He was run through with a spear.
“Theraaaaaaaghh!”
“Huh?! What the hell is this!”
“St-stop!”
What happened? Nene. Nene’s child of love.
It’s nothing compared to the pain of being impaled.
“This much is…”
Waaaah?!?!?!?!?!?!
Enemies suddenly fell from the sky.
Though the confusion of those on standby was suppressed by daily training,
the enemies attacked without hesitation, whether the target was injured or dead.
Even if their necks were pierced, or their hearts or stomachs.
They wouldn’t stop. Insanity. For some reason, the enemies attacked with extraordinary killing intent.
“What is this?! What in the world are you?!”
“Ughhhhhhh!”
A massive explosion occurred in the distance.
Then the ground shook.
The enemies’ movements also halted due to the sudden explosion and tremor.
“Now!”
Forget about cooperating with people from other countries for now.
Restrain the enemy’s movements. Focus solely on that.
“Gaaahhhhhhh!”
“We did it…♪”
“Finally, we stopped their movements! ♪”
Piercing their limbs.
And stopping their attacks.
But the relief was short-lived.
“〈Explosive Talisman〉”
“Hmph!”
A soldier from the Holy Kingdom stopped the enemy’s movements,
along with the enemy.
Talismans that explode upon contact with anyone other than the caster were unleashed.
BOOOOM!!!!
“—?!?!”
“What are you doing?!”
Those who were unharmed protested to the Indian country.
“We can’t feel safe just by stopping the enemy’s movements.”
“To attack us even after that, this is an international incident!”
“Tell that to the diplomat at the Embassy.”
“Grrr…”
Further action was beyond their jurisdiction.
The one who initiated it disliked the justifiable argument, but
the enemy turned into pulverized flesh fragments along with his subordinates.
The threat was gone.
They switched their focus to reinforcing and rotating the vanguard units.
They had to achieve their objective at all costs and return to the Embassy with a report accusing India of its high-handed attitude.
The Palace.
Royalty and a few guards.
Subordinates and maids who were useless in combat.
“What was that explosion? It was an explosion, yes. Did the rebels bring out a siege Magic Tool?”
“Your Majesty, don’t worry.”
“This place is built sturdily.”
“Besides, siege Magic Tools are difficult to transport. Bringing them all the way here would be very, very…”
Neither personnel nor time are on the side of the rebels.
“Is that true?”
“Your Majesty. By my side! ♪ (Don’t disturb me. His Majesty feels most secure by my side, whom he loves. Garururu!)”
Waaaahhhhhh Oooooohhhhhh!
The commotion outside.
Still not stopped.
Footsteps like thunder approached.
“Rebels?! Someone, check outside!”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The guards moved at the King’s command.
Hanging from a protrusion on a pillar while being carried on shoulders,
they climbed up and shifted a ceiling tile to get into the attic.
“…gulp.”
Lifting a roof tile and section of the roof to peer outside.
Would arrows or offensive sorcery fly at them the moment they lifted it?
Their hearts pounded as if they would burst.
“Your Majesty.”
“How was it outside? Who is approaching?”
The guard reported.
A group, with the flags of various countries clustered together, was approaching.
“Has another country mobilized its army?”
“Your Majesty. It’s likely the troops guarding the Embassy.”
“Your Majesty, this will put us in debt to another country, but this will save us.”
The subordinate quickly answered the King’s question.
This was an opportunity to gain favor in this situation.
A large favor from another country would be offset by points gained in this situation by someone else.
“We are… saved?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The rebels who had staged the rebellion.
As they were hiding, a group from another country appeared.
Under the guise of the chaos, they made it difficult to escape and faked their deaths.
However, their survival was discovered by a magic item that sensed people from the Republic of the Tower.
Their last resistance was with gunpowder for their escape.
Four hours after the rebellion began in the morning.
Almost all of them met a regretful death.
“Damn it…”
The main gate was safely suppressed.
Following an escort who knew the grounds well,
they headed to the location of their target.
One of the soldiers noticed them, leading to close-quarters combat.
Reinforcements of soldiers appeared one after another.
The numerical disadvantage grew with time.
They dispersed when the soldiers were momentarily stunned by an explosion.
If the number of soldiers was small, they would use a surprise attack.
If there were many, they would try to pass them by.
If it was impossible, they would hide and resort to siege warfare,
hoping someone would attack the soldiers from behind.
“This was reckless.”
“Hey, be quiet.”
“If we’re found, you’ll be the first one I behead.”
“What did you say?”
“You didn’t even guide us properly.”
“That’s right. Why did you get caught there?”
“How should I know… I want to know too.”
They knew that petty criminals who had taken advantage of their rebellion were causing a disturbance outside the palace.
If the soldiers were divided to deal with that.
They might still be saved.
“Wait until the soldiers move outside.”
“I can’t see from here.”
“What are we going to do?”
“Then don’t ask me. Think for yourself.”
How much time had passed.
“We’re moving soon.”
“Are you okay?”
“Are you going?”
“If you’re scared, stay here and tremble until the soldiers come…”
“Don’t underestimate us, you damn bureaucrat!”
“I’m unemployed now.”
“We don’t care!”
They began to move.
The main gate was unacceptable.
They had no choice but to climb the wall.
They would be injured upon landing outside. But compared to saving their lives, it wasn’t scary.
“Well, should I go straight and climb the outer wall, or turn left and pick up things like ropes that could be useful for escape on the way to the outer wall?”
“Just hurry up and go either way.”
They proceeded in a single file for several minutes.
An explosion occurred in the passage on the other side of the wall.
A part of the wall flew towards them.
“—!! !”
They instinctively protected their vital points, but the pain was real.
“L-let’s go.”
“O-okay.”
“Damn it all!”
Bleeding.
Traces of blood.
“It’s only a matter of time before we’re found.”
Despite bleeding,
they leaped from the outer wall, which was about three stories high.
“Let’s grit our teeth.”
“We’ll curse you if you die.”
Whoosh *CRASH* *THUD*
“…It hurts…”
“My l-legs…”
The escort died instantly, performing a somersault.
“Ah, so you’re the one who’s going to die. What about the remaining half of my reward…?”
“Hey, lend me a hand. You fat-assed man.”
“What’s with that nickname? Stop it, it doesn’t suit me…”
“Enough with that. Hurry up and lend me a hand. You can’t get up, can you?”
“Crawl over here.”
“Don’t mess with me!”
The two who were hired cooperated when the soldiers’ pursuit appeared on the outer wall and fled into the slums.
Arrows flew towards their retreating figures, but they fortunately missed.
They were not discovered in subsequent investigations.
This was because their identities could not be confirmed from their voices alone.
The soldiers’ attention was diverted to other rebels, leaving the corpse of a former subordinate with a crushed face alone.
Amidst the chaos,
a petty thief trying to steal valuables approached, glancing around cautiously.
“Heh… heh?♪ Alive, ugh, Kuruji, my h-hands, aaaaahhhh”
The corpse suddenly raised its upper body and grabbed him by the neck.
It possessed a strength that belied its near-death state.
The petty thief tried to pry its fingers off, but was unsuccessful, his neck bone snapping with a crack.
“Bubu… bubu.”
His face was crushed, making coherent speech impossible.
Rayos was controlling the body with his Possession Ability.
“Bubu~…”
Blood dripped from his mouth.
The bleeding stopped.
He stripped the clothes off the petty thief he had killed,
changed into his own,
and repeatedly smashed his face against the cobblestones until it was a mess.
After his crushed face was restored through flesh regeneration.
He reconfirmed that there were no witnesses.
“No one around.”
My child, who died without meeting Nene.
Ah, I’m leaving this land.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you…”
Rayos, with just the clothes on his back,
took the small amount of money and clothes he had obtained along the way and headed east.
He vaguely heard rumors of battles in the east.
So he headed east. To find new love.
“You can reincarnate and come to me as my child.”
Nene.
