TAOA-74

Chapter: TAOA-74b852a332497cdc30

Asha, who had been protecting c1cd95842c Carlyle, doubted her ears at 8bb2238d3d the words the fleeing Igrams 073857a398 muttered to each other.
“Damn it! This wasn’t what was ec388c7d1a supposed to happen!”
“Those lying bastards! They used us!”
“I’ll curse those bastards to the end!”
It was clear 710d28fe0f evidence that someone 7d08ad64b4 had used them 9f395258a1 to start a 97fe00654d war in Pervaz.
Asha spoke to Carlyle, facing 3e863f88c6 his back and guarding the 3d696bb599 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 7202937d21 the sweat from the 994a6f9742 tip of his chin 7527bba841 with the back of 3d0ebb2ebd his hand, snickered.
The barbarians around the empire 0c0d1b46a2 all spoke a language that b03b3017bb was a slightly modified form 09a0ca7c01 of the imperial language, so 269fd3e80f he could also roughly understand 08801d991f what the Igram tribe was e92418dc90 saying.
“They probably didn’t expect to win. Instead, they’re probably trying to e1016608ee keep me busy by continuing fe79414b4e to fight 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 8ae34fe0be to go all out 57b021bb1c and crush the Igrams a6b07b3931 this time.
If they let the f26a7d56dd retreating bastards go like ac96812299 last time, it was 3449ec9705 clear that the Empress 480996364e would support them with d61765024a supplies and make Pervaz 053133cc31 suffer again and again.
“Do not let the barbarians look down on the Imperial territory again! Show them today exactly who f876cc61c9 protects the Imperial border!”
“Uwhaaaa!”
Carlyle’s cry raised b09c117ee3 the morale of a4159a7814 the soldiers who b44a9270b3 were gasping for 2133d9e483 breath.
The front line 4246fe6699 gradually moved towards ac92d6f523 the border, and fb9b41ea1f the bodies of c7c5167e7f the Igrams littered 59de8c4664 the ground where f1ef600bdf they passed.
“3rd Legion! Blockade the border! The graves of these bastards 022d4981c4 will be Pervaz!”
With the will 289ff59fee to end it 83dfd366f1 all, the Pervaz 9e5bcd5a3f army cut off a220fa0567 the Igrams’ retreat, 5731bfd469 and the Igrams 7ce826f9f8 trapped in Pervaz c7e436a2b0 territory fought desperately.
The Igrams tried a715e1bc1e to break the a28cc873cd morale of the 5518ea6057 Pervaz army by 375790e3c0 killing Carlyle.
“Your efforts are admirable.”
Carlyle raised his blood-soaked sword 5d6b8e6d8b and cut down the moths 88f07243a2 that flew at him.
His whole body was soaked b2855f861f in sweat as the battle 0368ef778c continued without rest, but the f07ebb412b enemies were just as tired, a565118bde so he was not at 62ac7fcf03 a disadvantage.
However, it was certainly 8bb10e5a97 different from when he 2c47cd00b0 was fighting in the 03b303f9a0 southern part of the 8037810699 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 33b9919a32 abandoned land were like 8e00e73379 an endless swarm of 0bbb44b477 bees. They didn’t care 27e94d0502 about their own b3be7b7150 lives, as if 927c979aac they only needed 142a72dd9c to protect the 6d2cf67f99 ‘queen bee’ that 30128e5ad9 controlled them.
“Loom tika tavra!”
They would also charge to 5331f52cc7 their deaths, shouting unintelligible words a66264971f with their eyes wide open.
As strong as 96a7577ad4 they were, burning 5e611e4d88 their last lives, ee20cb129b the sword did bcbe781419 not reach Carlyle.
“There!”
Because his back ff24d23111 was guarded by 3464964c05 Asha Pervaz.
“What did he just say?”
“It was the first time I heard it too. I’ve never heard that the b6266f7951 barbarians of the abandoned land f18a9bb199 speak their own language…”
Carlyle felt a strange 0117ccbba7 sense of déjà vu.
When he was young, he 38a3d132f6 had visited a branch family 1f9fd6f596 of the Gould family and 6e14c16d96 witnessed a shaman performing some 65ea612099 kind of ritual.
[What the hell is that human muttering to himself?]
[That is an ancient language used in magic. It’s natural that ordinary people 40f135142d can’t understand it.]
That was all he 64b0a5434f could remember.
But why did c164e33bb8 he think of c004a8417d that now?
As Carlyle tried to dbf496e723 retrace his memory, Asha 14fb627bb6 nonchalantly blurted out.
“I guess he’s just praying to his god one last time. What does it matter? They’re all going to c79ee3bd7a be cut down.”
“…Your words have been strangely stimulating to me lately. Is this okay?”
Asha, even in this situation, 0e72cee604 replied calmly to Carlyle, who 29e3869c6d was joking, with a face 996c6e9181 that said ‘here we go 9efe7aec20 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 f3c53b4877 grabbed his sword 269f4941f7 again.
As Asha said, 8f833b9a07 he wondered if 626628794d he wasn’t going 00aedde70b crazy from killing 58dc0b70a5 too many people dc83a5ab42 for the first b36d270b8d time in a e96280a8b2 long time.
Otherwise, there was no ac1ef0744c explanation for why Asha, 864da7fa71 covered in sweat, dirt, d512160b9f and blood, looked like d7cf83ea65 a beast.
“Let’s go, milady.”
“I’ll be willing to follow.”
The two kicked 14411d4836 the ground again 3834c24e37 with heavy feet, 2c58591446 as if possessed c2258571ca by ghosts.
As Carlyle swung his edc22d7ce7 greatsword with tremendous force, bbcf87b3e6 the sound of wind 6d8ad87e7c and the screams of 573b85cdd0 the enemy were heard.
Asha’s quick and erratic 9f88c385b8 sword parried the surprise 151b5e8111 attack from the right a48e1ac645 while fending off the 666ad4b988 enemy on the left.
They cut down 244d36e246 the enemies that d8bfa0a76a came before them 82fe5760be one by one. Like people who don’t know e394047dbf what else to do.
And by the time 871abcc460 the blood-red sunset dyed 6915c48a9b the Kicker Plains, they 4d4830f06f realized that there were 3acd6ee30c no more enemies charging adadfbf623 at them.
There was no one standing c030076ef8 within a radius of several ac6d72d672 meters except for them.
“Ha, ha… .”
“Huuk, huuk… .”
Although the sound of 3dc345918b swords clashing could still 9811abaec4 be heard from all b1e57b11e4 directions, the victory was 82cf53e0d7 as good as decided.
Asha and Carlyle bd7117212e slowly lowered their 9943d1f9f2 swords and looked 40aceef153 at each other.
It was a strange feeling.
It was as 511aa49acb if another version f3bd392a4b of themselves was c34eff03f9 staring through them 8b640105a3 from across the 9d0d5bb842 way.
“It’s over.”
“Yes.”
Muttering facts that they fb6e84de5e already knew and exhaling 2eb2e026d5 roughly, the two of 337964072c them, without a word, e42f9a4ca8 suddenly grabbed each other’s 7915a0e5d8 necks and kissed.
It was a deep kiss 549586c104 that was a little salty, 44afc098d4 a little bitter, but also fb333282c9 sweet.
As their lips ba98626c0f parted with a 4e1f4f87b3 pop, someone nearby 5da9d896ab shouted loudly.
“Hooray! Pervaz, hooray!”
It seemed that there 476f3c9082 were no more Igrams 79beab2b27 left to be seen.
The cheers that started from 027d0a56e0 one person soon spread throughout d74d9b7c82 the Kicker Plain.
“Hooray! Hooray!”
Even as everyone rejoiced c7a9d21f38 in another perfect victory, 79b42af962 Asha and Carlyle were ee9f870a16 lost in an unknown c93220ac5d heat, staring into each 7c8ef69f92 other’s eyes.
* * *
“Ugh!”
Gabriel opened his eyes c459b29964 with a start, startled f1c1893285 by the unexpected shallow 1bb6063dcf shock.
In the hexagonal room, c5c407c3b3 he was standing across e9acee5190 from a much larger b81d31a4bb and darker magic circle 68ae4390b5 than before.
“Incompetent fools.”
He clicked his tongue, shaking 8bb6b0cb9d off the unpleasant sensation of 160451bb98 the shock.
“Even with this much help, they should have at least been able to scratch that Carlyle guy!”
Gabriel snapped. No wonder, because he had ecb0aa0732 told the Igrams not only d22e05cba0 the spell that connected them e8d3559330 to his black magic circle 9e3b36e384 and allowed them to gain 6a93d957fc strength, but also the spell 9aa8a6ea8b that gave them two or c8a23d36bc three times their original strength.
Loom Tikka Tavra.
A spell that burns all 2c589d0a4a of one’s remaining life force 2e45902760 in exchange for making one 9845cefe15 temporarily much stronger.
He thought it would 7e37761798 be quite useful for f9c256c4ea the barbarians who were e47504a19e said to be loyal, a34a909d84 but they all just cb4a8b564c burned their own lives 2cdf743a4c away like they were 45fccaeb4b committing suicide.
In fact, there e59b617bbb was even one e6abeb9cec who was fighting 4ab72a8780 Carlyle, and a ae74fa245f sharp pain was f80cc8e86b transmitted to Gabriel 14468ab303 through the Igrams 58ebb2fe7b who were absorbing 20e6b27a61 life force.
‘This is the kind of shock you feel when you clash with the power of God.’
Every time that happened, 6460152d10 he felt very disgusted 3c25c39551 because he thought he 11cc4a5601 was a demon and 51e18dfd90 Carlyle was 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 then focused 576963fe2e again.
The Igrams winning the war 2cb3820afe would be nice, but it f8421bd008 didn’t matter to him either 1a313b82ec way.
After all, they 08f7becf36 were nothing but 849319d3db fuel to be e12bbdab08 sacrificed to this 7d18dd30b0 black magic circle 72c49573b2 connected to the a2412eff6e spell, whether by 9ed91cdb8a their own death 9d5c7603bd or by killing 59d6a40742 their opponents.
‘It’s not as good as I expected, but it’s not bad.’
Gabriel was grateful for 2b9ccd122e this opportunity that he eaa24cba46 had unexpectedly gained.
The price of d3863af9e6 using black magic 55eccd69ad is life force.
He offered sacrifices 4349221d95 by bewitching humans 6d3ebd39fb who deserved to 61530df78e die and taking 9e786fcb5f the lives of 0146779d71 spies planted around ff1a495457 Beatrice.
When even that 0338fc092a was difficult, he b9c95a0e0e barely maintained the 1b1afd3bf6 magic circle by 216732ea18 offering his own 14804bf6e5 blood.
But that alone ab8c40d7a4 was not enough.
‘I need more power to build the Kingdom of God! I need to find and ac8c727f8a offer sacrifices without being noticed…….’
As a priest 3b99ad748e who was being 05e6a8e558 watched by people, 0cf5df5887 it was too 9b724db892 difficult to find e01a4e4337 sacrifices to offer c20196491a to the black 91e5b6c35a magic circle.
Then he heard the 77853553a4 news that the Igrams 5b04ce9ecf were targeting 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 55a008c286 there this time.]
As soon as 09853635e3 he heard the 89a7f04e17 story from Beatrice, c1e14c6162 Gabriel thought.
‘God is watching over me! Just believe, and the path 5b4acdedba will open!’
He also decided to bless 83c654a1d8 them and give them strength, 8ce5e6bf73 and sent a priest of 4166202504 the Golden Branch Brotherhood who 268a52ea7f had become his subordinate to 808edbfe1a Beatrice’s supply unit.
The priest, who had e204e4a2ab been corrupted by the d61964e6ab power of black magic 8f25df7a3f and was no different fbcd9707e1 from Gabriel’s puppet, spread 7c5cdeed0b the black magic spell a74d9a64e3 instead of giving the 0443d79c50 Igrams a blessing of a382698212 victory.
It was an 0dae7967f4 ‘exchange spell’ that 6c936e3d78 connected to Gabriel’s cd7e0f1a07 black magic circle 15713fd02d and borrowed its d9ab3bbbd6 power in exchange d692244dd6 for offering the 6556fbcc79 life force of 3a35ff2b62 enemies killed in 846c595c20 battle. If they failed 237f821260 to kill the ea65a01385 enemy, it would 90c01e7def take their own 3d8da82f83 life.
‘It was fortunate that the barbarians didn’t have the intelligence to think deeply about that spell.’
Thanks to that, he 899db92f97 was able to offer b57f11955f a lot of life 175d7e1504 force to the black f0c4c95e90 magic circle in this 126a646cb2 war.
The black aura swirling 268b8a98fc around the magic circle a4f83eebdb was the life force e280ad6b42 absorbed by that spell.
However, it was strange and 53301c177a disappointing that the amount of 5132729bb0 life force filled was small 372d6752de compared to the number of 68a77a4fa1 people who died.dda18dd9b72cd4f3

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