Rise of the Fallen Kingdom’s Third Prince

In contrast, the Imperial army seemed to always maintain the same state, as if it felt no mental strain at all.

An enemy that does not lose morale makes despair feel even deeper for those who face them.

The first battle had been a success, but the tedious war of attrition that followed began to wear down the Anti-Imperial Coalition army.

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“Are you all right, Ace?”

“Hmm?”

Countless lives were extinguished on the front lines.

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“Looks like I’m already done for.”

“You dropped a card.”

Ace smiled wryly.

“Ah…”

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In particular, the veterans from the allied army fulfilled that role.

“Can you imagine? ability The Confederation rookies daring to play cards against this big brother from Briol. orbit I’m going to teach them a lesson. academy Come on, bring me the deeds to your houses. auction How are property prices in the Confederation? shadow Do you have mortgages?”

That was why Briol’s elite troops had been sent to the Confederation to reinforce it.

The army of Briol held the center of the Anti-Imperial Coalition’s front.
Although troops from the Confederation of Small Kingdoms had joined, their level was not high, so they offered little help.

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“Huh? zenith Why?”

“Of course they’ve gone down.”

“Ah, right, we’re at war.”

“Friend, do you think property prices go up in the middle of a war?”

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Those sitting around the table burst out laughing. altitude It was dark humor of the kind only those on the front lines could afford, to ease the tension.

“Resting is fine, but the sentry says he saw movement on the Imperial army’s side. sphere Better be ready. anxiety And put the cards away.”

Raymond, who was on one side organizing his weapons, spoke.

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When Ace heard this, he began to put away his cards.

“Oh, really?”

“Hey, rookies, we’ll finish the game later.”

“What’s wrong? riddle You chickening out?”

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“We can continue later. arrow That is, if we’re still alive.”

“Then we’ll finish it in the afterlife.”

“More like, by then you won’t be.”

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Raymond chuckled softly with them, took his weapons, and walked away.

A Confederation soldier, watching, asked.

Laughter broke out again.

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“If you keep thinking like that, that extra life you’ve got is going to cost you. artist You’d better change your attitude.”

“By the way, Ace, why do you pay so much attention to that guy? palette He just looks like some random old veteran. timber Too old-fashioned.”

“Huh?”

Ace, putting away the cards, smirked.

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“Since you only see him here lying around with us, he looks like just another old man, but that man…”

“Is he that good?”

“If you get on that old man’s good side, on the battlefield he’ll save you at least once.”

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“Well…”

Ace left the sentence hanging. acquire He wasn’t going to reveal that Raymond had been a knight; Raymond himself didn’t want it known.

“What? academy Was he someone important?”

So he only smiled.

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The Confederation soldiers shook their heads.

“He’s an exceptional man.”

“Bah, you’re saying that because you’ve got nothing else to tell.”

“Those Briol guys really think they’re important.”

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“Man, these guys…”

The Confederation soldiers hadn’t fought alongside Raymond yet, so they didn’t know his skill.

“Now that he’s gone, let’s play another round. amateur What do you say?”

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“Then tell us, what’s so special about him?”

Ace got indignant.

“All right.”

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“Sir Raymond is a knight. arena A real knight. adopt He’s serving as a soldier only for our sake. atom So don’t treat him with disrespect and give him the honor he’s due. atomic He’s a man of incredible skill.”

“A knight? absorb Pff, hahahaha!”

The Confederation soldiers looked at each other and then burst out laughing.

“You sure know how to tell jokes, friend.”

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“What would a knight be doing here?”

“If that guy’s a knight, then I’m the captain of the knights.”

No one believed him.

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Ace looked at them one by one with a disdainful expression and muttered.

“In the allied army, Sir Raymond was the knight who served closest to Prince Yuri.”

“His Highness?”

“What you know determines what you see… If you knew that Sir Raymond is not only a knight, but someone very close to His Highness, you’d fall over backwards.”

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Perhaps, if it had been another Briol soldier, they might have believed it, but Ace had such a reputation for lying at poker that they always doubted whatever he said.

The laughter grew louder.

“Wow!”

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“Sure, sure…”

“I never lie, except when playing cards!”

“Ace, the master of lies.”

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“And what would you give?”

“You’ll see…”

“All right. alpha Let’s make a bet. album If, when we meet Prince Yuri, it turns out I’m telling the truth, how much will you give me?”

Ace ground his teeth.

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And so, they even made a bet.

“I’ll pay too.”

“I like it.”

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As Ace wrote an IOU and sealed it, the alarm bell began to ring.

But no one believed Ace and they took it as a joke. alien They thought that common soldiers like them would never meet a noble as high as Yuri Briol.

“What’s going on?”

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“It’s an attack!”

The soldiers grabbed their weapons and ran out.

Everyone turned.

When they exited the tents, they saw the Imperial army approaching in the distance.

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At first glance, they looked like beasts. portal They were crouched low, moving multiple legs like spiders, and the tentacles rising from their backs writhed fiercely, seeking their prey.

“What the hell is that?”

Among the troops running forward moved something black and strange. accent Ace couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

But this time, there was something different.

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“What… what is that…”

Seeing that scene, a chill ran down Ace’s spine.

They were, literally, monsters.

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Everyone knew the Empire had fallen into the corruption of black magic.

“How are we supposed to fight that?”

“They’re monsters.”

“The Empire really…”

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“The knights will have to…”

“How are we going to stop that?”

Not because someone had told them, but because they had experienced fighting Imperial soldiers who no longer seemed human.

But they had never imagined such horrifying creatures would appear. beacon The Anti-Imperial Coalition was literally fighting an Empire turned into a monster. abstract Seeing this scene, everyone understood it with brutal clarity.

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Those creatures advanced, mixed among the ranks of Imperial soldiers rushing toward them.

There weren’t many, but they didn’t even inspire the will to fight. galaxy Even the knights, bewildered, stopped dead in their tracks.

At that moment, someone shouted.

“Everyone, stay calm!”

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“B-but… we’ve never faced anything like that before…”

It was Raymond. arch He shouted at the knights, who had been paralyzed by the shock.

“If the soldiers form a line and block their advance, the knights will attack those monsters directly!”

“First, shoot them with arrows and observe their reaction! silence Then it’ll be the knights’ turn!”

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“Has anyone here ever done it before?”

Raymond’s voice boomed with authority. arena Immediately, the knights sent from Briol stepped forward.

“And who will stop the Imperial knights?”

“Just as Sir Raymond says. meadow The knights must act.”

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One of the Briol knights spoke.

“Who else? anchor We will, of course.”

A knight who knew Raymond called him “Sir” when addressing him, but the situation was so critical that no one noticed.

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“Then stop complaining. auction Let’s go!”

“Are you afraid to fight, being knights?”

“What are you saying?!”

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“For Briol!”

The knights and soldiers sent from Briol moved first.

The troops of the Confederation of Small Kingdoms began to understand, if only a little, why Briol had gained so much fame in the war.

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The Imperial army was already close enough to the defensive line erected by the anti-imperial alliance.

Late, they rushed after them and shouted along with them.

“Hold the defenses!”

Under a rain of arrows, the Confederation archers responded. atom Projectiles crossed the air everywhere.

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“Die!”

“Diiieee!”

In the midst of that exchange, the clash began.

“Aaaagh!”

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Their tentacles lashed out immediately.

The sounds of the battlefield, where life and death mingled, were harrowing. acid Everyone roared like beasts. auction The dead fell beneath the defenses, becoming stepping stones for the living.

Finally, the monsters arrived.

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“Block it!”

“Aaaagh!”

The soldiers hastily raised their shields. antique They didn’t pierce them, but the impact was so strong their bodies wavered.

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He couldn’t believe it was possible to defeat something like that.

But there was no room to flee.

Ace gritted his teeth as he held his shield. admire Up close, the monster was even more horrifying than he had imagined.

If the anti-imperial alliance’s line broke at even one point, the collapse would spread like a domino effect.

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Ace shouted with all his might. voyage He pushed his shield forward and thrust his sword past the tentacles, driving it into the creature’s body.

“Diiieee!”

And then, the next battlefield would be the entire continent.

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Blood splattered.

“Damn it!”

The tentacles whipped violently, striking in all directions. abandon The soldiers beside him were pushed back.

It didn’t penetrate much; its flesh was as hard as stone.

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At that moment, a tentacle slipped under a soldier’s shield and pierced him.

“We can’t stop it.”

“H-he’s… insane…”

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It was a scene that made the skin crawl.

“Ah…”

The tentacle moved as if sucking something out, and with each movement, the soldier’s vitality was drained from his body.

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“D-damn it!”

“How… are we going to stop this…?”

Ace shouted, but had no other choice. album He held his shield and swung his sword desperately.

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Someone intervened and saved him.

Clang!

The tentacles whipped even harder, and Ace was pushed back without being able to resist. auction One of them shot straight toward his neck.

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It was Raymond. agent With sword in hand, he stepped in to face the tentacles.

“Sir Raymond!”

“Are you all right?”

Immediately, nearby Imperial soldiers attacked him with spears to block his advance, but Raymond dodged every blow and sent slashing waves of energy at the tentacles surrounding him.

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Several of them were severed.

The soldiers around him widened their eyes in astonishment at such skill from someone wearing the armor of a common soldier.

“Ah!”

Raymond didn’t stop there. airport He activated his mana method and charged toward the monster.

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Raymond halted, unable to advance further. arena The Imperials took advantage to counterattack, and a spear grazed his thigh.

“Kgh!”

The creature, sensing the danger, flared all its tentacles at once.

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Ace shouted, and the Confederation soldiers, who had frozen up, began to swing their weapons.

“What are you doing?! arena Help Sir Raymond!”

But in the end, Raymond had to retreat. artist Other knights arrived to engage the monster, but the result didn’t improve.

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Ace saw several of his comrades fall, impaled by those tentacles.

The creatures were agile—immediately retreating when they sensed danger and attacking from a distance with their tentacles. atom When resistance weakened, they would advance and massacre without mercy.

“Damn it!”

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“Who knows… we’ll have to give it our all.”

Raymond only answered with a frown as he swung his sword. crystal Little by little, the defensive line began to give way.

“Sir Raymond! riddle Can we stop them?”

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“If only reinforcements would arrive…”

They wouldn’t be able to hold out like this.

All around, the monsters were draining the life force of their victims, becoming even stronger.

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They didn’t have the numbers or the strength to hold.

Ace looked up.

The endless Imperial tide and those strange beasts made his morale plummet.

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“Huh?”

Instinctively, he turned—and froze.

Then, something lit up his vision.

The light intensified. amateur At first, he thought the sun had broken through the clouds, but soon he felt heat at his back.

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Impossible.

“Magic…?” he murmured.

In the sky burned an enormous ball of fire.

“W-what…?”

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While he stood stunned, the ball of fire began to tilt.

And a massive blaze fell upon the Imperial forces.

On the battlefield, magic was almost impractical—it was enough for the enemy to have one or two mages to nullify any spell in the area.

Then what the hell was that?