Chapter 121
Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 121
Chapter Title: Revolution and Destruction are a Hair's Breadth Apart. (3)
Rescuing Mersen and slipping away from the Mera Allied Nations at the same time had led to a change in plans.
However, the forces dispatched to drive out the traitors who had seized the Pacific Kingdom advanced as scheduled.
"I never thought we'd end up coming back like this."
Lin spoke with a depth of emotion that set her apart.
Her abandoned homeland.
No one else could even guess at the feelings stirring within her upon returning to such a place.
It was clearly an emotion only those who had lived it could understand.
"Let's just smash everything and hurry to join up with Kane big brother."
Though the two often bickered,
Jenny knew how to offer proper comfort in moments like this.
Of course, she had no real intention of smashing everything to bits, as she said.
There was already a set plan in place, and defying Kane's strategy was out of the question.
"Yes, we have to. We can't keep Kane waiting."
It was classic Jenny-style encouragement.
And Lin fully grasped her intent.
"Eh, it just brought back a few memories from when I was a kid. Though looking back now, they weren't all that great."
Lin brushed it off casually.
She had unleashed her anger without hesitation on her father when he'd come to see her not long ago.
It was merely a fleeting sentimentality upon revisiting her hometown after so long.
It wouldn't stand in the way of what Lin aimed to achieve.
"Besides, I have nothing but bad memories of that bastard Sigrion. All I want is to see him soon and flip him off right in his face."
Lin laughed.
It wasn't a pure, innocent laugh.
It was a chilling smile, as if she wanted to tear into Sigrion right then and there.
"Heh, alright then. Let's do it!"
Jenny flashed a grin that could be just as eerie, clearly pleased with Lin's response.
"Block them! Stop those bastards right now—don't let them set foot past here!"
As the two resolved to give it their all for Kane,
the Pacific Kingdom's forces weren't about to sit idly by.
They had their own prepared troops arrayed to keep the imperial army from entering the kingdom.
"Alright, advance!"
Leading the imperial army at the forefront were Jenny and Lin.
With the two most talked-about powerhouses there, the imperial troops had nothing to fear.
"Ice Lance!"
Lin cast her spell first from the vanguard.
"Nice, here we go!"
Jenny drew her sword and charged into the enemy lines without a second thought.
Boom-!
Before the imperial army could even act, one spell.
And one swing of the sword later, the gate guards began collapsing one by one.
Kaboom-!
The gate itself came crashing down.
"Y-Yeah, as expected of Lady Jenny and Lady Lin...! Incredible...!"
As the imperial soldiers marveled at the sight,
"Sh-Shit...! They're insane, how the hell are we supposed to stop this...!"
the Pacific Kingdom's troops felt dread at their overwhelming power.
Though their forces were made up of half-human, half-demons, even they couldn't stand against Jenny and Lin.
"This is almost too easy. To think they thought they could oppose Kane with such meager numbers. Pathetic."
The Third Prince Sigrion.
He had supposedly conquered the Pacific Kingdom in an instant with the power of his half-human, half-demon forces.
But those same half-demons were falling helplessly before Lin and Jenny's might.
Kaboom-!
Jenny and Lin pressed forward without pause.
Any stragglers left behind were mopped up by the imperial army.
The half-demons were strong, but the imperial troops weren't so incompetent that they couldn't handle the remnants.
While Lin and Jenny bulldozed ahead with their immense power,
"Ugh, fuck...! What the hell are those bitches?!"
Sigrion wore a look of panic.
The Lin he knew wasn't some great warrior.
She had always been inferior to him, someone he looked down on.
But the Lin now?
She was showing a completely different side from the one he remembered.
"Why the fuck is that bitch using magic, anyway?!"
She had clearly been some third-rate warrior swinging a sword.
Yet Lin wielding magic suited the title of hero more than anyone.
Perhaps it was exactly the image Sigrion had always dreamed of.
"Fuck, fuck... I'm killing that bitch first..."
He had craved strength, idolized the powerful, and gained the demon's power.
He had abandoned all principles to obtain this might.
Yet Lin remained noble.
Sigrion ground his teeth, hating the sight of her purity.
"What are you all doing?! Go kill those bitches!"
The half-demons outside might be reveling in victory, but they were the weakest of the lot.
The real forces were arrayed right beside Sigrion.
"You worthless scum daring to gloat over a 'victory'? Slaughter them all!"
At Sigrion's command,
those who had been biding their time surged into the battlefield.
"Ah, hold on."
Sigrion called them back, flashing a devilish grin.
"Don't kill the blue-haired one—capture her alive. She was our kingdom's princess, after all. She deserves treatment befitting that. Heh heh heh..."
"Understood."
Left alone, Sigrion sat on his throne, letting out a creepy chuckle.
"I can't wait to see that noble look on her face crumble."
Jenny worried him a bit, but he figured it would be fine.
After all, they were half-demons empowered by demonic forces.
No one could stand against them if they got serious, or so he believed.
"Ice Lance!"
Ice spears rained down from the sky.
"Haat-!"
A sword wreathed in aura slashed indiscriminately.
Jenny kept debuffing the half-demons nonstop as she fought.
Thanks to that, the imperial army battled smoothly, and the enemy numbers had dwindled significantly.
"Think this is about enough?"
Jenny halted her sword swings and scanned the surroundings.
"Yeah. Their numbers have definitely thinned out already."
Lin looked around and nodded in agreement.
When reinforcements from the Mera Allied Nations arrived,
they needed to have reduced the enemy enough—and leave some forces in place to hold the line.
Otherwise, there was no point in the plan they'd devised.
"Then shall we pull back?"
Lin and Jenny exchanged nods.
"All troops, retreat!"
At Jenny's retreat order,
"Huh?"
"We're totally winning right now, though?"
the imperial army had their doubts, but no one objected.
"Well, if it's Lady Jenny and Lady Lin, they must have a reason."
It was a sign of just how much trust they placed in the two.
As the imperial army began their withdrawal,
"What, running away scared?"
the half-demons who had been at Sigrion's side until moments ago started sauntering out casually.
"Huh? What are those guys?"
Jenny signaled for the troops to ignore them and keep retreating.
The imperial army swiftly vanished from the Pacific Kingdom,
heading to their designated encampment.
All that remained were Jenny and Lin.
"Hey, no matter how strong you think you are, you can't beat us."
"You cool with pulling back all your soldiers like that? Heh heh..."
They sneered with malicious grins, oozing demonic energy, but the two women showed no reaction.
"...What the hell? Why are those bitches just standing there?"
With no response as expected, they split into two groups and lunged at Jenny and Lin.
"All that talk of being strong, and now you're ganging up? Pathetic."
Lin wore a look of disdain.
She could tell they were Sigrion's direct subordinates.
They wore the uniforms reserved for the Pacific Kingdom's royal knights.
"Hmph, whether it's one against many or one-on-one, the winner is the stronger one—that doesn't change!"
"True. But you can't beat us."
Lin sneered mockingly.
It was blatant ridicule.
'Laughing in a situation like this...?!'
Offended, they forgot Sigrion's order to capture her alive and aimed to sever Lin's neck in one stroke.
But,
"Ice Field."
She finished her incantation faster.
"Gah...! Damn it, she can use area-of-effect magic like this...?!"
The charging foes froze solid,
crashing to the ground.
For all their bluster, they hadn't achieved a thing.
"I was planning to stop here, but killing one or two more won't hurt."
Bodies already littered the area.
The remaining knights Sigrion had sent trembled, unable to move.
"F-Fuck...! Freezing us won't do shit! We'll be able to move again soon..."
"Ice Garden."
Of course, they never got the chance.
White ice flowers bloomed across their frozen bodies.
"This place is done."
"Yeah, I'm finished too."
Jenny had already swept away the rest, as if it were nothing.
"Then let's head back."
"Sure."
The two departed for camp as if nothing had happened.
And one person watched them go.
"Th-This... what the fuck...? Is this even possible...?"
It was Sigrion.
He had lounged on his throne, idly awaiting Lin's capture.
But a strange noise drew him to the window, and he witnessed it.
His knights hunted down in an instant by Lin and Jenny.
"N-No way... But why aren't they finishing the job...?"
With their power, they could storm right up to him and take his head this very moment.
So why retreat all of a sudden?
Something was off.
"...What else are they plotting...?"
Unable to discern anything, all Sigrion could do was tremble in unease.