Chapter 264: Rip It (5)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Cale headed down from the sky and landed on the ground.
Morning had come and gone, and it was now noon.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-
Woooooooooooooooo-
Cheers filled Cale's ears.
It was only a few hours since the beginning of the battle.
However, a lot of things had happened in those few hours.
Cale landed at the center of the Breck Kingdom's formation and met with someone.
“Commander Cale Henituse.”
It was crown prince Alberu.
Alberu could hear Rosalyn’s voice as he approached Cale.
“Tie up the defeated enemies!”
Defeat.
The enemies were defeated while they had achieved victory.
No matter how strong and numerous the Bear tribe were, they still could not handle the thousands of soldiers in the Gorge of Death.
It was the same for the Flame Dwarf tribe.
Tens of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of knights, and numerous strong individuals surrounded them all.
The only plausible result was a victory.
Alberu stood in front of Cale.
It was an easy victory.
However, he still wanted to enjoy this victory a bit. That was why he came to see the person who worked the hardest during the war.
“Well?”
The crown prince looked toward Cale and asked for how he was feeling.
Woooooooooooooooo-
Boom- boom-
The area was full of cheers and the stomping of feet. Alberu was curious to know how Cale was feeling right now.
He wanted to know the emotions behind that same stoic expression Cale always had.
“Your highness.”
“Yes.”
Cale commented with that stoic expression on his face.
“I’m hungry after being in such a cold place.”
“You emotionless bas-... Haaaa.”
Alberu barely caught himself and sighed.
Alberu Crossman, the soon to be king of the Roan Kingdom, and Commander Cale Henituse, the core player in this war.
The soldiers could not approach as the two of them chatted. However, they were looking toward the two of them with anticipation.
A bit away from them, the battlefield was full of cheers.
However, the allied headquarters did not have such cheers as well. This was because the core players at the center were quiet.
Alberu knew this was the case as well.
He put on a bright smile on his face.
‘Alright, snap out of it and do what you have to do.’
That was what Alberu’s gaze was saying and Cale immediately understood.
“Your highness, we were victorious.”
The commander reported to Alberu with a low but joyful voice.
The crown prince approached Cale and hugged him with joy.
The crown prince and the commander.
The sight of the two of them hugging made the soldiers become emotional. Seeing their usually cold leaders doing this made them truly feel that it really was happening.
‘We won.
It's finally over.’
The soldiers looked at each other and relaxed.
Clang. Clang.
Some of their weapons started to fall to the floor. Others lifted up their weapons into the air.
They then started to shout.
“Woooooooooooooooo-!”
The cheers of joy could be heard throughout the base. Even more people started to join in as the feeling of bliss filled the area.
Alberu recalled the Plaza Terror Incident in the past. He had done something like this with Cale then as well, but it wasn’t like what they did was as impactful as now.
They just smiled brightly and quietly mumbled to each other.
“You don’t want a medal, right? Should I give you money?”
“Yes, please give me another golden plaque.”
“For what?”
“To throw away, I mean, I need some money for something.”
He then heard Cale’s honest request.
“Your highness, I am hungry.”
“Haaaa.”
Alberu could feel himself getting annoyed. He saw the person who came down to the ground with Cale at that moment. Clopeh Sekka. Alberu had first thought this bastard was an aloof and quiet Guardian Knight.
But this bastard was next to Alberu and Cale while the other soldiers and knights were hesitant to approach them.
Alberu could hear what Clopeh Sekka had to say.
“Cale-nim, you truly are a hero who deserves all of this cheering.”
Alberu then heard Cale's voice.
“To be honest with you your highness, he has a few loose screws.”
‘I know.’
Alberu held back his sigh and put on his bright smile again as he let go of Cale. Cale also had his reliable and cool commander-like smile on his face.
- The weak human and the crown prince are smiling like that again! Are they trying to scam someone?
Cale ignored Raon's question about scamming someone that he had not heard for a while before looking around.
His people were returning to the base from the battlefield one by one.
Cale could hear Raon's voice.
- Are we going to our house?
Cale did not ignore Raon this time.
“No, we are going to the villa at the capital.”
Cale whispered the response before turning toward crown prince Alberu and starting to speak.
“Shall we go back, your highness?”
Cale felt iffy while watching Choi Han who smiled innocently instead of responding before looking out the carriage window and fixing his sleeves.
The carriage was passing through the main gate of the Roan Palace.
The news about the end of the war had been spread little by little by word of mouth.
The official proclamation for it was supposed to happen today.
Crown prince Alberu went up the steps to the platform one by one.
He was currently at the central palace that was the first visible palace when you walked through the main gate to the Roan Palace. He was heading to the highest spot on that central palace.
He stood on the terrace for a moment before heading up to the even higher platform.
Neither the king nor anyone else from the royal family was there except Alberu. That was how they had discussed it.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
Alberu could see the citizens gathered in a faraway plaza outside the gate the moment he stepped onto the platform. They were all waiting for Alberu.
A mage activated the video communication device in front of Alberu as soon as he stood at the center of the platform...
Ooooooooong-
The video communication device lit up as it activated. Alberu turned around during the slight moment that he had. He then motioned to someone who was inside the terrace.
However, the person who was at the receiving end of that motioning shook his head in shock.
It was Cale.
His now quite long hair shook as Cale shook his head with a disgusted expression.
Alberu chuckled at Cale's response.
‘Does he think the citizens won't know about his achievements if he does that?
What an oddly smart yet stupid bastard.’
He had never seen someone be at the front of all difficult things but hide in the back when it came time to receive the reward for his actions.
This bastard was someone who cared not for power nor fame, but was extremely greedy for money.
‘Why does he suddenly need 5 billion gallons?’
He could not understand this bastard at all.
“Your highness, it has been connected.”
Alberu stood up straight in front of the video communication device after the mage’s report.
Woooooooooooooooo-
An even louder cheering could be heard.
His face probably became visible to those in the central plaza.
Alberu could not be in the plaza with the citizens, however, he smiled brightly as if they were right in front of him before he started to speak.
The plaza became completely quiet the moment he opened his mouth. The crown prince’s statement cut through that silence.
His calm voice reached all corners of the Roan Kingdom.
The statement itself was short.
"The war is over.”
The citizens silently clenched their fists in joy.
This was thrilling news no matter how many times they heard it, and hearing the official proclamation filled their hearts with joy.
"The Roan Kingdom protected itself and helped save this continent.”
The crown prince’s words went past their ears and into their hearts.
The Roan Kingdom was the first to clash against the Indomitable Alliance.
Everyone believed that they would not be able to defend themselves.
Such a kingdom had fought the Indomitable Alliance first and won before helping out other kingdoms around the continent and achieving victory.
“Do you remember what I said?”
The Roan Kingdom was the last to speak when the Indomitable Alliance had sent their notice for war.
There was something Alberu had said as the representative of the Roan Kingdom.
“The Roan Kingdom is the kingdom with the longest history in the Western continent.”
The citizens recalled that statement.
They then remembered what he had said after that.
‘We will show them the strength of the survivors.’
That was what Alberu had said that time.
However, the crown prince had something else to say this time.
“We survived and showed them the strength of the survivors.”
The Roan Kingdom had shown the Western continent their history and strength by achieving these results.
The crown prince's bright smile was etched into the citizen's minds. His gentle voice felt like the warm sun that was signaling the start of spring.
“Now we just need to greet spring with happy hearts.”
Greet spring.
Greet spring with happy hearts and no worries.
The crown prince looked at the mage after saying that and the mage quickly ended the call.
At the same time, cheering that seemed to reach the sky could be heard.
Woooooooooooooooo-
This joy would probably cover the capital and the entire kingdom for about a week.
Alberu headed down from the platform with the same smile on his face.
Tap. Tap.
He then headed past the terrace and into the palace. He could see Commander Cale Henituse and four other people.
The ones who had achieved merits during the war were elsewhere, so he had only called Cale and these four people here separately.
The northwest region’s Marquis Stan.
The southeast region's Marquis Ailan.
The central region’s Duke Orsena.
The southwest region's Duke Gyerre.
The leaders of each region were standing in front of the crown prince. The nobles had stiff expressions on their faces, contrary to Alberu’s bright smile.
Alberu looked toward Cale, who was also smiling, and raised his hand.
Tap.
Chhhhhhhh-
The terrace door closed, and the curtains were shut the moment he raised his hand.
The scenery outside the terrace was now gone.
The bright sun and the cheering of the citizens. Neither of those things could be seen or heard.
Crown prince Alberu started to speak.
“Commander Cale Henituse.”
“Yes, your highness.”
Only the winter chill cooled the room once the sunlight was gone. Alberu looked at the four nobles’ stiff expressions before asking Cale a question.
“What do we have to do now?”
A calm response quickly came at his relaxed question.
“We need to go rip down the Empire's flag.”
Crown prince Alberu could see Cale’s appearance.
Although he had signaled the end of the war, Cale was still wearing the northeast region’s commander’s black uniform.
It was now the end of winter. The Roan Kingdom was stretching out its wings, similar to the animals who were stretching as they came out of hibernation in order to greet spring.