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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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Numerous golems lay destroyed on the ground.
Meinel, the second princess of the Kingdom of Resen, stared blankly at the man in a black coat who had disposed of dozens of golems in an instant.
Thud- Thud
Yuma shook off the dirt that had completely covered his black coat.
Feeling the stare boring into him, Yuma slowly opened his mouth.
“I’ve come from the Astes Empire.”
At those words, the eyes of the knights and soldiers of the Kingdom of Resen, who could well be called survivors, widened.
Gray hair and wall-like eyes.
And overwhelming power.
The description matched exactly with the Martial God who had made a name for himself not only within the Astes Empire but throughout the entire Gehergen continent.
The soldiers and knights looked at the massive remains of the destroyed golems and were convinced it was indeed him.
Meinel bowed deeply.
“I am honored to meet Your Grace, Duke Yuma of the Astes Empire.”
She figured out my identity without me even introducing myself.
“I am Meinel, the second princess of the Kingdom of Resen. I am indebted to you for saving my life.”
Yuma slowly shook his head.
“I merely responded to an ally’s request for aid. Someday, the Empire might need help from the Kingdom as well.”
One of the Empire’s great generals, now Yuma’s subordinate, Empire’s 3rd Seat Ella Brighton, began by removing the massive pillar that was heavily weighing down on the Sword Master’s upper body, then moved the soldiers with major and minor injuries to a safe place clear of debris.
Healers and medics moved frantically across the battlefield.
Yuma stood before Meinel.
“It seems there are dozens more ahead. Let’s finish this quickly.”
He had no intention of wasting time.
The schedule that was meant to be dedicated to properly training his comrades had been disrupted, and that alone was enough to cause considerable irritation.
“Yes, I’ll guide you.”
The kingdom’s princess Meinel was also among those who wanted to resolve this situation quickly.
Far too much blood had been spilled.
Sword Master Markan, who stood beside Meinel, stepped forward with his sword drawn.
“I’ll clear the way.”
Markan and Ella quickly cleared away the structures before them, each wielding their own weapons.
Yuma walked forward.
“…”
Having ridden on Ethan, a Griffin that was among the fastest flying creatures in the middle realm, he had come to their aid very quickly indeed.
But despite that, the kingdom’s forces had already shed quite a lot of blood.
The corpses of soldiers embedded in walls and the ground caught his eye.
The sound of Second Princess Meinel grinding her teeth reached Yuma’s ears.
“Why would the ancient giant soldiers who once protected the kingdom… commit such a terrible massacre.”
At Meinel’s muttered question, the faces of Resen’s knights and soldiers crumpled in unison.
They deeply empathized with Meinel’s words, to the bone.
Clang! Boom! Crash!
The fists of massive golems and the weapons of knights clashed.
Yuma gestured with his chin to Meinel.
“Pull back the kingdom’s forces.”
Next, Yuma looked at Ella.
“Break through.”
“Yes, Your Grace!”
Ella responded loudly.
Meinel shouted in a loud voice.
“Reinforcements have arrived—!
Fall back!”
It was a resounding cry that seemed quite distant from her originally delicate voice.
Ella Brighton kicked off the ground hard and shot forward.
Her spear tore through the air as it advanced.
The endlessly rotating spear blade extended toward the black golem that stood like an iron wall at the very front.
Shriiiiiiek!
An intense shockwave spread out.
The black golem’s body was pushed far back.
The black coat fluttered.
Yuma lightly stepped on the ground.
Crack—
Yuma’s form disappeared like a phantom.
Boom!
He used [Blink] in succession.
Each time he used Blink, golems with power equivalent to Grand Master rank or higher, like the golden golem from earlier, exploded.
Bang!
Golems shattered like fragments.
Boom—!
The kingdom’s forces couldn’t close their mouths as they witnessed the transcendent scene.
A red beam of light spewed fire toward Yuma.
The red beam lunging at Yuma was deflected by Balmung.
Rumble!
A red thunderbolt erupted from the center of the Balmung in Yuma’s grasp.
The golem that had shot the red beam from the center of its head was smashed first.
Boom! Boom!
And the massive golems on either side were crushed by the red lightning that spread out as an effect of the Division of Disaster.
Yuma continued to vanish like a phantom.
—Bang!
Each time he reappeared, at least one golem was destroyed.
Fragments of golems scattered messily like sleet.
Yuma, who had single-handedly destroyed two-thirds of the golems, looked at the one remaining purple golem.
A massive fist extended toward Yuma.
Yuma raised his black and white sword, Balmung, vertically.
Shriiiiek!
A golden light impact spread out.
Crack! Crack!
The purple golem was flattened against the ground.
Countless brick fragments were strewn across the floor.
Yuma picked up the largest stone among the fragments.
A red stone that looked darker than blood. It was the golem’s heart, the core.
The core in Yuma’s hand suddenly emitted a clear light.
A voice began to be heard in Yuma’s mind.
“—I wonder how many humans have died because of this.”
The words in a heavy tone continued.
“—Human who dares to defy the authority of a god.”
“—You will soon die, and even if I cannot kill you, the humans around you. No, all the humans on this land of Gehergen will soon die.”
“—I can see it.”
“—The citizens of your land, the Astes Empire, killing each other. Your subordinates and colleagues with their heads exploding and bodies torn apart, turned into pieces of meat.”
“—You, who could not protect anyone, will be alone.”
“—Fall into powerlessness. This is just the starting point of the massacre.”
Crack.
With those final words, the core crumbled, scattering red smoke.
Whoosh
Yuma shook the broken core from his right hand, his brow deeply furrowed.
‘Underestimating us.’
Humans.
It was as if he had received a declaration of war that everyone on this continent would be killed.
From a god.
‘Method.’
Yuma felt the need to devise a method.
Because the threat uttered in his mind by what was considered a god seemed quite realistic.
Step
Yuma slowly walked down the mountain of corpses made of stone golem remains.
Both the Second Princess’s forces and the Third Prince’s forces approached
Yuma, who stood alone. Thud
—— And they all knelt.
The Second Princess opened her mouth.
“O hero who has saved the Kingdom of Resen.”
The Third Prince’s words followed those of the Second Princess.
“The kingdom will never forget the hero’s grace.”
Those words, close to praise, merely brushed past Yuma’s ears.
Because he had much to think about.
As Yuma remained silent, the gazes of the two who had been kneeling before Yuma for quite some time shifted to their people beyond him.
Yuma followed their gaze.
The corpses of dead kingdom soldiers came into view.
“I merely kept faith as an ally.”
Yuma thought it would be better to leave a warning before departing.
A warning that such incidents might occur again.
“I need to meet the King of Resen. Guide me.”
Not a single person criticized Yuma’s conduct, which might have been considered quite rude for a person of Resen.
Because a terribly desolate scene composed of countless golem fragments lay under Yuma’s feet.
Everyone’s footsteps moved toward the royal palace of Resen.
Albert, the Third Prince of the Kingdom of Resen, who had brown hair like Meinel, looked at Yuma’s back.
Duke Yuma.
The being called the Martial God.
The Dragon Slayer who had killed a dragon, and the one who had slaughtered a seemingly god-like transcendent being in front of the Astes Empire’s imperial palace.
He thought it was excessive praise.
He thought it was foolish worship.
However, the being who had achieved all those seemingly impossible feats was stronger than he had expected.
And the solemn eyes looking at the lives that had been extinguished by the golems’ hands were also impressive.
Albert whispered to the Second Princess Meinel walking beside him.
“It’s fortunate that the damage was limited to this much, Sister.”
“…Yes. It is fortunate indeed.”
Meinel looked at Empire’s 3rd Seat, Ella, who was walking beside her with a steady pace, with her green eyes.
“I envy the Empire. The rumors weren’t exaggerated at all.”
At Meinel’s words, Ella nodded her head vigorously.
So much that her blonde hair shook greatly.
Ella’s red eyes were shining.
“That’s right! I just met him for the first time today and was very surprised! His Grace is amazing!”
“Today is the first time…? Ah, it seems that the 3rd Seat doesn’t stay at the imperial palace.”
“That’s right! Heeee! If I hadn’t accompanied His Grace today, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life!”
Ella released the feeling of awe she had received from Yuma without hiding it at all.
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“Please enter.”
Yuma entered the reception room.
Inside the reception room sat the King of Resen, Alkaros.
Yuma sat in the chair facing Alkaros.
“I am Alkaros Bern Resen.”
“I am Duke Yuma of Astes.”
The white-haired king bowed his head deeply.
“…First, I thank you for saving our kingdom from the dark cloud, Duke Yuma.”
Yuma said.
“The one who caused this is a transcendent being. It’s appropriate to call it a god.”
“Did you say… a god?”
“Yes, the gods have started to play games with this continent. It seems they desire the end of the continent.”
Though it seemed he was the cause of that mischief.
Recalling the sentences displayed by the status window regarding the god Incrinew, even without him, this continent always had the possibility of being destroyed by the gods.
“…Is that transcendent being that appeared in the Empire a few days ago also a god?”
“Yes.”
It was a statement difficult to believe easily.
That’s why he was telling only the king.
“Whether you believe it or not, such incidents could happen again at any time. So, request aid from the Empire every time, just like now.”
“…I believe you. If I don’t believe the one who saved the kingdom, who would I believe?”
Alkaros decided to believe what he saw with his own eyes.
The golems had turned the kingdom into a wasteland.
And the man before him had subdued them.
It was clear whose words he should trust.
“You’re saying you’ll help if such a thing happens again. Why would you go this far?”
“Because if Resen falls, it will affect Astes as well. And I don’t like the mindset of those who think they can destroy the continent whenever they want.”
Yuma continued.
“Even if the continent perishes, it should be as a result of internal conflicts within the continent. Being destroyed by the games of outsiders feels disgusting, doesn’t it?”
Alkaros opened his eyes wide.
The words meant to impress Alkaros had accomplished their purpose perfectly.
“…That’s right. Even if the history of the continent ends, it should conclude at the hands of those who have lived on this land. Duke, your words are correct.”
Yuma stood up.
“Then, I’ll be going now.”
Alkaros hastily stood up.
“The alliance between the Empire and our kingdom has grown stronger. Please convey that to Her Majesty the Empress.”
“I will.”
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Yuma returned with Ella Brighton, riding the griffin Ethan.
He had resolved the matter before the 2nd Knight Brigade Commander, who had set out to help the Kingdom of Resen, could even cross the border.
And the day after the continent experienced upheaval.
Yuma had transcended an ordinary human.
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…What?
Time that elapsed:
1 day after eating the dragon heart, the god of war fought him and died.
3 days after that, they went to the celestial realm.
2 weeks(14 days) after that, the MC came back.
1 day, as said in this chapter, passed.
That only 29 days. Unless there’s a secret day that passed, idk how the MC already has the results.(Oh yeah, btw, it’s actually the morning he ate the dragon heart, then then god came down in the evening)