The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 194



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Episode 194 61. Decision (3)

5.

Balto stood on the wall and looked at Charon.

Below the walls is already hell.

The dark elves who had come as messengers were already corpses lying on the ground, and the demons and dark elves who had arrived after them were rushing towards Charon.

There are corpses everywhere.

As time goes by, enemies keep coming in.

At that sight, the captain of the guard standing next to Balto clenched his fist and shouted.

“Your Majesty! Are you really going to just sit back and watch like this?”

The captain of the guard had been displeased with Charon only a few minutes ago.

But there was an unmistakable anger on his face.

Humans are fighting.

The humans are holding off the endless waves of dark elves with their own strength.

It was a fierce battle.

Charon, a human with no relation to the elves whatsoever, silently swung his sword while leaning against the wall.

“Elder!”

The captain of the guard called the elder once again.

I wanted to go down and fight with them right away. And it wasn’t just the captain of the guard, but all the elves watching the battle from the walls felt the same.

Anger wells up inside me.

The guilt that humans are fighting on their behalf.

The feeling of helplessness that comes from being able to just sit and watch that scene.

A multitude of emotions mixed together to create immense anger.

But Balto just watched the fierce battle with his fists clenched.

‘You have to believe.’

On the way up the wall, Charon’s words rang in my ears.

-No matter what happens, the elder just watches.

Only then did Balto realize why Charon had said that.

What Eileen’s elves lacked was the will to fight.

A desperate situation where the city is surrounded by dark elves.

In that situation, most of the elves were slowly being consumed by despair.

Perhaps that was the psychological aspect that the Demon King of Sloth wanted.

But now Charon was setting fire to the hearts of the elves.

“All forces! Support Caron Reston immediately… … .”

“I told you to watch!”

Balto shouted firmly at the captain of the guard.

Balto, who never raised his voice in normal times, couldn’t help but be taken aback by the sudden shout.

“Take a good look at it with your own two eyes.”

In Balto’s eyes, Charon’s desperation was clearly visible.

People call him a hero when they see him like that. A truly noble hero who fights alone while carrying everyone’s hopes.

However, the appearance of Charon seen through Balto’s eyes is rather noble.

‘Terrible murder.’

It was just brutal.

A murderous intent so intense that it leaves the viewer breathless.

Who on earth is this murderous intent directed at?

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

The vortices that spew forth from Charon Reston’s sword mercilessly attack the dark elves.

Fogs made of magical energy spread across the battlefield, and the fog was instantly dyed in blood.

The dark blue fog turns crimson.

And the more the fog sucked the blood of its enemies, the more powerful it became.

“Kwaaaaah!”

Kkieeeeeek-!

The screams of the demons and the screams of the dark elves are mixed together in confusion.

Some of the demons started going berserk with their eyes rolled back, and the dark elves did the same.

Enemies who do not hesitate to attack their own kind and colleagues.

The battlefield was already engulfed in chaos, as if an internal strife had broken out.

Among them, a young human being shines alone with blue light.

A cool magic and a terrifying murderous intent dominate the battlefield.

“This is war.”

A place where you die if you don’t kill.

That’s the battlefield.

Balto had always known how arrogant the elves of the Eastern Forest had been.

Advanced magic repelled intruders without a hitch and brought hell upon the elves’ enemies.

But this war was not like that at all.

The dark elves, with the Demon King behind them, were rapidly increasing their power, and now they were right before Eileen’s eyes.

“We have to risk our lives.”

The dark elves were not afraid of death, so they pushed their way into Eileen.

Elves, on the other hand, still feared death.

Long periods of peace and great magic have made the elves weak.

“5 days.”

All they need is five days.

We must hold out here until our compatriots in the Southern Great Forest come to us with assistance.

“Take a look at that human being and return to the city center to testify. Don’t you already know what our current situation is and what we must do to obtain the future?”

There will be sacrifices.

Cities will be destroyed and there will be a lot of bloodshed.

But we must not be consumed by fear.

“My fellow countrymen.”

Balto continued speaking, taking in everything Charon showed him without missing a single thing.

“When our southern brethren arrive here, I hope we can greet them with dignity. At least we fought with our lives, we fought without shame. That’s what I’ll say.”

Saaaaaaaaaaah-!

A great darkness ripples in the distance.

Gargoyles, undead, and flying demons appeared, and the smell of dark magic began to waft everywhere.

Balto raised his hand and pointed at them. Then he shouted in a firm voice.

“Activate the magic turret!”

Charon predicted that flying demons would appear. And the moment they did, he told them to fully intervene in the battle.

Wooooow-!

Following Balto’s instructions, the turrets installed throughout the walls began to operate.

Turrets engraved with various magics.

These turrets were the driving force of this city, the weapons that made Eileen an impregnable fortress.

As dozens of turrets simultaneously aimed their guns at the sky, Balto raised the staff he was holding high in his hand. Then he shouted in a firm voice.

“All fire!”

At his command.

Woof woof woof-!

Kwaaaa …

Dozens of turrets fired spells simultaneously.

For my people, for my mother.

And above all.

“For the future.”

For the next generation who will live in a better world.

A spark of light rose in the hearts of the elves who were trapped in Eileen.

The flames burned away all the fear that had been lingering in the hearts of the elves.

6.

On the hill with a view of Eileen.

There was a magnificently decorated tent there.

“Master, what should I do now?”

King Rtakka, who leads all the dark elves, bowed his head to the young-looking man sitting on the high throne and spoke.

“Let’s just watch.”

The man smiled as he tilted his glass filled with blood-red wine.

“There is no need to rush, Rtaka. Everything will be as you wish.”

As he said this, he took a sip of the wine in his glass.

“Isn’t he truly an amazing person? The more I look at that murderous intent, the more I desire it.”

The Demon King of Sloth, who had the Dark Elf King as his retinue, smiled contentedly as he watched the humans massacred in front of the walls of Eileen.

It was a great murder.

Even among the demons under his command, there were only a few with such a murderous spirit.

“Isn’t it a great game? It’s so much fun to watch these people struggling to survive.”

Even at this hour, dark elves are dying without rest.

Still, the Demon King of Laziness had a leisurely expression.

“Time is on our side. Don’t be impatient. When enough souls gather, the gates will open. So you must drive your people further into that hell. Do you understand?”

“I will keep that in mind, Master.”

Letaka smiled, not hiding his greedy expression.

His master promised a lot.

The moment the ‘door’ opens, the army that bursts out of that door will turn this land upside down.

The Eastern Great Forest will soon become their domain, and the World Tree there will become the sacred tree exclusively for the Dark Elves.

“You dark elves will become my vanguard and pierce the continent.”

“Your grace is infinite, Master!”

The Demon King of Sloth promised Rtaka in a languid voice.

The eastern forest was isolated.

That means there are no beings coming to help here.

The Demon King of Sloth reached out and patted Letaka’s head.

“We have waited for a very long time.”

About 300 years ago.

A damn human named Reston separated the realm of the demons across the North Sea from this world.

He was truly a monstrous man.

The human joined hands with the dragons to seal the demons, and as a result, the demon lords could not freely show up on the continent.

“Lael Reston.”

The Demon King of Sloth recalled the face of the human he had encountered a long time ago.

He was a human who did not hesitate to sow discord among the demon lords, and was more demon-like than the demons themselves.

He ravaged the Demon Realm, the territory of the Demons beyond the North Sea.

Of course, the man was not alone.

There were many heroes by his side.

“He was a really funny guy.”

If the Demon King of Void had not intervened himself, that human would have definitely destroyed the Demon Realm.

“Isn’t this a really funny fate, since his descendants are blocking me?”

He looked at Caron Reston through the crystal ball and smiled sincerely.

A former slave who returned through reincarnation and was born into the Reston Dukedom with an endless desire for revenge.

The Demon King of Sloth had so many questions for Charon.

The World Tree was clearly involved in the reincarnation of Charon Reston.

However, the Demon King of Sloth only knew that much, and he still did not know what truth was hidden behind it.

That’s why he was even more curious.

Why did the World Tree choose the slaves of the wicked?

“Le Taca.”

The Demon King of Sloth called his retinue.

Then Letaka bowed his head again.

“Yes, master!”

“Order the ones planted inside Eileen to self-destruct. Then cover the city with my black magic. Make them realize that resistance is futile.”

His languid voice shook the tent.

Charon Reston, that clever fellow, inspired the elves’ fighting spirit by shedding his own blood.

But soon the elves will realize.

That fighting spirit is nothing in the face of the Demon King’s power.

“The only thing that is allowed to the Elves of Eileen is the life of cattle. Idleness will eat away at their lives, and they will abandon their duty.”

The elves would forget their duty to protect the city. In their place would be a faint hope to prolong their lives, which would soon mean lethargy.

“Start the ritual.”

The Demon King of Sloth put down his glass and stood up.

And then he whispered quietly in Letaka’s ear.

“Summon my body and legions here by sacrificing countless lives, and you will have everything you desire.”

“I would be happy to do so.”

This is just a beachhead.

A door connecting to the Demon Realm will be created through the World Tree’s sapling, and death will spread throughout the continent from here.

By the time the heroes of the continent arrive here, it will already be too late.

The Demon King of Sloth smiled with a satisfied expression.

The plan will come true.

certainly.

7.

Same time.

This is the sea east of the continent.

“Ugh, ugh, ugh.”

Kepa, a pirate with ten years of experience, exhaled heavily while hugging a wooden plank floating in the sea. Then, he swallowed hard and recalled what had just happened.

It was just one ship.

A ship of a type I’ve never seen before.

Since this was the territory of the Humpback Whale Pirates, he and his crew naturally rushed to plunder the ship.

This is a pirate ship with a total of twelve ships.

I thought that one of those small boats would be easy to capture.

But that was entirely their mistake.

‘What the heck was that?’

It only took 10 seconds for all the pirate ships to be destroyed.

Something flashed at the stern of the unidentified ship, and all the pirate ships were torn to pieces.

Was there a wizard on that ship?

Wooooow-!

“……uh?”

When he heard a strange sound, Kepa turned his gaze and looked south again.

A line of enormous ships appeared in front of them.

Ships that appear to have been built using unusual wood.

Kepa was left speechless by the majesty of those enormous ships.

‘What is happening… … .’

But Kepa’s thoughts didn’t last long.

Kwaaaa …

Because a wave that came from somewhere swallowed him up.

The sea became calm only after it had swallowed up all the surviving pirates, and large ships passed over it at high speed.

Woof woof woof-!

Another storm was barreling toward the eastern forest.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house