episode_0129

When the Empress and the Emperor arrived at the scene, they sighed without realizing it.

Although the civilians were lucky enough to evacuate, about half of the village was blown away, and those guarding those villages suffered an even more terrible fate.

Camilla’s monstrous resilience allowed her to recover from most of her injuries, but the rest did not.

Military Minister Heron Argos fell into a coma. Of course, it was just a coma. He was in a semi-corpse state where it would not have been strange if he died at any moment, and showed no sign of ever waking up.

Raoul was bedridden with serious injuries and the symptoms of the poison worsened. It was a vicious cycle where the poison delayed the recovery of the injury, and the bleeding from the injury further activated the symptoms of the poison.

In Ratri’s case, she ended up with a disability that made it difficult for her to walk, but she was getting thinner day by day as she took care of Raoul.

“…Fuck.”

Plus, the Demon King recovered from all his injuries and became stronger.

“Isn’t there any way, Empress?”

“… There is no way unless the goddess comes down shouting ‘You bastard!’ ”

“That means it’s fucked up.”

“No, it’s not just that much. It’s very preemptive.”

“It’s not usually a failure.”

The emperor felt a headache and began to quietly curse while touching his forehead.

That monster had gotten stronger. Our power to intercept that monster had been cut in half, so it was crazy and frightening.

“The strongest spear and the strongest shield are in that state at the same time… But the Demon King’s attacks have grown to the point where we can’t counter them… Where is our chance of winning…”

“You may even run away and abandon the empire.”

“Then it’s no different from the preemptive strike. I’d rather die than become an emperor who ignores his duties and only cares about his own interests.”

“That’s great. Then I’ll kill myself right away.”

“How brutal.”

The Emperor sighed and looked for Raoul.

“Your Majesty…”

“Don’t get up. If you get up from the hospital bed and die, that piece of shit will be hilarious.”

The Emperor snapped his fingers to light a fire in the brazier, then used his constitution to warm the cold air in the room.

“How strong has that kid become?”

“I gave in to anger and started using techniques instead of swinging my sword. And on top of that, everything from my body to the depth of my techniques…”

“Okay, that’s it.”

The emperor sighed.

“It means that the three of us, the Empress, and Camilla, are enemies that we can’t defeat even if we wake up from the dead.”

“If we all fought like we did back then…”

“I couldn’t kill him even after administering a lethal dose of the strengthening agent. Do you think that method will work now? It would be a waste of effort in the end.”

The emperor was a man of fiery temper, but he was not so foolish as to be unable to see reality.

“Once I recover this body, I will fight too…”

“Is that really what’s important to you right now?”

“If the Demon King wins, everyone will die anyway. Recovering your body isn’t that important… ”

“It’s a mental issue, not a physical one. You flinch whenever I talk about the Demon King… You seem completely scared. ”

Raoul became afraid of the devil.

Yet who would dare to insult Raoul? Who would not feel fear when witnessing such great power?

That person became a monster who broke away from the laws and providence of the world.

“A person without fighting spirit is like a corpse. Raoul. You have to get that back first.”

“……”

“…. Still, it seems like there are quite a few people who can get it back, so that’s a relief.”

Raoul, left alone, recalled the spell the Demon King had used at the last moment.

The helplessness, the despair, the frustration, like being an ant in the face of a giant tsunami.

Even if they were to fight again, would he be able to defeat that person? Or, let alone win, would it even be possible to fight on equal terms?

But would it even be possible to take up a weapon after seeing that person’s power in the first place?

“I…”

Raoul’s voice was shaking unsteadily. There was a huge wall between him and the Demon King, and he could not see any way to get over it.

Fear, the most deadly poison on the battlefield, began to slowly consume him.

“I’m scared…”

It was none other than Camilla who appeared before Raoul, who was gripped by such fear.

She also seemed to have suffered more than a minor injury, as she was wrapped in bandages here and there. She also had to rest, but she ran towards Raul.

“I knew this would happen. Another victory here? I thought I had fixed my winning habit…”

“You saw it too… that guy’s sword…”

“We beat that kid before. The hits you gave him made him vomit blood.”

“The monster that could only injure the four of us even when we rushed at it has grown. This is…!”

“Then just grit your teeth harder than before and fight.”

“If such an out-of-common-sense theory of tenacity worked…!”

“In the first place, was the war we won a war that could have been won with common sense?”

Camilla was right.

The king of the demons who could break down walls and fortresses like they were crumbling cookies, the king of the monstrous birds who could scatter all kinds of sorcery with just a flap of their wings, the king of the beastmen whose brute strength was said to have reached the pinnacle of the world, the king of the dark elves who tormented the empire with all kinds of sorcery, black magic, and assassination, the king of the orcs who boasted an army of a hundred thousand, the king of the succubi who troubled the empire with all kinds of illusions, the demon lord’s disciple and assault captain Gral who slaughtered numerous knights with his unique swordsmanship, the king of the sea dragons who swept through the empire’s seas, the queen of the vampires who caught the empire in its tracks with her unique tactics, Egel, the demon lord’s number one disciple and the captain of the guard who led the demon lord’s other disciples.

Killed them all.

Emperor Asher killed the King of the Orcs and burned alive his surrendering army, then killed the leader of the raiders, Graal, and impaled all of his men on stakes.

Empress Penelope killed the King of the Vampires with a fake surrender, and also captured and tortured all the spies sent by the Demon King to find out their plans.

Camilla killed the King of the Birds, broke all his eggs, and scattered them over his body, then killed the King of the Dark Elves and accepted their surrender.

Raoul killed the king of the demons and turned all of his offspring into meat, and he also turned the king of the sea dragons and his offspring into food for the fish.

Leila killed all of the Demon King’s disciples, including Captain Egel, and hung them on the walls, and before she died, she even killed the Queen of the Succubi.

Of course, Kyle also killed the king of the water people and tore off his head and threw it to his daughter.

“… Yeah. We’ve all been killing countless times. ”

“Don’t act weak on such a topic. That’s an insult to the enemies we killed.”

“But…”

Then Camilla suddenly grabbed Raoul by the collar.

“I’m not telling you to stand up right away. I’m telling you not to be an idiot who just trembles and ends up like that.”

However, Raoul still avoided eye contact as if he couldn’t make up his mind.

“Can’t you look me in the eye?”

“….”

“Sigh.”

Then, out of the blue, Camilla kissed Raoul.

After covering her lips and mixing her tongues… she bit Raoul’s lip.

Raoul, startled by the sudden pain, looked straight at Camilla, and Camilla hugged Raoul and bit his neck as well.

“… It hurts.”

“Yeah. If you turn away, you’ll end up in pain like this. No matter what comes, you’ll be defenseless and vulnerable. Even if you’re scared, if you face it, you’ll suffer less.”

“……”

“Do you want me to bite something else to come to your senses?”

“Where are you thinking of biting?”

“A place where even you have no choice but to scream.”

Raoul, who had thought of the answer, tried to leave in a hurry, but his injured body was unable to overcome Camilla’s evil power.

Because of that, my half-hearted resistance ended in failure, and I ended up falling under the bed.

Camilla took advantage of the gap and grabbed the fallen Raul to reveal the veil of the ‘answer’.

“Be prepared, I’ll teach you properly today. What is the feeling of caring for your colleagues… Oh, that’s right, I’ll properly instill camaraderie in you…!”

Camilla simply pretended to take the veil off, intending to play a prank.

“Oh, right, Raoul. About what Jim told you before…”

And more than any other firework, the Emperor froze at the sight.

“That fucking… ah… lock the door a bit…”

“Your Majesty, that’s not it, this is…”

“Hey Asher, I know the picture is pretty good, but…”

“This is not Emperor Asel. I am just a blind man passing by, Aseltu. I did not see anything, so I will pass by.”

The emperor locked the door and died.

“Then, good luck creating a successor, you traitors.”

At that moment, Camilla began to seriously consider assassinating the Emperor.

And it wasn’t much different for Raul.

As the Emperor came out of the mansion, those who were worried about Raoul began to ask questions.

“Is your Majesty all right?”

“There are brave people who ask the emperor about the lord’s condition. Well, he is recovering, though.”

Since Raul came, many parts of the town had returned to normal, so there were hardly any residents who disliked Raul.

And Lizel also had a lot to ask about her brother’s condition, so she asked.

“Is my brother receiving treatment right now…? I wonder if he’s doing something weird again…”

“Well, I was having a fight with Camilla.”

“If that woman opens the window, there’s no way my brother can win!”

“What window is Raul using?”

“Yes…?”

Lisel didn’t understand what it meant, but Kyle, who did, started to vomit. It was almost like a child’s reaction to seeing their parents having sex.

And the empress, who listened to the story silently,

I started to seriously think about which department I would put that child in in the future.