I Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 199
I Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor 199
“Legion 1st Company, into phalanx formation. Legion 2nd Company, into assault formation!”
Thump- Thump- Thump- Thump-
The heavily armored Legions formed their phalanx.
Those who would act as the hammer split to the flanks, ready to make a flanking charge.
However, the number of Legions was not large. To stand against the overwhelming number of Undead, mercenaries, and knights had to fill their gaps.
“There’s no need to be afraid. Just watch the backs of the Legions next to you. All you have to do is stand your ground and endure.”
“Understood. But… what exactly are these Legions? I’ve never seen such huge men before.”
A knight suddenly asked. Asking so late? Even Conrad looked at them strangely.
“You’ll find out soon enough.”
Showing is better than telling a hundred times over.
-Foolish intruders, pay the price of your arrogance with eternal death.
Shiaaaaaaaaaaa-!
The King of the Wraiths whispered into everyone’s ears with an eerie voice.
The Legions and I were not discouraged by it in the slightest, but the mercenaries and knights were different.
The fear of death clouded their eyes.
“O-Oh, they’re coming!”
“D-Don’t back down! If we scatter now, we’ll all die!”
“Ugh…!”
The Undead, invigorated by the King of the Wraiths’ aura, charged forward relentlessly.
The knights and soldiers who stood their ground were at their limit just standing there.
They were a flock of sheep. The courage of sheep is insignificant, so they couldn’t face fear on their own.
But there was always a shepherd among the sheep.
The names of those shepherds were the Imperial Legions.
“Legions! Unleash your fury!”
“Uwoooooooo!”
Kuuuuuung!
The Legions in phalanx formation slammed their shields into the ground with a thunderous roar.
The strike that unleashed their divine fury split the earth and caused an earthquake.
The Undead rushing towards them stumbled and fell from their horses. Only a handful made it safely to the phalanx.
“Give those pitiful wraiths rest.”
I gave the Legions another order. And the Legions carried out the order thoroughly.
Crack! Pow! Thwack! Slash!
They crushed, hit, cut, and tore.
Like war machines made for slaughter, they mechanically returned death to those who could not die.
“M-My god!”
“I-Incredible!”
The sheep who saw it in front of them were initially shocked.
“D-Don’t just stand there! Assist them! Protect the flanks of the Legions!”
But sheep led by shepherds become brave enough.
Inspired by the Legions’ courage, the knights incited the mercenaries and charged.
The knights took the lead, and the mercenaries followed behind.
With the Legions holding the line, the gaps between them were filled with those who had gained courage.
“The anvil is complete. Now, swing the hammer and crush the enemies! Legion 2nd Company, charge!”
“Ooooooo!”
With me on the left and the Captain of the Guard on the right, we maneuvered to surround the flanks and charged.
The Legions, despite their massive size, moved nimbly and overwhelmed the Undead trapped in the anvil.
Bang! Kwaajik! Puh-uhk!
They swung greatswords and slammed down massive warhammers. They even cleaved Undead knights on horseback in half with axes.
The wraiths were utterly crushed and crumbled away.
[Shadow Blade Deployment]
Shushushushuk Shushuk!
[Dark Blood Unleashed]
[Shadow Moonlight Slash Deployed]
Chwaaaaaak!
I, too, slashed through the wraiths like a man possessed among them.
Since there were so many of them, I didn’t hesitate to use wide-area attacks.
However, I didn’t use divine power because I felt Conrad watching me.
He treated me as if he trusted me, but in reality, he was constantly suspicious of me.
Of course, Conrad was also engaged in fierce combat, so he couldn’t just focus on me, but I was still careful just in case.
-Minion of the Creator God, are you ready to receive the judgment of the wraiths?
“Hehehe, is a fifteen-hundred-year-old wraith going to stop me?”
Tadatadang!
Uwaaaagh! My arm! My arm!
Geureureureu…….
Shoot! Keep shooting! Don’t stop!
Bang! Puh-ung!
Unlike our side, where the valiant Legions were holding the line, Conrad’s forces were in utter chaos.
The phalanx was collapsing, and the infantry fought in close combat.
The riflemen and artillerymen were not fighting organically but were just continuing a brawl to survive.
“S-Save me, Duke Conrad!”
“We’re all going to die like this!”
Even as his own elite guards died, Conrad maintained an arrogant attitude towards the King of the Wraiths.
“Hmph, useless things.”
Chuck-
Conrad reached out to the elite guard begging him.
“You have now exhausted your usefulness.”
“C-Conrad, my lord?”
“I will personally send you to the Creator God.”
“Heo, heok!”
Conrad absorbed the elite guard’s life force as it was.
The elite guard, who had been completely deprived of his life force, looked like a mummy.
“Hehehe, this is the power of divinity that the Apostle gave me… With this, I am invincible!”
Pachijijijijik!
Conrad emitted black electricity in all directions with the overflowing magic power he had gained by stealing life force.
“Kkeuaaaaaaak!”
“Wh-What is that!”
The electricity did not distinguish between allies and Undead.
To be exact, there was no need to distinguish. Whether he killed either, it was absorbed into him as life force and magic power.
The more he absorbed it, the stronger Conrad’s divinity became.
Pachijik! Pajik!
He continued to spread black electricity and repeated the process of increasing his power.
The King of the Wraiths continued to send out wraiths of time and space, but the more he did, the stronger Conrad became.
“Are you ready to face death again, King of the Wraiths?”
Pachijijijijik!
Eventually, the black electricity reached the King of the Wraiths, who was watching while summoning wraiths.
The King of the Wraiths did not even flinch as the black electricity shattered his body.
-…Then are you ready to face death?
“What?”
Pook!
At that moment, Silver Rose pierced Conrad’s back.
“…Duke Shadow. So you were the Empire’s dog after all?”
“Did you know?”
“Oh, of course. You were suspiciously competent.”
Even with his chest pierced, Conrad leisurely flicked the tip of the sword that had come out.
Then, Silver Rose, which had pierced his body, came out of his body as if repelled by a powerful force.
I naturally let go of the recoil and distanced myself from him.
“Your betrayal is not surprising, Shadow. Or is even that name a deception? Well, your real identity doesn’t matter. You will be a useful source of power.”
His body began to turn dark red and grow larger.
A huge body, a horned forehead, huge wings.
Conrad was transforming into the form of a demon.
“I am Conrad, the Demon Duke, anointed by the Apostle of the Creator God!”
He soon summoned a demon sword from the air and looked down at me.
“I will obtain the Dice of the Gods by offering you as a sacrifice. Shadow.”
“Try it if you can.”
[Imperial Soul Full Release]
I, too, unleashed the Imperial Soul and drew out divinity.
I spread my wings of light and confronted him in front of him, scattering pure white light.
-…Imperial Soul. You were not a pawn of the Creator God.
The King of the Wraiths said, looking at me. He recognized my Empire.
Seeing that, I guessed his identity, but now was not the time to deal with him.
“Oh… I feel a powerful force from you. It’s like… yes, could it be… hahaha! Emperor! So you came here yourself!”
“To think you realized that now, you’re quite slow to catch on.”
Even the Doppelganger transformation was undone, and my face returned to normal a little while ago.
It was too late to realize.
“Hehehehe… good. Let’s settle things here. Like fifteen hundred years ago, the Emperor and the champion of the Creator God will face off!”
He said, laughing as if he was enjoying it.
Whooooong-
He flapped his wings and rushed towards me. A heavy and intense flight dash.
“Not a chance!”
I dodged the dash lightly, but he swung the demon sword at me, who had dodged to the side.
Kaang!
Silver Rose grabbed his sword.
Pachijijijik.
“……!”
But black electricity burst from his sword.
Feeling danger along with a tingling sensation, I quickly flapped my wings and distanced myself.
“You were so arrogant, but all you can do is run away!”
Pachijijijik!
Black electricity rose. Because it flew in during the delay of backing away, I tried to block it with a barrier of divine power.
However, the intense electricity neutralized the barrier and soon inflicted damage on me.
The divinity of the Imperial Soul, which had never collapsed before, was pierced.
“Hehehe, what’s wrong? Are you disconcerted that your paltry Imperial God’s power couldn’t protect you?”
“…I am a little disconcerted.”
It was the first time that the Imperial Soul, which had always provided the power of reversal, was so powerless.
So it was worth being disconcerted.
“But now I understand.”
“Understand what?”
“The way to kill you.”
[Sharp Weakness Detection Activated]
There was a weakness that Conrad himself, intoxicated with power, had not noticed.
His weakness was in a place that was clearly visible.
“Do you want the Dice of the Gods? Then I’ll let you become one with it!”
“What?”
A huge spherical artifact floating on one side of the battlefield.
That artifact was appearing in bright red as the weakness of Conrad, whom I recognized as the target of the Weakness Detection ability.
Before he could react, I flew like an arrow and stabbed Silver Rose into that sphere.
Kwaddeuk! Woojijijik-
As Silver Rose, thickly imbued with the Imperial Soul, was stabbed into it, the huge golden sphere began to crack.
The Dice of the Gods was breaking as if a glass ornament was breaking.
“N-No! The Dice of the Gods!”
-Foolish one, that is not the Dice of the Gods.
Conrad was shocked to learn that the Dice of the Gods, which he had wanted to obtain, had been destroyed, but the King of the Wraiths, who had been watching the battle, murmured.
-That was the Imperial Seal created to seal the Dice of the Gods.
A device created to allow only those who are qualified to obtain the dice.
The Emperor of fifteen hundred years ago sealed the Dice of the Gods with all the power of the Empire and was guarding this place even after becoming the King of the Wraiths.
Paaaaaaat-
The seal is broken, and the power within it is imbued into me.
At that moment, I saw infinite numbers of 0s and 1s shining in gold filling the world.
The Dice of the Gods, its identity is the power to create this world.
[Acquired ‘GM Mode – Dice of the Gods’.]
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“So that’s what it was.”
This world was a game of the gods.