Imperial Guard - Chapter 70



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The Demon King who rules Alheim, Maledrax, frowned and stood up from his seat.

At the same time, his wings spread and numerous eyes covering his body were revealed.

“Things are progressing too slowly.”

Mallardx was feeling annoyed.

The demon king Yasha, the wish of the demon tribe.

Progress in finding her was too slow.

A ghostly presence was clearly felt in the imperial capital, but nothing more could be found.

As if someone were only allowing it to go that far.

‘Besides… there’s something else to worry about.’

His own magic that disappeared from the empire has not yet returned.

I don’t know if it was purified or absorbed, but someone among the humans stole his magic.

“You dare to steal the magic of Demon King Mallardax. You’re trying to climb up on a bug.”

If you encounter yourself in the waves of the coming war…

Demon King Mallardax will personally cut off your head.

Swish-

At that moment, a demon wearing magic appeared out of thin air.

Mallardax said, looking at the lower-ranking demons who were taking an example.

“How is the investigation into the Ghost King going?”

“The Empire is digging into the capital whenever it has an opening. I believe there will be good results soon.”

“The Carmen Empire….”

“Yes. Today, the mid-level demons managed to sneak in through a gap. Unfortunately, they are not allowing any gaps for the high-level demons to sneak in, but if you keep trying, you will eventually get a chance.”

“···You squeezed your way in through a gap. That’s quite a strange thing.”

Mallardx suddenly felt something strange.

The Kamen Empire, which rules the human continent.

Each individual human being is like an insect, but when they gather together in a group, they become quite annoying.

In particular, the Kamen Empire is the largest and most powerful group among human forces.

After the war ended and the armistice was signed, they never let their guard down.

But recently, they have been allowing the demons to invade one after another.

It was obviously something strange.

“Once or twice would be fine, but these are not the kind of people who would give you an opening like this.”

The strength of the Kamen Empire is real.

They are the ones who united humans and other races and even turned their swords on the Demon King himself.

If you don’t want to get bitten by a crawling bug, you might as well check in advance.

“I guess I should close my eyes. I’ll watch it myself.”

There were already a lot of things I wanted to check.

Humans are a group of people who become increasingly annoying if left alone.

If you do something strange, you should nip it in the bud.

Woodduck-

A giant eye fell from his body.

His eyes disappeared into thin air, buried in magic.

*

The headquarters of the religious order.

Carlson hummed as he headed toward the main entrance of headquarters.

“May Gaia bless you, Sir Carlson. Where are you going this morning?”

“Oh, Your Majesty, I’m going out for a moment. I have an appointment.”

“I see. Even in the midst of the chaos in the church, it is comforting to have a knight like Sir Carlson.”

“Hahaha. Gaia-men. Don’t mention it.”

Carlson walked out of the diocese’s headquarters, thanking the archbishop as he made the sign of the cross.

His standing within the church has risen dramatically recently.

The archbishops who had only exchanged a quick greeting with each other until then were the first to greet me, and the cardinals I met here and there also praised me, saying that I was a joy to the church.

“Who am I? I am Carlson of the Knights of the Silver Cross.”

Of course, Carlson also maintained his dignity accordingly.

There is a reason why they say that a place makes a person.

As he was treated well at school, Carlson’s street DNA was also gradually hidden.

Going to the fountain west of District 2 now is part of that.

Because the heretic judges who had been picking on him wanted to apologize.

Although they still hate the nobles, they were ultimately followers of Gaia.

As a distinguished member of the Knights of the Silver Cross, I cannot help but be generous and understanding.

‘Oh my, a man should be strong like me. Brother Rael is not easygoing.’

As a younger brother, he was truly grateful that his brother Lael shared his dislike of those guys, but Carlson did not want to cause trouble within the church.

The Order and the Knights of the Silver Cross were the places that accepted him from a young age.

I couldn’t be an unfilial son who caused an accident in my second hometown.

‘I was worried that you would come and start a fight with the heretic judges… but that’s not the case. As expected, you listen to what I say, hyung.’

Carlson arrived at the fountain in District 2 with that thought in his mind.

People were walking along the street, laughing and laughing, and some were throwing coins into the fountain.

It was the daily life of a peaceful empire.

“But these people say they apologize, but they’re late?”

Carlson looked around and laughed in disbelief.

They say they’ll apologize, but then they make you wait. There are people like that.

‘As expected, nobles have no concept of time.’

Carlson clicked his tongue and walked over to the fountain bench.

This is also something that I, as an excellent member of the Knights of the Silver Cross, must endure.

“···hmm?”

At that moment, Carlson stopped, feeling strange.

It was clearly an ordinary fountain, but something felt wrong here.

Thud, thud.

Carlson unconsciously placed his hand on his sword.

An ominous aura rose from the man approaching from the front.

Hwaaaaaaaah-!

At the same time, turbid magic swept through the surroundings.

“Whoa, whaaaaaa!”

“Eww! Ah, aaaah!”

People who had been enjoying a peaceful time are fleeing in panic.

Carlson chewed his lip and drew his sword.

“Wow. You’re quite a strong person.”

Kwaaang-!

Carlson deflected the demon’s sharp claws with his sword.

He suddenly revealed a hunchbacked body with long claws.

“Ugh···!”

Carlson bit his lips harder against the magic that was weighing down his entire body.

I looked straight ahead with the taste of blood spreading through my mouth.

‘Damn… He’s strong. He’s stronger than a Lieutenant Demon.’

As a knight, he had faced off against the demons several times.

But even so, they are just captured lower-level demons.

It was my first time seeing a demon this strong in real life.

“Huh. It seems like you’re seeing the Lieutenant Demon for the first time. They seem like a stupid race that loses their strength in exchange for a truce.”

Kwaaaaak-!

The demon’s arm swung and its long claws rushed at Carlson.

Carlson drew on his divine power and barely managed to ward off the claws as he backed away.

“The Demons have appeared! Everyone, run away! Central Guard! Send reinforcements!”

Carlson shouted, pushing away the magic with his divine power.

However, the guards also appeared to be in disarray.

‘Is this a simultaneous attack?’

Carlson sighed and raised his sword.

If multiple locations are raided, the first priority is where the nobles are.

There is no support for the fountain that only commoners enjoy.

‘I have to buy time.’

Carlson drew on his divine power and confronted the demons in front of him.

I slowly examined the bastard’s body.

A hunchbacked, hunched back and short legs.

And long arms and fingernails.

They are a disgusting race of demons just by looking at their appearance.

“Sorry, but get out of the way quickly. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a human, so I’m hungry.”

“···In the name of Gaia.”

Carlson swallowed and glared at the bastard.

Even if I die here, I have to buy as much time as possible.

Because that’s the article.

“I never thought that the disturbing movement could be from the Demons… Sir Rael is truly amazing.”

At that moment, a man walked behind Carlson.

The red-haired man holding a huge sword nodded to Carlson and glared at the demon.

“It’s Lieutenant Majok. I can’t do it alone. Can you help me?”

“···Was it Cadet Lucas?”

“That’s right. I saw you last time at the Cheon Sang Je cleaning up.”

“If it were you… yes. You might be able to do it.”

Carlson took up his sword with confidence.

There are two graduates.

I might be able to defeat one mid-level demon.

Wiggle-

And behind them, a giant eye buried in magic blinked.

*

A bar in the western part of District 2.

A man who had rented an entire floor came inside.

“Hehehe. This is it. Lord Garhart.”

“Good. The view is really nice.”

Garhardt came in with a smile.

For this event, we rented out an entire bar nearby.

It was a place where the fountain was right in view.

“You remember the plan, right? Wait here until you both get tired. And then…”

“When both of them get tired, they fall.”

“Yes. It shows the power of the heretic judges.”

At that moment, demons invaded the entire area of ​​District 2, causing everyone to look around.

If I were to quietly kill that commoner knight now, no one would see it.

“Fight each other… If possible, it would be better to drain as much power as possible. It would be easier for us to deal with.”

Garhardt chuckled and looked down the window.

Just then, Carlson appeared at the fountain.

He looked around, unaware of the future that awaited him.

“Sorry, we’re not going. You stupid commoner. Hehe. Hey. What are you doing? Bring me a drink.”

Garhardt extended his hand to the nobles who had no answer.

However, it wasn’t alcohol that came back.

“Go ahead and do something. Go ahead and do something.”

“···what?!”

Garhardt turned his head at the sudden insult.

And then, I immediately lost consciousness from the approaching fist.

“Rael, it’s done.”

“···The curse is good. It’s really fast.”

Lael threw Garhardt, whom he had knocked down himself, towards her.

I’ve already dealt with all the other nobles, and I just knocked that guy out with my own fist.

Because he was the one who swore at Carlson back then.

“Rael. But you know.”

Clara said, tying up Garhardt tightly.

“huh?”

“What should I do if the demon doesn’t show up even after doing this?”

“I have to let it go.”

These guys are cripples, but they are the children of nobles.

In the empire, nobles are treated with great importance.

If you die before the demons even appear, there will definitely be a problem.

Of course, even if an investigation is launched, there’s no need to worry about getting caught, but considering the fact that they’ll cause trouble in the classroom, it’s better to just let them go.

“If you run away like this, you’ll be a pig.”

“Wouldn’t that be even worse? They’d remember how they almost got kidnapped.”

“It’s okay. Without their pride, there’s no way that corpse nobles would say they were almost kidnapped. They’d just say they passed out drunk.”

“Is that really true?”

“Yeah. Don’t worry. And… I don’t think you need to think about that anyway.”

Rael looked down the window.

People were seen running away because of the demons that appeared at the fountain.

Carlson, who was confronting him, generated divine powers, and even confirmed that Lucas, whom he had called, followed him and drew his sword.

‘It must have been hard for Carlson alone, right?’

Rael nodded as he watched Carlson and Lucas fighting the demons.

It was a good idea to include Lucas too.

Since the two of them fought together, they were able to overwhelmingly subdue even the mid-level demons.

“Rael. What about them?”

“Take care of it and throw it behind the fountain secretly. Oh, and can you make it look like the demons killed it?”

“Of course. I’m Clara, the one who jumped in.”

As expected, thieves are good at many things.

Rael nodded and looked out the window.

His plan was perfect.

While Carlson and Lucas fight the demons, they throw the Inquisitor’s body behind the fountain.

After the battle, you will naturally find the Heretic Inquisitor’s corpse.

Then, of course, you would think that the demons killed him.

‘Since it’s a simultaneous attack, there will be casualties in other places too… but this is the Kamen Empire.’

Damage to nobles and commoners is treated differently.

This means that the death of five heretic inquisitors is considered much more important than the death of 100 commoners.

All attention will be focused here.

“Rael. I have a question.”

“I have so many questions. What are they?”

“You said you could easily catch a Lieutenant Demon. Why don’t you just go and catch them instead of letting them fight? You can also say that you took revenge on the Heretic Judge.”

“···Everything has its own circumstances.”

Rael turned his attention to Clara’s point.

In fact, the reason was simple.

Rael didn’t want any more attention.

Of course, he was trying to adapt to this world, and for that he naturally needed a certain amount of attention.

That’s why there was an accident at the Archduke’s return party.

‘But if I keep messing around here, I feel like I’ll really have to do it all.’

The main character of this world is not Rael.

While Lucas was in the lead, slicing down the demons, he wanted to suck up the honey from behind.

All these annoying things were just stepping stones to the future.

“Hey, Clara. The fight will be over soon. Put it away quickly so that we don’t get caught.”

The hunched lieutenant was soon cornered to the point of death.

The empire will soon welcome new young heroes.

“···Huh? But what is that?”

Rael looked at the eyes floating in the air.

“What kind?”

“That thing. It’s the eye floating in the sky.”

“Eyes? Where?”

“You can’t see something that big?”

Rael, who had been doubting Clara’s eyesight for a moment, soon realized the aura surrounding those eyes.

That’s a servant surrounded by the demonic energy of the demon tribe.

Probably an ordinary person will not be able to see that magic.

‘···It seems really strong?’

Rael, who could sense the magic, frowned at the thick magic.

That wasn’t the kind of magic that a mid-level demon could use.

‘High-ranking demon…? No, maybe even more than that.’

Knock. Knock.

At that moment, magic began to fall from my eyes.

The destination is the dying lieutenant demon tribe.

Rael, who felt the abnormal flow of magic, immediately got up.

“This is an emergency. Let’s go to Plan B.”

“uh?”

Plan B.

It’s one of the plans Rael has made.

If a strong enemy suddenly appears, protecting the lives of Carlson and Lucas is the top priority.

“Are you abandoning them?”

Clara pointed to the unconscious inquisitors.

Rael thought for a moment, then answered as he opened the window.

“···Finish quickly and catch up.”

As soon as Rael finished speaking, he immediately threw himself out the window.

After all, it seems like making someone a hero is quite a difficult task.