He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 214

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 214

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor 214

“Are we supposed to go in there? It’s like walking into a furnace.”

The Everlasting Burning Canyon was, as its name suggested, entirely engulfed in flames.

Sending troops into such a place would normally be unthinkable.

So, I had considered going alone, but…

“The canyon is teeming with demons, and they are strengthened by the hellfire mana. It is impossible for you to fight them alone.”

At the Grand Duke’s dissuasion, I nodded. Clearly, this wasn’t a situation for recklessness.

No, perhaps I won’t have many more chances to act alone.

Who knows what will happen once the Creator God starts to intervene.

“Are the warriors ready?”

“They will follow Your Majesty to the very depths of hellfire.”

“There’s no need for that. But let’s begin now.”

The time for resolve is over. Now is the time to prove our courage.

“But I don’t intend to advance with courage alone. I will clear the way.”

[Converts Empire Soul to Frostfire mana in the Abyss Heart.]

Whirr-

Frostfire, a flame with both fiery and icy properties, blazed on Silver Rose.

Whoosh-!

I spread it over the hellfire blocking the canyon entrance.

The blue flames mixed with the hellfire, and soon the two flames neutralized each other and died down.

“It works, as expected.”

“We have brought a lot of Frostfire in advance. We can use it from now on.”

As the Grand Duke said, there was a way to use Frostfire even without me.

There was already Frostfire stored from the mainland, and it could be deployed like a flame-throwing vehicle.

“A magical steam vehicle. Has it already been commercialized?”

“Not yet commercialized. We have deployed a few prototypes in this operation.”

Still, it seemed there had been considerable progress in technology research. If the North’s power was this strong, I could expect great things when I returned to the Imperial Palace.

“Enter carefully. We can’t waste Frostfire. Everyone, move cautiously.”

The canyon was more spacious than I thought, but with so many troops, there wasn’t much room to spare.

The soldiers anxiously watched the hellfire, worried they might be burned.

“There, enemies!”

And as if their anxiety had come true, demons appeared from the flames.

“Heh heh heh, you’ll regret setting foot here!”

“Ugh! They’re scattering flames!”

“Be careful! It doesn’t go out easily!”

The demons don’t burn in hellfire. They used it to wage a terrible guerrilla war.

Hiding in the flames, they would suddenly approach soldiers and shower them with arrows or flames before fleeing.

“Stay calm, we brought healers in preparation for this. Endure and get treated!”

But the meticulous Grand Duke Hector had thought of this as well. The priests prepared by Kyun-sil supported the soldiers, greatly reducing the damage from the guerrilla attacks.

But the demons seemed to have prepared for such a response as well.

“Your Majesty, and Grand Duke. The demons are using wicked tricks! Hellfire is surging from behind our troops!”

The most advantageous thing for the demons in this area was the hellfire.

So, the most effective attack method was to use it. The guerrilla attacks using flames were also like that.

But if so, wouldn’t it be better to engulf us with flames altogether?

They put it into practice. The hellfire that had been burning randomly was moving as if it were alive, pressing us.

“Then we move faster before it covers us.”

“Enemies have begun to block the front.”

“Then we have to break through. I’ll take the lead!”

Fortunately, for some reason, they weren’t heavily blocking the front.

Then we just need to move faster than the chasing flames. To do that, I rushed towards the blocking enemies.

[Dark Blood Release]

[Shadow Storm Deployment]

Shaaaack!

The guys who had firmly set up their formation had some of them torn apart by the suddenly grown shadow storm using Dark Blood.

Still, as demons of a strong race, many showed resilience.

“Knights, follow His Majesty!”

“For the Emperor!”

But even if they endured, they couldn’t avoid their formation being disrupted.

If the formation is disrupted against cavalry, the damage from the lance charge increases.

Soon, the rushing knights began to pierce and trample the demons with their lances.

Once the knights started fighting at the front, the following infantry fired crossbows and charged with swords and spears.

“There must be a guy controlling the flames somewhere…”

In the meantime, I was looking for a flame warlock hiding among the demons.

I temporarily called them flame warlocks, but there must be such a guy.

Without such a magician, the flame barrier wouldn’t suddenly chase us.

“There!”

And it wasn’t long before I could find him.

The way to distinguish him was simple. I found the guys classified as their weaknesses with the ‘Weakness Detection’ ability.

“Die!”

Chwaak!

“Kyak!”

I swooped down on him and slashed him.

Then the speed of the chasing flame barrier slowed down a bit.

There seemed to be a few more guys, but it was enough to eliminate them in the same way.

“They’re retreating. They must not have been able to hold out any longer.”

“Instead, they’re laying down flames and leaving. But this much can be erased with Frostfire.”

When we broke through even the second plan, the demons retreated without hesitation.

Then, they laid hellfire on the escape route to delay us, but we were able to move forward while leisurely extinguishing it with Frostfire.

“Is it here? The source of the hellfire?”

And after a while, we were able to reach our destination.

“That flame is the fire of hell, but it is also the fire of the beginning. Therefore, even if it is in hell, its nature is originally pure.”

“It will purely burn everything. So even the demons can’t carelessly approach the flames here.”

Now that I see it, the demons were corrupting and using the primordial fire burning here. Even though it had been corrupted once, it was still so intense that they couldn’t stay for long.

“So, they couldn’t set up a flame barrier directly from the outside of the canyon?”

They did guerrilla warfare in the flames on the outskirts of the canyon, but as they got closer to the source, they were harmed by the flames themselves, so that must have been why.

“It’s good for us. Then let’s attack now…”

“Your Majesty, they seem to be sending an envoy.”

“Hmm? That guy is the same one from last time.”

Was his name Balthazar? He was approaching alone as if he had something to say.

“We should meet him.”

“Is there a need to do that? It would be better to just kill him…”

“I don’t think we can kill him. It’s obviously a phantom.”

He’s the guy who used such magic last time. There’s no way he’d come here alone in his real body.

If we can’t kill him, we should at least listen to what he has to say.

“I see the Emperor of Humans again.”

“Yes, were you called Balthazar? What did you come to say?”

“I have a proposal for you.”

“A proposal? Hah, a proposal now is ridiculous. Didn’t you say you would show us fear?”

“Originally, I was willing to do so. But the situation has changed.”

I only smiled mockingly at that.

“Do you think I’ll agree to negotiate just because your situation has changed?”

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Of course, it’s highly likely to be a new enemy, but what you want and what we want will be the same.”

“How do you know what we want?”

When I said that, Balthazar pointed to one place with his hand.

There was a spring of purely burning flames.

“I will give you the fire of the beginning.”

“What?”

“Purifying that is what you want, right? Then do so willingly.”

“Aren’t you the servants of hell? You’re just going to hand that over to us?”

Balthazar nodded. I didn’t understand and asked him.

“Why? What are you plotting, demon?”

“There is no plotting. I just decided after seeing that Frostfire you have.”

“Explain. If it’s not a sufficient explanation, you will die here.”

Just trusting a demon is a foolish thing to do. I don’t think there will be a proper explanation, but Balthazar nodded obediently.

“Let me correct one misunderstanding. Originally, we were not such a race. The fire of the beginning was pure, and we were as noble as it. But only one being ruined it.”

Balthazar spoke with genuine hatred.

“The Creator God. He twisted our race. He took only the servants who defiled Purgatory and sold us out to the Demon Realm. We had no choice but to remain eternal slaves burning in hellfire.”

“I knew you were the origin of the demons, but that’s not it?”

“It’s not wrong. It’s not our original form, but it’s true that we are the origin of them.”

If Balthazar’s words were true, these guys couldn’t have good feelings for the Creator God either. But I shook my head.

“That alone is not enough for us to be on the same side. No matter what, you are the ones who have tormented the people of the Empire for a long time.”

Even though the Undead Legion was impious, there was no old grudge.

But the demons couldn’t do that at all.

“Yes, a permanent alliance would be impossible. That’s why we decided to give you the fire of the beginning to buy temporary trust. No, rather, we want you to purify that.”

“With Frostfire. But what are you going to do by doing that? Do all of you servants of hell agree to that?”

Probably not. Balthazar also shook his head.

“Of course not. But we can start so that hell can find its original form. If you help us.”

“Well, there’s no reason to refuse what you give, but there’s no reason to help. To be exact, we have our own problems.”

We came to stop the Ratmen. We couldn’t do such a leisurely thing as helping them.

“If you help us, it will be easier to destroy those Ratmen, Emperor. The Ratmen still don’t know our betrayal.”

“Could it be… are you going to betray them first?”

“That’s right… They are also the watchers the Creator God sent to us. The warp gate is a means to torment you, but it is also our leash.”

I see. The Creator God was also starting to plot.

But thanks to that bastard’s karma, we had a guy on our side.

“What will you do, Emperor? If you’re just going to kill a handful of us here, then do so. But you will regret it.”

“…Conversely, you might disappoint us?”