He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 242

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 242

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor 242

“Floating islands passing over the city and devastating everything… Just hearing about it, the spectacle must have been incredible.”

It is said that during World War I, German zeppelins bombed London.

The fear caused by those zeppelin raids was so great that it traumatized the citizens of London at the time.

Of course, thanks to the limitations of zeppelins, the damage wasn’t significant, and after anti-aircraft measures were in place, they couldn’t launch effective attacks again.

“Floating islands overcome all the shortcomings of those zeppelins.”

The insufficient bomb load of zeppelins is compensated by the superior fortifications and armaments of the floating islands.

Floating islands themselves are immune to most anti-aircraft measures.

The sense of oppression from flying over a city surpasses even that of zeppelins.

“This is troublesome. But the fact that they didn’t directly target our capital or the North suggests they aren’t overflowing with resources either.”

“Having lost the Celestial Realm, the cost of using dimensional jump for the floating islands must be very high. Once sent, it takes time to retrieve them.”

“That makes sense.”

Places like Augsburg, which are well-defended, or the North, where the Imperial Navy fleet can be dispatched immediately upon attack, couldn’t be targeted.

On the other hand, Golak’s Greenskin Kingdom, though strong in ground forces, would have been helpless against the floating islands, lacking any means to counter them.

“We’re safe, but our allies have been hit, so we can’t just be relieved. But we must do what we have to do.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. First, we have received an urgent request for support from King Golak.”

“How are things being handled in the Western Territory?”

“We have taken preemptive measures for urgent support. The Greenskin army had to retreat urgently due to enemy forces advancing simultaneously with the floating island attack. We are assisting them.”

“Well handled. In urgent cases, continue to take preemptive measures and respond to the situation as much as possible.”

The only thing that can be done right now is to support the Rangers in the Western Territory.

However, this measure alone is obviously not enough.

The problem is that even if the Imperial Army starts preparing now, it will take some time to deploy.

But the real problem is, of course, the enemy’s armed floating islands.

“How did they manage to make them so quickly? Even if they had made them in advance, there are still questionable points.”

After looking into the floating island manufacturing technology, it should be impossible for them to make them that quickly.

“Did they extract resources from their colonial dimension?”

“That’s unlikely. Most of the resources extracted from the colonial dimension are used to replenish the energy needed to maintain the Celestial Realm. They wouldn’t have had any spare.”

“Really? But how is the Celestial Realm we occupy being maintained now?”

“We have turned off everything except essential functions anyway. The extravagance of that vulgar usurper queen and her cronies was beyond imagination.”

Caliel didn’t hide her hatred for Minerova, who has now been ousted.

“Then they obtained resources in another way. That makes it even more questionable.”

The essential energy source for making floating islands is none other than souls.

We can now replace it with the Imperial Soul, but how did they manage to supply it?

Of course, since the origin of the Imperial Soul was also Eustia, they can gather spiritual energy without human sacrifice, but considering that there are more than five reported floating islands, it means they imported a large number of souls from somewhere.

“We need to find out. If they didn’t bring it from their colonial dimension, then they brought it from somewhere here. Hendrick, can you find out?”

“Of course, Your Majesty. I will mobilize the intelligence unit immediately.”

I judged that the priority was to find out the source of the souls the enemies were using to manufacture the floating islands and immediately activated the intelligence unit.

And soon, bad news arrived.

“What? They’re shipping slaves from the beastmen kingdom across the sea?”

The source they found was in a place I hadn’t even considered.

* * *

Ten years ago, among the forces that joined the Creator God when the Game of Gods began was the Beast King’s beastmen force.

However, the Beast King was defeated in a battle with the Emperor and fled to the beastmen kingdom in the Southern Continent across the sea.

Strictly speaking, he wasn’t defeated. He fled by ship before the final battle on Rasgar’s orders.

The Beast King considered it humiliating, but now he thought differently.

If he had faced the Emperor back then, he would have been defeated. He had to admit that fact.

“But now it’s different.”

The Beast King sat on the throne he had seized in a land that was once unfamiliar, and muttered quietly.

The beastmen of the Southern Continent, who had originally accepted their exile to strengthen their own power, had to pay a high price for their misjudgment.

The Beast King quickly seized power through stratagems and schemes that he had not originally favored.

Although they were from another dimension, they had the same identity as beastmen, so they were able to quickly absorb the beastmen of the beastmen kingdom.

Their knowledge and skills, of course… even their souls.

“They lost the Celestial Realm? How pathetic. Even though it was according to plan, didn’t Minerova learn anything from us?”

-To think you would say such a thing, I feel a sense of great change. You’re completely different from 10 years ago.

“I am definitely different from then, Rasgar. More than that, it seems you have used those I sent you effectively.”

In the process of seizing power, the Beast King was sending the captured opposition as ‘materials’ for making floating islands to the demons.

Because they were secretly sent across the sea, it was difficult for the Empire to notice for the past 10 years.

-Yes. Thanks to you, the plan could be brought forward.

“That’s good. So, what are you going to do now?”

-First, we will focus on reconquering the Greenskins. It’s already as good as half done.

Hearing Rasgar’s confident words, the Beast King raised the corners of his mouth as if he had been waiting for those words.

“Don’t be careless, the Emperor will exploit your carelessness.”

-…To think I would hear such words from you. It really is something to live long enough to see. But as you say. Carelessness is forbidden.

Rasgar surprisingly agreed to the Beast King’s words. But he didn’t just agree.

-I would like to ask you something. What are you going to do now?

“Are you asking me? Weren’t you the one in charge of all the plans?”

-Of course. But you never intended to move only according to my words from the beginning, did you?

At Rasgar’s question, the Beast King laughed, revealing his madness.

“Of course. Rasgar.”

The Beast King had no intention of moving only according to his orders.

“I am the one who will destroy the Empire and kill the Emperor.”

So he had no intention of yielding.

-That bloodthirstiness is still the same. Good, then I’ll give you a chance. I’ll tell you how to lure the Emperor.

Fight him there once.

Rasgar made an offer that the Beast King could not refuse.

* * *

“So the beastmen kingdom across the sea has completely fallen into the hands of the Beast King.”

“It seems that way, Your Majesty. Sending that many people just as sacrifices…”

“It’s impossible unless he becomes king.”

It was amazing that he became king 10 years after his exile.

“The southern sea isn’t as safe as it used to be. More than that… another intelligence report has come in?”

“Yes. But there are suspicious parts to this information…”

“Tell me first.”

At my command, Hendrick hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.

“We found out while tracking the route the enemies were using to transport slaves, but it seems there is a place to manufacture floating islands in the middle of that route.”

“Floating islands? Why would they make them at sea?”

“Yes, among the floating island manufacturing methods, there is a method of lifting existing islands into the sky. It’s mainly a way to save costs, but…”

“…Certainly, that method would reduce costs. But it’s a bit unsettling.”

If it’s the route Hendrick is talking about, it must be a point that passes through the southern sea and the western sea.

In other words, it means it’s not far from the Empire.

The location was very bad to use as a base for creating floating islands, which are very important strategic assets.

It’s also easy to get caught.

“So, there is a high probability that it is reverse intelligence.”

“Are you saying they’re trying to lure us in?”

“Yes, I think there is a good chance of that. In other words, they may really be building a floating island itself, but…”

“They are assuming that we will come to stop them and have set a trap, right?”

“That’s right. If we know it’s a trap and leave it alone… there is a strategic difficulty that another armed floating island will appear in our south.”

In other words, they are forcing us to make a choice.

“There aren’t many options. We can’t leave it alone as Hendrick says.”

Currently, armed floating islands are strategic weapons with tremendous value in themselves. In other words, they are in a similar state to nuclear weapons.

If there is a possibility that it will be deployed in our south, we must stop it.

“But there will definitely be strong defenses. If we lose all our elite soldiers there…”

“It will develop into a terrible situation. You must be careful as the battlefield is the sea.”

At the words of the naval admiral, I nodded.

If the battlefield is land, there is usually no extreme loss of troops in the current war method.

But what if it’s the sea?

It must be accompanied by as much risk as when we attacked the Celestial Race last time.

At least against the Celestial Race, we succeeded in the landing operation without difficulty because we launched a surprise attack, but now it is difficult to see the effect of the surprise attack.

Whether we deploy airships or the navy, we must be prepared for heavy losses.

“We must never just push in troops. Then I have no choice but to go.”

“Your Majesty, I say this every time, but this time there is a high possibility that the enemies have openly set a trap. Maybe…”

“They’re targeting me. I know that too, Commander of the Imperial Guard.”

The Empire looks strong on the outside, but it has a fatal weakness.

That is, it has no room for error to the point that it must think of destruction with just one defeat.

And above all, if I die, the Empire is over.

The enemy has likely grasped this weakness. And if the enemy has grasped that, they will try to kill me by any means.

“But that’s why I have to go even more.”

“Your Majesty…”

“The moment I know that weakness and try to save myself, it’s just sending a positive signal to the enemy. If I continue to hide passively in the future, what will the enemy do?”

Of course, they will take advantage of my absence and carry out more daring stabs.

Then great damage will accumulate in the Empire, and conversely, the enemies will push forward with even greater momentum.

“Sometimes you have to go in knowing it’s a trap.”

This was exactly such a situation.