The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen-Chapter 369-370

Wolfgang Louis, walking together on the frozen sea of the West, began to explain the operation.

"Before we begin the full-scale beast subjugation, I will explain the operation."

"..."

"First, we will move in two teams."

"..."

"One team will handle the beasts. The other team will subdue the pirate crew that has settled on the uninhabited island."

Darbav, listening to the story, frowned and asked Wolfgang. What pirates?

"Why do we have to subdue the pirates? The Emperor only ordered me to subdue the beasts."

As if he had anticipated Darbav's question, Wolfgang began to speak without hesitation.

"The pirates do not want the beasts to be subdued."

"I asked what that has to do with the Desmunts."

"Because the beasts and the pirates have a symbiotic relationship. Since the beasts control a certain sea area, other ships naturally enter the pirates' territory."

"..."

"When we begin to subdue the beasts, the pirates will surely come to interfere. Since there are several aura users, I believe they will definitely be a hindrance."

"...A ridiculous idea."

At Darbav's pessimistic attitude, Wolfgang pursed his lips and sneered.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has approved this, so I would appreciate it if you didn't dislike it too much."

'Tsk.' Darbav clicked his tongue and then slowly began to walk across the ice. No matter how much the marquis was backed by the Crown Prince, it was impudent to treat a duke with such disrespect.

"So who is the team to subdue the beasts."

Wolfgang bowed his head to Darbav and said confidently.

"The personnel to subdue the beasts will be our Wolfgang family's knights, Duke Desmunt, Duke Bellian, and His Highness the Crown Prince. The team to subdue the pirates will consist of the mercenaries we hired and the Desmunt family's butler."

Darbav, who had been listening to Wolfgang's words without a word, stopped walking and spoke in a low voice.

"Is it there."

Darbav pointed his finger at the horizon.

Wolfgang, who was wondering what was on the horizon where nothing could be seen, suddenly looked at Darbav with a pale expression, and Darbav, with a frustrated look on his face, asked again.

"I asked if that is the place, Marquis."

"I'm not sure what you're talking about..."

"What is in that sea?"

"There are beasts..."

"Yes. That's what I'm asking, Marquis."

"What?"

The chill from the frozen sea began to descend as soon as Darbav's words ended.

As the gazes of the Crown Prince and Wolfgang were drawn to Darbav, Darbav stretched once and spoke in a low voice.

"A long time ago, there was a snack that was indispensable at a drinking party."

"..."

"The question of whether a Sword Master or a great wizard is stronger."

Darbav, who was talking about something that would come up at a tavern, was speaking calmly with a hollow laugh.

"Do you know how ridiculous a topic that is. Whether it's a Sword Master or a great wizard, they're both monsters, yet they're chattering about who is stronger."

"..."

Darbav looked at the Crown Prince and asked.

"What do you think, Crown Prince?"

"..."

"Do you think Rowen, the Sword of the Empire, is stronger?"

At the Crown Prince's lack of response, Darbav's lips turned down, and this time he asked Wolfgang.

"Who do you think is stronger, Marquis?"

"..."

"Do you also think the Sword Master is stronger?"

"..."

Darbav looked at the two who didn't answer and, as if disappointed, began to state his own answer.

"The answer comes out just by thinking about the principles of war. That you should kill the wizard shooting magic from the rear before the swordsman leading the charge..."

"..."

"Yes, of course..."

-Rumble...

"The great wizard is the strongest in the world, isn't he."

As soon as Darbav's words ended, a huge shadow began to cover the surface of the water from above.

Wolfgang raised his trembling eyes and looked at the sky.

"When you encounter a difficult problem that you cannot solve, the first thing you should consider is not how to solve it, but whether your own military power is insufficient."

A smile hung on Darbav's lips.

"Meteor is always right."

The sound of the plan falling apart could be heard from here.

Wolfgang's jaw dropped as he just watched the situation unfolding before his eyes.

He had planned to deal with the exhausted Darbav, but he didn't know how to respond to Darbav's action of launching a meteor, as if mocking his efforts.

The Crown Prince also glared at Darbav, his eyes bulging at his tyranny. Because things weren't going as he wanted.

"Lord!"

"Why do you call me."

"...Why are you not following the Marquis's plan. If this happens, don't you know that the damage to the West will be immense!"

"Is there any problem with that?"

"..."

"We Desmunts only said we would accompany Wolfgang. We did not swear to follow the Crown Prince's words."

"What did you say..."

"I will go and subdue the pirates as planned. A competent butler will take care of the beasts, so I hope you will trust him and follow him well."

"The Duke should be moving himself...!"

"This one spell is enough for me."

Darbav pointed to the sky and said.

"Meteor. Meteor. Meteor. Meteor. Meteor. Meteor. Meteor. Meteor. Meteor. Meteor."

Everyone's eyes widened.

Wolfgang's eyes.

The Crown Prince's eyes.

They were staring at Darbav with wide eyes.

"The operation right now...!"

"Duke, what are you doing!!!"

Despite the questions, Darbav paid no heed and used meteor on the horizon, saying.

"Meteor is always right."

"..."

"No matter what anyone says... meteor is the most rational and peaceful method."

With those words, Darbav began to scatter countless meteors into the sky. Darbav, who was launching meteors with an open heart for the first time in a while, as if to show the great wizard's good health, said with a bright smile.

"I feel a little relieved."

Silence flows.

Broken pieces of ice were bobbing on the waves, and dead fish were floating on the sea in countless numbers.

I muttered to myself in a playful voice to the group following behind me.

"As expected of the Desmunt family head."

"..."

"To inflict so much damage with a single spell.... Wow...! I should have learned magic instead."

"Be quiet."

Wolfgang Louis frowned and let out a sigh.

"So that it's not just your mouth that's open."

"...Oh my."

"Don't act up just because you have the Desmunts behind you."

"It seems more reliable than your backing."

"..."

The Crown Prince was glaring at me as if he would kill me. With a look on his face that was contemplating what to do about the messed up situation and at the same time how to turn this crisis into an opportunity.

Rather.

Yes, it seemed he was also thinking that it wouldn't be bad to just kill Ricardo.

The Crown Prince clenched his fists and said to me.

"Why is it that the Desmunts never once do what we want."

"..."

"An operation is only meaningful if we work together."

"They're just too good."

"Shut up."

"By the way, I'm curious what the beast looks like. Aren't you? Duke Bellian."

The extremely tense Duke Bellian flinched at my sudden question and nodded his head.

"Yes..."

The Duke remembered what his late father had said.

-Who is the scariest family in the Empire?

-Yes. When I become the next family head, I think I need to know which family to be careful of.

-Khahaha!!! Really...? Which family do you think has the most power, my daughter?

-I think the Histania family is the strongest. They are close to the Emperor and are the sword of the Empire.

-Hmm... The Histania are scary, but there is a scarier family.

-What?

-Desmunt.

-Why is Desmunt scary?

-Because when they go crazy, they see nothing.

-...

-If you get bitten, you're dead. They'll chew you up and leave no bones behind.

Duke Bellian shuddered and kept his mouth shut.

'Father was not wrong.'

Leaving Duke Bellian, who was silently doing his job, behind, I casually asked the Crown Prince. Why he had such negative feelings towards the Desmunts.

"Your Highness, why do you dislike the Desmunts so much?"

"The weakening of the Emperor's power is the beginning of a rebellion."

"Hmm, is that so?"

"..."

"So that's why you tried to kill the Lord?"

"...!"

At my words, the Crown Prince's complexion changed. At the Crown Prince's fierce glare, as if I had hit a nerve, I gave a small smile and shrugged my shoulders.

"...If you're going to make up lies, you'd better bet your neck on it."

"Did you think we wouldn't know?"

"...Ricardo."

"I thought it was strange from the beginning that the Emperor would choose the Desmunts himself. Since the incident with the young lady, the Emperor has been working hard to suppress the Desmunts' power."

"..."

"But isn't it strange to ask them to catch the beast in exchange for returning what was taken? The beast is a creature that has tormented the Empire for a long time, but... it's not as great a creature as to reinstate the Desmunts."

"..."

I sneered at the Crown Prince, whose face had turned pale, and said.

"Your Highness, you will have to worry about what will happen after you return to the mainland."

"..."

"You won't have a clue where to start checking."

And.

"I've prepared an interesting gift for when the subjugation is over, so take your time opening it."

Just as the Crown Prince's question of 'What does that mean' brushed past my ear, I slowly got into a stance as I saw the white foam rising from the sea.

"The beast is coming."

The beast of the West.

It had the shape of a giant octopus that appears in any fantasy.

Yes, a kraken.

-Guoooooooooong!!!

The Crown Prince looked at the kraken placing its leg on the ice with trembling eyes. The Crown Prince's shoulders trembled at the sight of the giant leg, large enough to lightly crush a small ship.

I sent the frightened Crown Prince back and said.

"Get back."

-Rumble...

"Lightning."

The subjugation began.

At the same time.

A desperate scream was heard from the underground auction house in the West.

"Ah...ah..."

[Slave: Beastman]

"This can't be...!"

Elysia was dancing with joy at the thought of gathering new followers.

The sea roars.

-Kwagagagagagak...!

The vibrations of the struggling beast that dominated the western sea were shaking the ice sheet they stood on.

The ice fragments shattered by Darvav's meteor were swept onto the ice sheet by the tidal wave created by the beast, and the beast's struggling was causing cracks to form on the ice sheet.

A sound swallowed by fear is heard.

"...Impossible."

"How are we supposed to catch that monster..."

"We need to run away now."

I almost let out a hollow laugh at the sight of the knights who were terrified just by seeing one octopus leg.

Just one leg.

I was laughing at the situation where they were in a panic just by seeing one octopus tentacle.

The crown prince shouted at me.

Giving the reason that they couldn't succeed in the subjugation without the family head.

"We will retreat for now!"

What a ridiculous thing to say.

"The subjugation is impossible without the duke!!! We will wait until the duke joins us and then resume the subjugation!!"

I wanted to flick the forehead of the outsider who had come to watch the subjugation and was trying to command as if he were a general.

How could he become emperor with such cowardice?

'Haa...'

I let out a low sigh as I looked at the crown prince's flustered expression.

"It's impossible to retreat now."

"The safety of the soldiers comes first...!!!"

"What are you going to do if the beast makes landfall? At the very least, we have to do our duty by tying up the beast's feet."

"Shut up, Ricardo...! I'm not unaware of that fact. I'm saying we need time to regroup."

"For someone who knows that, to say we should retreat... what's the meaning of that?"

-Grind.

"I'm saying there's no way!"

I sneered at the crown prince and whispered in his ear.

"Your thoughts are... quite complicated, aren't they?"

"..."

"You have to deal with the beast and the head of the Desmunt family on this occasion, but some strange guy is making a fuss about catching the beast."

"..."

"The beast you took lightly is bigger than you thought, so you're worried, 'Can we even win this...?'."

"...You bastard!"

I lightly pushed the crown prince's shoulder with my finger and said.

"Run away."

"..."

"If you're so scared."

The crown prince, who had fallen on the ice sheet, was glaring at me with wide eyes.

"Why, do you see me like that? Scary...."

"...Don't provoke me."

"You're scared too, aren't you, Your Highness?"

"..."

"If you're going to be the emperor of the empire and lead the country, shouldn't you keep your head attached properly for now? It's a neck that enemy countries are always aiming for."

"..."

The crown prince, who had clenched his fists so hard that the ice cracked, seemed to have a lot to say, but I ignored him and said in a relaxed voice.

"We don't need the family head."

I calmly draw the sword at my waist. At the same time, the crown prince's retort, who had finished his thoughts, was also heard.

"A beast that even the head of Velian couldn't catch!!! Do you think it makes sense for a mere! person like you to catch it?!"

"..."

"This was a misjudgment on the duke's part. You should know that it's the duke's responsibility for mocking me... and ruining the operation!"

"..."

"The story might be different if you brought a sword master... if not, retreating now is the right decision."

-Halt.

I, looking at the tip of the blade, was lost in thought, silent. Should I say this, or should I not?

I wanted to live a quiet life without being noticed by others, but I didn't want to see the crown prince's arrogant behavior anymore.

A check is only meaningful when you have the power to check... it was ridiculous to see the crown prince, who had done nothing, trying to check me.

I smiled faintly and answered the crown prince's sharp roar.

"He's right here."

"..."

"A sword master."

"What... did you say?"

I should have shown that face to Shartia.

I sneered at the crown prince and smiled slightly as I looked at the current head of the Velian family.

"Ricardo, the exclusive butler of Lady Desmunt Olivia, will now advance to fulfill the wishes of the Velian family."

The crown prince looked at me with trembling pupils. No matter how strong you are, you're just a swordsman.

"Don't be ridiculous."

"Haha...! It's going to be really fun from now on."

"..."

An aura rises.

"..."

A cold and eerie red aura settles at the tip of the black sword. The crown prince, who was looking at me with a face that said he didn't know what was going to happen, looked at the aura gathering on the sword and his pupils trembled ominously, and the head of Velian was also staring at me in disbelief as he looked at the aura.

"How can he use an aura at that age...!"

"It's different from a normal aura..."

A dark look began to appear on the crown prince's face. Because he was also a swordsman and a magic swordsman who used magic.

He would be able to feel it.

The sword that had reached the realm of a sword master.

"What did you do...."

"..."

"Answer me!!"

The sword trembles slightly.

Vibrations run through the ice sheet under my feet. The sound of the beast, hit by an electric shock, roaring was riding the waves and coming to my ears.

The crown prince's mind raced.

He had to be eliminated here.

If.

If Ricardo really was a sword master, the center of power would shift drastically.

If not the teeth, then the gums...

Because that was the path to creating his own strong monarchy. The stray dogs blocking the king's path had to be eliminated.

Because the chain of history, where the emperor of the empire feared Desmunt, had to be broken in his generation...!

He had to... he had to deal with Ricardo in this place.

The crown prince looked at Wolfgang, who was fearing the beast, and sent a signal. To deal with Ricardo in this place, otherwise the crown prince's position and Wolfgang's advance into the capital would be in vain, he sent a signal with that intention, but a question suddenly entered the crown prince's mind.

'How...?'

-Kugugugugugu...

The thought that there was no way to kill that monster came to him.

A cold voice echoed softly in the ears of the crown prince, who was lost in thought.

"If you're having any foolish thoughts, it would be best to stop."

The cold voice of the black lion.

"Because you will die."

Neither Darvav nor I were easy enough to fall for the crown prince's schemes. In the first place, with no trust, carelessness was just a luxury.

I looked at the huge shadow cast over the sky.

-Guooooooo...!

'I wonder if she likes takoyaki...?' 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

I, who was always thinking of the young lady, thought about making takoyaki with the approaching beast's legs, and at the same time, I moved aside so that the beast could reduce Wolfgang's forces.

Because I had to take revenge for what had been done.

",,,?!"

-Uh... uhhhhh?

-Help me!!!

-Your Grace!! The plan!!

The crown prince's pupils began to shake violently as he saw me doing nothing.

"You...!"

"Hmm?"

-Kwagagagagagak!!

The beast's leg, which had climbed onto the ice in an instant, began to break the ice sheet.

Wolfgang's knights, who had lost their balance on the ice sheet that had broken like an earthquake, began to slip and slide, and the crown prince ran in front of them and began to gather his magic power.

"Hyaaaa!!!"

Is that an aura?

It was faint as a thread, but it was an aura. I guess a crisis really awakens a person. Still....

"Ha...! Good."

The crown prince, who also seemed to have realized that he had awakened his aura, smiled faintly and shot a sword qi at the approaching beast's leg.

"Hyap...!"

Of course.

"...Uh...?"

It wouldn't work.

The crown prince's aura couldn't even leave a small cut on the beast. When the sword qi he had unleashed with all his might didn't work, the crown prince began to swing his sword wildly at the approaching beast's leg.

"Uwaaaaaaa!!!"

How could it work?

It's a monster that even a sword master couldn't overcome.

I took care of the trembling head of Velian and let out a sigh.

"There was a reason they couldn't subjugate it all this time."

The head of Velian said in a trembling voice.

"Was... father trying to fight that monster alone?"

"...That's right."

"Father... went to the battlefield alone. For the well-being and peace of the West...."

"..."

"He requested support from Wolfgang, but they didn't listen, and he requested help from the imperial family, but they didn't help, saying that what happened in the West should be resolved in the West."

"..."

But.

"That monster, by my father alone...."

I nodded at the sad past of the Duke of Velian and gripped my sword. Because it seemed like the crown prince would die if I dragged it on any longer.

It would be a shame if the crown prince and Wolfgang died here, but in any case, it would be a gain for Desmunt, so it wasn't a bad thing. It's also ridiculous that the emperor allowed it, even though he must have had some inkling of the crown prince's schemes.

Still.

Since he's useful, I can't let him die.

-Guuuuuuuuuung!!

As the beast's leg struck the ice sheet once more, the cracking ice reached the crown prince's nose.

The crown prince quickly turned his body and tried to run. Because the beast's leg, hit by the sword qi, was coming towards him.

The ice sheet was slippery and his legs kept slipping. If he took one step, his standing foot would slip and he couldn't move forward.

As the futile steps repeated, the beast's leg was approaching to crush the crown prince, and the crown prince was struggling to survive.

"Damn it...!!!"

The moment the crown prince's eyes squeezed shut.

-Slash.

With a red flash, the approaching beast's leg fell to the ground. The beast's roar is heard. The struggling, which writhed in the pain of losing a leg, began to move more violently.

I, standing in front of the crown prince, smiled slightly and said.

"I'll let you live for now. Because you're still useful."

As if he hadn't heard me, the crown prince looked at the severed leg of the beast and let out a hurried breath.

"Huff... huff..."

I said to the crown prince and Wolfgang in a quiet voice.

"Wolfgang's knights will be positioned to the right of the beast and act as bait."

"..."

"Your Highness, please re-freeze the ice and help the soldiers get a foothold."

"Who are you to order a commoner...!"

The moment Wolfgang's fierce retort, who was about to shout, was directed at me, the crown prince ground his teeth and said in a low voice.

"Follow Ricardo's words."

"Your Highness!"

"If we don't follow Ricardo's words now, we'll all be annihilated."

Wolfgang glared at me.

As if it were unpleasant for a mere butler to give orders.

"Just you wait...."

I looked at Wolfgang and thought. That I was letting him live because he was useful too.

The knights began to move busily on the ice sheet.

Wolfgang's voice commanding the formation and the crown prince, who was urgently freezing the ground, could be seen with hurried steps.

And.

-Kuooonnnng!!!

The beast's full-scale struggle was also visible.

It was a grotesque size, just as it was in the novel.

It was so huge and overwhelming that if it had appeared in the capital, it would have destroyed 80% of the capital in an instant.

The only way to effectively damage the creature in the water would be to pull it onto land, but since I wasn't a magician, that was impossible. Besides, even if I did pull such a huge body onto the ice sheet, there was no chance the ice would hold.

Then... it must be that.

I carefully caressed my sword.

'Caliburn.'

'Yes, master.'

'I'll borrow some of your strength.'

A black aura began to form at the tip of the sword.

"..."

A huge aura that seemed to swallow the world.

-Tzzzzzzzk!

It coiled around the sword.

[The blessing of the 'Box of Ruin' is activated.]

At the same time.

"Hic?"

Olivia was looking at the northern sea while eating grilled octopus skewers, a specialty of the West.

"Mom."

-Thump!

"Not 'mommy', 'mother'."

"Eeeeeeeeeek!!!"

Olivia pointed at the western sea and said to Rosanna.

"I want to shoot a meteor there."

"No."

"Eeeeeeeeeek!"

It was Olivia, who wanted to shoot a meteor even though she couldn't use magic.