episode_0148

Adria Battle (9)

Yuno felt his feet touch the ground after falling almost three stories.

“No, why is it so deep? What on earth are you hiding here, why are you hiding it so tightly?”

I went downstairs and only after walking down a long passage did I see the door. Yuno was curious about what secret was inside the door, so she took a deep breath out of tension and opened the door wide.

“Ugh the smell… What is this smell?”

There was a tremendous odor in the room, but since it was a basement with the lights off, Yuno couldn’t see anything inside even with his eyesight.

Yuno, who thought it was not a trap because he could not catch anything despite activating the spirit, used mana to ignite a piece of cloth caught nearby and threw it inside, lighting up the secret room.

“This… is this?”

As the room lit up with light, Yuno couldn’t believe his eyes as he saw the terrible sight that began to appear from inside.

Inside the room, there were numerous corpses of children who had died horribly, along with all kinds of torture devices, strewn about, giving off a foul odor.

Most of the bodies were girls, but there were quite a few bodies of boys, and the dry tears on the children’s faces suggested that they had suffered terribly before their deaths.

“Heinrich!!! What has this crazy guy done!!”

As Juno looked around the room, venting his anger at Heinrich, the culprit who had created this situation, he noticed a note on a desk that looked like he had written down his plan.

‘This…’

A quick look at the note revealed that it listed what Henry had planned and carried out to become emperor and the names of the nobles and merchants who had cooperated with him. Juno, upon seeing him, was once again enraged.

‘Heinrich… Even if Brother Prinz forgives me, I will definitely kill you… very cruelly… I will make you pay for all your sins.’

Then, Yuno’s ears heard the faint sound of someone dying.

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As soon as Yuno heard the faint moan, she immediately calmed down her anger and flew towards the place where the moan was coming from.

There, a small girl was holding her stomach, blood flowing from how many times she had been stabbed with a knife.

Although the wound was severe, not much blood came out, indicating that the bleeding had already progressed significantly. As proof of this, there was a pool of blood underneath her and a dagger covered in blood, and next to her were several children in a similar situation, breathing with their last breath. was scratching.

‘Holy shit!! ‘I was so close to dying that I couldn’t even feel it!!’

“Are you okay? Guys!! Come to your senses!! If you lose your mind like this, you’ll die!!”

“Ah… I need… please… help me…”

Yuno, thinking that he had to somehow save the children, took out all the potions he had brought for emergency use and poured them on the children’s wounds.

Cheeek!!

Smoke was billowing out and the children’s wounds could be seen healing.

The children’s expressions seemed relaxed as the wounds healed and the pain stopped, but Yuno’s heart became even more anxious because their pale complexions had not recovered due to too much blood being shed.

“This can’t go on… If you leave it like this, you’ll definitely die… We have to get Jennifer and take the kids to our base and ask their mom for it”

The only people who could directly restore the vitality of nearly dying children were the saints of the Holy Kingdom of Johannes and Yuria, who received the power of the World Tree.

‘If you move while killing your presence, you have no choice but to move slowly. But then we don’t have enough time. Those children could be in danger… Now that things are like this, we have no choice but to break through the royal palace guards head-on, bring Jennifer and Catherine here, and escape with the children.’

“Guys, wait a minute!! If you wait, I will come back soon and save you guys!! got it? Do I have to hold on just a little longer?”

Despite Yuno’s question, the children had no answer as they had already fainted.

Seeing those children, Yuno gritted his teeth and quickly ran out of the main gate of the second villa and looked at the garrison guarding it. The imperial palace guards, who sensed that he was popular, recognized Yuno and rang an emergency signal.

“Emergency!! It’s the third prince!! The Third Prince has invaded!!!”

Yuno looked at the garrison, which was quickly forming a suppression formation, with eyes full of anger.

“Understanding the fact that due to the nature of the garrison, they had no choice but to serve Henry, who had ascended to the throne as emperor, they tried to end the situation by stunning them without causing any harm to the imperial guards… However, you who guard the second villa… You probably knew all about the tragedy that happened here, right? You guys… can never just get away with it…”

Yuno drew up mana with all his might from the two mana holes in his lower body, forming a huge fist in his fist.

This was the first time something like this had happened to Juno, who had studied under Catherine, who pursued efficient combat, but Juno was now in a state of extreme anger and was unable to see anything.

“Bring a magic tool!! Activate the trap magic!! The enemy is a master!! Don’t give me distance…?”

The voice of the white commander commanding the garrison was trembling.

A huge light emanated from Yuno’s fist, gradually increasing in size, and the life contained in it was so strong that even soldiers who did not know mana could feel it, so they fell in fear.

“I want to make you all just like the kids inside…but be glad I don’t have time. So, you guys, calmly accept the death I give you!!”

As Yuno’s fist stretched out powerfully, the mana forming a huge fist was released.

Kwaaa!!!

The huge fist created by Yuno spewed out, creating a huge dragon fist wind.

A huge Dragon Fist wind stretched forward and attacked the soldiers of the Imperial Palace Guard. The soldiers who witnessed Yuno gathering energy quickly responded by layering their shields, but the Dragon Fist Wind tore apart the shields and bodies of the soldiers who blocked the way in one go. It continued to gush out.

Hehehehe

After a while, the dragon fist wind created by Yuno stopped its momentum and turned into a gentle wind. However, there were no longer any soldiers blocking Yuno’s path, and only pieces of meat that had turned into blood clots and were torn into pieces were the only thing that showed that the imperial palace guard was here.

“Phew… I feel refreshed inside… but this is not the time… Let’s hurry!”

Yuno, who destroyed the garrison, quickly moved to where Catherine and Jennifer were.

Thanks to the explosion sound of Yuno’s power, emergency signals were going off all over the imperial palace, and additional garrisons could be felt gathering, but fortunately, it seemed that it was not only the garrison that heard the explosion, so Jennifer and Catherine ran first and joined Yuno.

“Yuno!! What on earth is going on? They said they sneaked in and came back right away… What should I do if they cause such a commotion?”

“There was a situation. Have all the children escaped?”

“Yes. Everyone escaped. We checked everything until the end and closed the passageway again, so you won’t get caught”

“Good job!! Jennifer, come quickly! There’s no time!”

“Yes? Yes master!!”

Yuno personally picked up Jennifer and ran to the farewell palace with Catherine. As soon as they arrived at the farewell palace, Yuno guided them to the underground secret room.

Catherine and Jennifer, who saw the devastation in the underground secret room, were also speechless at the gruesome sight, but came to their senses when Yuno shouted that they had to take care of the living children.

“Jennifer! What is the trumpet number you mentioned earlier? Can children escape too?”

“Oh…no. All the children were trying to escape through a secret passage… Originally, they were planning to feed the triple-layered Hellfire in the main palace and escape. The main palace is protected by a powerful magic defense that I created… but the Hellfire triple stack is a different story”

‘…. I was truly fortunate to have Jennifer on my side… Triple Hellfire…’

Even though he was in the middle of a body change, he had experienced Hellfire once in person, and he was well aware of the power of Hellfire recorded in literature, so even in this urgent situation, Yuno couldn’t help but admire Jennifer’s skills.

‘That’s the skill I still have even though some of the magical power amplified by Life Drain was lost… Ugh~ It’s really a long way for Isabella to catch up with me.’

“Anyway, is there a way to escape from here? Those children will be able to survive if they are quickly brought to the base”

“Wait a moment, master… I’m connecting with Her Highness Isabella”

Jennifer communicated with Isabella and talked about something before starting to draw a magic circle.

“Hmm? Are you trying to do space travel magic? But there is no magic circle at our base, right?”

“Her Highness Isabella is making it on the spot at the base. For me, it takes 10 minutes… but for Her Majesty Isabella, it takes about 15 minutes, so you have to buy that time!!”

“Damn I get it!! ah! And then the magic circle, and then save the miserable appearance of this room using the image save magic. I need to show this directly to the people!! They too must know the truth about Heinrich!!”

“Yes! Image save magic doesn’t even require much magic power, so it doesn’t matter!!”

After Jennifer accepted the order, Juno and Catherine went back out to the main gate of the Separation Palace.

The garrison troops were gathered there, and their number was over 300.

“Well, if you want, you can blow it up like before, but…”

“You! Don’t do that again! Then, when you run out of mana, what are you going to do if an unexpectedly powerful enemy appears? If you’re doing it because you want to see your teacher die from heartache, then do it again! Do you understand?”

“….Yep. Master… I’m sorry. I will be careful…”

Yuno returned to teacher mode after a long time and bowed his head in apology to Catherine, who was scolding him, and looked at the garrison that had begun to confront him.

“Surrender! Third Prince!! This place is already surrounded!! If you surrender obediently, I will guarantee your life!!”

“Hmph!! Do you guys know what happened here and say things like that?”

At Yuno’s words, the garrison soldiers tilted their heads and looked at each other.

“What are you talking about? That’s the second villa, right? It’s a separate palace that no one is using now!”

“…. Come down later. Then you’ll know what I’m talking about!”

“I don’t understand… Anyway, you’re saying you have no intention of surrendering? In that case, we have no choice but to use force. Even if you are a master, you won’t be able to avoid all the magic tools of our garrison!!”

“Please come as many times as you like!! But you probably know that at least 90% of you will die!! Whoever comes in first, I’ll smash his head right away!!”

The garrison soldiers’ complexions turned pale due to Yuno’s threats.

This was because in front of their eyes, Yuno was seen clenching his fists and exuding lively energy, and the woman next to him was also seen exuding exuberance from her fists.

“Damn… How can we stop two masters…”

In fact, the garrison captain who was threatening Yuno knew very well that if he was careful, he would be annihilated without being able to catch Yuno.

That’s why he couldn’t give the attack order hastily, and while the breathtaking confrontation took place, Jennifer relayed a signal to Yuno that space movement was ready.

“If you don’t want to come, go here first!! Take my full power!!!”

“Stop it!! Use the barrier magic tool!!!”

When Yuno tried to swing his fist, the soldiers stacked shields with defensive magic and closed their eyes tightly to deal with the pressure that might pour down on them.

However, when nothing happened after a few seconds, they cautiously opened their eyes, and only realized that they were in trouble when Juno and Catherine, who had been lying in front of the front door, disappeared without a trace.

“Whew… I was fooled… But in a way, I’m glad no one died. By the way, what does the Third Prince say is hidden here?”

The soldiers, who were curious about Yuno’s words, searched the second villa as Yuno said, and were unable to keep their mouths shut at the terrible sight they saw there and had to shed tears of anger.

“This…this is crazy!! The rumor was true!!”

“Well.. Then did the 2nd Palace garrison stationed only here know about this?”

“Crazy guys… The Third Prince didn’t kill them for nothing!!”

“The reason I’ve been protecting the palace all this time was to protect the emperor from this crazy behavior!!”

“Captain!! We will no longer serve the Emperor!!”

“Me too!! An emperor who does things like this is not an emperor!! Let’s also bring our garrison under the command of His Highness the Third Prince!!”

The garrison commander also nodded to the opinions of the garrison soldiers.

“…. Damn… I think so too. It seems that the Third Prince allowed all the children to escape… If there are no hostages, the citizen army confronting His Highness the Third Prince’s rebel army will be disbanded. So now we follow the Third Prince!! If we keep quiet, this won’t be reported to the top. Let’s fuck that damn emperor, no, Henry!”

After seeing the terrible scene in the basement of the second villa, the imperial palace guards began to harbor extreme hostility towards Emperor Henry, and they decided to switch their flag to Juno’s side.

Therefore, when Heinrich inquired about the commotion that occurred early in the morning, only a simple report was received that the intrusion of the troll that had escaped from the cage and caused the disturbance was suppressed.

*Girl dying after being attacked by Heinrich