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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟏: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 (1)
“Phew. . . . . . This isn’t right, is it?”
Blast Grave McRee.
The Grand Gun Master belonging to the Dark Brotherhood.
His original purpose was to assassinate the tyrannical King of Britannia. . . but somehow, he ended up facing an earl chaos demon of truth.
“Hey, buddy. Are you okay?”
【No, I’m not. 】
“You’re the only one who can wear that and be fine. Anyway, I’ll take care of this, so you take the Saintess and run.”
At those words, Oswald nodded without hesitation.
【Then I’ll leave it to. . . . . . 】
“Hey, hey, hesitate when I tell you to go! Isn’t it normal to say something like, ‘I can’t do that! I’ll help you!’ in a situation like this?”
【I don’t think I’m at a level where I can fight while carrying the Saintess. 】
“Yeah, my opinion of you has gone up a bit because you know your place.”
【. . . . . . 】
Oswald simply kept quiet at the old man’s crazy talk that made him lose his words.
“But hurry up and go. That thing isn’t dead yet.”
Despite having been hit with that powerful blow, the blue magic circle was still floating in the air without disappearing.
At that, Oswald carried the Saintess and flew out of the palace.
Grave fired the trigger as he watched Oswald escaping at a fast speed, but the trajectory of the muzzle was clearly different, and the bullet that came out of the muzzle curved and flew towards the Cardga of Truth in the air.
Kwang!
【The little bug disappeared, and now this big bug came. 】
“When old men get old, they should just stick to their knitting. . . . . . They shouldn’t be corrupted by seeking the truth in vain. . . . . . “
【You’ve got a good mouth on you, big bug! Electro party! 】
Pajijijik! Pajijijik! Pajijijik!
Hundreds of blue lightning bolts shot out from the blue magic circles and instantly engulfed everything within a radius of 1km.
The blue lightning bolts, which spread out in all directions, destroyed everything around them. Grave, who had his body protected with his Guarding Aura, endured Cardga’s magic and immediately counterattacked.
“Is that all you got?”
Ta-ang!
A bullet shot out of the 155mm muzzle and flew towards Cardga once again. Then, Cardga formed a flame spear to intercept the bullet and shot it, and the bullet avoided the flame spear as if it were nothing and approached Cardga, hitting it.
Kwang!
“Have you ever heard of controlling a bullet with energy?”
【Your attacks won’t even pierce my protective barrier. 】
“Hey, hey, I haven’t even started yet.”
Grave quickly sucked in the cigarette in his mouth and began to dash towards Cardga at a rapid pace.
【Mirror Dimension. 】
Then, as if it had been waiting, Cardga of Truth cast its magic.
Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of mirrors were created around Cardga and engulfed and trapped Grave.
Trapped in a space surrounded by mirrors, Grave concentrated his energy on his gun. Soon, a bullet filled with energy shot out of the muzzle and attacked the mirror.
No, the moment he thought he had attacked, the bullet was absorbed into the mirror, and soon, bullets filled with energy flew in from all sides.
“Huh. . . . . . ?”
Kwawakwakwang!
【The big bug has been taken care of. . . Now I have to go catch the little bug. 】
The Mirror Dimension was a magic that was equivalent to the 10th circle. It was a powerful magic that was difficult to break even with considerable force.
This means that it works even for opponents who are Grandmasters.
Meanwhile, Oswald, who Cardga was looking for, had escaped the palace and reached the outskirts of Birmingham. The capital’s defense forces were already moving due to the commotion in the palace, and they were fighting fiercely against the Chaos Jotunn escaping from the palace.
‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. . . . . . 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥?’
「Final Chapter」 was a virtual reality game with a high degree of freedom. It was a game where the story progressed by changing the course of history. That’s why it was a very popular game, to the point where it produced a lot of rotten stuff.
‘𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦. . . . . . 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺.’
The king, who had been disintegrated into molecules after being hit with Dissindigration by the Princess of Britannia. Fortunately, the crown prince, William, was not in the palace. . . If William had been there, this country would have probably been divided into four or five parts or become a parliamentary democratic republic like the Democratic Republic.
‘𝘉𝘶𝘵. . . 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧?’
He could feel a tremendous demonic power approaching him.
‘𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥. . . 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘨𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.’
He was an existence with magic that could be compared to an archduke-class demon.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳.’
Even now, Minos was not here, and Grave, the only one who could possibly deal with him, had already been dealt with.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥.’
Blast Grave was a character who used long-range area attacks. Although his single attacks were also powerful, they were not enough to deal with Cardga.
Furthermore, Cardga was an existence that was off the charts in both area and single attacks. . . No matter how powerful Grave was, he couldn’t have avoided being defeated.
Anyway, Oswald couldn’t just sit still and watch the powerful demonic power approaching him, so he transformed his current exoskeleton suit a little.
He left the turtle shell that was protecting the Saintess Estell as it was and attached a jet booster behind it. In addition, he also attached jet boosters to his palms and soles and began to squeeze out blood magic.
Puhwaaaaaaaak!
As the four limbs and two boosters on his back activated, Oswald soon felt an enormous pressure pressing down on his body. However, his speed increased just as much, and that pressure was sufficiently offset by the Plague Grimoire.
Ten large-capacity potions were reduced in an instant. Oswald briefly stopped the boosters on his two arms, took out additional potions, and replaced them before turning on the boosters again and flying away.
A speed that could reach supersonic speeds. . . . . .
【Heh. . . . . . You’ve got some tricks up your sleeve, little bug. 】
Cardga laughed in disbelief as he sensed the incredible speed at which Oswald and the Saintess were moving away.
Oswald’s speed, which was difficult to track even with magic. . . The distance between them had now widened to the point where even their presence could not be properly detected.
At that moment, with a loud bang, the Mirror Dimension behind him collapsed.
【Tsk. . . . . . A Grandmaster is a Grandmaster still. 】
Cardga clicked his tongue as he realized that his plan had failed by letting the saintess go. Moreover, since he was unable to manifest for a long time due to the lack of sacrifices, he had to return soon.
【Those blood and plague bastards have done something stupid. . . I’m the one who’s suffering for nothing. 】
Cardga looked down at his own body, which was losing strength and collapsing, and cursed the two seeds that had robbed him of his energy.
Cardga soon disappeared, turning into dust.
As he disappeared, the Chaos Jotunn and Chaos Garudas also collapsed one by one and turned into dust.
“Phew. . . . . . Damn demon. Next time I see you, I’ll definitely banish you with my own hands.”
Grave, who had already taken out a new cigarette and put it in his mouth, looked around, promising himself that he would do it next time.
“But thanks to that, the tyrant has been overthrown.”
He didn’t have to deal with things through assassination. The problem was that this incident had caused great damage to the royal guards and the capital’s defense forces, which would soon lead to the weakening of the royal authority. It would probably be quite noisy for a while.
In particular, the liberal revolutionaries who had heard the news of the king’s death would start to run wild, and even the provincial lords who would use them to gain their own interests. . . . . .
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Meanwhile, Oswald, who had crossed the Strait of Calais via jet suit, passed through Calais City and continued south. He changed potions every now and then, and his fatigue increased. . . . . .
“Heal!!”
Thanks to the Saintess behind him recovering him with holy power, there was no problem. Of course, his body, which had been strengthened by the Plague Grimoire, was purified, and there was a side effect of repeatedly feeling the pain caused by the life force being sucked in. . . But he could still endure it.
Oswald planned to fly all the way to the Vatican without stopping because he didn’t want to risk the danger of stopping in the middle and walking.
‘𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.’
He had certainly transformed the Blood Daemon with supersonic speed in mind. . . The Blood Daemon proved its worth according to Oswald’s expectations.
‘𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. . . 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯. . . . . .’
‘Hyperion’, the sacred artifact of the God of Light and Darkness, Janus. It could transform its form according to the user’s will, but there were limitations.
It was only possible to transform into something that had been absorbed. Even so, it was a divine artifact in that it had no side effects.
However, the Blood Daemon, which could manifest anything it wanted, was more helpful in battle.
That’s how Oswald reached the sky above the Vatican in less than half a day, dismantled the Plague Grimoire, and free-fell towards the front of the cathedral.
As something suddenly fell from the sky, the Vatican guards immediately went on alert and sounded the alarm. Then, the Sky Knights, who were guarding the cathedral, poured out and prepared to rush in at any moment.
A moment later, Oswald, who had landed on the ground, dismantled even the Blood Daemon. . . The Saintess appeared behind him.
“Ah. . . . . . No more. . . . . . “
Even though he had received a heal, his blood had been repeatedly sucked out and filled, so. . . it wouldn’t have been strange if his body had suffered. As a result, Oswald collapsed on the spot.
“You’ve worked hard.”
“I just kept my promise.”
At that moment, Eugen Danglar, the commander of the Sky Knights who recognized Estell, hurriedly approached and greeted her.
“Saintess.”
“Commander Eugen.”
“Why. . . here?”
“A demon of chaos attacked us. With the help of Sir Oswald of the Order of the Holy Knights, we were able to escape from there.”
“I see. . . . . . “
“Some of the Order of Knights of Order and the other Order of the Holy Knights are still in Birmingham. We should see the Pope and send reinforcements.”
Soon, the Saintess and Commander of the Sky Knights Eugen entered the cathedral, and Oswald, who had collapsed halfway, was able to enter with the help of the Sky Knights.
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The Kingdom of Britannia’s attack was reported in detail not only in the western part of Titan but also in the southern continent of Gigas and the New Continent. In particular, this attack was even more serious because it was an incident in which the cult directly targeted the Saintess.
Agents and peacekeeping forces had already been dispatched from the Chaos Invasion Defense Force. Every year, all countries belonging to the Chaos Invasion Defense Force dispatched at least one brigade and up to one division to the peacekeeping force.
They were either directly involved in the front lines against Chaos or were responsible for maintaining peace in areas that had become anarchic after the invasion.
The Kingdom of Britannia was currently in a similar situation.
Two weeks after the attack. . . Crown Prince William, who had been staying in the northern part of the mainland, entered Birmingham escorted by the Royal Dragoons.
As soon as he entered, the liberal revolutionaries revolted as if they had been waiting, but they were quickly suppressed, but in other areas besides Birmingham, even the lords joined the revolution, and a civil war broke out.
In the end, the Chaos Invasion Defense Force stationed peacekeeping forces in Birmingham in order to calm and mediate this chaos.
The Crown Prince and the revolutionaries who accepted the mediation.
What the revolutionaries wanted was the establishment of a parliament based on a constitutional monarchy. Their cause was that they could no longer entrust the fate of the country to a single monarch.
Of course, some suggested a system similar to the Senate of the Empire. . . but they could not ignore the liberal revolutionaries, who accounted for about half of the revolutionaries’ strength, and the establishment of a parliament based on a constitutional monarchy became the main issue.
In response, Crown Prince William agreed to divide the Royal Army and the National Army separately, with him managing the Royal Army and the National Army being managed by the parliament. He also said that he would only rule in his direct territory and leave the rest to the parliament, and that if they accepted this, he would also accept their demands.
The nobles seemed satisfied with the Crown Prince’s proposal, but it was an unsatisfactory proposal for the revolutionaries who had to save the people from the monarchy.
However, . . . if they pushed too hard here. . . the Empire, which had been eyeing the unification of the western part of the continent, could enter under the pretext of peacekeeping, so they reluctantly agreed to the agreement, and the civil war ended.
“Wow. . . . . . It’s been a roller coaster.”
Oswald chuckled as he watched the main trunk remain unchanged, even though history had changed in detail.
“Isn’t it almost time for school to start?”
Oswald folded the newspaper he was holding and placed it on the table before looking up at the red sunset.