Do Your Own Revolution

#091

Knights adorned with golden decorations were disembarking from the stopped train one after another.

The Imperial direct subordinate, Imperial Guard Knight Order.

When he faced a person he didn’t want to see among the knights forming ranks, Klaus felt his insides twisting.

‘Andrei, Leonhardt…!’

The magnificent magical power emanating from a body over 2 meters tall.

Why on earth did the Imperial Guard Knight Order Commander, who should be directly guarding the Emperor, appear here?

However, he couldn’t carelessly show his emotions.

Like other nobles would typically do, he greeted Andrei with a perfunctory smile.

“Welcome. I never expected the Imperial Knight Order to visit this place…”

“His Majesty personally ordered it upon hearing news of eliminating the Empire’s public enemy.”

With a simple bow, Andrei said this while surveying the knights with a chilling gaze.

Buckenheim, Nachtval, and Raikard.

Eugene standing alone in the middle of this space where knights from magic noble factions had gathered.

It wasn’t difficult to guess what their real purpose was.

“In a situation where all members of the Empire seek to expel the traitor, His Majesty said the Imperial Guard Knight Order, as his vanguard, cannot remain in the Imperial Palace.”

“I… see.”

While Eugene and his unit members were one thing, meddling with the Imperial Guard Knight Order was nonsensical.

Moreover, for none other than Andrei himself to come personally.

If anything were to happen to the only human who could directly communicate with the Emperor through magical power, the entire Empire would be turned upside down!

‘Besides, that’s not the only problem.’

As Imperial Guard Knight Order Commander, Andrei effectively oversees all military organizations of the Imperial family.

If he came personally, it meant that it wasn’t just the Imperial Guard Knight Order that was moving now.

“I’ve prepared a simple meal. This way.”

The Imperial Guard Knight Order Commander’s rank was equal to that of a magic noble family head.

While maintaining a courteous attitude in accordance with etiquette, Klaus turned his gaze to observe the other personnel who came to assist the Imperial Guard Knight Order.

‘So they came together after all.’

Servants, porters, cooks, doctors.

Though perfectly disguised in their respective attires, the aura emanating from their faces was not that of ordinary people.

Imperial Intelligence Department.

The Empire’s largest intelligence agency had begun to thoroughly monitor this subjugation operation.

‘If these people hide throughout the city, every move of all knights participating in the subjugation will be reported to the Imperial family.’

It was obvious that if they tried to send the Knight Order to kill Eugene, it would be discovered immediately.

That wasn’t the only problem.

If they left them be, it was clear that surveillance would extend to the remnants of Count Elcidore’s family, who were the subjugation targets.

If that happened…

‘In the worst case, the fact that this subjugation is the Round Table’s self-orchestrated play might be exposed.’

Judging by Andrei coming personally, he probably already had subtle suspicions.

If they start digging for information in earnest, discovery was just a matter of time.

That had to be avoided at all costs.

In the end, Carlos had no choice but to modify the plan with a heart that felt like it was bleeding.

[It’s an unexpected situation.]

[Lord Carlos? What’s this suddenly…]

He sent a magical power communication to the Elcidore remnants standing by inside the city.

The magical power communication frequency was confidential information passed down through the family.

Even the Imperial Intelligence Department couldn’t discover it.

[We’ll initiate action right now. Since the Knight Order is tied down, you must eliminate Eugene Lorentz by yourselves.]

[W-what are you saying, Lord Carlos?! We…]

He knew.

Their magical power was at best four stroke mage level.

There was no way they could defeat Eugene, who possessed five stroke or higher imprint.

However…

[You have ‘collaborators’ helping you, don’t you.]

[…!]

[I’ll lure him to the target point, so coordinate with the rebels and strike him down. If they join in, you should be able to handle one mage somehow.]

After finishing the communication, Carlos clutched his throbbing head and muttered.

“They say war is unpredictable… but this is ridiculous. To think things would get so twisted.”

Originally, they were insurance prepared for when the Knight Order failed.

But with the Imperial Guard Knight Order’s intervention, everything had been distorted.

This carefully prepared plan involving other families had suddenly turned into a gamble where everything had to be entrusted to the rebels.

“Eugene, Lorentz…”

Carlos raised his head to look at the young boy talking with Andrei from a distance.

That young boy who came alone at his leisure had the entire Knight Order in the palm of his hand, twisting and turning them as he pleased.

***

“His Majesty was incredibly worried. He said it was no different from entering a wolf’s den. And alone without your unit members…”

“That’s why I didn’t write it in the letter. I asked you to come quickly.”

I smiled slightly and replied thus to Andrei’s reproachful words.

I know it’s a dangerous method, but what can I do?

The Special Magic Unit had already made Count Elcryer a public enemy of the Empire and confiscated all the family’s assets.

In this situation, if we backed out of handling the Elcidore remnants, there was a risk of damaging the reputation we had carefully built up until now.

“Our Special Magical Power Unit has a short history.”

Starting like that, I spoke while watching the knights moving around various parts of the city.

“Twelve heroes who saved the world from monster invasions. And twelve magic noble houses that inherited their will.”

“…”

“To break down this authority that has existed for hundreds of years, we need a myth grand enough to overshadow their reputation and history.”

The Empire’s invincible army.

A group of iron men who cannot accept even a single defeat, a single failure.

To stand against magic nobles, anything less wouldn’t be enough.

There was no way we could run away from the enemy before us.

“So that’s why you came alone? Saying that Elcidore’s remnants are nothing you can’t handle by yourself, you jumped into enemy territory alone? That’s…!”

“Reckless. I know well.”

As Andrei said, it was a dangerous action.

I had to check for poison through Irene whenever food came out, and spread magical power fields every night to check for assassins.

If the Imperial Guard Knight Order hadn’t come in time, I would probably be half-mad and disabled by now.

But the Imperial Guard Knight Order did come.

I had obtained the first thread to overturn this trap.

“Now that the Intelligence Department has spread throughout the city, they must be getting anxious too.”

“Indeed. All secrets will be revealed within two weeks at the latest.”

“So they’ll try to eliminate me somehow before that.”

Cracks were appearing in their fortress-like plan.

If we could exploit those cracks, we could overturn this entire trap.

***

Thump- Thump-

A city turned to ruins by bombardment.

Carlos blocked the city with the Knight Order, then sent out a reconnaissance team saying they had discovered Elcidore remnants attempting to escape to the border region.

The reconnaissance team consisted of me and Feilun.

And about ten ‘trustworthy’ knights dispatched from Buckenheim and Nachtval.

The knights hurried their steps while positioned to surround us.

The atmosphere was such that it wouldn’t be strange if they turned around and pointed their swords at any moment.

Of course, it’s not like these guys could defeat me even if they tried.

“Putting aside how blatant it is, at this point it’s fair to say they have no intention of hiding it.”

“I concur.”

Feilun muttered in a low voice after observing them.

I thought this when first receiving the support request, but being here on site made it even more clear.

‘Buckenheim wants to eliminate me, and Nachtval wants to kill Feilun who has emerged as Zeplant’s competitor… That’s probably how the conversation went.’

The knights blockading the city couldn’t move freely since they were under Imperial Guard Knight Order surveillance.

Thus, Carlos was satisfied with sending out just a few knights while avoiding their eyes.

The restraint from the Imperial Guard Knight Order was this much; otherwise, my head would’ve been off by now.

Just as I was thinking that.

Wheeeeee–!

My magical power spread in all directions detected projectiles flying this way.

Fireballs filled with magnificent magical power.

Though it was a basic attack spell, the precision of the technique was incomparable to ordinary mages.

Boom-!

“An ambush?! What is this…”

“What’s going on?! We should still be far from the target point!”

Ah, so there was a separate target point?

While thinking that as I cleared away the Fireball’s heat, shadows began to emerge one by one from the ruins of buildings destroyed by bombardment.

“Found them. Ten Imperial knights. Young Master Feilun. And…”

“Eugene Lorentz. It’s definitely him.”

The Elcidore remnants didn’t show themselves, while only Revolutionary Army members came forward pointing their guns.

Looking at the knights’ expressions, they too seemed bewildered as they looked around.

‘Looks like this ambush wasn’t part of the plan.’

Seeing them hurriedly preparing magic confirms it.

Meanwhile, a familiar face appeared among the Revolutionary Army members.

Miles aiming his rifle at me.

And approaching here with a sword…

“Claude, Elcidore?”

“Impossible. The Revolutionary Army supreme leader should be somewhere else…!”

Just as the knights said that upon seeing Claude’s face, Claude’s sword had already sliced through one knight’s chest.

Slash-!

“Ugh, kuugh?!”

Claude who instantly approached and cut down one knight.

The knights dispatched from Buckenheim didn’t even notice his approach.

“What are you doing…! You made a deal with our lord…!”

“Shut up.”

Claude’s face, gritting his teeth as if about to explode any moment.

Judging by his clearly angry expression, he seemed quite displeased with the current situation.

“Attack!”

“Uwaaaaah—!”

With Miles’ order, Revolutionary Army members charged with raised swords, and dozens of gun barrels spewed fire towards me.

A formation where a small number of close combat specialists disrupt the lines while numerous firepower units dominate the battlefield.

That was imitating Special Magic Unit’s tactical doctrine.

Kuwaaaaang–!

Knights’ bodies flew through the air along with Claude’s sword strike.

At that level, the knights should be handled without much difficulty.

Thinking that, I extended my hand horizontally to generate dozens of magic circles.

Eye of Horus, and condensed Fireballs.

Each magic circle captured the figures of numerous revolutionary members in cover.

“That’s…!”

“Here it comes! Everyone, prepare barriers-!”

At Miles’ order upon confirming my magic circles, gunners positioned throughout prepared defensive magic.

But well, I’m not sure if they can block it.

Smirking, I drew Heresy from its holster and.

“Fire all rounds.”

As I pulled the trigger, dozens of red light streams shot towards them.

Kuwakwakwakwang–!

Along with the explosion, three buildings instantly collapsed.

Only five people succeeded in defending.

The rest either became corpses with their bodies pierced, or fell unconscious after being pushed back by the recoil of their defensive walls breaking.

“That takes care of the regular members. And…”

Looking around, I smiled with satisfaction.

While I was dealing with the regular members, Claude had cut down all of Buckenheim’s knights who were watching me under the pretense of being escorts.

“Huff… huff…”

“You bastard…!”

Click-

Claude facing off against Feilun after cutting down ten knights.

Along with a mechanical sound, a magic bullet casing popped out from the sword he was holding.

One shot to take down ten three stroke imprint mages.

Compared to when we met last time, it was an astounding rate of growth.

“Eugene! This guy…!”

“Keep your distance. You might get caught up if you’re not careful.”

“Claude-!”

Feilun and Claude facing off.

Me targeting Claude’s back, Miles targeting my back, and other members.

In this chaotic battle where everyone was targeting each other, Feilun quickly exchanged glances before immediately taking action.

Whoosh-!

“Kugh?!”

After deflecting Claude’s sword with his own, Feilun immediately activated magic.

Flash, the Nachtval family’s basic technique, was a spell that blocked vision with intense light.

“Claude?!”

“Captain Miles! This is…!”

“Don’t fire rashly! You might hit our allies!”

I knew it.

Thinking that, I immediately rushed towards Claude.

Feilun who created distance, and me targeting Claude’s back.

However, Claude seemed to have expected this much as he immediately turned around and swung his sword at me.

Clang-!

My dagger blocked by Claude’s sword.

Now I, not Feilun, was facing off against Claude.

“Is it okay for Revolutionary Army to wander alone? According to plan, you should be taking care of your family members, right?”

“Shut up…! The plan or whatever, it’s none of my business!”

As expected of Claude.

When I prodded him lightly to test him, information immediately started flowing out.

‘So it’s true that Revolutionary Army and magic nobles made some kind of deal. And he must be really annoyed by this situation.’

Revolutionary Army protecting Elcidore’s remnants?

There’s no way that guy would just stand by and watch that.

He must be completely furious.

That’s why he ignored Randall’s orders and acted independently like this.

‘If that’s the case, this is doable.’

Clang-!

After deflecting his sword with my dagger, I raised Heresy and fired a magic bullet.

Magic circuit instantly raised to maximum output.

“Seems like you and I have a lot to talk about. So…”

Feeling that sense of omnipotence, I generated magic circles in the air.

“Let’s cool your head first.”

The sixth magic imprint of [Wings of Crimson] shone brilliantly.

First beat him until he’s nearly dead.

Then let’s talk slowly.

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