片腕の兵士が首都の出入口を見つけて、少しだけ安堵したのは30分ほど懸命に走った頃だった。
街道を必死の形相で駆けてくる男を見つけて、ホーラント首都アドラメルクの番兵たちは大慌てだった。
「と、止まれ! 止まれ!」
「助けてくれ! 敵に追われてる!」
番兵にしがみつくようにして叫んだ兵は、明らかにホーラントの正規兵の装備だった事もあり、番兵たちはすぐに詰所へ案内しようとした。
だが、片腕の兵はそれどころではないと叫ぶ。
「オーソングランデから入ってきた奴らがすぐ近くまで迫っている! すぐに城におられるユーグ様へ連絡を!」
鬼気迫る表情に、一人の兵が慌てて城へと走った。
とにかく連絡はできたと片腕の兵が安心した瞬間。背後から聞こえる、聞こえて欲しくなかった声。
「お疲れさん。結構足が早いじゃないか」
油の切れた機械のような動きで恐る恐る振り返ると、後ろにはニコニコと笑う一二三の姿があった。
腰を抜かした拍子に周りの景色が視界に入る。
一二三の両脇には番兵たちが倒れている。じわじわと血だまりを広げつつ、ピクリともしない。
「逃げられるわけないだろ。こんなに近くて一本道なのに」
手に持った刀を振ると、ピシャッと音を立てて地面に血が振りまかれた。
「うわ......」
驚きの声は、喉を切り裂かれた事で中断された。
「さて、あとは城へ行けばいいんだが......おっ」
門からも見える城の尖塔を確認していると、城の方面から10人程の魔法使いたちがこちらへ向かって来るのが見えた。
「今度は魔法使いだけの部隊か」
言いながら、一二三はすでに彼らに向かって駆け出している。
目標が向かって来ていることに気づき、魔法使いたちは慌てて詠唱している。一二三の攻撃範囲に入る前に辛うじて間に合わせることができた魔法は、風と火が入り混じり、一抱えの風をまとった火球となり、高温を振りまきながら一二三へ迫ってくる。
それでも走る速度を緩めず、不敵に笑っている一二三。
いよいよ目の前まで火球が迫った瞬間、一二三はぐっと身を低くして熱く燃え盛る火球の下をくぐり抜けた。
数本の髪が焼け焦げ、同じ量が風の刃に切り裂かれる。
それでも顔色一つ変えず、一二三は大きく踏み込んで魔法使いたちの間を駆け抜けた。
瞬間、容赦なく振り抜かれた刀が、四人の首を一気に刈り取った。
驚愕に目を見開いた魔法使いたちが時間差を付けてポロポロと首を落とす。
そしてその間にも、近距離に詰められて何もできないまま、残りの魔法使いたちが次々と刀の錆になった。
「よし、次は城だな」
抜き身の刀を下げたまま、たった一人の攻城戦を行うために一二三は走る。
今、ユーグの目の前には重厚な鎧を付けた5人の兵士が並んでいる。
ここは城内にある兵の待機室だ。
整列している兵たちは全員があらぬ方向を見つめ、半開きにした口からは何本か足りずに隙間を開けた黄色く濁った歯が見える。
ヴェルドレ主導で研究された魔法具・魔法薬の実験体として使われ、無理やり強化された兵士たちだ。
ほとんどが“壊れて”しまっていたが、何とか5体は集め、命令を聞くように調整ができた。
「ふむ。まあ城内ですから、これだけあれば足るでしょう」
強化兵は10人程度の兵を相手にしても戦える程度の力を持ち、普通の人間が着たら動けない重量がある、分厚い金属鎧を纏っている。
策がうまく進めば、充分な人数のはずだった。
「とりあえずは、王が押さえられれば済むわけですしねぇ」
ユーグがヴェルドレへ提案した内容は、王城へわざと敵を侵入させ、侵入者の排除と同時に王を弑してしまうという単純なものだった。
王の元へ侵入者が到達しなくても、侵入者が城に入ったという事実さえあれば、あとはどうとでもできると考えていた。
そこへ、ユーグ子飼いの兵が駆け込んでいた。
「ユーグ様! 敵が城門を突破しつつあります!」
「......随分早いですね」
ユーグの予測では、接敵は早くても今日の夜。おそらくは明日の日中だろうと読んでいた。
今の城内にはユーグが作った王子派閥以外の無関係な者も多く残っており、強化兵が見られる可能性が高い。
「仕方がありません。今いる魔法使いを総動員して対応しながら、避難と称して使用人や派閥の連中も含めた貴族を裏から追い出しなさい」
一定時間が過ぎたら強化兵を動かすと宣言すると、伝令に来た兵は命令を実行するために部屋を出て行く。
「まあ、もし見られたら戦闘中に消えてもらいましょう」
状況をヴェルドレへ伝えるため、強化兵は待機させたままで、ユーグも部屋を後にした。
ここで、ユーグが確認せず、伝令も言わなかったことがあった。
侵入者がたった一人であり、そのたった一人に街の兵が壊滅させられつつということを。
そして本来十人程度だったはずの敵、その残りの行き先を知らなかったことで、ヴェルドレとユーグの狙いは大きく外れていく。
城の方面から悲鳴が聞こえてくるようになると、アドラメルクの住人たちはすっかり怯えてしまい、逃げ出す者や自宅へと向かう者で、一二三が通り過ぎたあとの方がより混乱の様相を見せていた。
王都は住人の数も多く、暗い顔をしていた住民ばかりだった他の街に比べて格段に富裕層が多いのだろう。多くの家財をまとめていたり、護衛に守られて移動する者も見える。
馬車や荷車が行き交い、通りは大変な混雑状況だったが、オリガたちにとっては目立たずに移動できるのでむしろ楽だった。
「さあ、一二三様が聞き出した情報では、王城のすぐ手前に研究施設があるはずです。急ぎますよ」
一二三に任された大仕事に、鼻息荒くずんずんと進むオリガを、フォカロル領兵たちは台車を引きながら必死に追いかけていた。
王城へ近づくほど人はまばらになり、研究施設の前にたどり着いた頃には、周りには誰も見当たらなくなった。
城の方では一二三が存分に暴れているらしく、まだ時折悲鳴が聞こえてくる。
応援に向かったのか、いるはずの警備も見当たらない。
敷地へ入る木製の門は閉ざされているが、軽く押すとゆっくり開いた。
僅かに扉の隙間が空いたところで、オリガは中の様子を風魔法で伺う。
すっかり使い慣れたエコーロケーションを使い、敷地に入ったところで2人の人間が武器を持って立っている事を探りあてる。
丁度よく並んで立っているようなので、迷いなく風の刃を飛ばして喉を掻き切った。
「一二三様から与えられた命令を邪魔する者には死んでもらいます」
素早く敷地へ踏み込み、二人だけ見張りに残したオリガたちは、こちらも頑丈そうな扉で、外から閂をかけられた建物を見つける。
「これはどういうことでしょうか?」
オリガの疑問に、フォカロル兵の一人が呟いた。
「外からってことは、中に誰かを閉じ込めてるってことですかね? あるいは倉庫だから外からしか塞げないようになってるとか」
「確かめなければなりませんね。倉庫なら目的の物があるかもしれません」
慎重に閂を外し、扉の正面には立たないようにしてそっと開く。
中からは複数の唸り声が聞こえてきた。
「......魔物?」
誰かがつぶやいたが、答えは見なければわからない。
ためらう事なく中を覗き込んだオリガは、目の前に広がる光景に一瞬ビクッと肩を震わせた。
「......オリガさん?」
「中に入りましょう。ここは牢獄のようです」
さっと屋内へ入ったオリガに、牢獄ならば用はないのでは、と兵たちは思ったが、反論するのも怖いので後に続く。
「うわっ!」
建物の中は仕切りのないワンフロアになっていて、壁にはズラリと鎖につながれた人間が並べられていた。
その誰もが、理性を失った目をして涎を垂らし、歯を向いて目の前の兵たちを威嚇している。手足を固定されているものの、ガシャガシャと音を立てて拘束から逃れようとする様は、猛獣が暴れているのと変わらない。
全員が全裸で、胸には特徴的な魔法具が取り付けられている。
「これは、魔法具で凶暴化した人間ですね」
こうなった人間に、オリガは見覚えがあった。
「では......」
「他の建物に魔法具があるのでしょう。ここは実験に使われた者を捉えておく場所のようですね」
冷静に考察しているオリガに対して、兵士たちはこれが元人間なのかと青ざめた顔で実験体たちを見ていた。
ふと、オリガはいくつかの空きの鎖がある事に気づいた。
近づいて見てみると、腕輪の部分にはまだ湿っている人の血液が付着している。
「数名がどこかへ連れて行かれたようですが......」
オリガは思考に没頭し、暴れまわる実験体を移動させる方法についてぐるぐると回る。
ふと何かに思い至ったオリガは、腕に固定した魔法の短剣を一人の実験体に向けて詠唱を始めた。
数秒後、バケツ一杯分の水が実験体の顔を覆う。
一層激しく暴れるものの、一分と持たずにぐったりと拘束具にぶら下がった。
水を消し、実験体の様子を見るオリガの目には冷徹さが光り、辛うじて死んでいないことを確認する。
「なるほど。窒息はするわけですね」
すっかり怯えているフォカロル兵に向き直ったオリガは、爽やかな微笑みに乗せて指示を出した。
「彼ら実験体も利用しましょう。一二三様のために」
「王よ、城へ賊が侵入いたしました」
ユーグと巨大な剣を装備させた強化兵を連れたヴェルドレは、謁見の間で玉座に座る王を仰いだ。
ヴェルドレの言葉に、謁見に立ち会った貴族や兵たちに動揺が広がるが、王が手を上げて制した。
「......それで、警備を任せていたはずのお前がなぜここにいる。そして、お前の後ろに並ぶ化け物どもは何なのだ」
王の言葉に、ヴェルドレは笑みを隠そうともしない。
「私の自慢の魔法具を使った強化兵どもです。これ一体で一般の兵10人分、いや、20人分に匹敵する戦力となりましょう」
「ならば、なぜここに連れてきた。城の防衛に使うのが筋であろう」
「フフフ......」
「何がおかしい」
白い歯を見せて、不敵に笑うヴェルドレに、王は不快感を隠そうともしない。
「まだわかりませんか。すっかり老いて耄碌してしまったようですね......」
「ヴェルドレ様、それはあまりに......」
「黙れ」
一人の貴族がヴェルドレを諌めようとするが、ひと睨みされて黙ってしまった。
「今からここで王位を退いていただきます。そして私が新たな王となり、この危機を乗り越えて見せましょう」
ヴェルドレが言うや否や、ユーグの指示で出入り口近くにいた一般の兵がドアの前に立ちふさがり、尚且つ取っ手に棒を差込んだ。
「......血迷ったか」
「とんでもない。多くの者が現王の在位が長すぎて倦んでいるのです。私はその声に応え、ホーラントをより良くしようとしているだけです」
「あくまでも、私欲では無いと言い張るか」
良かろう、と王が立ち上がったのを見て、ヴェルドレはすんなりと退くかと期待したが、王が発した言葉は正反対だった。
「兵たちよ、ヴェルドレを捕らえよ。こやつは反逆者である」
落胆して首を振るヴェルドレに、室内にいた護衛兵たちがジリジリと近寄ろうとするが、その前に強化兵たちが立ちふさがる。
正気ではないとひと目でわかる顔を見て、一瞬護衛兵たちがひるんだ瞬間、大きな音を立てて振り回された大剣にまとめて薙ぎ払われた。
「ついでに、邪魔になる目撃者も消してしまいましょう」
ユーグが命じると、護衛兵を皆殺しにした強化兵たちは、大剣を振り回して室内の貴族や文官に襲いかかった。
狭い室内を逃げ惑うものの、さほど時間もかからずに死体が量産されていく。
技術も何もない、ただ剣を棒切れのように振り回す姿は、ヴェルドレには爽快に見えて愉悦に口の端を釣り上げていたが、王は渋い顔で目の前の惨状を眺めていた。
(この国も終わったか......)
思えば、若い頃に王位に就いた当初は実績を作らねばと必死になっていたものだ、と王は何故か冷静に考えていた。若いうちは直接的な発想しかできず、実績といえば戦果だと考え、今にしてみれば無茶な戦いもしたことがあった。
結果として国の財産は減り、今でも民に多くの負担を強いる国になっている。
自分が王として正しかったかどうかはわからないが、最期が裏切りによるものだというあたり、どこかで大きな間違いを犯していたのだろう。
気づけば、貴族たちも文官たちも全員がまるで魔物に食い荒らされたかのような死体をさらしていた。
血の匂いが立ち込めるなか、ヴェルドレがえづいているのが見える。
「情けない......」
ポツリと呟いた王に、まだ回復しないヴェルドレに代わり、ユーグがハンカチを口に当てて近づいた。
「王よ。お覚悟を」
ユーグの言葉に答えず、ただじっとヴェルドレの姿を見ていると、塞がれていたはずの扉が激しい音を立てて弾け飛んだ。開閉方向と反対に無理やり破られたドアが、金具を飛ばしながら謁見の間にいたヴェルドレに命中し、あっさりと気を失った。
「あ、これ外開きか」
そんな事を言いながら入ってきたのは、全身を返り血で赤く染め、右手に刀、左手に小太刀を掴んだ一二三だった。
道着は乱れ、大きく胸をはだけているものの、これといった怪我はしていない。
「おっ、こいつらはあの魔法具を使われた奴らだな。よしよし、多少はマシになったか試してやろう」
城の兵士も大したことなかったからな、と一二三は不満をこぼし、次の標的に狙いを定めた。
The one-armed soldier, discovering the entrance to the capital city, was only slightly relieved after running for around 30 minutes.
Spotting the man, dashing along the highway with a frantic look, the guards of Adolamelk were flustered.
"S-Stop! Stop!" (Guard)
"Help me! I'm being chased by an enemy!" (Soldier)
Crying while clinging to the guard, the soldier obviously wore the uniform of regular soldiers from Horant. The guards immediately tried to lead him to the guardroom.
However, the soldier with the one arm exclaims this to be out of the question.
"Those guys, who came from Orsongrande, will soon be here! I have to contact Yugu-sama at the castle at once!" (Soldier)
A single soldier, with a ghastly facial expression, hurried towards the castle.
The moment the one-armed soldier became relieved that he was at least able to pass on the message, he heard the voice from his back he didn't want to hear the most.
"Thanks for your hard work. Aren't you splendidly fast at running?" (Hifumi)
As the soldier timidly turned his head around in a motion similar to a robot with no oil in its joints, he saw the figure of the laughing and smiling Hifumi approaching from his back.
During the time he was unable to stand up due to fear, the surrounding scenery enters his field of vision.
On both sides of Hifumi the guards lay in their own blood. While the pools of blood are gradually spreading, the guards aren't even twitching anymore.
"I guess it isn't that easy to run away. Although you have been so close to it." (Hifumi)
As he swung the katana he held in his hands, blood was scattered on the ground with a sound of splatting.
"Uwa..." (Soldier)
His voice of surprise was interrupted by the cutting of his throat.
"Well then, it's fine if I go to the castle next... oh!" (Hifumi)
When he confirmed the spires of the castle visible from the gate, he saw around 10 magicians heading towards his location from the direction of the castle.
"This time it's a magician-only unit, huh?" (Hifumi)
While saying this, Hifumi had already started dashing towards them.
Noticing their target approaching itself, the magicians are chanting in a hurry. They barely managed to finish with the casting of the spells before they have entered Hifumi's attack range. Mixing fire and wind, they become fireballs clad in gathered wind blades. The fireballs approach Hifumi while emitting high temperature.
Hifumi laughs daringly without even easing up on his running speed at all.
At the last moment, just when the fireballs were looming right in front of him, Hifumi lowered his body with a jerk and passed under the hot and blazing fireballs.
Merely a few strains of his hair were burned and the same amount was cut off by wind blades.
Even so, without changing his expression, Hifumi, taking a large step, ran through the space between the magicians.
In an instant, as he swung his drawn katana mercilessly, he reaped four heads.
The magicians, who opened their eyes in shock, hesitated for a moment as their comrade's heads fell off like rain.
And even during that time, being completely unable to do anything at short-range, the remaining magicians turned one-by-one into rust on the blade of the katana.
"Alright, next is the castle." (Hifumi)
As he lowers the drawn katana, Hifumi runs in order to start his one-man castle siege.
Currently 5 fully armoured soldiers are standing in front of Yugu.
This is the room for the soldiers on standby within the castle.
All of the soldiers, lining up, are looking in a different direction. Their yellow, dirty sets of teeth, which had spaces in-between, where you didn't know just how many teeth there were left, are visible through the partly opened mouths.
They are the soldiers, who were enhanced against their will using them as experimental bodies for the magic tools and magic potions under the leadership of Veldore.
Most of the experimental bodies ended up "broken", but somehow 5 bodies, which could be adjusted to listen to orders, have been gathered.
"I see. It would seem they're already within the castle. If it's this many, it will likely be enough to deal with them." (Yugu)
An enhanced soldier possesses a strength that can fight against around 10 soldiers. They have been clad in a heavy, metal armour, which had such a weight that a normal person wouldn't be able to move if they put it on.
If the plan proceeded smoothly, their number should be plenty.
"For the time being, don't die until it reaches a conclusion once the king is seized." (Yugu)
The contents of Yugu's suggestion to Veldore was the simple idea to let the enemies invade on purpose and have them killed alongside the king.
Even if the invaders don't reach the king, with just the fact that enemies invaded the castle, we will be able to handle it in some way
At that moment, a soldier under Yugu rushed into the room.
"Yugu-sama! The enemy is breaking though the castle gate!" (Soldier)
"... Quite fast, aren't they?" (Yugu)
Going by Yugu's estimation, they would come into contact with the enemy at earliest today evening. Though he predicted that it would likely be during the day tomorrow.
Currently there are also many unrelated parties besides the prince faction, created by Yugu, remaining. It's very probable that they would see the enhanced soldiers.
"There's no other way. While dealing with the general mobilisation of the currently available magicians, have the servants and the nobles, including the folks of our faction as well, exit from the back under the name of evacuation." (Yugu)
When hearing the announcement that the enhanced soldiers would move once a fixed period of time passed, the soldier, who came as messenger, leaves the room to execute the command.
"Well, if they were to be seen, we will have the witnesses disappear during the battle." (Yugu)
For the sake of telling Veldore the state of affairs, Yugu also left the room while the enhanced soldiers remained there on standby.
There was something Yugu hadn't confirmed and the messenger didn't tell him either.
It's that there's only one intruder and that this intruder had annihilated the city's soldiers all by himself.
And, that the location of the remaining enemies, who should originally be around 10, was unknown. Veldore's and Yugu's aim greatly derailed.
Once it reached the point that screams from the direction of the castle were audible, the citizens of Adolamelk ended up completely frightened. The fleeing people and the people headed for their homes showed a look of confusion as Hifumi passed them headed in the opposite direction.
There are many citizens in the capital with most of them showing a gloomy expression. Compared to other cities, there are likely especially many wealthy people. Those, who had gathered large family fortunes, can even be seen moving while being protected by guards.
The situation of the coming and going carriages and wagons evolved into a serious congestion on the streets, but that made it rather easy for Origa's group to move without standing out.
"Now then, going by the information obtained by Hifumi-sama, the research institute should be right next to the royal castle. Let's hurry." (Origa)
The Fokalore territorial soldiers desperately chased after Origa, who was advancing with visibly wild excitement due to the having been entrusted a great task by Hifumi, while pulling the wagons.
As they approached the royal castle, the number of people became sparse. At the time they finally arrived in front of the research institute, no one could be found in the vicinity.
From the direction of the castle, where Hifumi apparently raged to his heart's content, screams were still occasionally audible.
Even the guards, who were expected to be here, are nowhere to be found.
Although the wooden gate, that leads onto the grounds, was closed, it easily opened after being pushed lightly.
Origa checked out the interior with wind magic through a slight gap of the opened door.
Having completely gotten accustomed to use echolocation, she located the two people, within the grounds holding weapons, with her probing.
Given that they were lined up in just the right way, she slit their throats by deploying wind blades without the slightest hint of hesitation.
"I will have the people, who are a hindrance to the orders I received from Hifumi-sama, die." (Origa)
Quickly stepping into the grounds, Origa's group, who left the only two lookouts behind, discovered a building with sturdy-looking gate that was secured by a bolt from the outside.
"What's this about?" (Origa)
One of the soldier from Fokalore murmured due to Origa's question,
"The circumstances that it is secured from the outside means that someone has been locked up inside? Or it has been only closed from the outside as it is a storehouse?" (Soldier)
"We won't know unless we make sure, right? If it's a storehouse, it's possible that we might find our objective there." (Origa)
Cautiously unfastening the bolt, she quietly opens the door making sure to not stand in front of it.
Multiple groans are audible from within.
"... Monsters?"
As someone muttered that, they wouldn't know the answer without examining the interior.
Origa, peering inside at once, shook her shoulders with a start for an instant due to the scene spreading in front of her eyes.
"... Origa-san?" (Soldier)
"Let's go inside. This place appears to be a prison." (Origa)
The soldiers thought they had no business here if it was a prison, but due to Origa entering inside quickly, they followed after here since they were also too scared to object.
"Uwaa!" (Soldier)
The interior of the building consisted of a single floor with no partitions. Rows of people were tied to the walls with chains.
All of them, drooling with eyes having lost any kind of reasoning, are threatening the soldiers in front of them with their teeth. Although their limbs have been fixed by the chains, they are trying to escape from their constraints while making clattering sounds, being no different from struggling, wild beasts.
Each of them, being nude, has the characteristic magic tool embedded within their chest.
"These are the people who turned ferocious through the magic tools, aren't they?" (Origa)
Origa remembered people who became like this.
"Then..." (Soldier)
"The magic tools are probably in another building. This place seems to be the location where the people, who were used as experiments, are imprisoned." (Origa)
In contrast to Origa, who calmly studied them, the soldiers looked at the experimental bodies with pale faces wondering whether those have originally been humans.
Suddenly Origa noticed that some of the chains were opened.
Once taking a closer look, the bracelet parts were still damp with blood of people clinging to them.
"It looks like several were taken somewhere, but..." (Origa)
Origa, immersing herself in her consideration, passes time with her thoughts going in circles on how to move the violently struggling experimental bodies.
Abruptly hitting upon something, Origa began to cast a spell, targeting one of the experimental bodies with the arm where her magic dagger was affixed.
After several seconds the experimental body's face is covered with a bucket-load of water.
Although it struggled even more vigorously at the beginning, it completely hung limply in the chains after less than a minute.
Getting rid of the water, the eyes of Origa, looking at the state of the experimental body, shine with cool-headedness as they confirm that it is barely alive.
"I see. It's because it had been suffocating." (Origa)
Origa, turning around to the totally frightened soldiers from Fokalore, gave them orders with a refreshing smile.
"Let's use those experimental bodies as well. For the sake of Hifumi-sama." (Origa)
"My king, an enemy has invaded the castle." (Veldore)
Veldore, leading Yugu and an enhanced soldier equipped with a huge sword, looked up to the king sitting on the throne in the audience hall.
Commotion spread among the nobles and soldiers present at the audience due to Veldore's words, but the king controlled them by raising his hand.
"... So? Why are you, who should leave this matter to the guards, here? And, what's that monster standing behind you?" (Suprangel)
Veldore isn't even able to conceal his smile due to the king's words.
"This is my prided, magic-tool-using, enhanced soldier. This one unit has a strength rivalling that of 10, no, 20 ordinary soldiers." (Veldore)
"If that's the case, why did you bring it to this place? It's probably more reasonable to use it for the defence of the castle." (Suprangel)
"Fufufu..." (Veldore)
"What's so funny?" (Suprangel)
The king can't hide his discomfort caused by Veldore boldly laughing while showing his white teeth.
"You still don't understand? It looks like you've grown old and senile..." (Veldore)
"Veldore-sama, this is too much..." (Noble)
"Shut up." (Veldore)
One of the nobles tries to remonstrate Veldore, however he ended up being silenced quickly.
"I will have you abdicate the throne from here on out. And, becoming the new king, I will show you how to deal with this crisis." (Veldore)
No sooner than Veldore saying this, an ordinary soldier, who stood close to the exit, inserted a stick into the door's handle upon Yugu's order.
"... You lost your mind, huh?" (Suprangel)
"Not at all! Many people have become tired of the far too long reign of the present king. Answering those voices, I'm only trying to improve Horant." (Veldore)
"Are you insisting to the last that it isn't out of selfish desire?" (Suprangel)
Seeing the king rising with a "Very well", Veldore expected the king to resign without resistance, but the next words of the king were the exact opposite.
"Soldiers, arrest Veldore! This person is a rebel!" (Suprangel)
As Veldore shakes his head in disappointment, the royal guards within the room approach him slowly, however the enhanced soldier has positioned itself in their way.
The instant the royal guards flinched, seeing its face and understanding with a glance that it isn't sane, they were mowed down all at once as it brandished the large sword.
"While you are at it, get rid of the bothersome witnesses as well." (Yugu)
Upon Yugu's command the enhanced soldier, who had massacred the royal guards, attacked the nobles and civil officials inside the room wielding its large sword.
Although they try to run away within the confined room, a pile of corpses is produced without even much time passing.
The figure, swinging its sword just like a stick without any kind of technique, made Veldore lift the corners of his mouth in visible exhilaration and joy, but the king gazed at the terrible spectacle in front of his eyes with a grim face.
(This country is finished as well, huh... ?)
Unable to think of anything but going straight ahead during my youth I considered military gains as long as it brought achievements. If I consider this now, it even caused unreasonable wars.
As a result of that, the country's assets decreased. Even now the people are forcibly burdened with a lot by the country.
I don't know whether I had been correct as king, but I can tell that if it's someone nearby betraying me in the end, I likely committed large mistakes in some respects.
Once he realised this, everyone, the nobles as well as the civil officials, turned into corpses that completely looked as if they had been devoured by a monster.
Within the enveloping stench of blood, Veldore looks as if feeling sick.magic
"Pitiful..." (Suprangel)
As the king muttered that single word, Yugu drew close, holding a handkerchief against his mouth in exchange for Veldore, who still hadn't recovered yet.
"My king. Get ready." (Yugu)
As he was just fixedly looking at Veldore's figure, without replying to Yugu, the door, which should have been blocked, burst open with a fierce sound. As the door was forcibly smashed to the extent that the opening and shutting direction being reversed, the metal fixtures were sent flying and hit Veldore in the audience hall making him easily black out.
"Ah, this is opened the other way?" (Hifumi)
Entering while saying such a thing, being entirely dyed in red from spurts of blood and holding the katana in his right hand and the kodachi in his left was Hifumi.
Although his dougi is disarranged with his chest being exposed, he has no mentionable injuries.
"Oh, this guy is one of those fellows using that magic tool. How nice, let me see whether he became somewhat better." (Hifumi)
Expressing his displeasure since the castle's soldiers weren't anything significant, he decided the next target to aim at.
Summoned Slaughterer
呼び出された殺戮者
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