The Prince Wants To Retire

24. A room of the Warlocks! (3)

When the Principality started a war for good fortune, the situation in the eastern part of the Western Continent changed rapidly.

Hearing the size of the undead corps, the eastern borders of the empire moved urgently, and the southern borders also marched while sweeping away the hordes of demons that had crept into the empire.

But, surprisingly, it was Talos who moved the fastest.

The warlocks’ undead corps was more than expected.

bang!

“I’m going crazy.”

Duke Cletta clenched his fist and bit his lip.

The intelligence that came to him was that the Roman Empire’s army that invaded the western continent was larger than he thought, and that the size of the undead army he had previously thought was more than twice as large.

No matter how much the principality is called an iron wall, it was clear that it would not be able to hold out for long if it was put under this pressure from both sides.

“Have the forces of the Principality moved?”

“… … Yes.”

In order to contain Talos, the forces guarding the disputed area finally withdrew.

“Things are messed up.”

Now all the troops of the Principality were gathering in the capital.

Talos provided the reason for their late move, so if they are destroyed, Talos will most likely take over all their sins.

The Empire will never leave Talos alone, who made the Eastern Continent an opportunity to invade the Western Continent, and Roteon will not help Talos this time.

“… … Are you changing your strategy?”

“okay. We’ll have to deal with the undead corps first and then negotiate with the Principality.”

The officers nodded at Duke Cletta’s decision.

As if they were not interested in the conflict zone, they tried to advance towards the undead legion.

Trying to act as if it had moved to prevent Roman’s invasion of the Western Continent.

But their attempts were too late.

“… … The Imperial Army is blocking your way.”

At the officer’s report, Duke Cleta clenched his teeth.

The Imperial Eastern Army moved to the aid of the Principality.

In such a situation, the Empire’s Western and Southern forces blocked Talos’s front and kept him from going further in the conflict zone.

And their vacancy was filled by Iron Army.

“Iron, these little bastards… … .”

The guys who had only seen it here and there completely joined hands with the Empire.

Even though the Empire is putting pressure on the South, Roteon cannot move.

The assumption that Roteon would come to help Talos if the Imperial Army moved according to the secret agreement made in the past was completely destroyed by Iron.

“The iron army led by Salvator has reached the border area of Roteon!”

Eventually, the report they were concerned about came in, and Talos had no choice but to stop there.

If it was a normal Imperial Army, it would be worth breaking through by force, but the opponent was the Southern Margrave.

A great general whose victory cannot be guaranteed even with an army with a master.

As long as he was there, even Duke Cleta, who was called the Paragon of Talos, could not move recklessly.

In the end, the situation began to flow into a long-term battle as the eastern army of the Empire attacked the back of the undead legion while Talos was unable to do this or that.

* * *

Meanwhile, Kariel was being reported with a smile as if she had foreseen this situation.

“Things are going well.”

After hearing the shadow’s report, Kariel thought of the next move.

With a quick command, he blocked the black magician’s surprise attack. At the same time, Talos was also tied up, so the situation would have no choice but to flow into a long-term battle.

All he had to worry about now was to clean up what the warlocks had done and crush the desperate warlocks.

As a warlock with tenacious vitality, those who survived will eventually move on to the East Continent, but it will be difficult for them to exert overwhelming power like they did in their previous lives.

‘There might be a variable called the East Continent, but that would be a story in the distant future.’

Deciding that the situation was settled, Kariel thought about what the warlock had left.

He thinks of two things.

1. Giving power to break through the principality.

2. Making more chaos in the capital of the Empire through Derek.

The first of these is unlikely to materialize in practice as Kariel is currently taking action.

Then, there is only the second one left, but again, this was a rough estimate of how Kariel would move.

‘I’ll use the remnants of Belpurs or use the hidden royal family.’

It was something he had already experienced in his previous life, and now that he learned the secret of Belpurs, it was obvious what was going to happen in the future.

And even the ministers in the capital know this.

“older brother… … (syncopation)… … I think it will go something like this

If there’s anything you don’t like, please let me know.

If you don’t have anything to point out, trust your brother and focus on Northeast… … .

really! Miriel is very worried. take care.

-Luffiel who respects his older brother.”

“It’s good.”

Kariel smiled and folded the letter from the second prince neatly.

Then I read the letter from another younger brother.

“As a result of discussions with the Minister of the Military, we have decided to do this.

If things go as expected, things in the South won’t be much of a problem.

What’s left is unexpected damage to the northeast… … There’s no problem with this, too, since you have a brother.

Stop worrying about your brothers, and make sure you deal with the demons.

And Miriale cries every day because of her brother. Please come and comfort me.

-Seriel who cares about you.”

After reading even the 3rd Prince’s letter, Kariel laughed as if it was funny.

“Did you just learn it?”

Seeing his younger brothers acting the same as if they had read his thoughts, he smiled deeply.

Although it was a short time, the second prince, who took care of the internal affairs of the empire, and the third prince, who took care of the external affairs, were able to smell his own scent.

He still looked immature, but it wasn’t bad, probably because of the help of the ministers.

“Still, you want to use me… … . It’s pretty clear who he resembles.”

The letters sent directly to him by his brothers.

It was to ask permission to use him.

Still, I ended the article by mentioning Miriel, as if I was a bit stung.

Actually, it wasn’t such a bad idea.

Since he himself used his younger siblings to retire the crown prince, he could also be used.

If he could completely block the black magician’s attack just by selling his name, it was a business that was left over.

“Is it because you were young? Growth is fast.”

After muttering that, Kariel smiled and put the letters from her younger siblings into her arms.

“Like they said, we can focus on the Northeast.”

Kariel, relieved, looked at the labyrinth.

The situation, which seemed to be able to quickly conquer the labyrinth with the two masters’ activities and a huge number of troops, had changed before I knew it.

As one would expect, there was a warlock who was responsible for this situation.

“They are really crazy.”

Using the characteristics of the labyrinth close to the Mountain of Giants, the warlocks did crazy things.

It caused a landslide with a large-scale self-destruction magic in the middle of the mountain range, causing the monsters to come out.

Since they lacked their magical power, they cast self-destruct magic to create a landslide.

And the monsters protruding out of the mountain range were induced to eat the soldiers whose battle lines were crushed while fighting the beasts.

Like herbivores, the monsters in the mountains aim for the troops that have briefly escaped from the group.

This saying has been passed down in the western continent since ancient times.

Once a monster has tasted human taste, it will never be able to stop it!

I don’t know why, but the monster that ate humans eventually went looking for humans to eat humans again.

So, in the distant past, hunters took advantage of this by deliberately pushing slaves into the forest to taste humans, and then hunting monsters that came out of the forest in search of humans.

The monsters in the mountain range also ate humans and the number of them rushed to see if their eyes were gone, and because of that, the troops were still unable to completely destroy the monsters in the labyrinth, so the labyrinth could not be destroyed.

“I have to make a decision soon… … .”

All the weak monsters came down from the mountain range.

Then what about the guys who ate them?

Of course, it will come down in search of food, and if it repeats itself, even the top monsters will come down into the labyrinth.

Since there is plenty of food, there must be some guys who come early.

It was a structure where only humans were at a disadvantage if it was dragged on for a long time.

“after… … It’s not easy.”

Kariel looked at the gigantic Demonic Beast with a dark face.

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Judging from the resonance getting stronger as we got closer, it seemed like we could stop him once we entered the labyrinth.

The problem was that I couldn’t approach it hastily because I didn’t know the sure way.

So I tried to go in after losing some strength, but I didn’t think that the monster’s stamina would drain.

Despite being beaten by two masters and being burned by magic cannons, he quickly recovered and cried loudly.

– tt! Can you do anything without me?

“Surt? how do you… … .”

Kariel looked at the fireball that appeared next to her with a surprised expression.

– How can you sleep when it rings every day!

Surt raised his dainty arm with an angry expression and patted Kariel.

“ah… … .”

-Ah-oh! really! How long have you been here and you’re still doing this!

“No, I don’t know how… … .”

-Did you know about the volcano? Gotta try it once and see!

Surt’s words made Kariel angry.

“You madman! look at that! If something goes wrong, it’s the other world right away!”

– tt! I still doubt my strength.

Surt said as if he would tell me just once.

-Once the resonance starts, there’s a good chance it’ll stop moving. Then wake up the guy’s spirit!

“Is that easy?”

– It’s easy. Because once you approach it, it will resonate.

Kariel sighed at Surt’s words.

The labyrinth, which was smashed in real time because it moved so violently, even if it was second to none, my body would be torn apart if I entered the wrong place due to the magic storm.

-If you start right, I’ll help you, so hurry up and go! I can’t even recover because of this guy’s resonance! Ah-oh!

Surt raised a small fist in anger.

Then, Kariel cleared her throat and avoided Surt’s fierce gaze.

From Surt’s point of view, it’s like an alarm going off when you’re trying to sleep, so it’s just enough to get annoyed.

“after… … okay. I’ll try.”

Saying so to appease Surt, who was angry, Kariel summoned the commanders.

Contrary to what was expected, the power of the beast did not go down, but only the damage on this side was increasing.

The movement on the side of the mountain range was also unusual, so it was time to take a risk and move.

“I need to talk to Seongguk.”

Marquis Sicario, who had been beating the beast for a while, frowned at Cariel’s words.

“Are you all right?”

Now Seongguk was in a situation where their disgrace was exposed, so there was nothing in sight.

Besides, there was a possibility that he would just come out because he had been hurt by Kariel.

Even the pope, who had already smiled benevolently, was grinding high-level magic every day with a bloody expression.

That meant it was rushed.

“I can’t sit like this forever.”

Saying that, Kariel stood up from her seat with a serious face.

“Please make a seat.”

“… … All right.”

It didn’t have to be a lot of people.

The Pope and Cariel were enough for negotiations between the Holy Land and the Empire.

Marquis Sicario moved directly for the secret meeting.

There is a reason why it is called the strongest in the West Continent, and Seongguk does not even think of catching Marquis Sicario, who visited alone.

He did not even think about fighting the Empire because he suffered tremendous damage while blocking the beasts and monsters.

In the end, the pope, who had lost his sight, came to his senses and the appointment was made.

“Long time no see.”

The Pope doesn’t even smile at Cariel, who smiles and says hello.

“What are you talking about?”

Is it because it’s a secret meeting?

Or is it because we’re alone?

The pope, who erased even the mechanical smile, looked at Kariel with a cold expression.

“Shouldn’t we deal with the witch beast?”

“… … Did you find a way?”

The Pope asked, tilting his head.

Regarding the beasts, even Seongguk, which had the most data, could not be found.

That’s why the Pope puts on a questioning expression on his face.

“exactly. So please cooperate.”

“… … Cooperation?”

“Sungguk, please stop some monsters while we stop the beasts.”

The pope’s brow furrowed at Kariel’s words.

Because what Kariel was saying now was the same as saying, ‘From now on, they will lead the war, so just help out!’

“If you tell me how, Seongguk… … .”

“It’s something only the Empire can do. For reference, something that is difficult to tell you has to do with the secrets of the empire.”

Kariel smiled as she said that.

Seeing this, the Pope’s expression eventually became distorted.