I Became the Father of a Degenerate Emperor

Episode 22. It was too easy for her.

Episode 22. It was too easy for her.

Above the balcony where Estill was standing.

“Kahah-“

A crow was sitting on top of the lord’s castle.

The true identity of that crow is the Miraak Shade.

He was the Duke of Shade, one of the six wings of the Kratus Empire.

She took off with a flop, and circled the balcony in a slow, circular flight.

It was to see Esteel.

‘Why have I been crying since morning?’

While thinking about that, I was admiring her outstanding beauty in my heart.

How can she be so pretty even though she only has three sons?

‘I shouldn’t have looked.’

I felt like I was losing my temper and just threw away my insides.

Then, at the moment of the second turn, the necklace in Estill’s hand caught her eye.

“Kahah-“

‘I want it. Want to have.’

Suddenly, such a desire welled up, and I almost pushed her claws into Estill without realizing it, but I managed to hold it back.

Anyway, the problem was that once it turned into this crow, it was hard to pass by the shiny thing.

“Kahah-“

It soared high into the blue sky, shaking off lingering feelings with powerful flapping of its wings.

The sun was rising quite high before I knew it.

‘I’ll have to see the end before lunchtime.’

She began her dive, narrowing her wings slightly.

The first destination was the castle wall where the emperor was.

There was no particular reason. It was just to see her face.

Because I’ve been wanting to see you for a while.

Shuhwaaak-

The situation is falling at an angle like a hawk aiming for prey.

In the blink of an eye, the speed increases explosively.

Things visible below grow rapidly and begin to be pushed back.

Then it reached the castle wall before anyone knew it, and as it spread its wings wide, it soared high in a gentle curve.

Then it hovered high in the air.

At the end of her gaze, the emperor with golden hair stood proudly.

As expected, a warm face whenever I see it.

I finally felt his stern gaze.

She thought that his eyes were going through her own body, and for some reason, her mind was agitated.

That cold and arrogant expression.

Not bad.

But she still vividly remembered the emperor’s smile.

‘How nice it would be if I could see you again.’

Determining to make it that way, she flapped her wings vigorously once again.

Her final destination was the rear of the savages.

“Kahah-“

The battle was in full swing down there.

Kang! Visor! Kakang!

The sound of clashing blades coming from all directions.

Screams and shouts were heard incessantly.

Poof! Whip!

Blind arrows also pass by countless times.

Boom! Fuhuk-

Soldiers holding large square shields pressed close together to block attacks, while other soldiers thrust spears through the shields.

The archers in the back were also shooting their bows hard, turning the savages into hedgehogs.

It was holding up better than I thought.

But it was easy to see that this state of affairs would not last very long.

The shield-bearers sweated profusely and shook their limbs, and the archers ran out of arrows.

Soon after, the Knights of the Duke of Bright begin to throw their swords at the savages.

Boom! Puff!

An explosion occurred where the sword flew.

‘…… Anyway, these guys.’

Duke Bright and his knights.

The sword skills they used were focused on destructive power rather than sharpness.

It wasn’t the feeling of cutting something, but the feeling of hitting it and bursting it was stronger.

Of course, the mana consumption would also be extreme.

So if we continued like this, the knights would have no mana left.

‘There must be a disastrous ending waiting’

So, I had no choice but to hurry before that happened.

I climbed a little higher to avoid blind arrows, and the advancing imperial army came into view.

They were taking a wedge-shaped formation, and they were cutting through the barbarian forces from left to right as they advanced in a wave-like fashion.

And at the end of that peak, Max Crawford, the commander of the Imperial Knights, stood proudly.

He led the imperial army and advanced without hesitation.

Whoop-

As the red cloak violently fluttered and the large greatsword was swung, a daunting sound shuddered the air.

With just one swing that creates a fierce sword wind,

Chuhuaaak-

Several savages are being slashed at once. The weapon he was holding was also unable to avoid being cut.

Max didn’t stop cutting even for a second.

Every moment, pieces of meat splattered in all directions, and blood pooled in abundance.

On the way he passed, the only thing left was a brutal death.

In fact, its amazing power wasn’t just because of the size or heavy weight of the weapon itself.

This was possible because an invisible aura wrapped around the greatsword, greatly increasing the sharpness and strength of the blade.

The savage’s gaze and spirit were so ferocious that the savages had no choice but to falter and back away.

However, the dripping sweat was clearly revealing Max’s unusual condition.

Wielding a long sword and speeding up the slaughter, he looked nervous for some reason. Unsurprisingly, he was breathing heavily.

‘As expected.’

As expected, the wound was not fully healed.

Now that he was imprisoned in the dungeon, unwell, it was even more strange that he was normal now.

Of course, even so, this war will never be lost.

Anyway, the vast majority of savages are currently struggling in extreme fear and confusion.

Moreover, no matter what the injury, Max would continue to swing his sword until the last moment.

But as a result, many of the knights in the front line would die or be fatally wounded, and in the case of ordinary soldiers, more disastrous results would await.

Max, too, will be bedridden for a while after the battle.

Can you really call that a victory?

If only he survived with a broken body, he would never be able to regain his former glory.

Because there are many enemies of the Empire in this world.

This war was just one of many that the Empire would have to fight through.

So what the empire needed now was an overwhelming victory.

I needed to win one-sidedly, enough to scare the other enemies.

Only then could they rekindle a spark of hope in the crumbling empire.

That’s why Duke Shade came here.

Actually, she came to kill Domtar herself.

She was quite nervous, as she had to risk her life as well.

But the emperor killed Domtar first.

‘Your Majesty.’

As expected, he had a plan.

I felt a little guilty because I doubted him, but the burden on his heart was greatly reduced.

Now that there were only small sticks left, it wouldn’t be too difficult to do anything.

Fortunately, the ten knights lined up at an angle behind Max looked pretty solid.

They were the Imperial Knights.

Since his skills have already been verified, he will assist the knight commander well.

But at some point, I felt that the savages’ momentum was suddenly turning aggressive.

‘As expected, my guess was correct.’

Soon after, thousands of cavalrymen led by Ensus began running rapidly across the vast grassland.

They passed mercilessly, trampling only the savages at the edge of their ranks.

Doo-doo-doo-

Ferocious warhorses running in all directions, blowing up clouds of dust.

The cavalrymen turned around in a wide radius, and only the barbarians on the edge began to nibble.

It was definitely not a bad way.

But as if they were receiving instructions from someone, the savages soon began to cling to each other and prepare for the next attack.

Soon after, the moment the cavalry rushed once more, the savages all threw themselves at the warhorses.

f*ck!

Barbarians whose bodies bounced off with a tremendous impact as they collided with warhorses.

However, even when stamped with horseshoes and stabbed with spears, he never stopped doing such things.

The savages were being dragged off their horses, or throwing soldiers off their horses.

As a result, the horse’s mobility was weakened, or it lost its owner and ran in reverse.

As the soldiers moaning after falling off their horses were added, the cavalrymen behind them began to hesitate and stop in turn.

Soon after, the savages began to frantically charge at the stopped cavalry.

Boom! Puff!

Fortunately, Ensus took the time by flying his sword, and the troopers managed to escape.

“Kahah-“

Duke Shade once again confirmed that he was not wrong.

‘Certainly, there is someone who is in command.’

Domtar was no ordinary barbarian.

He was a master of strategy and tactics.

There was no way that such a person would not have prepared for the time he was not there.

If there was no successor, he would have prepared someone to lead the troops, even temporarily.

Assassinate him was Duke Shade’s goal.

She flapped her wings more vigorously and headed towards the rear of the long line of savages.

The tragedy of fratricide was taking place there.

The savages in the back kept pushing forward, mercilessly killing those who fled.

Puck! Kwajik!

“Go ahead if you don’t want to die!”

Chupak!

“Those who run away will be the first to die at my hands!”

And at the very back, a savage walking slowly forward was observing the situation with an expressionless face.

After a while, several savages ran up to him and started talking with an urgent expression.

“Rundol, we must retreat immediately!”

“Now we don’t have Domtar!”

“There is a monster over there that killed Domtar!”

Everyone had a frightened expression.

Then the barbarian called Rundol spoke in a solemn voice.

“The King entrusted me with command. So I make the decision.”

“Damn it! The great king died first! I don’t know?”

“Everyone is going to follow Domtar as it is!”

“And you are not a king! Now we have no king!”

Then Rundol drew his sword.

Seureung-

A red aura was blooming on the long blade.

Although it wasn’t quite as strong as Domtar’s, it seemed clear that no one here could match it.

“This red light is Domtar’s aura…… !”

“How on earth do you rune stones…….”

Chuhwaak-

Rundol cut down the savages who were bothering him with a single sword.

After brushing off the blood on the blade, Rundol called someone.

“Kundal.”

“Tell me.”

“Tell it to the front. Concentrate all personnel on only one enemy, the leader of the enemy.”

“Okay.”

Looking at the rune stone, Duke Shade thought.

That’s him.

If we catch that guy, the savages will really be finished.

His aura seemed blurry.

Now, it was clear that he had crossed the wall of the God Sword Master.

‘Perhaps Domtar taught me.’

Then it would have been very easy.

The output of the aura is weak, and you won’t be able to sustain it for long.

Of course, even so, being a sword master was dangerous.

So it would take some preliminary work.

‘Who is the best?’

Duke Shade found a frightened savage.

He kept looking around his head, looking for an opportunity to escape.

‘That guy is perfect.’

The Duchess of Shade was an unrivaled place for assassinations.

They had numerous mystic arts handed down from generation to generation, and I was thinking of using one of them.

The Duke landed on the shoulders of the frightened savage.

“Gaaak-“

“What, what!”

The startled savage hurriedly tried to shake off the crow, but the long claws dug deep into his skin and never let go.

Soon, black smoke rose from the crow’s feathers and quickly permeated into the savage’s body.

It was a technique to control the mind through fear.

It was a low-level technique that only worked for those with weak mentality, but for a frightened savage, this would be enough.

Food Duck-

Soon after completing the spell, Duke Shade flew up,

“Uh… ….”

The savage with a dazed expression slowly turns around and walks towards Rundol.

Duke Shade hovered in the nearby sky and watched the rune stones.

I was waiting.

This tactic wasn’t just about taking control of the mind.

A thick darkness that blooms through fear, vitality, and resentment.

That was the real purpose.

Soon, the barbarian raised a large ax toward the runestone.

Rundol put on a face that he couldn’t understand, but he cut off the guy’s head without delay, and at that moment, Duke Shade was delighted.

‘It’s okay.’

Hwaaak-

A black mist rapidly spewing from the corpse.

The son-in-law became dark in an instant.

Duke Shade landed with a leisurely flap of his wings.

‘What would you like to look like? Yeah, that would be nice.’

Black smoke suddenly bloomed from the crow’s body, and in an instant it changed into the shape of Domtar.

Everything was black except for the skin, of course.

He strode toward the runestone.

Only Duke Shade can see ahead in this thick darkness.

Some of the savages shouted in terror.

“Who are you!”

“I can’t see!”

Those short shouts were the last words they uttered right before they died.

Poof! Whiik-

The moment Duke Shade approached Rundol, Rundol swung his sword while releasing an aura.

In the wind, the duke slightly cut his arm.

‘Are you still a sword master? It’s definitely dangerous to detect me even in this darkness.’

But Rundol didn’t seem to have much experience in combat.

If I had been a skilled sword master, I would have fired my aura at full power right away and cut through this darkness.

But the aura he created now would never be able to cut through this darkness.

If he escaped the darkness and escaped, he might be able to save his life, but he couldn’t even figure out what the situation was.

Duke Shade deliberately showed his face to Runedol.

It wasn’t like a predator playing a prank on its prey.

It was just to incapacitate it, in order to inflict certain death.

“Domtar?”

A look of surprise and doubt at the same time.

It was an extremely confused face.

Because the king who was thought to be dead was right in front of his eyes.

As the aura faded, the senses would also have dulled.

Of course, for a very short time,

Pu-wook!

Duke Shade did not miss the momentary opportunity.

It had pierced his heart from behind his back.

It was clearly in front of my eyes, but it moved backwards as if teleporting.

Something bright red was fluttering in the hand that had become like a bird of prey.

“Because they are ignorant, it is too easy.”

A flutter that is getting quieter.

Poo-Wak!

Duke Shade wouldn’t even tolerate that.