difficult to guess that Robert had come running like this to stop it.
“I will say it one last time. Leave me and go.”
“Last time. I’m not going.”
“…If that’s the case, I have no choice but to cut you here.”
“Take a look. If you can.”
Adele, holding the sword, pointed it at Robert.
It was close enough to touch the tip of her neck, but Adele’s hand trembled and did not shed a single drop of blood.
he can’t cut himself in the first place, from the very beginning. It was predestined that he would lose at the end of this conversation.
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Even when Adele glared at this, Robert’s expression remained calm.
Rather, his mind was directed toward the waves of magical power he felt in the distance.
The energy felt from the north gate was unusual. It was bigger than the size of the magic that I felt when I first saw the Minotaur.
Perhaps it was the Minotaur that had regained its strength, or another demon.
Adele had to hide now. Looking at the sword pointed at his neck, Robert smiled bitterly.
The sword he had removed with his fingers was picked up as it was.
It’s a sword that I didn’t even intend to stab in the first place. Since the first time he aimed at me, I had no reason to live.
“Aren’t you stabbing?”
“…I’ll stab you.”
“If you do, stab me. My neck is not here.”
As Robert approached, Adele took a step back.
The trembling arm finally dropped the sword towards the ground.
The empty hand and weak leg went straight back, and before long they pushed themselves to the wall.
Kwaaang-!
The purple flash from afar was the light that signaled the appearance of demons.
There was no more time to delay, so Robert smiled softly as he watched Adele’s lips grow softer.
“I am okay.”
“But, still. Knowing what I think of you-!”
“This should give you peace of mind.”
Tuquaang-
Because I have no intention of dying.
He didn’t come to die in the first place, and the power he gave while fighting Adele was just a fragment of the power he had acquired.
The magic power that reached the sky eventually made a roar and spread like a flash of light.
Adele stared blankly at the flash, which, unlike before, had far-reaching power. Adele’s body drooped with a dull shock sound.
Robert, who stared at his hand blade, took Adele in his arms and approached the soldier standing at the gate.
Adele shouldn’t be in this fight. It was his own fight, so he handed Adele over to the soldier and gently brushed the fainting woman’s forehead.
“It will be fine. Perhaps, nothing will happen.”
It was the strength he had cultivated to protect. If I had been defeated by such an ordeal, I would not have come confidently.
“Even if something happens, I will make it nothing.”
Robert, holding the sword, turned his head again. Then, he ran towards the demons and never looked back.
to get rid of lingering feelings. It was to prepare for this fight.