Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

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“Your Majesty!”

Returning to the imperial palace, what I faced was Minister Dia who expressed with his whole body, “I was overworked.”

“Minister.”

“Your Majesty, if you just leave like that… “

Okay. It was only a one-day absence, but the minister must have had a lot of trouble because he left without even appointing a person to represent him.

I should send you a good drink next time.

“What happened while Jim was away?”

“Yes. The army of Daman Kingdom has started marching.”

It’s just an army.

I felt so insignificant because I had just come face to face with ridiculous monsters.

“How many are there?”

“Thirty thousand soldiers. Two thousand knights, two hundred experts among them.”

“Only with that?”

“Yes. The local agent reported that the current king, who had lost his father, seems to have lost his temper, but… “

“Rather than that, it’s more likely that he is also Edelwein’s main keeper. Is there a kingdom that sympathizes with him?”

“No kingdom has yet officially declared its participation in the war, but Tamiel’s behavior has been a bit suspicious lately.”

“Tamiel? Did the savages have a relationship with Daman? No It wouldn’t be strange for them to get involved in any war at any time. They are closer to animals than people.”

I calculated in my head.

How strong were the Tamiel guys?

Unlike other countries represented by masters and wizards, they are mainly composed of minor classes called shamans and warriors, so it is a little ambiguous to calculate their strength.

“For now, call Sir Peltz and Sir Craul. I will discuss it with him.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

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“”Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.””

“Sir Peltz. Sir Crow. Long time no see. Did you hear Daman’s declaration of war?”

Actually, I don’t feel much of a sense of crisis, but since the war is right around the corner, I went straight to the main topic instead of bowing down.

“Yes, I heard. Just this declaration of war… “

The talking Peltz was also dumbfounded.

To march that level of military power to the empire as it is, it’s literally like Edelwein’s chess piece.

“Thirty thousand soldiers? How the hell do you look at us funny… !”

Kraul, the leader of the magic corps, said with his face blushing like someone who had been insulted.

Although they didn’t play a big role in the war against the demons, the empire’s magic corps is credited with changing the history of war by preventing ordinary soldiers from intervening in the war. Summer solstice.

“Your Majesty. Please form only one squad of Imperial Knights. Our magic corps will replace all those cheeky bastards.”

I nodded slightly and looked at Peltz.

“Sir Peltz.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Has Team 3 recovered?”

“I haven’t found my prime yet, but it’s no problem to deal with guys without a master.”

“Okay, I guess I can use this opportunity to rehabilitate. Have Team 3 escort the Sorcerer Corps. And have the second group on standby in case Tamiel participates in the war.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Sir Crow.”

“Yes.”

“Show those who dare to set foot on the Empire why we are the Empire.”

“Myeong, I will serve you.”

“Minister Dia?”

“Yes.”

“Find the Lordaeron bastards by all means. Give you full power If necessary, you may seek cooperation from any organization. Whether it is a force within the empire or not.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Until now, I was dragged around without knowing the enemy’s identity.

It will be different from now on, Edelwein of Lordaeron.

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“My King.”

Edelwein’s hideout somewhere on the continent.

Bern returned from his mission and found Lordaeron.

“I have contacted the King of Tamiel. They will be joining the war soon.”

“Good job. Go and get some rest.”

“Yes.”

The masked Lordaeron was left alone to ponder the day.

‘I should have killed Duke Pale then.’

After being ridiculed by the Mage Tower Master, he expected that he would never fail because he had prepared for a long time so that the barrier would not be broken this time, but the Duke of Pale was much stronger than he thought.

‘If the king of Anon is at that level, it is unreasonable to manipulate Anon. Zer is too big to control.’

It was a commotion outside that woke him up from his thoughts.

The sound of something colliding was heard several times, and Veron broke through the wall and flew to Lordaeron’s side.

As soon as Lordaeron saw it, he set up a simple barrier and covered the room, and before he knew it, ominous shining jewels were in his hands.

“You don’t have to be too vigilant. You didn’t come here to fight.”

“You bastard… Suin?”

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“Crowl. Why is your expression like that?”

Charles, the 3rd Commander of the Imperial Knights, looked at Daman’s army advancing in the distance raising a cloud of dust and said while looking at Crowl.

This nobleman is not a nobleman to be intimidated by that much, so why is his expression like this?

“Because it is unpleasant. I never thought I would see the great army approaching the empire again in my lifetime.”

“Ah… “

Charles felt that he had made a mistake in his words.

In the past, when the demon king’s army advanced toward the empire.

The Magic Corps had no choice but to retreat helplessly against them, who were much more skilled in magic than humans and even possessed resistance to magic.

Looking at the troops approaching in formation like that, it seemed that the memory of that day came back to life.

“Guys.”

As soon as Crowl was small, but still, the entire magic corps answered in unison.

“Yes!”

“Let’s get started.”

With those words, Crowl started drawing a magic circle.

A magic circle that covered the entire visible area beyond just one army.

Crowl drew a magic circle that is impossible for ordinary wizards to interpret, and difficult for even mages to follow, without stopping for a moment.

I just looked to see if there were magicians in the army of the kingdom, and there was a shield covering them, but Crowl and the other magicians didn’t even care and did their best.

Other mages of the magic corps drew auxiliary magic circles under Crow’s magic circle, and the wizards below them filled the magic circles drawn by the magicians with mana.

At some point, a magic circle was completed that contained a vicious energy that even an outsider who did not know magic could feel, but Daman’s army continued to advance steadily.

It wouldn’t have been this easy if the army had been divided into small groups.

Have those idiots even forgotten why soldiers disappeared from the battlefield?

Craul, who expressed his condolences briefly to the soldiers who were to be sacrificed by the idiot-like nobles, spat out the words of the magic circle.

“… Natural disaster.”

Soon after, the sky parted.

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“Damn it.”

Soldier, Mill swears and moves on.

“Crazy Empire bastards.”

Does this make sense to say that the envoys are killing the king in the palace of another country?

He wasn’t usually very patriotic, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t angry even when the king was killed by the envoys of the imperial bastards.

Of course, that anger wasn’t enough to go to war as a soldier, but what could I do? The tall people are leaving.

“Hey, there are enemies!”

Just when I was wondering how long I had walked today, the commander, the knight, shouted.

Of course, it was invisible to him who was in the middle of the ranks, but the commander’s short words were enough to make the soldiers including him nervous.

Noticing the shaking of the soldiers, the commander shouted in succession.

“The number of enemies does not exceed 500 at most! By comparison, we are over 30,000! You will never be defeated, so fight bravely! Great prizes will be given to those who make the mark!”

What? Only five hundred?

After hearing that, the soldiers felt somewhat relieved.

Five hundred.

A number that is not even 10% of our army.

No matter how strong the Imperials are, how can they overcome this difference in numbers?

Of course, the commanders of the kingdom were very nervous about the fact that five hundred knights of the empire had come, but they did not show it outwardly out of concern for the morale of the army.

“Uh, what is that?”

At the words of a soldier, the soldier’s eyes turned to the sky.

“The magic circle… ?”

When I looked up at the sky, the magic circle was everywhere my eyes could see.

This time, even the commanders can’t hide their agitation.

At this time, the staff of the magicians who were deployed all over the soldiers emitted light and created a thin film over their heads.

“Don’t be afraid! We also have wizards.”

Only then did the commanders raise their voices and shout, and the commotion among the soldiers subsided.

That calm, unfortunately, didn’t last long.

“… Natural disaster.”

The disaster began with the words that the army would not hear.

It all started with a single bolt of lightning.

Blue lightning fell with a crackling sound, burning a soldier who was a short distance away from the wheat without even dying.

“Uh… ?”

The soldier who was joking with me not too long ago was burned to black in an instant.

The shields covering their heads are already punctured.

“What is this… “

Several more bolts of lightning fell in succession, and the same number of soldiers were killed.

Mill raised his head again and looked up at the sky, this time blue lightning filled his vision.

That was his last memory.