I’m Not That Kind of Talent - Chapter 321

321. Whose side are you on? (2)

When the demons crossed the castle walls, the soldiers and heroes of the Mountain Kingdom tried to evacuate the king. But…

“Evacuation.”

Instead of agreeing with the actions of the loyal children, Yeonhwa just laughed softly. A faint voice lingered among them.

“Where should we evacuate?”

“….”

There was no place to go. Even if we escape from this castle safely, what is left?

The life of a fugitive, anxious because you don’t know when you will die? Can it really be called life? Compared to the dishonor of being a king who abandoned his people and ran away to survive, the only benefit of running away was delaying death for a while, so Yeonhwa did not feel the need to run away.

That’s why she didn’t get up from her seat even when people around her urged her to do so.

“Thank you for your concern, but Gwain was planning on sharing his fate here with the castle anyway. So I guess you just need to leave.”

“Your Majesty… How could you say such a thing…”

“Why do you think you have to put orders in your mouth to follow them?”

“….”

The soldiers hesitate. Their eyes were focused on one hero.

The hero who was supposed to remain by the king’s side and protect her until the end was looking dissatisfied with his darkened face.

“It is our duty to protect Your Majesty.”

“…If that’s the case.”

Yeonhwa sighed at the resolute spirit that seemed to never back down even if the king’s command was invoked, and pursed her lips with an expression of unwillingness.

“How about you being the only one left?”

“…If that is the maximum that Your Highness can allow.”

This is the most she’s ever done. The hero who noticed this made a dark expression as if he didn’t like it, but spit out the affirmative.

Only three people remained in the space where ordinary people were taken. Yeonhwa looked out the window in silence for a moment in the heavy, subdued air, and then turned her head to the only ordinary person left here. As if he had been waiting, the talented tactician met his gaze.

“Saerin.”

Saerin, reading the meaning contained in the short call, smiled softly.

“I will stay.”

“Do you think Gwain will allow it?”

“I am about to die, so is the king’s permission more important than my stubbornness?”

That’s true though. Yeonhwa smiled bitterly.

‘When the duke died, he wanted revenge, but when it was time for me to die, he wanted to die with me.’

How should I accept this?

Even though he had a strange expression on his face, he quickly hid it for a moment and asked lightly.

“Aren’t you going to avenge Gwain?”

“Because there is no one with enough power to take revenge. Where should I go to seek revenge when everything is falling apart? I too will share your fate here. “This result came about because of the incompetence of the manager, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to stay and take responsibility.”

“This is so… romantic.”

Does this mean that he would have taken revenge if the circumstances had been possible? It’s an honor.

Yeonhwa, who was smiling with an unknown emotion, suddenly erased her expression from her face.

The gaze that was looking at Saerin slowly falls down. A heavy voice came out as if he was muttering, as if he was unable to raise his gaze due to guilt.

“Because of the wine, you too will die.”

“He’s not dead yet.”

Don’t kill people who are alive and well already.

Saerin answered firmly.

….

So now.

The demon corps commander who finally killed the hero lets out a long breath, as if trying to catch his breath. Although he was injured in a battle with a hero, he appears to have no trouble moving. As Saerin looked at the tips of her sharp fingernails dripping with blood, she suddenly remembered a day in the past.

A hollow laugh came out silently.

‘…Even as death approaches, I still think of the duke. It makes me very ill.’

As I burned his body, I dared to say his name several times. It was a small greed of a commoner who gave a name that he could not call while alive, knowing that he would have no more to call since he was dead.

And then I stopped laughing out loud.

‘When I die… will there be someone who will call my name?’

I cry out my name, feel sad, and miss you.

‘No, I wonder if anyone will remember that I existed in the first place.’

Probably not. Because even the only person who has a chance will soon die together in this place. Now that the world is going crazy, it would be better not to even have expectations. She knew her subject well.

That’s why Saerin was able to remain calm despite the death that was so close to her now that she had lost hope of revenge.

‘….’

Tuk. Fighting. The sound of blood dripping is clear.

She glanced at her king, who was quietly gazing at the other person with resigned eyes, as if waiting for execution, under his calm face, and took a quick step forward.

Dernivan’s gaze, which had been directed at her since he had already laughed out loud at the movement that subtly or blatantly obscured the king, narrowed. A pitiful human being struggling to control his trembling was reflected in his lifeless eyes.

‘…I don’t understand why they blocked such a hot topic, but…’

If you want to die so much, there’s nothing you can’t do.

The demon swings its sharp claws to remove annoying obstacles. Saerin accordingly closed her eyes. Before I lost consciousness, I felt like I could vaguely see the person I had been longing for for the last time.

Purple hair that made my heart flutter just by looking at it.

and.

Sigh!

“….”

The king witnessed a person who had been alive until a moment ago become a corpse right in front of him.

Hot liquid is sprayed on my face and then slowly flows down. Feeling an eerie sensation, Yeonhwa quietly closed her eyes. My fingertips were shaking slightly.

Death is not something to be afraid of. Death has already been prepared. However… something on my shoulder was too heavy.

‘It’s my turn next, but there’s one more thing I can’t take responsibility for, not even death.’

Knowing that he would not be able to take full responsibility for this, the king trembled with guilt and self-loathing.

Dernivan looked at her for a moment and waved his hand. An eerie sound splits the air, and a moment later, a terrible pain is felt. As if my weakened body was collapsing, I glanced over and saw a lowered vision reflected in my eyes.

When she saw Saerin’s body at a glance, she thought again.

As expected….

‘Because of the wine, you too will die.’

This time there was no rebuttal.

….

“The cleanup of the mountain country has been completed.”

***

Who knew that breaking Jin’s main axis would end up strangling me?

The longer the battle went on, the more unfavorable the situation became, and Develania gritted her teeth. After looking at me with a murderous gaze, I saw Lirinel running wild like a colt with no reins loose.

If he had consumed a lot of magical power, it would be even more difficult because, as a guy with a talent for magic, he is maximizing efficiency with minimal magical energy. The situation might have been better if the opponent was only her… but the enemy now is not just the 11th Legion.

“…shit!”

Develania glared at the 4th Corps commander who kept checking the unfolding of the thread and swore at him.

Dealing with all of this alone is inefficient. It would be better to join forces with others to deal with it.

“…2nd Corps! “Let’s go to the place we talked about in advance!”

As soon as she could make up her mind, she immediately used up her precious magical power to cast a spell.

Even so, it would be a waste to take all these corps members to the meeting place at once due to insufficient magical power. The corps members do not have enough magical power to move that distance to be able to move on their own using magic.

Just to give myself a moment of relief, I moved all the corps members to a place about 10 meters away from here, then immediately turned around and started running. The corps members, who had heard the words in advance before going on the campaign trail, also acted quickly.

“what…?”

“Huh, are they running away now…?”

Idelia, the commander of the 4th corps, who looked at Develania and the 2nd corps following her as they quickly left, looked dumbfounded, then glanced at Lirinel. As if Ririnel was also looking this way, our eyes immediately met.

Even though they were enemies, they were able to clearly understand each other’s thoughts at this time.

‘The priority is to chase down those who run away.’

If you miss it, the consequences will definitely not be good.

“…3rd corps, 4th corps. Chase the fleeing 2nd Corps! Be careful of attacks from behind!”

Of course, that doesn’t mean we’re on the same side, so it would be a good idea to be careful of the 11th Corps’ attacks while chasing them.

Idelia’s order is given, and Lirinel seems to have kept this in mind as well, giving orders to chase the 2nd corps while being cautious of attacks from the 3rd and 4th corps. Idelia quietly avoided her gaze and hid her hands behind her back.

My hands, which had become weak from fighting another battle while having exhausted a lot of my strength during the battle with the hero, were shaking slightly.

‘At this level, I’m glad I didn’t miss the fan…’

…Stamina can be recovered while taking a break from battle.

It’s a close call, but we can’t just leave the reactionaries alone. Accelerating the pace of chasing the 2nd corps, Idelia glanced back at Lirinel, who looked a bit distracted.

At least while chasing the 2nd Corps, it doesn’t look like there will be a battle unless we attack from this side first. That’s a good thing.

‘Even if he pretends not to be, he looks anxious… I guess it’s because he senses where the 2nd Corps is going.’

Develania’s goal is to kill both Deonhardt and the Demon King.

Lirinel is not a fool either, so she must have fully sensed the purpose from the conversation between me and Develania and her actions in attacking both the 11th Legion that follows Deonhardt and the 3rd and 4th Legions that follow the Demon Lord.

It is obvious without even looking at which of Deonhardt and the Demon King Develania will try to kill first.

‘…I think the battle is over for Deonhardt.’

Coincidentally, he came out to the human world to fight the hero and killed Deon Hart first, who had lost much of his strength, and then returned to the demon world and killed the demon king.

The person who wanted to harm Deon Hardt was running in his direction, so it was natural for Lyrinel to feel anxious.

***

“…Everyone has been chewing on my words since a while ago.”

The 1st Corps and the 10th and 12th Corps exchange attacks. Jaycar, commander of the 1st Corps, was in the midst of a battle with Myers, commander of the 12th Corps.

Despite asking several times what the situation was, Silua, the 7th Corps commander, growled lowly as if he was offended when he received no answer.

“Is it delicious?”

“….”

“There is so much to eat in the world, so why are you chewing on my words?”

Grumble, grumble.

He sat down and started saying irritated things one after another. As if she was bothered, Jaykar shifted the direction of the attack by gently pushing Myers’ spear as it was swinging at me to the side. The sharp tip of the spear was pointed at Silua.

Cheaeng!

Silua blocked this with her dagger and raised her vertical pupils.

“Is this… a fight?”

There is no answer back. She grinned, reading positivity in the silent Jaycar and in the attitude of Myers, who slightly backed away but did not deny it. The bewilderment disappeared and a creepy murderous look filled my eyes.

“It looks like they are trying to kill each other beyond just fighting…”

Even so, I wanted to kill the corps commander at least once, so it was good…?!

For a moment, Silua’s expression became blank. … Did I see it right? Even after blinking, a dumbfounded voice came out at the scene that had not changed.

“Why are you running away?”

The commander of the 12th Corps escaped! Take my corps members and the 10th corps!

In an instant, the enemy disappeared. The 1st Corps that was dealing with them also looked at each other as if they couldn’t understand the situation and looked at Jaykar as if seeking an answer. However, before Jaykar could give a new command, he had to lower his head to avoid the onslaught of attacks.

Silua, who was dazed by the absurdity for a moment, smiled as if it was okay and continued her attack.

“It’s unfortunate, but I need you to be my opponent, at least as the 1st Corps commander. “You’re not going to touch me first and then back away like this, are you?”

“….”

It’s okay to fight since you have to kill him anyway, but it’s difficult to lose the 12th Corps commander. The empire’s side hasn’t been completely sorted out yet.

While constantly blocking and repelling incoming attacks, Jaykar glanced back at the direction they had disappeared in and the imperial palace visible in the distance.

‘First of all… we have to sort out the empire first.’

Killing the corps commanders comes next.

After making a decision, Jaykar, who had just pushed Silua away and turned around, took a step forward… but then stopped. The imperial palace was strangely noisy.

It was not caused by demons. This strange uproar….

“…rebellion?”

“ah? That’s right. Enemies have entered the castle, and although they cannot join forces, there is internal strife. “Humans are also really stupid.”

If the emperor’s reputation was what it used to be, would a rebellion break out in such a dangerous situation? Or perhaps it was because of this chaotic situation that a rebellion broke out.

‘Anyway, if we leave it alone, the emperor will die.’

It is good to be certain, but it is difficult to miss the commander of the 12th Corps. Jaykar, who flexibly changed his judgment depending on the situation, turned around and gave orders to his corps members.

“1st Corps From now on, we will chase the 10th and 12th Corps that escaped.”

“…where are you planning to run away from instead of fighting me?”

“Ignore the 7th Legion.”

“…under.”

Are you going to come out like that? If so, I’ll make it so you can’t ignore it.

Silua, with bright eyes, said while glaring at the 1st corps running after the runaway corps.

“7th Legion, you know?”

“….”

“Follow me right away.”