Night of the Soulless Heathens – 454



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“?!”

“….”

Everyone absentmindedly looked at the centurion at those words.

“What are you….”

“Oh? Really?!”

At that moment Azadin rushed at the centurion.

A golden sword flew towards the back of the centurion’s neck. The surprised centurion blocked it with his own curved sword and struck Azadin with his fist.

-puck!

To his surprise Azadin was hit by the centurion’s fist.

‘Will it work?’

The moment he thought that something hot suddenly touched the centurion’s body.

“no!?”

Azadin’s sword cut like butter on a hot blade and the hot molten metal splashed on the centurion’s body.

“Kwaaaaak!”

The shocked centurion tried to shake off the molten metal that was stuck to his body but at that moment Azadin kicked the centurion in the stomach and sent him flying.

The centurion rolled around on the floor trying to overcome the pain of the burning liquid on his flesh.

“You chose such a needlessly cruel method so you must take responsibility for it.”

“Ugh.”

The Northern Aragats have now realized that they cannot kill Azadin on their own.

Meanwhile Jibek and the knights followed Azadin and the Chitai light cavalry was completely destroyed.

Celestial fire broke through them again and again tearing them apart.

“shit!”

The northern Aragats fled leaving the centurion who had become a wreck.

*********

“Phew.”

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Azadin confronted the northern Aragats directly and retreated.

Blood is flowing from his nose.

“Are you alright Your Majesty?”

“It’s okay for now. By the way….”

Azadin looked at the Celestial Fire Knights.

They charge again and tear the Cheetah army to pieces.

Those who had already lost the will to resist dismounted laid down their weapons and declared surrender but they continued to slaughter the enemy as they trampled on them with their horse’s hooves.

“Did you accept us when we surrendered?!”

“You guys are demons who should not live even for a moment!”

The Celestial Fire Knights were hungry for vengeance and killed those who surrendered and they weren’t the only ones.

A stone flew from the forest.

These are refugee troops who were ambushed in the forest. They were hidden to prevent the Chitai light cavalry from hiding in the forest. They did not participate in the actual battle but they seemed to want to participate in the massacre.

They hurled stones and swung hatchets at the surrendered Chitaians.

Everyone’s eyes were bloodshot.

“….”

Azadin looked at the sight and kept his mouth shut.

They were all crazy about killing. Their resentment towards the Cheetahs was so great that they brandished their weapons without anyone trying to stop them.

“Stop.”

Open your mouth without letting it fall down.

Azadin also understood their desire for revenge but if no one would stop him he had to do it.

“But Your Majesty if we let the enemies live it will be a disaster.”

The adjutants including Zibek protested to Azadin. But Azadin shrugged and said

“If we send the wounded back to the enemy it will only cause trouble for the enemy. In this time when food is scarce is there really a need to reduce the number of mouths for the enemy? Let them run away.”

“…”

Only after Azadin’s order was given did the massacre stop.

But the officers who delivered the orders repeated them slowly and in a dull tone.

It was clear to anyone who looked that everyone was dissatisfied with Azadin’s orders.

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That night everyone celebrated the victory and released the precious supplies of alcohol. As the alcohol was supplied everyone drank it happily but the officers and even those with some experience felt uneasy.

This was because Azadin seemed displeased with their massacre.

“It looks like you all have a lot to say to me.”

Azadin gathered his subjects together and served them wine himself.

Sedrin Niselda Karna and Izmilla along with Jibek came forward and prostrated themselves before Azadin.

“I’m sorry.”

Of course the king himself took part in this battle and displayed incredible prowess.

It is clearly their fault that they were unable to conclude the case before King Azadin arrived but it is not because they are incompetent but because Azadin is too competent.

But what Azadin’s adjutants were apologizing for was not their own incompetence.

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“Why don’t you apologize?”

Azadin looked at the campfire and asked.

“I apologize for showing such an ugly appearance to Your Majesty who values ​​their lives even if they are enemies.”

“Hmm. Do you think so?”

“Yes. I saw that Your Majesty was displeased. Isn’t that why you let them go?”

Karna stood up and spoke to Azadin his attitude polite but secretly prickly.

The Chitaians did such terrible things and yet you let the enemy go just because the soldiers on the front got a little excited and killed those who surrendered. Don’t you really not know the feelings of your subordinates?

That’s what Karna asked.

“The Celestial Fire Knights seem quite excited Izmila. Why do you think they are?”

Izmila answered.

“We are born with consciousness and although we look like this we are still children. Of course some of us have memories of our past lives but most of us are just innocent children. But I had never seen such a horrible sight before. When I saw the atrocities committed by the Cheetahs I felt as if my faith was being strangled.”

“If you’ve all been fighting against the likes of the Apostles of Mejeri as a knight then it wouldn’t be the first time you’ve seen something like that.”

The Apostles of Mezeri the Wererats prey on humans so their dens are truly horrifying.

But Izmila shook her head.

“Of course the Mezeri Apostles’ den is horrible. The sight of humans being slaughtered and hung like meat in a butcher shop is disgusting and repulsive but the responsibility for this lies entirely with the living Mezeri. But the Chitai… aren’t they fellow brothers who serve the teachings of the King’s Church? In some ways the atrocities they committed were even worse than those of the Mezeri Apostles. The Mezeri Apostles ate humans to satisfy their unbearable hunger. But they committed such brutal massacres purely for fun to confirm their violent superiority. In terms of purity as evil they are actually more evil and disgusting!”

A flame was burning brightly at the bottom of Izmila’s beautiful eyes.

“How on earth can Your Majesty not hate such people?”

“I hated it.”

“yes?”

Everyone was taken aback by the unexpected answer.

“I lived almost my entire life as a cursed monster of Mu-an. Azadin of Mu-an. An ugly monster persecuted even by the messenger clan. I was marked as someone who everyone could torment but I was able to survive because I had a special ability to see ahead even without eyes and that piqued the curiosity of the wizards. However they had no intention of raising me preciously so I grew up exposed to the pure malice of humans.”

Azadin told his men about his past.

Officially he claimed to be a descendant of the Emperor’s bloodline.

Because he has the Eye of Harconia and if you actually trace his family tree back to the Emperor

And because it is convenient for ruling people.

But Azadin did not forget his humble origins. No he could not forget them.

“Yes. Compared to the apostles of Mezeri who kill people for food those who commit evil for fun are even more pure evil. And as a human you can’t help but hate beings with such malicious intent.”

“Then why….”

“How many times have I killed them in my imagination? I killed and killed those dirty horrible people in my head who liked to hurt people not for money or power but just for fun… But in the end I wanted to live among humans.”

“….”

“I wanted to love and be loved. No matter how much I hate humans I am weak and cannot survive without human warmth.”

Silence fell over the room.

In the Huibris it was taboo for anyone not just the warrior class to reveal such weaknesses in front of others.

It would be less embarrassing to just walk around naked.

But Azadin showed his weaknesses and weaknesses to them without hesitation.

Everyone was shocked by the sight which was so unfamiliar.

There was one thing that all of Azadin’s vassals agreed on and that was that Azadin was not like them that he was an extraordinary being.

I could feel the source of that strangeness so clearly at this moment.

“Now everyone is longing for revenge and wants to get blood on their hands. I won’t deny that. If you want revenge I will give you revenge. From now on I will win again and again and make the Chitai pay in blood. I will kill those who kill castrate those who rape seize their territory and even take away their throne so that they will definitely regret this. However it must be done in the name of law and order that will be recorded not in the wild slaughter of the battlefield. After you take revenge you will have to live.”

Azadin said this to his adjutants and closed his eyes in front of the fire.

As expected the effort he put in today was eating away at his body and life.

Feeling sleepy Azadin advised his lieutenants to retreat and closed his eyes in the fire.

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When Azadin spoke about his future plans his followers’ reactions were split.

Those who understood Azadin’s desperate feelings and those who despite this could not let go of their anger towards humans due to their anger towards Chitai.

Their reactions were different because of their respective extremes but their hearts were all of one.

Everyone understood Azadin’s feelings but they were disappointed that he seemed to be talking too much about idealism.

The enemies committed atrocities without regard for law and order so why should our revenge be carried out with law and order?

He was a difficult person to understand to begin with but it seems like it will become even more difficult to understand him.

Some people said that.

The horrific massacre between humans left deep scars on the souls of all who took part in this war.

And Azadin knew that too.

“I won’t tell you not to get hurt. I won’t tell you not to hate. I’ll just show you my way of believing.”

Azadin mounted his hippogriff Fire Winter carrying the massive Black Horn Bow.

Ultimately those who carry an ideal must protect and prove it with their own strength.

He who has received more abuse and hatred than love now stands before the cold sharp wind with his dying body to prove his beliefs even to his own vassals.

“Look! From now on I will hold Chitai accountable for shedding innocent blood! I will show those who dare to play with human lives that justice is alive!”

Azadin declared so and took the lead and began to advance.

“Is it okay?”

Karna followed the figure and muttered cautiously.

Jibek who was moving beside him asked.

“What are you talking about?”

“Oh Lord Jibek. The morale of your men has dropped somewhat because you banned slaughter.”

“Yes. We too….”

“But Your Majesty you insist on putting yourself through the test for the sake of those idiots. Really?”

“Yes. Well one thing is certain.”

“What are you talking about?”

“At least Your Majesty certainly seems to have a soul.”

“Ha hahaha!”

Lord Karna burst into laughter at Jibek’s joke.