My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

21. How much karma is there?

Episode 21

“Tsk.”

Derrigan clenched her tongue and leaped backwards. At the same time, his specially designed wire spreads out in response to the owner’s aura.

Dozens of wires tried to swallow the enemies like a net, but they weren’t the ones to be caught so easily.

“Where?”

When one of the enemies fired an aura gathered at the tip of his sword, the net Derrigan had spread disintegrated in one fell swoop. Aura’s control was at a considerable level, but what was more surprising than that was her insight into finding the weak point of the technology in an instant.

No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a combat power that could be used for a simple fight.

“Kuu!?”

“pass!”

“Gwa, it’s okay!”

Needless to say, Gina, who was barely holding on as if walking on a tightrope, was dangerous. The number of enemies is three. Among them, Gina is dealing with the two alone.

Derrigan had excellent combat power objectively, but the essence was an assassin. If you had to fight head-to-head with an enemy of a similar level, you were bound to be pushed back.

‘I made a mistake. I should have informed the captain right away when he was tailed last night.’

In order to protect the spiral coil as a decoy, the captain had asked Derrigan and Gina to protect him.

It could be said that it was definitely the right decision, as it included not only tailing, but also Gina, an excellent swordsman who is sensitive to the approach and changes around him.

Therefore, the misjudgment that led to this situation had to be a decision made by Derrigan last night.

‘I was worried that if I called the captain, he would run away, but I didn’t think they would be able to overwhelm Gina… !’

Within the current Hound, except for their captain, Garel and Damus are of course two towers in terms of pure combat power.

However, Jina is also a swordsman with excellent skills, and the gap between her, Garel, and Damus was not that great in the first place.

The fact that Gina was clearly overpowered, even if it was 2v1, made me guess that the enemies did not belong to an ordinary organization.

‘Rejoice, Coyle. Fishing is a success. and… .’

Derrigan reeled the wire after congratulating his comrades who had fled for help while they held on to their enemies.

‘… … Please come back as soon as possible.’

Derrigan’s wires scattered as if dancing in line with the enemy’s sword strike.

—

“hmm?”

As I approached the clearing where the battle was taking place, I tilted my head as I saw the enemies fighting with two of my men.

After leaving the imperial palace with Haria and hearing the location from Coyle, who was waiting for me, I left the two of them and ran first.

It meant that the assassin, Derrigan, was a considerable enemy, even if he had no choice but to struggle until Gina.

It is said that my thoughtful men began the battle by luring the enemy to a deserted clearing on the outskirts of the city to avoid damaging the archipelago.

It’s fortunate that I arrived on time thanks to my haste, but the moment I saw the enemy’s sword, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of wonder.

“this.”

As the doubt soon led to the worst imagination, I had to feel a chill on the back of my neck.

“Captain!”

“uh? Is the captain here?”

Gina also responded to the call of Derrigan who spotted me approaching. Even though he was wearing a mask, it seemed like he could see a happy expression on his face.

Looking at the scars all over his body, it is clear that he was struggling. It’s just nice to see you.

There’s no point in just imagining it anyway, so asking directly would be quicker in many ways.

“Reinforcements!”

“No matter how many bastards come… !”

He’s wearing a hound mask, so even if he’s called a bastard, he’s right, so there’s no damage, so he’s not particularly angry.

“but.”

I don’t know anything else, but I can’t forgive you for calling me a bastard!

“… ! No, back off!”

There were three of them, so it wouldn’t be strange if there was at least one smart guy, but even that was a very late response.

Even if it was faster, it wouldn’t have changed anything.

“Ouch!”

“What?!”

Concentrating the aura on his legs, he rushed at once, bent the index and middle fingers of both hands to the two of them who were fighting Jina and stabbed them into their necks, and fell down with the sound of his breath exploding.

Leaving the one who was collapsing, Derrigan went to the one he was dealing with. This guy is the smartest guy ever.

“Damn it!”

Thanks to the two of us who came together as my target first, it seems that I was able to secure the breath to wield the sword at least once.

I swung my sword in line with what I was digging into. It was a good swordsmanship, and you could say it was great, but it was also meaningless.

I grabbed the blade with my left hand and fed him the same food as the previous two, and he collapsed weakly as well.

Is it because I defeated the enemy they were struggling with too quickly? Derrigan and Gina, who were staring at the collapsed enemies as if they were about to crumble, uttered one word at a time.

“Are you a real person, Captain?”

“I couldn’t even see any movement.”

I wanted to say something embarrassingly like this, but I couldn’t. Because they weren’t enemies to be taken lightly.

I looked down at the people I had defeated and explained to them.

“No, it was possible because of me. These guys are not normal bets. As soon as I realized that my attack could not be blocked or avoided, I tried to reduce the damage by concentrating the aura on the area to be hit.”

I was knocked down thanks to hitting through that aura.

“Just holding out against strong opponents like this is amazing enough. You both suffered.”

“… … right, what We are not weak.”

“… … that’s right. The captain is crazy.”

The two of them were slightly embarrassed by the fact that their enemies looked like they were in vain, but they seemed to feel much more comfortable when they honestly praised them.

After arriving at Haria and Coyle, we captured the fallen three and moved them to the old Hound headquarters.

I’m going to write it like this.

“It would be difficult for these guys to die as soon as they wake up, so if you’re hiding something like poison, get rid of it. Haria, what about Selemin who went to the Magic Society?”

“I called you on the way, so it will arrive in a little while. I thought it would be like this, so I told them to come this way, so there is nothing to cross.”

Good thing. Selemin went to the Sorcery Society to ask for medicine at my order today. Like Gilbert’s case last time, the Hounds felt the need to keep medicines on hand since there were many dangerous things due to the nature of their missions.

Selemin, who was eager to go anywhere if she could escape the imperial palace, went out happily and hadn’t returned yet.

I know the situation, so it’s not that I don’t understand, but it seems like the contract magic has been applied to the people who have been tied up, so I needed Selemin to break it.

“As expected, poison was hidden in the molars.”

“Seeing that the method is somewhat crude, it is not the work of an assassination organization.”

I’d rather be like Shika, but it’s not like that. Since it was Haria and Derrigan’s words, it would be safe to say that it is certain.

“Why did you call me to the old headquarters, but you already defeated it?”

After a while, Selemin arrived and canceled the contract magic on the three. Having removed all restraints that would render them unable to speak, we woke them up by slapping them on the cheeks.

Those who woke up tried to kill themselves by bursting the poison immediately, but when they realized that the poison had been removed, they screamed desperately at us.

“Kuh! Kill!”

“It doesn’t matter if a man says that.”

It’s a personal impression, but it doesn’t matter if a woman says it. In the first place, not only did I hate being forced, but I had never treated prisoners carelessly.

Of course, if you asked me to kill you, I would. There were quite a few people like that among this race. They were the type of guys who were more afraid of being captured and surviving their lives than dying on the battlefield.

What kind of class are they?

“Come on, die… !”

“What are the knights of Runtas, Elios, and Garbaldi getting together to plan?”

The reactions of the three people who were caught up in my questions were impressive. I immediately erased the expression from my face, and that reaction itself became the clearest answer of all.

Is it really How deep is your karma, Blata Empire?

“Three countries competing for supremacy after the empire formed an alliance?”

No matter how ignorant I was of the situation on the continent, I knew that much. I’ve been studying lately too.

Holy Runtas Kingdom.

Allies of Elios.

Galbaldi Republic.

As I just said, these three nations boast the second largest power among human nations next to the Empire.

If you look at each one, there is a clear difference from the empire, but it is unknown when the three countries will join forces.

I guess it’s probably about the level of co-destruction at best. That’s why the subordinates were tense at once and hardened their bodies.

“If you don’t keep talking, will you torture me?”

Torture isn’t my specialty, but I have two assassins, so I’ll do anything.

He still didn’t say anything, but maybe he knew that he couldn’t stay like that forever.

“joy. I don’t know what you mean. On what basis do you say that? We are just mercenaries… ”

“I feel ashamed when I see it, so stop doing awkward acting. Which mercenaries in the world have learned military swordsmanship?”

This time, all three couldn’t hide their expressions. How do you know that is the face.

how to know You know I’m from the kingdom of Mayer. In my hometown and family, the Mayer family, there is nothing extravagant or greedy beyond necessity, but there was one exception.

It’s the art of fighting. Thanks to my ancestors who greedily gathered anything that might be useful in battle, I also know most of the weaponry that exists on the continent.

As long as it is systematically organized and known.

“Seeing them fight, it seems like they trained to hide it, but even so, they can’t hide the source of their skills.”

What you just said was half a lie. It is true that they recognized the origin of the technology, but that did not prove that their swordsmanship was really a military swordsmanship of each country.

It is often said that even the same swordsmanship is used by adventurers or mercenaries, then remodeled in a direction they think is better and passed on to others.

To put it simply, it is difficult to accurately guess what the current swordsmanship is like by recognizing the hidden source.

In fact, this is the first time I’ve seen a swordsman from another country use that country’s swordsmanship.

The reason I kept saying it with certainty was because it was based on my initial assumption that if the traitor were to target the Hound, they would draw on powers outside the Empire.

If this didn’t work, he would have had to torture himself to make it blow, but fortunately, he opened his mouth.

He looked at me with a terribly twisted face and laughed.

“What do you mean by knowing that? Are you going to start a war? to the present empire? Or are you afraid? Are you scared? do you regret no use! The responsibility for all of this lies with the Empire, and the price will be paid in the blood of the Empire!”

The next thing he did after shouting in a voice mixed with hatred and madness was surprising.

He twisted his body in an instant while being restrained and bit off the neck of his colleague who was right next to him.

Incidentally, the action was not to protect information.