Chapter 239 – Chapter 24

“Cool! Cool!”

Kang Myeong-chul, whose whole body was in disrepair, was staggering along.

He had to squeeze out all his energy to repel Artie’s pursuit, and now he had no stamina to run.

Dump-

Having poured everything in, he collapsed helplessly.

“Turn it off!!”

I just fell down normally, but my whole body is tingling and the wounds are throbbing.

Even if you want to use healing magic, it takes time for mana to recover.

It would have been nice if he had prepared this and that just in case, but he didn’t have anything right now because carrying around a lot of things would harm the dignity of a warrior.

‘Why do I have to suffer like this?’

In terms of injuries, it was even worse when he was betrayed by his comrades.

However, at that time, he fell into a trap due to unexpected betrayal, and this time he was defeated purely by the power of his opponent.

-Would you give me a chance?-
-If you get down on your knees and beg for help, I’ll give you one minute to escape.-

The expression that seemed to laugh at himself and crush him like a lower one could not be erased.

Even if you fight against an ordinary strong enemy and lose, you feel humiliated and angry.

“Fuck! Fuck! Aaaaagh!!”

The pain and humiliation of being trampled on by the opponent he had trampled on made his pent-up anger burst forth.

“Why! Why! Why the hell! Why to that bastard! Why!”

It was an intuition to see and follow his own technique.

Kaicent is a genius.

An overwhelming genius who doesn’t simply learn lessons quickly, but can copy the opponent’s skills just by looking at them.

Why did a villain have such a talent and not the hero himself!

“Keugh!”

Shouting with rage, he screamed at the pain felt in his shoulder.

The wounds inflicted by Kai Sent were concentrated on his arm.

But now he is covered in wounds as if cut by a sharp sword.

It’s because Arty has been tracking Kang Myeong-cheol and attacking him.

– How dare you run away with mean tricks. I will offer your head to my master, organism.-

Suddenly, the genre was changed from fantasy to SF, and he suffered the current wounds while trying to shake off the mechanical man who attacked him.

In the middle of the fight, if he hadn’t been able to teleport and escape with the remaining magic power after finishing the Accel Pinier, he would have been tied up and caught by the tracking party.

If Kaicent had attacked with everyone from the beginning, Myungcheol Kang’s life would have ended there.

“Kill it. I will kill it! Surely that bastard…!”

Bassrock-

“Town!”

Just then, I heard the sound of something moving nearby.

Thinking that a pursuer might have come, he collapsed and kept his mouth shut, only rolling his eyes.

Fortunately, it must have been a flying beast, and the rustle gradually faded away.

Thump thump thump

Kang Myung-cheol was frightened by the movements of the flying beast.

‘Let’s run away. You never know when they’ll come.’

He wants revenge on Kaisent, but he is afraid of the talent that overwhelms him.

“Fuck…”

He wants to take revenge, but he feels fear in the face of an opponent stronger than himself.

He was proud of himself and couldn’t give up his revenge, but his sense of shame that he was scared by a boy younger than himself was connected like a Möbius strip, making him feel ashamed.

Unloved by anyone and not giving his heart to anyone, he walked away lonely, with no one to comfort him.

‘I heard that there is a place where the traitors live together in the western part of the continent. Now, the only place I can go is the Foreign Press Association.’

In the past, pride prevented me from joining the foreign press association, but now the situation is too bad for such pride.

‘I need a colleague. Those who can assist me.’

Kang Myung-chul, who moved to find a safe place to recover his strength, admitted that revenge was impossible by himself.

*                           *

It took at least a week for Kaicent to recover.

But Lillian couldn’t wait for his recovery.

“I heard the commotion this way. Vampires are coming.”

The vampires who were checking Neledriel’s forces started moving toward the Liberation Army’s territory.

Lillian and his party, who had been using the conference hall Kang Myung-cheol had been using, were able to grasp the approximate location of the enemy through a map depicting the surrounding geography.

“Okay. Let’s throw a victory party after dealing with the vampires with this momentum.”

Priscilla said that since Kang Myung-chul had been driven out, let’s throw a victory party after defeating the vampires.

Strongly confident in her own abilities, she saw this crisis as an opportunity to gain the trust of her people.

“Hey, the atmosphere is a bit strange.”

At that time, Lilith, who was always doing reconnaissance activities around, returned to the conference room and explained the subtle atmosphere.

The people who were preparing for the festival had an ambiguous atmosphere about the news that vampires were attacking.

“Lillian. The representatives of the people outside want to meet you.”

Subsequently, Neledriel announced that the representative of the people had come.

“In this situation? Let’s listen.”

With her permission, several people entered, whose complexion was better than before.

Representatives of the people, who had a wide range of composition, from the elderly to middle-aged and young, bowed their heads awkwardly and tried to show respect to the royal family.

“Go, see the princess…”
“Okay. What’s the matter?”
“Ah, yes, yes. I…That’s…”

When the CEO was about to speak, they looked at each other and hesitated.

“I’ll forgive you for anything you say. If you have something to say, say it.”

Despite Lillian’s permission, we noticed each other, but the young man who looked strong and had scars here and there opened his mouth.

“As a princess, you may be angry, but… Do you really have to fight vampires?”
“What? What does that mean?”

Priscilla was about to draw her sword at once, revealing her anger, but Lillian calmed her down by extending her hand towards her.

“Let’s keep talking.”
“…We have been under their control for over 10 years.”
“At first, I was afraid because of the fear of the undead…”
“Unlike the undead we know, they are rational and did not kill or treat us carelessly.”

The representatives seemed to have the same mind, and when the other person spoke, they naturally continued.

“The princess would like to regain the kingdom, but it is better to talk to them first…”
“That’s what it was. Don’t worry. I’ve already talked to their queen.”
“Yes?”

Lillian, who had already talked with the Queen of Cameld Kingdom, replied, “Don’t worry.”

“Neither there nor we have any intention of dragging the war on for a long time and passing the damage on to the people. We decided to win in a short-term battle as much as possible, and the loser followed the winner.”

Nevertheless, the representatives still seemed to want to say something.

Feeling the concern for the Cameld Kingdom on their faces, Lillian opened her mouth again.

“Even if I win, I have no intention of punishing the vampires. I am the enemy of my parents, but what happened that day is like an accident. I will take the vampires as my servants and use them to rebuild the kingdom, instead of revenge.”
“Ah…!”
“If we lose, I will join their clan. You all just have to wait and see who will emerge victorious.”
“That’s right.”
“Then I wish the princess good health.”

The delegates felt relieved and left the conference room.

“…Thank god.”
“Thank God? Lillian. They are…!”
“The people even created a delegation and defended the Cameld Kingdom.

Priscilla was furious with the delegation for failing to do their part, but Lillian was convinced that the Queen Vannes she saw was not a hypocrite.

“If you receive a declaration of defeat from Queen Barnes, you can inherit the normalized country. Everyone, prepare.”

While everyone was fighting, Artie, who confirmed that there was still plenty of time left, asked a question.

“But what will the other species do?”
“When I heard from the people myself, I heard that they tried to lead them in the right direction.

Lilith secretly checked the gossips of the people and informed them that the evaluations of the other species were good, but that they were reluctant because of Kang Myeong-cheol.

“What shall we do? Shall we watch over them with some of our troops?”
“No. I only needed the minimum defense power in case of emergency. If something goes wrong, Dang Seol-yeong will solve it.”

The ones not here are Dang Seol-young and Kaicent.

Kaicent is in a difficult situation to even move, let alone fight.

Tang Xueying’s poison would make her victory easier, but she refused to part with Kai cent.

Because Kaicent’s life is far more precious than the kingdom’s future.

Instead, it played its part by pouring its own poison into an easy-to-throw bottle.

“I want to be by your side too…”

A cute figure purring on her own cold body, Artie, her body trembled with her desire to hug her as hard as she could.

Gradually gaining human emotions, she used her reason to stop the outrage of her emotions, but her emotions were inexperienced in controlling her body.

“Neredriel, we are going.”
“I get it.”

The number of enemies is equal to this side.

Do not react passively to the enemy’s offensive.

You must defeat the enemy forces with this powerful offensive power.

“This battle is your chance to test your limits. If you’re struggling here, I recommend giving up rebuilding your kingdom.”
“Heh, you’re good at that.”

Confident in their own strength, Priscilla snorted at Neledriel’s doubts.

This time, Kai Sent couldn’t move, so the animals had to move the food from her dimensional storage by pulling a wagon.

“Princess! We will support you!”

Some of the people cheered for Lillian, but most of them, who had lived without any inconvenience except sunlight under the Cameld Kingdom for over 10 years, had faces that didn’t know who to support.

No wonder.
Because I still don’t know who has the advantage.

“Chit. It’s only been over 10 years, but the people of the Cameld Kingdom have become all.”
“The people can’t do anything about it.”
“Even so! Whoa…Yes, it’s natural in this world. The rulers made it that way.”

The rulers of this world ruled so that the people would be obedient.

Realizing that fact, Priscilla stopped blaming the people.

As her lifelong dream of rebuilding her kingdom approaches, she can’t hide her excitement, because she, as a mercenary, has seen the lives of her people up close.

“This war is an opportunity to let the people know about our strength. Let’s win here and go back to Kaicent.”
“Yeah. Even for Kaicent’s sake, we can’t lose here.”

It is definitely Kaicent who played the biggest role in bringing them to this point.

If it wasn’t for him, their long-cherished wish would have been impossible even if it took 20 years, not 10 years.

“…”

Meanwhile, Lilith was staring at the house where the different species were gathered.

“Release? The unit is leaving?”
“I know.”
“What do you think they are going to do?”
“I wouldn’t do anything here unless I was an idiot. It just bothers me.”

Having said that, Lilith averted her eyes and quickly joined the advancing friendly unit.

Meanwhile, Kaisent, who heard from outside that Lillian was moving with an army, looked out the window.

“If you go out to meet them even now, you will be able to see them all.”
“It’s okay. If it’s the Lilians, they’ll come back with an easy victory. For now, I’ll just focus on treatment.”
“You’ve gotten stronger.”
“I believe you.”

Dang Seol-yeong, who had a complex smile on Kaicent’s transformation from a boy to a man, carefully opened his mouth.

“That… The sky.”
“Huh?”
“If Lillian-nim rebuilds the kingdom, what will you do in the sky?”
“Of course I have to help Lillian, right?”

Kaicent answered as if asking why he was asking something obvious.

Dang Seol-young put on a sad expression at his appearance.

“Above.”
“Huh.”
“Since Artemis-sama is here too, I want you to feel the same joy as children your age.”
“What do you want to say?”
“Leave the kingdom’s problems to Lillian-sama and Artemis-sama, and live a childlike life in the sky…”
“Sorry. That’s impossible. Too late.”

It was impossible for a boy who had grown up early to live like other children now.

“…I see. In that case.”
“Wow?”

Dang Seol-yeong hugged Kaicent’s upper body and made him dig into his chest.

“Whenever you’re having a hard time and want to be spoiled, always come to me. Never put up with it, okay?”
“Yeah, thanks. Seolyoung.”

Kai Sent loves Dang Seol-young’s warmth as she embraces him, and even though she is suffering from a high fever, she burrows into her arms.

While Kaicent and Dang Seol-young were confirming their affection for each other, Lillian’s party, who led the army, faced the vampire army in two hours.