He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 266

I Became the Crazy Emperor – Episode 266

I Became the Crazy Emperor 266

The war situation in the New World changed dramatically after securing King Seonjo’s armory.

KWA-BOOM!

“Direct hit. The heavily damaged floating island is urgently retreating from its current position.”

“Deploy ground forces. Retake the capital.”

As the railgun, re-armed on the captured floating island, roared to life, the Celestial Race’s floating island, which had overwhelmed the dwarves, was easily destroyed, forcing a retreat.

Of course, there were forces remaining on the ground preparing for urban warfare, and the dwarves requested that the capital be spared from shelling as much as possible.

Even so, there was no problem. The ground forces were now overwhelmingly powerful.

“Advance! Eliminate the enemies as you see them!”

“For the Empire!”

DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-!

The Legions in sealed battle armor stood at the forefront, firing their arm-mounted rotary machine guns in all directions.

The battle armor’s durability easily shrugged off the Celestial Race’s laser attacks, making each soldier a walking fortress.

On the other hand, the firepower they unleashed was more than the Celestial Race could handle, no matter how much they hid behind terrain or even flew into the sky.

Of course, ammunition consumption was enormous, but even that was no longer a problem.

The armory also contained improved production facilities, which kept the ammunition and shell factories running non-stop.

Thanks to this, even though railguns weren’t constantly used, regular shelling occurred frequently. The dwarves had no choice but to tolerate it.

“Most of the enemies have been eliminated. Some have retreated, and some are showing signs of surrender.”

“Surrender… the first time since conquering the Celestial Realm. Minerva’s authority seems to be wavering.”

The Celestial Race, facing increasingly bleak prospects, began to change their behavior.

Before, they rarely surrendered even when defeated, but now they were surrendering powerlessly.

It seemed that loyalty to Minerva was also faltering due to the worsening war situation.

The details would have to be investigated, but it seemed that driving the Celestial Race out of the New World was only a matter of time.

“Thank you, Your Majesty. We will never forget the Empire’s help.”

“Please don’t forget. The battle in the New World is not over yet, but the battle with the Creator God has much more to come.”

The war situation in the New World had stabilized, so the Imperial Army had to gradually withdraw.

With the Celestial Race’s main forces defeated, the dwarves could reorganize their army and take care of the rest.

Now, we were focusing on transferring the technologies acquired from the armory to our side.

“Your Majesty, there are signs that the Celestial Race is retreating to the Demon Realm. The navy has spotted them, but interception was not possible.”

“Don’t try to intercept them forcefully. We only have one railgun left. More than that… I’m concerned that they stole technology.”

Although their access was limited to the exterior, the enemies were exposed to a considerable amount of data inside the armory.

With that, they would be able to secure some level of technology to counter us.

Of course… in fact, if the Creator God wanted to, he could create technology at will even without that.

But he doesn’t seem to want to break the rules of the game he created.

“There will be a counterattack soon. As soon as we return to the mainland, we must keep an eye on the situation.”

The Celestial Race had greatly reduced their power, but there were still hostile forces remaining on the mainland.

The undead forces in the Eastern Territory and the beastmen conquered by the Beast King in the Southern Continent were among them.

There were actually more, but those were the ones that posed the greatest threat.

As I hurried back to the Imperial Palace, I tried to prepare for as many variables as possible.

* * *

“Your Majesty… I am sorry to report that there have been more deserters.”

“Damn it…”

The Celestial Race army was retreating like defeated soldiers. No, now they were more like a mob than an army.

Minerva was losing her composure due to the daily news of desertions. Those who had been loyal to her even after losing the Celestial Realm were now deserting, thinking that the situation was hopeless.

When she thought about it, all they had to do was change their object of loyalty.

Of course, there was no guarantee that the Emperor would accept them, but now Minerva’s authority had fallen to the point where they chose to surrender despite that.

However, she had almost no way to do anything about it.

“First of all… let’s hurry back to the Demon Realm.”

The only remaining hope was to rely on the Creator God.

But even Minerva didn’t have much hope for that.

Could the Creator God have a way to overcome this situation?

No, before that, it would be fortunate if his anger didn’t turn towards her.

“Did you fail? Disappointing.”

But when she returned to the Demon Realm, the Creator God’s reaction was different from what she had expected.

The reaction he showed while sitting on the Demon King’s throne was nothing but ‘disappointment.’

He didn’t blame her for failing, he didn’t get angry, he was just disappointed.

Even that was a reaction as if he had expected it.

“Is that all? Just disappointed? No punishment, no reprimand?”

“Should I punish you? Why?”

“…Because I failed?”

Minerva felt puzzled by his indifference.

The shadow cast over the throne was briefly lifted.

Then, the Creator God’s appearance was briefly revealed.

Long black hair, cold eyes that seemed frozen, and a bored expression as if everything in the world was just something tedious.

When Minerva saw his appearance, she felt as if her heart was freezing.

He opened his mouth.

“If I had to punish everything every time I failed, there would be nothing left in this world, Minerva.”

“…I thought you had already destroyed a lot of things. Many failures.”

“Don’t be mistaken. I didn’t punish them for their failures.”

The Creator God rose from the throne.

Then he approached Minerva.

Minerva couldn’t even lift a finger as he slowly walked over and grabbed her chin.

“I gave them circulation. Those who were no longer useful, those who couldn’t reach me unlike my expectations, I just made them part of the great circulation.”

Numerous civilizations and races in the universe either fell or survived in that way.

But no one could reach the Creator God.

They were just barely surviving within the rules he created. Those who couldn’t even do that perished.

“So there’s no reason to blame you for your failure. Rather, for me… yes, I’m looking forward to it.”

“Lo, looking forward to it? Surely…”

“Yes, I’m looking forward to him.”

The Emperor of the Empire.

The one who is closest to him now.

“He was amazing. Although he followed my arrangement, how many were there who couldn’t even do that.”

“That’s ridiculous! You should be thinking about defeating him, not looking forward to him? What are you looking forward to?”

Minerva snapped, but the Creator God just stared at her coldly.

As if she didn’t understand anything, as if he didn’t expect anything from her.

She couldn’t stand that look. It was as if he was looking down on her. No, he was actually looking down on her.

“What I expect is only one thing.”

What he had been expecting for a long time, playing games with countless civilizations and races.

“Ascension. The ultimate ascension of this world.”

“……”

“All of this is for that, Minerva. So be aware.”

You are just pawns for that ascension.

Minerva was chilled by his cold logic.

* * *

-Emperor. I think it’s time to talk to you now.

After returning to the Imperial Palace, while taking care of internal affairs and monitoring the war situation as usual, Leonis contacted me.

“Talk about what, Leonis?”

-About us. About us, the guardian deities of the Empire.

“Is there anything special to tell me now?”

Of course, I didn’t know much about Leonis and the guardian deities of the Empire.

Mostly, what I knew about them was at the level of legends or things I happened to find out.

Leonis was a warrior of a human tribe thousands of years ago, and Justia of Justice was originally a Celestial Race who pitied humans and blessed Leonis.

Lustra is presumed to be one of the priestesses derived from the cult that worshiped the old Spring of Life.

Prospera is of unknown identity, but she once led the Empire to prosperity.

The guardian deity of mystery, called Mysterium, is also of unknown identity, but he is presumed to have created the Secret Labyrinth.

“That’s what I know about you.”

-That’s enough. But there’s one thing I haven’t told you.

A fact I haven’t told you?

I wondered what he wanted to say.

But Leonis said something even more incomprehensible.

-Emperor, what do you think the Creator God ultimately wants?

“…I don’t know. I have no clues yet other than that he’s just trying to play a game with this world.”

-That’s right. This world is a game to him. As if he has to do it. He really treats this world as a game.

That’s not a new fact anymore. Galvar had already told me.

-But do you remember, Emperor? What brought you to this world?

“Well… come to think of it, that was a game too.”

Besides, wasn’t Leonis the one who caught me back then? What’s going on?

-That’s right. I know this world is a game. In other words, I’m part of the game created by the Creator God.

“Hmm… the game I remember wasn’t that grand.”

The developers of [the game] were definitely not such divine beings.

In the first place, is it possible for another world to exist in a computer game? Even when I think back to that time, it was unrealistic.

-I don’t know how that happened either. I just brought you, who was playing that game, as a passage connected to that world.

“So, what’s the reason for telling me that?”

-Isn’t it strange? Even though I have divinity, it means I have that much power.

“Even if you say that, I have no way of knowing.”

I just thought that Leonis was also a god, so it was possible.

But that didn’t seem to be the case for Leonis.

-No. I also have doubts about the power given to me, or rather, the power and elements given to others. No, it would be right to say I suspect it.

“Suspect? What kind of suspicion are you talking about?”

I had no idea what Leonis was suspecting, but Leonis’s next words were shocking.

-There is one assumption: that all of this was actually an intentional arrangement.

“Intentional arrangement?”

-Yes. That the Creator God arranged it.

“What? For what reason?”

The Creator God arranged all this? What benefit would he get?

-I don’t know. So how about finding out?

As soon as Leonis finished speaking, the spirit world unfolded, and a portal opened.

At first glance, it was a portal connected to the Secret Labyrinth.

-Go. Find clues in the past.

I hesitated for a moment at his words, but soon entered the portal.