Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 162

162.

I easily made a decision.

“It’s impossible to bring her in.”

Ken said.

“There’s a chance to win over Lillian. She has no loyalty to the United Kingdom. She stays in the United Kingdom and fights for it in exchange for a price. It’s a kind of transactional relationship. And when someone appears offering a bigger deal, the existing transactional relationship is easily broken.”

I fully understood what Ken was saying.

Nevertheless, I offered a dissenting opinion.

“First of all, Hamilton has already left to carry out the assassination. A conclusion will be reached soon. If Hamilton succeeds, there will be no need to bring in Lillian.”

I continued calmly.

“If Hamilton fails, it will become difficult to bring in Lillian. Even if Lillian has no loyalty to the United Kingdom, she’s more likely to think that I, who tried to assassinate her, offer a worse deal than you.”

“She is a mage. Assassination is just one of the common methods for killing enemy commanders. If Lillian is offered good terms, she is likely to listen to our side.”

Ken was not easily discouraged.

I said with a shallow sigh.

“Even if she shows interest in our side, it’s impossible to accept her as an ally because of the research she’s doing.”

“Are you talking about black magic?”

“That’s right.”

How great would it be if we could bring Lillian over to our side?

If she became my subordinate?

To gain an 8th circle mage means to gain tremendous power.

If Lillian becomes my subordinate, I can include a mage organization in my organization.

Furthermore, it was possible to support the construction of a magic tower with Lillian as its leader by providing a budget.

The magic tower itself could be called an excellent strategic weapon. The magical research and item production carried out in the magic tower have strategic value beyond description.

‘Gale, the leader of the Knights, Olivia, the leader of the guards, Lillian, the leader of the Magic Tower… The military organization is complete.’

Of course, this is just my wish.

“The use of black magic, as well as research, is prohibited by imperial law. Personally, I don’t think highly of black magic either. Black magic is basically an evil force, and black magic research does not hesitate to mobilize not only animals and monsters but also people, so it has long been rejected by people. Bio-experimentation is an act that threatens human dignity.”

Ken smiled faintly.

“That’s just Paul’s, that is, the Riverhill family’s claim.”

At Ken’s words, my eyebrows furrowed. I narrowed my brow and asked Ken.

“The Riverhill family’s claim?”

“The Riverhill family is also constantly conducting black magic research. Under the pretext of responding to black mages secretly hiding on the continent, they are only conducting magical research, but the Riverhill family is also likely to be conducting prohibited research.”

“Just because the Riverhill family is violating imperial law doesn’t mean my subordinates can also violate imperial law.”

Considering Ken’s personality, my words may be somewhat frustrating to him, but I was firm.

The ruler is a person who walks the path of blood, and even wages wars that kill tens of thousands of people to solidify my position, but I also had a minimum of conscience.

‘It’s hard to even accept black magic. There is a moral code that humans must abide by.’

Ken nodded.

“Commander, you are right. I would like to say once again that Lillian is doing forbidden research, and that she is attached to the United Kingdom in exchange for permission and support for that research is only the Riverhill family’s claim.”

I narrowed my eyes and asked.

“Does that mean the Riverhill family’s claim is false?”

“That’s what I think. There are only rumors about Lillian, and only one thing has been confirmed.”

Ken emphasized.

“That is that she is an 8th circle mage. I think she is also skilled in black magic, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she is doing forbidden research. And Lillian has never used black magic.”

I was lost in thought.

Ken’s words certainly made sense.

If Lillian had used black magic, rumors about it would have inevitably spread. She has fought in many wars, but I have never heard that she used black magic.

‘How did I set it up?’

I grabbed my head. Frankly, if I had remembered the settings for Lillian in detail, I would have been sure of her, but unfortunately, I don’t remember.

Olivia pointed out the key.

“Then why is the Riverhill family so eager to catch Lillian? Of course, it’s because she’s an enemy, but the Riverhill family is particularly obsessed with Lillian. They seemed to have a lot of information about her too.”

“Rather than Duke Austin having a severe sense of rivalry with Lillian and being obsessed with her, it would be more plausible to say that the Riverhill family stepped in to punish her because she is a witch.”

I summarized the situation.

“So, you mean that Lillian’s various forbidden studies may be rumors deliberately spread by the Riverhill family?”

“That’s right. Of course, she may be doing research on black magic itself. But that’s the same with the Riverhill family, and unless it’s a taboo study like bio-experimentation, we can also put forward the justification that the Riverhill family subtly puts forward.”

Ken concluded.

“That is, we have only done magical research as a preventive measure in case the forces of evil hiding on the continent may revive.”

A thought occurred to me.

“I’m more advantageous than the Riverhill family in that justification. I actually prevented the revival of the forces of evil a while ago. I felt the danger of the forces of evil at that time and accepted Lillian as my subordinate, which is a perfect justification.”

Then there was only one problem left.

I asked Ken.

“I believe Hamilton will succeed in assassinating Lillian… Lillian is a valuable asset, but I don’t have time to bring her in. The results of Hamilton’s assassination operation will be out in three days, right?”

Ken gave a deep smile.

I felt uneasy and adjusted my posture and asked.

“Did you give Hamilton any separate orders?”

Ken was in charge of the entire military, so he naturally had the authority to issue separate operational orders to Hamilton.

“Yes. I had a plan when I squeezed a lot of compensation from the Riverhill family.”

I felt my body stiffen without realizing it.

‘Bringing this guy in as my subordinate first was the best choice.’

That means Ken had been preparing to bring in Lillian for a long time.

* * *

-Capture Lillian.

Hamilton recalled the conversation he had with Ken the night before he left the allied camp.

-Capture?

-If Lillian becomes His Highness’s right-hand man, His Highness’s influence will become much stronger.

-Capturing is several times more difficult than killing.

Ken gave Hamilton two items.

-These are items that distort the flow of mana around you and seal the mage’s circle [a magical energy source]. If the flow of mana is distorted and even the circle is sealed, even Lillian will not be able to use magic.

-Do you have such an item?

-The Riverhill family has been preparing to catch Lillian for a long time. They suffered a crisis of annihilation because of what happened in the West last time, and of course, they had no choice but to give me these two items that I demanded.

-How did you know that the Riverhill family had these items?

The more Hamilton talked to Ken, the more goosebumps he got.

Ken seemed like a person who knew everything in advance and prepared for it.

-The basics of stealing are collecting information. It’s information I’ve known for a long time.

Ken planned the operation in detail.

Ken’s inclusion of Andre in the operation was also all planned.

“Approach.”

At Hamilton’s words, his subordinates moved quickly. The assassination technique, Shadow Hide, concealed Hamilton and his subordinates.

Lillian’s residence was located in the deepest part of Kaila’s inner castle.

Hamilton infiltrated the castle while the imperial and kingdom forces were fighting, and was hiding near Lillian’s residence.

‘Andre has disarmed all the alarm magic. Fortunately, Lillian only installed simple alarm magic, not advanced ones, so it didn’t take long.’

Andre’s role is to disarm alarm magic that is difficult to disarm and install a space 이동 [transfer] magic circle to move to the allied camp at once.

-If you capture Lillian with the items received from the Riverhill family, the Riverhill family may demand their rights over Lillian’s custody. Of course, they lost to His Highness because of their mistakes, but Andre should not participate in the capture operation itself, as even the smallest possibility should not be ruled out.

-It’s better not to take him at all…

-You don’t need Andre to kill Lillian, but you need Andre to capture her. For Commander Hamilton and his subordinates to return safely with Lillian.

Hamilton was amazed by Ken’s thoroughness.

“Move.”

I thought Lillian would be quite tired from the siege that had taken place today.

Some of the soldiers who had lost morale due to Gordon’s death even attempted to desert, and the entire Kaila castle was noisy all night.

The process of catching deserters, the execution ceremony of the captured deserters, etc., Kaila was simultaneously revealing several problems that a defeated army could reveal.

It is the perfect environment to capture Lillian.

Even the servants could not approach Lillian’s residence, so they had to move secretly through Shadow Hide.

‘The alarm magic is installed from here… Andre said he disarmed everything properly.’

Ken’s words came to mind once again.

-Lillian is known to have an arrogant personality. She only installed the alarm magic at first, but she won’t check it properly. She probably thinks that no one can approach her residence.

Hamilton climbed the stairs with a tense expression.

It seemed that Lillian did not know that the alarm magic had been disarmed even though she had entered the room.

Whew, a sigh escaped on its own.

Hamilton, who had climbed all the stairs and approached the front of the door, gestured to his subordinates.

One of the subordinates released Shadow Hide and stepped hard on the stairs.

Thump-!

The subordinate immediately unfolded Shadow Hide once again.

Hamilton listened in front of the door.

He heard a sign of life.

The moment Lillian opened the door, Hamilton immediately took out the barrier item from his pocket.

The barrier item was a liquid item, and the moment it was sprayed, the flow of mana around it was completely distorted.

It is not easy for mages who use magic by rearranging the position of mana to rearrange the mana flowing in a different flow than usual.

Pshhh-!

At the same time as spraying the item, Hamilton released his stealth and thrust his sword at Lillian.

Bang-!

“So, some pretty interesting friends came? The barrier is an item only available to the Riverhill family, so are you an imperial soldier?”

Lillian’s front was already blocked by a shield.

Hamilton and his subordinates rushed towards Lillian like lightning from below the stairs.

-‘Weight of Rock’ is an item that seals the circle. It must be implanted in the mage’s body to be effective.

Remembering Ken’s warning, Hamilton bit his lip.

The item that seals the mage’s circle had to be stabbed directly into Lillian’s body.

The plan was to prevent Lillian from using magic for a moment through the barrier to the surprised Lillian due to the sudden attack, and to directly stab the Weight of Rock into Lillian’s body.

But Lillian was using magic without any problems.

Only a split second passed before Hamilton approached Lillian, but Hamilton thought about many things.

Lillian opened her mouth.

“I can just catch you and ask.”

Hamilton’s body disappeared momentarily, leaving afterimages.

It was not because of the tremendous speed like a Sword Master that Hamilton’s body disappeared, but because he cast Shadow Hide in a short moment.

Lillian, who did not know about the assassination technique, mistook Hamilton’s speed for being too fast and stacked shields on top of each other.

In the meantime, Hamilton’s subordinates attacked Lillian in the narrow space.

Bang-! Bang-!

Hamilton discovered cracks in the shield in the shadows.

‘There is a barrier effect. There’s no way an 8th circle mage’s shield could be so weak.’

“It’s an ambush!”

“It’s Lillian’s residence!”

Soldiers’ voices were heard from outside.

Hamilton bit his lip, thinking about the possibility that Andre might run away alone.

Kwaang-!

When the subordinates hit the shield with all their might, a large crack appeared in Lillian’s shield.

Lillian’s face hardened.

‘As expected.’

Hamilton felt that the effect of the barrier was getting stronger and stronger. There was definitely an effect of distorting the flow of mana. Hamilton and his subordinates use the mana in their bodies to unfold the assassination technique, but Lillian was different.

She is a mage, so she rearranges the flow of mana around her to cast magic.

The reason why the barrier is fatal to mages is that the task of rearranging the twisted mana flow itself is not easy.

It was inevitable that it would be several times more difficult to use magic that was usually used easily in a barrier situation.

Lillian was a very talented mage, so she was able to unfold a shield, albeit imperfectly, even in the barrier.

Of course, the power of the shield was weak as it was imperfect.

Hamilton stabbed the Weight of Rock like lightning through the cracked shield.

“Y, you!”

Lillian couldn’t finish her words.

The shield disappeared completely as the Weight of Rock item, which looked like a stick, was embedded in Lillian’s shoulder.

Hamilton swung his sword.

Thud-!

It was easy to stun a mage who couldn’t use magic.