Heavenly Inquisition Sword

1340 times. I didn’t say ‘alive’.

At Count Carl Bamut’s words, Marquis Theo Stauran was so shocked that he blinked his eyes for a moment with a devastated face.

Soon, his face slowly turned into anger.

The threat to kill the battalion troops is understandable.

To the great aristocrats with the Yeongji Army, such words were nothing.

However, saying that he would kill himself as a marquis of the empire and the crown prince was something he should never say, no matter how angry he was.

The threat to kill the crown prince is treason in itself.

Did you make such treasonous remarks to the staff of the Imperial Army’s intelligence department?

This means that Count Helio Lagoa is treating the imperial army insignificantly.

The Imperial Army of the past couldn’t refute it even if they heard that, but now it’s different.

As long as the Steel Legion has a Battalion armed with Excitium, even a Grand Master should fear the Imperial Army.

The angry Marquis Theo Stauran jumped up from his seat and shouted.

“Are you crazy! No matter how grand master you are, you deserve to be loyal to the crown prince who lives with both feet on this land! what is it Are you threatening to kill me? Count Bamut! Is what you just said true?”

“This is a fact without any exaggeration. Lisa Cordo, Viscount Claude Quello, also listened. His Excellency, Duke Cillian Hale, was also there.”

“Did Duke Hale just listen?”

“He said he would not get involved in Count Lagoa’s problems.”

“Cunning old man. This is why I don’t like wizards. Wizards don’t have the slightest loyalty to the imperial family and the empire.”

“You are right. Wizards only know how to enjoy the rights of nobility and are not interested in duties.”

“What else did Count Lagoa say?”

“He said he would return the title he received from the Empire.”

“It’s a threat to attach to the southern kingdom.”

“That’s right.”

“In a situation where the Confederation of the Southern Kingdoms could raise a white flag tomorrow? Of course you’re bluffing, right?”

Marquis Theo Stauran thought Count Helio Lagoa had said that when he was cornered.

If the Shade Kingdom was defeated and the Adria Kingdom fell into the hands of the Imperial Army, the Southern Kingdom’s allied forces would come up with a peace mediation plan.

This war is not targeting the entire southern kingdom.

Among the southern kingdoms, the four kingdoms of Shade Adria, Masdar, and Bostania, which are adjacent to the Great Forest, are in armed conflict with the Empire.

According to information, the rest of the southern kingdoms are also about to enter the war.

Unlike the northern kingdoms that are on the lookout, the southern kingdoms will definitely participate.

But before that, if the Empire and the Confederation of Southern Kingdoms declare an end to the war, it is clear that the war will not expand further and will enter the final stage.

If the southern kingdom has an iron golem, the empire has an excitium to neutralize it.

Unlike the few iron golems, Axisium can even handle gunmen.

Knowing that, there was no way the southern kingdoms would escalate the war.

At that time, Viscount Lisa Cordo, who was sitting in the last seat, carefully rhymed.

“I’m not sure about that. Looking at the actions of Count Lagoa…”

Marquis Theo Stauran exclaimed nervously at that moment.

“What a count! If he said he would give up his title, he was just a northern nobleman.”

“Oh sorry. Lagoa is famous for keeping what he said. From that point of view, you might really be on the side of the southern kingdom.”

“Is there anything that will change if he goes to the southern kingdom now?”

“yes? What are you talking about?”

Viscount Lisa Cordo blinked, and Marquis Theo Stauran turned to Count Carl Bamut.

“Is it because you’re a woman? You don’t understand the language. Do you think the tide of battle will turn if he joins the southern kingdom?”

Count Carl Bamut answered in a firm tone.

“no. That’s right, only one grandmaster has increased. With the power of the Batalion unit, we can crush Lagoa.”

“As expected, Count Bamut is quick to calculate.”

“I’m sorry.”

At the conversation between the two, Viscount Lisa Cordo gnashed her teeth inwardly.

‘Marquis! Isn’t that a different question!’

However, as only a viscount, she did not dare to say such a thing.

After thinking about something for a moment, Marquis Theo Stauran opened his mouth.

“I want to mobilize the Battalion troops, but I can’t because the fall of Pheromuros comes first… But I don’t want to let such a traitor walk around as he pleases… Is there a better way?”

Then Count Carl Bamut spoke as if he had been waiting.

“How about sending one platoon instead of the entire battalion? I think a platoon reinforced with musketeers can take down even a grand master. Unlike Archduke Knauf, it will be easier in Lagoa because there are no knights nearby.”

A platoon of the Imperial Army has 100 knights and 10 musketeers.

However, the number of knights and musketeers in the Battalion unit has changed.

The platoon of the Battalion unit consisted of 100 knights and 100 musketeers armed with excitium.

Considering the destructive power of Excitium, it wasn’t difficult to defeat a Grand Master—not even under the command of the Knights.

“Do you really think we need to reinforce the musketeers?”

The Marquis thought that 100 musketeers would be enough since the platoon’s riders were musketeers.

“Because the musketeers cannot follow the musketeers’ premonition and quickness. If you are a musketeer, you can take down Blink with predictive fire. Against magic swordsmen, the more musketeers, the better.”

“I forgot he was a magic swordsman. That’s a good point. Report it to His Highness the Crown Prince. I will capture him with one platoon reinforced with musketeers.”

“Is it capture, not kill?”

“I didn’t say ‘live’.”

“Ah yes. I will tell His Highness the Crown Prince that. We will continue to inform you of Lagoa’s location through intelligence agents. It is now in Minos, east of Pheromuros.”

“Do you know why he hangs around Pheromuros?”

“I think it is to show that we can move on to the Confederation of the Southern Kingdoms. There are also intelligence reports that some of his party have gone to the Southern Kingdom.”

“part?”

“Yes, Count Larva Omar and young men and women parted from Minos.”

“You mean that the sword master of Baylum Kingdom has moved to the Southern Kingdom?”

“That’s right.”

“It may not really be over with words.”

“Thanks to that, only Baron Fabian Cloud remains by Lagoa’s side. Rather, it became a better environment for the capture operation.”

“He might join the Confederate Army through Feromuros.”

“Before that, we have to subdue him. If he joins forces with the Confederacy, the chances of a peace treaty are reduced.”

“Viscount Krano Vanek (Captain Batalion) will take care of it. I don’t know anything else, but he’s exceptional at handling musketeers and musketeers.”

Having nothing more to say, Marquis Theo Stauron waved his hand as if to tell him to go.

Then, Count Karl Bamut immediately rose from his seat and raised a bow.

“I pray that the protection of Mana Phrass be with the Iron Legion and the Marquis. Then we will go away.”

When the staff members of the Imperial Army’s intelligence department left, Marquis Theo Stauran called in Battalion’s deputy commander.

***

Eastern Peromuros.

Minos.

Elio and Fabian’s daily routine was always the same.

When you wake up in a shabby chalet in Minos (a mountain hut in a small southern town), you take a walk around the area, have a meal, and practice in a lonely clearing in the mountains.

Fabian learned swordsmanship, and Elio spent most of his time meditating.

Except for occasional visits by Duke Cillian Hale or Baron Ashley Nelson, I had always lived the same life as a squirrel on a treadmill.

around noon.

Elio meditated in the shade of an oak tree while Fabian brandished his longsword noisily in the wind.

Shhh-shhh-! Write it down!

The sound of the wind, which had been thick and dripping, calmed down softly for an instant.

Then there was no sound at all.

Elio, who had been immersed in meditation, suddenly opened his eyes to a rather heavy wave.

Fabian was still brandishing his longsword, but it was strangely quiet.

Looking at his face, I fell into a trance.

‘Did I become a sword expert?’

At that moment, Fabian’s longsword emitted a dazzling light.

It is a sword ore that is the symbol of a sword expert called ‘Mana Aura’ in this world.

Elio was appreciating the achievements of Fabian, who was like a disciple, with a smile on his face.

It feels strange to watch the nine thousand years of life unfolded by a knight from another world with a long sword.

Fabian’s swordsmanship continued as if it would break.

Fabian, who had repeated the Old World Law several times, stopped at some point as if he was tired.

Elio just watched Fabian with a hearty smile.

After a while, Fabian grabbed his longsword and took a step towards Count Helio Lagoa with a smile.

“Did you see? I…”

Wheein! Wedge-!

Dozens of red lights cut through the clearing with a sharp piercing sound.

Several of them passed through Fabian’s head and torso.

Puffer Puck-!

Red blood gushed from Fabian’s head and torso.

As a sword expert, he was helpless in front of Excitium, which was created to kill the sword master.

A scream escaped Elio’s lips belatedly.

“No way!”

However, Excitium was ruthless.

Fabian’s head shattered in front of Elio’s eyes.

In an instant, before Elio’s eyes, the days from his first meeting with Fabian to the present passed by like a kaleidoscope.

‘Have you seen it? The world stopped at the part where I said….

Zeng-!

My heart, which was harder than steel, cracked.

Only then did Elio realize that Fabian was not just a colleague, but a family member.

I don’t know why I didn’t hear the sound of the magic gun firing, but that red light was definitely excitium.

Marquis Theo Stauran must have moved the Battalion troops.

‘iced coffee! I was too complacent!’

After provoking the crown prince and the marquis like that, they were immersed in training without any countermeasures!

Even a mouse bites a cat when cornered, but how foolish it is to live as usual even after touching the crown prince and the commander of the steel corps!

While Elio was still unable to recover from the shock, nine beams of light suddenly poured out of his body.

It is the Gucheongeomryeong that dwelled in his gikyungpalmaek and shinmaek.

In an instant, the Nine Heaven Sword Spirit completely surrounded Elio.

Red streaks of light that flew like thunderbolts were embedded in the sword face of the Gucheon Sword Spirit.

Pupper puck—!

A hole was pierced through the blade, but Excitium did not reach Elio.

Meanwhile, the pain of the destruction of the Nine Heaven Sword was passed on to Elio as well.

‘Ugh!’

The pain of being torn apart awakened Elio’s mind, which had been disturbed.

Elio flew up with the new law of the parasite.

The nine heavenly sword spirits circled his body and went up to the sky together.

A streak of red light followed him as he ascended.

Half of them cut through the air for a moment, and half were stuck in the Nine Heaven Sword Spirit.

Right after Elio disappeared into the sky, a rain of swords rained down on the ground.

Mountains collapsed and deep valleys were filled.

Thousands of pits formed in the plain, as if a meteor swarm had fallen.

After a while, Elio came down while stepping on the air.

Elio, who looked around with a sorrowful face, muttered with tears in his eyes.

“Fabian… It’s all my fault. forgive me.”

“…yes? Did you call?”

Elio’s eyes widened at the madly welcome voice.

The dim light of dawn came through the window and filled the room.

Only then did Elio realize that he had peeked into the future with his physical powers.

“Fabian.”

“yes?”

“Leave Minos.”

“Suddenly?”

Fabian looked at Count Elio Lagoa with an absurd face.

I don’t know what the sudden sound of lightning is.