The Prince Wants To Retire

15. Kariel’s Treasure Number

As Glenn and some of the Archduke’s Knights joined, an elite unit consisting of Kariel, the Guards, the Imperial Palace Knights, and the Archduke’s Knights was formed.

Even that wasn’t enough, he handed over some of the elite troops of the Central Army to Kariel.

Although not a large number, they were all deployed as cavalrymen on horseback. Among the elite troops, the top-ranked troops were selected and handed over to Kariel.

“Are you okay?”

Kariel asked with a worried expression.

If you hand over a lot of elite troops like this, it could be a problem in the battle with Belpurs.

It didn’t matter because he had something to believe in, but they didn’t.

In particular, the two princes were the future of the empire.

“Even with this power, Belpurus should be wiped out.”

At Duke David’s words, Kariel looked at the Grand Duke and the two princes.

“Don’t worry.”

“We also prepared a trump card.”

At the words of the two princes, Kariel sighed and nodded slightly.

Aside from the one move the two of them had hidden, it was certainly too much power to deal with Belpurus alone.

Since the Central Army and the Western Army were already encircling it, Belpurus had to be regarded as an unconditional gate of extinction if they combined their forces.

“I believe you.”

Having said that to David, Kariel said goodbye to the two princes as well.

***

The subjugation forces diverged after entering the West.

The prince’s army headed for the northwest and the subjugation army headed for Belpurus gradually diverged and began to move toward their respective goals.

As the long procession split in two and headed towards their respective goals, a man in a black robe who was watching the scene from afar said with a crystal ball.

“It diverged as expected.”

Despite the report from the man in the robe, no answer came from the black crystal ball.

The man, perhaps not expecting an answer in the first place, put the crystal ball in his chest and moved quickly.

However, when the man in the black robe disappeared like that, he released his hide from afar and another group appeared.

They were also wearing black robes, but the difference was that the inside of the robe was full of all kinds of weapons.

“The sign is gone.”

“It’s magic.”

“It seems so.”

The man in the black robe, who had carefully studied the place where the wizard was, nodded and said to his subordinate.

“Report to your Highness.”

“Yes.”

At the man’s command, the subordinate pulled out a crow and hurriedly wrote something down and sent it to the sky.

The man who had been watching it quietly disappeared with his subordinates, killing the spirit.

***

Get food!

As the crow that soared high in the sky approached the carriage, Tharion stopped the knights of the Imperial Palace who were about to draw their sword.

Then the crow poked the carriage window.

“I got it.”

After opening the carriage door and feeding the crows, Cariel muttered with a smile.

The crows dispatched from the north grabbed the enemy’s neck.

All that’s left now is to act appetently to bite the bait.

“Tell them to loosen up soon.”

When Kariel opened the window and ordered Tharion, he nodded quietly.

While in the imperial palace, Kariel had been steadily preparing for the western expedition, but she had to be prepared for the eventuality.

The empire is important, but his own YOLO life is more important, so he took care of safety as much as possible.

Of course, the things prepared will come as a dagger to the black magicians.

First of all, some of the imperial palace knights, attendants from the shadows who assisted Kariel, and the Royal Guard were prepared.

And then Glenn and the Grand Duke’s knights joined them.

However, this was only a revealed power, and it was highly likely that warlocks would have prepared to deal with this level of power.

That’s why you need a hidden knife to give enemies a shot.

“The crow is meaningless because it is a half-exposed sword, and there are only two left.”

Kariel thought of Surt and the man disguised as an imperial knight.

The number of trumpets to protect one’s life.

I wish I didn’t use any of them, but seeing how things were going, I felt like I would definitely use at least one of them.

“How big does a bastard take over?”

The larger the bite, the more powerful the number of spleens will be.

Feeling the strange feeling of tension and anticipation coexisting, the carriage quickly headed northwest.

‘I wonder what kind of guy is trying to attack me.’

Thinking so inwardly, Kariel recalled her previous life.

The flow that happened after he became emperor.

Rebellion – Invasion of neighboring countries – Monster Wave – Human War – Invasion of the Eastern Continent.

I thought that maybe all these flows could be connected.

The monster wave, which was thought to be just a disaster, was caused by the warlocks, and if the rebellion of neighboring countries and provinces was also related to Belphus, it meant that a large dark force was targeting the empire.

‘In my previous life, I was so shattered that I didn’t know the details.’

Far from having the power to uncover the dark forces, he was focused on stopping the invaders from attacking the empire. If the association of pirates and dark merchants in the West was related to Belpurs, the possibility that all of the dark powers on the continent were related to the Warlock had to be considered.

Still, it wasn’t that he didn’t know anything about the Warlocks.

This is because there were some secrets that I learned during the Inma War.

At this point, those secrets will be a great weapon for Kariel.

“What about the Northwest?”

“The monsters started moving. Countdown to battle.”

Tarion comes to report in real time even while moving to the northwest.

He asked Kariel, who nodded.

“In the letter, I am asking if your Majesty has any special orders for you.”

“Tell me to lead. Tell me you don’t have to report to me about the war.”

“Is that okay?”

“If those who do not know war intervene for nothing, the command system will only stretch and it will be difficult to respond quickly. Let each of you do it yourself.”

Words I’ve said many times in my previous life.

This meant that experts in the field should be respected.

It was Kariel’s theory that the ruler should not interfere unnecessarily, except that the person in charge should be seated and supervised.

“Report only about the warlock. Each person decides to take action.”

As Kariel said that, he thought of the warlocks of his previous life.

The clever guys always did some preliminary work before moving.

First of all, he tried to assassinate a person who could cause confusion and, when he lost his senses, aggravate the confusion.

What would happen if you died in this situation?

Even if Kariel’s qualities were put aside, the death of the Crown Prince would plunge the empire into chaos.

With that alone, the primary goal of the warlocks was accomplished.

‘If you kill me and even my brothers, ‘that guy’ might show up.’

With that in mind, Kariel calmly focused on controlling the firearms.

Surt can grow as the amount of firearms he can control increases, so he increased his firearms control while moving northwest.

In the meantime, it got closer to the Northwest, and finally, a report came in that the defenders and monsters had started the first clash.

From then on, the situation in the procession of the Crown Prince also began to become urgent.

“Your Majesty, it seems that we must move quickly from now on.”

“Did the warlocks move?”

“The Undead Legion appears to be the same. However, there have been reports of crows that they found traces of some warlocks escaping outside as the Black Mist formed.”

If the reports of the crows who had gone west to scout in advance were true, it should have been said that the warlocks were moving to target Kariel.

“Were the undead forces a bait?”

He pretended to hit the back of the defense line in the northwest, but he was really aiming for Kariel.

It was a typical black magician’s technique.

“Get all the inspectors who followed you into the carriage.”

“majesty.”

“Are you going to move slowly and quietly play as the enemy intends?”

At Kariel’s words, Tarion said with a hesitant expression.

“You can put it on the wagon.”

“Do you think you can burn it all down there?”

“that… … .”

“For non-combatants, being outside only creates chaos. If possible, put them in my wagon and move the rest in wagons.” At Kariel’s decision, Tarion stopped the wagon for a while and loaded all the non-combatants who had followed along with the inspection department into Kariel’s wide wagon and wagon.

“So, I’m sorry.”

“Okay.”

After seeing the apologetic inspectors, Kariel told them to rest in peace, and then sat by the window and gave the order.

“From now on, move at top speed.”

“Yes.”

When Kariel ordered to leave, the troops moved much faster than before, and in an instant rushed into the border area of the northwest.

Those who were not familiar with horses were able to get to the Northwest much faster than expected, thanks to the fact that they got on the wagons and Kariel’s wagons and got much faster.

Moving faster than the Warlocks could not cause a lot of confusion, but it made it difficult for the enemies to aim comfortably.

“It’s black magic!”

The knights who saw the black mist spread out along the path of the Crown Prince drew their swords all at once.

Elite troops also erected specially treated spears.

Although all of them were limited, they were made up of troops that had even achieved magical awakening, so the knights in the lead, the imperial knights who formed a formation to protect the wagon immediately behind, and even the troops formed a wedge-shaped breakthrough formation and charged into the black mist all at once.

As the knights of the central army in the lead broke through by concentrating their magic power, the knights of the grand ducal family supported them.

Lastly, the knights of the imperial palace completely blocked black magic from entering the carriage in the form of protecting the carriage.

Doo doo doo!

It was time to quickly break through the black fog area with the sound of horses hooves.

“It’s magic!”

Along with the shout of the knight in the lead, a ray of black light hit the magic barrier created by the knights in the imperial palace.

“Don’t stop!”

“Break through!”

With the shouts of the knights, the troop, which had stopped for a moment, started running again.

Then, this time, magic began to fly in from all directions.

From black flames to thunderbolts falling from the sky.

Various magics tried to stop the rush of the knights, enough to make them feel the will to somehow stop them even for a moment.

As if the attack in the central area was a joke, a tremendous amount of magic struck the magic barrier, and cracks began to appear in the barriers of the knights of the imperial palace.

Nevertheless, a black robe seal appeared in front of the Crown Prince, who did not stop and was about to break through.

At the same time, an unknown voice was heard, and huge bones rose up in front of the knights and formed a wall.

woohoo!

Although it was shattered at once for a charge that the Knights boasted about for its gigantic size, it could be said that stopping the charge for a moment was enough.

The moment the Crown Prince paused for a moment, a huge amount of magical energy gathered from afar that he was waiting for, and became a beam of light and flew into the carriage on which the Crown Prince rode.

“Magic Cannon!”

A beam of light from a magic cannon that hits the barrier made by the Imperial Palace knights in a direct hit along with the knight’s cry.

The magic barrier of the knights in the imperial palace was broken by the black magicians’ one move to capture Kariel.

“Protect Your Highness!”

Starting with the shouts of the imperial knights, people wearing black robes appeared from all sides.

As if it was just a joke, a huge number of black magicians manifested their magic to kill Kariel.

And just then, crows from the north moved to protect Kariel.