Lord of Training - Chapter 119
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119. After the play ends.
‘That man is the emperor.’
A strong physique and a straight back.
He wore a splendid uniform and had over a dozen medals pinned to his chest.
If you are the emperor, why are you wearing all these medals?
And the Grand Master of the Knights Halmut Müller and the Knights of the Guard were guarding him around.
“Everyone, please stand!”
The delegation and the ministers, nobles, and officials nearby all stood up from their seats.
We stood up too.
As the emperor entered, the people began to murmur.
The emperor came up onto the stage first, and then the imperial family came up onto the stage one by one.
The emperor came out to the railing of the stage and waved to the citizens.
“Long live His Majesty Emperor Karl Modus!”
“Long live His Majesty Emperor Karl Modus!”
“Wow!”
He seemed to have the support of the imperial people.
Indeed, the empire’s territory has increased by 1.5 times, and recently the Kingdom of Novok has been occupied, while the Kingdom of Mark has surrendered.
He was also called the Great Emperor because no other emperor in history had accomplished so many accomplishments.
‘Is it like bulletproof glass?’
In front of the podium, a transparent glass rose to the height of the Emperor’s chest.
I couldn’t see the material here, but it looked quite thick when viewed from the side.
If it’s not a gun shooting from the sky, it’ll all be stopped by bulletproof glass.
If you fire a cannon, you might not know.
But it seemed like a named-level firepower like mine could destroy it.
“The Emperor is very popular.”
“I guess they called the delegation to show us something like that.”
As the emperor continued to wave his hand to the people, the imperial family members standing behind him continued to stand without even being able to sit down.
And I also saw Princess Leia, the 6th princess, who I saw at the temple yesterday.
“The big man over there is Crown Prince Stephan.”
Stefan looked to be over 190 cm tall and weighed well over 130 kg.
The fatness somehow reminded him of Alain’s old appearance.
I struggled for a year to lose that weight.
“He is the only one of the emperor’s children who has not awakened the flying technique.”
“And yet, you managed to become the crown prince.”
“Marshal Jorac is my father-in-law.”
“ah!”
The emperor’s right hand man and supreme commander of the front lines was his father-in-law.
“And on the other side you will see a short, sharp-looking man.”
“Who is it?”
“This is Prince Martin Modus. He is second in line to the throne.”
“And the second one?”
“I heard you are in the southern continent now.”
“Are you a soldier?”
“Yes! I heard that he is commanding the 3rd Corps of the Imperial Army. He is smart and capable, but his maternal side is too weak. Most of the princes and princesses have different mothers.”
I heard that Emperor Karl did not hesitate to sow the seeds.
Even now, he was working hard to take in concubines and have children, and there were more than 10 children who were officially crowned princes and princesses.
If you add illegitimate children to that, that number would more than double.
“The crown prince has been chosen, but I heard that there is a lot of fighting over the hierarchy and infighting within the palace.”
“The current emperor also stepped on the crown prince and his older brothers to become emperor, so he probably thinks he has a chance.”
“you’re right.”
I don’t know what the emperor is thinking.
He would be 63 years old today.
No matter how correct it is now, in ten years the time will come when he will have to hand over the throne and step back.
But the war of conquest was accelerating.
I’m not going to live forever.
‘Huh? No way, that lab yesterday?’
Suddenly, I remembered the secret research lab I saw yesterday.
‘Is the reason you want to experiment with human flexibility because you want to live forever?’
He could have done something like that because he was reluctant to leave everything he had accomplished.
Even Qin Shi Huang tried everything to obtain the elixir of life.
“What are you thinking about?”
“No.”
I was curious about what was going on in the emperor’s mind.
After a while, the emperor took his seat, and the imperial family took their seats.
Only then were we able to sit down.
“Let the parade begin!”
Doo doo doo doo! Doo doo doo doo!
The bell rang and the parade began.
The parade took some time to get here, as it entered through the North Gate, went through the East Gate and South Gate, and exited through the West Gate.
I felt relieved because I had already finished the mission, done some farming, and had some great achievements.
It was over if I just leisurely watched the parade and went back.
“Who is the man standing behind the Emperor? He doesn’t seem to be a member of the royal family.”
Paolo looked up, then took a quick look through his telescope.
“I think it’s Advisor Ericsson.”
“The torturer?”
“Yes, he is the Emperor’s closest confidant who gives advice.”
“You look pretty young?”
“We don’t have any detailed information about him other than his name. We don’t have any family information, and he’s not from the Imperial Military Academy. He’s someone who suddenly appeared out of nowhere one day.”
“When did it suddenly rise?”
“About a year and a half.”
“After conquering the S-rank labyrinth gate.”
“That will happen.”
He was a suspicious person.
The Emperor’s advisor would normally have been an older, more experienced man, but when I looked closely through the telescope, I saw that the man looked to be no older than 20 years old.
I took out my dimension detector.
A red light sparkled on the stage.
‘What? Do you have a small dimensional core?’
A red light was detected where the torturer was standing.
“Oh! Here it comes!”
The people were in an uproar.
Chuck, chuck, chuck!
Finally, the soldiers came into view, marching in line.
As the Army and Navy soldiers passed by, the air force’s so-called air force magicians lined up and slowly flew in a strange pattern.
Drrrrr! Drrrrr!
A tram also made an appearance.
“Wow!”
People cheered the new weapon.
But the number wasn’t as large as I thought.
Is it because I stole the dimensional battery yesterday?
About 50 tramways passed by, as did cannons and artillery pieces mounted on horsepower trucks.
And then a large bomber made its appearance.
As dozens of bombers passed by, the ambassadors from each country looked serious.
But this was within the expected range.
No, it seemed a little bit lacking compared to what I expected.
‘Why isn’t the orbital period shown?’
There must be at least 5 of them.
If you want to threaten the delegation, just show it to them.
Of course, the Republic of Arica and our Atlan knew about it, but the other kingdoms had no idea about the Orbital Gigant.
“Kill the Emperor!”
“Kill the mad emperor!”
Suddenly, people flying into the sky among the crowd watching the parade!
It’s an aviation magic knight!
“Kill Carl Modus!”
“Kill him!”
Bang! Ta-ta-ta-tang! Ta-tang!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The assassins fire their rifles, but they are blocked by bulletproof glass on the platform.
“Stop it!”
“Protect His Majesty the Emperor!”
About twenty aerial magic knights blocked the front of the stage.
“Phelps! Protect Her Royal Highness Princess Sofia!”
“yes!”
I also moved next to Princess Sophia, using air shields on all sides.
The Imperial Guard’s aerial magic knights attacked the incoming assassins.
Tata tang! Tata tang!
“Ugh!”
“Eww!”
The assassins fell to the floor in a heap.
That was when.
Paaaaang!
A man who came flying in from outside the city at high speed.
In his hand he held a large Gatling gun.
“Die! You evil devil bastard!”
Wheeing!
Tutututututu!
Boom! Kwakwakwakwakwakwak!
The firepower is enough to shatter even the bulletproof glass of the railing in an instant!
“Ugh!”
“Ahh!”
The guard aviators blocking the way fell helplessly after being hit by Gatling gun bullets.
But it did not reach the crouching emperor.
This was because Halmut Müller stepped forward and extended both his hands in a defensive maneuver.
“Protect His Majesty the Emperor!”
The royal family members on the stage were busy using their flight skills and running away.
I now know who is firing the Gatling gun.
It was Brigadier General Yannick Ulson, a named-class aerial magic knight from the Novok Kingdom that had recently fallen to the Empire.
That Gatling gun was his weapon.
Paaaaang!
“Protect His Majesty the Emperor!”
At that moment, the Empire’s named-class aerial magic knight, Brigadier General Marina Pope, flew in from the sky with her subordinates.
“Stop him!”
“die!”
Tutututu!
Brigadier General Yannick evaded the attack, firing his Gatling gun.
Paaaaang!
“Catch him!”
“Chase him!”
Paaaaang! Paaaaang!
The Imperial Aerial Magic Knights pursued Brigadier General Yannick.
On the podium, the Emperor Karl was safe.
‘No! This is not the end.’
If it were me, I would have prepared for the next attack.
“die!”
Bang! Tata tata tang!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Then another assassin flew up from the crowd and lunged at the Emperor.
With each bullet that hit, a fierce flame shot up.
“Ugh!”
“Ahh!”
The aerial magic knights blocking the way fell helplessly.
Now I knew who this person was.
He was the only named-class aerial magic knight of the southern continent’s kingdom of Helione, Vice Admiral Guillermo.
The stage was covered in blood as if it had been hit by artillery fire.
However, the Emperor was saved thanks to the incredible defensive techniques of Lieutenant General Halmut.
‘It’s not Halmut! That torturer is blocking the attack!’
There was another black shield in front of the one that Lieutenant General Halmut had deployed. And the advisor was extending his hand next to the Emperor.
How can you stop an attack from a named-class aerial magic knight at that age?
Could it be a monster with a dimensional core like Iris?
But what if you’re a human and not an elf?
There’s no way we’ve already succeeded in human synthesis.
Are you from a destroyed world?
It was a question.
‘Oh, what’s that?’
The moment I saw the emperor, I was dumbfounded.
I couldn’t see it clearly because it was far away and I could only see its side, but the emperor who was looking this way was wearing a necklace exactly like the one I had.
Mirroring Face, an elven heritage that allows one to copy faces.
‘A fake emperor······.’
Still, I thought I knew why the Emperor, who was once a named-class aerial magic knight, didn’t fly away.
The current emperor was a fake.
Yet the two men desperately protected the emperor.
Tata tang! Tang tang!
Commendatore Helmuth shouted as he fired his rifle too.
“Protect His Majesty the Emperor!”
“Stop it!”
Imperial Aerial Magic Knights were flying in from all directions.
Guillermo ignored the oncoming aerial magic knights and continued to fire his sailing guns at the Emperor.
But the emperor had advisers.
When bullets were fired at him, Guillermo had no choice but to turn around and run away.
“Chase him!”
Paaaaang! Paaaaang!
In an instant, over a hundred aerial magic knights surrounded the area.
And soldiers on the ground also came rushing to Ur.
So the situation seemed to be resolved.
“His Highness the Crown Prince has been shot!”
“His Highness the Crown Prince has been shot!”
The Emperor’s healer jumped up onto the stage.
The other royals awakened their flying skills and escaped, but the crown prince, unable to fly, remained on the platform until he was killed.
The people watching were in a state of great panic.
Now, not a single citizen of this place died, but before their eyes, assassins attacked the Emperor and the Imperial Family, and the Crown Prince was shot.
Since it was a bullet fired by a named-class aerial magic knight, there’s a good chance the crown prince will die.
I shook my head.
‘I saw a well-written play.’
The Kingdom of Novok was recently occupied by the Empire.
And on the southern continent, the imperial forces were now gathering.
One side wanted to avenge the fallen kingdom, while the other side wanted to assassinate the emperor and prevent war before the imperial army could attack.
In this situation, a military parade was held.
The Empire would have already known about the assassination plan.
“What on earth is going on now?”
Paolo asked with surprised eyes.
I answered in my mind.
As public opinion among the people, exhausted by the ongoing war, worsens, they are trying to gather public opinion for war by sacrificing the crown prince.
The people of the Empire will be enraged by what happened today.
And they got a pretext to attack the southern continent.
The emperor will start a war based on overwhelming support.
“Bring Her Highness the Princess. Return to the messenger’s office.”
We returned to the messenger’s office, protecting Princess Sophia.
***
“Is that true? You knew about the attack and yet you ignored it?”
Paolo opened his eyes wide when he heard my story.
“Yes, as you know, the second attack was by Brigadier General Guillermo of the Kingdom of Helione. So today’s incident provides an excuse to attack the southern continent.”
“Then we become witnesses.”
“Yes. And we will unite the people of the Empire, who are tired of the long war, and conduct a large-scale conscription and recruitment. And with that power, we will invade the southern continent and the Kingdom of Bavaria.”
At first, I thought they had invited us to the parade to show off their new weapons and military power, but I realized it was a show to turn public opinion in their country, which was full of discontent after the long war, in their favor.
There is meticulous political calculation behind it.
After all, the emperor was also a substitute.
Emperor Karl Modus was a truly terrifying man.
Sacrificing even his own son, the crown prince.
Although he didn’t kill them directly, he must have known that if the platform was attacked, it would be the crown prince, not the aerial magic knights, who would be most at risk.
It was that night.
Someone came to see the messenger.
Chuck, chuck, chuck!
“Excuse me. This is Colonel Ian of the Knights Templar. This is a letter from His Majesty the Emperor. I will be waiting outside.”
Colonel Ian waited outside the ambassador’s office.
Princess Sophia, who received the letter, looked at me.
“Please read it.”
Sophia opened the letter.
“This is a letter asking you to come to the palace tomorrow.”
“To the palace?”
“It says that I want to discuss what happened this afternoon with the representatives of each country’s delegation.”
“Then we’re not the only ones who received the letter.”
Delegations from other countries were also invited to the palace.
“Sir Alain, what should I do?”
“Just say you’re going. Wouldn’t it be better to go there and hear what they have to say?”
“Ah! I see.”
Sophia Russell told Colonel Ian that she would be going to the palace tomorrow.
That night Paolo came to visit.
“What on earth are you calling me for?”
“We will attack the Southern Continent, and warn other kingdoms not to participate.”
“You’re already taking advantage of today’s work.”
“So this is evidence that they have already made detailed calculations.”
The emperor was an enigmatic person.
Will the real thing come out tomorrow?
This was a golden opportunity to meet the Emperor of the Empire.
And I was also curious about the identity of that young adviser.
End
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