Do Your Own Revolution

#092

“If I kill you here, this ridiculous plan to protect the remnants of Elcidore will end. This absurd situation of colluding with magic nobles, everything…!”

“Well. I don’t think this will end that easily.”

“Shut that mouth-!”

Clang!

Realizing that I was preparing magic, Claude kept swinging his sword to pressure me.

If someone was trying to use large-scale magic, they had to be subdued before they could use it.

It was orthodox magical combat doctrine.

Clank-!

The dagger in my hand and Claude’s sword became intricately entangled.

My strength and Claude’s were evenly matched.

However, as time passed, Claude’s face showed increasing signs of urgency.

Even at this moment, my magic circle floating in the sky was gradually taking shape.

Click-! Click-!

Magic bullets continuously springing from Claude’s sword.

As magic bullet consumption increased, the burden on his imprint [Red Wings] was also growing.

Unlike Claude, I hadn’t used a single magic bullet in this situation.

Although it appeared even on the surface, the magical power difference between Claude and me had already widened this much.

‘This is only natural.’

The Special Magical Power Unit was an organization operated with simultaneous support from the imperial army and the imperial family.

Keiren, and numerous experts invited by the emperor, were systematically assisting with magic circuit growth.

Compared to Revolutionary Army members who were dragged into actual combat without time for their magic circuits to grow, I was in a much better environment for developing magical power.

“Claude! Damn it…!”

Seeing the magic circle floating in the sky, Miles, one of the executives, tried to break from the ranks to join the attack.

But at that moment.

Boom–!

“Where do you think you’re breaking away on your own?”

Blocking Miles’s path was Feilun, who had drawn his saber.

With five glowing spheres floating around him, he began firing beams at Miles and his fellow revolutionary members.

“Damn it! This is…!”

“It’s Nachtval’s radiance magic! It’s nullifying defense formations!”

“Take cover! Everyone take cover!”

What was glowing on Feilun’s right arm was Duke Nachtval’s imprint, [Radiant Holy Lance]

True to its name as a holy lance, Feilun’s magic was overwhelming the members while neutralizing all kinds of defensive measures made of magical power.

To explain in terms of the [Revolution Empire] game, it meant all skills had defense penetration bonuses attached.

Thanks to this, the revolutionary members, including Miles, were desperately trying to dodge the continuous streams of light.

“You won’t last long!”

“I know.”

I don’t plan to drag this out either.

Thinking that, I formed [Hellfire] beneath Claude’s feet.

“Kuh?!”

Boom–!

Distance was secured while avoiding the explosion.

I immediately drew my pistol and aimed at Claude’s head.

The magic circle was already complete, having reached a critical state.

“Why can’t I win no matter what…!”

Amidst the continuing standoff, Claude’s voice filled with frustration could be heard.

“I fought with all my might. I trained like crazy to surpass you, and raised my magical power however I could! But why! Why can’t I defeat you! Just why-!”

Whoosh-!

Along with his desperate shout, Claude’s sword spewed ten magic bullets.

The blade was glowing red hot, as if about to burst into flames.

In response, red wings sprouted on Claude’s back.

Claude’s wide-area buff, [Wings of Burning Freedom]

However, its size had grown incomparably larger than when I had seen it before.

‘The awakening of [Indomitable] was worth it. I don’t think he grew this quickly in the original work.’

Feeling somewhat impressed, I looked at the revolutionary hero standing opposite me.

His eyes, dyed red, were burning as they gazed at me.

“Eugene–!”

“Hah.”

Now I understood why Randall still wanted to keep this guy as the revolutionary hero.

The reason was right here.

A steep growth rate that no one else in the Revolutionary Army could match.

Tremendous explosive power unleashed based on his passion for revolution and the strength of his heart.

No matter how much they distorted and changed the revolutionary spirit to their liking.

In front of a true hero, all of that becomes powerless.

‘I’ve confirmed his specs, and his passion seems sufficient.’

Thinking that, I fired all six magic bullets loaded in the cylinder.

The magical power filling my magic circuit instantly flowed into the magic circle formed in the air.

“In, sane…!”

Witnessing the result, Claude was speechless, as if dumbfounded.

Whoosh…!

Claude’s wings spread to both sides, gleaming as if about to burst into flames.

As if responding to that passion, a massive Fireball had formed above my head.

[Crimson Flame].

It was created by compressing the wide-range attack formula stored in the sixth line to maximum density.

“”

The magics, amplified by magic bullets, clashed without delay-

——!

An enormous explosion devoured the space.

Heat and air pressure so intense that even sound was swallowed and disappeared.

The moment they sensed it, other mages had no choice but to divert all their magical power to defense.

Boom—-!

The delayed thunderous roar made the whole world shake.

Heat and pressure that could be felt even with defense barriers maximally deployed.

Even after the magic had ended, others within range had to maintain their defense formations for quite a while.

“…!”

“W-What is this…?”

After one red storm had swept through the crowd.

When they looked at where the magic’s aftermath had passed, Miles and the members cried out in shock.

Stone walls that hadn’t just broken but melted, transformed into lava.

In the middle of that devastating scene that looked like a place in hell…

“They’re gone.”

No one was there.

Neither Eugene nor Claude who had been fighting with him.

Both had vanished without a trace, leaving only slight scorch marks behind.

“What happened. Just… Where did they go?”

While Miles muttered in confusion, Feilun detected Eugene’s magical power communication that had reached him.

“…I see. So that’s what you’re thinking?”

How did he come up with such an absurd idea?

Thinking that, Feilun opened his mouth towards Miles standing opposite him.

“Lower your weapons, rebel gentlemen.”

“…!”

Miles startled at being called by Feilun, who had been their enemy.

Looking at such Miles, Feilun spoke with a smile.

“Let’s have a little talk.”

***

“Ugh… Wh-Where is this?”

Claude regained consciousness.

He tried to move his body hurriedly, but his legs wouldn’t budge.

After a moment of confusion.

He noticed that what bound his arms and legs were the enemy’s magical power chains.

“Awake?”

Looking towards the familiar voice, sparks flew in Claude’s eyes.

Sitting in a chair was Eugene.

Having taken off his uniform coat, he was in his shirt and idly poking at the fireplace.

“I borrowed an empty house in the heart of the city. Didn’t have enough equipment to camp out on the streets.”

“Eugene, Lorentz! What is this…!”

“Don’t think about making a mess.”

Just as Claude ground his teeth and was about to use magic, Eugene spoke without even looking his way.

“This is still someone’s house, even if it looks like this. How would the owner feel if they returned from evacuation to find their house in shambles?”

“Are you joking right now?! I have no intention of becoming a prisoner. If you’re going to kill me, hurry up and…”

“Think about it, you simpleton. If that was my intention, why would I bother bringing you to a place like this?”

At Eugene’s words, Claude clenched his teeth as if at a loss for words.

It made sense.

The other party was a magic noble.

If he contacted the Knight Order saying he had captured the Revolutionary Army supreme leader, they would have dispatched an airship or whatever to take him away.

The battle had ended in Eugene’s victory.

If he wanted to, he could have killed all his comrades and taken his corpse.

“Then hurry up and tell me. The reason you brought me here…!”

“Before that.”

Cutting off Claude’s words, shocking words flowed from Eugene’s mouth.

“An assassin came for Rennie.”

“…What?”

What’s this about all of a sudden?

While thinking that briefly.

Eugene continued speaking without waiting for Claude’s response.

“It was someone following Randall’s orders. Thanks to that, I was able to recruit an excellent imprint specialist. They said it was to prevent Revolutionary Army secrets from leaking but…”

“W-Wait a minute!”

His head wasn’t working properly.

Assassination? The Revolutionary Army? And recruitment?

After desperately trying to gather his confused thoughts, Claude asked back.

“Wasn’t Rennie killed by you people? According to the informants, clearly…”

“She’s alive. It was you people who tried to kill her.”

At those words, Claude clenched his fists.

Once again, Randall had given him false information.

‘It’s working well.’

Seeing Claude’s reaction, Eugene thought.

The distrust of the Revolutionary Army lodged in Claude’s mind.

The fact that Rennie was alive was enough of a story to fuel that distrust.

It wasn’t even a lie to begin with.

“How pathetic.”

Eugene spoke after starting like that.

“Unable to control the members, not shared operation details, and even information about comrades is blocked off.”

“…!”

“Supreme leader sounds nice, but you’re practically nothing more than a puppet in this situation.”

“You bastard…!”

Although Claude was enraged, he couldn’t refute.

Considering the current state of the Revolutionary Army, it wasn’t wrong.

However, Eugene didn’t particularly want to reproach this situation.

‘It flowed almost the same way in the original work, though the degree was more severe.’

This period when the protagonist grows while expelling magic nobles.

From this point on, the Revolutionary Army begins accepting funds from the republic, and the essence of the revolution starts to crumble.

‘The founding members who had been there since the Revolutionary Army’s establishment die or leave one by one, and Maximilien ends up confronting the republic trying to control the Revolutionary Army.’

If even Maximilien, the founder, couldn’t prevent it, there was no way Claude, who had just become supreme leader, could stop the republic’s schemes.

While the opponent was an intelligence agent receiving orders from a massive nation, he was just a novice revolutionary full of passion.

Although he looked pitiful, Eugene didn’t particularly sympathize.

After all, he himself was just one of the wolves that had gathered to use him.

Use him as much as possible, and discard him when he’s no longer useful.

Just as they did to the protagonist in the original work.

“This attack. Was it done on Randall’s orders?”

When Eugene asked while pointing his gun, Claude sneered.

“Hah, as if I would tell such things to an enemy…”

“Sorry, but this gun isn’t pointing at you.”

At Eugene’s words, Claude ground his teeth.

The Special Magic Unit, and the comrades held captive by the magic nobles.

Eugene was now interrogating him using their lives.

“…No. It was my independent action. This situation wasn’t in Brother Randall’s plans.”

“…Is that so?”

Eugene smiled triumphantly hearing those words.

‘The opportunity has come.’

This subjugation operation was a trap planned by the magic nobles to capture him.

And Eugene had walked into it alone, of his own accord.

The stronger the trap, the stronger the counterforce when breaking it.

However, their trap was solid and intricate.

To the point where he thought he couldn’t shake up this game with his current power.

Therefore, Eugene expanded the game.

He kept throwing variables into their chess game.

Coming alone after pulling back his troops.

Calling the Imperial Guard Knight Order using the emperor’s power.

And as a result of throwing so many variables, the opportunity had come.

Carlos changed plans, distrust grew between them, and buried complaints exploded.

And as a result, the greatest variable within the Revolutionary Army had reacted.

‘The revolutionary hero, Claude.’

Taking advantage of the confusion created by Eugene’s variables.

So now.

It was time to make his move.

“Claude de Lascol.”

Eugene quietly called Claude.

Using the name he had changed to, not his original surname.

Adding the title acknowledging him as Maximilien’s successor, he opened his mouth towards the revolutionary hero.

“Do you want to try a real revolution?”

If they would make the Revolutionary Army their snake.

Eugene intended to make the revolutionary hero his snake charmer.

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