He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 204

“Indeed… this place is amazing. Such a treasure trove of lost technology.”

Ambassador James, upon receiving Prospera’s report, couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

Not only him but also the magical engineers accompanying him felt the same.

“Although some areas of the database are a bit corrupted… it won’t take too long to restore them. Even if it’s not top-tier technology, we’ll be able to produce new weapons soon.”

“Then I hope you hurry. The Empire is under attack even as we speak.”

They were currently pacifying the neutral forces in the central territory, but even this needed to be done more quickly.

More importantly, they needed to reach a point where they could withstand the inevitable retaliation of the enraged Celestial race.

“Of course, don’t worry. I won’t disappoint you.”

Whether fortunately or unfortunately, Ambassador James confidently assured, a glint of imperialistic ambition in his eyes.

“The Celestial army is advancing towards the capital! They are accompanied by monster hordes that used to be neutral forces!”

And about fifteen days later, as predicted, the Celestial race launched their counterattack.

“Foolish ground-dwelling humans! Surrender now, or face the wrath of lightning!”

On the ground, an army of various alien monsters massed, while in the sky, Celestials in the form of angels hovered.

“If you refuse to surrender, you will immediately face a barrage of divine punishment–”

Thwack!

“Kuhuk!”

The Celestial who was flapping his wings and giving a speech had his forehead pierced by a magic bullet fired by Sarah and plummeted to the ground.

“The Empress personally shot down the enemy!”

“Did you all see that! His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress are on the front lines! Are you, sons of the Empire, going to cower in fear!”

“No, we are not!”

“Today, we will slaughter the enemies of the Empire! For the Empire!”

“For His Majesty the Emperor!”

Hitting the target in one shot from that distance greatly boosted the soldiers’ morale. On the other hand, Sarah silently reloaded her sniper magic-triggering gun.

“You don’t have to force yourself to go into battle.”

“Are you kidding? I should lend a hand too. Who do you think I owe my life to? Now, I’ll cover you, so hurry up and get to work, honey.”

“Oh my, what a devoted husband.”

While exchanging playful banter, I looked up at the sky again.

“Daring to shoot a divine messenger! Fine! I’ll turn your city into ashes!”

The Celestial race seemed enraged. I raised my middle finger at them and amplified my voice with aura [magical energy] so they could hear me clearly.

“If you’re so upset, stop yapping and come at me, birdbrains.”

“Y-You…! Attack! Unleash divine punishment on those guys!”

Pachichichichijijijik!

The Celestial race’s specialty, like angels, was summoning lightning from the sky. It was truly an attack worthy of divine punishment, but…

Pshshshshik-

“Huh?”

The lightning bolts that were about to strike the city were suddenly blocked by a transparent barrier surrounding it.

“Magic field. The city defense system recorded in the report. Those Human Union people are indeed impressive. To implement it in just fifteen days.”

“It was possible because of the throne. It’s the only energy source now that there’s no power plant.”

That was the identity of the shield that neutralized the previous attack.

In addition to that, lightning rods were installed everywhere in advance. It was thanks to the Dark Knights, former members of the Celestial race, who knew what kind of attacks they would make and advised us.

“I guarantee that it will be useless even if they attack a hundred times. Hehehe…”

Ambassador James said with a satisfied smile.

“Now that lightning has been neutralized, they will try to approach. We must prepare for the next attack.”

On the other hand, Kaliel advised, remaining vigilant.

“Oh, of course. We have many things specially prepared for them, don’t we?”

However, Ambassador James showed even more confidence.

“Tell them to come. I’ll show them the powerful technology of the Human Union.”

“No sooner said than done, they’re coming.”

Having finally admitted that lightning was useless, they soon began to charge.

The magic field can neutralize magical effects, but it cannot block physical attacks.

“Prepare yourselves, you uncivilized beings of the ground!”

Soon, we could see the angels approaching, darkening the sky.

“Good, field release. Prepare for anti-air fire.”

And I gave the next order as if I was about to yawn.

“Magic cannon ready!”

“Heat dissipation complete!”

“Free fire from prepared batteries!”

“Fire!”

Whooooosh!

The huge magic cannons, hidden as camouflage, revealed themselves.

Having been aimed at the sky in advance, they suddenly fired bluish magic bullets.

“Uh? That’s–”

Kwwaaang!

“Kkeuaaaack!”

“It, it’s exploding! Don’t go near it!”

“Uwaaaack!”

There were only five of them, but that alone was enough to create a fire net over a significant portion of the sky.

The explosion was so widespread that we could see some falling with their wings burned off, like mosquitoes caught in an electric swatter.

“This is not enough. Prepare the magic bullet shooters. Hunt them down.”

“Yes! Magic bullet shooters, prepare to fire!”

Like Sarah, the magic bullet shooters, who had taken their places at each sniping point, aimed their sniper magic-triggering guns, which were larger than a person, at the Celestial race.

Bang! Thwack!

We couldn’t create anti-air guns that could create a fire net with bullets instead of explosions like the magic cannons yet. Before anti-air guns, it was a bit burdensome to make that many bullets.

It wasn’t just that there were many demands on resources, but also that firearms hadn’t developed significantly yet.

However, the magic bullet shooters were able to perform anti-air duties excellently, even with slow firing rates and small magazine sizes.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh – Pow! Pow!

“The, the bullets are curving!”

“There’s no way to dodge!”

“They’re chasing our tails! Aaaagh!”

The magic bullets had the ability to change their trajectory to hit the enemy.

They could even penetrate one target and hit another, or explode nearby to inflict shrapnel damage, among other unconventional techniques.

Hundreds, no, nearly thousands of the Celestial race attempted to descend, but all failed miserably.

“Their momentum has been broken; they’re showing signs of retreat!”

“Griffin Riders! Now is our chance! Charge with me!”

“Oooooooooh!”

I immediately spread my wings of light and flew into the sky. Behind me, the Griffin Riders, mounted on dark griffins, followed.

“Purify the corrupted of the Order!”

“They are heretics! Kill the heretics!”

Mostly composed of dark knights, they fiercely attacked the Celestials, whose morale had been broken.

The Celestials, who were about to flee, fought back again as they were attacked.

Slash, thwack!

“Don’t let a single one escape. I cannot forgive those who dared to insult and covet the Empire.”

Shushushuk! Shushuk! Thwack! Slash!

I scattered shadow blades, stabbing and cutting them down. Those whose wings were torn and slashed couldn’t avoid falling.

The dark knights were also dominant in the fight. Although it was not easy to raise them, the dark griffins, which had been summoned in large numbers using the food resources secured by wiping out neutral forces, were worth their weight in gold.

-Byaaaaaak!

“Re, retreat! We can’t win!”

The only option for the Celestial race was a disorganized retreat.

“They’re retreating!”

“Waaaaaaaah!”

“Long live the Emperor!”

“Don’t let your guard down yet! There are still ground forces remaining!”

As the Celestial race was soundly defeated, the soldiers and citizens of the Empire cheered. But as the Captain of the Guard shouted, all the remaining neutral monster forces of the Central Territory were rushing in.

“Ummuaaaaah! Th, the Celestial bastards are running away!”

“Kruk, they were untrustworthy after all.”

However, they seemed quite embarrassed by the Celestials’ escape.

But with a number of at least 100,000, it seemed like a fight worth trying at first glance.

It was truly a force that had scraped together every last soldier from each faction in the Central Territory.

“They’re coming. Legions, form battle lines!”

The ground battle didn’t devolve into urban warfare; instead, a field battle was fought.

A field battle in a numerically inferior state might seem like a bad move, but that’s only the case when the military strength is lacking.

Bang! Kwaang! Tatadang! Tadang!

The magic cannons spewed fire. The legions crushed and tore them apart with overwhelming force.

The line infantry, armed with muskets, fired volleys without rest.

The magic bullet shooters sniped commanders or high-ranking warriors who were far stronger than other individuals whenever they were spotted.

“The sky has been cleared. Now, let’s finish the ground!”

Finally, as the Celestial race disappeared, I also swooped down to the ground with the Griffin Riders.

-Awooooooooo!

It didn’t end there. Silver led the battle wolves and charged into their midst.

The combat power itself was sufficient, but the battle wolves’ howls greatly encouraged the nearby Imperial soldiers.

“Charge! Leave not a single enemy of the Empire who invaded the Empire!”

“Oooooooooh!”

The battle tilted so much that even hastily conscripted recruits could charge with courage.

“Ha, surrender! We surrender. Ummuaaaaah!”

“They’re surrendering; what should we do?”

“It is His Majesty’s order. Do not kill them; take them as prisoners. Use them all for labor.”

Fortunately or not, there was no need to massacre the 100,000 troops as they were.

Perhaps they valued their lives, as they soon began to surrender.

I decided to use these guys as labor slaves as they were. Most of them are demi-humans like Minotaurs, and there are plenty of places to use them, whether it’s sending them to mines, plowing fields on farms, or sending them to cotton fields.

‘Slave labor might be harmful in the future… but there’s no need to worry about that level right now. If problems arise, I can release them then.’

For now, there was no choice but to accept them as slaves. I could really kill them all and throw them to the griffins as food, but that’s a bit much, right?

Since they are not human, they can only be second-class citizens, but let’s treat them moderately kindly.

…Saying this makes me no different from an imperialist. Well, I’m the Emperor of the Empire, so is it natural?

“It’s a great victory, Your Majesty! We have wiped out those who dared to covet the capital!”

“Hmm. It’s thanks to your efforts.”

Of course, they were too careless, but there’s no need to tell them that. It’s enough to praise the allies who worked hard.

“The Central Territory should be clean now.”

“However, the Sky Islands in the Southern Territory are a problem. They won’t be able to invade again for a while since they’ve lost their army…”

“It’s okay. We’ve bought enough time.”

I’d like to attack the Sky Islands, but switching from defense to offense is not as easy as it sounds.

Moreover, other than the Griffin Riders, there are no flying units right now, so the means to attack them are ambiguous.

So, I should refrain from attacking for the time being and support other places now.

“The places that urgently need support are… the Western and Eastern Territories.”

The Northern and Southern Territories have sent signals that they are still okay.

On the other hand, the Western and Eastern Territories are in crisis due to the emergence of threatening hostile forces.

But I can directly support only one of the two places.

“If so, I am…”

I had to decide where to support first.