Do Your Own Revolution-Chapter 183
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“Kraaaagh–!”
Along with the grotesque howls, monsters with black carapaces began charging toward the wall.
Monster invasions were always unpredictable, and thus always accompanied by many casualties. However, the emotion in the soldiers’ eyes as they watched the monsters wasn’t fear—it was surprise.
“No way. They really came?”
“Long live His Highness the Prince! All artillery units, aim-!”
The fortress cannons that had been pre-arranged moved in sync with the artillery officer’s gesture.
Their target: the swarm of monsters charging toward the wall.
Once he confirmed they had reached the appropriate distance, the officer’s eyes flashed for a moment.
“Fire-!”
With that single command, the fortress cannons lined up along the wall spewed flames.
Boom—!
Along with the cannon fire, monsters turned to chunks of flesh.
Though they couldn’t understand the monsters’ howls, the creatures approaching the wall must have been quite surprised.
The humans had known they were coming and prepared the cannons in advance.
“The most troublesome ones have been dealt with.”
The one who spoke while watching the burning plains was the Commander of the Korhonen 3rd Knight Order.
Most of those turned to chunks by the artillery barrage were low-grade monsters with underdeveloped carapaces and small specimens—leech-like creatures that would climb the walls to infiltrate residential areas and persistently target civilians.
Usually, the knights would be too busy dealing with those creatures to mount a proper response.
But now was different.
With all the small specimens roasted by artillery fire, the knights could focus entirely on targeting the giant monsters at the core of the horde.
“All Knight Orders, listen-!”
With the commander’s order, dozens of swords gleamed with magical power.
“Target is the giant monster at the center of the enemy formation! That damned thing that’s been ferrying monsters from the Arctic Ocean!”
Just how many years had they been held back by that thing?
Strength flowed into hands gripping swords as old anger rekindled.
“Charge-!”
“Uwaaaaah–!”
Along with the supporting artillery fire, the knights who had been waiting outside the wall rushed forward.
Unlike the past days of desperate defense.
The knights of Korhonen had begun their counterattack.
“It’s begun.”
Meanwhile, in the frontier zone far from the Great Wall’s exterior.
In this land of death completely covered by monster contamination, mechanical dolls made of steel revealed themselves.
The automatons created by the Young Lord of Korhonen, Kassel Korhonen.
Walking slowly between them as they stood in formation with magic circuits burning was a young man wielding a sword.
Kalkas Closter.
He was the linchpin of the queen monster subjugation operation that would unfold here.
“Brrrr~! This damn north, disgustingly cold.”
– You’re being overly dramatic. We specifically chose this as warm weather, you know.
“Who are you to criticize from behind your dolls?!”
Kalkas moved forward while responding to the voice coming from the automaton.
Whoosh-!
The moment he took a step, the sticky monster contamination disappeared, revealing clean permafrost beneath.
The House of Count Gloucester’s purification ritual.
Kalkas, bearing the seven stroke imprint, could purify even dense monster miasma simply by breathing.
The contamination concentration has decreased. According to plan.
“Before that, we need to deal with those things up ahead.”
Leave that to us.
Irritated howls rang out from all directions, as if angered by their nest being defiled.
Monsters revealing themselves one by one from their nest.
Perhaps because they had expended considerable forces invading the wall, there weren’t any notably powerful specimens.
Click-!
The arms of the automatons lined up in formation transformed simultaneously.
Magical power cannons loaded with magical energy.
As the blue light gathered and reached critical mass—
Commence firing.
With Kassel’s command, the automatons’ magical power cannons began burning down the monster nests ahead.
“Operation start! Knight Order, move in!”
“1st Knight Order will escort Sir Kalkas! 2nd Knight Order will block the monsters rushing from behind! Move! Quickly-!”
If it was just burning down nests, they wouldn’t have gone to such trouble.
Advancing and advancing while driving back the charging monsters.
Their destination was the core of this monster nest.
The palace where the queen lived.
“Kraaaagh–!”
The momentum of the Korhonen knights cut off the legs of the giant monster guarding the nest entrance.
“Keeek-! Keek?!”
“Keeeek–!”
The automatons’ role was handling the regular monsters swarming from all directions.
And finally, dealing with the pure-breed monster attending the queen was…
“My role.”
Whoosh–!
The moment he approached the nest’s center, the seven stroke imprint on Kalkas’ right arm emitted a dazzling light.
[Domain]
The magician’s absolute domain deployed in the center of the queen’s quarters instantly incinerated the thick miasma and contamination inside the nest.
After all the monsters guarding the queen were burned away, the last remaining pure-breed monster.
Though it charged in with its spear, using its last strength—
Crack-!
The moment Kalkas swung his hand, the pure-breed monster crumbled without any resistance.
– To think we’d really make it this far.
Seeing the monster nest now empty except for the queen monster at its core, the Young Lord Kassel operated his automaton with a deeply moved voice.
“Keek… Keeek…!”
The monster desperately laying eggs while connected to the nest.
This was ‘Rafflesia’, the monster queen who had ruled the permafrost for decades.
“To think such a repulsively hideous face devoured the lives of countless knights and northerners.”
Crunch-!
The fist of the automaton controlled by Kassel crushed the queen monster’s face.
Three months since Prince Friedrich’s group arrived in Korhonen.
In that short time, they had subjugated the monsters invading the Great Wall and captured the queen monster at their core.
“I never thought we’d really accomplish it.”
“It was our promise, wasn’t it?”
The imprint glowing on his right arm.
Having finished speaking, Kassel looked at Prince Friedrich sitting beside him.
‘The more those at the top sacrifice, the happier people become. Yet the current magic nobles are doing the opposite.’
That’s what Prince Friedrich had said before telling Kassel:
Let’s change the Empire together.
Though it seemed nonsensical when he suddenly appeared saying such things, after hearing him out, it made sense.
Prince Friedrich’s goal was to kill Margaret who ruled the Imperial Palace.
And for that endeavor, he said they needed a means to counter Margaret’s mind control.
Something unaffected by mind control.
At the same time, something capable of facing the Knights of Dvorak flooding in.
These automatons he had created fulfilled all those conditions.
To Friedrich who said this, Kassel set conditions.
He understood the need for automatons, but that was only if they succeeded.
He couldn’t simply lend his power in an uncertain situation with no guarantee of success.
If he claimed he would change the Empire, he had to prove that ability.
‘And the result… is this.’
Within 100 days, I will change Korhonen.
Friedrich had made that proposal after accepting the terms, and truly kept his promise.
He established an absolute defense line and supply network encompassing the entire Great Wall, and located and subjugated the monster queen whose whereabouts had been unclear until now.
Thanks to this, Korhonen recaptured the northern coastal region that had been monster territory, and was able to push all monster forces out of the northern lands.
In three months, he accomplished what previous lords couldn’t do over generations.
“Very well. I’ll join you.”
Disconnecting from the automaton, Kassel nodded and spoke.
“Thanks to you all, we were able to fully reinforce the Great Wall and advance outward, so I must repay that.”
“No taking it back.”
“As if I would.”
With those brief words, the two men clasped hands.
“We’ve secured the piece needed to strike down Margaret, and not too late.”
– Still, I’m not happy about it, Freddie.
As if answering Friedrich’s relieved voice, Kalkas’ voice came through the communication automaton.
– Even if it was to recruit essential forces, we wasted three whole months. Are you sure that’s okay?
“It was time worth investing.”
We gained the northerners’ support, secured the Knight Orders’ cooperation, and obtained an automaton army.
And…
“Above all, we were able to help you grow.”
– Hah…!
At Friedrich’s words, Kalkas far away in the frontier let out a wry laugh.
As Freddie said, Kalkas’ growth over these three months had been remarkable.
“Your imprint was long since complete, and your talent was sufficient. What you needed was an environment to grow your magical power.”
The fierce battles with monsters over these hundred days had developed Kalkas’ magic circuits.
He even managed to perfect [Domain], the authority of a seven stroke imprint specialist.
– I’ve only just begun. Before a monster like Margaret, I can barely keep my wits about me.
“That’s enough. Now hurry back. We have much to do ahead.”
– I’m coming without you telling me, you bastard-!
With that curt reply, the communication cut off.
“What an irreverent fellow.”
“Indeed he is.”
The two men smiled at each other as they spoke.
Then, as if something occurred to him, Kassel looked at Friedrich and asked.
“About future sight—if you have such power, don’t you already know?”
“Know what?”
“The outcome of Your Highness’ endeavor. Whether it will succeed or not.”
“Ah.”
Friedrich trailed off and slowly shook his head.
“Unfortunately, that I cannot know.”
“Why is that?”
“The power of foresight I possess… is quite unstable.”
The prince explained, holding up one finger.
“When I first met Kalkas, numerous scenes flashed through my mind.”
Scenes of him creating your domain.
Scenes of settling new lands.
Scenes of meeting his beloved, having children, living that life.
It was the same with the monsters.
Friedrich had seen the monster corpses collected by Korhonen, and glimpsed their futures while recalling them.
What he could see were mere fragments of scenes. They didn’t reveal when or where they would occur.
“Then, Your Highness’ predictions…”
“I made prophecies by combining and inferring information based on the scenes I saw.”
The faces of people in the foreseen scenes, the terrain, the height of the sun, objects.
He merely wove together information based on these and deduced the causal relationships.
Hearing this, Kassel spoke as if dumbfounded.
“So you’re saying you can know the fact that monsters will attack, but finding the exact timing has to be done manually?”
“That’s right.”
“And Your Highness… succeeded at all of that?”
“Not all. Most of it.”
What a monster.
As Kassel grimaced, Friedrich smiled slightly and continued:
“I have tried, mind you. I’ve looked at my reflection in mirrors, and tried to deduce Margaret’s future by looking at her face.”
But I couldn’t see it.
“I can see the moment of final battle, when everything collides. But the outcome? Who wins, who survives? That alone I cannot see. As if I’m not permitted to see just that.”
“……”
A capricious ability.
Unstable foresight.
A prince trying to change the Empire with this as his weapon.
Nothing seemed properly reliable.
Just then—
“Your Highness.”
A messenger approached Friedrich and held out a letter.
A letter bearing the seal of House Count Buckenheim.
Friedrich’s expression grew serious as he received it.
“The time has come.”
Friedrich rose without delay.
“Let’s hurry to the assembly point.”
He stood and spoke to Kassel who looked up at him.
“All preparations are complete.”
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