Chapter 300: The Back of the Neck (3)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Teaser: Goku instant teleportation to choke someone
Boom- booom-
The inside of Cale's body was pounding.
Cale could hear a loud cry coming from inside his body.
Something was happening to the fiery thunderbolt tattoo over his heart.
That thunderbolt was slowly being absorbed into his body.
That was the only tattoo that disappeared from his body.
‘Black magic...’
‘The Birth of a Hero’ only had one sentence about black magic.
< Necromancers and Black Mages. >
It was a story about when the necromancers met their end at the hands of the Church of the Sun God.
< Although both necromancers and black mages use dead mana, one moves within the boundaries of nature while the other rebels against nature. >
< Black magic that is said to have disappeared after ancient times is something that goes against rationality. >
Cale looked toward the creatures that was created while going against rationality.
Golem.
The chaotic voices of the Mogoru Empire's forces reached his ears.
“Just who is that man?”
“Does that mean he can destroy the other golems as well since he managed to destroy the largest one?”
The soldiers were crouching in fear while the nobles and leaders were shouting.
Screeeeeech- screeeeeeech-
The black smoke and the eerie screeches.
The golems seemed to be strong war machines created by their Empire, but there were terrible things flowing out of it.
“...W, what is that?”
It was disgusting.
Furthermore, the people who were attacking those golems seemed to be a priest and Holy Knights of the Church of the Sun God.
“...Something is weird.”
“I know, something's definitely weird.”
The soldiers started to be wary of what their leaders might say next.
Cale heard Imperial Prince Adin's voice just as he realized this.
“Metelona!”
Vice Tower Master Metelona raised her hand and started to shout.
“Attack that swordsman and the birds that destroyed the Sword of the Empire and our golems, the holy relics of ancient times!”
The mages and alchemists started to attack in unison.
Hundreds of magic spells flew into the sky again.
“Ha, haha-”
Cale started to laugh.
‘You scummy bastards!’
Choi Han, Clopeh, and the white skeleton birds were now close to the Golem Brigade. But the Empire was launching their attacks toward them right now?
What they were doing was obvious.
‘They're trying to cover it up.’
They were trying to cover up the black smoke and the terrible screeching.
It was probably a method to calm the chaos in the minds of the soldiers and nobles.
Baaaaang! Baaaaang!
Rosalyn and the Whipper Kingdom’s side cast spells as well. She had no choice. They had to protect the white skeleton birds.
Baaaaang! Bang! Bang!
The black smoke and terrible screeching were being drowned out by the sound of the spells exploding.
- Human! Choi Han and I destroyed the golem and saw the black liquid flowing out of the orb. We need to destroy these things! But I don't know how to do it! We need to call Goldie gramps!”
Cale could hear Raon's voice through the loud explosions.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m
He raised his head up at the same time. He could see a white skeleton bird flying up to dodge the spells. There was a helmeted swordsman on top of that bird.
- And something was weird about Choi Han! He seemed to be bewitched by that black liquid!
‘...Choi Han became weird?’
- But what do we do with those thirty or so golem cores? This is bad! Who will destroy them all?! We need to save everyone but I, I am great and mighty but have not learned everything yet!
Cale repeatedly opened and closed his fists.
‘Do I need to step in?
I don't have a choice.
I can’t let that linger behind.
I need to get rid of it.’
However, his act of pretending to be on the Empire’s side would become useless if he did that. He needed to have Sir Rex as well.
Stepping in would make that extremely difficult.
Furthermore, his stepping in would mean the Roan Kingdom would be involved in this battle as well.
But the Roan Kingdom did not want to see their citizens shed any more blood.
It was at that moment.
He could hear the Fire of Destruction's voice at that moment.
- There were others who could purify the black despair as well
'Were?
Does that mean I don't need to step in?’
- Dark Elves and necromancers.
“Ha!”
Cale was flabbergasted.
The Dark Elves who had to live in hiding because humans loathed them. And the necromancers who were destroyed by the Church of the Sun God and the other light-affinity churches.
- They are still a part of nature.
Nature has never thrown away the Dark Elves and the necromancers.
Cale recalled someone's voice at that moment.
It was someone from the black desert, that Land of Death. That person had lived in that underground city their whole life.
‘It felt as if all of the veins in my body were going to explode. I needed to learn to control dead mana in order to survive through that pain. That was why I chose to be a necromancer instead of a black mage.’
The ten-year-old Mary had chosen to become a necromancer in order to survive.
And she was now needed to save the people on this battlefield.
Cale couldn’t help but laugh as he continued to think.
- Human, are you okay? Did you go crazy because you are so angry? You can’t become like Clopeh!
‘Black magic was being covered up as alchemy right in front of the Church of the Sun God's eyes?’
There was nothing more comical than this.
Booooom- Booooom-
The rumblings in his body became even stronger.
Cale felt his body starting to heat up.
The fire was starting to get bigger.
- Human! I will contact Goldie gramps for now!
Cale didn’t stop Raon. It was something that Eruhaben needed to know.
The Empire's base was currently loud.
Cale started to speak as he stood with crown prince Valentino in a spot away from the others.
“Go bring Mary.”
Cale gave an order toward the video communication device in Vice Captain Hilsman's pocket.
- Young master Cale?
Cale ignored Rosalyn’s voice and continued to speak.
“Don't destroy the golems for now, just block them.”
Cale's gaze quickly moved through the Imperial Prince, the battlefield, and Maple Castle.
‘I will contact prince Alberu right away as soon as Raon finishes contacting Eruhaben.
I’ll make my move after that.’
Cale had made up his mind.
It was at that moment.
- Human! Human!
Raon's urgent voice could be heard. Cale felt his heart drop.
‘Did something happen to Eruhaben-nim?’
He could hear Raon's voice.
- I can't contact Goldie gramps!
‘Ah, damn it.’
Raon hesitated and continued on as Cale started to frown.
- Human! T, there is a message that was just left on the video communication device.
‘Message?
From Who?’
- It's from the Jungle! Litana sent the message!
‘Litana, the Queen of the Jungle?
What does she need?’
She was currently leading the Jungle's warriors to the section of the Jungle that was close to the Empire's southern border.
“Catch the bastard who attacked his highness!”
Someone dared to touch the Imperial Prince. This person dared to kill the Imperial Prince.
He deserved to be executed for his actions.
Metelona could not figure out why Cale suddenly attacked the Imperial Prince. She believed it was his error or improper decision making.
“Catch him right away! We cannot forgive him!”
Her continued orders made the soldiers, knights, and mages surround Cale to attack.
“Heh.”
Cale let out a quiet laugh.
‘It's a ruined.’
He had ruined the plan to move in the darkness while pretending to be on the Imperial Prince’s side with his own hands.
He needed to remain in hiding to do that.
‘No way I can hide anymore.’
How could Mary get rid of these golems and the ones in the Jungle alone?
Cale had to step in as well.
And it was only a matter of time for the Roan Kingdom and Cale to be revealed if Mary stepped in anyways.
‘What do I have to lose to do it out in the open when these bastards are doing the same thing?’
And beyond all of that...
After seeing this situation, knowing the origin of the golems and all of the Empire's dirty tactics...
“I’m so angry.”
His instincts as a trash popped out.
“Let’s flip everything over.”
It was the moment something sparkled in the mumbling Cale’s eyes.
Booooom! Boom!
The rumblings inside his body stopped.
Metelona shouted at the same time.
"What are you all doing? Capture that bastard who is standing there like an idiot!”
However, her voice was drowned out.
Cale had shouted in a louder voice.
“The regular citizens of the Empire and any believers of the Church of the Sun God step back!”
‘What?’
The people approaching him, especially the Sun God believers, flinched at the unexpected statement.
Believers of the Church of the Sun God. That was approximately two thirds of the Empire's citizens.
They could see Commander Cale Henituse shouting so loud that his neck veins were showing. He was someone who had said something similar to the tenets of the Church of the Sun God while he received the medal of honor from the Empire.
He continued to shout.
“Did you see the black smoke and the black arrows? They are people who use dead mana!”
Dead mana.
The light-affinity priests and believers flinched this time.
The Vice Tower Master, Imperial Prince, and Honte all looked toward Cale. Cale continued to shout with eyes full of vitality.
“I got a clear look at his highness’s eyes just now!”
Raon spoke in his mind.
- Human, they will be here soon!
Cale continued to speak.
“He has been captured by black magic!”
Black magic.
That term made Vice Tower Master Metelona flinch.
‘How did he know about the black magic?’
She believed that nobody would know about black magic that was said to have disappeared in ancient times. Even a Dragon would not be able to realize it right away.
That was because a Dragon’s life lasted only one thousand years while the ancient times were over ten thousand years ago.
“Stop with the nonsense! Immediately catch this heretic! He is a person from the Roan Kingdom, not the Empire!”
Metelona shouted and a few knights pointed their swords toward Cale.
It was at that moment.
-
Human, they’re here!
Paaaat!
A bright light surrounded the battlefield.
A teleportation magic circle appeared next to Cale at the same time.
“Huh?”
“Ah!”
The knights stopped moving.
The name that Cale had written in the air earlier.
Jack.
Call Saint Jack over.
He was someone any of the Empire’s Church of the Sun God believers would recognize.
The man with the innocent and gentle expression appeared.
The Saint and the Holy Maiden. The people who had ran away after being called terrorist and murderer.
However, the Empire’s forces could not open their mouths while looking at Jack.
Shaaaaaaa-
A strand of light was coming out of Saint Jack.
It was divine power with healing qualities.
The light injuries on the knights and soldiers slowly healed as the light surrounded them. The soldiers’ pupils shook as they watched what happened.
Jack had the pure and warm touch of the sun that there was no way he could be a terrorist.
Clang.
Tang.
The knights who were believers stopped their attacks while the soldiers who were believers dropped their weapons.
Cale continued to speak.
“We will move forward.”
It was close to what the Church of the Sun God had shouted when they got rid of the necromancers.
We will head toward the light.
Something similar but not exactly the same as what they had said came out of Cale’s mouth.
It was obvious.
The Roan Kingdom, Whipper Kingdom, the Jungle as well as the necromancer and Dark Elves would head together from here on.
It was just a new history to be written by multiple kingdoms, many churches, many tribes and all humans.
They would focus on a new enemy different than how the necromancers and Dark Elves were suppressed in the past.
Their enemy was the Imperial Prince and black magic.
‘I just need to create a new plan if I need to reveal myself.’
He just had to fight with a new plan.
Cale attacked the Imperial Prince’s neck. Then the Saint appeared.
Those shocking images will be etched on everyone's minds.
Cale looked toward Saint Jack.
Jack could not figure out everything that was going on because he was suddenly called over.
However, he subconsciously knew what to say after seeing Honte and the black smoke in the sky.
“We will overcome it together.”
It was the new will of the world that he had learned while being with Cale until now.
Right after that.
Piiiiiii- Piiiiiiii-
They heard the sound of a flute.
The Empire's forces lifted their heads up.
The largest white skeleton bird was flying above them. The white-haired priest and the helmeted swordsman reached their hands out toward Cale and Jack.
The birds of the people who looked like Holy Knights surrounded them.
It was as if they had come to rescue to Saint.
They all saw something at that moment.
“...L, light!”
“That is-!”
A different light than the one that had been healing the Empire's forces’ injuries appeared.
It was so bright that it made Saint Jack look dull.
It was gold in color like the sun but a blood-red color that instilled fear was mixed in with it.
Raon was honestly shocked as he shouted out.
- H, human! You look so freaking strong right now!
The rose gold light started to surround Cale's body.
It was a mix of the blood-red color of destruction and the bright light of purification.
Cale could hear the voice of the Fire of Destruction.
- Destroy the despair. Please.
The flame that was known to have burned brightly before disappearing reappeared in the world.
Cale climbed onto the white skeleton bird and shouted out. He made eye contact with the Imperial Prince and Honte.
“Destroy the golems that were made with black magic!”
He’ll destroy them all.
His instincts as a trash kicked in for the first time in a long time.