My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

56. It must have leaked the other way

Episode 56

One of O’Brien’s mansions, which was the second largest city after the Empire and became the heart of the new Blata now that the Empire collapsed.

Leaving behind the late Duchess of Jericho, who was sobbing while holding on to the dead coil, and the duke’s family, who had become confused, Derrigan went out with the other hounds and left the mansion behind.

“… … Coyle was a good man and a patriarch.”

Gilbert spoke, unable to hide his hoarse voice. Due to the circumstances, after the Empress came to O’Brien with the imperial government and people, Gilbert returned to being the Hound.

Gilbert had the worst relationship with Coyle when he was alive, but that didn’t mean they didn’t have a sense of camaraderie, so he couldn’t help but feel sad.

“… It was a miracle that I came all the way from the island with that kind of injury.”

“… … that’s right. It’s not even a day or two away, but the coil held up really well.”

Gina said with red eyes, and Garel nodded as if agreeing. On the day the institution burned, Coyle literally risked his life to protect his lover and duke family.

Coyle succeeded in defeating the wizards who became monsters in cooperation with Fabian Jericho, but unfortunately suffered irreversible wounds.

It wouldn’t be strange if he died right away, but Coil endured. To safely send the late Duchess, who had a child of her own, to O’Brien.

“damn. Like Boros, Coil will try to hold out even a little longer… !”

Gritting his teeth, Damus shouted. Those who were making meaningless measures with anxious faces, not knowing when the monster of the void and the incarnation of Morior might attack, looked at the hounds in surprise.

However, there was no uproar because the Hounds’ hound masks were now a symbol of protecting the people of the Empire.

It happened whenever something happened in the system after Isaac took office, but it was thanks to everyone’s mind that the Hounds went out to rescue people regardless of danger when the system collapsed.

Even those who were surprised by this went back to their work after checking the hound mask.

“There is no room for sadness. Come on O’Brien’s… , no, I have to go back to the new imperial palace.”

These were the words of Derrigan, who silently watched them mourn their dead comrades in their own way. As you can see just by looking at Gilbert’s return, the Empire couldn’t afford it.

Just today, the Empress, who was mindful of the Hounds’ desire to see the end of Coyle off, took a special moment even though they didn’t ask for it.

Even at this moment, all the people of the empire, including the empress, high-ranking officials, nobles, and knights, were struggling to survive with all their might.

You can’t just be sad forever.

“Okay, let’s go.”

“For the sake of Boros, who wanted to say thanks one last time, and Coil, who said he wanted to ask the captain to act as the godfather of his children.”

“We should start by saving the leader of our hounds.”

And in order to kill the traitor, he had to move now.

‘Selemin… !’

Even if their lives were lost in the process, they would surely bite their necks off.

The hounds made such a promise and ran toward the imperial palace at high speed.

—

“… … So it wasn’t strange. Stories of mythology can be heard everywhere, but why is there no place or object related to the gods? That is, for foolish mankind to erase their sins… ”

Marianne, who had been listening to Luis’s passionate explanation, raised her hand and said,

“It became like an old story. I also listened roughly to the demons, so I’ll listen to that part later. Jim wants to hear one thing. So, can I use that place or not? Just say it.”

When other high-ranking officials and aristocrats agreed with Marianne’s words, Louis let out a deep sigh.

“Humanity, who wants to use it without knowing the history properly, has no real answer, but I agree that the situation is urgent, so I just skip it. Then everyone will look at the map again.”

Spread out on the huge table is a map of the continent. On top of it, models in the form of enemies and allies were lined up for easy identification.

Louis continued, pointing to a large number of black models located to the north.

“No matter how much Morior’s power is absorbed, the power and authority that Selemin can use is only a part of it. Of course, that alone easily overpowered the strongest card on the human side, but I’m sure you won’t be able to do that every time.”

It was the conclusion that Louis Lowell, a heroic level strongman who had reached the pinnacle of wizards, saw it himself.

There will be no disagreements or objections to this. Lewis continued his explanation.

“An example of this is that there were no attacks from monsters and incarnations that we feared while we abandoned the system and came to O’Brien. Well, I can’t say it’s good because it also means that Selemin is gathering strength to destroy mankind at once.”

As you can see from the models of the monsters that fill the northern part of the continent on the map, humanity’s right to live has already disappeared by almost half.

One good thing is that void monsters and incarnations are not created infinitely. It was good to see that there were no cases of popping out of the void recently.

“As you know, you can’t be relieved. If Selemin can freely handle ‘all’ void monsters and incarnations of Morior, that power alone will be enough to destroy mankind.”

This meant that a showdown was inevitable. In order to win on the human side, it was only to develop the strength to oppose Selemin, who did not know when it would resume its movement.

“Oh, wait. I have a question for you.”

“I’m going to tell you, Marshal Guard Harris Imperial Army.”

Despite Lewis’s permission, Guard Harris looked at Marianne’s eyes and asked cautiously.

“I think it’s a bit late to ask now, but I hope you will consider that I was busy doing post-processing after moving to O’Brien until just yesterday. That, now Selemin… … Is it really you, not Morior?”

Guard Harris, who tried to use honorific titles out of habit, managed to bring up a question that sparked similar curiosity in the eyes of others.

They were not in a hurry and only listened to the rough story. I hadn’t even asked a single question, even after hearing the unbelievable story that Selemine Blata betrayed the Empire and overpowered and arrested Isaac.

In response to this question, Lewis affirmed with conviction.

“Selemine Blatta is right. It was hard to believe that I had enough madness to go against God’s will, but Isaac Mayer… ”

“Blata.”

“… It is proof that Isaac Blatta was spared and arrested. If you only look at Morior’s position, there is no reason to let him live, who is a Mayor and a hero-level strongman.”

A sigh flowed from everyone’s lips at Louis’s explanation, which ended by correcting Marianne’s words that briefly intervened.

“Huh, this is true.”

“It wasn’t enough that he was a wielder of dead magic, and he became the new body of the Goddess of Creation.”

“Even the Goddess of Creation denied her ego and only robbed her of her power… ?”

A lot of things were said about Selemine, but none of them blamed Marianne and Isaac.

It wasn’t that they provided the cause, much less that they themselves led the situation.

It was just that Selemin and Morior used everything else for themselves, and above all, the trend of the Empire itself does not allow wasting time on accountability in this situation.

If, like other countries, we were busy blaming each other and blaming each other, the empire would not have survived until this moment.

“quiet.”

Louise opened her mouth again when even the slight buzz that had been generated by Marianne’s low words subsided.

“Then, the important thing for us now is how to get the strength to stand against Selemin. To explain this in detail, I have to bring up another myth, but everyone hates it, so I’ll explain it briefly.”

eye for an eye. In this.

Then what about the power of God?

“Of course, there is no other way but to fight with the power of God.”

The one who can oppose the power of Morior, the goddess of creation, is the only one among the gods cast out into the void who is friendly to humans, created humans, and finally imprisoned the gods and himself in the void for humans.

“Acevero, the giant of original sin. We go to his temple and bring Acevero out of the void, and then we take his power.”

“Uh, but the god Acevero has already exhausted all his strength trying to stop the void from collapsing… ?”

When someone said that he seemed to have heard such a story at first glance, Louis eventually exploded in anger.

“that. russia. you. peel! It’s been telling the story of mythology from the beginning! You need to know the story of the past so you can talk about the present and the future! But when I was about to talk, he told me to only talk about what was necessary, and after I explained it, if he asked if that was the case, he would tell me what to do!”

Everyone in the conference room apologized to Lewis. sincerely.

“Whoa. That’s fine. In fact, I agreed to go over, so it’s the same thing. Anyway, unlike Morior, Acevero was not born a god, but became a god after birth. We do not know the process because there are no accurate records, but the power of the god dwelled in a giant named Acevero.”

So the point was simple. Just like Morior had done, he had to prepare a new and suitable body for the power of Acevero to dwell in and go to the temple.

Louis, who has been busy researching things and not sleeping well since coming to the empire, put his hand on the table as if he was tired of the long explanation.

“If you are a hero level strong person, there is a high possibility that you will become a suitable person. Isaac Me… , It’s a pity that Blatta is gone, but as soon as Lou Rekensus, who is recovering quickly, and Mr. Valentino Knox, who called me to come here, arrive, I will take as many people as possible to Acevero’s temple.”

Marianne asked Louis, who had barely finished her words.

“When is that Valentino Knox coming?”

“I don’t know. When I left the island, I sent a familiar to contact you, so it wouldn’t be strange if you arrived before us… … This stupid half-devil must have gone the other way somewhere again.”

Louis, who remembered Valentino, looked more tired than before.

And, unfortunately, Lewis’s prediction came true.

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Born of a human father and a demon mother, he became famous as a demon hunter by hating and killing demons.

Half-man, half-horse Valentino Knox lowered his head from a cliff and scratched his head at the void monsters filling the ground.

“I don’t know what Lewis is asking you to come all the way. If that’s a problem, just come right here and kill them all.”

With light steps, as if taking a walk, Valentino jumped toward the monsters of the void.