Heavenly Inquisition Sword - Chapter 1383
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Episode 1383. Still, you should think about it.
The eyes of Louis Fraser III, the crown prince and commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, sank heavily.
Fifty years ago, during the imperial war, a general mobilization order was issued.
But the war ended in vain, and the emperor’s authority fell.
Even so, if it were not for the performance of Archduke Hannes Knauf, the god of war, it might have been recorded as a defeat.
It is recorded in history as the victory of the empire, but what is victory when nothing is gained?
The family that benefited from the imperial war 50 years ago is the Archduke Knauf.
He went up one step from duke to archduke.
The difference between the imperial family and the Archduchy of Knauf is literally just a sheet of paper.
When I think about the extraordinary nature of Archduke Kaiser Knauf, who succeeded Archduke Hannes Knauf, I can only sigh.
I’ve always been a thorn in the side of the royal family because I’m not cooperating with them, but I’m a little relieved that things are like this.
“All-out war… … .”
When the general call is issued, the Knauf family can no longer just watch.
As someone who had been attacked by the Grand Master, he knew very well how great a deal the Archduke Knauf’s participation in the war was.
It is said that Exitium was supplied to the riflemen, but it cannot be treated as a waste of money.
It is still being distributed at a rate of one Exitium per hundred magic bullets.
The empire is like that, but the northern and southern kingdoms will be even more so.
Unlike knights or wizards, the presence of a grand master is bound to last for a while.
Suddenly, the face of another Grand Master, Count Elio Lagoa, came to mind.
The ideal ending would be for Archduke Knauf and Count Lagoa to fight and die together, but I don’t know if that’s possible.
“Let’s see.” Since Count Lagoa is from Escatos Kingdom, we can send the Archduke to the northern front.”
If the North is trampled, King Escatos will ask Count Lagoa for help.
Of course, the empire’s general mobilization order came first, but it seemed like it would go that way at the moment.
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What happened in Anator, the border city of the Dnirov Kingdom, quickly spread throughout the continent.
This is because the Southern Kingdom Army actively promoted it to regain control of the war.
Shock struck the empire.
Stories of war poured out from the mouths of people who were indifferent to the war.
“The Southern Kingdom has developed a weapon with destructive power comparable to Exitium!”
“The expeditionary force was defeated at Anator even after using Exitium and Goliath!”
“The Southern Kingdom’s new weapon is Thanatos.”
“As the damage to the expeditionary force increases, the occupied territory may be taken away!”
“Don’t let the Magic Tower create Thanatos!”
“Shut down the magic tower that produces Thanatos and sells it to the Southern Kingdom!”
“Don’t let Thanatos fall into the hands of the Northern Kingdom!”
“Can the Southern and Northern Kingdoms win the war if they are armed with Thanatos?”
“If this continues, the war from 50 years ago may be repeated.”
“What is the war for! “Shouldn’t we have taken over the Abyss and stopped it?”
“What made the Northern Kingdom declare war?”
“Are the great nobles of the empire unable to console the Northern Kingdom? “You didn’t do it?”
Belatedly, the empire began an investigation into the Magic Tower.
And I found out that the place that developed Thanatos was Adobe Magic Tower.
But even so, there was nothing the empire could do.
All magic towers on the continent belong to the Magic Tower Committee and are protected by the Magic Tower Committee.
Even if the Empire wanted to exercise power over the Adov Magic Tower, it had to first obtain permission from the Magic Tower Committee.
But there is no way the Magic Tower Council would allow that to the Empire.
In the end, the empire blocked the trading partners of the Adobe Tower just like it did with the Hermetica Tower.
In this way, they hoped that Adobe Magic Top would stop production.
But the empire wasted its time.
The Adov Magic Tower secretly entered into a joint venture agreement with the Southern Kingdom’s Magic Towers, and Thanatos’ recipe was transferred from the Adov Magic Tower to the Southern Kingdom’s Magic Towers.
The kingdom’s magic towers quickly turned to alchemy and magic engineering as wizards were treated poorly, and the production of Thanatos also accelerated.
There is no business that makes as much profit as selling weapons.
Even so, Thanatos was like the water of life for the magic towers of the continent that were slowly drying up and dying.
A greater amount of Thanatos was produced than when Adov Magic Tower produced it alone.
It didn’t take long for the Empire to realize that – unlike with Arthenium – it had failed to stop the production of Thanatos.
The great nobles of the empire were seized with fear that ‘the production of Thanatos might exceed that of Exitium.’
Then one day, when Thanatos was discovered in an unidentified wagon heading north, the empire proposed the production of Exitium to the islands and imperial magic towers.
Exitium, which had been monopolized by the Three Great Magic Towers, was released into the Empire’s Magic Tower.
There was no way that the Empire’s Magic Tower, which was in decline like the Kingdom’s Magic Towers, would reject that welcome offer.
Soon, Exitium’s production caught up with Thanatos’.
The Magic Tower’s main interests also changed from magic research to magic engineering, especially weapon development and production.
Londinium Empire.
Northern district of Petropolis, the capital.
Inn and bar Fermosa Estella.
Fabian, who had gone out in the morning to collect information, returned to the inn around dusk.
He looked around the restaurant on the first floor and then hurried up to his lodgings on the second floor.
“Count.”
Fabian simply called Elio Count after he received the title of Count of Escatos Kingdom.
Elio, who was sitting by the window and looking out the window, turned his head.
“why? “What’s going on, you’re out of breath like that?”
“The empire will soon issue an order for general mobilization.”
“okay?”
When Elio’s reaction did not meet expectations, Fabian made a fuss.
“General mobilization order! “The empire will fight with all its might like it did 50 years ago.”
“We have no choice if we have to fight the Northern Kingdom as well.”
“The imperial army is currently unable to penetrate the northern Severin Kingdom’s defense line.”
“It won’t be easy because the Northern Kingdoms are also well prepared.”
“There are rumors that the Archduke Knauf will be sent to the northern front along with the general mobilization order.”
“Archduke Knauf?”
“Yes, then the Severin Kingdom’s defense line will collapse in an instant.”
“Oh, no way. I heard Thanatos is spreading in the North as well? “If Thanatos is really similar to Exitium, it won’t be easy for Archduke Knauf, right?”
“There aren’t as many Thanatos as magic bullets, right? I heard that production cost is very expensive… … . “They probably didn’t have enough supply.”
“I guess so.”
“Do you know? “There are also Escatos Kingdom forces in the Severin Kingdom.”
“why? “Are you worried about Lord Serra?”
After Elio heard that Sarah Lore had returned to the Phantom Knights, he called her Lord Sarah.
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried. “He said he returned to the Knights to contact me.”
“how? “Why don’t you contact the Escatos Kingdom army and ask them to remove Sir Serra?”
“I will refuse. What if you were in the Kingdom of Escatos? Once you reach the Severin Kingdom, you will not want to leave the Knights. “Do you know how strong the pride of the Knights Templar is?”
“So what are you going to do?”
“I do not know. If the Count takes care of the ‘Spearhead of Chaos’, will the war end?”
“well. “I don’t know if empires and kingdoms will come this far and pretend it never happened.”
Elio shook his head excitedly.
With the appearance of Exitium and Thanatos, the casualties on both sides are difficult to count.
The empire said that the kingdom had many casualties, and the kingdom said that the empire had many casualties.
If both sides say what they say, it means that both sides are suffering enormous damage.
In this situation, what difference would it make if you killed one ‘vanguard of chaos’?
Even without the ‘vanguard of chaos’ wandering around, the continent is already in ‘chaos’ itself.
“What will you do if the Kingdom of Escatos asks for help later?”
Fabian looked at Count Lagoa with ambiguous eyes.
If Archduke Knauf is deployed to the northern front, the northern kingdom will depend on Count Lagoa.
However, Count Lagoa said that he would not get involved in this war.
Even Syncrair Jeter, who Count Lagoa professed to be his disciple, is in the Knauf family.
Will Count Lagoa rush to the north to stop Archduke Knauf?
Elio, who was listening with a sullen expression, answered.
“Let’s think about it then. “I don’t want to worry about something that didn’t even happen.”
“If Archduke Knauf even shows signs of moving towards the northern front, the Northern Kingdom, no, the Escatos Kingdom, will come running to you, Count.”
“I’ll go and think about it then.”
“Don’t put it off because it’s a pain in the ass. Are you going to help the Northern Kingdoms? Are you going to turn away?”
“What would you like me to do?”
“Of course I want the Count to help the Northern Kingdom army. “If Lord Serra dies in the Kingdom of Severin, she will be tormented by guilt for the rest of her life.”
“What? “Are you ready to propose to me when the war is over?”
“I’m not that shameless. I told everything that had happened in the letter. Lord Sarah must have fallen in love with me by now.”
“But what if you like Lord Sarah?”
“No way. Serah, how strong is your pride? “You will never see me again.”
“You can forgive me. “The person I cheated on, Baron Sophia, was also killed.”
“well. “I don’t know if you’ll forgive me for that.”
“Do you still have any regrets about Ariette Albano?”
“Absolutely. “I’m not that foolish and dishonest.”
“The bottom line is that you don’t know either. yes?”
“yes.”
Fabian laughed bitterly.
I don’t know if Lord Sera will forgive me, but I don’t know my own feelings.
“So do i. “I don’t know if it’s right for me to get involved in this war, and I don’t want to cross swords with Syncrair Jeter’s teacher.”
“But you’ll have to think about it.”
“That’s what I’m going to tell you. “If it’s okay with Serra, you should think about what to do, right?”
Fabian shrugged his shoulders.
Because right now, he had absolutely nothing to say.
Elio, who was laughing, suddenly asked.
“By the way, have you looked into where Marquis Juliana Leola might be hiding?”
“I know about it, but nothing has come out yet. It is said that wizards belonging to the Magic Tower almost cut off their ties with the world. In the case of the Marquis Leola, watching Bardos performances was his only outside activity.”
“The Bardos sponsored by the Marquis Leola is Miss Ariette Albano, right?”
“yes.”
“Miss Ariette Albano, wouldn’t she know a place to go?”
“… … .”
Fabian was silent.
Of course, it’s not that he didn’t think about it, but he didn’t have any intention of going and meeting him.
In a way, Ariette Albano is also a victim like Baron Sofia.
End the relationship coldly and meet again out of necessity?
It was true that his face was thick, but he didn’t want to do that on his conscience.
“If it’s difficult to ask you when you meet, I’ll meet you.”
“The Count please meet me. “I don’t want to see Miss Ariette again.”
“Okay, then. “I’ll meet you and ask.”
“You’ll have to hurry. The contract between Fermosa Estella and Miss Ariette has ended… … . “I’ll go somewhere else.”
“okay? “Speaking of which, I have to go see you now.”
“Do you know where it is?”
“The owner here will know. “If you don’t know, you can go to the security forces or the intelligence department and ask.”
Elio immediately stood up and walked away.
Unlike usual, Fabian did not follow him but saw him off with a stern expression.
Elio went down to the first floor and found the manager and asked where Ariette Albano lived.
“Miss Ariette is still staying at Calliope. “If you go straight up the road leading to Jung-gu, you will see a sign on the left.”
Elio thanked the manager and then went out into the street.
indeed! As I walked along the main street for a bit, I saw a sign called Calliope on the left.
Calliope, like Fermosa Estella, also served as an inn and a bar.
After a while, Elio opened the door and entered, but stopped.
This is because a young man with a shallow appearance was approaching Ariette Albano, who was drunk and unable to control herself, holding her up as if hugging her.