The Bastard Swordsman Of The Imperial Guard [EN]: Chapter 182

“How the hell do these guys manage their Knight Order?”

Thud. Thud.

Ra-El panted, looking around.

In the magic-filled clearing, hundreds of knights were collapsed.

It was the Carmen Knight Order, known as the Empire’s finest.

“Just you wait until you join the Allied Forces. I’ll work you until you drop dead. Carmen Knight Order, you bastards. Your minds are so weak they get brainwashed. And who else was it? Right, Belen, that bastard too… Haa….”

Ra-El grumbled with dissatisfaction, but he didn’t kill a single knight.

They were potential forces for the upcoming war, and Ra-El didn’t particularly want to kill people.

Thanks to that, a lot of time was wasted.

Buzz-

[You’re too slow for a hero! We need to get to Lucifer right away!]

“Do you even know how many knights are collapsed over there before you say that? Tch. Fine. We’ll go to Lucifer as you say.”

Strong magic was already being felt from over there.

Lucifer seemed to be moving as Ra-El intended.

He had to run towards Reyne’s direction before it was too late, but….

“…Saint. Do you feel it?”

Buzz-

[If it’s Lucifer’s magic, it’s where the elf is. Hurry!]

“No. Not that way.”

Ra-El raised his head towards the towering Imperial Palace of the Empire.

It was weaker than Lucifer’s magic, but magic was definitely being felt.

Moreover, a disgusting stench of blood tormented Ra-El’s senses.

”….Tch. I knew it was this way.”

Ra-El, who was about to head straight to Lucifer, turned his body towards the Imperial Palace.

[What, what are you doing! It’s not this way! You crazy hero!]

Saint trembled in surprise, shaking the sword.

This crazy human was ignoring Lucifer and going somewhere else.

“I’m leaving Lucifer to the four of them. I’m going to the Imperial Palace.”

[What are you talking about! Hey! Ra-El! You son of a bitch!]

Ra-El ignored the whining Saint and turned his body.

He kicked off the ground and headed straight for the Imperial Palace.

‘By now, the banquet must be over… and they said there’s a time for the Imperial Family and the Emperor to meet.’

Surely Yuri was meeting Leopold.

In that situation, magic being felt in the Imperial Palace meant that Yuri was obviously in danger.

“Hero! G, Gaia-Men! I’m Bethel from the Allied Forces!”

At the entrance of the Imperial Palace, Allied Forces soldiers were visible.

The soldier who appeared to be the most senior approached Ra-El.

“Yes. The Allied Forces are guarding the Imperial Palace?”

“Yes! The Imperial Family entered about 30 minutes ago. They are talking with His Majesty to decide on the next Emperor. The Allied Forces are guarding the Imperial Palace, which is off-limits.”

Bethel’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the hero.

His clothes were quite dirty, but he must have been training or something.

Training during the banquet—even that attitude was touching to Bethel.

“…I see. Bethel, this is an emergency. Tell the commander of the Allied Forces, the Sword Dragon, that the Demon King has appeared.”

“Yes, yes?! Hero! What do you mean?!”

Bethel’s eyes widened at the sudden words.

“We may need a seal, so contact the clergy to summon the Saintess, and head to the forest behind the banquet hall with the Allied Forces. My companions will already be confronting Lucifer. Magic is also being felt in the Imperial Palace. I will protect the Imperial Family.”

“A, understood! Hero!”

Bethel ran straight to the Allied Forces, and Ra-El entered the Imperial Palace as soon as he saw his back.

However, soon after, he felt some of the Allied Forces following him.

“Don’t follow me. I can feel strong magic from here. Even knights are in danger.”

“Hero. But…!”

“Don’t make me say it twice. Don’t follow me and keep anyone from entering the Imperial Palace.”

“A, understood!”

Ra-El turned away the knights of the Allied Forces who were following him and went upstairs.

He didn’t know what was happening inside.

There was no need to take many people with him.

There was only one Emperor’s reception room in the Imperial Palace.

Strong magic was felt there.

‘That crazy Emperor finally did something. I hope I’m not too late?’

From the moment he saw the Emperor enter his son’s body, he had a hunch.

The reason Yuri, filled with murderous intent, would awaken was because Leopold was after her body.

He couldn’t understand why he would target the body of his own child, but if it was the crazy Emperor obsessed with eternal life, it was possible.

‘In the original story, is it Leopold who takes over Yuri’s body? …No. That can’t be.’

The Thousand-Year Empire Carmen enters a golden age after Yuri ascends to the throne.

Leopold, already indulging in a dissolute life, could never become a proper Emperor.

Surely Yuri will overcome Leopold’s scheme through the Heavenly Executioner Star and become Emperor.

‘If it goes according to the original story, I can just leave it alone….’

Ra-El had already made a promise to Yuri.

To save her from the Heavenly Executioner Star.

Creak-

Ra-El opened the door to the Emperor’s reception room while thinking that.

And, he knew that the decision to turn away the knights was right.

“…”

Inside the reception room, Yuri El was holding Leopold’s dangling neck, filled with elation.

*

“How can you have such power… Keuh!”

Crack-

Yuri’s hand tightened around Leopold’s neck.

Leopold trembled, grabbing Yuri’s hand.

He tried to crush her wrist using magic-enhanced power, but Yuri El’s slender wrist didn’t even have a scratch.

He knew that the Heavenly Executioner Star [a powerful, malevolent entity] was dwelling in Yuri El’s body, but he couldn’t understand how she had such power, let alone overcome Lucifer’s magic.

“My power? I don’t know either. Father.”

Just as the Demon King was created from the gathering of human malice in the clergy’s sanctuary, the murderous intent suppressed and sealed by blessings grew stronger, like loneliness.

The murderous intent forcibly accumulated in her body evolved Yuri El’s body to be able to release murderous intent.

“Monster. You monstrous bitch… I should have killed you when you were born! You disgusting monster who even killed your mother!”

“…Is that so? In my opinion, you look more like a monster, Father.”

Yuri lowered her head.

Simon, who was shouting and raging that she was a monster, had a decorative sword stuck in his chest.

It was a sword that Yuri had directly stabbed into Simon, who was spewing magic.

However, not a single drop of blood leaked from Simon, or rather Leopold.

That body had already exhausted its power.

He was continuing his life with magic, and the next target was Yuri El.

A human who doesn’t die even with a knife in his chest and his neck half-bent.

Wasn’t he the monster, not herself?

“Keuh…! Let go. Yuri El! Who do you think I am!”

Squeeze.

Yuri put more strength into the hand holding Leopold’s neck.

The slowly trembling neck looked so fragile that it would break with just a little more force.

If she wanted to, she could crush his bones and flesh right away.

“How… what should I do? Father. I really don’t know.”

The reason Yuri El didn’t kill Leopold right away was simple.

Yuri had released the seal of the Heavenly Executioner Star to withstand Leopold’s magic, but she didn’t want to hand over her body to the Heavenly Executioner Star.

The murderous intent filling Yuri’s body was so strong that it seemed to burn everything right away.

If she released it even once, it felt like she wouldn’t stop until she killed all the life around her.

‘If I kill someone, I can’t stand it. I can’t go back.’

Yuri was worried about that.

Isabel too.

Maybe even the maids in this Imperial Palace.

Or other nobles and knights.

She would kill them all.

She knew herself too well.

“Keuheuk, Keueuek… Let go. Yuri El! I’m telling you to let go…!”

But even while thinking that, Yuri’s hand was gradually digging into Leopold’s neck, breaking his neck.

There is a dying human in front of her, in her hands.

How can she endure in this situation?

Crack- Crack-

Yuri unknowingly began to put strength into her hand.

Each time his neck was slightly bent, magic leaked out and attacked Yuri, but she didn’t care about such trivial things.

“Yuri El! It’s me! I’m your father Leopold!”

“Yes. Father. I know. I am killing my father.”

“S, stop. I was wrong. Yuri El. P, please….”

Only then did Leopold begin to tremble with fear.

He completely trusted Lucifer’s magic. Even now that he was close to death, he thought he could live at any time.

But now it’s different.

The fading consciousness and throbbing heart made him realize death.

Leopold gained fear of death instead of hope for eternal life.

Crack. Crack.

However, Yuri did not stop.

She could no longer hear Leopold’s words.

The ecstatic sensation of murder dominated her entire body.

“Yuri El! Yuri El…! Stop! Stop your hand! H, hand…!”

Snap.

Eventually, Yuri’s hand dug into Leopold’s neck.

The fingers that had dug in from end to end met in the center, and his neck snapped to the side.

Magic leaked from the body that had exhausted its life, shaking Yuri El’s hair.

“Haa. Haa…. Hahaha, hahaha…”

She killed him.

In the end, she killed her own father with her own hands.

The opponent tried to kill her first, so she killed him, but the patricide of killing her father was too ecstatic a stimulus for the Heavenly Executioner Star.

“Killing is… so enjoyable.”

Yuri felt her lips rising and let out a hollow laugh.

It was so enjoyable that it was hard to hide her emotions.

She had only killed one person, but she was so happy, how much more fun would it be if she killed someone next time?

“Isabel?”

The magic that had covered the surroundings also disappeared as Leopold died.

Yuri looked at Isabel, who had been released from the magic, and approached her.

“…You’re alive.”

Yuri let out a sigh of relief as she looked at Isabel, who was breathing.

Magic had penetrated her body, but with proper treatment, she would be able to return to her daily life.

“…”

However, Yuri soon began to gasp.

An unbearable emotion covered her.

Yuri felt relieved to see the living Isabel.

Her being alive meant that she could kill her soon.

“Haa, Isabel. Haa….”

Thump. Thump.

Her heart began to beat rapidly.

Killing a defenseless woman was a first experience.

Slamming this sword down on that soft neck, tearing apart the skin that wasn’t completely severed, and breaking the neck bone.

Humans die so easily.

Or it would be nice to pierce that chest that barely breathes and moves up and down.

Anything would be fun.

“Ah, Isabel….”

But Yuri sensed it.

Isabel was her exclusive maid who had been with her all her life, and she was like family.

If she killed her now, it would be so enjoyable, but she would definitely regret it.

Swish.

Yuri slowly moved her hand.

She knew very well that she would regret it, but she couldn’t control this feeling right now.

To overcome Lucifer’s magic, she had to fully accept the Heavenly Executioner Star, and Yuri could not resist the Heavenly Executioner Star.

Thud. Thud.

At that time. Footsteps echoed in the quiet reception room.

“Yuri.”

“…Ra-El?”

“I came to save you as promised. Fortunately, I’m not late.”

Ra-El looked down at Yuri’s trembling hand.

The hand, lost in the joy of death, was heading towards Isabel’s neck.

‘Isabel wasn’t mentioned in the original story, but….’

Seeing the truth here made his heart ache for some reason.

“Save…? Ah….”

Yuri looked at Ra-El.

His suit, torn in places from whatever he had been doing, made her want to laugh, but his eyes were cold.

He had come to keep his promise.

”….Ra-El, I’m sorry. I, I can’t suppress this murderous intent.”

Yuri looked at Leopold, whom she had killed, and looked at Isabel.

Ra-El’s arrival had cooled her head a little, but she still couldn’t stand it.

In the end, she was a bomb like the Demon King, ready to explode at any moment.

“No. You can overcome it.”

Ra-El said with conviction.

In the original story, Yuri eventually overcomes the Heavenly Executioner Star and becomes a wise ruler.

She will surely be able to suppress that emotion as well.

Swish-

Ra-El drew his holy sword.

And, he directly faced the strong murderous intent.

“Until that feeling disappears, I will be your opponent.”

Ra-El will just make the process a little easier.