328th episode
The eldest son, Ziden, who is currently serving as the missing Duke of Burrows and is now serving as a permanent resident.
As Jae-ho guessed, the family concluded that the exorcism would not be from this world.
There was no reason to hide without saying anything.
But the sorrow of the family had to move for a moment, along with his father's revenge, toward the new future he had dreamed of.
That's why I'm sitting opposite the shooting star.
'An unidentified organization his father had most recently kept close to. Mint Destruction Team... ....’
In fact, Zidden didn't understand why his father accepted and cooperated with this crazy group.
But now I think I know.
'He... he predicted all this! The war...'
If you've been beaten up, you're going to grab him by the collar.
But he, who was already not from this world, could not say anything.
"... lord?"
When Zidden was quiet for a long time, he finally opened his mouth first.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
Realizing his instances, he apologized.
"No, but can I hear why you suddenly came to see me?"
I asked him a question, but in fact, Shooting Star was worried that there would be a very difficult story.
He, too, recently heard the news of the rebellion that began in the northeastern part of the kingdom of Rasel, to be exact.
And it was Ziden who was in front of him who led it.
"I knew that it was a hardship that broke out in the absence of my father, or that it was something I had to go through. I also found out that your father was perfectly prepared for my family and for me."
“……?”
a sudden clutter of clouds
"You know that your family has been rebelling against the royal family lately, right?”
"I know that there was already a political dispute as an opponent."
Shooting Star has taken an attitude of not knowing about the military conflict.
There was a risk of getting stitches if I pretended to know.
However, Zidden continued his words unconcernedly.
"We have taken a great step toward a new future. That was your father's will."
It was similar, but it was a very different will.
"I'll be bluntly. I will give you the opportunity to be recorded in the first chapter of my new history book."
“…….”
Shooting Star had no intention of doing so.
There was no reason for them to interfere in the civil war in the kingdom of Rasel, nor was there much to gain from doing so.
However, it is impossible to openly refuse to do so in front of the second-in-command family of the Rassel kingdom.
"We appreciate your appreciation. But I'm afraid the Mint Destroyer isn't a guild with very high fighting power, but it's going to hurt you."
He turned around and showed his refusal, but Ziden was also formidable.
"You don't have to worry about that. What matters is the number of people. You're immortal beings who never die, so you're like a million-strong army. If you at the vanguard make your enemies tired, the rest of us will crush all our best knights."
The shooting star swallowed up the curse because he said he would use it as a consumable.
And he didn't give up and showed his refusal again.
"But most of our guild members are currently checking the Elysia flower garden in the Perma desert...….”
"Ha ha, to say weak. Aren't most of your main forces here anyway?"
A zither that blocks every hole that can escape.
To this end, Shooting Star had two options left.
One, being a meat shield for knights on the front line.
The other, slapping Ziden in the cheek and completely splitting.
'Damn it! The latter is a choice that can never be made!’
In the end, what's left is what's ahead.
'Why should we have a permanent battle that has nothing to do with our guild's founding goal in the first place?!’
Of course, if the opposition wins this civil war, it would certainly do great damage to the Elysia garden.
To take control of the Tuchar port connected to Atrius from the opposition.
'But there's no answer if you lose.’
The opposition aristocrats were already convicted of rebellion, and if defeated, they were executed or if lucky, sent to prison forever.
And their task of purifying the Perma desert will be to lose their strongholds and to go to waste.
'And the bigger problem is Alsia! I must have left the desert to enter the kingdom of Rasell, but there's still some news...….’
Mrs. Gil-ma!
At that moment, a whisper arrived at him, and as soon as he heard it, the worry that had hesitated the Shooting Star's decision disappeared like a wash.
Alsia was caught by a group of knights trying to enter the Tuchar territory. He's in custody now.
"I'll do my best to help!"
If Jae-ho was caught, there was nothing to fear.
That means this side's power is stronger than expected, and Jae-ho is having a hard time doing anything stupid.
"Haha! Shooting star as expected! It's as hot as your name!"
cried Ziden with joy.
Such misinterpreted information led to the shooting star's wrong choice.
Actually, the other options were less realistic in the first place.
* * *
The war went a little differently while similar to Jae-ho's idea.
Taylor, who joined quickly, joined hands with Count Tucharea, who was competing for Jaeho, and led the players' mercenary in the territory.
And over time, the Royal Army, the Knights Corps and Taylor's forces arrived and formed a front to maintain the standoff.
As Taylor said, it was not easy to end the opposition aristocracy with only royal troops.
They were the aristocrats of the kingdom, so they showed quite strong fighting power.
Moreover, the joining of the Mint Destruction Corps certainly raised the opposition forces by a large margin.
It was a great merit to have so many heads and be able to be revived.
"The mole must want to see the end of this war. The lord's deputy, Ziden Gumol, is coming here with the highest honor himself."
At the moment, the self-critic who had decided to compete with Jae-ho visited Jae-ho and informed him of him.
"You're more active than I thought."
For Jae-ho, the situation was perfectly good.
"Are the rumors about me clear?"
"Yes, the king is held captive on the other side of the other side."
The news that the mint team heard was intentionally spread by Jae-ho.
"But... I still don't understand why you started that rumor. The Duke wouldn't care much anyway."
"That's not the information you distribute to the nobles."
To pass on to the Mint Destroyer, not to them.
It is still hard to determine whether it is a mint-destructive group that is still in the operation order to be buried.
If expected, he would react to being held.
And I could hear from Taylor, who was fighting in the front line, that some of the Mint Destroyers appeared on the battlefield.
Some people kill people with environmental slogans on their backs.….
We can proceed without hesitation now.’
Jae-ho finally made his decision.
Now was the time to start the surprise event that he had prepared.
However, the war situation was changing more quickly than Jae-ho thought.
The best knights of the Old Duke were too strong.
In addition, the situation quickly deteriorated when high-level players of the mint squad joined.
The royal army, which had managed to drive north from the Tuchar territory, is being pushed back.
"Hoo-hoo, of course, the Royal Knights didn't make it.”
Upon receiving the war report, Zidden said as if he had already expected.
A situation that Jae-ho didn't expect.
It was only the Royal Army, except for the Royal Knights, that came to the battlefield.
Considering the time when he attacked Grand Duke Arip's territory in the past, Jae-ho decided that the royal knights would move again this time.
But in the first place, the Royal Knights were not such an easy-moving group.
The last power to defend the Imperial City.
If such an important power was wasted, it would have to remain in the capital city because it could be the head of the opposition.
The situation is completely different from the Great Arif, which launched a surprise attack.
"Hey! How do I do this?! I'm in a terrible state of affairs."
Taylor told Jae-ho about the situation.
A few times I've stopped walking because of power conservation, even though it could drive more.
That was Jae-ho's operation, and it seemed to go well.
But now that I'm facing a powerful counterattack, I'm afraid I'm exhausted.
Oh, I heard it already. I heard you scraped together your enemies and came to the battlefield.
"What are you talking about with such a nonchance?! It's getting pushed out of control here!"
Really? That's great. Don't forget to fight for nothing and just retreat. That's what you wanted.
"You bastard! You call it now?! Of course, the top priority is victory!"
I know, so I'm saying. Maybe the timing will come soon. Hang in there until then. You can back down to Tuchar.
"Uh..."
Taylor, who didn't expect to be so defensive.
I thought I only needed to trust Jae-ho, but I couldn't shake off my anxiety.
* * *
The front, which had been raised at its best, was pushed back to square one in just one day.
Taylor and Count Toucherea, who had been growling all the time, held hands and laughed together for a long time, so the two faced each other in a few days had to crouch their faces again.
On the other hand, the opposition aristocracy was at its peak.
In fact, the victory can be seen as a confirmation.
'Okay! This is a good deal!'
Shooting star thought, clenched his fists.
Guild members died countless times during the southern earthquake, but there was little damage to senior guild members.
And now that we've won, we might have a really new country.
'I'm glad the loser didn't want to go all the way to the Rasel. If we are satisfied with establishing a new independent country, our activities will not be affected.’
However, Shooting Star, who attended a meeting of military commanders convened shortly afterwards, was embarrassed when he found an unexpected figure.
'Well, why is he here?!’
The one who embarrassed him...….
"Let me introduce you, Alsia the Great."
Ziden smiled brightly and introduced Jae-ho.
a temporary lord who boldly omitted the honorific title
It was an attitude that came out because he thought he had the upper hand in the hierarchy because he took Jae-ho prisoner.
Shaking.
Apart from that, my legs kept shaking.
"Alsia the Great? Why is the king suddenly here?…?”
The other aristocrats asked with half-frustrated and half-afraid faces whether they had expected to meet Jae-ho.
"Haha, as you all know, isn't our army on the verge of the Tuchar fall? And at the port of Tuchar, there is the first and only Atrius passage on the continent."
That's why they aimed first at the Tuchar estate.
Atrius, which will become the new power source of the Rassel Kingdom, where the Red Tower has also been lost.
The best way to further isolate the Rasel Kingdom by taking control of it.
However, when Jae-ho was taken prisoner and came into his hands, Zidden became greedy.
What if they could bring Tuchar's right to Atrius?
"Oh, no way!"
But in the end, he can't stand it and he's an infuriated shooting star.
"Hmm? Shooting star. What kind of rude behavior is this?”
asked Zidden, stiffening his face.
"I just don't understand! I'm sure you know that! We're at war with the Elysia Garden!"
"What does that mean?"
"Yes..."?
A shooting star who was speechless when asked back.
"Why should I refuse to have a better future because of the feelings right in front of me? And why don't we just go on as we've done so far? Are you trying to argue that the old factory decree should get your permission to join hands with King Alsia?"
"Well, that's not true, but...….”
Shooting star who just realized he was being used properly.
No, I knew from the beginning that I was only thinking about using them, but this...….
But now that wasn't the point.
"It's you..."?
Jae-ho opened his mouth in a sullen voice.
Both eyes were looking at Shooting Star exactly.
"You're the captain of the mint squad."
Screeching.
While playing the game, a chill that could not be felt in the middle of the game surrounded the shooting star's entire body.