Chapter 580 – 46. Dejac Empire – An Empire Rushing Toward the End (14)
The situation improved only briefly.
No, maybe even that was an illusion.
“The western gate, the gate is open…”
“Confirmed that many nobles, including the earl, are believed to be the second princess’ troops!”
“There are too many troops! A request for support…!”
“Support? Most of them are already involved in suppressing the rebellion!”
The island has a three-layer wall divided into an outer castle, an inner castle, and an imperial castle.
If you include the walls for division built according to the expansion plan by the emperor, there are more.
So, there would be no danger if one of the outer castle gates was breached, but if sympathizers were inside, the story would be different.
“W-What is this…?!”
“What’s going on again!”
“Boo, there are unidentified troops in the north as well…”
“What? That’s nonsense…!”
“Ugh! The source of the troops has been confirmed! This is… The Duke who is being punished for mutiny…?!”
“This is crazy!”
“Join the second princess! It looks like we are joining hands…!”
“…”
On the outskirts, the second princess is causing an uproar by attracting more nobles.
2 A situation where the princess and her sympathizers do everything they can to keep them inside.
The 2nd and 7th princes, who rebelled based on forces within the system, are also in danger.
They clashed a few times, but at some point, it started acting like they had reached a temporary truce.
Little by little, they were heading towards the imperial castle through a systematic route and occupying important areas.
Aside from the festival, most ordinary citizens are probably holed up at home holding their breath.
‘It’s the worst, the worst.’
This is not the only problem.
The vice-chief of the Imperial Intelligence Department could tell intuitively.
There is something more to the chaos of the system than just the three rebel forces.
It was hard to tell in the beginning when it was indiscriminate, but little by little, it started to become visible.
A fourth force that seems to be aiming for chaos itself, not rebellion.
‘It’s a big deal. ‘This is way out of our hands.’
Even a fool can’t not know this.
Even if the situation is resolved smoothly, the system will suffer severe aftereffects.
But he wasn’t worried about the aftereffects.
I was concerned not about the aftereffects, but about the empire itself.
What country would be destroyed by just one or two rebellions?
The real problem is whether you belong to the royal family, nobles, or commoners.
They say that the country is being eaten away because there is a cause that led them to revolt.
“Your majesty…”
It seemed as if a mystery was shining before the couple’s eyes.
It would be better if the illusion was real, but the emperor has never shown himself.
At the very least, even the manager who went to see the emperor has not returned.
‘This country… Will I really be able to survive?’
Amid all the commotion at the command center, some personnel visited the manager.
It may be temporary, but the confusion does not subside easily because there is no head of the intelligence department, who is the core of the command center.
‘… ‘I can’t help it.’
The manager is not only loyal but also very capable, so he cannot act as his representative.
But I had to do something right now.
“Everyone, please listen! I will take over command temporarily.”
The command center here is staffed not only by the Imperial Intelligence Department but also by the military and other civil servants.
There are many people with titles or positions higher than the vice president.
Still, no one objected.
For that reason, I was worried about future responsibilities, and I was also afraid of the job itself.
“First of all, you must quickly go to His Majesty’s office and find the manager! And…”
The vice-chief hurriedly dismissed one of his subordinates.
Although he may not compare to a manager, he gives orders quite skillfully.
But the situation has already gone too far for that to change.
“…The knights who did not join the rebellion are in District 2…”
Kwaaaaang—!!
“…Uh, wow. What’s going on?!”
“S-It’s an attack!”
“…Under.”
Now even the command post has been attacked.
All of the personnel currently here have strong loyalty to the empire or the emperor.
Moreover, they are elites who do not run away as soon as a rebellion breaks out, but gather according to established rules.
Even though they were struggling in an absurd situation, they were all valuable human resources.
One such command post was attacked.
There was absolutely no way to turn the situation around using ordinary methods.
‘Now, even if His Majesty steps forward, it will be impossible. If a general, a magic tower lord, or at least a hero party steps forward…’
While I was holding out hope in vain, screams and sounds of battle rang out from not far away.
The sounds got closer and closer.
While the majority of the command post gave up on relaying communications and prepared for battle.
“Finally arrived~♡”
“You are…”
The attackers appeared.
“Yueli?”
“Yes, that’s correct!”
“…”
Member of the Sentai Hero party, Mad Lunar Yueli Madruna.
Just her alone would have been scary, but there were dozens of people behind Yueli.
Demons with an appearance and presence that you would have missed if you had looked closely.
“Whose plan is this?”
The vice president asked in a hollow voice.
I don’t know when Yu Eli joined hands with her demons, but she has been in the system for quite some time.
Even though she is one of the heroes, she does not have much advanced information that can be obtained only through her status as an academy professor.
But so far the imperial intelligence department knew nothing.
In that case, it wouldn’t be strange if there were more things she didn’t know.
“Ah, you don’t mind telling me that, but we don’t have time to sort things out either.”
With Yu Eli’s hand gesture, her demons all attacked the command center.
Although their numbers were less than half of the command post, they were the elite of the elite.
There are about fifty demons hiding underground in the islands.
Among them, it was the half with the greatest fighting power.
The command center’s personnel were also carefully selected elites, but they were elites in areas other than combat.
“Aaaaah!”
“Please save me!”
“Hurry! We have to spread the news that the demons have intervened…!”
“Make noise, I’m going to run away!”
Yueli nodded his head as he looked at the sight, which was close to a one-sided massacre.
Up to this point, everything went according to Valdez’s and Irena’s plan.
The command post was so hidden that it was a little difficult to find it, but the situation was favorable to the rebels anyway.
‘It’s almost over, so get in touch… Oh, I set up an obstruction magic circle.’
In fact, this is a big reason why the attack was delayed.
He’s been hiding it well until now, but it’s funny that his true identity is revealed after coming all the way here and attacking him.
Therefore, we prepared carefully and placed a magic circle around us to disrupt communication.
“Everyone follow the plan and retreat.”
Feeling that he had no need to step forward, Yu Eli left the command center and escaped to a place where the magic circle was not affected.
“Yap yap. This one ended well. How about that one?”
-This side is the same. We are retreating safely after wandering all over the island.
“Huh? Retreat already?”
-Because the rebels’ momentum was stronger than expected.
“I see. Then we’ll retreat quickly too.”
-Yes, please take care of me.
After cutting off communication, Yu Eli looked upward and stretched his legs.
Finally, my long life in the system was over.
Many things will probably change starting today.
What will happen to the Desak Empire?
A thought popped into my head for a moment, but I quickly deleted it because I wasn’t really interested in it.
“I have to run away quickly too.”
After Yueli and the raiding team retreat, the only ones left on the island are the hero party, including Valdez.
Of course it would be strange if they suddenly disappeared, but anyway, Natalie and the other people of the Magic Tower are safe.
“See you all later~♡”
Yueli says goodbye while looking towards the imperial castle.
Soon, only her silence and the smell of blood lingered where she disappeared, signaling the fall of her empire.
A couple of hours after the mutiny broke out.
Natalie, who received the first request for assistance from the command center, deliberately took her time.
When I heard the news of the rebellion from Valdez, I was surprised, but I never thought there would be such an uproar.
Although I had already made up my mind, the sight of the empire collapsing was still vivid and I felt a little bitter.
‘You really don’t know the fate of the country. ‘I can’t believe the empire collapsed under the reign of a Ming army that could be counted on one hand even in Dejaq.’
The name Dejaque itself will not be erased immediately.
But the empire was undoubtedly destroyed.
Not to mention the rebels who have not reached a conclusion today, they will divide the country.
They may have reached an agreement to maintain the empire, but would they have rebelled if they had such patriotism?
They were members of the royal family who did not receive love from the emperor but inherited only useless ambitions.
As I was taking my time, a second request came in an hour later, and a third request came in less than 30 minutes.
This should be enough.
She immediately summoned all of the magic tower.
“Oh my. Quite a lot of people have gathered.”
The number of people gathered as if waiting was small, but at least it was more than she had feared.
Wizards are ⅓. About half of the other employees.
The rest was obvious.
Either they ran away, joined the rebels, or fought them on their own.
“…Lord Tower.”
One of the only two elders left in the room spoke with a dark face.
“Maybe what I’m imagining is correct?”
“…Maybe so.”
Her first elder was her grandfather, with whom she was most congenial.
Her talent lags behind that of other elders, but her love and care for the magic tower is superior to anyone else’s.
“How, will you swear with me?”
“Haha.”
The opportunistic 5th elder approached the 1st elder.
The will of the five elders was certain that she, a 60-year-old grandmother, should remain here.
“I am with the tower owner.”
“Thank you, Elder 5.”
Natalie, who lightly hugged the 5th elder, looked at the 1st elder again.
“Hehe. It would be difficult to revive the Magic Tower with just one elder.”
It was a sufficient answer for anyone who knew his love for the Magic Tower.
“Good. Please take care of everyone in the future.”
Now that we have confirmed the elders’ intentions, it is the other wizards’ turn.
Standing in the auditorium, Natalie used loudspeaker magic to ask the residents of the Magic Tower gathered in one place.
Will we move to the Magic Tower together, or will we stay here?
I didn’t ask for an answer right away.
Instead, he asked those who would be joining him to be prepared.
Moving the Imperial Magic Tower won’t be easy, but Natalie exists.
Therefore, no one was worried about the stability of the directors.
“Whew.”
After a short question and speech, Natalie ordered the group to disperse and returned to the main room on the top floor of the Magic Tower.
How much will there be left?
How much will it decrease when it is said that it will fall under the devil’s control after moving?
I already have a lot of worries, but I also have a lot to prepare for.
‘Oh. It would be better to tell the two elders in advance.’
Wouldn’t there be a backlash?
Blaming Valdez for telling her the truth and giving her such a tight deadline, Natalie resumed preparing for the move.
