A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

75 – Eve (2)

Past.

The war ended with only the opening of the canyon gate and the siege of the royal capital, but the empire decided on five attack routes and made all plans for them.

-Thanks to your father opening the canyon gate, the invasion plan that our empire had prepared for 30 years was trashed in 5 minutes.

After the kingdom fell, the emperor once told me such a story.

-For example, 299 of the 300 tactics assumed a situation where Crimson Gibraltar joined the battlefield, but didn’t all of that become meaningless?

There was always Gibraltar in the kingdom’s crisis.

When protecting the Gibraltar Gorge is meaningless.

Or, if the situation is so dangerous that you have to protect the royal road instead of protecting the canyon.

If you think about it from the present point of view, if your mother is in the royal capital.

The canyon is located as a landform in Gibraltar, but the Sword Master can run on the land and go anywhere in the kingdom.

So, other than the Sword Master, what are the special powers in the kingdom?

To put it bluntly, the kingdom’s brave knights.

The Dragoon Knights, led by Archduke Morgania of Winchester, travel through the battlefield riding on serpents – griffons, wyverns, drakes, etc.

In any war, it is impossible to easily defeat the knights who have overwhelming mobility and can attack from the air.

There is a story that the Empire developed muskets to combat the Dragon Knights, so the Dragon Knights’ military power has considerable influence within the kingdom.

The Empire is not stupid either.

-To be honest, what I put the most effort into was the disbandment of the Dragon Knights.

Of course, every effort was made to neutralize the Dragoons.

-One. Death of Archduke Morgania of Winchester.

The Duke of Winchester is dead.

-Ah. Don’t misunderstand. It wasn’t an assassination, it was a favor. Because he died of old age.

The head of the Dragon Knights died, and the next generation, Morgania, took over the Order.

-In an atmosphere of peace, an atmosphere of reconciliation was created so that the old man no longer had to hold a spear. To put it bluntly, if there was a war atmosphere, I would have struggled to stay alive on earth for at least 5 more years. How would you have killed him?

The emperor asked.

-…It’s a good method, but isn’t there a way to kill him faster?

So I answered.

-Do you destroy yourself with foods that older people might like? Make them eat only sugar and flour…? Ha.

The emperor laughed helplessly, but he nodded widely.

-Two. A blow to the drake.

Just as the cavalry deploys tactics against horseback riders, the emperor attacked the flying dragons, which are equivalent to horseback riders.

-I recruited the breeders who manage the dragons of the Dragon Knights. They either burned them with poison or broke their wings to make them unable to fly. There were some difficulties in trying to strike directly, but…

About that, he made some suggestions.

-…Sprinkle medicine for stomachache and diarrhea into the trough right before the battle? Her her her. How about not killing or injuring the drake, but disabling it in battle and then capturing it?

I think it was just a joke, but it seems the emperor was more serious than I thought.

However, there was something I was curious about.

-What? Weakening the enemy is important, but isn’t it also important for your allies to be strong enough to take on him? Yes. That’s the correct answer.

The emperor was very pleased with that question.

-To defeat a dragon, you must make it fall and become weak, but in the end, you must develop your own strength to pierce the dragon’s skin and plunge its sword into its heart.

Wait until the leader of the Dragon Knights dies.

The Dragon Knights were not able to ride the flying dragons, but were forced to crawl on the ground.

-We succeeded in creating a flying unit.

The emperor was thinking of defeating the Dragon Knights with the empire’s own capabilities, even if such external factors did not work.

-Even if there is a confrontation between the Dragoon Division and our Empire’s ‘Air Force’, so that we can win.

I asked.

If the canyon gate had not been opened, how did he plan to send so many soldiers to the kingdom?

-Put the soldiers on a ship and send them into the sky.

The emperor said.

-You know this because you’ve ridden it, but even if you can’t cross the canyon, you can cross the gate.

The empire must have flown through the sky.

-I thought that if a boat couldn’t cross the sea, I would fly in the sky and cross the canyon.

The development of magic engineering and the emperor’s obsession presented a new concept to mankind.

-It didn’t matter how many times I died because I was shot down.

To cross the 50m gate.

-It did not matter how much magic stone was burned as fuel to push out the air with mana release.

To cross a 300m gorge.

-All we had to do was cross the canyon into the sky and land.

An extreme means of transportation developed for the sole purpose of ‘going over the canyon’, regardless of whether it is a long-distance trip or not.

Airship.

No, an airship.

-I was thinking of printing war bonds like crazy, selling off all of Ipheria Industries’ assets, and using all the magic stones I had collected as windstone for airships.

The invasion route the empire had planned was the sky.

-It took a lot of money to make that windstone, but thanks to your father opening the door, I just walked into the canyon.

According to the plan.

-If there’s anything I regret, it’s that I wasted a lot of time and budget worth trillions on the researchers who created the wind stone.

The emperor, who did not care about the past and only looked ahead, personally said, ‘I regret it.’

-Those trashy researchers, if only I could turn back time, I would have pulled them all out.

Pouring almost infinite amounts of time and budget.

Based on the technology created, the military was expanded to the point of splitting the ships of the empire’s best companies.

When his father opened the door with a snap of his fingers, all the preparations went to waste.

One of the researchers who developed the technology.

Archen Gilarus.

He is a traitor who received a title from the empire by leaking the technical data of the floating stone, the prototype of the wind stone developed in the kingdom, to the empire in exchange for bribes.

* * *

A little while later, in front of the third gateway.

“We have arrived.”

“Huh, huh, huh… !”

Baron Archen breathes heavily and lowers his head.

Perhaps because of his pride, he is panting as he puts his hands on his knees, and his whole body his his is sweating like it’s raining.

“Are you okay?”

“This…!”

Wizards usually do not exercise hard.

Some people even find it difficult to ride a horse.

-Why are you riding a horse? Just use levitation magic to fly away.

Wizards prefer flying to walking.

As long as you have enough magic power and spare magic stones in your body, you can fly and go anywhere.

But that’s also for short distances, like inside a building or within a city.

“It’s quite a distance from the Count’s castle to the canyon, isn’t it?”

“Ugh, huh, huh… !”

This man is almost dying from mana exhaustion.

“Hey, master.”

Sir Robert asked very carefully from behind.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. I won’t die.”

“No, young master. No matter how much the Count once commanded, a person like that… “

“He is a person who views me as a child and holds a grudge against me.”

Before coming here.

-Count! Even so, where can you find a child like that…

-What?

Baron Arshen pretended to insult me in front of his father.

-Gray Gibraltar is my eldest son, and he is my face sent to greet you. What do you say to a child like that?

-Oh, no, that’s…

He was almost killed by his father.

-When dealing with Gray Gibraltar, think of yourself as dealing with Crimson Gibraltar.

-Ah, yes!! Oh, of course!!

Thanks to this, I failed to maintain the image of ‘Grey, the eldest son who is treated as a useless throwaway in Gibraltar’ –

“Well, it still looks better crawling with your head down like that.”

“Me too.”

As Robert said, even if you please someone, there is someone who will please you.

Yes, yes, Baron Archen’s value is not that high to raise your self-esteem by saying things like that.

‘Sincerely.’

It is truly a strange fate.

In the future, a man who has achieved more valuable achievements than anyone else will simply be an object of ‘life or death’ for me to weigh.

“Please come this way. Here, you can take the elevator up.”

“Yeah, yeah. That’s right.”

Still, does that mean an adult is an adult?

Or is it just my own personality, or is it because of the stiff head that is characteristic of a wizard?

“Guide me. You’re sure you won’t turn this with your hands or anything like that, right?”

No matter what I heard from my father, this man still treats me like a child.

“Right now I’m turning it with a pulley. Since you’re here at the right time, let’s start with the questions.”

“What?”

“Isn’t there a magic that creates wind among the magic?”

“That’s right.”

“Is it possible to keep the wind blowing in one direction by putting it in a magic stone and then blowing mana into it?”

“…There’s nothing that can’t be done, right?”

Whether it is a wind stone or a floating stone, the basic principle of both is ‘release of wind’.

“Then, if you attach a magic stone like that to the bottom of this elevator and create wind only when it goes up, can it go up faster than it is now?”

I ask questions.

Only as a part to be installed in this elevator, as a question of increasing speed.

“Hmm… That’s not impossible, um, wait… “

And a very random idea can become a new idea for a researcher.

“…”

“Lord Gilarus?”

“Oh, no. No. I was just thinking about the possibility. Instead of just considering the theory, we should also consider whether it is realistically possible or impossible. Hmm.”

I say this as if I’m asking myself, but my eyes are looking at the floor and walls of the elevator, not me.

“Is that so? It’s a shame.”

Rattling, rattling.

The elevator still didn’t go up halfway up the castle wall.

“If this were a little faster, I could give Her Majesty Queen Carmen a nice tour.”

“Huh, really…?”

Although I secretly made contact with Queen Carmen and watched her reaction

“Are you saying it’s enough as long as it moves quickly?”

“Is there anything else besides that?”

“No! None. Just a momentary feeling of acceleration would be enough.”

It seems that his entire thoughts are buried in thoughts that his relationship with Queen Carmen is more important than appealing.

‘I threw away the seeds.’

The wind stone will be developed anyway.

There hasn’t been any talk about wind stones or floating stones in the Imperial Newspaper yet –

‘With the disbandment of the Navy, all the battleships of the 1st Fleet entered the port.’

The ships that will become the body of the airship are now being moved somewhere other than the sea.

‘The fact that we will be able to launch an airship in 7 years means that at least research or sub-ideas are already being done at this point.’

I don’t know exactly yet.

The concept of launching a ship into the sky may not exist yet.

Or maybe they’re trying to add wings to a ship and make it fly over the canyon.

Or, the plan may have been to add parts to the bottom of the ship, add wheels, and make it a land battleship, and use it as a mobile tent for soldiers to sleep in contaminated areas, but the tactical plan may have changed to an airship.

However, the navy was disbanded, and the ships floating on the sea are already being used for other purposes.

So.

‘They say there won’t be a problem if we develop windstones here first.’

The development of wind stones is left to the original author.

“Then would you please test it here? Explosion magic for the festival.”

Hehe, yes. Today is a happy day for me…?”

Baron Archen took a glass bottle out of his pocket and drank the white liquid inside.

Hehe. I’ll shoot as many congratulatory guns as you want. “What color should I use, okay?”

Then, he took out a short sword-like staff hanging from his waist and aimed it at the top of the canyon.

“Please make it explode with a mixture of purple and sky blue, matching the walls of the canyon.”

“Hehe, what if the canyon collapses?”

“The canyon has never been shaken by people who are not master level.”

“Kick…”

Baron Archen laughed at me, then pointed the tip of his staff towards the canyon.

“I also have no intention of messing with this canyon. They say a curse will fall on anyone who messes with the canyon!”

“Aren’t wizards not worried about curses?”

“That can’t be possible! You have to be careful with curses. Especially like now.. Hehe.”

Although he is smiling secretly, as if he is hiding something.

“When I think about the great things this body will do in the future.”

That is a poisoned wine glass.

Technology ceases to belong to one individual the moment it can be reproduced by others.

‘That’s why he was dragged in front of me and shot in the head.’

The memory came back clearly.

From noble mtl dot come

‘It’s a bit weird to kill someone twice after killing someone once, but should I kill them with my own hands again?’

I forgot about it for a while because I was shooting a musket while drunk on silver.

‘The reason the crown prince purged was not because he was embezzling the budget, but because he was arrogant.’

This man.

He was a human being eliminated by the emperor.

‘I can’t just pretend that I developed wind stone and get marked by the shadows.’

Unfortunately.

‘After working hard to develop wind rock, only present the research results and leave.’

Even in this life, it seems wrong to survive normally.