Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 224

A blinding light flashed across the battlefield. It was a mix of gold and bright red, and everyone stopped fighting to stare.

But the sound that showed it was over was surprisingly soft.

Crack!

Yet, those who saw what happened after that small cracking sound couldn’t believe their eyes.

Plop!

“Krk.”

The Sword Master knelt with a soft groan.

Pshhh!

A dark red stream of blood gushed from the wound, staining the ground a muddy brown. The air filled with the metallic smell of blood.

It wasn’t just a simple cut.

A strange power, like a wave, was spreading through his body, destroying his inner energy. He felt so weak that he couldn’t even move a finger.

Cough!

“Kuh… like this…”

Plop!

“Master…”

Logan bit his lip, feeling terrible as he watched his master cough up blood and fall.

Logan wasn’t in much better shape. He was staggering and covered in blood, as if he had been cut to pieces.

It wasn’t just that he was tired from using his special power.

Logan felt terrible for stabbing his master. It was not just his body that was tired, but his heart too.

But everyone was watching him, and Logan knew what he had to do. He couldn’t let his guilt stop him.

Logan clenched his teeth, stood up straight, and looked at everyone with his red eyes.

Silence fell on the battlefield. It was so quiet, it felt like time had stopped.

“The war is over.”

Logan’s quiet voice broke the silence and echoed across the battlefield.

Clang!

Luis dropped his sword, and all the Esperanza Knights knelt down.

“Damn it!”

Wicken Kalia, who had been easily beaten by Luther, did the same.

The McLaine soldiers were shocked. They couldn’t believe it. The enemy was surrendering completely, without even trying to fight back.

“We surrender to McLaine, as the Duke wanted! Everyone, lay down your swords!”

Luis Heion’s words, spoken from his kneeling position, meant the war was over.

“Can I take care of the Duke?”

Logan nodded, his eyes red as he looked at his fallen master. He took out the best potion he had from his pocket and held it out.

“This will help him until a priest can treat him. Please, take him quickly.”

“T-thank you, Lord Logan.”

Luis took the potion and splashed half of it on the wound. He poured the rest into his master’s mouth.

But Logan clenched his teeth when he saw that his master still looked bad.

He didn’t know if his master would live, even if they got to the temple in time.

But he had no choice.

It was a very important battle, and he couldn’t hold back at all.

If he had, he would have been the one to fall.

That’s why he felt so bad about what happened at the end.

He didn’t know if his master had stopped fighting because he was too weak, or if he had stopped on purpose.

‘Master…’

Feeling upset, he grabbed Luis’s arm as Luis hurried away with his master.

“Why did you surrender so easily?”

As soon as Luis’s Esperanza forces surrendered, the royal guards and other nobles’ armies, which were small, also gave up. Because of the surrender, the war ended quickly with few people hurt.

The reason was…

“The Duke told us to surrender right away if he lost, and to help McLaine fully. He wanted to stop people from dying for no reason…”

The same words he had told his father.

Even though they fought each other, the master and Logan thought alike in some ways.

That made him sigh even more. He felt sad and confused, and he blamed the foolish king for causing this situation.

Crack!

“Gather the best soldiers from McLaine and the Esperanza Knights! We’re attacking the royal castle now!”

“Logan?!”

“Father, I’m leaving the cleanup to you.”

Neigh!

“I will capture the king and end this war.”

Logan’s eyes blazed with fury.

Soon, more than 1,200 knights followed Logan towards the royal castle.

McLaine had won the war. The Esperanza Knights, who had surrendered, were joining McLaine and going to the royal castle.

The news spread quickly.

People were surprised that the war had ended so easily. They were even more surprised that the fight between the two big families had ended without many deaths.

Everyone who heard the news started to think about the future.

– The king is finished. Now, McLaine will be in charge.

That soon became true.

Only three days after the war ended.

When Logan arrived at the royal castle with the knights, all he saw was the scared people of the capital.

Thud thud thud!

“Clear the way!!”

“Eek!”

“A, an army!”

“G, get down!”

The people couldn’t run away. They just fell to the ground.

Logan didn’t even look at them. He kept racing down the main street.

‘Here it is!’

The royal castle, Granfia, was beautiful and impressive.

But Logan didn’t care. Looking at its beauty only made him angrier.

“Hmph!”

Logan shot golden energy at the castle gate. The gate was strong and beautiful, something people always admired. But the golden light smashed into it.

KABOOM!

The castle gate exploded into pieces.

Logan shouted, his voice so loud that it shook the entire royal castle.

“Take over the royal castle and kill anyone who fights back! Capture the king, Cleo, and the new state ministers!”

“Yes!”

The knights poured into the royal castle.

No one stopped them.

* * *

“So, this is the end…”

The king stood at the highest point of the capital, below the spire of the royal palace.

He saw the flags rushing towards the capital in the distance.

Knights in armor with flame patterns were leading the way, and knights in armor with eagle patterns were behind them.

“I sent them to fight, but now they’re together…”

He laughed sadly.

He had trusted the Sword Master, but he had failed.

“You must escape, Your Majesty. Logan McLaine is…”

Cleo, the minister who had always helped him, spoke, but…

“Where to?”

King Rogers I’s voice was flat, empty.

“Your Majesty?”

“Where can I go? What can I do?”

“You must plan for the future. There’s a safe place in the royal magic tower, so…”

“It’s no use. What’s the point of hiding? The Sword Master was my last hope. Now that he’s gone, I’m finished.”

“Your Majesty! How can you say that…”

Cleo looked down, his face dark.

“Thank you for your hard work. You don’t need to risk your life. Leave now.”

“Your Majesty! How can I… Please come with me. If you go to the royal magic tower…”

“No. It’s no use. What would I do, living like that?”

The king looked away, refusing to talk more.

He saw the castle gate being smashed. It was like a picture of his future, and he laughed sadly again.

“I will die as a king. You should find your own way to live.”

“…Your Majesty.”

“Logan McLaine will destroy everything related to me. Leave quickly, if you don’t want to die.”

The only minister who stayed with him until the end.

The king wanted to remember Cleo like that.

Cleo looked down, biting his lip. He tried to speak, but stopped.

He was looking at the wine glass that the king kept drinking from.

After watching it for a while, Cleo bowed deeply to the king and hurried away, as if he had made a decision.

* * *

“Search everywhere in the palace!”

“Team 1, go to the king’s office and bedroom!”

“There’s the new state minister!”

Thump thump.

Logan heard the knights’ voices echoing through the royal castle. He went straight to the grand hall of the royal palace.

The big doors to the grand hall were open a little, and no one was guarding them. Logan felt bitter about this.

He remembered things from his past life.

‘Is this how a ruined nation always ends…’

He felt like he was doing the same terrible things that the imperial army had done in his past life.

Logan looked at the grand hall’s door. It was magnificent, but it also felt sad. He stopped for a moment.

But he bit his lip and clenched his fist.

‘No, I’m doing this to stop that ruined nation from happening.’

Logan’s plans had failed.

But he thought if he took over the country completely, this problem could become a chance for something bigger.

Logan decided what to do and took another step.

He thought about what he had to do.

The most important thing was clear.

‘I have to catch Cleo, no matter what. The strange thing that happened in the underground prison wasn’t just a simple mistake. Someone had tried to hurt the king. It was dangerous for the king, and it would cause big problems…’

Only the fight between him and the king.

And he knew who would benefit from that fight.

‘The Empire.’

The Emperor of the Empire seemed kind and generous. Logan had thought he wasn’t the type to plot secretly.

But now, Logan wasn’t so sure.

Something felt wrong.

‘Maybe that’s just a trick, or maybe it’s not the emperor, but the Second Prince, that bastard.’

The Second Prince had sent a suspicious message just before the war.

Of course, he didn’t know for sure if the Second Prince was connected to Cleo.

But if there were no other possibilities…

‘No matter how crazy it sounds, that must be the truth.’

Also, the king had started to break down at the same time that Cleo became his close aide.

‘The master said the king was very talented. There’s no way he would suddenly become like that. Cleo must have been up to something.’

Logan remembered what Damian, his trusted advisor, had told him before the war. He came to a conclusion.

“Even if he runs away, I’ll chase him to the ends of the earth and catch him.”

Crack!

Logan became angry again and walked even faster.

He had come to the royal castle as quickly as possible, but it had still taken three days.

That was enough time to escape.

Of course, Logan hadn’t expected to catch the king or Cleo right away in the royal castle.

He was just using the knights to show that he was now in charge of the country.

He would take everything and catch those who had run away. That was his plan.

Creak.

Bang!

The doors to the grand hall were pushed open, and an unexpected voice spoke.

“You’ve finally arrived, Logan McLaine.”

It was the king’s voice, echoing from the upper seat of the grand hall.