Chapter 482 – The Iron Mask’s Showdown

Chapter 482: The iron mask’s entry mark

“Heh, heh…
Yes, if this guy iron mask!!!
Aren’t you afraid of the black sun!
You guys dare us…”

Jijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijijiji!

The feel of the brain touching the hand is very soft.

“Ooh… Ugh…”

Jumuluck, Jumuluck.

“Who will you be loyal to?”

“Cheer, if you go to the iron mask… Camus…”

It’s a breeze.
The activities of the illusionists Nene and Agnes, and the intelligence agents successfully secured dozens of nobles and their families within a few days.
It’s harder to keep your tail from stepping on it than to secure it.
Kudos to my henchmen for doing it all.

Jjook.

“Hehe~”

“… Thank you.”

Nene, who gently wags her butt instead of a tail, and Agnes, who cannot lift her head.

“This kind of behind-the-scenes work alone cannot stop those who give sincere advice without collusion with the enemy.”

“It is.
Also, we have to convince the small and medium-sized nobles, officers, and the people.”

“Then I have no choice but to do showmanship with sincerity.
Call Jacques.”

I don’t have work these days, so I gave a job to Zach, who was free.

“Get an ax and a coffin.
Good ink and pen too.”

“Yes?
A coffin?”

“Okay.”

“Where will you write it?”

“I will file an appeal.”

“A coffin?”

“Okay.
If it’s necessary, I’m going to lie down.”

“Aha!
But really don’t die, General.
You should come to our first birthday party.”

“You have a baby?!”

“Heh heh.
Not yet.
Sooner or later.”

“Does it look easy when I do it?
No~”

“Aren’t you too proud of your energy?”

“Shut up.”

***

It seems that Jacques was disrespectful of my energy.

“This… Fuck you bastard… !
Sarcophagus… I’m ready… !”

I am now… In the snowy Mawangseong plaza, a heavy coffin made of stone is dragged by a rope.

“Pup… Fucking Jack… !
To fuck me… !”

Groaning, barely dragging along!

[What if I bring the sarcophagus!
Now that the appeal has been filed!]

[Yes?!
No, don’t you just have your subordinates bring it to you?!]

[If you’re going to file an appeal, don’t you know that Gao is important?
Everyone is watching, but if you risk your life and insist on a war, if you order your subordinates to bring it to you, will Gao buy it?!
Of course I have to go!]

Smart.

[General, it’s time to go.]

[…]

[… Shall we get another coffin soon?]

[No time.
Once you start
Ha, see me later.]

[Hey…
The general said he might lie down, so I got a special good one…]

[Did you really think I would lie down?!
This kid is real!
Definitely just!]

Thanks to that, I’m doing self-discipline training in the middle of the snowy castle!
Shit!
Who knew it would be this heavy?!
I knew you would be attracted to it!

“Heh, heh… The coffin is fucking heavy…
Would you have put down the ax and come?”

He drags a coffin and carries an ax on his back.
If my words don’t sound like words, it’s a protest to hit my neck with this ax and put me in a coffin right away.
But the sarcophagus is too heavy!
Shit!
My legs are shaking!

“Looks like the general filed an appeal today!”

“You’re going through such a hard time… Be pitiful.”

Sailors.

The crowd looked at me with pity as I groaned and walked away for a long time.

“My God, I didn’t expect that you would have such a strong will for war…”

“Okay.
The general is the one who will definitely avenge our family!”

… Do you think this might work well?

Arrived anyway.

Fluff.

“Hey, hey!
Your Majesty, please contact me!”

Not smoke, but real tears.
Because it’s hard.
Even sweat profusely, it is sincerity itself.

Demon King Tower, in the middle of the grand plaza, overlooking the royal conference room very well.
By the time my entry ticket was read there.
I knelt beside the coffin and laid down the axe.

“His Majesty!!!
Please send me the warden!!!”

***

“The great general raised a message in the snow.”

“Read it.”

Rumika returns to her original body.
With her hands behind her back, she looked down at Camus through a window that was closer to the glass wall than her window.

“””…”””

Ministers also looked down at the general through the window, and the official read the general’s epilogue.

“Several years have passed since the former Demon King passed away.
In the meantime, the warden left Demon Castle and stayed in Amitye Castle due to an unfortunate incident, desperately trying to avenge his ancestors and his family.”

The writing style is quite spleen.

“Although the warden was a pitiful man who remained in the enemy country as a mere informant, thanks to Your Majesty’s grace, he slayed the enemy general in the enemy country’s capital and formed an alliance by marriage.”

“…”

Rumika gently closed her eyes.

“The warden has received the grace of life-saving many times from Your Majesty, and he has been honored to become the state secretary of the two countries and a bridge of peace between the two countries.

Wouldn’t he hypnotize the princess who would become the demon king, wouldn’t he have a joint marriage with Nene, the king of the Four Heavenly Kings, wouldn’t he bring her fiancee before that… Even as a human woman!
It will be recorded in history.
And she will never be this patient in her lifetime.
Especially for people other than Kamyu.

“Thanks to this grace, the warden made every effort to protect his country and nation from those foolish invaders.
It has been almost 100 years since the major general served in the military, and it has been about 180 years since he came to public office.
Not because I like fighting, but because fighting is inevitable in trying to establish that peace!
And only now is the end of the long fight in sight!”

The official’s hand trembled a little as he read the table.
The general’s solemn determination is being conveyed to the royal meeting.

“I know there are people who want to make peace with me.
I, too, have made such an effort.
But in peace and in war there are red flags.”

“””…”””

Whether or not she conspired with Catherine, the ministers she had urged to agree to a peace treaty at her insistence shut her up.
Hypnotized or not.

“Now that the enemy’s brunt has been broken and the enemy’s main forces have been destroyed.
The enemy’s spirit has fallen to the ground, and the spirit of the allies is high. It is an opportunity to conquer the south.
As an alliance, the king of the enemy country is with us, so there is a justification for war, and an unprecedented opportunity to establish lasting peace after the war.
Caring for the people inside and defeating foreign powers outside is the responsibility of the demon king who has never been negligent since the liberator demon king united various races under the banner of the demon king army.”

Rumika raised her head with her eyes closed.
She was her master, she was the man she loved, the general she was loyal to, the horse of the man she would give her allegiance to.

“The winter is deep, the land is wasted, send the conscripts back to all places.”

“””!!!”””

“The Major General has 6 corps of valiant regular troops and an ally of strong friendship.
Send the conscripts back to their homes, sow the fields and fields, and let no one go hungry.
May the people be at peace inside, and outside send a warden so that there will be no enemies.”

‘Brother…’

He was too warm a man to send everyone to the battlefield without a promise.
He is a man who loved his country too much to drop troops without retaliation.
And with this, the cause of opposition to the war will also disappear.

“The warden went out to fight to repay the kindness he had received while serving Your Majesty from the previous generation until now.
Until now, I was born as a lowly commoner without knowing my status, and I dared to teach Your Majesty, and I received the grace of becoming Your Majesty’s official secretary.
How many times have you relied on me when I was such a pitiful person.
You found me after running away from the internal strife in the castle, helped me persuade Cheonghaejin and accepted my strategy, and accepted me even though I led the Queen of the Stars to the castle.
He even made a family with the women of different races and infidels together with His Majesty, so how can I not repay this favor!”

Camu kneeling in the snow.
He put down the ax and did not move with a deep bow.

“May the demon king live in peace, and let me fly in the sky with a red military flag.
Complete the revenge of the ancestors, recover the stolen captives, and fulfill the will of the devil.
If the warden’s words don’t make sense, hit his neck with this axe and put him in a coffin.
Long live His Majesty the Demon King!”

This is the mark that will be known as the ‘church of the iron mask’ in later generations.

“I will continue the war.”

Silence.

“Is there anyone who opposes it?”

Does not exist.

“Go out.”

“””Long live the Demon King!””

***

“Zach.”

“Yes!”

“Pump the head.”

“Yes!!!”

I thought I would die trying to extinguish the sarcophagus.

“Echwi!
Whoa, I’m glad.
The dispatch was permitted.”

“Here, have some lemon tea.”

As the warm tea Marie gave her went down her neck, heat began to circulate in her body.

“Looks like I’ll live a little longer.
Uhhh… Acquire!”

“You’ve been in the snow for too long.”

“It’s all because of that kid.
Hey, didn’t you hit the head straight?!”

“I will correct it!”

“Can I get you some more blankets?”

“Uhhh… No, Achoo!
A little melted
It’s okay, Achoo! Ah.”

“West.
Would you really be all right without the conscripts?
If there were six corps, even if they were completely organized, there would be 42,000…
There are so many casualties that it will be difficult to complete the flight…”

Marie wipes her forehead with several warm towels and wraps her hands around her.

“I have thoughts. Acquire!”

***

King of Amity.

Jump!

“Majesty!”

“What’s the fuss?”

Platinum-haired Catherine said angrily to her son Ange as she nursed her nurse.
Her messenger, who had a peek in her eye, reported her kneeling at her doorway from afar.

“The enemy… Crossed the border!”

“What?!”

No way.
The ministers of the Demon King’s army he had instigated would have opposed further war.
Even if they decide to go to war…

‘Why didn’t you listen to me?!’

Either everyone betrayed them, or…

‘Did I get purged?’

It is hard to think of the option that so many ministers were dominated by the hypnotist.
An endless hypnotic anthill where the hypnotized person lures another victim, and the victim lures the next victim.
The few who really hit their necks were swiftly dealt with by bandit raids, lustful killings, or mysterious deaths.
There was no way Katherine would notice that.

It was time to put the truth beyond and move quickly.

“Which way are you coming?”

“The vanguard led by Duke Dupre has crossed the border by the eastern route!
We are crossing a frozen river!”

“East too!
Contact the Minister of Defense and ask Prince Fernando!”

It was then.

Jump!

“Majesty!
We report.
Enemy forces have invaded our borders through the Blasted Lands to the west!”

“What?!”

Jump!

“Majesty!
It’s a big deal!
The oak coffin on the main street opened, and the enemy forces poured out!”

“?!?!?!”

East, West, South.
Without even time to grasp, the red flag of the Demon King’s army galloped.

***

“I give the title of General Jeongnam to Grand General Camus. Soon, conquer the south, bring peace to the country, and return the portion that goes to the rightful heir to the throne!”

The terrace of the Demon King’s Tower.
The demon king, a beautiful girl with red hair and bull horns, shouted loudly so that the crowd under the demon king tower could hear it.

“With that in mind, I give you this golden axe. The command of the general is my command!
All conquest troops, listen to him as if I were!”

The Great General in the Iron Mask knelt before her.
A golden ax given to him.

“””I will follow your orders!”””

With the Ministers of Munmu answering in the room,

“” “Iron mask! Iron mask! Iron mask! Iron Mask!”””

Soldiers gathered in the Great Plaza of the Castle and shouting.

Even in the cold weather of midwinter, I wonder if the heat will melt the snow.

“Since the Daejanggunbu was organized, please organize personnel for the conquest army.”

“I appoint Military Commander Ezio as Supply Officer, so please work hard to supply without any problems!”

“Heh heh, thank you for appreciating the old man so highly.
According to the general’s plan, things will be easier.”

He, who was once my superior, will naturally become my subordinate and will firmly support my back.
Midwinter’s outing.
From winter equipment such as dry shoes and thick cloaks to ingredients and firewood for warm food.
There’s not a single thing to worry about.
All of them must be requisitioned locally so that things cannot be solved.

[An old man like me will be useless now because his energy has declined.]

I took Ezio, who was extremely reluctant, and brought him here out of desperation.

“Jacques, Ludwig.
Learn to work well next to him.
It will be of great help.”

“”Yes.””

The army fights by supply.
Umbrella has filled the most important spot…

“Duke Dupre, head east and cross the river immediately.”
We have to break through and go south before the river melts.”

“I’ll leave right away.”

“Giparang.
Lead the Hwarang troops and run west.
The Blasted Land is a plain impervious to magic, sorcery, and miracles.
It must be a good place for mounted archers to play.
Let’s meet at the location marked on the tactical map.
Please leave first.”

“Good luck.”

Originally, the command of Hwarangdo was to be conducted by Sadaham, the owner of Pungwol, but since the infantry unit belonging to Cheonghaejin followed, the general command was given to Giparang, a member of the Seonggol royal family.

“When both east and west operations start, go south through the central road.
Pass Samnyeonsanseong Fortress, hide behind an oak coffin, open the gateway and leave.
The vanguard is Balak, I command the middle army, and the rear army is led by volunteers, and His Majesty will deliver it later.
Chiefs, do your best so that there is no shame.”

“””Honored Name!”””

“Adolph.”

“Yes, General.”

“After leaving the oak coffin, lead two legions of beastmen and advance to the northeast to attack the back of the enemy who will block Duke Dupre.”

“I will serve you!”

To help Doha so that allied forces can join.

“Before spring comes, we will occupy the northern major cities of enemy territory.
Before the ground melts and becomes muddy, go into a warm land with little snow.”

***

Amitie border guards.

“The oak tree gate is open, and the demon army is pouring out!”

“Is it a local war?
How big is the army?”

“That is… It’s not accurate because the gate is narrow and troops are still coming out, but
Looks like about 40,000!”

“It’s hard to count enemies because the field of view is narrow.
Is it an all-out war?
How to feed a large army in winter… !”

There is no organization that eats money like the military.
They do not produce, only consume.
The only thing they can do to secure resources is plunder.

‘But it’s winter, so there’s no grain outside the fort and castle…
What do you mean?’

“Is 40,000 just the vanguard?
Or is that all?
Are you a regular army?
Or is it a class of soldiers, including conscripts?”

“That… Well up to that… !”

Scouts are also high-class personnel.
In this world where the Prophet King’s Hunminjeongeum has spread all over the world, but in this world where the majority are blind, it is a great ability to cross-measure and deduce the number of enemies.
Such high-class manpower was almost annihilated as Marquis John’s main force was annihilated.

“Damn it, it’s completely dark!
Okay!
The enemies have come a long way and are tired!
It is still impossible to provide supplies for tens of thousands of people by crossing the snowy mountain roads!
They won’t last long!”

In the eyes of the head of the border guard, who was trying to think positively, he began to see an existence that denied his hopes in the distance.

Oh oh oh oh…

“That… Floating Castle and Aerial Fortress?!”

Marikamu and Angiekamu, loaded with supplies such as food, clothing, and arrows, crossed over the gate and followed the 40,000 troops.