Chapter 566: The Hero Climaxes in Defeat Again Today[R-18] (53)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 566: The Hero Climaxes in Defeat Again Today[R-18] (53)
As the fluttering banners of the Kaisern nobility approached, the earth thundered with the sound of hooves. Steel-gray armor glinted dazzlingly in the sunlight, and a forest of black spear tips surged forward.
“Form ranks!”
At the Knight Commander’s shout, Alcladion’s army raised their shields. The air grew heavy with tension.
Thump! Thump!
The Kaisern army moved first. The cavalry at their vanguard charged, tearing across the ground as the dust kicked up by their hooves rolled in like a wave.
“Brace your spears! Hold fast!”
The infantry in the front line planted their shields and raised their long spears. Some soldiers’ eyes wavered, but they were men who had gathered under my name. Not a single one retreated.
“Brace for impact—!”
CRASH!!
The charging cavalry slammed head-on into the front line. Spear tips pierced shields, and horses screamed as they fell. Blood and dust splattered, obscuring the view. Shields shattered, and soldiers were thrown back, screaming.
I slowly stepped down from my carriage. I watched the battlefield, filled with chaos and screams, as leisurely as if I were observing a banquet hall.
“Marquis, it’s dangerous!”
A knight hurried to block my path, but I raised a hand to stop him.
“Dangerous?”
At that moment, the wind churned at my feet. The energy from my union with Bi-yeon and the spirits enveloped my body, and a teal aura erupted around me. My hair turned teal, and my eyes began to glow.
“Everyone, stand aside.”
I casually waved my hand.
KABOOM!!
A storm burst forward, wiping out the Kaisern army’s front line in an instant. Hundreds of soldiers were flung into the air and slammed back to the ground. Unable to even scream properly, their shattered shields and weapons scattered like rain.
“Take care of the rest.”
“Yes, sir!”
Just then, I sensed a completely different presence from the west.
‘About… five hundred. But these aren’t the movements of simple soldiers.’
Their energy was close to that of knights. However, their movements were sharper and stealthier than a knight’s. They moved like assassins, a different breed from regular soldiers.
Before long, their identities were revealed. Dark skin, sharp, pointed ears. The ones who appeared in the middle of the battlefield were dark elves.
The one leading them was Ivril. With flashing red eyes and long, flowing indigo hair, she supported our forces. Following behind her were hundreds of dark elf warriors.
‘…Swordmaster-level. That energy… it must be the clan representative Ivril mentioned.’
The dark elves’ intervention instantly turned the tide of battle. The Kaisern army quickly collapsed, and the battle ended anticlimactically.
Ivril flicked the blood from her dagger, approached me, and knelt.
“My lord. As the commander of the Shadow Knights, I have completed my orders and returned.”
I looked down at her coldly.
“I’m quite sure I told you to gather information… Why did you appear on the battlefield yourself?”
Her eyes wavered at my rebuke. She swallowed her words, glancing around nervously, and was about to make an excuse when…
“I will be the one to answer that, human.”
The dark elf who had been exuding a powerful aura since earlier stepped forward.
“And who might you be?”
“I am Eldarion, the leader of this clan.”
“So? What’s the reason you crawled here, ignoring your employer’s orders?”
“Human, we are not mercenaries you hired. We have come to take the life of the bastard who dared to steal the virginity of Ivril, our sacrifice, and break our clan’s taboo.”
A short, incredulous laugh escaped me.
‘Is this guy insane…?’
To so brazenly declare he was after my head when thousands of my soldiers filled the battlefield.
Beside me, Marienne drew her sword and stepped forward. I looked at Eldarion and spoke.
“Eldarion, was it? If I heard you correctly… it sounds like you just said you’re going to kill me?”
“You heard correctly, human. And you will not be able to harm us in any way.”
With those words, he took out a black jewel from his robes, one shrouded in dark energy.
“What is that?”
“This is proof that our clan is protected by the black dragon, Nerzaka. If you try to harm us, this jewel will immediately awaken Nerzaka’s slumbering wrath.”
For a moment, I was stunned.
‘Did I mishear him? Is that bastard threatening me right now?’
As I stood there, speechless with disbelief, Eldarion gave a confident smile.
“Human, I will give you one last chance to live. First, cut off your genitals and offer them to us. Then, pay our clan a massive sum in reparations… If you do, I will show mercy and spare your life.”
“Hah, hahahahahaha.”
A chilling laugh escaped my lips. Then, my aura exploded outward, pressing down on everything around me.
“How dare an insect that doesn't know its place.”
BANG!
In an instant, I was in front of Eldarion. I grabbed him by the throat and lifted him up, glaring coldly.
“Nerzaka? A black dragon?”
I continued, a sneer playing on my lips.
“What do you think a mere vermin like that can do to me?”
Eldarion’s face instantly went pale. He couldn’t even breathe properly under the overwhelming power radiating from my hand.
“Human… Do you not fear a dragon’s wrath?! It won’t end with just you. Your territory, your family—”
I hurled him to the ground. Stomping on his chest with my foot, I spat out coldly.
“A dragon? To think you’d threaten me, trusting in something like that… You picked the wrong person to mess with.”
The moment the surrounding dark elves tried to draw their weapons, my aura exploded outward. The pressure forced them to their knees.
“Ivril.”
“Yes, my lord!”
Ivril hurried over and knelt.
“Since your chieftain is in this state, it seems you’ll be leading this clan from now on.”
“If it is my lord’s will…”
I looked down at Eldarion beneath my foot and sneered.
“Eldarion. Let me tell you one last thing. That dragon you trust so much, Nerzaka… you’re gravely mistaken if you think a lizard like that could ever be my opponent.”
“Wh-what did you say…?”
Eldarion’s eyes widened in shock.
“You don’t seem to believe me. But unfortunately for you, you won’t get to see me kill that dragon. Because you’re going to die right here, right now.”
“You… human! Think rationally!”
“Heh heh… Fine. I’ll think rationally, just as you wish.”
Why would a mere insect dare to come all this way and defy me? There was only one answer. He was acting high and mighty, relying on the existence of a dragon.
‘But why make such a foolish choice? Did he really believe that lizard would protect him?’
I met Eldarion’s gaze. He was trembling with a fear greater than that of immediate death.
“Human… you don’t know what you’ve done! It wasn’t enough for you to lay your hands on the sacrifice meant for the dragon, you even planted your filthy seed in her body! The moment you defiled the offering meant for Lord Nerzaka, your entire race was thrown into the flames of a curse! So if we just sacrifice you—”
“Hahaha, all the better. I can kill a dragon and make some new weapons and armor. I’ll gain some fame as a bonus, too.”
“You… you madman… You’re insane!”
“I am always in my right mind.”
Without releasing my oppressive aura, I stepped back. My knights quickly brought over a chair and set it down for me.
I pointed my index finger at Eldarion and said.
“Cut off that bastard’s arms and legs. Then hang his body up for all to see.”
The moment the order was given, Marienne moved. Before Eldarion could even react, her sword flashed and severed both his legs.
“Aaargh!!”
A horrific scream echoed. The surrounding dark elves instinctively tried to move, but crushed by my aura, they could only break out in a cold sweat, unable to even lift a toe.
Marienne then cut off both his arms. Other knights hung Eldarion’s torso from a wooden post and poured a potion on his wounds to keep him from dying.
“Guuuhhhhh…”
“No matter how I think about it, my anger isn’t subsiding at all. It seems one of you is not nearly enough to satisfy me.”
I raised my finger and pointed to another male dark elf.
“Ivril, kill him.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Kill that one, too.”
“Yes.”
A scream rang out every time my finger moved.
“Aaaaaargh!”
“Gyaaaargh!”
“Ivril! How dare you betray your own clan!”
Ivril responded coldly to someone’s shout.
“I am merely following orders as my lord’s sword and the commander of the Shadow Knights.”
I lowered my finger around the time the tenth life was extinguished. I hadn’t killed them randomly. Most of them were male dark elves, the ones with dicks.
“Human…! You will definitely regret this!”
I let out a small laugh and nodded.
“Hm, now that you mention it, I do have a regret. Instead of killing the men, I should have had them breed with ugly human women… What a waste.”
“……”
Eldarion’s eyes rolled back in horror.
I slowly leaned back in my chair and tapped my fingers on the armrest.
“More importantly, a mere ten of them won’t be enough to quell my anger. How will you compensate me for this? …I have an idea. I’ll just have to make all of you dark elves my sex slaves. Even as dark elves, you’re still elves, beautiful regardless of gender. Even the males should fetch a good price. First, I’ll have Ivril drag over the prospective sex slaves remaining in your village.”
“You bastard…!!!”
A hate-filled cry burst from Eldarion’s trembling lips.
“Ah, by the way, do you happen to have a wife in your village… or a pretty daughter?”
“I’ll kill you! I swear I’ll kill you!”
Ignoring Eldarion, who was struggling and sputtering blood, I gestured to my knights.
“Separate the men from the women.”
“Yes, sir!”
The knights moved as one. The trembling dark elves tried to resist somehow, but crushed by my aura, they couldn’t even lift a toe.
I added.
“Ah, and if any of you find a male dark elf to your liking, feel free to take him. One must respect personal preferences, after all.”
At my words, the knights frowned for a moment, but after looking at the male dark elves’ faces, they couldn’t hide their blushes.
“Ahem…”
It was understandable, as the male dark elves were more dazzlingly beautiful than most human women.
And so, the knights proceeded to separate the men and women.
Leaning back in my chair, I rested my chin on my hand.
“Originally, I had planned to show you mercy. I was going to grant you the title of Shadow Knights, have you pledge your loyalty to me, and give your clan a chance to live honorably in the human world. But—”
I looked at Eldarion and twisted my lips into a smirk.
“Your foolish chieftain tried to threaten me, throwing around a dragon’s name to act important. In the end, because of the choice you made, the dark elves will now have nothing to their name but ‘slave’.”
Eldarion’s eyes shot open, bloodshot. But his limbless body no longer had the strength to even twitch.
“Do you regret it?”
“Please… my family… sh-show them mercy…”
“There is no mercy. And you will regret this even in death.”
As I said that, the knights plunged their swords into Eldarion’s neck.