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Chapter 130: The Rebel Prince is Depressed.
Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the rebel army.
There, under the banner of the rebel army, stood Rodel Iwood, the third prince, and the de facto commander, Marquis Eiger.
Inside the tent erected at the headquarters, the final war council before the clash was being held.
“Now… Prince Rodel. The time has finally come for you to become the king!”
Marquis Eiger passionately spoke in front of Rodel, who was seated in a chair inside the tent.
“The era of a foolish king devoid of talent, who carries the blood of the Queen Dowager, and the false crown prince, is coming to an end! Let us defeat the enemy here and advance all the way to the royal capital!”
“…Indeed.”
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Responding with a dark and gloomy gaze to Marquis Eiger’s fervent speech, Rodel felt.
(If we win this battle, I will become the crown prince. I will become the king of the Iwood Kingdom… Just as my grandmother wished…)
His wish was about to come true.
His great ambition was about to be fulfilled.
And yet… strangely, he didn’t feel uplifted.
Since surviving the Sabnok Plain… he had been feeling this way.
(Goura… Tony…)
Floating in his mind were the faces of the two companions who had been with him since childhood.
Goura was a straightforward man.
He was the type who couldn’t tell lies, and wasn’t good at using his head, always trying to solve everything by force.
Tony was a small-minded person.
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Although he was timid, he would act tough only when Rodel and Goura were around, boasting and showing off.
He was eloquent and good at flattery, and strangely, he wasn’t hateable.
Since their deaths, Rodel had been feeling as if a heavy stone were lodged in his stomach.
(Was I not the chosen one…? The grandson of the great Queen Dowager, who had received a genius education destined to become king one day. I should have been a person who would accomplish great deeds, even uniting the continent…)
Once, Rodel had been confident in everything he did.
As if he had wings on his back… he could fly anywhere.
That feeling of omnipotence always filled Rodel’s chest.
And yet… after losing his close friends who were also his companions, he had completely lost his confidence.
Rodel had been able to remain an arrogant egotist probably because he had never known defeat.
He had been doted on by the powerful Queen Dowager, and protected by supporters like Marquis Eiger even after the Queen Dowager’s death.
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The people around him were yes-men, and there was no one to rebuke Rodel.
The fact that he had considerable magic talent was not necessarily a good thing either.
Since the king and the crown prince didn’t have much magic power, even if he were admonished by them, Rodel would dismiss it as “envy of the weak.”
But… amidst all this, Rodel had experienced a decisive setback on the Sabnok Plain.
Due to his reckless charge, he lost the trusted aides he relied on.
Having lost the two enthusiastic cheerleaders, Rodel regretted for the first time that he had done something wrong.
(On the plain, many students lost their lives to the approaching monsters… because of me. Because I called Sabnok…!)
Until then, Rodel had not been the type to look back at others.
If Rodel had defeated the monster Sabnok… or even if many people had died, he could have laughed it off as “necessary sacrifices.”
But after his defeat, without achieving anything, and only sacrificing lives… for the first time in his life, he felt a sense of guilt.
“…The enemy is one hundred thousand strong. Can we really win?”
Such a timid remark slipped out because his confidence had been shattered.
“Please rest assured. Indeed, our numbers are inferior, but… what matters in war is the quality of soldiers. It doesn’t matter how many ragtag soldiers they’ve gathered; it’s not about quantity.”
“…I see.”
“And… we have powerful allies on our side!”
Marquis Eiger looked towards a person standing in the corner of the camp.
“…?”
The person who nodded silently to Rodel was wearing a deep hood that concealed his face.
Sitting cross-legged on a cloth spread on the ground, he remained silent and didn’t participate in the war council.
“That gentleman there has come as reinforcement from the Empire, the homeland of the queen consort. Even after the Queen Dowager’s aura, Prince Rodel, the Geisel Empire is backing you. There’s no way we can lose!”
“…?”
With Marquis Eiger’s eyes shining mysteriously as he made a declaration, Rodel felt a strange sense of fear.
(This man’s eyes aren’t looking at me. Even though they’re directed at me, the only thing reflected there is my grandmother…)
He realized that Marquis Eiger was not serving him, but the Queen Dowager.
It wasn’t just Marquis Eiger. Everyone inside this tent… the nobles of the Queen Dowager’s faction were all the same.
They were already infatuated with the deceased Queen Dowager, not even seeing reality, let alone Rodel.
“Marquis, the soldiers are ready.”
“Ah, then… let’s attack at once!”
Without seeking Rodel’s instructions, Marquis Eiger ordered the soldiers to charge.
The sound of trumpets resounded high. It was the trumpet signaling the departure. When this sound was heard again, all the soldiers would charge towards the enemy.
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“Now, let’s go! All for the sake of the great Queen Dowager! To build an ideal kingdom in this world, let’s advance to the royal capital…”
Marquis Eiger was delivering another speech, but… he suddenly stopped in the middle.
Suddenly, the surroundings grew dark.
The sun was obscured, and a dimness fell. It was as if a total solar eclipse was happening.
“…?”
“Hey, what’s going on!”
“I-I don’t know… it suddenly got dark around here…”
Just as they were about to charge, they were doused with cold water.
Both inside and outside the tent were filled with voices of confusion, and it was not the time to order the soldiers to charge.
“This is bad…!”
In the midst of this, the person in a black robe suddenly stood up.
In a panicked manner, they tried to lift the tent flap to go outside… but immediately after, a blinding light surged from outside.
“A……..”
There wasn’t even time to scream.
The magic light released by the kingdom’s army engulfed Rodel and his soldiers, including the soldiers in front of the main camp.
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Unfortunate for Rodel if he died since it seemed he might try to redeem himself.