Chapter 214 – The Northern Front 3 (1/2)

Thanks to this, he was given the nickname of the Savior of the Last Days along with his Hero King title. He was also popularly referred to as the son of the God of Light. He received the respectful and adoring gazes from the general populace.

However, one’s public reputation is always temporary, so Woohyuk didn’t put much significance on what the general public called him.

“Greetings, my lord.”

“It’s been a while, Bailey. Did anything happen in the Rhine Kingdom while I was gone?”

Since he had to leave his home country for a long time, Woohyuk left the day-to-day ruling to his vassals.

Bailey was one of them.

As he was hamstrung by the restrictions put on him before, Woohyuk didn’t much care for constant surveillance over others, so he gave his vassals a wide berth in maintaining his kingdom.

“The Witches’ influence is spreading quickly across the land, but the witches of the Seven Major Sins have not been seen. However, due to the chaotic times, it seems some people of the kingdom have become influenced and gone over to the Witches’ side.”

“I have to talk to Joanna. She would be able to prevent the expansion of the Witches.”

After returning from the dragon tribe expedition, Joanna had the Black Dragon King Drakia in her possession.

In addition, the Dane Kingdom and Erendia Kingdom on the left and right sides of the Rhine Kingdom allowed for mutual cooperation in case of an emergency.

Now that he had to move on to a bigger stage, Woohyuk was trying to hand over the Rhine Kingdom to Joanna.

‘The status of a king or emperor is unnecessary for me now.’

Before his return, the position of a ruler was important to gain and move the vassals. His title was very useful because it had many advantages when trying to pursue a collaborative effort.

However, there was no reason to sit on the throne and take care of daily affairs since he could now fight a large-scale battle with Lemegeton.

That was why the Dane Kingdom and the Talis Kingdom had also been entrusted to the vassals while he continued to wage war.

The Holy Aperia Empire was also capable of controlling Eleonora and the Holy Pope’s Office, so it was not necessary to obtain the Emperor title.

Of course, there was a need to bring the ever-greedy Tiberius down from his throne.

‘Let’s leave Tiberius alone for now.’

It was important to clear up the mess in the Northern Front as soon as possible and find the King’s Book.

There was no reason to take down Tiberius before accomplishing those two goals.

He would believe in the false prophecies given by Mary and Brynhildr until then, so even if Tiberius coveted Lemegeton, he wouldn’t be able to express it or act upon his desires.

“Did you see anything while sleeping last night?”

“… I had a good night’s sleep yesterday without any vision or prophecy. However, just because I didn’t have a foresight vision doesn’t guarantee a bright future, so don’t lose your tension.”

It seemed that Mary only received revelations about great events, such as catastrophes/disasters.

Helena spoke when Woohyuk didn’t ask any additional questions,

“According to the prophecy, Aleister will awaken the madness within you this time. So, even if he provokes you, make sure not to lose control.”

“Do not worry. When it comes to his provocations, I’ve already become used to it after experiencing it countlessly in the imaginary world.”

She sometimes lost her temper due to the influence of demons, but she now paid extra attention to this trigger.

Helena had also got on her nerves for a while, which had the effect of raising her immunity to emotional outbursts.

‘Well, I always got her back with interest whenever she pissed me off…’

She didn’t know about how it would feel on others, but it was immensely enjoyable for her to bother Helena.

As Woohyuk stared at her, Helena blinked in confusion,

“What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”

“Nothing. I was just wondering if I had ever met you in my previous life.”

“… If we did, I’m pretty sure we would have been sworn enemies. You always make fun of me when you’re bored.”

Even recently, Woohyuk once had Helena, who complained of being cold in the mountains, mount a golden goat, and then letting the goat go up and down a steep cliff as it wished.

Ibn Rusud burst into laughter as he recalled what had happened.

“Hahaha! Have you ever thought of how inherently stupid you are, witch? What fool in the world would believe that if one memorizes a stupid spell and gets on a golden goat, one’s body will magically warm up?”

“… I just tried it once because the goat looked cute…” Helena replied while pouting. Her lips were sticking out like a sore thumb.

She felt betrayed that her own blood brother would laugh at her to become closer to Woohyuk.

Honestly, she didn’t even like her nickname, Witch of Annihilation.

“Master, if you don’t like how that girl is talking, I can give her a few whippings…”

“You better just keep your mouth shut until I ask for something, Roan,” Woohyuk responded while staring at Roan with a cold expression.

Roan looked frightened.

“Ro-Roan doesn’t want to be a ball-less freak!”

“Then it would be better to be careful about what you say. Helena has some experience in the field of ‘sheering’.”

“… Why do I come out there? I just did that to take revenge for my parents!”

Once the conversation drifted on a tangent, it continued to flow into a strange area.

Brynhildr coughed and tried to change the topic,

“Hmm… what is the situation on the Northern Front? Even though we found out the weaknesses of the Kazak tribe, it seems that the defending forces were still being pushed back.”

“I’m fairly certain that the difficulty stems with the Demon King Alliance. Aleister seems to be behind most of their troubles.”

In fact, it was very rare for Demon Kings to form a united front on such a large scale. They mainly spent their time in internal ranking fights and didn’t really have any outside forces troubling them.

As the Gods disappeared from the Eeth Continent, the land essentially became a demonic world, so they were oftentimes more wary of their own people.

For those guys to hold hands like this…

“They must have been afraid of you, my lord. Since you’ve already sealed seven Demon Kings in Lemegeton, they won’t be able to live a day in peace.”

“Perhaps that’s the case, Sieg. For them, I must be a constant thorn in their side.”

Woohyuk’s past moves were truly unique and eye-catching for the Demon Kings.

Their reactions were actually quite natural if one were to think about the situation from the perspective of the Demon Kings.

Rather than fretting, Woohyuk viewed the Demon King Alliance as an advantageous opportunity, as he didn’t have to tire himself out looking for the 72 Demon Kings one by one.