20-4
The Slaughter Dolls of the Age of the
Gods
Translator : PolterGlast
A little before Aniue
and I struck down Yord, a fierce battle was unfolding on the battlefield
in the southern part of the Imperial Capital. Fellow Imperial citizens,
clad in swords and armor, clashed against each other, and the conscripted
soldiers lacking sufficient armor and experience lost their lives one by one.
Every time the two armies clashed, the earth was dyed in blood, scattering the
tragedies of the deaths of sons and fathers throughout the Empire. Everyone
must have felt doubts about this battle. The meaninglessness of fellow Imperial
citizens killing each other. But even so, the civil war did not stop. Even
while gazing at lives being consumed like hot water, the people had no choice
but to accept being swallowed up themselves by the great swell of the era.
Because a miserable future awaits the losers of the civil war, while glory and
blessings are promised to the victors. If they become the losers here, knights
and lower nobles will lose their positions. No, in proportion to the weight of
their responsibility and position, the possibility of their heads flying off
increases. Even if the earth was dyed with the blood of compatriots and corpses
were devoured by birds and beasts, now that the great battle had begun, no one
could stop it anymore.
Amidst all that, I
received a report that several upsets had occurred. At first, the Southern
Army—in other words, Julius's side—was dominant. However, Uncle Morac's
connections and Machiavellian schemes seemed to be a threat even in war. Around
the time I left the territory of Erin, nobles and generals who had been
secretly communicating with Morac betrayed Julius's Southern Army
one after another. Because of this, everyone thought the victory of the Northern
Army was decided. However―― Two days later, Prince Julius played the
trump card he had been hiding. The story the dying Yord spoke of was
about this. Thinking about it now, precisely because Yord was certain of
Julius's victory, that guy must have appeared in the land of Ratatosk,
seeking to settle things with Aniue and the postwar glory.
What Julius
unleashed onto the blood-pooled battlefield was that immortal armored doll, the
Cherubim Armor. Also known as the army of the Age of the Gods. Born
using humans as materials, they are the strongest and worst weapons. When more
than 100 immortal armored dolls appeared on the battlefield, the war turned
into a massacre. The front lines collapsed one after another, deserters were
born in the face of existences that could absolutely not be defeated, and Morac
and his faction fell into a predicament.
However... From here
on, it simply doesn't make sense... Just as the Northern Army was about to be
routed by a formidable enemy against which they were helpless, the Cherubim
Armors suddenly began to attack their own army as well. Pointing their
giant swords at all humans reflected in their eyes, they began a massacre of
each and every person. According to what Zirant said, the Cherubim
Armors were supposedly weapons created to destroy all races other than
humans. To think that this time they would turn into monsters that slaughter
all humans was something even Julius, the very person who ordered their
production, hadn't even imagined. Julius was deceived by the people of
the Abyss.
Eventually, as both
armies distanced themselves from the Cherubim Armors as if to flee, the
White Knight of the Abyss who had hidden his figure appeared. In
contrast, the slaughter dolls did not try to eliminate the White Knight, even
when he climbed onto their shoulders. Then, as if commanded by words of magic,
they surrounded the White Knight and formed a circular formation.
「To
think you built this many Cherubim Armors in such a short period. 108 of
them... With this many, my master's wish should be granted. Well then, you
fools, you may enjoy your mutual killings for a while longer...」
I trust the White
Duke, but I do not trust the White Knight. That guy turned the earth into a
black bottomless swamp, and audaciously robbed the Cherubim Armors right
from the middle of the battlefield and vanished. Simultaneously with his
disappearance, he gave the army of the Abyss, Skeleton Knights,
to the half-destroyed side of Uncle Morac, going out of his way to swing
the balance of the battle back to even... If he had felt like it, the White
Knight could have become the victor of the great battle as a third force. But,
as if to say he had no interest whatsoever in the hegemony of the surface, he
snatched the 108 armored dolls and disappeared from the battlefield. Because
they had a single, dearest wish that they would never yield, no matter if an
eternity of time flowed by.
・
However, the current us had no idea that such betrayals upon betrayals were
occurring in the outskirts of the Imperial Capital.
「Sorry
for making you clean up my mess... How great it would be if there was one more
of you...」
「I'll
return those exact words right back at you, Aniue. If there were two Aniues――
no, it would be troublesome if Aniue's nagging doubled...」
After striking down
Prince Yord and sweeping away the remaining remnants of the Abyss,
Georg-aniue and I decided to part ways for a time.
「Foolish
talk is for next time, I'll be going soon. Leave the Imperial Capital to
me, I'm counting on you for this side.」
「Come
back soon, Ashley... Ahh geez, as I thought, should your big sister go
with you...?」
「Aneue,
I'll leave the underground empire to you. Bring that land together with your
popularity, Aneue.」
Aneue headed to the old capital A-Zir, and Aniue headed to the Imperial Capital Bergelmir. To end the civil war, borrow the power of all races, and snatch the victory using a surprise attack from the underground. Zirant and I will remain here in Ratatosk City. To stop the out-of-control labyrinth of stakes, this power that gouges even dimensions was necessary.
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