A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius - A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius chapter 359

359 – The Last Winner

It collapses.

Everything made of gold disappears, evaporates, and disappears.

An hourglass made of gold.

The golden dragon wrapped around that hourglass.

The golden sword written on the weapons that served as weapons for the battle between me and the emperor.

“…”

Looking beyond the horizon.

From the dark city center, something golden is seen dispersing like smoke.

Will all the gold disappear?

Or is only false gold disappearing?

If you think about common sense, it would make sense that only the magical gold created by the dragon based on his body would disappear, but the metal called gold itself may have originated from the dragon.

Pass.

The golden cuffs under the uniform sleeves also disappear.

“Ha.”

The only remaining piece of gold was broken in half and shaking, and I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw that.

“What have you done?”

The emperor covered his face with one of his hands.

He covered his eyes with his hands and was only letting out his frustration.

“You have abandoned the golden miracle.”

The gold that filled the entire Nostrum is no longer there.

“It means that he has destroyed the miracle that saved Nostrum from any crisis so far.”

“Yes. Well, is this a problem?”

“What?”

“Thanks to this, in the future, humans will have to worry even more about making choices.”

Just like you can’t pick up spilled water.

In the future, not only Nostrum but all humans will make irreversible choices about their actions.

“It is not an era in which history is overturned by relying on the miracle of the Golden Dragon, but an era in which everything moves toward the future through human choice. … Isn’t that the ‘spirit’ of the Habsburg Empire ?”

“…”

The emperor is silent.

“Or isn’t that what you were hoping for from the beginning? That Gray Gibraltar would defeat him and destroy this golden hourglass.”

“…”

I didn’t even think about hearing the answer in the first place.

“I hoped so.”

Only.

“After we win, we will submit and see what happens.”

The emperor began to open his mouth arbitrarily.

“I knocked him down to his knees and tried to bite him. I pointed a knife at his throat and tried to give him a chance to come back.”

“I guess he told me to experience it for myself. The empire he was building. After getting Naria pregnant, he probably told me to take over the miracle from the child and return 20 years later.”

“If you do that, you too will think differently.”

“Wow.”

I turned to the emperor.

“Flying Imperial Palace. It’s going to crash now.”

“Okay.”

“Are you fueled with 100% false gold?”

“No. It was only for attack. The magic power for movement was all filled with white silver.”

“This is truly a punishment.”

Even though the Emperor has fallen, the Flying Imperial Palace is still moving toward Nostrum.

The moment the Emperor fell, the Flying Imperial Palace began moving towards Nostrum.

“Wow, that’s a shame. After I beat you, I tried to threaten you through the moving flying imperial palace.”

“You can’t stop, right?”

“Already, the white silver has begun to burn. The moment the false gold disappeared, the white silver powder took its place and the mana burned, setting the magic engine in motion. No matter how much you are, you cannot stop it in that state. .”

“Is that so?”

According to the emperor’s words.

If I just stay like this.

“The Flying Imperial Palace will be imprisoned in Nostrum Capital.”

The fall of the flying imperial palace cannot be stopped.

“It could be Toledo.”

“Isn’t it self-evident which will be terrorized: an imperial-style building with an insane amount of imperial budget, or a building in the Kingdom of Nostrum, which boasts 500 years of history?”

“It was a 10-point question.”

The emperor chuckles.

“So, do you have any intention of stopping?”

“What should I do?”

“…”

“Queen Naria, who saw the flying imperial palace moving, or rather heard the report even before that, must be moving quickly. Whether she temporarily evacuates the citizens of the royal capital or not.”

“Do you think the worms of Nostrum will hear that?”

“If you don’t listen, you’ll be left behind.”

“…”

The emperor does not speak.

I quietly put my hand into my uniform pocket and took out a white paper bag.

“That’s… “

“It’s silver.”

“It’s not just white silver.”

“Yes. You know.”

I rolled up the paper bag with one hand to make a long stick, and placed the end of it in the emperor’s mouth.

“My inner pocket.”

Reach into your right inner pocket and take out a square object.

“It’s a lighter.”

“I know.”

Chisik, chik.

“…Whew.”

The emperor pulls his trembling hand and takes a deep breath of tobacco filled with silver.

Recovery?

There is no way something like that is possible.

If you inhale something containing silver while bleeding, it is actually a poison that accelerates the bleeding.

“That’s cruel.”

“Yes. Let’s search quickly.”

“If you drink this, you will survive. There is mana here too.”

“Astacia doesn’t like smoking silver directly.”

Hwiiing.

The wind blows.

Faster than before, the Flying Imperial Palace heads toward Nostrum as if death were approaching.

“I don’t have the will to die with you, and I don’t have the power to kill you, but would you at least listen to my will?”

“You hurt the body, and now you’re trying to hurt the soul?”

“That is the feeling of a parent who has lost a child.”

“…Ah. I see.”

The emperor laughs.

“Is this the pain they were crying out for?”

“…”

Maybe.

I may have inflicted the most fatal wound on the emperor.

“…”

Whisk.

My legs feel weak.

My vision darkens, and strength begins to drain from my whole body.

Clink.

The sword that was suppressed by mana falls out, and blood pours down.

“…”

Last.

In my blurry vision, I closed my eyes to the scent of silver.

* * *

“…”

The night sky is black.

The stars move quickly, and the ground just moves in one direction.

“Grey.”

There is no response.

“…Whew.”

I inhale a lot of smoke from the burning silver, but I don’t have the strength to wake up.

Instead, every time I breathe, blood flows out and I feel dizzy.

“Is this death?”

The blood flowing down stickily wets the body from below.

As if slowly drowning a person, the scent of death blooms from below and envelops the entire body.

“Gray Gibraltar.”

I call your name again.

I can clearly feel a faint presence next to me, but he is not breathing.

“…”

Is the other red liquid touched by the right hand the emperor’s or someone else’s?

“…A contract.”

The emperor slowly opened his mouth.

“Fulfill your contract, Escobar.”

“…Oh my.”

With the emperor’s words, red blood drops gush out from the side of the emperor and begin to form a single entity.

“You said you wouldn’t borrow the power of a vampire. What happened?”

Bathory Erzsebet.

A white-haired, red-eyed vampire wearing a black dress and parasol appeared as if she had come to a funeral, crossing space and appearing at the flying imperial palace.

“Save me.”

“You?”

“My future.”

“Even by using the power of a vampire?”

“It is the future of me, the empire, and the continent.”

“Hmm.”

Bathory blinked for a moment and looked down at the emperor.

“Okay, okay. I’ll follow the contract.”

Immediately he raised both his hands and approached the fallen Gray Gibraltar.

“But I don’t think I need to do anything.”

“What?”

“I don’t have a single loved one who would risk their life for you, but it seems like there are several people who would risk their lives for this child.”

“…I see.”

The Emperor closes his eyes, and Bathory steps forward and lifts Gray up.

“If you’re really lucky, you might be able to save it.”

Bathory kissed Gray’s lips with his index and middle fingers her, then pressed them lightly toward Gray’s heart her, which he held with one hand.

“If there is someone falling thousands of meters above the ground and there is someone flying up to the sky to save them.”

Bathory walked towards the wall while holding Gray, lifted one of his feet and kicked it.

Kwa-euang!

There was a hole in the wall as if an explosion had occurred.

In an instant, the wind poured toward the hole, and Bathory stretched Gray straight toward the hole.

“Hello, His Excellency the Governor of Barcelona.”

Hwieuing.

Along with the scattering golden wind and the burning white embers, a human being flies from the flying imperial palace.

“Whoa. Really.”

“…Aren’t you going?”

The emperor forces himself to stand up.

“Where?”

“To live.”

“Me?”

Bathory giggled and squatted down next to the emperor, taking out a long pipe from his arms to her.

“There is no place for a traitor to live.”

“…”

“Hey, you can’t go under that guy. He’ll harass you until you die, no, even after you die. I wanted to do research, not be a slave.”

“…”

Even as the emperor’s gaze became increasingly unfocused, Bathory joked and lit the end of the pipe with a lighter.

“Wow. Things like this happen in life. I even had a conversation with His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire.”

“Isn’t technology a waste?”

“I told you everything I had to say. Same goes for you, right?”

“…Ah.”

The emperor took out the half-burned silver paper for a moment, then exhaled thick gray smoke and lamented.

“Gray didn’t know you existed.”

“Yes.”

“He really wanted to die.”

“That’s right. He’s crazy, really. “I thought I saw someone when I was young?”

“…”

The emperor put a piece of tobacco in his mouth again.

Every time he exhaled, blood continued to flow from his body, but the emperor continued to gasp for breath with the tobacco in his mouth.

“Thank you.”

“…Thank you? What?”

“You took care of her.”

“…”

“If not, I might have been defeated by that crazy incompetent king. Gray might have disappointed me.”

“…It’s because I developed a useless affection for someone.”

“I didn’t ask for it, but thank you for helping me.”

“It worked out well in the end, but if you think about it, I’ve betrayed you too, right? …Well, I’ve left behind a successor I didn’t want.”

Bathory scratched his cheek sheepishly.

“To say that it is a long-lived species… It will live longer than expected. Immortality may not be all good things. There may also be the pain of seeing children who were raised with love die first, or something like that.”

“…”

“Are you listening? You’re not falling down already, are you?”

“…Ha.”

Before we knew it, the beginning of the year had burned down to the point where only the butts remained.

“Look at that.”

Bathory supported the emperor and pointed ahead.

“This is the Nostrum you wanted to destroy so badly.”

“…”

“Can you see? Are you looking?”

The altitude of the flying imperial palace gradually decreases.

At the same time, the entire land begins to go down, as if it is tilting.

“Is there really anything you can thank me for? Just thank you for being with me in the end.”

“I’m not good at saying sentimental things like that.”

“I know Ji is special. Hehe.”

“Huh? There’s nothing you can’t say to the emperor.”

The emperor throws the remaining butts into the sky.

“Erzebet. “The last vampire of the empire.”

“Yes.”

“How will history remember me?”

“Well, do you want to fill your last memories with vampire emotions?”

“Quickly.”

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The emperor urges.

Looking at the emperor whose eyes were more than half closed, Bathory smiled slightly as he looked down at the palace of Nostrum, which was slowly getting closer.

“Demon King Habsburg is defeated by hero Gray.”

“…”

Was it satisfactory?

“That’s… For me.”

Or was it just a laugh?

“It’s the best, perfect.”

“…”

The Habsburg emperor froze, smiling, exhaling the gray smoke that had accumulated in his mouth.

“…It’s a shame. It would have been nice to have seen it until the end. Nostrum collapsed.”

With an expressionless face, Bathory Erzsebet covered the emperor’s face with her hands from above the falling flying imperial palace.

“Sleep well, child. You were the craziest emperor I’ve ever seen, but you were also the hardest-working madman.”

Even as he watched the tip of the spire of the Nostrum Imperial Palace rapidly approaching as he fell, Bathory pressed his hand against the Emperor and quietly closed his eyes.

* * *

The last month of winter.

The day the early morning moon rises.

The imperial palace of the empire crossed the Gibraltar Gorge and struck Toledo, the capital of the Kingdom of Nostrum, like a meteorite.