Heavenly Inquisition Sword - Chapter 1376
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1376 times. It seems like there is someone else who needs to be killed.
Skull Legion Command.
As Count Elio Lagoa and his men approached, a soldier asked cautiously:
“Your Excellency the Count. How did you get here?”
Elio, who was silently looking at the soldier, spoke in a cold tone.
“Ask the commander to come out.”
“yes?”
When the soldier questioned the unexpected answer, Elio let out a loud noise.
“Corps Commander! Tell them to pop out right now! ”
“Hi! Yes, yes… … .”
The soldier hurriedly ran to headquarters.
As the entrance became noisy, knights passing by nearby gathered one by one.
Corps commander’s office.
Baron Byron, the chief of staff, rushed into the quiet corps commander’s office.
“Commander!”
Corps Commander Dipon Cornelia, who was looking at the operation map, jumped up from his seat.
“Have the imperial forces moved?”
“no! Rather… … Count Lagoa and his companions have returned.”
“okay? “Then why are you looking so surprised?”
“Count Lagoa is looking for the corps commander at the entrance.”
“me?”
“Yes, but the atmosphere is unusual.”
Commander Dipon Cornelia, who was preparing to meet him, stopped.
“What do you mean by that? “Isn’t the atmosphere unusual?”
“According to the report of the soldier guarding the main gate of the headquarters, I am very sorry… … “He cursed at the corps commander and told him to come out immediately.”
Commander Dipon Cornelia, who had committed a crime, was frozen like a stone statue.
‘Could it be that Operation Two Heads was leaked?’
The only people who knew the inside story of the operation were the corps commander himself and the chief of staff, but the chief of staff followed along as directions.
It seems that something happened at the joint cemetery.
Lately, I felt regretful that I should have sent a staff officer instead of a chief of staff.
On the other hand, I also think, ‘There may be another problem.’
It was the chief of staff who came up with the plan for the two-headed company, but there is no way he would have revealed it with his own mouth.
I don’t know what caused it, but I felt frustrated that he even swore.
This is because, unlike the Imperial Army, the Skull Legion has no means to deal with the Grand Master.
After thinking for a while, Count Dipon Cornelia decided to meet Count Lagoa.
As Corps Commander Dipon Cornelia and his staff came out of the headquarters building, the knights who were watching gathered around the commander one by one.
As the knights joined in, Commander Dipon Cornelia’s eyes calmed down a bit.
He walked towards Count Lagoa with a calm face.
“Did you have a good time at the park? I came out in a hurry because His Excellency Count Lagoa was looking for me. “What’s going on?”
Elio said, staring at the corps commander with indifferent eyes.
“The chief of staff said so. “The corps commander ordered Baron Sofia Orlova to be killed, and so they created Operation Two Heads.”
“… … .”
For a moment, an eerie silence fell.
The staff who had lost their comrades in Operation Two Heads stared at the mouth of the corps commander with surprised eyes.
The drivers were equally shocked.
This is because it was not only the staff who were mobilized for Operation Two Heads.
But that operation was to kill Baroness Sofia Orlova!
Commander Dipon Cornelia’s face grew hot, but he did not deny it.
Rather, he thought that what was to come had come.
It was a plan he was against at first.
I should have opposed it until the end, but I eventually gave in to the words of the messenger sent by the Prime Minister.
If the Chief of Staff had opposed it, I might have endured it.
However, the chief of staff gave Lion’s hand, saying it was for the future of the kingdom.
Operation Two Heads, which he approved with a heartbreaking heart, was the biggest stain on his life.
Count Dipon Cornelia’s mouth, which had been tightly shut like a clam, opened.
“That’s right. Falling for the sweet words ‘for the future of the kingdom’… … That’s what I did. I only feel sorry for those who died in Operation Two Heads. “I would also like to apologize to Baron Cloud.”
“Is it okay if I apologize?”
“I plan to take responsibility for my mistakes.”
“how?”
When Count Elio Lagoa asked, Chief of Staff Dipon Cornelia answered in a resolute tone.
“I will accept any punishment.”
“Will you hide behind the laws of the kingdom?”
“It is natural to be punished according to the laws of the kingdom. In addition, I will accept the punishment given by Count Lagoa.”
Elio looked at the corps commander with new eyes.
The corps commander was different from the chief of staff, who passed all responsibility to his superiors.
But for now, it’s just words.
We’ll have to wait and see whether that’s his sincerity or not.
“Then things will be easy. I summarily executed the Chief of Staff in front of the joint graveyard. “I will also punish you, the corps commander, here.”
Eventually, Elio looked around at the knights and staff of the Skull Corps and spoke.
“You all heard the corps commander’s confession, right? Operation Two Heads was created by the corps commander and chief of staff to kill Baron Sophia. Even innocent staff and knights were sacrificed so that Baron Sophia’s warriors would not be suspected. Therefore, I, Count Elio Lagoa, intend to ask the corps commander for the crime. “If there is anyone who objects, please speak up.”
But no one dared to come forward.
They are also disappointed by the behavior of the corps commander and chief of staff, but more than anything, it is because their opponent is the Grand Master.
No one had the courage to interfere with the Grand Master’s revenge.
“There’s no one. If so, I will judge.”
Then Baron Sharon Glenn, one of the staff members, cautiously raised his hand.
Elio gestured to her with his chin as if to tell her to speak.
“This is Baron Sharon Glenn, Chief of Staff of the Corps. I now know that there was such a conspiracy behind Operation Two Heads. but… … It is true that the Southern Kingdom forces in the rear wanted accurate information, and so they needed staff at the Deraa base.”
“What do you mean?”
“I wanted to tell you that Operation Two Heads was not created just to kill Baron Sophia. Rather, he pushed Baron Sophia into an extremely dangerous but necessary operation… … . So the other staff and knights didn’t die because of Baron Sophia. “Please forgive me if this was a presumptuous remark.”
Elio blinked at the unexpected comment.
To be honest, until now, I thought of Operation Two Heads as nothing more than a trap disguised as an operation.
But listening to what the staff said, it doesn’t seem like that was necessarily the case.
‘It was pushed into an extremely dangerous but necessary operation…’ … .’
At that moment, several thoughts came flooding in at once.
Elio finally woke up from his thoughts and spoke to the corps commander.
“Count Dipon Cornelia, you sent Baroness Sophia to her death in Operation Two Heads to kill her. No matter how necessary the operation was, its purpose was… … . “Fuck!”
Elio screamed in frustration.
If it were Namgung-yeon, I would have said something cool that everyone would understand, but I can’t do it because my hands and feet are sore.
“I feel like I want to beat him to death, but I hold back. Count Cornelia, you should resign as commander of the legion right now and go to Crasion to be tried. okay?”
Then Count Dipon Cornelia quickly responded with a face that had come back from the dead.
“I will do as you say.”
After hearing the corps commander’s answer, Elio turned around with a dejected look on his face.
“Fabian, let’s go. “It seems like there is someone else who needs to be killed.”
“yes.”
After a while, Elio and his party left the Skull Corps Headquarters, and the Corps staff hurriedly sent a magic transmission to Crasion.
***
The royal city of Krazion.
The royal palace was shaken by the magic message sent from the front line of Peromuros.
―It was revealed that the commander and chief of staff of the Skull Legion killed Baron Sofia Orlova under the orders of the Prime Minister. Count Elio Lagoa summarily executed the chief of staff and ordered the corps commander to go to Crasion for trial. Count Elio Lagoa and his party are on their way to Crasion.
The Prime Minister and King Raoul Brosnan put everything aside and focused on a response plan.
King’s office.
Chancellor Carloman Blas said with a bloodless face.
“Your Highness, it is difficult to resolve this matter smoothly with the power of our Adriatic Kingdom alone. Ask for help from surrounding kingdoms.”
“Would the surrounding kingdoms help you if you asked them to?”
“We will help you if you give us the steel golems our kingdom has.”
“We gave it away as compensation for our participation in the war, and there wasn’t much left, so are you saying we’re giving it away again?”
“You can find the steel golem again in the Abyss. “If it weren’t for the steel golem, the surrounding kingdoms would be devastated across the river.”
“Grunt!”
A groan came from King Raoul Brosnan’s mouth.
Actually, he knew it too.
It was obvious that if it weren’t for the steel golem, the surrounding kingdoms wouldn’t even budge.
“Count Lagoa will arrive in Krazion in five days at the latest. He must summon the kings, even if it means mobilizing non-processes. “If we are late, Your Majesty and I may be in danger.”
Marquis Carloman Blas hung with the king in his arms.
He truly had no intention of killing himself.
The king is the one who makes the final decision, so why should he take all the responsibility?
The Prime Minister’s feelings were conveyed to King Raoul Brosnan.
‘You mean to drag me in too.’
I was annoyed, but as far as this matter was concerned, the Prime Minister and I shared a common destiny.
‘If I had known it would be like this, I would have opposed it until the end… … .’
It was a mistake to fall for the idea that Baron Cloud would be secretly happy if Baron Sophia died, or that this deal had to be completed in order to be reorganized into a musketeer.
“ha! Since we are running out of time, send envoys to the kingdoms neighboring us. “If necessary, you can use an airship.”
King Raoul Brosnan even allowed the use of the royal airship.
If we had new weapons like the Empire, we would have gone out with confidence, but what can we do? We have no power.
***
Around dusk.
Three stagecoaches traveling quickly down a forest road stopped one after another in a large clearing.
Since there is no permit, they are trying to live homeless.
After a while, guests came pouring out of three stagecoaches.
Homelessness in the South did not require as much preparation as the North or Central.
Because the weather was warm – unless it rained – we didn’t set up a separate tent.
All the chef accompanying us was doing was simply cooking and sharing it.
Elio, who was eating his rationed food, spoke in passing.
“But thanks to Count Omar, I learned something I could have overlooked.”
“you’re right.”
“You are amazing.”
Howard and Crea each said a word with admiration on their faces.
Count Larva Omar shook his head at the sudden praise.
“It’s not a big deal. This is a method that great nobles often use to eliminate political opponents. “If there are any suspicious circumstances, don’t let it go.”
“Which part made you suspicious?”
Howard looked at Count Omar with a look of genuine curiosity.
“Sending Baron Sophia to the front lines was not normal.”
“ah! “I only thought that the situation of the Southern Kingdom army was not good.”
“They took advantage of their situation. “It must have come from the Prime Minister’s head.”
Fabian just listened to people’s stories in a daze.
After eating, Elio tapped his leg with his knee.
“what’s the matter?”
Fabian finally came to his senses and muttered.
“Because I’m pathetic.”
“what?”
“I also found it a little strange that Baron Sophia returned to the Skull Legion.”
“however?”
“I had no doubts. Rather, it feels like all the twisted knots have been undone… … .”
Fabian, who could not bear to talk back due to his conscience, lowered his head.