Hakai no Miko

Darius dropped off Pompius, who was resigning from the mansion, to the entrance to the mansion. Along the way, Pompius stops inadvertently when he plugs into the mansion's garden.

The garden, once beautifully maintained by the gardener, also remained to be left rough since Darius lost his legs. That and this is also the result of sparing the salary to be paid to the gardener for the cost of examining the Son of Destruction.

To Pompius, who stares into such a desolate garden, Darius asks, "What's wrong?," he asked. But Pompius does not answer that, but instead asks Darius.

"You had a soldier up there with the civilians you were eyeing. What happened to him?

Darius was surprised by the sudden question, but soon he will look bitter.

At this time, it was the face of a middle-aged man who had grown an insensitive mustache and cut his sesame salt head short that emerged behind Darius's brain.

"... Bogus is dead with Marius to let this old man escape."

"Right..."

Pompius was opposed to Darius, who would recommend Bogus to the general that if he had the ability, he would cause unnecessary disruption to the country without precedent.

Whenever we met face to face, we exchanged fierce arguments, and only when was that like a greeting. It reminds me of such an exchange of old days, and a sense of homelessness springs up in Darius' chest.

Pompius asked Darius again.

"It's Darius. You know the story about the two drunkards?

Darius shook his neck sideways with an astonishing face.

That was what Pompius, who had been asked by Darius to help, heard when he himself was looking into the city of Bornis with the Son of Destruction.

It is such a story.

One day, it was a tavern in Bornis. Two men, once drunk, said they were criticizing the governance of the Ethereal Horse for their liquor dishes. But even if you were criticizing me, it was drunken bullshit. That was supposed to end. But the officials who happened to be there reported it unnecessarily to the Ethereal Horse. Then the Ethereal Horse immediately searched for the two men, and drew them out before himself.

The first man to be pulled out said he paled his face in front of the infamous Son of Destruction and rubbed his forehead on the floor and begged for his life, saying that it was bullshit without a liquor seat.

Besides, the Ethereal Horse released the man without punishment.

But the next man to be pulled out had decided to be ready for what no longer had life. Dauntlessly chested against the Ethereal Horse, he said, he criticized its governance in detail.

Besides, everyone thought a man could be sentenced to a maximum sentence. But instead of being angry, the Ethereal Horse rejoiced greatly, and had just given a man a hundred bucks, what a promotion to a high office.

Since then, in the city of Bornis, I have overflowed with people everywhere discussing the governance of the Ethereal Horse, trying to be the second drunken man.

"That's ironic. Because those who can legitimately evaluate the power we seek are our enemies."

With a self-derisive grin, Pompius turns his face from the rough garden to Darius.

"I've been pissed off at my grandson for coming to visit the Mansion"

Darius frowned even though he suddenly changed his story. But Pompius doesn't mind continuing the conversation.

"My mansion gardener has a funny stunt. Garden trees can be pruned into various animal shapes. The grandson, who saw the garden tree he had just pruned, was thrilled. But my grandson, who visited the mansion again after March, looked at the garden tree and said," I'm sorry. "

After placing it between beats, Pompius continued.

"The animals are broken."

I remember that time, Pompius laughs bitterly.

"After three months, the garden trees have stretched out their branches, their shapes have collapsed, and they no longer look like animals. In our eyes living in the mansion, it was a natural change. But for my grandson, who only remembers what he looked like three months ago, it must have looked broken"

Pompius told Darius that he would take it seriously.

"Hey, it's Darius. Don't you think? The destruction inflicted by the Son of Destruction may be a radical change or reform…"

Often silence fell on the spot. Darius smiles all the time after a silence with tingling tension as if to stare seriously into his hands.

"Isn't it your last pleasure to be in the way of a young man who appreciates all the new stuff?

"You mean Darius?

"If that saves the Holmeer nation,"

Pompius looked into Darius' eyes as if he were trying to see through the bottom of his heart, but after a while he slaps his bald head.

"... you asked me something foolish"

One bitter smile and then Pompius asks Darius.

"So, it's Darius. Next time, can you beat him?

Besides, Darius couldn't answer instantly.

I chewed my teeth all over my back teeth and then finally answered with a potpourri.

"I don't know that"

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"I don't know that"

The Ethereal Horse affirmed so.

It is a statement on the occasion of a military conference that gathered together those who were the lords of the faction of the Ethereal Horse in preparation for the battle against the Holmeer, which is finally looming.

A pale horse who defeated General Darius, who led seven thousand great armies on just over a thousand allies. It was a word returned by the Ethereal Horse to the opinion that, now that we have more troops than five years ago and enough food and so on, it is not enough to fear that that General Darius has led the army again.

Feeling the gaze of those who look at themselves in amazement, the Ethereal Horse tells them to bite off.

"We were lucky to win five years ago. Really, that's all it was."

As I recall now, the battle at that time was a thin ice but a battle every now and then. If something had been different even slightly, the winning or losing balance would have leaned the other way. It was such a critical battle.

It was General Darius's reading, obtained from the questioning of the prisoners that took place after the war, that brought the hearts and minds of the Ethereal Horse in particular out of the cold.

General Darius said he had accurately read the situation in which the Ethereal Horse had been placed and yet had completely discerned the measures to protect the city of Bornis with one pile of wood (shiba).

That's not all. At that time, what Aoima had in mind as his next good measure was exactly as Darius read it.

If we hadn't come up with a plan to poke the flank of a regiment of heavy-duty spear infantry with Zoan running through the woods in that earthen pit, it would have been ourselves who had been exposed to the wreckage (mulberry) on that hill.

And that measure came to mind only because the Ethereal Horses knew the Zoans. It's not the information someone looked into, it's nothing more than a measure that came to mind because the Ethereal Horse himself made contact with Zoan and was able to get to know them up close.

A pale horse who could have known Zoan up close and Darius who wasn't.

It's just that.

That's all the difference made in deciding whether to win or lose that showdown.

But the same hand can no longer pass.

The Ethereal Horse was dismayed by the story of King Walius causing a seizure and letting Darius lose his leg.

The Ethereal Horse does not have a sexuality that excites him about enemies as strong as any other combative nation. Besides, the battle you're fighting isn't just a game or a bet. The stronger the opponent of the battle, the greater the damage to this one. And the damage is paid for as the lives of those who follow them. If possible, the weaker the enemy, the better.

That is why the Ethereal Horse was unfalsely horrified by General Darius' loss of leg.

But Darius, whose legs were supposed to have been broken, had issued a writ detaining Jeboa and the Marmans in the back. The fact shows that Darius identified the pale horse as his enemy and continued to act even after he lost his leg.

In the midst of the loss of many child generals, Darius was pursued by the court with disdain and scorn by King Walius, who gave his allegiance, without even being given a life-threatening plea. It's not strange if you break your heart.

That being said, I am still trying to discuss myself for the Holmeer country.

To that obsession, the pale horse was a trembling thought.

"Five years ago, General Darius had the shackle of all the recruits who had not been able to fight against us. But..."

As the Ethereal Horse rises from his chair, he slaps his palm against his desk.

"- The next thing to show up before us is the real Holmeer's best general."

To the words of the Ethereal Horse, everyone pushes silence.

Zoan's warriors, such as Garam and Zoog, think behind their heads of the "black beast" that their fathers spoke of with anger and awe. Marcronis and Setius, former Holmea soldiers, painted behind their eyelids the figure of a general who was looking up with respect and awe.

"So you're going to round your tail before you fight, my" you under your umbilical cord "?

It was Shemr who broke that painful silence.

To Shemr's provocative voice, the Ethereal Horse shook his head (wearing it).

"That's not true. I've had a lot of preparations over the last five years. Even General Darius won't lose. - No, I'm just getting ready to beat General Darius."

Then the Ethereal Horse looked around at the faces of everyone who was silent.

"That should be the same for everyone, right?

Everyone responded to the words of the Ethereal Horse with a uniformly invincible grin.

One satisfactory nod to it, the Ethereal Horse lifts up his voice.

"Mr Gallam, Mr Zug, Mr Dvarin"

The three called names answer only briefly "oops".

"Start collecting soldiers secretly to an example location. We don't have time for this anymore, but don't let Holmea notice us."

Elf chief Eladia came to the Ethereal Horse, who gave instructions to the three others in detail. Eladia gracefully greets the pale horse.

"Dear Soma. He's done it."

And the face of a pale horse shines.

"All right! I knew you were here. I thought you were coming."

Eladia frowns slightly bewildered by the pale horse who tells her to meet him immediately.

"But Master Soma. What are you going to do with someone like that now?

It is no longer a waste of time to see any more useless garbage scum, Ethereal Horse leaks a bitter laugh at Eladia, who makes it contain.

"Trying to get that guy some more help."

The Ethereal Horse explained what he was thinking. Then Eladia said, "That's Dear Soma. You're a bad person," he laughs corny.

"Then Master Soma says this: I'll take care of it later."

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A visitor to the Lords' residence in Bornis was Robnas dressed as a merchant.

Robnas, the general of this Romanian country, came to the city of Bornis through the Holmeer country, where tension is increased by King Walius' declaration of crusade over the Son of Destruction until he presses the risk of being captured or executed if his identity is revealed, in order to confirm the warfare of the Ethereal Horse.

At last. At last, a battle was about to begin between the Son of Destruction and the Holmeer kingdom.

Five years ago, Robnas made King Dordea contribute to assisting the Ethereal Horse. That is because of the aim to engage the host Holmeer country and the Ethereal Horses and to sharpen the power of the Holmeer country.

However, the battle between the Son of Destruction and Holmea never began during the last five years, even though he said he had assisted with enormous funds. Besides, many of the chief ministers began to say that they disliked the sound of "a famous general who devoted himself to King Xian," etc. All that, even from King Dordea, who initially defended me, recently began to neglect (try) the beginning and end.

The declaration of the crusade of the Son of Destruction of the Holmeer Country was precisely the good news that awaited for Robnas, who would still no longer have a place in the Romanian Country.

And Robnas came aboard the Lords' mansion to stir up the Ethereal Horse and mesh it with the Holmeer kingdom.

"It is for heaven's sake to debate King Walius, who is evil and treacherous and innocent. For all the people. Exactly, it's justice. Certainly Heaven will help Lord Soma!

But Robnas waved the hot valve because of it, but the pale horse himself at the time always looked unfloated. No matter how much Robnas rings the nonsense of the Holmeer kingdom, or the righteousness of debating it, the Ethereal Horse only laughs bitterly or even leaks a sigh.

"My face is cloudy, but how was it?

To Robnas, who just couldn't help asking why, the Ethereal Horse showed him how reluctant he was to say during the bundle, and then said:

"Actually, I'm thinking about surrendering to the Holmeer State."

Robnas' jaw dropped as he made a sound.