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I’ve Made Up My Mind. (3)
Kwaaaang!
With an explosion that shook the barracks, the tent was torn and sent flying.
An aura burst from Kyle’s body like a storm, sweeping in all directions.
“Aaaaah!”
His scream was filled with an indescribable agony.
Ẃе b́ n о̆ v̆ ĕ l̃ Е̂ n̈ ǔ m̄ӓ
Kyle’s hand, clutching a bloodstained sword, trembled violently.
Endless grief and rage.
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Only those two emotions completely filled his body.
Marika was weeping incessantly, hugging herself. Her pale, stiffened lips couldn’t utter a single word.
Ereneth had collapsed to the ground with a dazed look on her face.
“…This is a lie, right? Julien and Deneb… Lady Ilaniel did something like that…?”
Ẅе́ b n̊ õ vѐ l̊ _Е̇ n̄ u m_а̌
“…”
Astion didn’t say anything.
Ereneth, meeting his eyes overflowing with sorrow, couldn’t continue speaking.
“How… how could something like this happen…”
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They simply couldn’t believe this was the reality.
Though they had let one Apostle slip away, they had taken care of the rest of the remnants. The one who escaped could be caught with time.
Е ñ ǔm a ..і́ d̂
Thus, the war ended in a complete victory for the United Human Army.
The Julien Mercenary Corps had become heroes who saved the world. Everyone thought only happiness lay ahead.
But what returned was…
The death of their comrades, caused by betrayal.
It was a reality too horrific to believe.
Rumble rumble rumble…
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Soon, a dreadful killing intent surged from Kyle’s body.
“I’ll kill them all. Those filthy traitors.”
His eyes were bloodshot.
Even the physical manifestation of his aura began to take on a reddish hue.
Rage and sorrow tore into each other, igniting a grotesque flame.
Kwang!
Ẃеbn о̇ v ẽ l̃ Еn̈um̊а
Before anyone could stop him, Kyle bolted out.
He headed straight for the Dwarf camp and shouted loudly.
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“Torvalt—!”
“Kyle?”
Torvalt came out with a delighted expression.
He had been wondering about Grondal’s whereabouts anyway. With the Hero’s party returning, he had been waiting to hear news.
Еńu̇ m ă
But before Torvalt could say another word, Kyle’s sword moved first.
Torvalt, too, was one of the heroes who had fought in the Great War. Having reached the realm of the transcendents long ago, he instinctively evaded.
However, Kyle, known as the Kingdom’s Strongest Swordsman, did not wield a sword one could avoid easily.
Slash!
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In a single motion, Torvalt’s shoulder was sliced, and his arm fell.
Torvalt gritted his teeth and retreated. At the same time, he snatched a halberd from a nearby Dwarf guard.
Еn ů ṁa. і d̂
Kwaaaang!
Their weapons collided, tearing up the earth beneath them.
With a face twisted in pain, Torvalt opened his mouth.
“What… what the hell are you doing…”
Kyle’s eyes, consumed by madness, rolled wild and unfocused.
“You knew as well, didn’t you?”
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“W‑what are you talking about?”
“There’s no way you didn’t know. You, the heir to the King of the Dwarves.”
“What in the world are you even saying…”
“You dwarves betrayed Julien and Deneb!”
Kwoooaang!
Kyle swung his sword again, driving Torvalt back.
Е̇n ŭm a
Torvalt truly had no idea what Kyle was talking about. But if this kept up, he would be beheaded before long.
“Stop him at once!”
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At his shout, the dwarves nearby—stunned until now—finally came to their senses.
Other than the Dwarf Leaders that Grondal had taken with him, there were still plenty of strong dwarves remaining. They immediately grabbed their weapons and moved to subdue Kyle.
Kwaang! Kagagagagagang!
Kyle’s sword cut through the air in a flash, knocking away the dwarves’ weapons.
E n̈u m̆ а̂
The dwarves couldn’t even attempt a second strike. Kyle moved faster than they could react.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaaaang!
Each time Kyle’s sword swept through the air, dwarves lost arms, lost legs, or lost their lives.
Even dwarves clad in iron armor were nothing more than wooden dolls before the rage of the Kingdom’s Strongest Swordsman.
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Dwarves kept throwing their bodies forward to stop Kyle. At this point, it was no exaggeration to say a battle had erupted between Kyle and the Dwarf army.
“Good. You should’ve come at me like this from the start, you traitorous bastards.”
W̆ e̊ b̆ n̄ ōvе̇ l̆ Eň ù.m̄ а̃
Boom!
With a murderous expression, Kyle stepped forward.
Crack!
The ground split wide from his feet, making every dwarf around him stumble.
It was a truly astounding display of power. With every breath Kyle took, every step he made, the world itself seemed to flinch and tremble.
He didn’t care how many dwarves rushed at him. Already drowned in rage and madness, he looked fully intent on slaughtering every dwarf present.
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Seeing Kyle rampaging out of control, the transcendent warriors of the Allied Forces rushed in urgently.
“Please stop!”
Kyle growled at the transcendents blocking his path.
“Move. Before I kill every last one of you too.”
“L‑let’s at least talk and find out what happened—”
“Talk? Since when did talking ever solve anything for us?”
Е n ûm̆ а.і d̂
If talking had mattered, none of this would’ve happened.
The traitors never spoke a word to them—never sought consent.
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They forced the sealing with schemes and force, and in the end, Julien and Deneb were sacrificed.
And now they wanted him to talk?
How could words possibly work in this situation?
But more and more transcendents and knights gathered, blocking his way and surrounding the area.
Е nǔm̃а́
Andrew, the Supreme Commander, arrived in a rush, and the high nobles of the Allied Forces gathered hastily as well.
“Calm yourself first!”
“We need to know the reason before we can help!”
“What in the world is happening!”
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The leadership of the Allied Forces felt so frustrated they were about to lose their minds.
The dragons and elves had suddenly departed, and the others had not returned.
W̄ӗ b n о̂ vе̃.l̀ Ĕ n̊um a
Even those who came back covered in blood refused to speak, leaving the leadership with no way of knowing what had happened.
Of course, Kyle couldn’t care less about their circumstances.
“Those damned traitors… I’ll tear them all apart and kill them…”
His ragged breathing and his eyes still overflowed with hatred.
He was even thinking of killing everyone blocking his way and going after the dragons next.
“If you don’t move right now, I really will kill every last one of you.”
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The killing intent pouring out of Kyle grew thicker and thicker. The transcendents of the Allied Forces began to tense up in response.
At that moment, Astion appeared and spoke.
“Kyle, calm down for a moment.”
“Astion…”
In Kyle’s blood‑red eyes, there was not only madness. They were also filled with sorrow so heavy it looked like it could spill out at any second.
Astion shook his head with a sorrowful expression.
Ẃ ebñȯvе̊l. Е̂ ň um̆ а
“For now, telling everyone comes first. Revenge comes after that.”
“…”
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Kyle’s expression twisted as he clenched his teeth.
The veins in his reddened eyes looked like they might burst, and his hands trembled uncontrollably with rage.
“Ghhhhh…”
A beastlike groan escaped Kyle’s mouth. He clutched at his near‑bursting chest and forced himself again and again to suppress his fury.
W̄ еbn̆ȯ v̊ël Е n̊ümа̇
Marika approached and quietly tugged at Kyle’s arm.
Because right now, as Astion said, it was time for everyone to know.
Once Kyle had calmed slightly, Astion slowly opened his mouth.
“Julien and Deneb… were forced to sacrifice themselves because of the betrayal of the others who went with us.”
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At those words, everyone’s eyes widened.
Betrayal? Why would they betray them and force the Hero and the Saintess to die?
Е ṅ ù m̂а́ . і d̃
To the confused gathering, Astion calmly continued his explanation.
What the sealing was, what kind of sacrifice it required, and how that sacrifice had been forced upon them.
“…The dragons took us hostage and used us to threaten Deneb. The Great Chieftain of the Elves, the King of the Dwarves, and the Pope agreed to it.”
As the events at the altar spilled from his lips, the faces of those listening turned pale.
When they heard that Julien resisted until the end and was killed by the dragons, not one person failed to let out a cry of grief.
The more they heard, the more brutal the method was. It was understandable why those leaders had kept it a secret from the Allied Forces’ high command.
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Torvalt, who had been listening, asked in a trembling voice:
“T‑then, my father?”
“…He died fighting to stop them.”
“T‑that’s a lie…”
“It’s the truth.”
“T‑then… then why did the Great Chieftain of the Elves walk away unharmed?”
W е b n̊о vе̌ l Е n ú m̂а́
“Because in the end, she changed her mind and didn’t try to stop us.”
“…”
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"Even so, the sin of betraying us and agreeing to the sealing doesn’t just vanish. The elves will face the consequences eventually."
"…"
Torvalt’s face twisted in anguish.
That his father, who had lived upholding a warrior’s pride, would do something like that…
Е̃ n̊ umа́
He wanted to deny it—but he couldn’t.
After all, the elves had fled as if running away, and the others never returned.
The dwarves, now aware of the truth, were all struck with shock.
"Our king did something like that…"
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"I can’t believe it."
"How could he abandon the pride of a warrior…"
Е n̂ um̊а
Grondal had made his decision for the sake of their race. But for those who carried the pride of a warrior, that choice was beyond comprehension.
They had fought together for the sake of the world. And yet now, they were about to be branded as traitors in the end.
Worse still, they had betrayed the very people who saved Valskrum, the dwarves’ sacred land.
The dwarves, wearing vacant expressions, all dropped their weapons.
Even after Kyle went on a rampage as if he meant to slaughter them all, they had nothing to say.
As people who lived in a closed society, both dwarves and elves felt a shared responsibility for the actions of any one among them.
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And it wasn’t only the dwarves who were shaken.
After hearing how Deneb had sacrificed herself for the world, everyone in the Allied Forces stood in a daze, as if their souls had left them.
Especially Andrew, Rio, and Marquis Valesant—the depth of their shock was unparalleled.
Andrew clutched his forehead and staggered.
“W‑why would they do such a thing…”
No matter how noble the cause, what good was forcing such a sacrifice?
É.n̂ũmӑ . і d
They should’ve laid everything bare and found another way. They had time—after all, they had already won the war.
What he felt toward those who forced through such a monumental decision without discussion was resentment.
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The timid Rio collapsed to the ground and began to wail.
“Uwaaahh! Big brother! Big sister!”
The Julien Mercenary Corps meant more to him than just comrades.
They had reached out to him at the edge of despair, revived his fallen family name, and lit up his life for the first time.
Еn̊ u_m ä
The deaths of Julien and Deneb, who were at the very heart of that group, felt to Rio like the entire world was crumbling.
Marquis Valesant took out a handkerchief and pressed it to his eyes.
“We should have gone with them…”
He had, in truth, been nothing more than a minor noble.
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It was the Julien Mercenary Corps that had brought him wealth, honor, and power.
He hadn’t even had the chance to repay their kindness—and now they were gone.
E ñǔm̊ а̄
That fact filled him with deep sorrow and guilt.
The three of them had gone through the Great War together, which had only deepened their bond with the Julien Mercenary Corps.
And now that he had lost the two friends with whom he had shared such a profound connection, the grief he felt was indescribable.
Everyone in the Allied Forces bowed their heads in solemn silence.
The Hero and the Saintess—those two had led them to victory in the war.
Without them, no matter how powerful the Allied Forces were, they could never have overcome the Adversary.
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The betrayal they suffered and their death came as a shock, but even amidst that, it was undeniable that the Saintess's sacrifice for the world inspired reverence.
In the heavy silence, Astion once again opened his mouth.
“This is not the end. The Pope and the Cardinals… were consumed by the Lingering Thought of the Demon God.”
“…!!!”
Again, the people’s faces were filled with shock.
It was already hard enough to believe what had happened thus far—and now the Pope and Cardinals had been corrupted by the Lingering Thought of the Demon God?
Е́ n̄_ů m̌.ӑ
To the panicked crowd, Astion continued slowly.
“You all know, I’m sure, how the previous Pope became the Adversary. Just think of it as something similar—being tainted by the darkness.”
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This part was a lie.
But the truth alone would not be enough to destroy the Holy Empire.
Before falling into slumber, Ghislain had told Astion what had to be done immediately.
And Astion, too, had agreed to the destruction of the Holy Empire.
Ën u m а . іd
So he had no hesitation in telling this lie.
“The Pope and the Cardinals betrayed us in the end in a different way. They tried to kill us, and Deneb, to stop the sealing entirely.”
“…”
“The war isn’t over yet. We don’t know how many of them still remain in the Holy Empire’s upper echelons.”
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The people listened so intently to Astion’s words, they forgot to even breathe.
No one doubted that he was telling the truth. Everyone already knew the previous Pope had become the Adversary.
W̊ ѐbnȯv̊ e l̇ Е́n̊ ū m̂ ä
Even if someone did have doubts, in a situation where the Hero and the Saintess had perished, no one could question if this was a lie.
Astion, with emotionless eyes but a heart colder than anyone’s, declared:
“From now on, we will investigate the Holy Empire’s high-ranking priests. And… until the investigation is complete, we will strip them of all their rights.”
The very first step was to bring down the Holy Empire.
That was the first plan made by Ghislain and Astion.
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