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It took about four days from the mermaid sanctuary to the port at the end.
It originally took more than five days, but after subduing Shuv Ardella, the winds continued to blow favorably.
It seemed to be a power similar to Cariosa, but with a slightly larger range that caused natural changes.
Tarti and I went out onto the deck and enjoyed the cool breeze.
“I didn’t know the sea could be this calm. She really is a mermaid princess.”
Tarti looked dumbfounded as he saw that the sea, which had been as rough as a mountain when he came, had become as calm as a lake.
I chuckled and thought of Cariosa.
“You’ve seen people cause storms, so why are you so surprised by this?”
“Ha. That too.”
He smiled bitterly as he recalled a few months ago.
I didn't really want to ask the question, but I had to ask it.
“How many died?”
Tarti did not answer right away.
He hesitated for a moment, then took off the red deer horn helmet he was wearing and tucked it under his side.
The hair sticking out from the side of the short ponytail fluttered in the sea breeze for a moment.
The man who had gone from being a nobleman to a pirate and then an admiral spoke with a rare distorted expression on his cheerful face.
“Of the 60 people, 18 were killed and 14 were seriously injured.”
If we include the minor casualties, the damage was almost catastrophic.
It was the result of a struggle against high-ranking fishmen to safely send me and Sir Tentia to the sanctuary.
I said what I had to say.
“They fought and died for His Majesty the Emperor, who was crowned by a saint, so they must have all gone to heaven.”
Tarti made a face as if he didn't want that.
Also, I continued speaking while laughing.
“As a soldier of the Imperial Family, you have died. Each of you will receive a bereaved family pension in accordance with your skill and level. Report the recipient to the local governor.”
“!”
His face hardened as if he had never thought of it.
"majesty."
A tremble entered his voice.
I patted his shoulder lightly.
“Loyalty is expensive. Go and appease your subordinates. They must all be depressed by now.”
He bowed his head deeply and turned away.
I stood on the deck and looked at the lighthouse lights in the distance.
Now that the flames have been lit, Jaylilith and the mechanical knights will be moving.
They could use the pretext of checking for eroders to arrest everyone working at the Governor's Residence.
Those who tried to snatch Shuv Ardella from the hands of the imperial family.
Do you think I don't know?
"……under."
Thinking about it that far made me sigh again.
Now I'm a real piece of shit.
Unlike elves, mermaids did not socially persecute humans.
Of course, they did eat some drowning people, but people were not their main food.
In fact, the hostility between humans and mermaids is cute compared to that between humans and other species.
Of course, since we joined hands with the fish people, we had to do something to punish them.
But to say that even after enslaving them for a thousand years, they were not satisfied and wanted to enslave them forever was an unprecedented evil deed, even in my opinion.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Then the sound of sheet metal boots was heard.
“Your Majesty Valen.”
It was the handsome and beautiful knight, Sir Tentia, with red short hair and red eyes.
“Sir. Weren’t you resting?”
“How can a knight rest comfortably when his lord is sighing deeply?”
“Haha. Sorry about that. How are your hands? They must have shrunk a lot since they were in the salt water for so long. Are you dehydrated?”
“When did you talk about the enemy? As soon as I got back on the boat and drank a glass of water, I was all better.”
There was a look of trust in me in her eyes.
I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them, suppressing my confused mind.
When you become a prince, each step you take affects countless people.
I had to make Jaylilith a beloved emperor by her subjects, and I had to make sure that the upright Lord Tentia could continue to believe in herself and wield her sword.
So now I'm not hoping that I'm right, I'm just hoping that somehow I'm right.
“Admiral Red.”
“Did you call? No. Did you call? Your Majesty?”
I went into the cabin and called her.
The mysterious and passionate beauty with her rich red hair was once again wearing the uniform of an admiral.
“I will go see His Majesty the Emperor. Get ready.”
Shuv Ardella laughed bitterly.
“Your Majesty, I cannot set foot on land.”
I smiled awkwardly and shook my head.
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“I didn’t put in that condition.”
The mermaid princess looked as if she had been hit in the back of the head.
The light of the lighthouse at the end of the harbor shone through his unfocused blue eyes.
“……Really? You can go back to land? You can meet people?”
She lived a thousand years.
It wouldn't be strange if he had some story I don't know about.
I smiled affectionately and held out my hand.
“A thousand years? Let’s go?”
The little mermaid clenched her teeth.
It seemed like he was suppressing his emotions.
“fu*king Soletaras.”
"okay."
“You are a monster that devours emotions and souls.”
"okay."
I escorted Shuv Ardella to the port.
widely.
She put her feet on the ground, a look of disbelief on her face.
Finally, clear tears flowed down her porcelain-like cheeks.
* * *
A heavy silence fell over the governor's residence.
Not a single one of the knights, elite soldiers, servants, or administrators of the governor's residence opened their mouths.
“…….”
The great hall was soaked with the blood of the dead and those who would soon die.
The soldiers, strengthened by the power of erosion, flocked like moths to a blazing bonfire, and fell like moths to a swarm of moths.
Srrrrrr.
Jaylilith smiled lazily and put away the Aura Blade wrapped around the glass mirror of the sword.
“I can’t even relax.”
The glass mirror was a large sword with a blade width of more than half a span.
Although it seemed difficult for the woman's thin arms to lift, the emperor swung the sword like a whip.
thud.
The last soldier collapsed with a straight line cut off from his forehead to his calf.
The soldier had bloated to twice his size and was pulling black feathers out of his body.
Blood and something sticky poured out onto the stone floor, causing several feeble maids and servants to faint.
The Holy Emperor looked at the Governor's family.
“Don't worry.”
Although she was wearing a sleeveless dress with a voluminous lower part, she exuded the imposing aura of a war god.
“It won’t be as painful as you think.”
Josephine and Charin were chattering their teeth, unable to even think of reciting the spell, and Charles was frozen, unable to even think of using the psychic armor he was wearing.
Countless questions raced through their minds.
'The butler… was a predator?'
'I'm screwed. I'm completely screwed.'
Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.
At that moment, an eerie sound of footsteps was heard from somewhere on the opposite side of the hall from where the soldiers had entered.
It was as if I was hearing gloomy and mournful music.
"your majesty!"
A figure came leisurely up from the bottom of the stairs.
The first thing that caught my eye was the neatly swept white hair, the handsome forehead, the red lips, and the sly smile.
Next came a ballroom-style uniform and white shoes, out of place in this bloody setting, up the stairs.
Charles felt that he possessed an air of extra-humanity that was different from that of the emperor.
A dangerous and alluring aura, like facing a beast.
'It's the real, real Valencian.'
The Holy Emperor, facing that energy, smiled innocently for a moment, which was unusual.
His white teeth were exposed, his white eyebrows formed a curve, and his dimples were vibrantly carved.
“You’re back!”
It was an unbecoming laugh of an emperor who had reduced thirty occupants to blood before they could even have a sip of tea.
For a moment, the Holy Emperor coughed once, regained his languid expression, and called the Grand Duke to him as if he were a long-time subject.
“It's late.”
“I’m sorry. I brought the enemy admiral. But these are…….”
Valencian sighed as he looked at the corpses of the eroders.
'Were there any cult forces here before the return? Judging from their expressions, it seems like even their family members don't know the details. And judging by their black feathers, they probably aren't native.'
It could be that the eroding sect was fanning the governor's unholy dreams.
Jaylilith put the glass mirror back in its scabbard and approached him.
She said, pointing to the corpse of the eroder.
“He had a surprisingly well-organized spirit.”
“It looks like it wasn’t just because you were lucky that you didn’t get caught.”
“Unfortunately, they didn’t seem to know either. It looks like we’ll have to stay for a while, like we did with Freud.”
Valencianus behaved like a 40-year veteran administrator.
“Understood. Call the administrators together immediately and recruit the officer knights-.”
But his words did not continue.
Ddddddddd-!
An earth-shaking tremor came from the north of the mansion.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of breaking glass rang out loud.
The Holy Emperor and the Archduke stood side by side like the finest figuirine dolls, looking out the window.
"under."
The helpless sigh of the Grand Duke of Mangnani and the thunderous mental waves of the Encroacher rang out.
“Kaaaaaaah-!”
A skeletal giant covered in black feathers stood up from the intersection.
The Holy Emperor asked absentmindedly.
“My dear. How big does that thing look?”
The Grand Duke of Mangnani raised his picturesque eyebrows and compared the surrounding buildings and encroachers.
“……It looks like it’s about 175m.”
“This time, Jim will come.”
The Holy Emperor turned around, and the scoundrel Archduke followed him, grabbing his sleeve.
“Let’s go together.”
The Holy Emperor lifted his chin.
“Do you not trust me?”
The Grand Duke of Mangnani smiled slyly.
“Wouldn’t it be safest to be by Your Majesty’s side? I want to be by your side.”
The Holy Emperor nodded his head in satisfaction.
“Understood. Come wearing your armor.”
The archduke ran towards Charles.
“I’d like to borrow some armor.”
It was as if he was asking me to return the money I borrowed.
“Yes, yes.”
“And gather the administrators and officers and evacuate the citizens. Did you receive the disaster evacuation procedure notice? If you run away, we will follow you to the ends of hell and burn you to death, so do what you have to do.”
* * *
It had patches of crustacean skin over its bony body.
Behind his back he wore a feathered cloak that looked like folded wings, and his face was not human but that of a bird.
The butler was not an invader with such powerful force, regardless of his knowledge or standing within the church.
However, the 'Spiral Black Horn' he possessed was one of the most useful reagents when summoning beings that were not of this world.
At the moment of death, the power he had suppressed burst out, and that power reacted with the reagent he had, drawing out even more power.
“Kwaaaaak!”
“Save me!”
“What is that!”
“It’s the end of the world!”
People at the end of the harbor ran away screaming at the top of their lungs.
Crowds of people crowded into both narrow alleys and wide avenues.
“Launch the boat! Now!”
“The port is blocked!”
“What are you talking about!?”
The harbor at the end was peaceful for a very long time.
Who would dare invade the imperial harbor guarded by the Red Admiral?
Thanks to the mermaid's energy, the Erosion Sect was not able to gain much power.
Even the clergy of the Gwangmyeong Church, whose daily routine included slaying zombies and abominations, had long since put down their swords and hammers.
thud!
The skeleton giant took a step forward.
It had huge arms compared to its body, and since the butler's mind could not handle its huge body, its movements were half-instinctive.
bang!
So it was only natural that he swung his huge arm to find his balance, and that the stone building he hit with it shattered into pieces, sending up debris that seemed to have been fired by a hundred catapults.
Swish!
"no!"
“Hold Mom’s hand tight!”
“I loved you!”
A huge boulder was about to fall on the heads of the fleeing people.
“Yes. This nature hates us humans.”
And the Holy Emperor fired a hundred shots of his purple-glowing 'Spear of Power', blasting all the boulders out of the air.
Kwakwakwakwang-!
“Huh, huh?”
“You’re alive?!”
“Over there, over there-.”
The people who had been cowering looked around for the wizard who had saved them.
And soon I saw a couple who looked exactly like each other walking leisurely between them.
The white-haired, golden-eyed man and woman were so beautiful that they didn't seem human, and they gave off an aura that wasn't human.
“Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I fought alongside you.”
“It is true that Your Majesty will never take up arms.”
“When I think about cleaning up the mental pollution, the burden is overwhelming. Wouldn’t it be right to just burn it all?”
“You are all His Majesty’s precious subjects. The encroachers will be taken care of by my mechanics, and the evacuation will be taken care of by the soldiers of the Governor’s Territory. If they fail, they will be burned at the stake, so they will do their best.”
“Well done.”
The Holy Emperor raised the spirit of the dragon.
A golden aura rippled across his palm.
“Do you want to eat that too?”
The Duke of Mangnani raised the spirit of resonance.
His left hand cracked like gold porcelain, and Az's crystal flashed between them.
“Yes. Since the mermaid princess was brought back alive, I would like to take that.”
He curled his red lips and smiled a hungry smile.