The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 656
Chapter 656
“Are you saying not to charge the arc crystal?”
Kaier frowned upon hearing Rudina’s words.
“Yeah, in this state, you only need to use Diane’s battle.”
When the fight in Diane is over, the gate crisis is over. So, it was Rudina’s suggestion to leave it as it is and use the Arc Crystal only once.
“You don’t have to keep using it during battle.”
As Kaier said, the Arc Crystal was being used by Kaier while in battle and by Rdina drawing and using magic.
“You fell down then.”
“… … .”
Kaier’s physical condition is very bad.
Even if there was only one final battle left, it was unknown whether Kaier would be safe while using the Arc Crystal in the same way.
An arc crystal that is now fully charged.
After this, Rudina suggested that the final battle be done without recharging and that Kaier be absent.
Rudina nodded while looking at Kaier with a hard expression.
“I know what you want to say. With you, I’ll be able to use more magic too. Obviously that will help.”
“… … .”
“But you know. what… … . Having a strange army.”
Kaier’s eyes widened at those words.
Now Kaier knows what that army is.
“What do people say… … . They say it’s an undead army made from the dead, but I don’t know how true it is. But anyway, because of the army, I don’t think the need for you and me is as great as before. So I think it would be enough to use the existing Arc Crystal.”
So, there is no need to use magic to extract life by burning it.
Rudina was saying that.
Kaier knows about Immortals.
Certainly, what Rudina said was not wrong.
As long as there are immortals, the importance and necessity of Ludina, who fires magic from the arc crystal, is less than before.
Soon, the need for Kaier to shoulder the heavy burden is also low.
But will it work?
Before Kaier could say anything.
-Rudina
knelt down in front of Kaier.
“Please.”
Rdina looked up at Kaier while still on her knees.
“Don’t push yourself any further.”
“… … .”
“So far I… … . did too much for you wrong with you because i don’t know anything thinking only of me I was being selfish.”
Kaier silently watched as the senior, younger than himself, begged on his knees.
“I don’t know what to do. I want to apologize, but what should I do? I don’t know what a good apology is. Sorry… … .”
Kaier Bioden laughs bitterly as he looks down at Rdina, who eventually begins to cry.
Kaier wasn’t the only one who was broken.
Ludina, who had to decide the deaths of countless people with her own hands, could not help but be destroyed.
But it must have been so broken.
Apologize for something you’ve broken.
I don’t know what to do, and I’m shaking with my head down.
no need to apologize
Just do what you’ve been doing until now.
Kaier had said so coldly.
But now their role can be taken over by someone else.
If so, there is no need to act coldly anymore.
Isn’t it rather ugly to insist that you can do a little more because you are not dead yet?
Risking one’s life in a situation where you don’t have to risk it is not to end the gate crisis, nor is it because you want to save people.
Even here, telling me to just do what I do as I did a while ago is just a vengeful spirit.
It is to force the scolding kid, who always bullied and bullied himself, to save people with the magic that he made by burning my life, saying that you made me like this.
That’s just naive, regardless of whether it’s right or wrong.
It was just torturing Rudina.
so that.
Kaier kneels in front of Rudina who apologizes.
“I really wanted to see you live with regret for the rest of your life after I die.”
“please… … . please… … .”
“It’s too bad.”
It was an evil word, but in the end, it was a story that he would do as Ludina said.
There is no reason to cling to meaningless work.
Forcibly risking your life in a situation where you don’t have to die is just foolish.
“… … Hee hee hee!”
In the end, Kaier carefully patted Rudina on the shoulder, who was bursting into tears.
“I’m sorry… … . I. I did everything wrong. I… … . You’ve done too much so far.”
“don’t cry. unlucky.”
Kaier cautiously patted the young senior who was unlucky and unwilling.
* * *
Reconciliation is difficult, but once you do it, it sometimes feels like nothing.
In the end, whatever it was, it was the Immortal that made Rudina and Kaier reconcile.
After the appearance of the Immortal, Rdina felt that her existence using the Arc Crystal was not as important as before.
Kaier had no choice but to realize that there was no point in obsessing over recharging the Arc Crystal, feeling a futile sense of mission.
Of course, in the end, the medium of reconciliation was Rdina’s attempt to persuade Kaier.
Only those who have done it know what reconciliation is.
Until reconciliation, it feels like it’s the most difficult thing in the world, but what’s really important is what comes next.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The awkward silence that made me sweat cold right away.
If they were originally very close, it would be possible to reconcile and live as before, but these two don’t have a ‘before’ to talk about in the first place.
The Arc Crystal is a super-large power cartridge.
In the first place, the project related to the Arc Crystal was not conceived by Kaier or Rdina, but by Adelia.
A person who has great magical powers but cannot use them.
A person who is capable of magic calculations at a speed close to that of supernatural powers, but has too little magical power.
Adelia, aware of the existence of the two, made an arc crystal.
So, although Ludina and Kaier are senior and junior, they are close to each other because they met through work in the first place.
In the first place, it was a relationship that was not good, and it was a relationship that left Malgo and met because the relationship didn’t even exist.
So there’s nothing left but to live like before.
At first, I said let’s cheer up, but it was very short-lived and only complaints were piling up.
Since we had never been close and only complained about each other and then reconciled, it was inevitable that it would be more awkward than when we only complained about each other.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Rdina was only wiggling her fingers, and Kaier was no different.
“a little… … . Yes… … . right… … ?”
That was all that Rudina had to say with difficulty.
“… … I know.”
Kaier was just that.
In this case, another topic is needed after all.
Near the Allied Ark Crystal Tower where the advance stopped.
Rudina looks up at the summer night sky where the stars are about to pour.
“But there are a lot of strange rumors these days.”
“ah… … . that.”
“Since the war is coming to an end, it seems that all sorts of things are coming out.”
Rudina was treating all the ominous rumors floating around the allied forces as rumors.
It’s just that people are excited and are just pouring out stories like this.
There were certainly a lot of unbelievable stories.
Listening to Rudina’s words, Kaier spoke quietly.
“Most of that must be true.”
“… … uh?”
“Most of it is true.”
Seeing Rdina embarrassed, Kaier said.
“what… … . is it sound? What rumors are true?”
At Ludina’s question, Kaier stared at Ludina’s bewildered face.
“That the empire used black magic to create an undead army made from the dead.”
“And that there are people who decided to side with the Demon King.”
“That the emperor is involved in the Gate incident.”
“It will all be true.”
At Kaier’s words, Rudina widened her eyes.
“Just because the war is over, it doesn’t mean that everything is over. Something else will start.”
Kaier looked at Rudina quietly.
“I don’t know, but you are an important person. So you should know.”
The truth doesn’t matter.
You have to decide where to choose between truth and facts and where to follow.
* * *
In his barracks, Rudina was sitting blankly.
It was past bedtime, but sleep did not come.
Most of the rumors floating around are true.
Undead army.
traitor of mankind.
That the Emperor is involved in the Gate Incident.
Rudina was the one who didn’t think about whether or not she hated the demon lord.
Rudina could not identify Reinhardt in her head with the demon king known to the world.
However, they could not be completely separated.
I don’t know which one is the real Demon King.
But there was a monster in front of me.
That’s why I only dealt with the monsters in front of my eyes, but I didn’t think about the cause of all this and what I hated, and even if I thought about it, I couldn’t judge what was wrong.
However, as long as the topic has been thrown, we have to worry about what we have been putting off.
Where the hell did all this come from and who is responsible for it?
Didn’t the traitors of humanity actually betray?
In fact, were there separate people who needed to be judged?
Just as many people feel confused, Ludina was likewise lost in the chaos.
The important thing is that the things that were taken for granted so far are collapsing at a very fast pace.
Is the devil really evil?
Was humanity really a victim?
Everyone was being thrown into judgment as the boundaries of truth collapsed.
In the end, Rdina could not stand it and had to leave the barracks carefully.
Is it because there are many sleepless nights as the end approaches?
Rdina could see someone besides herself sitting in a dim corner of the barracks who couldn’t sleep.
“Adriana… … ?”
It was Adriana, who was looking up at the starry sky blankly, not anyone else.
“It’s Ardina.”
“What are you doing not sleeping?”
Rudina carefully sat down next to Adriana and asked.
“just?”
Adriana smiled cautiously and said so.
Adriana has always been a real sister to Rudina, or more than that.
When he said that he was suddenly quitting the temple, Rudina felt the feeling of parting from life.
I felt helpless watching Adriana leave with a cold but sad expression.
Then look at it.
Rudina clearly remembered that Reinhardt’s expression became very serious when Adriana said she was leaving the temple.
Adriana has not returned to the Temple since.
After the Gate incident broke out, he suddenly joined the Temple Army.
Adriana still did not tell Rudina the details.
“Can’t you sleep?”
“huh… … .”
At Adriana’s question, Rudina nodded.
If I told Rudina that she had no connection with the demon king, it would be a lie. Strictly speaking, it’s like bad luck, but if you think about it now, it’s ridiculous to call it bad luck.
And obviously, Adriana’s relationship with Reinhardt was bigger than Rudina’s.
“Did you hear the rumor about Adriana?”
“rumor? ah… … . That’s what you’re talking about.”
It’s not just one or two rumors, but the atmosphere in the Allied Forces is very disturbing. It’s because it’s easy to pick up even people who are dull about rumors.
It was the same thing between Adriana and Rudina that topics related to Reinhardt were taboo.
Therefore, it was almost as if the topic had come up for the first time in many years, even if it was circumstantial.
“What do you think of Adriana?”
rumors.
I don’t know how Kayer Bioden knew, but most of the rumors were true.
I’m still dubious, but what if it’s really true?
No matter how much I thought about it, Rdina couldn’t figure it out.
Adriana is silent for a while, then looks at Rdina.
“It is sad. think so.”
Although it sounds like nothing.
To Rudina, it felt like words that came after a very deep thought.
“Rdina.”
“huh.”
“We must survive.”
Adriana said quietly while holding Rudina’s hand.
It was a word that felt more determined and hopeful than ever before.
Actually, not many words are needed.
Even if there are many unknown truths, even if unknown people arise, the goal is always the same.
to survive.
To survive and live the world.
In the end, all words only speak at length.
Looking straight into Adriana’s eyes, where she could feel her will, Rudina finally said.
I forgot all my worries.
It’s too late to think what the truth is.
fought to survive
fought to save
Now put an end to it.
“huh.”
You just have to survive.
“Be sure to.”
At that simple answer, Adriana hugged Rudina tightly.
* * *
In chaos, the allied forces advance on Diane, the capital of Riselen, a country that has already collapsed with signs of division.
As we got closer to the place where the last gates were clustered, there were monsters coming in even though we hadn’t reached the operation area.
Therefore, the allied forces had no choice but to maintain a constant combat readiness after crossing a certain point.
It was inevitable that the number of monsters that appeared would increase as the distance with Diane narrowed.
The Immortals were constantly deployed to break through the Allied advance route, as well as suppress the monsters that bypassed the Allied advance route and attacked from behind.
The reason why the battle fatigue of the Allies was not so high was that the Immortals, a tireless army, were doing most of the surrounding battles.
So the allied forces step by step, little by little.
The day to put an end to all this long and long work is greeted.
Allied Forces Headquarters.
-Gwoaaaaaaaaaaaa!
-Kurrureung!
The cries, screams, and explosions of the super-large monster were heard from afar.
“Tomorrow.”
Emperor Bertus looked at the gathered military commanders and declared quietly.
The commanders’ expressions were different.
There are those who have already decided to stand on the side of the demon king.
There are still those who are on the side of the Empire.
In the middle, there are those who are looking at the emperor with suspicious eyes.
Personal judgments and opinions are not important.
As long as we are here, we must fight.
No matter who you side with or who you support.
They are the ones who have to end the Gate incident in order to survive.
“Currently, the Immortals are setting up a defensive line near the garrison, and as of tomorrow, the entire army will advance to Diane.”
“As for the operational guidelines, each service should move according to the details handed down. It won’t be much different from the previous operation, but to familiarize yourself with it.”
“Retreat is impossible.”
“Already, the rear areas out of reach of the Allies are infested with monsters.”
“Keep in mind that our army is besieged by monsters.”
With Immortal at the forefront, the allied forces broke through the group of monsters and penetrated Diane. However, as the monsters continued to be replenished, the roads the Allies had already pierced were again infested with monsters.
Fighting will take place in all directions, not in a front-line format.
Only a handful of people can escape through teleportation.
Now, the last armies of mankind are in absolute limbo.
It’s an attack that you can’t even attempt in the first place if you don’t hit such a terrible drainage.
Having come this far, the allied forces must achieve one goal.
Destroy all warp gates in Diane.
If that goal is not achieved and the allied forces are annihilated, humanity will perish.
That’s why everyone had no choice but to quietly listen to the words of Emperor Bertus, who had almost no one on his side.
“Three extra-large gates, five large gates, seven medium-sized, fifteen small.”
“It is the last number of warp gates left in the world, and destroying only them will end the gate crisis.”
“For the allied forces to come this far, mankind’s total strength has been consumed.”
“There is no next.”
“If the army is wiped out with even a single warp gate left, humanity as well as the entire world will end like this.”
Everyone’s expressions became solemn at the solemn declaration.
The same was true of the commander of the Knights Templar, Rowen.
The words to be delivered were not long.
In the end, you have to go and fight.
Someone who has been silent quietly opens his mouth as if he knows that this is the last time.
“your majesty.”
There are things I can only say because it is now.
Because it’s the last minute.
“Did Your Majesty really cause the gate crisis?”
At those words, the solemn atmosphere in the hall hardened.
There was a time when I had nothing to say even though my throat was hanging just because the words came out.
However, since the current situation was special in many ways, it was to the extent that such words could be said in front of the emperor.
Emperor Bertus looked at the person who brought up the words.
It’s a word that boils in everyone’s head.
However, there is only one person who brought that up as a representative.
Bertus stared at him with a hard expression.
“Is that important now?”
neither positive nor negative.
But strictly speaking, it was close to positive.
The emperor speaks with his eyes closed.
“May the gods bless us all.”
that’s probably
It must have been the emperor’s only sincerity.
* * *
-Kuuuuuuuuuu
From not far away, I hear the cries of countless monsters and explosions.
The advance starts tomorrow, but the battle continues.
The weapons of war will be assembled the moment they arrive at the operational area and will start bombarding, and will have to clear the road once the advance begins.
The battle itself won’t be long, as it always has been with city assault battles.
If the battle is prolonged, that means annihilation in the first place. It is a battlefield where allies are not replenished, but enemies continue to pour out at a relentless speed.
After the last meeting, the emperor was waiting for his return from the warp spot.
The Emperor need not remain on the battlefield.
It is unknown whether the allied forces will listen to the emperor’s orders now, so the emperor’s remaining is meaningless.
The emperor only needs to be briefed on the outcome of the battle in the ecliptic.
If the Allied Forces are wiped out, we can wait for the coming destruction of mankind.
If the Allied Forces won, we can wait for the future to come.
Saviolin Tana was guarding the Emperor’s side while he waited for the teleport cast by the Imperial Magicians at the warp spot.
Because of the disturbing rumors circulating in the Allied Forces, the Emperor found that the Allied Garrison was the most dangerous place for him.
That’s why Saviolin Tana kept a close eye on her surroundings while guarding the returning emperor’s side.
Just in case, someone who wants to harm the emperor might appear, swept away by bizarre rumors.
Only the emperor and a few attendants return.
Naturally, Saviolin Tana will participate in the final battle as she is a very powerful combatant herself, as well as commanding Chanafell.
What happens next is unknown.
However, Saviolin Tana promises that she will give her the news of victory in the battle tomorrow.
Whatever happened, everyone’s wish came true.
While swearing that I would deliver the news without fail.
“your majesty.”
“Yes Sir Tana.”
Saviolin Tana wanted to dispel what might be the last question.
“There is something I would like to ask you.”
“Say yes.”
“That rumor… … .”
Saviolin Tana says, biting her lip and lowering her eyes.
“As expected, His Majesty… … . What did you do?”
Speaking of that rumor, after all.
The main culprit behind the gate incident is the emperor of the empire.
It can only be that ridiculous rumor.
Saviolin Tana felt it when she found out that such bizarre rumors were spreading.
Reinhardt said that the Demon King could not have done such a thing.
Even if Rowen, the commander of the Knights Templar, had made such an arbitrary decision, he couldn’t have allowed it.
Then eventually.
Isn’t there only one source of rumors?
At Saviolin Tana’s question, the corner of the emperor’s mouth subtly went up.
“well.”
“… … .”
The emperor did not give a proper answer this time either.
However, just as the answer given by the General Headquarters was no different from recognition, what is different from acknowledging it this time?
That moment when Saviolin Tana is in a miserable mood, gritting her teeth and not knowing what to do.
“Sir Tana.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Kyung won’t go to war tomorrow.”
Savioli’s Tana widened her eyes at the emperor’s sudden words.
“yes… … ?”
“Your Highness has other things to do.”
It’s the last fight.
And it is the most important fight.
However, Saviolin Tana was speechless at the shocking story of her sudden falling out.
“Let’s go back and talk about the details.”
“lung… … . your majesty… … ?”
Before Saviolin Tana could say anything.
– Flash!
The flash of mass teleport engulfed the Emperor and Saviolin Tana.