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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: selkie
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Samuel instinctively knew when she saw the golden spear flying towards her.
That she couldn’t defend against it.
That if she stayed like this, she would die.
However, Samuel, who had braced herself and was preparing to counterattack in this fleeting moment, had no time to evade this attack.
In the end, all she could do was entrust herself to a slim possibility and simply try to block the attack.
But right then…
“!”
“Kuh!”
The next moment, a shadow of a person blocked her way.
In response, Samuel was momentarily taken aback by this unexpected situation.
And.
Wham!!!
The deafening explosion that shook the surroundings occurred immediately afterwards.
However, even in this flash of light and explosion, Samuel’s eyes could see a clear scene.
That was…
The figure of Hector, the human who had thrown his body in front of her and blocked the incoming attack.
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After the storm passed in an instant,
The demons, who had retreated one step back on orders, rushed to where Samuel was.
“C… Commander, are you okay?”
“…I’m fine. More importantly… quickly… quickly heal this person.”
Samuel, who was showing a deep confusion that was unlike her usual self.
In response, her subordinates desperately approached Hector, who was bleeding with his neck pierced.
“Cough! Cough!”
Hector was barely breathing, but he was in a seriously injured state at a glance.
In response, the demons desperately tried to save him, according to the commander’s orders.
The demons focused on healing the wounds by using recovery magic to the fullest and pouring in the potions they had.
As a result, Hector’s wound, which was so severe that his life was in danger, was fortunately and narrowly restored, and the bleeding stopped.
“Hah…hah…hah…”
Hector, who was now able to have a much more comfortable face than before.
However, apart from barely saving his life. He could no longer maintain consciousness due to excessive bleeding.
A sensation in which his head was spinning and his vision was automatically blurring.
In it, his last gaze turned to her, who had been looking down at him throughout the treatment.
She, who was trembling with a ●_● face that was slightly different from usual.
Seeing her beautiful appearance, a slight smile appeared on Hector’s lips for the last time.
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“Wh… what happened? Th… the bleeding has stopped, but why?”
“It seems that he has fainted. But since his pulse is normal, you don’t have to worry too much.”
“Th… is that so…? That’s a relief, but…”
Samuel began to feel a deep sense of relief at the words of the subordinate who was explaining the situation.
But immediately after,
She realized that she had been a little too emotional, unlike her usual self,
and she killed the emotions on her face as much as possible and began to return to her usual ●△● face.
“…Anyway. It’s good that his life is not in danger. We have to get out of here as quickly as possible, as another pursuer may come at any time.”
“Yes, Commander.”
After giving instructions to her subordinates, Samuel directly picked up Hector.
Seeing her like this, the soldiers momentarily began to show a little embarrassment.
“Um, Commander? There’s no need for you to do it yourself, we can carry him…”
“What are you talking about! I clearly said that we have to leave here as quickly as possible! In this situation, I am the only one who can carry this man and move quickly!”
Samuel raised her voice slightly, unlike her usual self, at the words of her subordinates.
In response, the soldiers who were watching this scene could no longer say anything to their superior and began to move, following her, who was running out in front.
Although she was saying that, they wondered at her stubbornness, as she seemed to be quite tired from the aftermath of the battle just now…
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The large-scale fire incident in the imperial capital, Olympus, was unexpected.
During the detailed investigation of this incident, the Falcon Empire’s emperor and his subjects felt both deep anger and concern.
“I told you. Wasn’t I saying that all of this was the work of the Magic Kingdom? I saw with my own eyes Shude, one of their Four Demon Witches, wandering around the Empire’s territory.”
“Those who survived the fire incident are making similar claims. They say that the belongings of those who appeared at the magic workshop had the emblems of witches.”
The incident in Thebes earlier,
and the fire incident this time,
At this moment, these terrible incidents that directly threatened the security of the Empire were, according to the investigation results, all pointing to the Magic Kingdom as the culprit.
In the case of Thebes, it seemed that the demons had done the work, but the reality was that they were witches in disguise.
In the case of the Olympus fire incident, the fact that they were witches was already a foregone conclusion through the testimonies of witnesses.
“But if that’s the case, one question arises. Why would those who were hiding their identities as demons in Thebes so blatantly commit crimes here in Olympus?”
“Well, wouldn’t that be because the security of the imperial capital is much stricter than that of Thebes? If those who appeared to be demons showed even a little bit of their appearance here, they would have been immediately subdued before they could do anything. If they had targeted the magic workshop from the beginning, they may have chosen to use their original identities, which would be less suspicious.”
“Hmm… Well, it’s true that security tends to be much laxer in the magic workshop area for people from the Magic Kingdom.”
People began to show an attitude of agreeing with High Priestess Aileen’s claim.
Seeing that the opinion was being gathered that this was the work of the Magic Kingdom trying to stab the Empire in the back.
The Emperor spoke in a quiet voice, filled with deep anger.
“Even so, I kept thinking until the end, but was it really true? That Magic King dared to do this to me and the Empire…”
“Your Majesty. As I said before, the Magic King is a cunning man. On the surface, he is always plotting cunning schemes, saying that we are the same humans.”
“No matter how deep your past ties with him may be, you must not trust him. There were rumors that even during the last Allied Races War, the Magic Kingdom secretly supported the demons, wasn’t there?”
The subjects poured out criticism of the Magic Kingdom without hesitation, feeling that this was their chance.
Seeing them like this, the Emperor really didn’t feel good, but he had no choice but to accept their words because of the clear evidence.
‘Overseer Azutas… Even so, I tried to trust you until the end, but how dare you stab me in the back like this…’
As the Emperor was trembling with anger, feeling his trust turning into hatred, Achilles, a figure who had been quietly watching the situation among them.
Achilles began to open his mouth in a calm but clear voice.
“First of all, everyone, calm down. It’s true that the Magic Kingdom has done something that deserves to be torn apart and killed, as those here have said, but we must remain calm and watch the situation for now. No matter how angry we are, we can’t wage war against the Magic Kingdom in this situation, can we?”
“Hmm…”
“Well… that’s true, but…”
The subjects showed an atmosphere of suppressing their emotions and taking a step back at Achilles’ words.
Then, after attracting people’s attention in that way, Achilles began to bring up the story that he had been thinking about, according to his calculations.
“Your Majesty. First of all, what we need to do is find out how the Magic Kingdom will react to this incident. Even so, they wouldn’t have done this with the intention of waging an all-out war with us. First of all, I think it would be good to send an envoy to the Magic Kingdom to find out the truth.”
“Hmm… I see what you mean.”
“And at the same time, we must move as quickly as possible while those stories are being exchanged. We must quickly finalize the matter with the Elf Church, as I said before.”
“If it’s what I said before…”
“Hah… but Achilles, isn’t that too much?”
“No matter how much the victory or defeat of the war is at stake, if we do that…”
The subjects expressed deep embarrassment and concern regarding ‘that’ which Achilles had claimed before.
However, in response, Achilles hardened his expression and spoke to them in a cold voice.
“Pull yourselves together. You all know that this is not the time for us to worry about that, don’t you? If we really have to face the Magic Kingdom and the Elf Church at the same time here, what will you do then?”
“Th… that’s…”
Achilles was talking about the worst-case scenario that they could not handle even from their point of view.
In response, the faces of the people began to harden, and then Achilles looked at the Emperor and continued in a firm voice.
“Your Majesty. As a subject of this country, I no longer want to leave the elements that threaten the country alone. Please grant me permission!”
Achilles was speaking in a voice that did not waver in the slightest.
In response, the Emperor eventually realized that he had no choice and spoke in a bitter voice.
“…I understand. Proceed as General Achilles says.”
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