Night of the Soulless Heathens – 354



#354. The King’s Prophecy 2

A beautiful woman carrying a fan and a bow walked out leaving behind the corpses of vampires.

He was one of the most trusted aides of the flower Dimia Arael among the four members of the Flower Bird and Wind.

“Oh my. Count Azadin. It’s an unexpected place to meet you.”

“It’s been a while. How have you been? Why does everyone call me Count?”

“Didn’t you give up the title of Count in the Kingdom of Arangi?”

“So how do you know that?”

“We are currently serving as mercenaries of the Arangi Kingdom. When I heard that King Arangi had appointed you as a Margrave I wanted to rush over. Did Seraph actually send you? Perhaps our paths diverged.”

As Dimia spoke and gestured Indim also appeared.

“Indim was here too?”

“Yes. Did you and Seraph cross paths? Hmm….”

Indim was speechless when he saw Azadin. He seemed embarrassed.

“Oh dear. Why are you embarrassed? Indim?”

“No it’s because something like that happened…”

Indim who was obsessed with Arael’s appearance had a misunderstanding with Azadin due to a slight difference in signals. It seems that he was so embarrassed by it that he couldn’t bear it.

Azadin asked Indim a question.

“So Indim. You said you were hired by the Arangi Kingdom? What kind of mission were you given?”

“The Kingdom of Aranggi is currently under attack by vampires. They are attacking roads throughout the kingdom cutting off connections between cities. We were hired as scouts to monitor the flow of their attacks.”

The war that involved regular troops was aborted due to the activities of the Arangian Guard.

Even if they were a group of magicians mixed with dwarf sorcerers and cultists it was not a good choice to face the elite Arangian Guards on the plains.

However as the vampires turned to irregular warfare the damage to the Arangi Kingdom began to snowball.

Cities can only be established if they are supplied with food and supplies. In this era when Fimbulbert is approaching and supplies are needed even more the irregular warfare of vampires is a very effective strategy and tactic.

“Did the Arangians hire you without any prejudice? I wonder why they hired you.”

“The agents of the Senate are indiscriminately killing royal families and nobles in various places. The Northern Qi’s subordinates are receiving loyalty oaths from royal families in various places saying they will protect them from such assassinations. The King’s Church has given them strange titles like King of Kings and such so if they accept the Northern Qi’s protection even the kings will be powerless against the Northern Qi. If they don’t like that Aranggi’s prime minister approached us.”

“Prime Minister?”

“He has been dealing with us Aragasa for a long time so he knows our situation well. He believed that we are a different force from the Senate. We also need money and food.”

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“Hmm?”

From what I’ve heard it seems that the Kingdom of Arangi has been dealing with the messenger clan for a long time. If so it’s understandable why they gave Azadin the position of Count. It could be said that they have relatively little prejudice against the Aragasa.

For Azadin who is from Aragasa wouldn’t the Kingdom of Arangi be a good place to rest?

‘That’s impossible. If they had been dealing with the Senate before this incident happened… They are quite unscrupulous as members of the Yaegasu clan. They may be people who do not care about the means to achieve their goals.’

Even though Azadin is an Aragasa it is unbelievable that the Kingdom of Arangi has traded with the Aragasa. It is also suspicious that the Northern Qing is in charge of the Northern Aragasa isn’t it natural?

“Are you the ones who killed the vampires here? All of them?”

“No they were already this small before we arrived. Those dwarf vampires are just liaisons left behind to guard the supplies at the outpost.”

In other words the vampires of Banreung built an outpost here and then withdrew their troops for some reason.

“What happened that made you withdraw your troops from Coxhal? You should have left some vampires behind so you could interrogate them and such.”

“We originally planned to kill them quietly and leave the vampires at the other gate. It was just Azadin who came and messed things up.”

Indim blamed Azadin but then Dimia intervened.

“Azadin. Of course we first kidnapped the vampires interrogated them and obtained information.”

“…….”

Indim lied as if it were nothing even in situations where it wasn’t necessary perhaps because of the stress he received while being trained as an informant.

Dimia immediately revealed Indim’s lies.

“Really? What’s going on?”

“Nisraf.”

Indim answered briefly.

“If it’s Nisraph then you’re talking about the flagship of the Rescue Knights?”

“Yes. The Celestial Fire Knights rode Nisraff and went out to subdue Banling.”

“Even if you’re Nisraff it won’t be easy to get through the Netherstrom. And what on earth are you thinking setting sail on a winter sea like this?”

As the Age of Jupiter approaches the Netherstrom whirlpool located in the inner sea of ​​Andaz weakens and the intervention of the Nether gods sealed beneath the whirlpool increases.

That is the cause of this chaos Fimbulbert but even if Netherstrom is weakened the winter sea is rough. Seeing as how fishing villages were destroyed by the attacks of cultist mutants wouldn’t it be quite dangerous to travel to the sea?

In other words Nisraf would have inevitably sailed along the coastal waters and naturally passed through the coastal waters of Cox’s Bay.

“The Celestial Fire is headed to the Banrung Kingdom. If you think about it it’s only natural. If the Celestial Fire is active it will be advantageous for the Rescue Knights and the Northern Qi to unite the world. But…..”

Azadin looked at Dimia and Zenith Indim.

“The Northern Emperor really didn’t make any offers to you? Given his personality there must have been some contact. Maybe you met him before the Arangi Kingdom’s offer. Or maybe you had contact with him while Arael was still alive?”

When Azadin asked the expressions on Dimia and Indim Zenith’s faces changed.

I could deny it but… I guess it was an impossible question.

“As expected… it’s true.”

Then Zibek Bernard and Niselda stepped forward to protect Azadin and formed a wall with their bodies.

Even though they were people who respected and regarded Azadin of the Arael tribe as the successor of Arael if they were under the influence of the Northern Qi they could change at any time.

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“Don’t do anything stupid. You guys….”

Indim snickered as he watched Azadin’s men dare to stop him.

“Indim don’t make unnecessary provocations. Azadin. We have no intention of fighting you. We have negotiated with the Northern Qi but we have not yet joined his command.”

“Still?”

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When Azadin asked Dimia nodded.

“Yes. The offer from the Northern Qi was so tempting. But we still wanted to meet you.”

Dimia took a deep breath and asked.

“Azadin what do you ultimately want?”

“The offer you received from the Northern Emperor must have been really sweet. For you to ask me such a thing.”

“It was a declaration that if the Northern Emperor becomes the new emperor he will restore us to the Herald Clan. When Lady Arael was here I thought it was nonsense…”

“Of course we will have to compete with the northern Aragasas to select a new messenger…..”

The restoration of the Herald Clan and the reinstatement of the Emperor’s Herald.

The Northern Emperor used that as bait to recruit the four members of the Flower Bird and Moon tribe who were originally from the Arael tribe.

It’s so sweet that they all can’t resist it.

Even Azadin’s heart fluttered when he heard that he would be restored as the Emperor’s Herald and that the Herald Clan would be rebuilt.

Even Azadin who was sufficiently wary of the Northern Qi was like this so there was no need to even talk about others.

“First of all I should praise you for not immediately taking the hand that the Northern Emperor offered you.”

“At that time the Northern Qi’s proposal was nonsense. But now he is recognized as the de facto emperor by the King’s Church under the name of King of Kings.”

Before the Northern Qi had any influence his proposals sounded like the ravings of a megalomaniac.

But now that the King’s Church has declared him King of Kings and he wields enormous influence over the Order of the Knights Templar’s Wisdom there is no denying that Cohen Lionaire is the closest thing to the Emperor.

“They are funny guys. They were the ones who tried to capture and kill us as emperor followers…”

Indim vented his discontent towards the King’s Church which changed its attitude as easily as turning over a palm. Was it because of such an easily changeable attitude that they slaughtered innocent people?

“So Azadin. What are your thoughts and visions in running that huge warlord? You must have some kind of vision for not joining hands with the Northern Qi and acting separately.”

“….”

Azadin felt Dimia’s gaze piercing through him.

‘It would be meaningless to talk about the story here that the Northern Emperor actually killed his master or that he used the blood extracted from the destroyed angel statue to reincarnate his followers as Celestials.’

Each of these incidents made one doubt the sincerity and humanity of the Northern Qi but the world had become such a mess that the Northern Qi’s character was no longer a problem.

People don’t want to hear gossip about the Northern Qi they want to have hope.

Only after the vision presented by Azadin is similar to that of the Northern Qi does the gossip about the Northern Qi become meaningful.

What they want is Azadin’s vision the one that will become their hope.

Azadin looked up at the sky and suddenly laughed out loud.

“what?!”

“First of all thank you Dimia. You are putting me and Cohen Lionaire the king of Assander on the same scale even though I was originally a lowly being in Aragatha known as the Azadin of Muan.”

“We consider you Azadin as the legacy of Arael. If the price is the same we would rather pay our loyalty to you the one who inherited Arael’s legacy. If the vision you present is worthy that is.”

“Yeah. Is that so? Okay. Let’s talk.”

Azadin took a deep breath and declared.

“After I take the throne of Yaegasu I will become the leader of the Knights of Salvation and the emperor. I will become a rival to the Northern Qi!”

“!!!!!!!!!”

“Oh!”

“….”

“ah….”

Niselda and Bernard who were loyal to Azadin were delighted by Azadin’s words while Xibek and Edir who were loyal to the King’s Church and the Yaegas clan were shocked by Azadin’s words.

Azadin declared that he would take the throne or rather become emperor.

And that was the statement that Dimia and Indim had been hoping for.

Emperor of the Aragasa bloodline!

What greater compensation could there be for the Aragats who were persecuted by the Hybris?

But Azadin snickered and added a footnote.

“….If I say that you guys will be satisfied too.”

“!”

“……”

The atmosphere changed in an instant.

Dimia who had been paying homage to Azadin also frowned and Indim unable to bear it any longer drew his sword.

“Are you kidding me!?”

Indim turned into black lightning and shot out towards Azadin.