TAOA-74

Chapter: TAOA-74c69f28a6805a60ef

Asha, who had been a972aa53bb protecting Carlyle, doubted her b1132c7aa7 ears at the words eca9ef34e8 the fleeing Igrams muttered 04943684a2 to each other.
“Damn it! This wasn’t what was 98b508ff3b supposed to happen!”
“Those lying bastards! They used us!”
“I’ll curse those bastards to the end!”
It was clear evidence that 83b38ada3d someone had used them to 9070ae661f start a war in Pervaz.
Asha spoke to 194f11c183 Carlyle, facing his c69e409d8e back and guarding 7885532e58 the surroundings.
“As Your Highness predicted, it seems this is not a war that the Igrams started on their own.”
“Is that so?”
Carlyle, who was wiping a78bb913c4 the sweat from the 0dc418d230 tip of his chin 958d730452 with the back of 4004ec2c1e his hand, snickered.
The barbarians around the empire 1ffe0b4855 all spoke a language that 42b88dbd1b was a slightly modified form bcf8999f65 of the imperial language, so 48940c45f7 he could also roughly understand 3d830aa09a what the Igram tribe was 26af18e35a saying.
“They probably didn’t expect to win. Instead, they’re probably e4aa9fca3b trying to keep c3557e3cdf me busy by c298e9da23 continuing to fight 6cdf1a4eb1 like this.”
“In that case, we need to finish them off this time so they can never crawl back up again.”
“I really like that fiery side of you.”
Asha and Carlyle decided 8dca3c1ea4 to go all out e28d352c43 and crush the Igrams 0ccde02bd3 this time.
If they let a04b2ed77a the retreating bastards 6a21f90d23 go like last 1b6b34c15f time, it was 7ec06ed803 clear that the dc4ce074a8 Empress would support d9cfd988fe them with supplies b117cb7251 and make Pervaz f2e70ad358 suffer again and 7cc6b3de88 again.
“Do not let the barbarians look down on the Imperial territory again! Show them today exactly fc1b31d83f who protects the Imperial d5a4640ff8 border!”
“Uwhaaaa!”
Carlyle’s cry raised the morale c9fc735421 of the soldiers who were b962ad9bb3 gasping for breath.
The front line gradually 6634b7369f moved towards the border, cc260b8fff and the bodies of a82b336a10 the Igrams littered the 1b610b79e6 ground where they passed.
“3rd Legion! Blockade the border! The graves of 19a5a69331 these bastards will 2373c221ce be Pervaz!”
With the will to 8b9a2863b8 end it all, the afdcf7a193 Pervaz army cut off 55fbb60e3f the Igrams’ retreat, and 32ee4a8c23 the Igrams trapped in 3c92592104 Pervaz territory fought desperately.
The Igrams tried 589dae777a to break the 148daf17dc morale of the 27b55194a9 Pervaz army by db778c517b killing Carlyle.
“Your efforts are admirable.”
Carlyle raised his 74e8c25bb0 blood-soaked sword and 0212cd425d cut down the efa35d7c0f moths that flew 5d7589ef19 at him.
His whole body a024adf00d was soaked in 7661633b26 sweat as the 1c2eccc04f battle continued without 1e16d65782 rest, but the b9e35c065a enemies were just 4fdee394b8 as tired, so e3c7fd2f97 he was not f46a877869 at a disadvantage.
However, it was certainly different 77ca29e28f from when he was fighting d980b3ef61 in the southern part of 9a32f12ba3 the Empire.
‘The barbarians in the southern part of the Empire or the soldiers of other countries didn’t risk their lives like this…….’
The barbarians of the 1298840e5f abandoned land were like d934b80eec an endless swarm of c2ba40250f bees. They didn’t care about their 9892ec5dea own lives, as if they 018c14a785 only needed to protect the ff0cb708d0 ‘queen bee’ that controlled them.
“Loom tika tavra!”
They would also charge b57d1e30d8 to their deaths, shouting 667d85f9d0 unintelligible words with their 45b5587c6c eyes wide open.
As strong as they e0d12f7195 were, burning their last 0dbbe307ec lives, the sword did aa102daec5 not reach Carlyle.
“There!”
Because his back fe7636830b was guarded by a6288bbc79 Asha Pervaz.
“What did he just say?”
“It was the first time I heard it too. I’ve never heard that df681868bb the barbarians of the e477bfdb5a abandoned land speak their d8bb9a4651 own language…”
Carlyle felt a 976ee813de strange sense of c42fb812b9 déjà vu.
When he was young, he a5b4a17da8 had visited a branch family f848c199e9 of the Gould family and 3b16a5af6f witnessed a shaman performing some d9889174cd kind of ritual.
[What the hell is that human muttering to himself?]
[That is an ancient language used in magic. It’s natural that 4ad8258e82 ordinary people can’t bd229c20da understand it.]
That was all he 1d2c8ccc63 could remember.
But why did 19afc7f6ea he think of 749b5490c9 that now?
As Carlyle tried ae4fa6a1d0 to retrace his 7ea5398019 memory, Asha nonchalantly 58d916564a blurted out.
“I guess he’s just praying to his god one last time. What does it matter? They’re all going b17068bfb5 to be cut a3edb7e3f2 down.”
“…Your words have been strangely stimulating to me lately. Is this okay?”
Asha, even in this 2337455e9d situation, replied calmly to 99e21f83de Carlyle, who was joking, 845766f674 with a face that b9d3d5c2ea said ‘here we go 9f4a473835 again’.
“No one can be in their right mind during a battle. You should understand that.”
“You’re the only one who would dare to tell a royal that he’s crazy.”
Carlyle chuckled and grabbed 52a36965d8 his sword again.
As Asha said, cd5c38c694 he wondered if a1dcb9710e he wasn’t going 8d27d79fe8 crazy from killing 5c9a8f28c5 too many people 3875a4550d for the first d5fc83aa03 time in a 2f0ac4e01f long time.
Otherwise, there was no explanation b510b5a92a for why Asha, covered in 646b2a18b3 sweat, dirt, and blood, looked 6e33e40df6 like a beast.
“Let’s go, milady.”
“I’ll be willing to follow.”
The two kicked the 7b78f4554a ground again with heavy b3752b3687 feet, as if possessed e94c1c5587 by ghosts.
As Carlyle swung his greatsword 0fa08d001e with tremendous force, the sound 0f92183387 of wind and the screams 7334f4b2ce of the enemy were heard.
Asha’s quick and erratic sword c814949c32 parried the surprise attack from f6ba7d7293 the right while fending off afc93a6165 the enemy on the left.
They cut down the enemies 01ad724549 that came before them one 7823e7f796 by one. Like people who 4f446dd5dd don’t know what 64cabc0d7e else to do.
And by the time 64cdab37d4 the blood-red sunset dyed 670292a2e5 the Kicker Plains, they a40f7380c1 realized that there were ee4cb865f7 no more enemies charging f71a6f1700 at them.
There was no one dc1ccfd3fe standing within a radius 0e9b45b548 of several meters except 34b1a69391 for them.
“Ha, ha… .”
“Huuk, huuk… .”
Although the sound 0f5ef9731a of swords clashing 1ccb5cd8c0 could still be 523a3694bf heard from all 7edc0e01b7 directions, the victory 0c5829949e was as good 1f7ff11490 as decided.
Asha and Carlyle 3ba2135601 slowly lowered their 6c846e1d68 swords and looked 251249da89 at each other.
It was a strange feeling.
It was as if fa2485db47 another version of themselves d7dd681f9f was staring through them 5f26a18f3d from across the way.
“It’s over.”
“Yes.”
Muttering facts that they 8736d7fb80 already knew and exhaling 0730aef53b roughly, the two of 369328ae8c them, without a word, aa02152884 suddenly grabbed each other’s dbe68664de necks and kissed.
It was a deep kiss b70eb2d52f that was a little salty, 58a7ea61de a little bitter, but also 81903dcbe8 sweet.
As their lips daf7d6286f parted with a ff1572aa14 pop, someone nearby d1da21a3a6 shouted loudly.
“Hooray! Pervaz, hooray!”
It seemed that there were 42bf05fafa no more Igrams left to ce7643548e be seen.
The cheers that started from 377650e9a4 one person soon spread throughout fb194e6112 the Kicker Plain.
“Hooray! Hooray!”
Even as everyone rejoiced in 61fc9beed8 another perfect victory, Asha and 81cb170717 Carlyle were lost in an 26d1642623 unknown heat, staring into each f4670aff13 other’s eyes.
* * *
“Ugh!”
Gabriel opened his 222c682c2f eyes with a 8aff327a11 start, startled by 429e33fbf2 the unexpected shallow 0a3bc8618e shock.
In the hexagonal room, 293e6c1796 he was standing across 78580b7929 from a much larger a421940286 and darker magic circle 6de5b22808 than before.
“Incompetent fools.”
He clicked his tongue, shaking 3f08ee9ed1 off the unpleasant sensation of 956b501f61 the shock.
“Even with this much help, they should have at least been able to scratch that Carlyle guy!”
Gabriel snapped. No wonder, because 796608b332 he had told d335ad3d25 the Igrams not e8a052cb66 only the spell 536c70bb39 that connected them 3e1a54a159 to his black 4a68874ba4 magic circle and 8373e02ac8 allowed them to aa7b67736e gain strength, but 9115149bf4 also the spell c2b031e49e that gave them 2d5a6abd43 two or three 2b8f69ecd1 times their original 107cf11452 strength.
Loom Tikka Tavra.
A spell that burns all 1071b8f038 of one’s remaining life force 7b8f8d20ca in exchange for making one 33c3a2bb5e temporarily much stronger.
He thought it would be ea7a95e4c7 quite useful for the barbarians 4818e554d8 who were said to be 2683498960 loyal, but they all just ce91603b35 burned their own lives away 100798ebd0 like they were committing suicide.
In fact, there ddcea824cc was even one 4e1b6aeef7 who was fighting a017e6eb62 Carlyle, and a 24f6d3d506 sharp pain was c25dcde08f transmitted to Gabriel 380a95f14c through the Igrams 5f63ebc895 who were absorbing 8654233bff life force.
‘This is the kind of shock you feel when you clash with the power of God.’
Every time that 068bb241ce happened, he felt 609cecfc20 very disgusted because 76b3edce1d he thought he b0db14b890 was a demon 60e9d5f5c4 and Carlyle was 46f44130fe an angel.
‘That guy is just a demon with the power of God, and I’m just using the power of a demon to fulfill my duty as a servant of God.’
He frowned and ae01b1d710 then focused again.
The Igrams winning the 279e3a8e26 war would be nice, 519ffd23b0 but it didn’t matter 1a6e88ea3e to him either way.
After all, they were nothing aa80ff0b1d but fuel to be sacrificed ef931ffc66 to this black magic circle 701bdc7eb0 connected to the spell, whether 5476edbda8 by their own death or eb020cced5 by killing their opponents.
‘It’s not as good as I expected, but it’s not bad.’
Gabriel was grateful b408fa590a for this opportunity 3126c64964 that he had 521e191e30 unexpectedly gained.
The price of using black 64945944f4 magic is life force.
He offered sacrifices by 08bc47c2e3 bewitching humans who deserved 5bb54625c0 to die and taking f2dcfc091b the lives of spies 21de860f0f planted around Beatrice.
When even that was fd41086376 difficult, he barely maintained cdb8422827 the magic circle by 751ed42004 offering his own blood.
But that alone 81885785f3 was not enough.
‘I need more power to build the Kingdom of God! I need to find c451ea8bb4 and offer sacrifices without aa603816c0 being noticed…….’
As a priest who fa67b25298 was being watched by c65d75cae0 people, it was too e2f78268d5 difficult to find sacrifices 25c6acd8e2 to offer to the f532e7790d black magic circle.
Then he heard the news 438d2b5726 that the Igrams were targeting 20d85d5aab Pervaz. It was very welcome news.
[It seems that one of the tribes of the Abandoned Land has invaded Pervaz. We have sent some support a41d155e5f there this time.]
As soon as he 61be58a51c heard the story from 7d1e4ccb23 Beatrice, Gabriel thought.
‘God is watching over me! Just believe, and 3ac76a7230 the path will 355e069de2 open!’
He also decided to 196ebec3bb bless them and give 246e1915f8 them strength, and sent e033f06471 a priest of the c2724a4968 Golden Branch Brotherhood who 89aa80b3cc had become his subordinate 17dfe07091 to Beatrice’s supply unit.
The priest, who had f21fe3ec36 been corrupted by the 61c11f4fd0 power of black magic 598a817bac and was no different 395c0cf474 from Gabriel’s puppet, spread a2ec7d2c7e the black magic spell b418728dc2 instead of giving the c7115cb718 Igrams a blessing of 7141d51006 victory.
It was an ‘exchange 7bbd13e9da spell’ that connected to 405b827417 Gabriel’s black magic circle 398698bf91 and borrowed its power bf377d2ef6 in exchange for offering 480825275a the life force of d220de7a06 enemies killed in battle. If they failed to kill 02da64cbe7 the enemy, it would take 437a6a722c their own life.
‘It was fortunate that the barbarians didn’t have the intelligence to think deeply about that spell.’
Thanks to that, he efe6bb316d was able to offer 3840c94563 a lot of life 87855ca1ac force to the black 4abc924876 magic circle in this b76df13357 war.
The black aura 968ddea1d9 swirling around the f6baf0c058 magic circle was 5c79a7eefd the life force b764c5b986 absorbed by that bb283b205a spell.
However, it was 5dd4ca5bd9 strange and disappointing f7264377b7 that the amount 9a30971745 of life force 89b056f063 filled was small 0d6d73b7ae compared to the db9e284bed number of people 656bc2e334 who died.a21ec741789149d7

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