Chapter 74
My Villains Episode 074
20. city of chaos(3)
After leaving the prince's tent, Ellen and I sat down on a box full of arrows. It was to wait for the old knight Ariad..
“In the end, I only talked about myself. I can't even hear why the situation has become like this..”
Ellen responded to my mutterings..
“I shouldn't have asked?”
“That's right. I thought the prince would tell me in a vague way, but he only asked what I was curious about until the end..”
I guess I was a little scared because he had the title of prince and even had an army. 'Why is the prince's army here?' It was a bit difficult to ask..
“But you didn't even get nervous in front of the prince and you spoke well? The sarcasm is also very sarcastic. I was so nervous that I thought I was going to die, dude..”
“What am I so nervous about?.”
“Aren't you scared? What if the prince gets angry and hits his head??”
As I looked around and whispered, Ellen sneered..
“You're going to behead a wizard for speaking rudely? I'd do something like that when I'm living off of fame alone.?”
“What do you mean? Do you survive on fame alone? who? The prince?”
“The reason Prince Ulkar is still alive today is thanks to his popularity among the lower nobles and the people. If it wasn't for that, the king would have taken his head off a long time ago..”
“•••The king is killing his own son? why?”
“That's because he doesn't think it's his son. I'm asking because I don't know?”
What a troubling thing this is. It's already complicated and I'm going to rummage around..
“Hey, that's it. We'll talk about that later. What is Guardil Weir and what are its duties??”
“•••Why didn't you read a history book while learning a foreign language? I don't know about the 'Massacre of Guardil Weir'?”
“I don’t know, dude. “Can’t you just explain it to me instead of berating me every time?” Ellen frowned slightly, but then answered obediently..
“80About a year ago the king killed about three hundred wizards at Garthil Weir. The king took out his anger on the fact that his mother was killed by an unknown wizard... It was just something the Jeore royal family did, right?.”
“I was talking about that duty and all.?”
“The prince was looking at me. I checked to see if I was a member of the ‘Dawn Council’..”
“dawn parliament?”
“There are crazy people who have been living with the king for generations and acting as servants. These are people you don't need to know.”
Did the wizard earlier combine the ‘Dawn Council’, ‘Palace’, and the ‘Lao Family’ and call them a famous magic family??
Among them, 'palace' probably refers to 'La-Palais Palace', Ellen's hometown... . The ‘Dawn Council’ and the ‘Lao Family’ also seem to be groups that enjoy magic..
Well, in that case, there must be some sense of competition between them..
for a moment. dawn parliament?
The full name of the ‘Twelve’, a vicious group of named men in Chapter 7... I think it was ‘The Twelve Mages of the Dawn’..
Well, is it a bit unreasonable to make a connection with just one word, dawn? No, I think it also overlaps with the fact that they are crazy people who use magic..
For now, I just have to remember the name. What's urgent right now….
At that time, I noticed a familiar face among a group of soldiers passing nearby carrying artillery sacks..
“Uh, that one? Hey, Aibo!”
“•••Mr. Poynix?”
Aibo had a stupid expression on his face full of acne. I thought it was okay and quickly grabbed him..
Ivo is a young scout belonging to the army led by Prince Ulkar. As they returned to South Harbor through a secret passage, they developed a strange friendship in a short period of time..
Aibo, who was dragged to me by the scruff of his neck, made an idiotic noise, ‘Uh, uh-’. Then, when he found Ellen, his eyes widened..
“Uh, Ellen? Oh, you're safe.?”
As Ellen chewed on her words as usual, Aibo approached him with a happy expression..
“I heard you went down into the sewer. I was worried,”
“stop. You can talk there..”
When I said that and blocked the way, Ibo's face turned white for some reason and he nodded..
“Yes, yes. That's right. sorry,”
“No, sorry.”
I turned him to the other side and continued speaking..
“Enough greetings, let’s ask something..”
“Eh, yes? What?”
“We've just been on the ground, so we have no idea how things work..”
“Oh, I see..”
“So, please briefly explain. How did the prince's army get here??”
“that is….”
Aibo glanced back, looked at the other soldiers, and then began to explain..
South Harbor, which was surrounded on both amphibious and amphibious sides, faced a major crisis due to the earthquake. Part of the castle wall and several palace towers collapsed, creating a large hole in the defense line..
The earthquake was strong, but it did not last long, and as soon as the shaking subsided, the magicians took advantage of the opportunity and began attacking..
And in that critical situation, Osred Culdson of Éapryd, Earl of Saven and owner of South Harbor and the Salt Castle, chose to flee..
He headed to the dock with only his wife, young son, relatives, and a few members of the SS..
Of course, many of the ships sank due to the earthquake, so they were never able to set sail..
Anyway, it was Prince Ulkar who stepped forward in that crisis. The prince climbed up the castle wall and shouted, sorting out the disorganized garrison..
-Stay in your place! It's the prince's command.!
The shouting became a slogan and spread throughout the city..
The soldiers who had abandoned their weapons and were running away began to gather one by one towards the walls, perhaps because they were guided by the prince's authority, or because they realized that they had nowhere to run..
There, the soldiers saw the prince with his silver hair flowing and pulling the bowstring. I saw a huge knight standing alone under the collapsed castle wall. I saw reinforcements cutting through the reed field and attacking the back of the bandits..
The sight restored the soldiers' morale and succeeded in driving out the enemies under the prince's command..
Once the army entered South Harbor, Prince Ulkar began to take control of South Harbor..
In the process, the prince trapped the lord of the castle and his family, who were stomping their feet on the dock, in a half-collapsed salt castle..
It was meant to protect Seongju in case of emergency, but not many people believed it. Anyway, it's like the customer imprisoned the owner..
The castle lord's vassals, such as the captain of the royal guard and the captain of the guard, immediately protested..
Internal strife almost broke out due to the resistance of military officers in direct command, but thanks to the mediation of the military commander, who was the most senior military officer of the military, a direct armed conflict did not occur..
It may have been the virtue of the general's personal reputation, but the fact that the prince's knights were standing behind him must have also had a significant impact..
It was a sufficiently intimidating sight to see the knights, who were said to be the kingdom's greatest, covered in blood and their eyes shining white..
After that, there were several waves of attacks by magic bandits and pirates, but it is said that they were successfully repelled under the command of the prince..
And when the supplies brought in by the reinforcements were starting to run out, Ellen and I fell from the sky..
“•••Haha, that's bullshit..”
“Well, of course.”
At this level, the scenario isn't just slightly wrong, it's at the level of being shattered and then reassembled.?
I took a deep breath, took out a silver coin from my pocket, and handed it to Aibo..
“Thank you for the story. I feel like I wasted time, so go quickly..”
“Ugh. Silver coins for what I did,”
“I accepted it thinking it was the price for the arrows I used when we worked together before..”
“Hehe, it's really good….”
Even as he said that, he was sticking a silver coin somewhere in his pants. Just then, the soldiers who came with Aibo started shouting..
“Aibo! How long are you going to chat?!”
“Ugh, I'm leaving now! It was nice to see you again, Mr. Poynix. Ellen too..”
“Okay, go quickly..”
Aibo ran toward the soldiers and suddenly looked back.,
“Ah, the barbarian who came with me then.!”
“… savage?”
“Yes, the tattoo one! He's being held on the gallows! They say he will be executed around noon tomorrow.?”
“what?”
tattooed barbarian?
...Could it be Ute Kwai? Was he executed? why?
“Aibo, you little laborer.!”
“Go, go!”
With the veteran's nervous shouting, Aibo disappeared between the tents..
“Yay! Aibo!”
“sorry!”
Holy shit - you should say everything and leave, you bastard.!
Ute Kwai, what on earth has this bastard done in the last few days??
“Ellen, let's go to the gallows..”
“what?”
Ellen, who was fiddling with the gray wand, narrowed her eyes and asked a question..
“If you move around as you please, do you want to be misunderstood??”
“The gallows is right in front of you. Just check it out quickly and come back..”
“Go later. Don't try to mess things up for no reason..”
“Hey, is it a problem that things are going awry now? It looks like someone is dying?”
Ellen sighed in frustration at my encouragement, and then shot back in a low voice..
“Are you and I still under suspicion? If you move around carelessly and get into trouble, not only will you lose a few pennies, but your life may be in danger. Royalty bastards, don’t you know that they are all human butchers??”
“It’s different from before, right? They say the prince isn't the type of person to kill people carelessly.?”
“That's only when there's no excuse, you idiot. What would you do if I told you to give up your neck since you saw that we were gone and deserted? I pretended to be a wizard with a background, so it might be okay, but you're just a mercenary..”
•••Is that so?.
“And, what is that barbarian? What does it matter to us whether he's caught or dead??”
“Who cares?….”
Well, Ellen has absolutely no motivation to save Utequai. What connection can there be between a wizard from across the narrow sea and a barbarian from across the plateau?.
I scratched my head for a moment and then opened my mouth..
“Didn't you see that guy fighting? He can deflect all arrows and is very strong..”
“so?”
“Hmm, I guess he's someone who can help me with a lot of things. Even in this situation right now….”
Ellen folded her arms and narrowed her eyes with a sour expression on her face..
“It's not like I'm going to take that barbarian as my companion or anything like that.?”
“I'm not saying I necessarily want to do that... . No, actually, there’s nothing that can’t be done, right??”
“You crazy bastard, it was only yesterday that you brought my rotten corpse to my stinking old man and fucked him. But what? This time you're a barbarian without any clothes on.
Are you going to drag me in? you turned?”
I have nothing to say.
‘Hehe, you don't have to worry. I got hit in the back too hard by Luke to approach him like, 'He's digging for my wealth~'... … . It's crazy to believe that Utequoi is covered up by a minor character..
However, considering that the difficulty level will increase in the future, I need at least one meat shield like Utequai..
At that time, the old knight appeared from the prince's tent..
“I made you wait a long time.”
“Uh, no.”
The appearance of the old knight ‘Ariad Barin’ in the game was not very impressive. Because he was just an NPC who served as a guide in the abode of Ulkar, the King of Slaughter..
The pathfinder also plays a pretty big role, but compared to the prince who appears as a chapter boss or other knights who appear as picks... . It's just a radio that gives background information, you know?.
However, Sir Ariad was the only knight under Ulcar who was not contaminated by the magic of another dimension..
Not only was he not corrupted, but he even helped the heroes, so you could say he was quite an extraordinary person. It's a future that hasn't happened yet... Isn’t he someone you can trust??
I waited for the old knight's words with some anticipation, but,
“I've made a rough plan. First of all, I have to collect information, so please wait for a while. Is there a place to stay?”
“Uh, you can stay at the Batgo-dong Inn. “If it’s okay there.” “Bathorn Inn? Oh, you mean the guard station??”
Guard station? Not a guard post?
The old knight nodded and continued speaking..
“That's good. I'll send someone until night. Let's go and wait.”
After speaking up to that point, Ariad disappeared, taking with him a young man who appeared to be a squire and three soldiers..
“uh…?”
•••What, is this the end? If this was going to happen, why did I ask you to wait??
No, this is not the time. I asked Ellen as I held her in my arms..
“That's enough now?”
“ what?”
“Let’s just quickly stop by the gallows before going to church. You can find out what's going on, right?.”
Ellen put her arms around my neck and looked up at me with suspicious eyes..
“I say again, I don't like barbarians.”
“Are you really an X-King racecist??”
“Wow, what?”
“That's it. You don't have a choice anyway, so keep your mouth shut..”
“This crazy guy, ugh!”
Ellen let out a loud yell as she wrapped her arms around the writhing boy..
“Hey, don’t let this go! hey! Let go!”
I walked away, ignoring the small hand tapping my waist..
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