Chapter 41 (1/2)

Maxman closed his eyes for a while and thought. In just a second, he thought many things. The scales in his head were tilted to one side and then back to the other constantly. He had never thought so deeply and quickly in such a short amount of time. Maxman finally opened his eyes.

“I…” Maxman opened his mouth.

He could see Su-hyeun in front of him. The voice from below still made his head dizzy.

It was at that moment.

Well, then. I think all you guys should rather die here.

Whirl, whirl, whirl—

Maxman made his decision.

” All army…!”

He turned his body and looked at the soldiers.

“Get out of the castle! Right now!” He put magic in his voice and shouted. His voice was full of power. He worries completely vanished.

And it was a rebellion against the high officials of the kingdom, who made sound from downstairs.

-Are you betraying the kingdom?

The shrilly voice shook the castle. Maxman looked down with contempt and opened his mouth.

“A real soldier doesn’t feel diffident superior,” he said, “the real soldier reads subordinate’s countenance. Especially, if the price is the life of people, there is nothing to think about.”

The reason he stopped worrying was simple. It was an easy question. The balances shook several times and soon it tilted to one side. The difference in weight was quite clear. Maxman had no intention of keeping the superior’s order, which was a death sentence for the soldiers.

If you do that…

Crack, crack —

Barroom, crack —

The castle started to shake, and some sort of dark energy flowed through the walls. Maxman was surprised and pushed the soldiers back.

I will kill you all.

Whooooom—

“Runaway! Right now!” Maxman had a feeling and shouted.

The soldiers were also anxious. In the meantime, the order fell, so they ran as quickly as they could.

“R-run away!”

“Get out of the castle!”

“Hurry up! Quickly!”

The soldiers began to move in perfect order, the energy from the wall began to shoot.

Pow, pow, pow—!

Swiiiish—!

Hundreds of thousands of spear blades struck the soldiers.

Maxman quickly moved his magic, but he could not cover all the soldiers with only his power.

“Is it too late…?” he thought.

Whoosh—!

At that moment, a huge fire swept through the walls of the castle.

crackle—

The heat had encroached on the castle. The heatwave seemed like it could burn the flesh. Thankfully, the black spears that had been firing at the soldiers were destroyed by the fire.

“W-what the?… Maxman mumbled.

“Are you in charge here?” Su-hyeun asked.

Maxman turned his head to Su-hyeun when he heard his voice. He thought this guy was his enemy, but he saved their lives.

“You’ve made a good choice. Go out, quickly,” Su-hyeun said calmly.

“Why…?” Maxman asked.

“The reason is not important right now. You have to survive first, right?”

Su-hyeun’s word was right. First of all, surviving was the most important thing. He didn’t want to let thousands of soldiers be killed because of his foolishness. Maxman nodded and opened his mouth.

“Donald!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Take all the soldiers out of the castle and escape right now. I will leave the rest to your judgment,” Maxman commanded.

“What, sir? What do you mean, sir?” Donald asked.

“You heard me! Move right now! We don’t have much time!”

With loud scolding of Maxman, the deputy commander, Donald, shook his body and nodded. As Maxman said, there was certainly no time to linger. Su-hyeun was blocking, but the threat had not yet disappeared.

“Run! Escape out of the castle! Now!” Donald shouted.

He began to lead soldiers. He had been in charge of the soldiers for a long time with Maxman.

Su-hyeun opened his mouth as he watched the soldiers running away.

“Why don’t you go?”

“I want to see with my own eyes if my judgment was correct,” Maxman answered.

“Do you still think I might be the enemy?” Su-hyeun asked.

“Perhaps… No… Yes,” Maxman answered slowly.

Maxman had made a choice, but he was not sure about it yet. Right at the moment, he thought saving the soldiers was the right decision and he didn’t regret it. However, it was necessary to check who Su-hyeun was.

“I am grateful to save the soldiers. As a superior, I thought it was better to take your side than that ruffian that told all soldiers to die. But…”

Maxman shut his eyes, opened again, and continued to say.

“I can’t eliminate any single possibility. I have never seen you before. So, if my decision was wrong…I will take responsibility for myself.”

It was understandable. Su-hyeun was the person he never saw before, especially he invaded the castle. It was hard to believe that Su-hyeun was on his side, even if he had saved them. At least Maxman thought he needed to check the situation as the man in charge.

“Whatever. Do as you please,” Su-hyeun said.

Rumble, Ruuuuumble—

The walls shook more and more loudly. Su-hyeun gave a little more magic to the Flame. The magic of Richie and Su-hyeun continued to collide.

“It could have bothered me,” he thought.