Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 249



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Season 3: Episode 57

Second Step, Accompanying the Leading Payquerier (12)

The place where they ‘miraculously’ crossed the dimensional gate and returned alive was a small city called . The temporary headquarters was barely able to take root here.

The command garrison was small.

The unit organization was not functioning properly, and the field command was dependent on scattered payqueriers who were spreading out the defensive line.

“Yes, I know you had a hard time finding the Necron priest. I was really worried, but I thank the Mother of Light for allowing us to meet again like this.”

This situation was by no means caused by a lack of leadership on the part of Setsunen.

Nohyang, who was directly hit by the cursed explosion during the incident, was unable to take to the front lines for nearly a month.

As soon as his body recovered enough to move, he went to the Blood Demon Corps and saved him.

“He’s just a scarecrow, all talk. According to this Samigl priest, one of the three Falkh-shas is currently trying to spread the primordial curse in . He must be the mastermind behind this incident.”

Balbray said.

Aydin’s eyes widened with solemnity.

“No. If you think about it, the mastermind behind the incident is not that guy… … It’s the prophet who achieved the unification of the Demon Tribe that everyone thought was impossible. He was at the center of all this. I should have investigated more thoroughly and warned Your Majesty… … .”

“Stop it. Mir has been chasing that being through his pure white dreams since a few years ago when you gave him information about the demon world, but he couldn’t find it. It’s not your fault.”

“dismissal…….”

Information from the demon world… …?

hmm?

How could she know such a thing? Camilla wondered, but it was not a place where she could dare express such an opinion or question.

“Rather than that prophet or whatever, let’s focus on putting out the fire in front of us now.”

Vinessa spread out a map of the southwestern coast on the table and stuck a dagger into the end of her rolled-up hair.

“Only ten days left.”

It was a supreme military council where even attending was an honor that was too much for young Camilla.

It may be that he ended up presiding over this event as a first-class pay querier, but no, he may have ended up presiding over it because he learned it here.

Chappelle let out a desperate sigh.

“Any plans you have in mind? The citizens of the city who were turned into blood slaves, the troops deployed in the recapture battle at that time, and the blood demons have all become primitive troops, so the enemy force will be at least a million strong.”

Vinessa placed something on the table. It was a flute with a faint, noble glow.

A thousand-beat flute.

This is a legendary flute passed down to the descendants of Archmage Rigwind, the direct disciple of the first wizard, Emmet Page.

“Master, you are a member of the royal family of Sollond. To be exact, you could say you are the cousin of the current king.”

Asher hinted subtly.

Chappelle’s eyebrows rose.

“This… How can you do this, Captain?”

“That idiot left it to me. He probably knew something like this would happen someday.”

Vinesa looked at the brain scent.

“250 years ago, the same thing almost happened in Bara, the capital of the Kingdom of Solund. Yong-Hyeon suppressed it. I believe Your Majesty was there at that time.”

Archmage Rigwind spent his life trying to undo the primordial curse.

The Thousand Waves of Death is the legacy of that life.

That is why the descendants of Rigwind, the royal family of Sollond, have been the guardians of the flute and watchdogs of the old kingdom since ancient times. The capital of Sollond itself was built on top of the capital of the original kingdom.

“But the center of the camp is too dangerous, so I cannot take King Sollond with me, and I have no magical talent… … Your Majesty, please accept this.”

“No, you must do it. You who inherited the blood and will of Rigwind and walked the path of courage. Don’t worry. I will help you.”

Vinessa looked at Setsunen with hazy eyes. Setsunen’s smile felt dazzling.

Like the midday sunlight on a spring day.

Beside him, the priest Aydin of Hong nodded.

“I will follow you to the end. Just give me the order.”

“Me too. If I run away from here, I won’t have the face to face with Archmage Lin, who represents the school.”

“I can’t miss the concerts that my teacher performs. I have to laugh a lot every time he makes a mistake.”

“Eun-ui Hwang’s private secretary, Balbray, spoke haughtily, placing both arms between the long sleeves of his private uniform.

“I’ll help you too. It was decided by the Mother of Creation when she created the family that the capable eldest sibling would lead the weaker younger sibling.”

“In order to use the Thousand Waves Strike, you must enter the center of the circle, that is, inside .”

“What are you talking about now? There’s a saying that goes, ‘If you want to catch a tiger, you have to go into the tiger’s den.’”

At Balbray’s witty answer, Red Pilgrim Leone shrugged.

“Haha! Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say that is hell rather than a tiger’s den?”

Then Asher laughed mischievously.

“Wouldn’t it be perfect to warm up your body and sweat it out?”

Vinessa looked down at the flute without saying a word.

Volcanic ash that had come in through the window settled on the flute, then oxidized into light, leaving behind soot.

The phenomenon seemed to be telling. Now, the world is summer. After a very long time, Vinessa said.

“You guys are just like these idiots who are crazy and want to die.”

How would it have felt to say that, what kind of trembling would have been in his voice?

I couldn’t even guess at that time.

Only later, much later, at the end of the mission, when I heard the same answer from my subordinates, did I come to understand that overwhelming feeling.

“Camilla, I am releasing you from your temporary assignment and reassigning you to the Red Lotus Regiment. Now, return to Laminea’s side.”

Brain scented Setsunen also nodded in support of that judgment.

“Not only Laminia, but all the children of Hongryeon were worried about you day and night. I promised that I would definitely find you before I returned to my mission. You are the only one who can soothe that pain.”

My heart was warm and I felt like tears were about to fall from it.

The master is alive… … .

Again, my ‘family’ is looking for me… … .

But it was not yet time to go back. The fact that they were looking for me meant that I was not yet someone they could trust and entrust with individual action.

“Can I… say something?”

“Speak.”

“I want to join too.”

“Why?”

“If we go back like this… … I don’t think Master will be happy. I think so. And I think Master would have done the same thing if he were in this situation.”

The day you heard Balbray’s sermon in the Desolation Zone, didn’t you decide on your life’s goal?

“I decided then. I would prove that I was your disciple not through the fact that you chose me, but through my actions.”

So, before any other voices of dissuasion could be heard, I decided to show off my ‘military manners’.

“Sergeant Camilla!”

Support your lower back with your left fist.

Kick your feet together.

By placing your right hand gently next to your eyebrow.

“I was recently assigned to temporarily join the Blood Demon Corps during the mission to reclaim , so I would like to accompany them until the end!”

A freshness that seems to whisper the deep, blue spring… … .

Everyone smiled brightly.

Only Vinessa was silently and expressionlessly watching the girl salute.

– Okay, Vinessa. Shall we go? You go wild in front and I’ll cheer you on from behind.

If there is a will in belief, then what faintly overlaps that face, like the handprint that belief leaves behind… .

Dear friend, the smile of Mizari Alter Aradmantel’s childhood.

When I see that smile, it’s the same as when I was a child, and why does it make me laugh even in the most serious situations?

“Ha, ha, hahahahahahahahaha… … .”

Why do I laugh out loud? Is it because I can briefly return to the side of a friend whom I have missed so much that my heart is pounding with longing?

Of course, the laughter only lasted a moment.

The mask of the heart is taken off only for a moment.

As if cut with a knife, Vinesa, who had just wiped away the laughter, accepted the salute of her friend’s disciple’s disciple.

“Okay, if you cry later I’ll kick your butt. Then follow me till the end, Camilla.”

That was the first time that Vinessa called my name.

‘Your name is… … .’

It was the moment when the strongest pay querier of the time was acknowledged by the being who led the early years of ‘Black Summer’.

‘You called my name… … .’

It was a moment where one had to doubt one’s ears due to the overwhelming emotion, but what embarrassed everyone even more was Vinessa’s salute.

It wasn’t a modern salute.

A salute in which one first strikes the heart with the right fist, and then directs the pulse of the heart and the will of the soul toward the object of the salute with the fingertips.

“I’ll watch and tell you. Whether you are worthy of being considered Laminea’s disciple or not.”

This was an ancient salute.

The pioneer of courage… … It was the salute that started with the five Ascension Quorirs and was passed down only to the Pay Quorirs and Paladins.

In short, it was the highest respect a payquerier could show to an opponent. The first payquerier gave that salute to a mere trainee, Aesong.

‘And whether or not he is worthy of being called the disciple of the disciple of Mijari… … that is.’

* * *

“At that time, the number of troops available to humanity to reclaim was less than 150,000.”

The outline and organization of the operation were the same as the first battle of , with each individual unit being a solo attack, but the hidden core was a diversionary operation.

The Red Lotus and Black Rose Corps are at the South Gate.

The Maengjin and Cheolseong regiments are the same.

The Blood Horse Corps will be in charge of breaking through the North Gate, but taking advantage of the chaos of this battle, a special force led by Vinessa Alter Renault will infiltrate deep into the headquarters.

“Other Payquerier units were hastily regrouping on the continent, but there was no way they could arrive in time. On the other hand, the number of primitive troops confirmed within exceeded one million.”

The Legacy of Rigwind, the Thousand Waves of Death, is said to have the power to restore the essence of life from a primordial curse.

That power was the only key.

The key to shedding a ray of hope in the early days of the ‘Black Summer’, when nothing but despair seemed to be visible.

“What’s different from the first siege is that the main enemy is not the Blood Clan but the Necrons, and Camilla Alter Aradmantel is active in the Blood Demon Corps.”

That is, Camilla had been assigned to the Blood Demon Corps, not the Red Lotus Corps, until this point.

“Against this backdrop, on August 4, 1671 AD, the counterattack that would determine the direction of the ‘Black Summer’ finally began.”

* * *

[Vinessa: The mission outline is simple. If we fail to neutralize the primordial curse of , the entire continent of Adrion will be destroyed overnight.]

A ray of light rose in front of the Blood Horse Corps, each unit on standby, and took the shape of a door.

[Aydin: The third dimension gate has opened. The vanguard units will depart first, starting with the elephant cavalry.]

Fighting had already begun throughout .

The Eastern and Southern armies, deployed on the front lines through the first and second dimensional gates, began to attack under the command of their respective payqualifiers.

Unlike the first battle, the bloodline had not engulfed the entire city, so the air force and artillery units were already having a lot of fun.

[Aydin: The 4th dimensional gate opens, the Dragoons depart.]