Chapter 167 (1/2)

The segregation point of the era

帝都近郊の林道に潜むように、10万名に達する者達が集結していた。

On the roads within the forest at the outskirts of the iathered

Despite the nu silence in the area

This is proof that each and every soldier here is very well trained

黒騎士卿(ブラックナイト)クロードはユウキへ”念話”にて状況を伝えると、静かにその場から一人離れた。

In order to relay the situation to Yuuki via “telepathy”, the Black Knight Claude has silently left the area alone

The vice commander of the mixed corps, he had caht Claude taking action alone was strange

クロードはユウキの能力”奪心掌(オーバーライト)”により、一度はレオンへの忠誠を書き換えられた。しかし、クロエにより現在は元通りに治癒された身である。

Due to Yuuki’s “Overwrite” ability, at one point Claude had his allegiance to Leon overwritten However, thanks to Chloe currently Claude is restored back to normal

But, after having his heart taken once, Claude has always been troubled about so in his mind

TN Note:… the uess?

What is the heart?

As expected, can the heart really be overwritten simply with the use of abilities?

And, can such a thing really be permitted?

Leon is a great man, whoest et of worshi+p and longing

And towards that Leon, even thought he only betrayed hiivable stain

However, at this current situation he must continue to act loyal to Yuuki If he starts to suspects and the fact his heart has been restored has leaked out things are going to take a turn for the worse

After receiving treat his heart with all he has, but he doesn’t have any confidence in his training

Although he sworn to endure the effects next time, it’s uncertain whether it would succeed He feared the chances of having his heart overwritten again seeher

Therefore, he must be careful

In order not to arouse Yuuki’s suspicion, he must pay close attention to his own actions

Leaving the group, he took a breather

That Claude had been called out by a voice without a presence

“Have you finished contacting?”

At first he was shocked within, but after identifying the owner of the voice he understood

Chloe・O’bell

She was a Bishoujo with mysterious silvery black hair

It would be hard to iine from her appearance alone, but she was an existence with horrifying capabilities

ユウキが一目おく、この世で”最強”とも言われる少女なのだ。

With a single glance, Yuuki had claiest”

余りメリットが多いようには感じられぬが……」

“It’s Chloe-dono huh There are no problems, I was able to contact Yuuki

But does that guy really intend to initiate a Coup d’etat?

It doesn’t feel like there’re thatso……”

“Un That’s true

I can’t ever see, it’s probably useless thinking about it”

“Did he asked Chloe-dono for so too?”

“Un I see happens”

“Is this related to the 3 command chances issue?”

Claude ondering whether Chloe fell under the category of being bound to the three commands (wishes)

Was the reason Chloe s Yuuki’s orders due to the wishes?

Claude often pondered

When he finally asked,

“Un As long as I don’t reject it from the bottom of my heart, it wouldn’t be considered a wish

So Yuuki’s first instruction of not bearing hostility towards him was excessive”

Chloe answered with a wry s complicated

Isn’t she a little too kind? So Claude thought, but this is the one thing he couldn’t say out loud no matter what

自分にしたように、時の巻き戻しによる”支配呪”の解除を試みれば良いのにと思うものの、それは不可能だと言うのである。

Fro the “Do he couldn’t possibly say

Since soe to do so, no matter how much Claude tries it would be impossible for Claude to understand

Feeling a sense of disgust towards having his heart Doo

“Is Chloe dono not partaking in the Coup d’etat?”

“Yeah Causing an upheaval in the imperial capital doesn’t seem to be the purpose, so the vice commanded has intruded that civilian causalities are lowered to a minimum

I’ll just take this chance and blend into the darkness

“Does Claude san think of this as a chance?

“――Chance?”

“Un To return to Big brother Leon’s side, I believe this is a great chance

“I see, Claude understood”

but taking advantage of this opportunity, this was a good opportunity to fake death in the midst of battle

Under these chaotic circuate a single subordinate too deeply

After the chaos subsided, even once he realized Claude’s death was faked, by then he would have returned to Leon’s side

“Understood Thank you for the advice I shall use this method to return to Leon’s Side”

そう言うなり、分身術”影騎士”を実行するクロード。

Saying so, Claude used the clone jutsu “Shadow Knight”

瓜二つの外見を持つ、偽装分身。それが、”影騎士”であった。

A fake clone with an identical appearance, this is the “Shadow Knight”

能力は30程度で、12時間活動を継続可能である。意識に繋がり(リンク)があるので、諜報活動向きの能力なのだが、この場面では丁度良かった。

It’s strength is about 30 of the original, and could continuously remain active for 12 hours Since the consciousness is linked, it’s also great ability for spy activates, it’s perfect for this situation

“影騎士”が集団に戻るのを確認し、クロードはクロエに一礼する。

After confirroup, Claude had bowed to Chloe

Then, he begantowards Leon immediately

This incident had actually in turn saved Black Knight Claude’s life, but the person in question doesn’t know about this until later on

Following up after Claude has disappeared, Chloe’s presence has vanished without a trace

She has received a request from Yuuki, unable to refuse she could only accept

But rather than leaving the battlefield that is the Imperial capital, she blended into its darkness

そして、”紅蓮の粛清”と呼ばれる事になる、惨劇の幕が開いたのだった。

And so, the curtains of the tragedy that will soon be called the “Crie” has raised

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To begin with

“灼熱竜”ヴェルグリンドにとって、ギィとルドラのゲームになど興味は無いのだ。

The “Scorching Dragon” Velgurindo had no interest in the game between Guy and Rudra

Just fight head on and decides who reigns at the top, she thought

もっとも、正直な感想を述べるならば、ルドラと自分のコンビがギィと姉――”白氷竜”ヴェルザード――のコンビに勝つのは難しいと考えている。

However, if she ive her honest opinion, it would be considerably difficult for Rudra and herself to best the duo of Guy and her sister―― “White Ice Dragon” Velzado

Guy’s the strongest Demon Lord without a doubt, and her sister’s coood

If sister and Velgurindo fought in battle, worse case scenario they would end in mutual defeat, both annihilated

The possibility of things going well is very low Or rather, 0 even

Heat and frost have contradicting natures In a word, acceleration and deceleration

If they battled, rather than one of the in the end, they would both fall In other words, either they’d both be destroyed, or they’re both unable to battle, one of only two results

If her sister and her are evenlyfactor lies between Guy and Rudra’s battle

If that’s the case, regardless of the amount of ultimate abilities possessed, Rudra who’s a hue

That’s why, even thought she seriously wants a head on confrontation, she understood that will only lead to a high chance of defeat on this game board

(Ah, this is so annoying)

That was her true feelings

For Velgurindo who hated strategizing, elaborate strategizing and preparing for hundreds of years was so she’s bad at

That’s why she left it all to Rudra, and she’d simply follow orders

However, this was hardly interesting, she was dissatisfied with her current situation of being unable to rae as she pleased

そんな中、好き勝手に暴れる弟――”暴風竜”ヴェルドラ――を羨ましく思い、よりストレスを溜める事になる。

Meanwhile, she was envious of her trouble-loving brother――“Storon” Veldora――which has only helped her accumulate more stress

（本当にあの子は好き勝手して……でも、今回は予想と違って出てこなかったみたいね）

(That child really likes to act as he pleases……but this time, unexpectedly he didn’t appear)

先日、クリシュナから報告を受けた皇帝ルドラが言うには、帝国軍凡そ100万が全滅したそうである。

The other day, E him of the complete annihilation of the Imperial Army’s forces of almost 1,000,000

That really isn’t anything significant in itself, but what’s extraordinary was that the reason had nothing to do with Veldora

According to Velgurindo’s initial predictions, she would have never iined that her festively violent brother would miss out on this opportunity

Althought she heard he was cooperating with De type

assu that would have made her brother Veldora complacent, and De?

TN Note: Probably a pile of a?

Thinking fro that would persuade Veldora

But, nothing came up

(This is bullshi+t This time, I’ll probably just ask him directly)

In the end, she gave up thinking about it

At that tiurindo had received a request

Emperor Rudra,

“Velgurindo, you’re probably really bored by now too right?

Want to go all out for the first time since forever?”

He asked

She jumped at the offer immediately

Her targets, the foolish ainst the Emperor

The eet would be the foolish mastermind behind the coup d’etat

And then, Demon Lord Rimuru

The one who razed the imperial army, the new Demon Lord

Banding together with strong individuals as well as her brother Veldora, she would most likely be met with resistance

“Yeah, alright then

Even though I don’t intend on taking revenge for your pawns, I’ll just think of this as cleaning up and getting rid of Demon Lord Rimuru while I’m at it”

She’ll just turn the fools into a bloodbath for warm-up, and then crush the newcomer Demon Lord Rimuru while she’s on a roll

After her rae, she’ll pave the way for Emperor Rudra

最初からそうしていれば、無駄な損耗を防げたのだが、しかしそれでは将兵の質の向上には繋がらない。

If she did so fro, there wouldn’t be any pointless waste, but then the quality of soldiers wouldn’t increase

Allowing theht class individuals, in order to insure such a one-sided traain

TN Note: Kanji says guard knight, and katakana says royal knight

If De millions of weak soldiers

But, the army he sent out with so much effort, only to have them reaped was unpleasant

Even the time when Veldora annihilated them was better than this

That’s because a nued to evolve

Resentment, fear and despair

However, those who haven’t lost hope will be able to break out of their shell and advance toward that step

Even so, the situation this tile survivor

Even Krishna who gave the report, contact with him was cut shortly after

After having a taste of despair, and coest existence, huain the possibility to evolve

In other words, they really died a pointless death this time

Other than Krishna, there were also a nuhts ere mixed in, contact with all of them were lost

If it’s soht they would have used Myth class equipment, and survived

TN Note: Even though ゴッズ is simply myth, the kanji 神話級 is separated into myth (神話) and class (級) Hence why I always TLed it as myth class rather than simply myth etc

So even if things were a letdown it would still be fine

Not a single person evolved in this expedition, it was a complete failure

That’s why, in regards to Demon Lord Rimuru, Rudra had some speculations

When his forces of a th was completely wiped out, and when the report of no survivors came, Rudra became hesitant future developments in an instant

For the first tiure

Rudra ihts

“I think we should think of disposing Ruminas first

With communications between Deood time

If Ruminas’s ultimate ability awakens any further, she will become a hassle to destroy

I don’t think Guy would mobilize Velzado just to save Ruminas, can I leave this to you?”

He described his plans

Velgurindo immediately showed she understood, with a convinced look on her face

Since they’ve been interacting for such a long tihts

“So, after I deal with those guys initiating a coup it’s fine if I kill Ruht?”

“Ah, Gradim is currently headed there

Since there’s a transfer o join him”

“Ara? So is it ok if I killed Ruminas?

I’d thought you’d definitely want her alive though?”

「ふふふ。”魂の練成システム”は良く出来ているからな。

“Fufufu That’s because the “Soul refining system” has been developed well

Using actual war experience as a way to train hu threats to cultivate

However, since the procuringas we control that place then there’s no problem”

“Understood So we let her live to continue cultivating more

However, she really hid herself well Who would have thought she would live in seclusion in the divine capital

“Indeed

Thanks to that it took a long time to discover her