Heavenly Inquisition Sword

Episode 1383. You should keep that in mind, though.

The eyes of Louis Fraser III, the crown prince and commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, sank heavily.

Fifty years ago, during the Imperial War, a general mobilization order was issued.

However, the war was over and the emperor’s authority had fallen.

Even so, it might have been recorded as a defeat had it not been for the efforts of Archduke Hannes Knauf, the god of war.

It is recorded as a victory of the empire in history, but what kind of victory is it when nothing is gained?

The family that benefited from the Imperial War 50 years ago is the Grand Duke of Knauf.

From duke to grand duke, he went up one step.

The difference between the royal family and the Knauf Grand Duchess was literally a piece of paper.

I can only sigh when I think of the extraordinaryness of Archduke Kaiser Knauf, who succeeded Archduke Hannes Knauf.

He was usually uncooperative with the imperial family, which made him a thorn in the eye, but it’s a little relieved that he’s in a situation like this.

“All-out war….”

When a gun call is issued, the Grand Duke of Knauf can no longer just watch.

Having been beaten by the Grand Master, he knew very well how great it was for the Grand Duke of Knauf to participate in the war.

It is said that excitium was supplied to the gunmen, but it cannot be used like water.

It is still supplied at a rate of one excitium per hundred magic bullets.

The Empire is the same, but the Northern and Southern Kingdoms will add more.

Unlike knights and wizards, the existence of a grand master is bound to last for a while.

Suddenly, the face of another Grand Master, Count Elio Lagoa, came to mind.

The most ideal ending would be that the Archduke Knauf and the Earl of Lagoa fight and die together, but I don’t know if that’s possible.

“Let’s see. Count Lagoa is from the Kingdom of Escatos, so we can send the Grand Duke to the northern front.”

When the North is trampled on, King Escatos will ask Count Lagoa for help.

Of course, the empire’s general mobilization order came first, but it seemed like it would flow that way.

***

What happened in Anator, the border city of the Dnirov Kingdom, quickly spread across the continent.

It was because the Southern Kingdom Army was actively promoting in order to regain the initiative in the war.

A shock hit the empire.

War stories poured out of the mouths of people who were indifferent to the war.

“The Southern Kingdom has developed a weapon with destructive power comparable to Excitium!”

“Even though the Expeditionary Force used Excitium and Goliath, they were defeated at Anator!”

“The new weapon of the southern kingdom is Thanatos.”

“The damage of the expeditionary force increases, and the occupied land may be taken away!”

“Don’t let the magic tower create Thanatos!”

“Shut down the Mage Tower that produces Thanatos and sells it to the Southern Kingdom!”

“Don’t let Thanatos fall into the hands of the Northern Kingdom!”

“Can the Southern and Northern Kingdoms win the war if they arm themselves with Thanatos?”

“At this rate, the war of 50 years ago may be reproduced.”

“What is the war for! Shouldn’t it have taken over the Abyss and stopped?”

“Why did you make the Northern Kingdom declare war?”

“Haven’t the great nobles of the empire mastered the Northern Kingdom? Didn’t you?”

Belatedly, the Empire launched an investigation into the Mage Tower.

And he found out that the place where Thanatos was developed was Adobe Magic Tower.

But even so, there was nothing the Empire could do.

All continental Mage Towers belong to the Mage Tower Committee and are protected by the Mage Tower Committee.

Even the Empire had to get permission from the Mage Tower Committee before it could wield power against the Mage Tower of Adobe.

But the Mage Tower Committee couldn’t allow the Empire to do that.

In the end, the Empire blocked the Adobe Magic Tower’s customers, just like the Hermetica Magic Tower.

Even so, he hoped that Adobe Magic Tower would stop production.

But the Empire missed the time.

The Adobe Magic Tower secretly signed a joint venture contract with the Southern Kingdom’s Magic Towers, and the recipe for Thanatos was transferred from the Adobe Magic Tower to the Southern Kingdom’s Magic Towers.

The magic towers of the kingdom quickly turned to alchemy and magic engineering when the wizard was neglected, and the production of Thanatos also surged.

There is no business that makes as much profit as arms sales.

Thanatos was like the water of life to the magic towers on the continent that were slowly drying up.

A greater amount of Thanatos was produced than when Adobe Magic Tower was producing alone.

It didn’t take long for the Empire to realize – unlike the time of Arthenium – that it had failed to stop the production of Thanatos.

The imperial aristocrats were seized with fear that ‘the production of Thanatos might exceed Excitium’.

Then one day, when Thanatos was found in an unidentified wagon heading north, the Empire proposed the production of Excitium to the Imperial Magic Towers.

Excitium, which had been monopolized by the Three Magic Towers, was released into the Empire’s Magic Tower.

There is no way that the empire’s mage tower, which had fallen like the kingdom’s mage towers, would refuse that welcome offer.

It wasn’t long before the production of Excitium caught up with that of Thanatos.

The main interest of the Mage Tower has also changed from magic research to magic engineering, especially weapon development and production.

Londinium Empire.

Buk-gu, Petropolis, the capital.

Inn and bar Fermosa Estella.

Fabian, who had been out in the morning to gather information, returned to the inn around dusk.

After looking around the restaurant on the first floor, he hurriedly went up to the second floor.

“Count.”

Fabian simply called Elio Count after he was given the title of Count of the Kingdom of Escatos.

Elio, who was sitting by the window and looking out the window, turned his head.

“why? What is it that you are out of breath like that?”

“The Empire will issue a general mobilization order soon.”

“okay?”

When Elio’s reaction did not meet his expectations, Fabian made a fuss.

“Full mobilization order! The Empire will fight with all its might like fifty years ago.”

“I have no choice but to fight the Northern Kingdom.”

“Right now, the Imperial Army is unable to break through the northern Severin Kingdom’s defenses.”

“It won’t be easy because the northern kingdoms have prepared well.”

“There are rumors going around that the Knauf Grand Duchess will be sent to the northern front with a general mobilization order.”

“The Grand Duchess of Knauf?”

“Yes, then the defense line of Severin Kingdom will collapse at once.”

“Oh no way. I heard that Thanatos is spreading in the North too? If Thanatos is really similar to Excitium, Archduke Knauf won’t be easy either?”

“There aren’t as many Thanatos as magic bullets, are there? They say that the production cost is very expensive…. They probably didn’t get enough supply.”

“I guess so.”

“You know? There is also the Escatos Kingdom in the Severin Kingdom.”

“why? Are you worried about Sir Sera?”

After Elio heard that Sarah Lore had returned to the Phantom Knights, he called her Sir Sarah.

“It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t worried. They said they returned to the Knights to contact me.”

“how? Can you contact the Escatos Kingdom Army to get rid of Lord Sera?”

“I will refuse. If you were in the kingdom of Escatos, would you not know? If you come to Severin Kingdom, you won’t try to leave the Knights. Do you know how strong the pride of the knights is, Count?”

“So what are you going to do?”

“I do not know. Will the war end once the Count has dealt with the ‘vanguard of chaos’?”

“well. I don’t know if the empires and kingdoms will come this far and do something that didn’t exist.”

Elio shook his head excitedly.

With the appearance of Excitium and Thanatos, the number of casualties on both sides is difficult to count.

The empire said that the kingdom had many casualties, and the kingdom said that the empire had many casualties.

According to the words of both sides, it means that both sides are suffering enormous damage.

In this situation, what difference would it make to kill one ‘vanguard of chaos’?

The continent is already ‘chaos’ itself even if the ‘vanguard of chaos’ doesn’t roam around.

“What will you do if you ask for help from the Escatos Kingdom later?”

Fabian looked at Count Lagoa with ambiguous eyes.

If Archduke Knauf is put into the Northern Front, the Northern Kingdom will cling to Count Lagoa.

However, the Count of Lagoa had said that he would not be involved in this war.

There is even Synclair Jeter, who Count Lagoa professed to be a disciple, in the Knauf Grand Duchy.

Will Count Lagoa run to the north to stop the Grand Duke of Knauf?

Elio, who had been listening with a sullen face, answered.

“Let’s think about that then. I don’t want to worry about things that haven’t even happened.”

“Even if Archduke Knauf shows signs of moving to the northern front, the Northern Kingdom, not the Escatos Kingdom, will unconditionally come running to the Count.”

“I’ll think about it then.”

“Don’t put it off because it’s a headache. Will you help the northern kingdoms? Are you going to turn away?”

“What would you like me to do?”

“I, of course, want the Count to help the Northern Kingdom. If Sir Sera dies in Severin Kingdom, you will be haunted by guilt for the rest of your life.”

“What? Are you even going to propose to me when the war is over?”

“I am not that brazen. In the letter, I told everything about the past. By now, Lord Sera must have lost his temper with me.”

“But what if you like Sera?”

“Please. Sarah, how strong is your pride? You will never see me again.”

“I might forgive you. The cheating partner, Baron Sophia, was also killed.”

“well. I don’t know if you’ll forgive me for saying that.”

“Aren’t you still attached to Miss Ariette Albano?”

“Absolutely. I’m not that stupid and dishonest.”

“The bottom line is that you don’t even know. yes?”

“yes.”

Fabian laughed bitterly.

Sir Sera might forgive her, but she didn’t know her own feelings either.

“So do i. I don’t know if it’s right for me to get involved in this war, and I don’t want to cross swords with Synclare Jeter’s master.”

“You should think about it, though.”

“That’s what I’m going to say to you. If Sir Sera is still good, you should think about what to do?”

Fabian shrugged.

Because now he had nothing to say.

Elio, who was laughing, suddenly asked.

“Did you find out where the Marquis Juliana Leola might be hiding?”

“I know, but nothing has come out yet. It is said that the wizards belonging to the Mage Tower almost cut ties with the world. In the case of the Marquis Leola, her outside activities were all about watching the Bardos performance.”

“Isn’t the Bardos sponsored by Marquis Leola the only Miss Ariette Albano?”

“yes.”

“Miss Ariette Albano, wouldn’t she know where to go?”

“…”

Fabian was silent.

Of course, he didn’t think so either, but he didn’t intend to visit and meet him.

In a way, it is because Ariette Albano is also a victim like Baron Sophia.

Arrange the relationship coldly and meet again by necessity?

It’s true that his face is thick, but he didn’t want to do it out of conscience.

“If it is difficult for you to meet and ask, I will meet you.”

“Please meet the Count. I don’t want to see Miss Ariette again.”

“Okay then. I’ll meet you and ask.”

“You will have to hurry. Since Fermosa Estella and Miss Ariette’s contract is over… I’ll go somewhere else.”

“okay? Speaking of which, I need to go see you now.”

“Do you know where it is?”

“The owner here will know. If you don’t know, you can go to the police or intelligence department and ask.”

Elio immediately got up and started walking.

Unlike usual, Fabian did not follow him and saw him off with a hard face.

Elio went down to the first floor and asked the manager about Ariette Albano’s whereabouts.

“Miss Ariette is still staying in Calliope. If you go up the main road to Jung-gu, you will see a sign on the left.”

Elio thanked the manager and went out into the street.

Indeed! After walking along the main street for a while, I saw a signboard called Calliope on the left.

Calliope, like Fermosa Estella, also served as both an inn and a bar.

After a while, Elio, who opened the door and stepped inside, hesitated.

It was because Ariette Albano, who was drunk and couldn’t control her body, was approaching him with a thin young man supporting him as if hugging him.