Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 209

The battle was chaos.

“Aaaargh!”

Logan’s sword was too fast. The enemy knights couldn’t block his attacks. They were charging forward and couldn’t stop, even if they wanted to.

To stop would mean being trampled by their own comrades charging from behind.

As the enemy knights fell, three red Force Blades suddenly came at Logan from all sides.

But Logan didn’t change his expression.

‘I knew they were coming.’

Logan saw them. Knights with no symbols on their armor. Top knights hiding among the regular soldiers. Logan’s sharp senses had already found them.

It was surprising that there were three more top-tier knights than he knew about, but they were too late.

However, Logan didn’t expect the strange energy that suddenly squeezed his body.

‘Magic?’

Mana, like vines, began to wrap around his body from his feet up. The air around him turned into ropes, squeezing him from all directions.

It felt like strong magic, like a magic circle was used. But Logan couldn’t sense who was casting it.

But even that only surprised him a little; it wasn’t a real threat.

‘Flame Cleaver.’

As soon as he thought it, golden light burst out, cutting the magic that held him in an instant.

And then, the top-tier knights near him were doomed.

Crack!

“Aaaargh!”

Enemies fell quickly.

Logan, with a cold smile, moved like a blur, cutting down enemies one after another.

As soon as the three top-tier knights, helped by magic, fell to Logan’s hand, the rebels’ last try was over.

Thud!

“Ugh.”

“Three secured.”

Richard’s spine broke as he ran away, even with his injuries.

Logan caught him and tossed him back like luggage. Two other top-tier knights, their legs cut off, were already groaning as the golems captured them.

More than 500 rebel knights were easily defeated by just three superhumans, a few McLaine knights, and Liberatio.

The enemy soldiers were already losing hope after the first big attack. The McLaine soldiers hardly got hurt as they defeated them.

“I, I…!”

Slash.

Thump.

Logan beheaded Baron Penon, a fallen noble and former supporter of the First Prince, before he could say anything.

Logan didn’t want to hear excuses from a noble who joined the rebellion late.

“The war is over! Anyone who doesn’t surrender will be killed!!”

Logan shouted, signaling the end of the battle. Most of the enemies dropped their weapons and knelt.

They won even though they had ten times fewer knights and not many soldiers.

It was such a big win that if you just heard the numbers, you wouldn’t believe it.

“So easily…”

“As expected of Lord Logan!”

“I, I was actually a bit scared.”

“What did I tell you? Just trust in Lord Logan!”

“You peed your pants last night…”

“W-What nonsense!”

Haha!

The McLaine army entered through the broken castle walls, full of energy.

Logan was the first to enter the castle.

Creak.

“H-Heek!!”

He went to the deepest part of the mansion in the inner castle, where the Frontier Count used to live.

“D-Don’t come any closer! Do you know who I am! I am…”

“I know very well. Clavis von Grandia, a former member of the royal family. And…”

Sreung.

“A traitor.”

There, the leader of the rebels died at his hand.

Defeating the rebels was easy, but dealing with the aftermath was a problem. There were over 7,000 surrendered soldiers, and there weren’t enough prisons for them all.

In the end, the McLaine soldiers spread out to guard a large number of prisoners in the center.

Of course, the thousands of captured soldiers didn’t want to fight McLaine anymore.

The big defeat during the day had crushed their spirits.

Moreover.

“I know that the ordinary soldiers have no power! I promise to be as easy on you as possible if you don’t cause any trouble!”

The leader of the enemies, who was a strong fighter and killed many knights, even made that promise.

“Lord, what are you really going to do with the soldiers? They are rebels, even if they were just following orders.”

“That’s right. Rebels should be killed. Depending on how bad their crime was, we might even punish their families, as was the rule.”

Luther Kyle was worried when he heard Viktor’s concerns.

It made sense.

If Logan kept his promise, he would be letting guilty people go free. If he didn’t keep his promise, he would be known for making false promises and killing many people.

Both choices were hard.

But Logan’s answer was simple.

“Just say that they all surrendered to McLaine and helped us defeat the enemies easily. For example, they opened the castle gates.”

As Logan said that, pointing to the castle gates that he had cut down, the knights following him looked surprised.

“Puhahaha. Are you really going to do that? Someone will object, are you sure it’s okay?”

“It’s fine.”

No matter what we do, some people will be angry.

Logan smiled, thinking of someone in the royal palace of the capital.

If I’m going to be caught anyway, it’s better to lose fewer people on our side.

He had urged them to surrender in his name for a reason.

‘Now, Your Majesty. Let’s see how you’ll react. I won’t allow anything more than this.’

With a cold feeling, Logan entered the inner castle of Zahid.

“We couldn’t find any traces of the wizards you mentioned. I’m sorry.”

“No, it’s fine. I expected this.”

Logan sat in the main seat of Zahid Castle’s main hall and nodded at Viktor’s report.

‘I thought they had help from magical tools, but my senses didn’t catch them either.’

He expected this, but he was still disappointed.

‘Derek Clang and Cooper Pearson were with the First Prince’s group from the start. But the others…’

Besides those two, there were four top-tier knights who had never been heard of in the kingdom, and at least two unknown wizards at the 5-circle level.

He wondered where those people had come from.

‘It would be good to torture them to make them talk.’

For some reason, he felt like it would be hard, and he was right.

“They are so tough that they don’t even groan no matter what we do to them. Unless we have a powerful wizard who can use mind magic, we can’t get them to talk.”

“I see.”

Logan closed his eyes as the experienced middle-aged knight in charge of questioning them reported that.

Top knights have very strong wills. They can even use their Force to ignore pain.

‘Only special wizards can use mind magic. And to break into a top knight’s mind, you’d need a very powerful magic master. It’s impossible.’

Of course, it would be different if there was a professional torturer.

‘Should I really find a torturer?’

Such people existed.

People who could make you tell them anything as soon as they caught you.

They were said to be crueler and more effective than any mind magic.

‘The Imperial Family’s torturers.’

They were so feared that the Grandia Liberation Front told their leaders to abandon all hideouts if they were caught.

‘They say they liked hurting people. There were many stories. Where could I even find people like that?’

Logan laughed, thinking of the devils he didn’t even know.

‘No matter where they came from, one thing was clear. The King was now his enemy.’

In the end, there was only one thing to do.

“Find out as much as you can. While they’re still alive.”

A week later.

His hopes were, as he expected, crushed.

“Logan. The guys all died during the torture. They didn’t say anything, so what are you going to do now?”

“…Nothing at all?”

“Yes. Nothing at all.”

“Didn’t Ryan mention something? We should at least look into that.”

“That mercenary idea is just a guess, right?”

“…It’s the only lead we have.”

The only thing they found was that the blue-haired middle-aged man, Richard, was likely Maxim Gray, a special-class mercenary in the eastern part of the Empire.

That was just Ryan’s opinion. Ryan was a new knight who had worked in the Empire before joining McLaine. The captured men didn’t say a word about it.

“So, we just drop it?”

“What else can we do? Clean up the castle, Viktor.”

“Yes!”

“Imprison the surrendered prisoners and wait. I will tell you the royal family’s plan as soon as I know it.”

“Yes, Lord.”

“Lord Luther.”

“Speak.”

“Let’s go to the capital with me for now. Aileen, Henderson. You too. Follow me with your team members.”

“Yes, Young Lord.”

“I will follow your orders.”

“First, behead all the surrendered nobles and leaders. And bring their heads to me.”

“…Yes?”

The knights were surprised.

But soon, they realized their mistake and bowed their heads.

“I will follow your orders.”

Only three hours later, Logan rode toward the capital, Gran.

During the few days he was traveling to the capital, the kingdom was full of rumors made up by McLaine.

“I heard that McLaine defeated the rebels’ main castle?”

“Yeah. I heard that too. They won with less than half the soldiers.”

“How? The other nobles haven’t even defeated the rebels yet?”

“That’s…”

Various rumors spread throughout the kingdom.

And the biggest news was, of course,

Logan McLaine, the superhuman slayer, was now a superhuman himself.

This was huge.

He was a superhuman at only twenty-four.

The youngest aura user in the whole continent.

Everyone in the kingdom was watching the young hero who seemed to be like the heroes in old stories.

– Count Logan McLaine is entering.

As soon as the knight spoke, the door to the main hall opened.

Logan came in, carrying a large gray bundle on his back. All the nobles in the main hall looked at him.

“…He’s full of energy, like we thought.”

“Amazing…”

“How can he be a superhuman at that age…”

Maybe it was Logan’s armor and the bundle he carried. He looked confident, like a brilliant and brave person. The nobles whispered, full of awe.

Ignoring their awed stares, Logan walked forward silently.

Then, ten steps in front of the king, he untied the bundle he was carrying.

Whack.

Thud.

Thump.

At the same time, many heads rolled down.

“Ugh?!”

“W-What is that?!”

“How can you do that in the royal palace…!”

Everyone was surprised. Logan calmly knelt on one knee.

“Logan McLaine here. I defeated the rebels and brought you the heads of their leaders.”

The main hall went silent and cold.

The king looked at Logan, his eyes heavy, then looked at the heads on the floor.