Chapter 567 – 46. Dejac Empire – An Empire Rushing Toward the End (1)
[Dejac Empire – Empire rushing toward the end]
First of all, I was relieved to be alive.
But at the same time, it had been a long time since I had been afraid to open my eyes, the emperor thought.
What if he was mistaken for a terrorist and was arrested?
However, as he gradually calmed down, he realized that the feel of the bed he was lying on was familiar.
A bed that has been used for over several decades since becoming emperor.
The moment he became convinced of that, the emperor slowly opened his eyes.
“…”
“Your Majesty, are you okay?”
“I’m so glad you’re safe, Your Majesty!”
“…How could it be that one person… Ugh…Is it so?”
He opened his mouth amid throbbing pain throughout his body.
At the same time, dozens of voices pouring in.
Since my body hasn’t matured yet, everything is annoying and noisy.
As he raised his hand out of habit, the ringing in his ears subsided.
For a moment, the emperor was satisfied.
Despite his physical condition, the long-established authority he had achieved did not waver.
No, on the contrary, it will be even stronger because it is now.
‘It’s 10 years too early for succession.’
The emperor slowly turns his head to face dozens of gazes looking at him head-on.
As always, he had the chamberlain report to him.
The empress, empresses, children, and high-ranking nobles gathered at the meeting were both disappointed and relieved.
The imperial chamberlain is something that changes periodically, not to be considered a confidant.
Entrusting the report to him means that at least he hasn’t predicted anyone yet.
For now, I was just glad that I wasn’t another competitor.
“Excuse me, Your Majesty. How much do you remember?”
“…The Four Elders of the Magic Tower attacked me.”
“That’s right. After that…”
The chamberlain reported to the emperor a summary of what had happened since he fainted and over the past week.
Quite a lot happened until the terror was controlled and the emperor woke up.
No one thought the emperor was in critical condition as the dragon gave him temporary treatment and his saint treated him.
Instead, there were various problems, including the aftermath of terrorism.
What is important here is that there is no one to act as a command tower on behalf of the emperor.
No, there were a lot of people, but they were all busy keeping each other in check.
“Thanks to you, nothing has progressed…?”
“Yes, that is so, Your Majesty.”
“…”
A problem that arose because the emperor’s position and power were too strong.
This was the result of never having had a proper rest until now, always being second in command, and not trusting even those close to me.
After several days of conflict, it was agreed to wait until the emperor woke up.
However, no one knows what the consequences of delaying responsibility will be.
Because of that, everyone looked at the emperor’s mouth and waited for the next words to come out.
“…Huh. Hehe.”
“…?”
“Yes. Everyone… Did very, very well.”
“Sir, I am devastated, Your Majesty!”
The emperor smiled cheerfully.
A smile so disgusting that others would be shocked when they see it.
It was a twisted laugh that could not be attributed to an ordinary person.
“Ugh!”
“Hey, hey!”
One young prince, who was forcibly dragged by his mother, even burst into tears.
The emperor’s smile, or rather his expression, was clearly strange and eccentric.
Nevertheless, no one present dared point out that fact to the emperor.
It was because I didn’t want to make a mistake and lose money when I was feeling uncomfortable.
The prince, who did not stop crying until the end, was eventually dragged outside by the empress.
‘Good.’ Very good.’
The emperor was pleased with it.
He was, after all, an emperor.
A great, great emperor.
Didn’t a mere doppelganger dare to challenge him, but ended up dying?
‘Yes, that’s right. Who would dare challenge Jim?’
At the abyss-like border of fear and evil, the emperor changed.
It was the beginning of tyranny.
“Even though I went crazy, I went really crazy.”
The rumor spread quickly.
“No. It would be more accurate to say that he is less crazy.”
In fact, it wasn’t even a rumor.
Only what the emperor did after awakening became known to the public.
However, the apparently insane orders and policies were enough to arouse suspicion.
“Huh? Less crazy?”
Yuri, who was eating a snack next to him, asked as Valdez mumbled something to himself incomprehensibly.
“It’s less crazy. That’s good for us.”
“…?”
“You may have heard, but the emperor is very strange now.”
“That’s right. There have been dozens of mistakes made over the past three days.”
The emperor was giving orders that no sane person could understand.
The first order given after waking up was not to investigate the truth but to punish.
That may be the case up to this point, but the problem was numbers.
Dozens of people died due to poor security and escort.
Regardless of nobles, wizards, knights, servants, etc.
This was an incident that raised doubts about the emperor’s mental state.
“They’ve already killed dozens of people without even conducting a proper investigation. It’s ridiculous.”
Dozens of people died in three days.
I don’t know how many more people will die as time passes.
Even now, the emperor is killing and punishing quite a few people.
Thanks to this, even those who turned their backs on the emperor due to survival issues also suffered a lot.
There is no clear basis or standard, and punishment is handed down in a way that passes responsibility, so who will follow the emperor?
He still had some remaining competence and the power he had built up over decades, but in the end it was only a matter of time.
“If he had gone completely crazy and committed strange acts, the prince and princess would have joined hands and committed treason, but that is not the case.”
“Aha. It’s weird for a moment and you don’t know if it’ll come back soon or if it’s just gone.”
“Yes. You were originally capable and scary, right? Well, when I saw it, there was already no answer, but…”
“There must be a lot of people who have hope.”
“That will happen. That will be soon…”
Valdes trailed off and laughed softly.
Work became a lot of fun.
‘Is there really something that made the emperor like that? Fear of death? I don’t think that person was that good… Aha.’
As I was thinking happily, I quickly realized the reason.
It is unlikely that a giant the size of an emperor would go crazy after experiencing the threat of death once.
In the first place, wasn’t there something the emperor longed for more than life?
‘Authority. Phase. Empire. ‘Everything I’ve accumulated so far.’
The doppelganger changed his face and appearance with his powers to terrorize the Emperor.
Just like the emperor himself.
It’s not just that what you’ve built is collapsing, it’s being completely taken away.
That would be the most fearful thing for a proud emperor.
Even though Valdez laughed, he felt sad inside.
Unfortunately, it is impossible for him to completely take away what the emperor has achieved.
It was a feat that only a doppelganger could do.
So how can there be no regrets?
Rather than saying he particularly wanted it, he was sad that he couldn’t give him that kind of despair again.
“Well, it would be nice to see something you built falling down with your own hands.”
Valdez grins with a sinister expression.
It was a face that even the warrior who loved him would hate for a moment.
Do they hate the emperor that much?
Yuri thought about asking him why, but he quickly gave up.
‘What do you think?’
It didn’t matter to an emperor whose face I had only seen a couple of times.
There is no grudge, but there is also nothing to repay.
If you ask me, I would rather belong to the happy axis.
The fact that the emperor is going crazy means that the fall of the Dezak Empire is approaching.
‘And this journey is coming to an end.’
Hehe.”
Hero Kang Yu-ri picks up a sweet dessert and puts it in her mouth.
As the sugar in my head was replenished, I felt sentimental today, which made me look back on memories.
Transferred to another world and appointed Hero.
It’s only been a little over a year, but a lot has happened.
How could it be that his fate, who was just an ordinary college student, had changed like this?
It’s something that people don’t know even if they know it.
‘Once business in the empire is over, go back to Glazer and wait. When Valdez finished awakening, was that when the war started?’
Looking at it this way, it seems like there’s still a long way left, but the hero party’s journey is over anyway.
Also, having traveled around the continent with Valdes, half of the world has already been passed over to him.
In the end, war is just about finishing things and putting emphasis on things.
After sorting out some of the opposing forces and going to the Holy Kingdom and meeting the goddess, it’s really over.
‘If possible, I should ask them to take me with them then. She’s a goddess. What is it like in reality? He seems incompetent and arbitrary, but considering that he summoned a hero and even gave him a system, he doesn’t seem like an idiot. ‘I’m curious.’
Yuri is constantly picking up desserts and bringing them to her mouth.
“Ah.”
Suddenly, the 4th princess Theresia, with whom I was gradually becoming closer, came to mind.
Wilhelmina may have a strong desire for revenge and resentment towards the Emperor, but isn’t he her younger brother?
She also briefly heard that she was trying to get the emperor to praise her.
“Are you okay…?”
It was a small voice, like the inner thoughts that came out secretly, but it was clearly heard in Valdez’s ears.
“Which?”
“Which one, I guess…”
“Needless to say, our hero party is all fine. The dragon is being held in the castle. Princess Ulstro is resting quietly, and the saint is busy serving as usual. Ventorino and the Shinigami of the Three Alliances will benefit. “It started moving hard, but then became quiet.”
“No, you idiot. Tessa!”
How can we not know the condition of those who were at the conference hall, which was the center of terrorism?
I had just met and chatted with Mercedes yesterday.
“Tessa, you’re busy.”
“You’re busy?”
“I guess you haven’t been to the Magic Tower lately.”
“Ah, I see. Magic Tower.”
The Emperor’s gaze fell into madness, and the same thing happened to the Magic Tower.
Valdes and Eleniak hid the jewel that isolated the entire Magic Tower in another space.
No one considers Natalie’s claim to be false, but the situation is not very good due to the previous eye stamp.
In particular, the official title of Sven, who committed terrorism, was 4th Elder of the Magic Tower.
In the empire, only the emperor knows his true identity.
Because it could not be revealed, Magic Tower was experiencing the greatest hardship since its founding.
As a result, Natalie, her two students, and even Wilhelmina were all having busy and difficult days.
“As long as the emperor doesn’t really go crazy, the four of you will be safe. I can’t guarantee the other wizards, but that’s none of my business. If the three wizards use this opportunity to build up bad feelings toward the emperor, it’s actually good.”
“…It tastes bad.”
“Stink. But it’s not my fault. There’s nothing I can do about it now.”
But this won’t last long either.
The emperor’s tyranny is only just beginning.
As time went by, the severity would worsen.
One month at most.
In it, Valdez intended to finish his work in the Dejac Empire.
“Well then, should I stop by the Magic Tower for a moment?”
