He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 282

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 282

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor 282

“Full speed ahead with the entire fleet! Target the armed floating island where the enemy leader is! Authorization for the use of all armaments is granted. I repeat. All armaments—”

KWA-KOOOM! Shiiiiii!

Following the admiral’s command, all airships and floating islands charged towards the enemy’s floating islands and engaged in combat.

The enemy’s response was briefly delayed as our fleet, which had been defensive until just moments ago, suddenly switched to an offensive charge. In that brief window, the airships and floating islands unleashed a barrage.

BOOM! Pow pow! Krrrrrr-

Having projected all firepower, including plasma, at full strength, several floating islands struck by the barrage became inoperable and plummeted.

As expected, they fell into the middle of the capital, but everyone was safe, having already evacuated to underground shelters.

“High energy detected! The enemy is attempting a counterattack! Evade immediately—”

“There will be no evasive maneuvers.”

“Pardon?”

The admiral’s adjutant was taken aback by his response, to which the admiral replied,

“Don’t you understand? We are fighting to take the enemy leader’s head. Even if we have to shed blood to do it.”

“Ah…….”

The adjutant finally understood. This was not a typical battle.

Normally, they could have scattered the battle line to avoid the barrage. But now, they were breaking through to land troops.

And yet, to perform evasive maneuvers? Then the landing would be out of the question. In the worst-case scenario, the airships carrying the troops could be shot down.

“Continue to advance. Never stop, even if our allies fall.”

A desperate struggle for the Empire to seize the initiative in the face of the impending end.

Something no soldier of the Empire could fail to understand.

“I will execute the order immediately.”

Naval officers saluted and carried out the command. Soon, the enemy’s attack came crashing down on the fleet.

KUUUUUUUUUNG!

“Kuhhhhh!”

“Captain!”

“Hold your positions! Endure while repairing the damage! Keep moving forward!”

The captains and naval officers of each ship, and even the sailors, were prepared to die after receiving the order.

Even if their ships were torn apart by the laser fire of the Celestial Race, they did not evade or stop. To protect them, the fighters also fought desperately to defend those who did not evade the attacking enemy aircraft.

“Everyone! Brace for impact!”

KWA-KOOOM!

They were advancing little by little. But at the same time, they were bleeding profusely.

The flagship, the most heavily armed new airship, had also taken the lead in defending against the barrage and was already in tatters.

“Th-the enemy ship is targeting us again. If we get hit this time…….”

At the adjutant’s report, the admiral closed his eyes. There was no regret. If there was any, it was only the regret of not being able to carry out His Majesty the Emperor’s orders.

KUUUUUUUU-

Soon, a massive ray barrage engulfed them.

No, it almost did.

“Wh-what? Why are we unharmed?”

“Admiral, look over there!”

The flagship, which should have been destroyed by the ray, was unharmed, and the admiral, puzzled, looked ahead at the adjutant’s words.

Then, a silver giant was visible in front of the bridge.

Silvatein. It was the machina [a large, humanoid-shaped robot] the Emperor was riding.

-Entire fleet. Continue to advance. I am with you.

A wireless transmission was heard from Silvatein. It was a message transmitted simultaneously to all units of the defense force.

And soon, the barrage that had been inflicted on them ceased at once.

The Emperor had activated the machina and began intercepting the barrage.

Although it was a ray barrage without projectiles, the Emperor blocked it with fragmented barriers or intercepted it by firing the same ray auxiliary weapons.

When even that was not enough, he simply cut it down with a sword imbued with aura.

“His Majesty the Emperor is protecting us! What are you all doing? Increase speed! We must repay His Majesty’s dedication!”

“Oooooooo!”

The Imperial fleet, emboldened by the Emperor’s presence, began to fight even more fiercely.

* * *

“At this rate, landing will be no problem.”

I had a battle with Silvatein to escort the fleet.

In fact, I focused more on intercepting attacks on the fleet than directly attacking enemy aircraft or floating islands.

That alone was enough for our allies to defeat them. As the fleet under my protection began to counterattack, the enemy’s floating islands also began to fall or retreat, abandoning the battle.

Eventually, only the enemy’s armed floating island, the flagship class, remained. Minerva was supposed to be there.

“It would be troublesome if she tried to escape.”

Of course, I was monitoring her without a single gap, so if she tried to escape carelessly, she would be intercepted immediately.

Conversely, if she doesn’t run away, I have to land, find her, and kill her.

“Then, shall we go see her face?”

The flagship carrying the Legions was approaching the armed floating island where Minerva was supposed to be. I transformed Silvatein from mechanic to humanoid form and approached them.

Even as the battered flagship approached, the enemy’s armed floating island had already taken considerable damage, and its main armaments were not functioning.

Instead, there were members of the Celestial Race on the ground firing personal weapons armed with lasers. Although their firepower was weaker than laser cannons, even that was threatening to the flagship, which was in a very vulnerable state.

“Assault! Assault!”

“For the Empire!”

But there was no need for me to step in. Even though it was still high to land on the floating island, the Legions jumped down without any parachutes.

KOO-OONG!

“Kuaaaak!”

“Die! Enemy of the Empire!”

For them, the heavy mass fall itself was a powerful means of attack. They landed right in the middle of the Celestial Race, spreading the impact energy created by their heavy physiques as they fell, threatening them.

With their incredibly sturdy bodies, they were not injured in the slightest. Rather, as soon as they landed, they swung their massive weapons in all directions.

The Celestial Race was helplessly cut down by the attacks of superhumans who were too powerful to be called human.

They also had elites mixed in, and the spears and swords made of ultra-precision laser cutters wielded by them were effective weapons even against the Legions’ enclosed battle armor.

But the difference in close combat skills was too great. Their skills, which were originally those of knights, were excellent, and as Legions with superhuman bodies, they butchered them as if twisting the wrists of children.

“R-run away! We have to retreat to headquarters!”

“Don’t let them get away! Wipe them all out!”

Drrrrrrrrrrrrt-!

As the Legions who jumped down as the vanguard broke the enemy’s spirit, a Legion heavy weapons operator who landed in succession sprayed them with a heavy machine gun.

The bullets mercilessly pierced the backs of those trying to escape, turning them into mincemeat.

“We have secured a landing point.”

“Have you come, Your Majesty?”

Since the Legions had taken care of everything, there was nothing for me to do in securing the base.

Furthermore, there was no need for me to step in as the troops who began to land additionally began to take control of various parts of the floating island.

“We only need to subdue the command center.”

“Finally, we will kill that wretched witch.”

The wretched witch was, of course, Minerva. As the commander of the Imperial Guard, he couldn’t possibly have good feelings for her, so it was not strange for him to say that.

I nodded silently as well.

“I’m looking forward to it too. But be careful, just in case. I don’t know what kind of resistance she might put up.”

“I will protect Your Majesty no matter what.”

The commander of the Imperial Guard was extremely concerned about my safety, but the resistance on the way to the command center was extremely minimal.

No, in fact, there was considerable resistance, but there were no troops on that side to stop the Legions.

There was a fairly elite escort, but… they were a notch below the Legions.

Tub- Chwaaaaaak!

The Legion, who had nimbly performed acrobatic maneuvers even in narrow spaces, grabbed an elite Celestial Race warrior who was rushing in and tore him apart, finally reported.

All the troops up to the command room had been wiped out, and it was speculated that Minerva would probably be alone inside.

“I’ll go in there alone.”

“Your Majesty, it’s dangerous.”

“No. There is no threat anymore. I want to talk to her quietly.”

She had already lost all her teeth, and thinking about it so far, she was nothing special except that the Celestial Race’s power was large, but she is still the leader of a force.

So, I’ll try to give her some courtesy. I can listen to her last words before killing her.

“Understood, Your Majesty. I will be waiting outside.”

Leaving behind the commander of the Imperial Guard, who was ready to rush in if any problems arose, I entered the command room.

The sight I saw inside was quite different from what I had expected.

“Have you come, Emperor.”

“Minerva. But are you alone?”

She was alone in the command room. Without any subordinates such as guards or adjutants.

I wondered if her subordinates had refused to surrender and committed suicide, but there were no corpses anywhere.

“Hmph, those useless things have already run away a long time ago.”

“Ran away? I don’t think anyone succeeded in escaping.”

This floating island was already surrounded without a single gap. Even small-scale warp gates were made impossible by blocking the flow of dimensions.

“Then they must have died trying to escape. Good riddance, pathetic things.”

“Then why didn’t you run away?”

“Is there any reason to run away? It’s over now.”

Minerva seemed completely resigned. To the point where she wouldn’t even try to escape anymore.

“That’s something. If that’s the case, why were you so annoying until now?”

“Do you ask because you don’t know, Emperor? I was the ruler of a force. I was just doing what I had to do as a ruler.”

“Is invasion and war the duty of a ruler?”

“Of course.”

Minerva, pleased with the conversation with me, spoke with a faint passion on her resigned face.

“Isn’t the ruler the representative of that force? No matter how much they wear a crown and swagger, they are beings who move to achieve what that force wants. You are no different.”

The Celestial Race had the appearance of angels, but their actions were no different from those of demons.

They captured and brainwashed other weak or ‘uncivilized’ races, enslaved them, and used them as energy sources needed for heaven.

They weren’t so violent in the past, but that’s how it became at the point when Minerva caused a coup and took power. But is that Minerva’s fault alone?

It’s hard to say that it’s her fault alone. The fact that she was able to seize power through a coup means that there were vested interests who sympathized with her.

“You’re right. A ruler is someone who moves according to the duties imposed by the crown they wear.”

“Then you understand me-”

“But I don’t agree with you.”

“What?”

Minerva expresses doubt. But I stated my claim.

“That thing you said. Whether it’s the demands of the vested interests or the public sentiment, the ruler has a duty to follow it. But when it’s going in the wrong direction, they also have a duty to correct it.”

Every system has loopholes. Whether it’s monarchy or democracy, public sentiment is not always right.

Then who is the person who can correct that? That is the leader. In some ways, the leader must be the last safety device.

“You didn’t do that. That’s why you’re a failed ruler.”

“Ha… That’s idealism. But… you’re not wrong.”

Minerva seems resigned again, but somehow her expression looked peaceful.

“Well, let’s end it.”

“Let’s.”

I drew my sword, and Minerva closed her eyes.

When I came out of the command room again, there was no one left there.