Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 391

A monstrous screech tore through the air! Kwaaaah!

Rumble.

The palace shook violently. It felt like an earthquake. A huge explosion in the training grounds was the cause. It destroyed a quarter of the inner palace.

At the center of the explosion, Logan was covered in cold sweat.

A superhuman blew himself up?

“Madmen…”

He was lucky he felt something strange just in time. He quickly used his power to cut through space.

If he was slower, the whole inner palace would have been destroyed. Even if he was lucky, he would have been badly hurt.

But one of the attackers got away. Logan couldn’t just be angry. He had to act.

Logan’s eyes turned to the bodies of the knights who had approached from outside the training grounds and been caught in the blast.

The terrible sight made him even angrier.

‘You think you can do this and escape? Ha, don’t make me laugh.’

Thud.

He focused his rage. As if his anger was a fire, a powerful Force rushed into his sword, stronger than ever before.

With this power, his senses became sharp. He just sensed the attacker running towards the palace entrance.

In that instant.

Slice.

The sword moved so fast it was just a flash of light. It looked like he was cutting empty air. But Logan felt a strong feeling in his hand.

It was like he hit something real, but invisible. It was the feeling of cutting a soul – the part of a person that lives on, that only gods can touch. He had done it!

‘Success!’

This was the Soul Severance – the 8th move of the Divine Sword Art. It was a secret move, only told to be used by the greatest Aura Masters. It was even stronger than the Soul Blade move that Sword Spirit taught him years ago. Now, it came to him easily.

Using it in a real fight is the best way to learn.

The Divine Sword Art was powerful magic hidden in sword moves. With this move and his special power, ‘Karma’, Logan felt sure again. He knew he would become a legendary Aura Master soon.

As Logan smiled, he looked again at the destroyed bodies of the knights. His smile disappeared.

If he had stopped those attackers faster, maybe these knights would still be alive. He felt ashamed for being happy about his own success when these men had died. He gritted his teeth in anger at himself.

Just then, other knights ran towards Logan.

“- Your Majesty!”

The knights looked very worried. Logan tried to look calm.

“It was an attack by the Empire’s enemies,” he said. “Make sure the families of the knights who died get good payment.”

“- Your Majesty! Terrible news!”

Logan thought, *This terrible news is nothing compared to what’s coming…*

Then, the knight shouted, “The kings of Liberty and Teronan have been killed! The soldiers going to the war are getting ready to go back!”

“…What?” Logan was speechless. Francisco Romero spoke quickly and loudly.

Liberty and Teronan kings are dead. They were killed at the same time.

All their princes are here in McLaine as hostages. We expect big trouble in their kingdoms.

The superhumans leading their armies have said they are going back home because of the emergency.

This report was given right away by Captain Francisco Romero of the Royal Guards.

Logan frowned as soon as he heard this. Liberty and Teronan were not strong countries. Their armies were small, about the size of one Imperial army unit each. So now, two army units were leaving the war.

This was a terrible problem, just when the Empire’s army was starting to attack.

“…Right,” Logan muttered. “Of course, they wouldn’t just attack me.”

He cursed under his breath, “Damn it!”

“Pardon?” Francisco asked, confused.

“No, nothing,” Logan said quickly. “What about the princes?”

“They want to go home right away,” Francisco said. “They say it’s in their agreement with us.”

Logan sighed.

“They’re leaving tomorrow…”

“What should we do, Your Majesty?”

There was no time to try and talk them out of it slowly. He had to get to the war tomorrow, or at the very latest, in a few days.

“…There’s only one way,” Logan said. “We need to take strong action.”

“Pardon?” Francisco asked again.

“Bring all the princes to me,” Logan ordered. “I need to see them face to face.”

“…Yes? Ah, yes. I understand.”

Logan hurried away, leaving the confused Royal Guards behind.

* * *

“…A private meeting? With all of us princes?” Timon Liberty, the oldest prince and the next king of Liberty, frowned at the servant.

“Yes, that’s right,” the servant said. “His Majesty wants to meet you all alone. Get ready now.”

“…I understand,” Timon replied.

Timon nodded quickly, trying to hide his real feelings. He knew why King Logan wanted to see them now. He was also confused by the sudden bad news, but he had already decided.

*No matter what King Logan says, I have to go back home. Maybe my brothers can stay, but I must go!*

His father was dead, and his kingdom was a mess. If he didn’t go back to calm the people down, the lands they had taken over might rebel. They had only calmed those lands down last year.

Also, it was very important for their army to go home.

*We can’t destroy our own kingdom just to help another country.* It was a very clear reason to go back.

Also, even though he was sad about his dead father, this was a perfect chance to end his life as a hostage and escape McLaine’s power. He had never understood why he and his brothers had to become hostages in McLaine in the first place. It was just to ask McLaine not to attack them while they were fighting a small war at home.

Now, he could change that bad decision. McLaine was going to be defeated soon anyway.

It was stupid for small kingdoms to join together and fight against the Empire.

*I can find out who killed my father after I make my kingdom calm again.*

Maybe ghosts from the lands Liberty had taken over killed his father.

*But that can’t be right.* He thought about what the Empire had done recently… He ignored his gut feeling, without even thinking about it. Because if he admitted the truth, getting revenge would be almost impossible.

*After I go back and fix my kingdom, I can surrender to the Empire. Then, maybe our royal family can stay in charge.*

Overwhelmed by the terrible disaster, the man only thought of saving himself.

Logan, the King of McLaine, had gone to see the wise master of Daejeon for advice. But the wise master of Daejeon, who Logan had not wanted to ask for help, would not let him run away from the problem.

“I trust the princes are also intuitively aware that the disasters in Liberty and Teronan were orchestrated by the Empire.”

The three princes of Liberty, the two princes of Teronan, and one princess.

Logan spoke directly to the six royals, getting right to the point.

Amidst their bewildered expressions, it was Timon, the first prince of Liberty, who protested first.

“Are you sure about that, Your Majesty?”

He resented the arrogant assertion of the king, who was several years his junior.

Timon wondered if Logan was just saying this because Liberty and Teronan had taken back their soldiers. He thought this made their own countries more unsafe.

Besides, why would the Empire bother assassinating the king of a weak nation?

“Hmm?”

For a moment, the gaze that pierced him and the look of incredulity only fueled his displeasure, but he couldn’t openly object.

Timon forcibly straightened his shoulders, trying not to be intimidated by the other’s gaze.

“…Our homeland is currently in crisis. I understand McLaine’s situation, but we, we simply cannot afford to help without any basis. Please… understand, Your Majesty.”

His voice grew fainter without him even realizing it.

“So, you intend to be played by the enemy’s tricks?”

“Enemy!? The Empire is McLaine’s enemy, not Liberty’s or Teronan’s…!”

“Brother!”

The moment Timon’s voice rose, his younger brother, standing beside him, urgently tugged at his sleeve.

The atmosphere around them turned icy. Timon realized he had made a slip of the tongue and hastily lowered his head.

“I, I misspoke. I, I apologize. Your Majesty.”

“A slip of the tongue?”

As the king chuckled, his younger brother, Haymon Liberty, subtly stepped in front of his brother and bowed his head again.

“My brother seems to be greatly shocked by our father’s passing. I apologize for his rude remarks on his behalf. I hope you will understand with a generous heart, Your Majesty.”

“A prince over thirty is still like a child, while a prince barely of age is more mature. What I heard when I was in Liberty, that the second son is the royal talent, was certainly not wrong.”

He could feel his brother getting angry again at those words, but Haymon was more focused on what the king had said.

When he was in Liberty?

“Have you perhaps visited Liberty before?”

Haymon asked with a dubious expression, as the king put his hand inside his cloak and gave a wry smile.

“There’s no need to say much.”

Whirr!

Blue light radiated from the king’s entire body.

Haymon knew right away that something special inside the king’s cloak had been used.

Soon, the king transformed into a middle-aged man with brown hair, brown eyes, and a rugged face, with ‘silver’ light coming from his fingers.

At the same time, a heavy, changed voice echoed through the grand hall.

“Do you recognize me, princes of Liberty?”

Even if one could commonly see ordinary brown hair and a rugged face, the sight of a man with ‘silver’ light was something no one from Liberty could fail to recognize.

The hero who had saved the kingdom in crisis just a few years ago.

And the Silver Reaper of Liberty, who had recently disappeared due to the Empire’s plot.

“G-Gale Slayer!?”

“W-What is this!?”

“How can the color of his aura be…!?”

At that moment, as the princes of Liberty panicked with startled eyes—

– “Her Majesty the Queen has arrived.”

With the knight’s voice, the doors of the grand hall opened, and a red-haired woman in light armor entered.

Why is the Queen here?

At the moment when the confused gazes of the assembly focused on her.

Queen Aileen smiled and activated the artifact in her possession.

Flash!

Her appearance changed with a blue light. Like the king, Aileen, now a man with brown hair and brown eyes, looked at the princes and princess of Teronan.

“You are familiar with me, aren’t you? Ronan, Essili, and Rotman?”

As her voice, now lowered and changed, flowed out and red light armor appeared around her body, their eyes widened twofold.

“A-Armored!?”

“Armored Hassen!?”

“How can you be…!”

Logan, in the guise of Gale, opened his mouth, watching them in astonishment.

“Now, do you understand why you are in McLaine?”

Even at that question, the six royals did not answer. The shock was too great.

Logan chuckled and continued.

“As you all know, the situation is a bit difficult right now. I will have to forcibly ask for your cooperation, even if you dislike it. Of course, this is also for the sake of your homelands.”

Logan stood up quickly from the throne. He walked towards them with long, fast steps.

“Surely no one is still foolish enough to not understand what’s happening, right?”

What on earth was he planning to do?

At the moment when the aura of the superhumans pouring out from the front and back intensely pressed down on their entire bodies, the princes and princess could only nod.

Soon, the king gently placed his hand on the shoulder of Timon, who was trembling the most among them, and whispered.

“Pretend to be close, pretend to be close.”

…What the hell is he suddenly talking about!?

Timon screamed inwardly, but he could only nod his head strongly.

And on that very day.

[…In the end, all of this is the Empire’s plot.]

A video of Liberty’s hero, Gale Slayer, who had been missing, and the heir to the throne, Prince Timon, holding hands and conversing with resolute and tragic expressions, spread throughout the world.

Especially Prince Timon’s voice, which sounded like it was shaking with anger (or maybe fear?), was so convincing that people who heard it felt sorry for him.

With the addition of the video of Teronan’s guardian, Armored Hassen, and Teronan’s first prince, Ronan, the army of the kingdom alliance, which had been preparing to retreat, began to burn with fighting spirit.

Moreover, it wasn’t just them whose attitudes had changed. Those videos weren’t only delivered to the kingdom alliance and their legions.

– The Empire has begun to reveal its desire for conquest in earnest.

The videos spread in real-time to the countries in the western part of the continent and the western side of the Empire, and the movements of the western kingdoms, which were very aware of what the Empire was doing and were in close communication, began to move more quickly.

And the very next day.

Logan formally declared a personal campaign and began to march towards Kyle, a trading city on the western border.