Episode 272
Episode 272
“… … !”
Crack!
There was a sound of the helmet and armor worn by the soldier crinkling. In proportion, the pressure on his body increased and the pain became more intense, but he could not even make a sound.
The pressure was so strong that I couldn’t open my mouth.
“The soldiers there are doing their national defense duty. is it so. You guys are talking. “Can anyone kindly explain what the situation is?”
When Jeron walks slowly and asks, the soldiers do not give him the answer he wants, but instead split into two sides and create a path, like Moses’ miracle of the Red Sea.
“I guess there’s no one who can kindly explain.”
“Let me explain nicely!”
Erdin raised his hand and started talking excitedly.
Jeron, who had listened to the whole story, summarized it briefly.
“They are arresting us because we are rebels?”
“yes! “I was thinking about knocking them all out, but Jeron came right at that moment.”
“Hmm.”
Jeron looked at Jeanne and asked with his eyes if Erdin’s words were true, and she nodded yes and answered yes.
The relationship between Geron and Erdin was truly devoid of even a trace of trust.
“Why are we rebels?”
“I haven’t heard that yet. “I thought I would just knock it out and listen to it slowly.”
When I asked Jeanne again, the answer came back saying yes.
‘It seems like he’s becoming more and more like me.’
A thought suddenly occurred to me.
Jeron shook his head to shake off his thoughts.
It doesn’t matter if they look alike.
Moreover, from Jeron’s point of view, this kind of commotion was welcome.
Because I can reduce my thoughts about Simma as much as possible.
“So who is the leader among you?”
“… … .”
As Jeron asks, the soldiers look in one direction at the same time. It was a soldier lying down like a frog. Jeron, thinking that he was speaking as a representative, gathered his energy and raised the soldier up in the air.
“Wow!”
The soldier exhaled harshly and looked at Jeron with eyes filled with fear.
Tick.
As Jeron moved his index finger, the soldier approached.
After all, everyone was equal in the face of overwhelming violence.
“Why are we rebels?”
“Well, I don’t know about that either.”
“I don’t know, but you’re arresting us?”
“It’s an order from above… … .”
The soldier trailed off, tears welling up in his eyes. The soldier looked pitiful and sad, perhaps because of the blood flowing down through the dented helmet. He told them to criticize him from above, so he woke up and it was natural that they would criticize him. It was pitiful to see their faces full of fear, as if this place were a tomb.
‘If it’s a superior, is it a lord?’
There were nobles in the Duchy of Caheron as well.
Even though the territory of the principality is too small to be considered a single country, the duchy was transformed into a principality, so the nobles who followed Archduke Caheron would divide the territory of the principality into pieces and take over and rule it as lords. However, it was difficult to believe that one of them gave instructions. The reason was simple.
‘How do you know us?’
The border post was empty. There was no identity check or anything like that. There are no records of crossing the border of the Duchy of Caheron. He was checked as he passed through the city gates, but he was not checked for identity, but only asked for the purpose of his visit, so he answered that he was going on a pilgrimage with Logan in front and entered. Because he came in with a free pass at the high pass level, there is no reason for his identity to be known elsewhere.
“This was very rude. “It looks like there was a misunderstanding between us, so I will go to the lord and explain it myself.”
“My lord?”
“yes. If it’s an order from above, wouldn’t it have come as an order from the lord?”
“We are not Viscount Vigo’s private army, but… … .”
“yes? “What does that mean?”
“We are regular soldiers of the principality.”
Jeron took a moment to interpret the soldier’s meaning in his mind.
‘They are not the lord’s private soldiers, but the duchy’s regular soldiers. The duchy’s regular soldiers came to arrest the rebels, but there were only 43 of them. Even if we knew there were five of us, the number was too small.’
There are not even knights or knight-level skilled people.
Of course, if it had been a notorious rebel, such a powerful person would have come, but there was no force that could be called a rebel in the Kingdom of Peroche or the Principality of Caheron. That’s why only soldiers came.
‘Then it makes sense… … ‘You noticed our presence and only sent soldiers?’
He was intentionally trying to provoke himself and his companions into harming the soldiers.
It was concluded that:
‘I don’t know where the probability was thrown away, but if the purpose is simply to make people irritated, it’s effective enough.’
I thought it might be Maiyan’s plan.
He would have been perplexed if he had known this as he prepared to welcome Jeron and his companions at Demon Mountain.
“then Let’s go.”
“yes?”
“They said they came to arrest us because we are rebels. “I don’t know how such a misunderstanding came about, but wouldn’t we find out when we interrogate him?”
When Jeron says he will follow obediently, the companions and soldiers look at each other in confusion.
“What are you thinking?”
Jeanne approaches Jeron and asks in a low voice.
“I said if you want to catch a saber tiger, you have to go into the saber tiger den. So, I’m going to go to the Sabel Tiger Den.”
“Wouldn’t it be dangerous?”
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“Trust me.”
There were soldiers in front of me, so I couldn’t make a fuss about Maiyan trying to get those soldiers killed.
Jeanne hesitated for a moment, but eventually decided to trust Geron.
‘Because I am the queen of my family.’
Having a somewhat strange idea, she told her companions to pack their bags and moved to the Archduke’s castle with the soldiers.
It was the moment when Maiyan’s plan went completely wrong.
* * *
“Grand Duke Caheron! “You idiot!”
Maiyan noticed this situation in real time through Ma Chung-in, and was very angry when he realized that Grand Duke Caheron had ignored his advice.
“… … In any case, Archduke Caheron must also be eliminated.”
Even though a lot of time and money was lost, if you kill two rabbits at the same time, it is not a loss but a gain.
Maiyan began to devise a new plan to kill Archduke Caheron, Jeron, and his party at the same time.
* * *
“Tsk!”
Grand Duke Caheron raised a glass filled with wine and gave a toast. Although it was different from his original plan, he couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the thought of screwing Mai Yan.
“I really wanted to hit that gloomy wizard in the back of the head sometime.”
“I think I may have been impatient.”
The knight protecting Grand Duke Caheron said.
The name of the article is Forum Jackson.
He was a long-time friend of Archduke Caheron and the only confidant who never spared advice.
“It was earlier than planned, but if it were later than now, he would have tried to eliminate us first. “Forum, don’t you know what that guy is planning?”
“… … .”
“And there is a saying that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. “If they are so powerful that the dark wizard is wary of them, I can recruit them first and use them.”
“It won’t be easy.”
“Is there anything in the world that is easy? “At least it’s better than the guy who wants to turn the world upside down.”
Grand Duke Caheron tilted his glass wide and took a gulp of wine.
‘Anyway, the only end for the Caheron Principality is destruction.’
He knew how the Duchy of Caheron was established, and he thought that this hellish bondage of eternity must be broken.
* * *
Upon arriving at the Archduke’s castle, five knights and hundreds of soldiers greeted Geron and his party politely.
“The Grand Duke is waiting.”
Considering that they had been stigmatized as rebels, the atmosphere was not bad. The attitude is polite, as if welcoming an important guest. However, one of the five knights was quite strong.
‘He’s an Auror Master.’
The knight was not one of the officially recognized 56 Masters.
In fact, I wondered if the expansion of the worldview would be of any use at the point where it had reached this point. This is because there may actually be more unofficial masters than formal masters.
Among Jeron and his party, there are three masters and one master-level strongman.
Moreover, considering the created masters and fake masters, the number of unofficial masters becomes so large that it is difficult to estimate.
“Mr. Jeron.”
“know.”
“… … ? “Have I said anything yet?”
“I know even if you don’t say it. So, let’s go in first.”
Erdin became sullen and slumped his shoulders.
Upon entering the Archduke’s castle, a man was standing alone in the huge hall waiting for Geron and his companions. He spreads his arms and greets you warmly.
“haha! Nice to meet you. “My name is Archduke Caheron.”
“This is Jeron.”
Jeron and his companions also introduced themselves.
“We have prepared a grand banquet, so please enjoy it.”
When Grand Duke Caheron greeted and gestured, beautiful maids came out and guided Jeroen and his companions to their respective seats.
It seemed that there were no other guests except for Jeron and his group.
No one came until the plentiful food and drinks were served.
That was how the meal ended.
Archduke Caheron only asked questions such as how it tasted and whether the seasoning was right, but did not mention any other personal words. His companions at first did not understand why he was not asking anything, but gradually they began to focus on eating.
Jeron said as his stomach was slightly full.
“Why did you call us?”
“Hehe. There is a saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Jeron frowned.
“Are you saying that Maiyan is your enemy?”
“That’s right.”
“Weren’t you on the same team as Mai Yan?”
“It was like that at one time.”
Grand Duke Caheron answered while leisurely slicing the steak.
Jeron slowly pondered the words ‘once upon a time’.
“That means not now.”
“you’re right. Of course, you may not understand, but from my position as the ruler of a country, I had no choice but to join hands. Because his power was too strong.”
“You can tell nonsense in a cool way.”
“haha! If I had the power to fight him, I would never have joined hands. Because the people of the Peroche Kingdom are like my people to me. The Duchy of Caheron was originally a duchy of the Peroche Kingdom. However, in the past, through the merits of our ancestors, our independent autonomy was recognized and it became a principality, and the boundaries became blurred… … “In my mind, I still think of it as one.”
“… … .”
“From my perspective, how would I view Maiyan kidnapping the people of the Peroche Kingdom and performing terrible experiments on them?”
Jeron made eye contact with Caheron and tried to guess whether his words were true or false.
There was no wavering in Caheron’s eyes. But it was foolish to think that was true. Among skilled politicians, there was none who could not make lies seem like the truth with their eyes and facial expressions. Moreover, the king of a country would have that level of ability unless he was a scarecrow.
“… … To me he looks like a terrible devil.”
fantasy,
