Chapter 223

#223

Kalkos Tribal Alliance (1)

“Hmm, the prognosis is very good. I expected it to some extent because my body was quite trained, but the recovery speed was faster than I expected. “Are there any other uncomfortable places?”

“Um… no. Everything else is fine. Rather, I feel like I have more energy than before? Hahaha!”

The imperial hospital located outside the imperial palace of the Azerion Empire.

The director of the Imperial Hospital, an elderly gentleman in a white gown, nodded as he looked at the tablet-shaped magic tool with various numbers floating around.

“I don’t think it’s my mood. “It’s a natural result since we used all kinds of rare materials, including the manticore’s detoxification gland and the inpicilen flower.”

“Oh I see. I’m thankful for this! “Then when can I be discharged?”

“Hmm—I think it would be a good idea to monitor the condition of your eyes and arms for a few more days. “It appears to be stable right now, but problems may arise in the future.”

The hospital director answered the question calmly, then asked a few more questions, then put back the magic tool he was using, bowed slightly to him, and walked away.

“I think this will be enough for today. There is a caregiver waiting outside the door, so if you need anything, you can call at any time. “Then I’ll leave.”

After the hospital director who greeted him like that left, Hesperon, who was left alone, took one look at the gorgeous hospital room and then glanced down at his right arm.

“The treatment is a little burdensome… but it’s worth it.”

Bandages engraved with various runes wrapped from the fingertips to the middle of the upper arm.

This was the price of overusing Hans’ special black magic tool.

The curse that had spread throughout his body was somehow able to be removed, but every single cell of his right arm had been mutated by the terrible curse, and it was diagnosed that there was currently no solution other than amputation.

With the opinion that there is a risk that the curse will flow back and the erosion will resume again.

‘There’s no need to go that far.’

When he came to his senses about three days after the princess attack incident just two days ago, a system message appeared in front of him.

《The entity achieved enlightenment through repeated training. Acquire the skill “Curse Resistance.” 》

You have acquired related skills by facing curses beyond your limit and overcoming them.

Of course, you could get seriously injured if you installed it with only the resistance skill, but if the bandage’s seal was added to it, there wouldn’t be any issues to worry about.

‘It’s a little frustrating not being able to see in one eye. There’s no way to do it with an ordinary transplant, right? I thought Hans might have a way…’

He sighed while stroking the black eye patch with gold embroidery that covered the corner of his right eye.

‘…What kind of shit is this?’

When I first woke up and figured out the situation, I was so shocked that I was speechless, but now that I checked again, I was just as embarrassed.

‘I’m tired of Harris and Harley, but Hans is the biggest problem. No, I roughly understand what the intention is…’

It would be good if we could steal the plan that the Oath of Reverse Heaven set, and even if that is not possible, we can interfere with them and suck up as much karma as possible, and in the meantime, the warrior party, including Harley, It even provides a justification for intervention in the South.

A clear move that is beyond reasonable.

However, the problem was that the process was quite uncomfortable.

“ah! I don’t know! it will work out somehow.”

Eventually, Hesperon gave up thinking deeply and buried himself in the soft bed.

In any case, it wasn’t like he could have much influence on the avatars far away just by worrying like this.

‘Everyone has a strong personality. All I can do right now is…’

As he lay on the bed, his eyes turned to the antique books on the table next to him.

〈Magical argument about the composition of existence and the interaction of objects〉

〈Definition of summoning & contract through the Topitel theorem〉

〈……〉

A gift prepared for him who is bored in hospital.

All of them were magic books held by the Imperial Palace Magic Tower that could only be read by affiliated magicians and were generally not even taken out.

Of course, these were things that shouldn’t be in a place like this, but the person who brought them to him…

Knock—

“Excuse me, Hesperon. Princess Riley Carte Azerion has visited.”

Even though she was going through a very busy time, Princess Riley always came to visit once a day.

Immediately after the nurse knocked on the door, she walked into the hospital room with careful steps and smiled brightly as she looked at Hesperon.

He was holding a stack of new books in his arms.

“Heron, how is your condition today? “I heard that you are recovering well.”

After leaving her attendants waiting outside, she entered the room and closed the door. She placed the magic books on the table and asked about the choreography.

“There is nothing more to recover! “I think I could be discharged right away, but I’m being held here because of my anger.”

“Still, do whatever the hospital director tells you to do. “He is the best on this continent.”

“Well, it doesn’t matter because there’s nothing I can’t wait for a few days.”

He lightly shrugged his shoulders and was sorting through the books he had already read. A thought suddenly occurred to him, so he grabbed one, shook it, and asked her back.

“But Riley. Is it okay for me to bring these magic books to you as I please? I appreciate it, but I think wizards won’t like it. “You don’t want it to be a problem?”

A wizard, especially an imperial wizard, would not normally be a difficult opponent.

It wouldn’t be of much help to her to keep an eye on them while she was just solidifying her position as successor.

“Oh, that’s okay. Especially in times like now. Of course, the tower owner has already given permission.”

Although she said it with a gentle smile, her words had a cruel connotation.

Among the weightlifters who targeted Riley, there were wizards belonging to the Imperial Palace Magic Tower.

Of course, it is a self-evident fact that a significant number of those who sympathize with him will remain within the Magic Tower.

In the midst of her furious search, the princess comes forward and says she will borrow some books for her lifesaver. Is there really anything she can say about that?

It may be a banned book that no one can read, but it is just a regular book that anyone belonging to the Magic Tower can read.

‘Hmm… Well, since he’s smart, he’ll take care of it.’

Hesperon simply nodded and agreed.

If you say you’re fine, it won’t matter.

“Oh right! When Heron woke up, Se-ah asked me to say hello to him instead. “He said he couldn’t come when the incident happened, so he wanted to come in person this time, but he said he was sorry that he couldn’t afford it right now.”

Riley pouted her lips as if complaining with a disappointed expression while speaking.

Outside this hospital room, she was the Iron Blood Princess who drove the North Wind and Cold Snow, but now she just looked like a cute girl of her age.

‘…Well, I think I know what’s going on.’

However, he could not bear to make eye contact with her and had no choice but to secretly look away.

That’s because he was a part of Isea’s busy schedule… no, he was part of the group that accounted for most of it.

Hans, Heinrich and Harley.

She was just one of the victims caught up in their wild and wild extravaganza.

Just crossed the desert and arrived at the Southern Tribal Confederation—along with the rest of the warrior party.

***

“Ha, how did we end up here again?”

Isea sighed as she looked at the vast wasteland.

Since something big happened in the empire recently, I was thinking of taking some time to stop by the imperial palace, but this sudden incident ruined that plan.

When Harley first made an unexpected move, I thought it would end as a simple incident, but with Heinrich’s ‘foreknowledge’ continuing, it became a serious issue that I couldn’t avoid.

‘The War Chief of the Tribal Alliance, who became the Immortal King’s henchman, is preparing for war against the continent by brainwashing other Chiefs…?’

Certainly, the sudden declaration of severance of diplomatic ties was questionable.

At the summit, the southern representative did not show any such sign, and the discussions between them were concluded very reasonably.

But I never thought there was a reason behind it….

‘The fact that things have progressed this far probably means that the situation is more dangerous than I thought.’

Although he was reluctant about the South’s actions, he was letting his guard down, believing that an unreasonable war could not be started at a moment like this in a federation system that required consensus among each chieftain.

No noise could be detected during the discussion.

‘But I can understand if the Immortal King intervened. I never would have guessed that they were distracting the attention of the continent with undead and giants while at the same time preparing for a war starting from the south.’

Certainly, with this method, it was not like breaking the bet with the saint.

No matter what tricks were used behind the scenes, the person who started the war would eventually be the Chalcos Tribal Federation, a fellow human being.

‘Now, I heard that the situation in the Republic has been a mess recently. Could it be that the Immortal King had a hand in that too?’

When things happened like this, everything became suspicious.

Even the recent assassination attempt on Princess Riley was thought to be part of that plan.

‘…Isn’t that really true?’

In any case, that was the reason why the party of warriors who delivered this ‘foreign wisdom’ to the Great Hall and urged preparations for war came to the south in a hurry.

We leave the preparation for the future to others and they do what only they can do.

It was an important task to prevent war from occurring in the first place by eliminating the dark side that caused the incident in advance.

‘Just the six of us.’

She glanced back at the rest of the group.

“First of all, we will begin preparations at the continental union level, but if something really happens, it will be a big problem. Before that, somehow…”

“Don’t worry. The Lord will brighten our path ahead. So first of all…”

Saint Riesta and Saint Heinrich having a conversation with serious expressions.

“The Immortal King is here…”

The lancer Zioswa glared across the wasteland with his blazing gaze.

“It’s my first time seeing such barren land, and it’s amazing. Personally, I don’t like the environment, but since the power of my main fire spirit has become stronger, I don’t think it will be bad when fighting.”

High elf Lydia takes a deep breath, looking around curiously.

“Hoo—? “Is this the South?”

What’s so amazing about Harley, the barbarian warrior, whose eyes sparkle as she looks at the desert spread out beyond.

‘First of all, everyone is worth more than a hundred per day… but the opponent is a ruler who has the immortal king and the country on his back.’

I sighed involuntarily, but if I think about it carefully, traditionally, the main job of the warrior party was not to be at the forefront of the battlefield, but this was always this.

I had been running around so frantically while fighting the invasion of the immortal army that I had simply forgotten my duty.

Rear infiltration, assassination of key figures, strategies to destroy material production facilities and important bases, etc…. The death squad, the

predecessor of the ‘Special Mobile Strike Team against the Immortal King’, also showed the same actions, so there was nothing to complain about now.

“Hahaha! I was planning on crossing the desert by running, but it turned out to be easier than I thought! After all, magic is amazing! “Arm!”

While she was struggling to come up with a plan for what was to come.

Unlike her, who was so worried, the barbarian warrior in the party burst out into a hearty laugh without even a hint of worry.

“Haha Mr. Harley. This is not the time to laugh so easily. “I came to the South, but the real work starts now.”

Based on the southern coordinates I knew, I crossed the desert and arrived here, but because Chalcos was so closed and tribes moved frequently, it was not easy to pinpoint the exact location of the target.

While spending time like that, information about them will naturally reach the Warchief’s ears, which will ruin the plan to kill him as quickly as possible.

‘In the worst case, you might not even be able to see the warchief and have to fight the entire tribal alliance.’

If he just ran away and replaced the tribes under his command, he might end up exhausted from repeating meaningless fights.

“ok? what’s the problem? “It’s simple, right?”

Of course, it’s impossible to imagine that iron tower-like man collapsing from exhaustion.

Isea looked at Harley, wondering if there was some unexpected trick behind Harley’s attitude of not caring, but…

“We’re attacking their base! Fight against those who block your way! Destroy everything that gets in your way! And kill the warchief! Where else can there be such an easy problem? Wahaha!”

“Ah… yes… that’s right….”

I thought it was just in case, but it was the same.

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much, so I wasn’t very disappointed.

“Don’t worry. “We already know where we’re headed.”

At that time, the leader of the party, a warrior, approached her and opened his mouth as trustworthy as always.

Then, while looking at a certain direction in the desert, he spoke as if he had calmed down somewhere.

“Beorsen—the desert city in that direction. That is our goal.”

“…is there a warchief there?”

“Yes, in addition to that…”

Heinrich’s face hardened.

The conversation, which was interrupted for a moment, continued slowly and not too late.

“Even the immortal king Han… Nibal Strauss.”

***

Beorsen, the base city of Warchief Baltheon.

[…will it come in the end? Yes, it would not be bad either. Kukkuk —.]

In the center of the largest building, the beings in the endless darkness burst into one direction and burst into laughter.

Looking forward to a reunion after a long time.