Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 284

31. It is most fun to watch fights(9)

<New information has reached the continent. It was about the Mercenary King who appeared like a comet.

According to the information, the Mercenary King is leading thousands of mercenaries, and their combat power is said to be comparable to any knight’s order.  

In addition, the one who calls herself the Mercenary King is a person who has a Great Demon as her summoned creature, and she herself is said to be a very powerful mage.

The combination of the fire giant Surtur and the mage controlling it!  

It was the best combination that even the army of evil god could not withstand.  

The majesty of Surtur, who could take down the evil ogres in one strike, was truly the Great Demon itself.

And its master could blow away hundreds with just one spell, so the army of the evil god on the continent was being massacred.  

The army of the Mercenary King, with the support of knights, the Imperial Army, and the Magic Tower.  

Thanks to their activities, the army of the evil god is being eliminated at a rapid pace, and the various orders across the continent are gathering power to support them!

According to experts, if this continues, the Demon King will be defeated within 3 years and the entire army of evil god will disappear.

Surprisingly, this existence who is bringing peace to the world, the Mercenary King, turned out to be the second daughter of the Nermia family, a prominent family of the Karan Empire.  

That’s right. She is the granddaughter of Remin El Nermia, one of the Magic Tower masters, and the student council president Aria El Nermia who carried on the prime of Yugrasia, the strongest academy on the continent, along with Nerkia Li Derillaf and Aris Lill Retia.

Just as the shock subsided after the recent revelation that the Nature hero was a direct descendant of the Raina royal family, the Empire has revealed another outstanding talent to the world.  

As a result, there are words that only the Empire can stop the evil god.  

Will each kingdom ask the Empire for help? Or will they be able to show that they too can fight the army of the evil god?

Many are wondering what the political situation on the continent will be like after the fall of the Demon King.>

Tap!

I put down the information paper that serves as a newspaper in this world.

As a result of Aria entrusting the mercenaries, the mercenaries and the Magic Tower have successfully formed an alliance.

“They’re doing better than I thought?”

It was the words of the metal bat, shaking her legs and eating chocolate cake next to me.

Yes. They are doing well.  

Aria is doing way too well than what I had imagined.

Really, really, realllly too well.  

“So is it just my feeling that there seems to be a problem?”

“That’s usually the case, but the story changes if it’s the master.”

I got a little angry at the metal bat’s appearance, humming as if the cake was so delicious.  

“Take this!”

“Ahh!”

And so I did a very cruel thing.  

“My, my strawberry…”

That’s right.  

The symbol of the piece cake, and for some reason it looks delicious!

Even fruits I used to hate look delicious when placed there, the one and only fruit on the piece cake that I snatched and ate.

“This devil!”  

“What did you say?”

There’s nothing more mistreated in this world than evil god compared to devils.

No. These days the image of devils is much better.  

The great devil is massacring the army of the evil god, so the popularity of devils is rapidly increasing.

“There are usually a lot of idiots who think they can do it when they see someone else do stupid things.”

Making a contract with a devil is a very dangerous act.  

Aria is the first in history to hit the Great Devil in the back of the head to make a contract that’s almost like a slave contract, otherwise she’d be eating popcorn in the afterlife watching knights and thearmy of the evil god if it was just a normal contract.

Most devils take souls as compensation for the contract.  

And they can take the soul when it leaves the body.

So it is said that devils cunningly avoid the contract and drive the summoner to death.

By the way, the source is the Great Demon Surtur, who can be considered the representative of the devils.

It was information that Aria had Surtur find out right after they made the contract.

Damn… Souls at stake in the contract and yet backstabbing like that. I didn’t think there were such devilish bastards.

“They’re devils. And the person who backstabbed that devil is the master.” 

“Those who stab others in the back should be careful of their own backs.”

“I don’t think that’s a line the master should say…”

I imposed a penalty of snatching and eating the last remaining cake from the metal bat, who was noisily chattering.  

After having a simple snack at the eatery, I get up and leave the city gates.

“Why are you going out when it’s a dangerous time?”

“I haven’t had contact with my relatives in a long time, so I’m going to visit them.”

“Is that so?”

After a few precautions, I was able to get out of the gate, going through ordinary procedures.  

“Everyone seems relieved.”

“Because we’re winning.”

As the metal bat said, it was possible because we were winning the battle against the army of evil god.  

Until just a while ago, even countries far away from the army of evil god had banned travel, yet travel is possible in a kingdom relatively close to the army of evil god.

“This is what they call safety complacency.”

It seems safe now. There will be no danger.

Such news has been coming that makes one think so.

Aria’s combined forces of several kingdoms, Magic Towers, and mercenaries; The small number of imperial troops operating independently; And the human world’s strongest army, with some imperial troops and knights combined.

Thanks to these three, tens and hundreds of thousands of the army of evil god disappear every day.  

“What the master wants to say is that, right? The axe in the back hurts the most during times like these.”  

“That’s right.”

Fighting originally does not end until it ends.  

If you can’t win in an unfavorable situation, why does the word ‘reversal’ exist?

Surely the Demon King is preparing for a reversal.

No one other than my disciple.  

He knew that attacking suddenly in this situation would bring more benefits than anything else.

And as I expected, the Demon King prepared a reversal.

“Oh… This is…”

A very familiar move I’ve seen somewhere.

#11 Their Circumstances: The Situation of a Certain Kingdom 

“The trend is towards the Empire!”

At the king’s words, the nobles could not say anything.

“We must follow the Empire. There is no one who can stop the Empire!”

These were not words that should come from the mouth of a king of a nation.  

A king is the highest authority responsible for a country.  

An existence that should strive for the interests of the country, and aim to become even stronger.

Yet the king, such an existence, said that they must follow another country.

No matter how he is the king, this was a situation where the nobles should have stopped him.

“….”

“….”

But the nobles did not say anything. In fact, there were nobles nodding their heads at the king’s words.

It meant that the current political situation on the continent had tilted greatly.  

“Your Majesty….”

Then one noble stepped forward.  

“While our kingdom may be weak, it still has a longer history than the Empire. Such remarks are not good.”

The one who made this remark was the head of the Pekelles family, a family with a history and tradition in the kingdom.

“Marquis Pekelles is right!” 

“Y-Yes. While we may be weaker than the Empire, our history is….”

“Our Marus Kingdom has been guarding this land for a long time. So….”

Once Marquis Pekelles opened the conversation, other nobles began to speak one by one.  

“Shut up! Does history feed us?!”  

But the king ignored the words of such nobles.

“Longer? The moment the Empire puts its mind to it, that period will end. What’s wrong with swallowing some pride and sticking with the greater power?”

“They were hostile nations.”

Another noble stepped forward at the king’s words. It was Marquis Bakerias, who was in command of the Marus Kingdom army.  

“In the last great war, our kingdom was allied with the Pernes Empire. Not only the public, but the soldiers also resent the Karan Empire.”  

Other nobles nodded at Marquis Bakerias’ words.

Marquis Pekelles, who is in charge of domestic affairs, and Marquis Bakerias, who is in charge of military power.  

It was a moment when the leaders of factions that were always confronting each other joined forces.  

And the decision made by such nobles,  

“So what?”  

The king thoroughly ignored it.

“Your Majesty!”

No matter that he is the king, those were rude words.  

Although the Pekelles family is relatively short in history within the kingdom, the Bakerias family is from a family of founding contributors from the very establishment of the kingdom. 

With the Marus Kingdom’s long history and shared history, the Bakerias family had dedicated itself again and again to the Marus Kingdom.  

The head of the Bakerias family, who is the commander-in-chief in charge of military power, leading numerous nobles as the leader of a noble faction.  

In a sense, Marquis Bakerias had more power than even the king himself.

However,  

“Marquis Bakerias, what was your family motto?”  

“Th-that is….”

At the sudden question about the family motto from the king, Marquis Bakerias shut his mouth.

“Why can’t you speak? Let me ask again. What is your family’s motto?”

“That is….”

After a brief pause, Marquis Bakerias told the family motto of the Bakerias family at the king’s continued prodding.  

“All decisions… Follow what the king commands….”

“Yes, that’s right. Do you know why?” 

“I’ve heard it’s because the king does not make mistaken judgements.”

“Yes. Our royal family has never made a wrong decision.”

At the time, kingdoms across the continent were conspiring. They were just too afraid of the Empire’s domination.  

Yet the king of the Marus Kingdom chose to side with the Empire.

“National sentiment? Soldier morale? National pride? Our royal family has never followed such things. There is only one thing we have followed.”  

At the king’s words, the nobles remembered the kingdom’s true myth of foundation.   

“And that’s a hunch.”  

Though it sounds ridiculous, this kingdom was actually established based on the royal family’s hunch.   

“More precisely, it can also be called a tightrope walk. Our royal family is rather good at getting hunches. It’s like sensing which way the wind blows, so to speak.”

Whenever the kingdom was in crisis, the royal family made the best response.  

“In the last great war too, the royal family said we must maintain neutrality. You and your father’s opinion  were different.”

Most nobles who participated in the great war ended up dead.

The nobles in front now were those who remained for domestic affairs and children of nobles who died.

“Was I wrong?”  

It was like a question that poked at wounds for them.  

“That is….”  

“….”

But the nobles could not say anything.  

As the king said, due to the nobles’ coercion, the Marus Kingdom suffered tremendous damage.  

If they had not succumbed to temptation back then, if they had listened to the royal family’s words back then.  

The Marus Kingdom could have retained its military power, and might even have absorbed the kingdoms defeated by the Empire. This was because all those around had yielded to the Pernes Empire.  

“Have some faith. In the royal family’s power that has preserved the history of the Marus Kingdom.”  

It was a power that was not accurately explained.  

But the king had too much faith in that power.

No matter if the other nobles trembled with anxiety!  

“…I understand.”  

Marquis Bakerias, who bit his lips until blood dripped out, eventually decided to follow the royal family’s decision.  

And shortly after,  

“General! The army of evil god has appeared in the kingdom!”

“What did you say? How has the army of evil god come here?!”  

“They suddenly dropped down from the sky.”

“What?!”

Although surprised at the report, Marquis Bakerias made a calm judgement.  

“Call the Imperial Army!”  

“Yes!”

When the surrounding kingdoms were being swept by the sudden appearance of the army of evil god, the Marus Kingdom, which was regarded as a lesser power compared to its neighbors, did not suffer any damage. This was because under the king’s order, they had signed a military agreement with the Empire.  

“This is the power of the royal family…!”  

Marquis Bakerias felt chills all over his body.  

The army of evil god was stronger than he had imagined.  

Though few in number, they were difficult to deal with, and if time passed, they would have swallowed the surrounding animals and plants to create an army.  

In fact, hadn’t the army of evil god appeared in surrounding kingdoms that failed to defeat some of them? 

Had they not signed the military agreement with the Empire, the Marus Kingdom would have been in a similar situation.  

“…Is this why my father bequeathed the family motto as his last will…?”

After that, Marquis Bakerias, who can be called the two greatest factions of the noble factions, followed every order from the royal family, and that became the occasion for him to remain loyal until his death.

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