Chapter 553
After getting out of the graveyard for no family, we had to wait for the night.
When night falls, we will curse the land, and by the powers of corruption we will raise the dead to be our armies.
There, Royard and Epinhauser will make an exception, and there is nothing like a word to justify it.
I decided to do it, so I will do it.
however.
An unexpected situation happened.
There are many mourners.
In particular, there are too many people wearing military uniforms.
in real time too.
It is not strange that there are people in military uniforms in the ecliptic, but it is certainly strange that they appear in large numbers at the National Cemetery.
Looks like everyone went away and came back.
Soon, he had the expression of a person at the Allied garrison.
Soldiers, returning soldiers.
“Have you taken a vacation as a group after the occupation of Serandia?”
“I guess so… … .”
Until winter passes, the allied forces will hold their breath.
So, while not everyone could return to the ecliptic, it was clear that some personnel were given the privilege of returning to the ecliptic.
There would be many places to stop by first for those who had left the imperial capital for a long time, but in this national cemetery there would be tombstones of soldiers, knights, and wizards who fought in the Gate Avalanche.
So it may be natural for allied officials to visit this national cemetery.
Originally, the attack on Serandia did not take place in the winter, and the allied forces chose to hold out during the winter in other regions.
That’s why the war of attrition to protect the base continues.
However, since Serandia has now been pacified, the allied forces have sufficiently secured the safety of the nearby garrison.
Since it was a relatively safe environment, the entire army could not return, but high-ranking officials or special people could spend the winter by returning to the ecliptic or their safe country. Of course, it will vary from person to person.
So now that the monsters in the area around Serandia have been completely eradicated, the area must have been fairly safe. That’s why there are soldiers returning via mass teleport to the ecliptic.
Among the places that returnees can go to, the national cemetery will be included in the circulation with a very high probability. It must be the place where comrades are sleeping, so there will be many people who want to come, either as a group or as an individual.
Since the march has been long, there are people who take a vacation.
Of course, ordinary soldiers would not be able to return to the ecliptic unless it was a dire situation. It’s not a warp gate, and movement through mass teleport isn’t a right that anyone can enjoy.
therefore.
High-ranking officials in each army, high-ranking imperial commanders and nobles.
A high-ranking knight, cleric, or wizard.
And, it would be a privilege that only royal class members could enjoy.
* * *
Cognitive impairment magic is not omnipotent. Excellent knights, as well as high-ranking mages, can see through magic without even casting. The same goes for invisibility, and the same goes for all other types of stealth magic.
It can be highly deceitful, but there is no trick that anyone can fool.
Isn’t there a rare guy who even possesses superpowers called supernatural resistance? I belong to one of them too.
So, there is no magic that can fool everyone’s eyes.
Of course, Harriet can use high-level stealth magic, but if she casts clumsily, her rather suspicious movements could be discovered.
There may be those who step into the national park one after another who do not know magic at all, but as many unspecified people come, those who can see through our cognitive impairment magic may come.
I can camouflage close to transformation, but Olivia and Harriet cannot do that.
We can avoid the gaze of unspecified military officials who are only now entering, but we do not know when we will be discovered by their gaze.
I didn’t come to a strict place, but it’s becoming a strict place.
“Let’s go at once. It would be a headache if one of the imperial mages suddenly caught my eye after being here.”
“Yeah, that should be it.”
More dangerous people should get out before they get to the National Cemetery.
Originally, there was no such thing as vacation in the Allied Forces.
Looking at the people entering the National Cemetery, it was clear that the Allies were attaching great importance to this victory.
You can tell by looking at the rank insignia.
There are also many who are not of the commander level. That means that the allied forces are currently giving leave in a wide range.
To be honest, since I raised my major, I couldn’t help it.
* * *
I don’t know if we should call it an escape, but Olivia and Harriet, me, and I got out of the National Cemetery before it caught fire from a stern person.
Out on a half-broken bench in a secluded park nearby, Olivia sat blankly.
– Phat!
“I checked, but the allied forces are returning from the plaza in front of the imperial palace. It’s like using a mass teleport.”
Harriet, who quickly reconnoitered the Allied Forces return situation through short-range spatial movement, said so.
“Are the allies really excited about this victory?”
Olivia crossed her arms and clicked her tongue, saying the timing was bad.
be victorious
Yes, there were irreversible deaths, but it was never a defeat.
No, because it was such a victorious battle, rest was necessary.
“Perhaps to boost morale. Because it was a great sacrifice.”
The situation has stabilized, and the military will have a long break. That’s why those who want to return to the ecliptic will be sent back, just like giving away free tickets now. Of course, it will take a long time to reintroduce those who have returned to the battlefield. The unmanageable numbers won’t come back anyway.
“But if this is the case, more ordinary soldiers who can’t come back… … . I think I’m going to get depressed… … .”
Harriet seemed to be unsure if this was correct, and seemed to be concerned about whether it had any significance in boosting morale, regardless of how much it interfered with our strategy.
Do you think that if only high-ranking officials could rest in the ecliptic, they would feel deprived?
Olivia laughed at Harriet’s lengthy response.
“Do you think there are many people who have places to return to? Even if you send it, most people will say that they don’t want to do it. haven’t you seen it before? I think it’s a place where you can’t even ask for rice properly. The ecliptic is like this, but what about the other cities that still remain?”
“ah… … . Yes… … .”
Not everyone’s hometown is the ecliptic.
Those who committed themselves to the military out of fear of starvation may be afraid to leave the military.
A significant number of regular soldiers may feel more comfortable in a garrison where they are given food and a place to sleep than in the hellish hometowns of the Ecliptic or allied forces.
The battlefield is more cozy.
The reality of the allied forces is that most of them cannot enjoy vacation even if they want to go back to their hometowns because they have no place to return to.
So, there are very few people who actually want to return to the ecliptic, so can even soldiers of a fairly low rank return to the ecliptic?
“It’s a problem anyway. I don’t know if there are regular mourners, but now I have no idea who, when, or where will be in that cemetery.”
Of course, the number of residents will increase, and I cannot guarantee that there will be no master classes or archmages among them.
“If you try it once and get caught or have a problem, you shouldn’t see it twice. because the cost will increase. Of course, you can just kill them all and proceed with the ritual, but you, Reinhardt, wouldn’t allow it in the first place, right?”
“sister… … . Then the reason you want to make a Death Knight is meaningless… … .”
“You mean you didn’t do it anyway? Anyway, when the allied forces start marching again, we won’t have time to worry about this, but then we’ll be busy too, so we won’t have time… … .”
“Damn it, you should have come a day earlier… … .”
It’s something that happened, but it can’t be helped.
As Harriet said, making a death knight is to make people die less, but killing all the people in the national cemetery and making a death knight to make a death knight is just a reversed action, regardless of whether it is bad or not.
“First of all, no one will come to pay condolences at night, so the number of people will decrease considerably at night time. Still, there is an if. And in this situation, you have to be aware that the combat power of the entire ecliptic has risen considerably. When there’s a commotion… … . know?”
“… … I guess so.”
High-ranking positions are not simply strong in power, but there is a high possibility that the knights of Chanafell or the Imperial Magicians have returned.
If an unavoidable fight breaks out, something absurd may happen. You can escape through Harriet, but there’s always an “what if” situation.
It’s clear that there won’t be too many people in the National Cemetery at night anyway.
However, there may be a few who are dangerously strong or able to see through our consciousness.
Wouldn’t it be better to make time to come around when winter passes and people leave the ecliptic?
The National Cemetery is very large.
Even if there are one or two people in that vast area, if Olivia starts making Death Knights through a ritual, someone will see Death Knights coming out of the ground or the coffin lid… … .
“Let’s change the order.”
“order?”
“There are more eyes on the National Cemetery. Isn’t there one place that won’t change much?”
A place where most people cannot even enter.
“Imperial Mausoleum. Let’s brush it off from there.”
Even now, when the soldiers went on vacation in large numbers, it would still be a place without people.
That’s why, even if you’re robbed, there’s bound to be time before you’re robbed.
I will visit the imperial mausoleum first, and then return here again.
* * *
I was helping Bertus unilaterally, but I never asked Bertus’ permission.
In the first place, this is a big step beyond the line. Perhaps after this incident, even if Bertus really wanted to kill me, he wouldn’t have much to say.
There is no difference between a national cemetery and an imperial mausoleum. If he said that he would revive the corpses and remains there as Death Knights and use them as power, Bertus might bite his tongue and die on the spot.
It’s one-sided help, so I’ll do one-sided plunder.
The National Cemetery seemed to be a little easier, but the situation made the National Cemetery a bit more difficult. The more eyes you see, the greater the risk of being discovered, and the more likely those eyes will belong to those who do not care.
First the imperial mausoleum, then the national cemetery.
After securing the Death Knights, escape.
“Then now I have to infiltrate the imperial castle… … .”
Since we are now in the north of the ecliptic, we could see the strong walls of Emperatos, the huge imperial castle, to the south.
It is a physically and magically fortified place.
Same level of magic barrier as the Temple.
No matter how great it is, if the barrier is activated to its maximum, it can block many meteors.
And a barrier that blocks the entry of demons. In the case of Sarkegar and me, it is possible to pass after transformation, but not Airi.
Of course, since Charlotte, who is no different from a half demon, lived a normal life, in some cases, it is temporarily canceled or it is presumed that it has nothing to do with the inside.
Charlotte gave some tips.
First, how to use the underground aqueduct.
“They say there is a way to access the sewer on the side of the imperial palace by taking the waterway… … . The empire is not stupid, and of course the canal is impassable, and I don’t know if it’s possible to dispel, but if it’s possible, I’ll be able to go there. First of all, it’s not a place that people notice.”
There is a dog hole.
However, there is preparation, and of course, the preparation is not at an ordinary level.
Not to mention the alarms, Charlotte said, the floodgates wouldn’t be easy to break through.
If you pierce it, you can enter the imperial castle without being noticed by anyone. I’m just not sure if I’ll be able to break through.
In the first place, if Charlotte knew how to infiltrate the imperial palace, Charlotte was in a position to fundamentally block that infiltration method since she was a member of the imperial family. So it doesn’t make sense for her to know how Charlotte sneaks into her palace in the first place.
“I could go there by sneaking into the wagon where the offerings and presents for the imperial palace go, but… … . Of course, you shouldn’t get caught at the search desk. And first of all, we’ll have to disguise or buy the wagon, so we’re not the only ones in danger when it becomes a problem.”
“I see… … .”
Harriet sighed.
“I have to go in after stabbing people who can enter the imperial palace and stealing their IDs or whatever, but it would be meaningless if I was the only one who entered in the first place… … .”
How to use the real product.
How to disguise your ID.
How to use waterways.
There is also a way to disguise someone’s servant, but this is impossible as there are no connections in the imperial family anymore.
Of course, it was impossible to tell Bertus to open the door to the imperial mausoleum because he would rob it.
“If it’s not this or that, you can go into the underground waterway to the part that corresponds to the lower part of the imperial castle, dig up the ground and drill it through the top, of course, then you will touch the barrier. After all, you need magical defenses.”
No matter how versatile Harriet is, asking her to deal with it on her own is an excessive request.
It’s not all about magic.
In the first place, all methods Charlotte knows are prepared methods.
Charlotte tries to tell her as much as possible, but in the end, she can’t help but tell her how to get in.
“What, how did you try to enter the imperial palace if this and that didn’t work?”
Olivia pursed her lips.
“It’s not that it’s impossible, it can be done, but it’s dangerous.”
In the end, it’s just a matter of possibility, and there’s absolutely no such thing as impossible.
just dangerous
And it’s best to keep it as secret as possible.
“Are you a jerk after all? I wouldn’t know if it was a day ago, but it would be a bit bigger now?”
There is no guarantee that we will die, but there is no guarantee that escape will be possible.
There is no need to say that there is a reason.
They were caught attempting to rob or trespass into the royal tomb at an out of the blue timing, so it would be bullshit to say that there were various circumstances.
We are really going to do bad things and persuasion is pointless.
“You can’t enter with magic. right?”
“… … Although I don’t know how. huh. In reality, it is.”
It is impossible to teleport into the imperial castle.
There are many ways, but in the end, the safest way at this point is one.
“Let’s use our psychic powers.”
Superpower if not magic.
“Super power… … ? no way… … ?”
“Yeah, didn’t we run into each other not too long ago?”
Requires Kono Lint.
“I don’t know if he would have come by now… … . There is a place we promised. let’s go there It might be there.”
“promise? Lindt agreed to help with this? when? Did you go to the allied camp? Did you have time for that?”
At my words, Harriet was dumbfounded and tilted her head.
“no? Haven’t you ever made a promise to him?”
“what? So, who did you promise?”
“With Sarkegar.”
At my words, Olivia and Harriet’s expressions began to rot.
You never had time to talk to Kono Lint?
I made a promise to the person who was going to bring it.
Regardless of your own will, of course.
“and… … .”
“Some parts of our Reinhardt never change… … .”
Neither Olivia nor Harriet could hide their expressions of disgust.
* * *
The meeting place is none other than what was once the headquarters of a Rotary club.
It was an underground aqueduct under the Bronzegate Bridge.
“You crazy bastard! What to do with me!”
There, Kono Lint, who must have been captured, was captured by Antirianus.
And, although it was the first time he had seen it, obviously disguised as an Allied female soldier, Sarkegar was also present.
“There is something I need your help with.”
you or me
The scale is now very different from before.
As I put my arm around the guy’s shoulder, his complexion turned blue.
“Don’t touch my body, you pervert!”
of course.
The guy was disgusted in a slightly different way than before.
“?”
“… … ?”
And everyone had no idea what the word pervert meant.
* * *
“My, why should I help you!”
Kono Lint’s terrified voice reverberated through the sewers.
There are no Rotary clubs, and the refugees are in refugee camps, so there are no beggars living under the bridge anymore, so even if he shouted, no one would hear it.
“Because you are the only one who can help me in this situation.”
“… … Is that the attitude of someone asking for help?”
no that’s right
There is no way to stop psychic powers except for a few really special people, and infiltrating the ecliptic is a piece of cake for Kono Lint, and he can also let other people in.
“No, didn’t you hear about it in the first place? What’s the point of coming all the way here and not being able to help?”
“I must have come on my own… … . I did come, but if I had known it was like this, I wouldn’t have come!”
“what? Then I figured out what was going on… … .”
Only then did I properly see Sarkegar next to Antirianus.
Sarkegar disguised as an Allied female soldier.
Kind of young looking.
and a pretty girl.
“… … No way, am I right?”
Could this bastard be hooked on this pattern again?
“no! no! no matter what you think… … !”
-Kurreuk
“Uh, what is it?”
Kono Lint’s complexion turned white as Sarkegar changed from his Allied soldier form to that of Count Argon Fonteus, a form he had once so often taken on.
You’re seeing this for the second time.
The transformed Sarkegar grinned and said.
“It was easy, Your Highness. When I asked for help, they followed me without asking or asking.”
A pitiful beautiful girl who seems to have been conscripted at an age when she shouldn’t have known anything about fighting.
It seems that Kono Lint’s heart can’t be endured without being torn apart.
The boy muttered with a puzzled expression.
“also… … . Fooled again… … .”
“… … Some parts of you never change.”
It wasn’t me who said that, it was Harriet.
“no! I’m the type to help anyone when they ask for help! never! Absolutely not… … . female… … . pestilence… … .”
Kono Lint’s face reddened and shouted.
“okay! know! Now, all these girls who get entangled in my life must be bastards like you! uh! Fuck! Don’t be fooled anymore!”
The guy finally gave up and sobbed.
Come to think of it.
If you look at the biggest victim of my evil deeds, isn’t this guy?
“… … Do you often go through this? What are you talking about?”
“Iknow, right?”
Naturally, Olivia and Harriet tilted their heads at the strange sound.
“That, you don’t have to know that!”
I widened my eyes as if I would kill Kono Lint if I said any more.
