Night of the Soulless Heathens – 205



#205. Fall 3

The terrible itching and pain continued but after a while another pain began to take its place.

Hunger has set in.

“How funny. He was abandoned by his clan and his left hand was cut off so he’s in pain… but hunger takes precedence over that. By the way judging by the fact that they didn’t treat his wounds at all and just threw him away it looks like they just left him here to die.”

Azadin approached the prison bars in pain.

“Hey! I’m awake!”

When Azadin shouted like that the guards seemed startled. They did not approach Azadin but disappeared to call someone. It seemed that they thought that Azadin a messenger might attack the guards and open the bars.

“They’re not very friendly. They’re wary of me and afraid of me.”

When I woke up in prison and saw that everything including my weapons was gone I knew things weren’t going to be so bad.

[Because the Golden King is dead and someone has to take responsibility.]

“….”

[Fortunately the Cheonggeon Party is asking for your salvation. Since you are the adopted son of the Lord punishing you will also have repercussions on the Cheonggeon Party. As the light of the King’s flower faded the Cheonggeon Party became stronger. They are Nether’s followers so they have made great contributions. Those who wish to punish you will also have to pay attention to the Cheonggeon Party.]

“That alone isn’t enough to be optimistic is it?”

Azadin smiled bitterly.

The relationship between Cheonggeundang and Cheonju is a completely false relationship.

For Azadin relationships with others were always like this. Aldis and Kazas also chose Hatir over Azadin and Hatir.

No saying this in itself is nothing but nonsense.

To them Azadin was nothing more than a pitiful child an object of cheap pity not worthy of comparison with his father who inherited the blood of a god or the descendant of the woman he loved.

Everyone in the clan was blinded by the revenge and power before their eyes so they covered up the fact that Hathir had deceived the clan and branded Azadin a traitor.

And now that the Golden King is dead how will the people of Bthuma treat Azadin the herald who assassinated the king?

I felt like I was left alone in this world.

No he had been left alone in this world since long ago. He had just lived tenaciously relying on cheap sympathy.

So the only thing that’s keeping me alive right now is that kind of fake relationship.

“Azadin. Are you awake?”

At that moment a voice was heard from the prison next door. It was Karchen.

“Were you in prison too?”

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There was no sign of movement. Perhaps she had collapsed in the prison and woke up when Azadin made a fuss.

That means….

“Because we are the messenger clan. Since the Golden King is dead someone must be held accountable. Besides it is clearly my responsibility to fire the cannon into the castle. For daring to aim the cannon at His Majesty’s residence.”

This means that Karchendo was also ousted from power and became a prisoner.

“You are being stupid. If it weren’t for your efforts things would have been much worse.”

When Azadin captured the Haldun gang Karchen planted explosives in the palace prison and placed some of the cannons placed outside the castle inside. This was possible because she feared the Herald Clan more than anyone else.

She detonated explosives to drive out Kazas’ men and fired a cannon to rescue Azadin and drive out Hatir’s men.

But now that the Golden King is dead it seems she too has been removed from office on charges of firing cannons at the palace.

“If it was going to be like this I should have just surrendered to my clan. Since Your Majesty has passed away we have become soulless blasphemies again. Your Majesty is the only one who has no prejudices.”

Karchen lamented his situation which had become like a kite with its string cut off without the Golden King.

Judging from the way she speaks it seems that the clan had approached her and tried to persuade her before the incident but she seems to have turned against them in order to side with the Golden King.

“Switzerland-Zadek… Your Majesty was a worthy lord.”

Azadin smiled bitterly as he recalled the Golden King who had sacrificed himself for him.

“What about the children? What about Midiam and Ismail? Have they been caught?”

“I let them run away. Those kids weren’t caught.”

“That’s fortunate.”

There was a commotion outside the prison at that time.

“Your Majesty! No it is dangerous!”

“Don’t talk nonsense. If I can be assassinated by those in prison then I am not worthy of being the heir to the Golden King. Get out of the way.”

“…?”

A young man arrived in front of Azadin and Karchen’s prison.

He is a young man with black skin and golden eyes. He resembles the portrait of Manza-Zadek when he was young and he is tall enough to rival an ogre.

Azadin is also quite tall but he is about 50% taller than most women and is more than twice as tall as most women.

“Your Highness.”

Karchen said so and showed his appreciation.

“Karchen. And the Golden Lion. It’s a shame things have turned out this way.”

“Your Highness?”

Although Azadin already knew most of the circumstances through the Emperor’s voice he was curious about what the Prince was saying so he tried to ignore it.

“I am Amun-Zadek the first son of the Golden King. The Golden Messenger. No should I call you Azadin? Is that okay?”

“Of course whatever suits you.”

“Okay. Then let me explain the situation.”

Prince Amun-Zadek looked Azadin up and down and said.

“I know you have been loyal to your father. However people claim that you have been in league with the enemy. More than anything the military wants to get rid of the ravens of the Golden King of Karchen who have been a thorn in their side.”

“Your Majesty. I have sworn allegiance to you Your Majesty and I have kept it. And that allegiance will continue unwaveringly when you ascend to the throne.”

When Karchen said that Amun-Zadek smiled bitterly.

‘If I succeed to the throne? You still don’t think of me as king.’

The Golden King did have many children. Amun-Zadek was the most likely successor but there was another child of the Golden King Darhan-Zadek in the fortress currently facing the northern ogres.

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What if he who was leading the armies of the North and fighting the ogres asked for the throne?

‘You’re a stupid woman. You’re being principled in this situation. No is that what makes you wise?’

Amun-Zadek looked at Karchen with a mixture of annoyance and pity.

‘This woman was loyal to her father. She’s also very capable. She was born into the Jeonryun clan so she’s not a threat to power. She’s a really good tool. However the support of the Capital Defense Forces is important and her loyalty isn’t directed to me so maybe I should kill her?’

It was when I was thinking like that.

“What is the current situation? The throne?”

Azadin asked Amun-Zadek a question.

“The Golden King was murdered by the Heralds and the throne was corrupted. The power of the Nether poured out and it is no exaggeration to say that the Age of Jupiter as prophesied by the madmen has begun. We could no longer protect Btuma so we all abandoned the palace and fled. The Nagas have taken over the palace of Btuma and the people continue to escape from Btuma.”

It was Btuma who was defending well while trampling on the Nagas unilaterally. However the royal palace fell in one fell swoop due to the sabotage carried out by the messenger clan. Is that what you are saying?

“There must have been a huge number of casualties. Will the people have any trouble evacuating? They will need food and shelter.”

“Yes. Fortunately with the support of the Bel Hoda sugar plantation owners we were able to minimize the sacrifices.”

“Is that so?”

It seemed that the Bel Hoda farm owners had done exactly what Azadin had requested.

As expected he was a businessman who knew how to keep his word. Thanks to him the people who had to evacuate in a hurry were able to receive sufficient supplies and escape without much damage.

When Azadin made the request to Bel Hoda he had no idea that something like this would happen and it was just a request made out of necessity but it ended up saving many people.

But the expression on Amun-Zadek’s face as he looked at Azadin was not one that would be reserved for someone who had saved many lives.

“Yes. And they begged you to save them. How on earth did you manage to win over the slaves of Bel Hoda?”

“….”

“Isn’t the Cheonggeon Party’s Heavenly Lord your adoptive father? Cheonggeon Party is the Nether’s messenger Grimsroun’s subordinates so they were a great help in this situation. When the light of the King’s Flower disappeared they opened a path for the people to escape with the power of the Nether’s subordinates. Their contribution was so great that it won’t be easy to purge you who has their support.”

Amun-Zadek said so and smiled.

“He’s really annoying. I just threw him in prison hoping he’d die from his wounds but he didn’t die and came back to life. He must have incredible vitality.”

“You are honest.”

“If you are the son of King Yaegasu you can be honest. There are no repercussions if you are quite honest.”

Amun-Zadek said this and got up.

“I can’t kill you with my own hands but I can’t let you live either. The situation is complicated. So I’ll just dry you out and rot you in this prison.”

“Are you going to starve me to death?”

“No before that we could retreat further and leave you here. The Nether’s territory is expanding. Eventually you’ll either starve to death or the Nagas will get you. If you don’t want either of those I’ll give you a rope and you can kill yourself with it if you need to.”

Azadin gathered the farm owners of Bel Hoda and won the support of the Qing dynasty members to prepare for the coming tribulation.

Thanks to this many people in Bthuma were able to be saved but for this reason he became someone that Amun-Zadek had to eliminate.

“Your Majesty don’t you intend to save me and restore the throne together? If this continues Your Majesty will lose everything you have.”

“I am not one to gamble my money on such a small gamble. I will put the copy of the New King’s Book you brought to good use.”

“….”

It was something that could have made him angry but Azadin soon lost interest.

Now that he had been abandoned by his clan and had become estranged from Aldis Kazas such conversation seemed pointless.

“Karchen. You follow me. And you know what happened here?”

“Understood Your Majesty.”

Karchen had no choice but to follow Amun-Zadek’s proposal.

Azadin sat quietly in his cell listening to the rubbing of iron bars lost in himself.

Amun-Zadek threw his belt made of silk in front of Azadin.

“If you can’t stand the pain anymore hang yourself with this.”

That was Amun-Zadek’s good will.

“My mind is in turmoil so please leave me alone in silence.”

“Okay.”

Amun-Zadek and Karchen left the prison leaving Azadin alone in the silence.