Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 77
Episode 77 〈 Hashashin and King Rahamma 〉
=======================
I frowned.
Just as I was about to ask him what he had been doing until now, Rupel came to his senses and got off my shoulder and sat down.
He looked blankly at White.
“Oh father?”
“It’s been a while, son. “You are now a young man!”
It was my father who greeted me leisurely.
It is not that he has been missing for 11 years, but that he has been on a business trip for a month or two.
I had a bad feeling looking at White like that.
I can’t say he’s my biological father, but he is the biological father of this body.
His mother, Yulicia, was murdered, the first prince, Luan, was cursed, and the imperial palace was overrun by vampires.
Still, he did not visit the imperial palace.
He could never be considered a good father.
“Where have you been for decades?”
White smiled bitterly at my question.
“I was looking for someone.”
“person?”
White nodded.
And just as he was about to open his mouth, a loud noise echoed throughout the city.
Me, Tinya Hans, and Rupel White turned our heads at the same time.
Red-hot flames rose in the sky far away.
I went out the castle gate and looked outside.
Oil-soaked rocks crashed and rolled around, crushing buildings.
Soon, trumpets and drums sounded.
War?
There is only one army to attack Aslan’s city.
“Is this a prosperous kingdom?”
“No, that’s probably not true.”
White came to the side.
“The sound of drums and trumpets is not ours.”
“then?”
Tinya, who came out of the castle gate, twitched her ears.
“This sound, this military song, is Aslan’s army. That too…”
Her pale face turned pale.
“This is the army of my father King Rahamma.”
She stared blankly at the burning city.
I also looked at the city.
In the distance, Aslan’s soldiers could be seen entering through the gap in the outer gate.
“Why is Aslan attacking their city? “Why are you plundering your own territory because you ran out of supplies?”
It happened occasionally in history.
Foolish kings plundered their own territory to boost the morale of their soldiers and to get supplies.
Of course, the result was the opposite.
Tinya shook her head as if she didn’t understand my question.
“I don’t know either. Why would such a terrible thing happen…!”
“Oh, there’s something that bothers me a bit about that.”
White crossed his arms and muttered,
“Maybe it’s me.”
Everyone looked at White.
White smiled awkwardly as if he was embarrassed.
“What is it? First of all, you are the son of the Holy Emperor. Moreover, you left the imperial palace right after the succession ceremony of the Holy Emperor. In reality, when you return to the imperial palace, you will be in the position of ‘Holy Emperor.’ “I guess I will be the one sitting in it. I guess they decided that I alone can prevent this war.”
“…”
Does that mean you’re going to blow up a city just to catch one person?
King Rahamma seemed to be beside himself.
“Isn’t it time to relax and chat now?”
Hans had already pulled the carriage.
“First of all, the status card is ready. Since you are a merchant, if you go out and bribe and persuade them well…”
“I don’t think that would be a good idea, do you?”
As White said, I glanced at him.
“By attacking your own city, you mean that you are determined to annihilate all the humans here. Even if you are a merchant, it is obvious that you will be exposed to danger if you go out.”
At those words, I touched my forehead.
“It’s getting bigger and bigger.”
“That doesn’t mean you can’t run away. “There are two ways out.”
White raised his index and middle fingers.
“One is hiding. They hide until they get tired and wait for an opportunity. In fact, it’s almost impossible. Another thing…”
White said with a shrug.
“Someone becomes the bait and diverts the attention of the military. “We are holding on to King Rahamma for a while.”
“Who will be the bait?”
Tinya and Hans Ruppel remained silent in response to my question.
After all, who would want to face Aslan’s army?
“Didn’t you kill that dragon? “Wouldn’t it be possible to deal with Aslan’s army as well?”
Hans asked quietly.
Unfortunately, that was quite reckless.
Of course, if you use Amon’s relics, you can deal with Aslan’s army, but the problem lies in ‘time’.
As time passes, the burden of the relic will increase, and eventually it will be left in a state of incapacity to fight.
“That’s hard. “No matter how much I do, it’s impossible.”
Hans lowered his head.
White shrugged.
“Well, actually, it’s better for me to be the bait. “Because I was the one they were targeting in the first place.”
“Can you survive?”
White answered my question leisurely.
“I’m not as good as my father, but I’m pretty good at it too. Well, if the king and the feudal lords come at me at once, I’ll have to run away. Allen, if you are skilled enough to summon an ancient mummy, wouldn’t you be able to summon a skeleton horse or other skeleton soldiers?”
I nodded.
“Then ride the skeleton horse and run away. If you are skilled enough to take down a fortress alone, you will be able to overcome scattered soldiers and break through the weak siege outside the city. Is it worth a try? “I will deal with King Rahamma and the princes.”
“I’m sorry I’m in the middle of the story, but I think if you’re going to do it, you need to do it quickly.”
Ruppel came between me and White.
He pointed towards the city.
Because the fortress was located on a hill, the interior of the city was clearly visible.
All exits leading out of the city are lined with soldiers.
And from all of those exits, Aslan’s army advanced without hesitation.
Aslan’s people were scared and busy running away.
It’s like herding animals.
If we advance step by step like this, eventually.
“I will come to this fortress.”
Everyone except White turned pale at my words.
* *
Rahamma’s army was out of control.
“Everyone push into the square!”
The orders they received were to capture or kill the ‘crown prince’ and ‘prince’.
However, there was no way for ordinary soldiers to know the faces of the royal family of the Holy Imperial Family.
So the order given is ‘hunting animals.’
To drive out all the people in Jebelium to the center.
And the task was to find the crown prince and the prince there.
It was simply an order to gather the people in one place, but Aslan’s army recognized it as a ‘capture’ and ‘plunder.’
Killing people for fun, stealing valuables, raping women, etc.
I had no self-control.
“Emperor Rahamma said that no responsibility will be taken!”
“These people here are no longer our people!”
A declaration like this was tantamount to saying that those in Jebelium would no longer be treated as ‘people’.
It is a city of slaves.
The status of slaves and commoners there is lower than that of other cities.
These were Aslan’s soldiers who had already been routed several times.
My helplessness made me mentally exhausted, and my exhaustion and anger made me lose my reason.
“Please save me!”
An old man was trembling as he hugged a child who appeared to be his grandchild.
Aslan’s soldiers grinned at the child.
They swung their swords and cut off the old man’s back.
“Aaaah!”
“grandfather!”
The child grabbed his grandfather and cried.
“Run away too! hurry!”
“But…”
The child couldn’t leave his grandfather’s side.
It was when Aslan’s soldier raised his sword to cut down the child.
A flash of light pierced Aslan’s soldiers.
The head exploded and gunshots belatedly echoed.
The Aslan soldiers who were with him were startled and looked in the direction from which the flash came. But soon even their heads exploded.
“It’s magic!”
“Everyone hide!”
The Aslan soldiers, who seemed well-trained, hid between the buildings.
The child flinched.
But no flash of light came to him or the old man.
It just pierced through Aslan’s soldiers sticking their heads out.
‘They’re protecting us!’
Some wizard was protecting them.
The child realized this and looked away.
A flash of light flashed from the fortress, instantly knocking down the soldiers.
The child grabbed the old man and dragged him.
‘We have to get to the castle!’
“Grandpa, Grandpa!”
The old man’s condition was already unclear.
A large amount of blood flowed from the old man’s body.
As the old man groaned, a flash of light flew and pierced him.
The child was startled and closed his mouth.
They weren’t protecting themselves!
But soon the child was surprised.
The old man’s wounds were healing.
It was completely healed without any scars.
“grandfather?”
“Body, body…? “No, this is not the time!”
The old man also stroked his own back. Then he quickly picked up the child, carried him, and ran.
“grandfather! Let’s go to the castle!”
The old man turned his head at the child’s cry.
A being in white armor on a distant castle wall pierced Aslan’s soldiers with magic.
“That’s right!”
It wasn’t just children and the elderly.
All the people and slaves in Yebelium headed to the fortress.
Only from there was the light of salvation flowing.
* *
I pulled the trigger.
I used the [Sniping] skill to pierce the Aslan soldier’s head.
On the castle wall, I breathed into my musket.
“Oh son. That looks like a fun toy. “Is this a weapon developed by the Holy Emperor?”
White spoke in a friendly manner.
Why is this man being so friendly to the subject who neglected his son for 11 years?
Above all, even though I was biologically his son, I was just a shell.
Honestly, I could see him as a complete stranger.
I smiled bitterly and said.
“Please help the citizens who come here.”
“It’s a good mindset. “You will become a successful person someday.”
“I have no intention of becoming one, and those things will be taken care of by my brothers.”
I pulled the trigger again.
White looked at me for a moment, scratched his head, and went down the rampart.
Tinya and Hans took refuge in the castle.
Inside the fortress and the dungeon, tens of thousands of people could be comfortably protected.
“You really go through all sorts of things in life.”
Is it war this time?
In an enemy country, they are protecting the enemy’s people and killing the enemy’s soldiers.
This is truly a ridiculous situation.
“Angel! “Angel!”
Tinya called me.
I looked down the castle walls.
There was a carriage, and there were Ruppel and Tinya Hans.
“I’m ready to get out!”
I came down the castle wall.
Then, he summoned a skeleton horse and attached it to the carriage.
I turned to look at White.
He decided to remain in the citadel.
This is because White decided to act as a decoy to attract the attention of King Rahamma.
“Well, their goal is me. “If we fight outside the castle, Aslan’s people will be safe.”
“What do you plan to do if King Rahamma and the princes come?”
White shrugged his shoulders at that question.
“Like I said before, I’m going to fight and fall. No matter how much I am, King Rahamma is a tough opponent. “If Rahamma can survive the fight with his father, then all is said and done.”
White smiled bitterly and placed his hand on my head.
“I wanted to meet you after a long time and have a long conversation. “It happens again.”
“Let’s live and meet in the Holy Kingdom. “Let’s share more stories that we couldn’t talk about back then.”
White smiled softly.
I watched him silently and then got into the carriage.
“I hope you’re safe.”
“Okay, be healthy. “See you at home.”
The skeleton horse raised its front paw and swung.
The carriage started running.
I looked at White in front of the castle gate moving away and then looked away.
At some point, his appearance disappeared and the carriage entered the alley.
The skeleton horse ran wildly, crushing obstacles in its way.
“what?”
“Skeleton horse?”
“Stop. A necromancer from somewhere!”
Aslan’s soldiers aimed their spears, but the skeleton horse trampled them and ran.
I smiled bitterly.
After all, it seems like the father is the father.
Seeing that he was left alone to protect his two sons.
The skeleton horse left the alley.
I ran through the wide city streets.
At that time, a black shadow moved nimbly along the roof of the building.
Something is following.
I lifted my head in surprise.
An unidentified group of people wearing masks.
They are in hot pursuit, jumping across the roof of the building.
“oh my god. “What is that again?”
Can you keep up with the gallop of a skeleton horse with human legs? Does that make sense!
As I made a shocked expression, Tinya raised her head and looked at them.
With a stiff face, she told them their identities.
“Hashashin!”
They are the children of King Rahamma.
Aslan’s special forces specializing in assassinations with versatile talents.
Those wearing masks rolled their eyes and looked at me and Rupel.
Eventually, he concentrated his magic power in his hand and fired it into the sky like a signal flare.
Is it because of that?
The Hashashins who had been scattered from all over the city began to gather as time passed.
Demihumans wearing black leather clothes and iron masks. They were in fierce pursuit.
When about 100 people gathered,
they started attacking.
The crossbow was fired and the bolt pierced the carriage.
“Ugh!”
Ruppel and Hans covered their heads.
Tinya quickly created a protective shield.
I fired back with my musket.
The Christmas bullet seemed to pierce the Hasashins, but they quickly dodged it.
“front! Front!”
I looked away.
It seems that the signal from the Hasashins had reached the Aslan soldiers.
Aslan’s army was encamped in front.
The soldiers blocked the narrow road.
“Allen, what should we do now!”
At Ruppel’s words, I snapped my fingers.
What should I do?
“I have to drill it!”
The ground cracked around the running carriage, and bones protruded out.
The skeletons combined, and skeletal horses and skeletons were summoned.
Light was engraved on their bodies, and dwarven items were in the item window.
Barding and armored helmets, and cavalry dragons in their hands. A spear lance was summoned.
-Koooooo!
The heavily armored skeleton cavalry galloped away.
The Aslan soldiers were frightened and raised their shields and raised their spears.
But it was meaningless. The soldiers were frightened by the paws of the skeleton horse and retreated.
The formation Their spears could not pierce the skeletal horse’s barding and the skeleton’s armor.
Rather, the spear blades were broken by the dwarven armor, and the horses’ hooves crushed the shields of the Aslan soldiers. The
undead cavalry trampled on them and advanced
.