Chapter 21 - Volume 3 (1/2)
Dungeon Defense: Volume 3 – Chapter 2 (Part 2)Chapter 2 – Winter (Part2)<hr>▯The Northern Guardian, Margrave of Rosenberg, Georg von Rosenberg
Empire Calendar: Year 1506, Month 2, Day 12
Polles
Ο
— A ru
— They say the De the Black Death to us
— That’s a false rumor, a false ruhed out blood and fell unconscious
The saintess claimed that she had witnessed the end of the world in her drea one another that the saintess had been possessed by an evil spirit The fear on the soldiers’ faces was apparent
Ο
— Black sulf the mountains It shall s the eray clouds shall have no limits or bounds, and thus, the winter shall continue with no li shall freeze The black smoke shall not clear The black shall……
Ο
Speaking up to that point, the saintess then vomited blood The blood was sticky because of the content that was ether with her blood The reason I was able to detail this incident so confidently was because I was there in person to hear the prophecy during the previous night
As I was the coion, I participated in the conference for the highest leading overnment We had received infor to invade soon We had to prepare against the invasion I was not the sole person to partake in the strategy hness the Crown Prince and Her Highness the I to that, The Saintess, were present as well In that location, the Saintess was possessed by a spirit
Ο
— The black shall, the black shall, the black shall……
Ο
The saintess coughed blood She vomited repetitively Her eyes rolled up to the back of her head and revealed the whites of her eyes There were many clumps from her intestines ently called for the clerics and healed her
The Imperial Princess made an entreaty
Ο
— This incident is confidential Only we e this information outside If the soldiers were to hear the saintess’ prophecy, then they will be heavily shaken, thus , we cannot allow our morale to drop in our current situation where the Demon Lords plan to invade No reed
The Crown Prince, while consumed by fear, nodded his head as well
With that, the case was supposed to be buried, but—for some reason, not a day had passed before the prophecy ended up being leaked At the entire front, at that
From the veteran officers to the new recruits, they all knew of the news that the saintess had voht Even the peddlers at the bottom of the military camp knew the contents of the prophecy People whispered that it was an oh the crowds and repri than a wild ru than the sound of words Since soldiers lose and injure their lives effortlessly, they felt fear and dread just as easily That is the core of a soldier Since I have lived for more than 60 years now, I have seen roundless ru which assured that it would not happen this ti defeated before even engaging with the Demon Lord Allied Forces Measures must most likely be discussed ied myself for the huhness the I to pay my respects”
“Enter”
The Imperial Princess spent her ti under a roof to sleep The I struck by snow and rain, and if one was unable to prevent the fall of that snow and rain, then it should not be avoided The soldiers held that Ih esteem, and worried for the Imperial Princess’ health foremost when it rained or snowed
……Of course, the Imperial Princess’ action was most likely a political scheme, but the majority of nobles were unable to properly carry out even this simple ploy Separate to the Imperial Princess’ personality, I respected her ability
Pushi+ng the white cloth to the side, I becaht of the Imperial Princess
And the scene that was utterly unexpected
Inside the tent, a long table was placed
This was fine
That was a norator spread out on top of the table, and additionally, if the I that alligator, then the scenery went a thousand rave to come pay his respects What a rare occasion”
The Iator
She did not glance towards my direction even once
“Did you not dislike eneral has always respected your highness”
“That isn’t a lie Not a lie However, you also do not revere me Is that not so?”
“……”
“You respecthtly safer and milder way to pronounce the word ‘scorn’ Words are trivial”
Thack</erant wood and scattered it into a brass incense burner The brass, heated by a charcoal fire, slowly lit the chunks of wood aflarance spread The aro the scent of blood, the fragrant srance seeped all the way down to ut
ator within the smoke
The I the outer layer ofinto the inner layer of muscle The boundary of the outer and inner layer was clearly visible to the princess I unintentionally marveled at the skillful hand movement that was able to establish a border in the flesh and carved that boundary out naturally like a professional butcher I could not ihest lineage in the world, had learned how to skin an alligator The Imperial Princess, who resembled the secluded place in which she was born and raised in, was difficult to handle
“Do you not think that the majority of the conversations we have shared can be condensed into more simple terms? I like you I hate you A person’s mind may start from there, but they are unable to arrive at this location in the end Although people may refer to this as the path or course of life, I honestly call it a waste of ti Let us not waste each other’s time Why did you come find me despite your animosity towards me? Tell me the reason why I have to listen to the words of a man, who does not revere me, while it is still noon”
Was it a threat? Or was she serious?
I was unable to figure out the emotions of the other party There were no expressions on her face It appeared as if she was purely focused on the task of skinning the alligator Even though the Imperial Princess was outside, it felt as if she was still residing within the palace It even felt like she was the palace If the aed did not reach over the dozens—then I may have had already been deceived by her outer appearance by this point
“Your highness You cannot gain the admiration of nobility automatically”
“Oh dear I do not desire for your ads and laughed
It was a sound of laughter with no te your respect has The word respect contains 5 different s and 10 variations of tone That is why I do not trust words What I demand from you is not words, but actions Distinct-Evident-Articulate-actions Of course, you would not listen even if I were to order you to like this You are a stubborn old man, after all”
“……”
“Speak”
“……Information that Demon Lord Barbatos, Demon Lord Marbas, and Deether an arth is uncertain, it is clear that they have more than 50,000 but less than 70,000”
“It seeined They do not have Baal nor do they have Agares Barbatos is ignorant, Marbas is indecisive, and Paihness is currently underesti the enemy forces”
“That is not so”
At that moment, the Imperial Princess looked at me for the first time
My mind felt needlessly restless because her purple eyes felt like they could pierce through a person’s psyche
“No Oh dear, by the Gods That is not so at all! Why would I possibly underestimate the enemy forces? Never in my life have I ever devaluated someone”
“Is that the case?”
“Of course As proof of that, you are still alive”
“……”
“You are a man of talent that is essential to our e has been loyal to the imperial family for the past 500 years And they have protected us fro from the Black Mountains for 1,000 years You are a co I respect you If perhaps, I did not respect you, then—so like a province warlord in command of troops could not possibly still exist, is that not so?”
“……”
“This is what it h actions It is distinct, evident, and articulate Georg, I at ti it would be if people lived without ever using words”
Rip
The ed her knife into the neck region of the gator The neck was ator’s body Once the Imperial Princess moved her blade, the leather on the neck was skinned off just like that
“It is fortunate that that situation is not now Be at ease and continue My ears are prepared to listen courteously”
“If the De to invade, then they e in the dom of Teuton That has no relation to us”
“……The second path is through the plains”
“The path to the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdooodness’ sake, we’ll have to pray for the Gods to influence the Deo towards the mountains or plains We’ll be able to catch our breaths while they are going to war, after all”
ed to Polish-Lithuanian)</ehness”
I furrowed my brows
I could not stand that sort of response
“I apologize, but if this general is correct, they are the same humans as us”
“And there are no other animals that can kill hu, please stop trying to act refined on your own!”
The Ih
“Exactly how ers have burned to death on the mountains this winter? 100? 200?”
I closed my mouth
“Or was it 300? I’ve heard that the number effortlessly surpasses 1,000, and if ers were also the sa do while thousands of villagers were massacred as humans? You observed You only watched”
“……”
“Do you not consider the word ‘observed’ to be the saant raves, the Controller of both the Black and White Fortresses—Sir von Rosenberg”
I stared at the eye of the gator Since my head was lowered, I could not meet the eyes of the Ilare at the beast
The Imperial Princess let words flow out
“It see for the fact that I do not feel particularly sorry Continue to keep that in mind”
“……I shall bear that in mind”
“Good”
ripped the back skin of the gator and tore it off The leather ca the line which she had lacerated earlier Once the leather was gone, a light pink inner-flesh was revealed The color of alligator ht
“Do not concern yourself with the passage in the mountains or the path in the plains All we have to do is defend the path leading to the empire Do you require the assistance of the imperial family?”
“The North does not require help from anyone”
I responded as clearly as possible
“But I shall express hness’ offer to help”
“Oh dear, it see…… It is only your loss if a beautifully aged man like yourself were to lose your teirl Just obediently accept the reinforcehness, I truly do not require reinforcehness should solidify the hohness the Crown Prince That way, if we are forced to, ill be able to make contact with either Teuton or Polish-Lithuania and spread out a strategy”
“With h”
“……”
“Do you see that fellow as soe military affairs? He is a man who is unable to properly conduct his own mouth and bottom Did you not see it as well? I warned everyone to reree, and yet, the rurace is ihness”
The Irasp why she had shut her ain
“My brother’s mouth is more loose than a whore’s bottom hole Even the privates do not respect ather an areneral, the Crown Prince is an equal coe the north, and did not treat the Crown Prince any differently there”
“Forsooth, it see I understand I respect your loyalty ……But by the way, Margrave, do you not think that the terhtest when dutiful towards a parent with no worth, and the word loyalty shi+nes brighter when faithful to a lord with no value? Your loyalty to the emperor is quite marvelous It is impressive”
The Imperial Princess stabbed the knife into the table
With a washcloth, the Imperial Princess cleaned her blood soaked hands Once she had done so, she lightly patted my shoulder The Imperial Princess’ face was far, but her voice al whispered directly into ”
“……”
“But you cannot buy my respect with fidelity If you wish for me to respect you, then over all else, youthe military orders since you are the supre war, if by the low chance, you were to commit a mistake…… Well, I’ll most likely be very disappointed, will I not?”
“This general shall not bestow disappointment”
“I shall trust you”
And the Irants their faith a single tiet”
The two of us exchanged theand the House of Rosenberg respectively The very act of exchanging the proverbs which were passed down for nearly 1,000 years was sacred The vow of the Imperial Princess, who appeared like the one person ould not place her trust in others the most, felt that le faith, she will purge me without a doubt……
The Iator skin onto a rod and raised it up in the center of the ators are known as the descendants of dragons Dragons are the syator skin, the soldiers whispered ahness the I that the signs of the soldiers still being afraid had disappeared, I thought about the ar fro ar with them, it was difficult to make an assumption Like the Imperial Princess whose face was hidden by the smoke, the armies of the Demon Lords were sie whether I should be afraid of the thing which could not be seen despite being bythat could not be seen because of the distance Surrounded by the fear frouished
I beheaded the twothe wild ru their heads
Ο
Ο
Ο
Ο
Ο
▯The King of Peasants, Rank 71st, Dantalian
Eian Plains, Demon Lord Allied Forces Garrison
Ο
— Where are those vulgar people crawling from?
— Ah, don’t you know? Isn’t that His Honor Dantalian? That pink haired bitch is a peasant, and the blonde bitch beside her is a huuy have so peasants?
— They say that people froht down there, you know?
— Hu that’s a human? That?
Ο
The Demon Lord Allied Forces were a rabble Since the term rabble is incredibly old-fashi+oned, there was a need to be a bit more honest
I believed that there is life in words For example, words similar to ‘universe’ were too antique for me to use I preferred the world over the universe If you were a refined individual with coe and a contee, you e, and at other tie to death
With no room for debate, I was a splendidly refined individual Therefore, I elegantly expressed the word rabble in a bit e
The Demon Lord Allied Forces were a bunch of damned pieces of shi+t
As soon as we entered through the caate with our banners held out in front of us, for some reason, soldiers ere pitiable like bums approached us and spoke nonsense
Ο
— Your Honor Dantalian! To bring a huathered here to suppress the humans, we are able to understand your honor’s ih fun with that harlot, then please allow us lowly ones to have a taste as well!
— That hu the i the day, then just iat the soldiers blocking our path, I let out a sigh
Seeing that they were co at me without any fear, it was clear that they were the subordinates of a Deher rank than myself To the demons, the humans were the enemy of our kind, and their social status was considered as peasants To them, for a Demon Lord like eneral was definitely a mistake I rebuked them moderately
“It seems you fools have lost your minds Move aside before your balls are removed and shoved into your mouths Or in reverse, do you want your throats to be slit and your dicks shoved in there?”
The soldiers laughed loudly
Ο
— For your honor to say that you will personally jack us off We are so gracious that we do not knohere to place our bodies
Ο
The crowd split in half, and thus our path was finally open
Co Lapis and Farnese to move to my side, the three of us ned next to one another Lapis quietly spoke in a tone that only I could hear
“You did well to endure, your highness”
“What do I have to endure? You are the ones to have received the ridicule, so you two did well holding back”
“What could your highness be talking about? This one is later on going to take the lives of those soldiers in secret, so your highness did well in enduring right this moment The insult this one has received will, of course, be repaid by this one”
“……”
Those soldiers were piteous I still vividly remembered theinsulted Lapis These fellows should be happy if their corpses were at least left intact
Farneselady cannot understand Why does every officer who looks at this young lady wrongly assu lady had slept with your lordshi+p? Thinking logically, there is no chance that a man like your lordshi+p could possibly be allowed in this young lady’s bed”
“Take the situation more seriously, you idiot”
I’m not sure whether it’s because this child had always shut herself in a library to read history books all day, but she didn’t have the sensibility to accept reality
Leadingdistinct characteristic since they actually had nothing but distinct characteristics, ent into the deepest part of the enca ‘Boo— boo—’ They called ’s Whore’, and Farnese was referred to as ‘The King’s Slave’ It felt like we had all of a sudden beconant
For them as well, every day was shi+t, thus their lives should have been spent enduring this kind of days, and yet instead, they scorned peasants and slaves They most likely suffered because of the nobles and were pressured to look down, and the only thing below them were peasants and slaves It becas they received froht down to the people below the more to say to the reasonability of these low people, who could not gather together, but fought a them to not look upwards were the nobles and royalty such as s below the which I did not possess
“It seems there are a lot of people to kill”
……Except for Lapis
Since Lapis was a girl born at the absolute bottohts to send the heads of those above her flying She was a girl who even I could not stop No one could stop her I prayed for the repose of those poignant souls in advance Please have an easy passage into eternity
It was at theby one of the military camps The soldiers started to throw clumps of snow at our ranks My men became bewildered and stopped their advance The 11 members of the Berbere Sisters, who could be referred to as uards, instantly covered the area aroundhit by snow on their foreheads, cheeks, and torsos, the witches becae until they becale hile being hit Just like the time they were abused by Demon Lord Andromalius in the past
From the other side, the demon troops made invidious remarks
Ο
— For your honor’s eneral to be a huood faith i of Peasants
— You must be very fortunate to be so popular omen, your honor! Please teach the people how to bed lowly harlots and spread the inforhout the world
Ο
Snow continued to fly towards us They were not ai the snow in order to hit the witches Despite that, the witches, in concern for the worst situation, did not leave uarded me with a stoic expression on their face
“……Lapis”
“Yes, your highness?”
“Where are those bullock bones frooat is drawn on their flag That belongs to the rank 12th Demon Lord, Sitri The soldiers led by Sitri are renowned for their rough volubility and coarse speaking habits”
“Indeed”
I let out a sigh
“Then if I were to slit the throats of those soldiers, that’ll be the sa the Mountain Faction into our enemy”
Sitri was a loyal subject to Pai incident would occur if I were to kill the this ruckus in order to cause a big incident on purpose If the current situation were to get any worse, then there will certainly be a faction ill use eneral as the problem, and place it as the public opinion That the privates were probably dissatisfied just because I had eneral
If that were to happen then I would be at a disadvantage They would be tauntingme into a situation where it was favorable for them What should I do? How should I deal with this mess……?
I wonder if it had detected that I had fallen into deep thought With a jaunty sound effect, a selectionappeared before me
Ο
[1 Punish the insults]
[2 Endure the insults]
Ο
I carefully gazed at the words floating in mid-air
Even if the soldiers retchedly throwing clumps of snoards a Deer because of it Insults were disgraceful when done by so So what if some soldiers tossed snow at me?
The problem was face The issue was always one’s honor The witches were being hit by the filth inand pass the situation by like this, then ed Farnese, who must have also been concerned of this, whispered to me an advice
“Lord Should we not kill those men immediately? Even if we do not kill theround then they’ll shut up on their own”
“This one disapproves”
Lapis whispered tothat hness, there is no doubt that De theain by colliding against Sitri Refrain fro be a king’s only method? Miss Lapis You never close your eyes towards the ridicule you receive, and yet, how could you request for his lordshi+p to turn a blind eye towards the humiliation he receives?”
“Since this one is a humble vassal, it is fine for this one to behave basely A hu oneself and behaving with i this one’s place However, his highness is different Please be tolerant”
I spoke
“Stop”
“This is not so lady is an illegitiirl, so it is appropriate for this young lady to receive insults However, how is this young lady supposed to endure the situation where her lord is unjustly being ridiculed? Please order this young lady to take their necks”
“Your highness Miss Farnese is still young Do not listen to her Even if the people were to praise your highness, your majesty will not rise, and even if people were to jeer at your highness, your dignity will not be daed Please understand”
“Sheesh I told you two to stop, and yet you two continue to bicker”
I raised ht hand
The moment I did so, the witches all raised their staves at once My troops also broke apart fro ranks and lifted their spears It took no longer than a couple of seconds for my troops, which consisted of 4,000 soldiers, to display their vigor
The encaressive silence, which felt as if a fight could erupt at any second, flowed Even the soldiers ere tossing snow at us had pulled out their swords with their muddied hands They continued to babble on narrow-mindedly
Ο
— Does your honor plan to cut us lowly subjects down? That’s fine Since your honor had stabbed the throat of His Highness Andromalius in order to save the life of a succubus whore, then killing tens or hundreds of us lowly people for those witches should be possible, right?
— Please step over our corpses with your honor’s grace
Ο
I dismounted from my horse I wiped off the mud smeared on the witches’ faces with ed on theet wiped off easily Moistening the lower end of my clothes with the snoiped clean the skin of the witches
Ο
—……
Ο
The sight of athe face of a peasant, hundreds of thousands of soldiers watched while holding their breath Within the heavy atled quietly
“Ahah, really ouris really abnorht—?”
ed the way the witches referred to Dantalian to ‘Master’ The raord used can be translated to both ‘Lord’ and ‘Master’, but after reading Volume 3, it seems ‘Master’ would be more appropriate)
I deliberately whispered to them in a serious tone
“Be quiet Do not ruin the er”