Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 460

460. Kaya’s Breath (9)

“… So, here is Yakan’s Oae… “Next.”

A muffled pronunciation leaks out between swollen lips.

Olivier was currently kneeling on the floor, bowing his head to Prince Mores and struggling to make excuses.

The assassination squad that was brought in was annihilated without even being able to put up a single decent resistance. She was in a hopeless situation where she was the only one left alive.

“Ui is gathering here, but this is the one who was always pretending to be with the empire… … .”

But before I could finish speaking, I heard a loud shout from next to me. It was the evil spirit of a warrior holding a huge club.

[This thing! Can’t we hurry and tell the truth?! Shame on you for trying to gloss over your mistakes, you apostate!]

“Ssi… … .”

Olivier reflexively glanced at the evil spirit. If you think about it, the reason she ended up like this was because of the battle with that warrior.

No, it was a one-sided assault rather than a battle. If you attack from this side, it becomes a spirit and scatters into the air, and if you attack from the other side, strong physical force comes back. Where in the world is there such an unfair fight?

‘shit! If that had been a real human being, I wouldn’t have suffered so helplessly!’

As Olivier was internally wheezing, Prince Mores, who had been quietly listening in front, opened his mouth.

“That sounds incoherent.”

Compared to his youthful face, the energy radiating from him was full of dignity befitting his age.

“When we used the express carriage, you were just escorting Giovanni. “Afterwards, they put surveillance on us, but it was probably just to see if we could get out of the Freedom Underpass without any trouble.”

“Yes… … .”

“But after we changed our schedule and arrived in Tere, you suddenly took a turn and tried to kill us. Are you going to call this all a misunderstanding?”

“Ang, that’s-”

This was when Olivier was about to protest. Suddenly, a gloomy evil spirit wearing a black priest’s robe popped up in front of her.

‘Fuck, surprise!’

When Olivier stepped back in horror, the evil spirit glared at her with wide eyes and gritted its teeth.

Crackling.

[Does this deadly thing dare to harm my master? A sin that can never be repaid by dying! Master! If you allow it, your faithful servant will personally drag this to hell and collect your debt over time!]

“Hi!”

Olivier’s fur became bitter. After all, that evil spirit was the one who killed the entire assassination team by engulfing them in black smoke.

It seemed as if the alternating roar and roar he used at that time still resonated in her ears.

“Hayes.”

Fortunately, the prince stopped him, and Olivier broke into a cold sweat and cleared his throat. This was because I was overcome with a sense of crisis that if I didn’t make a proper excuse now, I would end up not dying even if I were to die.

“Well, I’m just a subordinate following orders from above. While carrying out a mission, Yakan’s information got confused… … .”

* * *

In fact, the first order Olivier received was to capture the person being guarded by Giovanni’s son, that is, the Holy Emperor, to headquarters.

– To be exact, it is Seonghwang’s ‘doll’. Collect it as unscathed as possible and deliver it to the wizard’s laboratory in the basement.

To safely obtain Homunculus, the culmination of the Kornsheim clan’s soul transfer technology.

It was worth taking some damage. Currently, ‘Kaya’s Breath’ is barely maintaining its power based on a head tower made of soul stones and a living doll with flame crystals inserted.

The souls of former assassins who have already passed away are subordinated to the head tower. And by providing them with a new body that has undergone a ‘ritual’, the time and cost of training personnel is drastically saved.

That was the secret to maintaining their power as before in Ortona, where there was not a single decent employer left.

However, as it was still an imperfect technology, its limitations were also clear.

Although their biological dolls fully replicated the soul’s combat abilities, they were significantly inferior in terms of communication and other intellectual abilities.

Also, because the connection with the head tower was too weak, even a slight spiritual shock would cause the soul to be thrown away.

It was perhaps natural for the leadership to make desperate efforts to make up for this.

-Do you understand? Olivier. The homunculus, the puppet of prosperity, has entered our sphere of influence for the first time. If you miss it this time, you may never have the chance to get it in the future.

A masterpiece by the Kornsim clan.

If we study homunculi, which are incomparably stable in terms of ‘soul settlement’, we may be able to sufficiently compensate for the weaknesses of biological dolls.

So, in ‘Breath of Kaya’, as an exception, a large number of people were dispatched to bases other than the capital Brindisi, even building temporary head towers.

-If this is not possible, you can just bring the head of the homunculus. The core technology for fixing the soul to the doll must be in the Dacion inserted into the head. Perhaps our research-mad wizard teacher would definitely be able to figure out its function.

Olivier naturally had this question to ask.

-But is that really okay? No matter how much he is a puppet, it is directly harmful to Seonghwang himself, right?

-I guess so.

-Then won’t you end up incurring the Empire’s grudge?

Although they diligently use assassins who are free from death, they are still just a group of assassins. If you incur a grudge against the emperor of the most powerful empire on the continent, wouldn’t the outcome be as obvious as fire?

But surprisingly, the leadership did not seem to care much.

-No need to worry about that, Olivier. Because Seonghwang is bound by more restrictions than you can even imagine. So, there is a high possibility that they will not make a big deal about what happened to their personal lives. Because it’s not unprecedented.

-… Restrictions? Liturgy?

-okay. However, they won’t just hand over the homunculus to us. You will probably have to make every effort to completely subdue him.

The leader of ‘Kaya’s Breath’ declared so and entrusted Olivier with as many puppets as he could mobilize. At this rate, I have enough power to not fail even if I fall backwards.

So until then, Olivier had not considered the success or failure of this mission to be that big of a deal.

-Just something to keep in mind, Olivier. In the process of carrying out your duties, you must never, ever touch anyone other than Seonghwang.

-Oh, of course, I will keep Giovanni’s son alive. I also have that level of discernment.

-Don’t just listen! If you encounter the children of the Holy Emperor, especially the ‘Prepared One’, you will never… … !

-Yes, yes, I understand. I’ll take care of it myself.

But what is this? Once things started to get tangled up, it was literally a moment before things went completely wrong.

The strange thing happened first to Seonghwang and his party. They thought they were going to move to Regina via the Marquis de Benso, but they suddenly abandoned the carriage and turned sharply towards the north.

‘… Are you really thinking of going to Terre? why?’

Thanks to this, Olivier had no choice but to change his mind about attacking them right away and watch their movements carefully for a while.

‘There are many people within the Freedom Underpass who have antipathy towards the Empire. If we move hastily, there may be problems with their identity being revealed or the homunculi being taken away.’

However, in the meantime, a big surprise occurred in the Jayu Underpass. Prince Mores and his party, who were thought to be staying in Regina, suddenly appeared in the old brewing city of Verdron and made some kind of deal with Giovanni, the head of the Free Underground.

And that wasn’t the end. The prince’s party, which should have been sent safely to Regina, suddenly turned towards Terre and joined the royal party!

Of course, Olivier, who was eagerly following Seonghwang, was completely unaware of this fact at first. Because ‘Sabrina’ suddenly appeared among them, there was a lot of information confusion for a while.

So Olivier, who had just finished preparing to attack Tere, had no choice but to take the flagship when he belatedly found out that there was a ‘prepared person’ there.

‘shit! This is how things get complicated! ‘What happens now?’

An awkward situation where the object that must be secured even at the cost of loss is with those who must never be touched.

However, when I actually tried to report to headquarters and ask for opinions, the presence of ‘Sabrina’, who disrupted information, became a huge obstacle.

In the end, after much thought, Olivier came to this conclusion.

‘Let’s attack Terre first and then see. Wouldn’t it be okay to go and completely subdue them, then take out the homunculi and leave the rest safe?’

If he dies while suppressing him, that’s inevitable.

Olivier, who did not know the seriousness of the situation, thought simply.

‘If things don’t work out, there is a way to place the blame on the penitent church.’

But things in the world never went the way she wanted. The guys I sent out to scout were so clumsy in their actions that they would never have guessed that they would even summon the ‘one who was prepared’ to their secret base!

The fact that it took longer than expected to catch Sabrina may not be such a big problem compared to that.

As a result, Olivier lost all his power and had to work hard to come up with an excuse, even sweating profusely.

Of course, it was of little use in the face of Prince Mores’ sharp questioning.

“Although the North is outside its sphere of influence, the basic imperial information network is still functioning well here. “I haven’t heard any reports recently, but today I saw that they were gathering enough power to wipe out an entire territory.”

In response to the subject of single-handedly wiping out that enormous force, the prince admonished Olivier with a very serious expression.

“In other words, it was quite recently that you guys started gathering here. If so, there are two options you can consider. Were you trying to start an all-out war with the Marquis of Benso?”

“to… … ?”

“The Marquis of Benso is a valuable companion who must continue to accompany the empire for the reconstruction of the North. If they tried to attack him, he cannot just sit idly by and watch this happen even in the empire.”

The Marquis of Benso? Partnership with the Empire? That’s right… Riga?

‘for a moment! There is information that Branch Manager Schmidt, who is said to have lost Prince Mores’ limbs, has been working hard on something for the northern lords recently. If we do that, there may be some hidden exchanges that we haven’t figured out yet!’

Olivier was skeptical, but looking at the prince’s confident expression, it seemed like his words were not completely empty.

Feeling anxious that things might be bigger than expected, Olivier vehemently denied the prince’s words.

“Oh, absolutely not!”

“Then you were trying to attack Tere, not the Marquis de Benso. Are you really trying to bury us all? Did he try to kill me?”

madam!

Olivier, struggling to come up with an excuse, desperately racked his brain.

“Well, is that possible? As I said before, there was a big misunderstanding!”

“misunderstanding.”

“Yes. I heard that there is a devil worshiper hiding in the Freedom Underground who has caused great harm to our organization… … !”

“… … .”

“That’s why I gathered as much power as I could! haha. Who knows what would happen if a devil worshiper went wild? So it’s black in preparation. Of course, if I had known you were there, I would have saved you somehow in advance-”

Kieeeeek!

At that moment, a sharp echo rang out. The sword is an evil spirit dressed in priestly clothing.

[Refrain from speaking!]

Beneath his sinister eyes as he glared at Olivier, black bloody tears were flowing like a waterfall. I was truly afraid of seeing it again in my dreams.

[This lowly thing! Whose safety are you freely letting go of now, and you’re spouting such nonsense!]

See, what should I do then? If you say you planned to kill her, you’ll get angry, but if you tell her you actually tried to save her, it’s a damn thing, right?

Fortunately, the prince successfully restrained the evil spirit before Olivier was caught in his clutches.

“Hayes. stop.”

[…] I apologize. I was presumptuous. Lord of the soul… … .]

As the evil spirit, which seemed to cling to the end of hell, obediently retreated, Olivier became curious once again.

What on earth is that prince doing? What on earth is the ‘prepared one’, so that even the boss can tell him not to touch him, and that evil spirits like that can be manipulated at will?

“Then let me ask you one more question. “If he cornered us in the Freedom Underground base and prepared to attack us, is it safe to say that it was all Giovanni’s will?”

The prince didn’t seem to believe the ‘devil worshiper’ issue she was talking about at all. Like her not-so-cute little boy.

I flinch.

At the same time, I feel that Eun-i, who was standing behind the prince, is tense and listening to the conversation. Somehow he seemed familiar, but Olivier couldn’t figure out why.

“Ah, Ang! “This matter is completely separate from the Freedom Underpass or the Blue Republican Revolutionary Front!”

Anyway, Olivier hastily shook his head.

Giovanni is one of the ‘King Seeds’ that ‘Breath of Kaya’ is diligently watering. The effort invested so far was quite significant to get caught up in this and lose it.

“Giovanni is a spider who doesn’t know anything. “You’re probably one of the customers doing business with our organization!”

In essence, a group of assassins had no choice but to grow their power by sticking to the side of a powerful king and becoming their limbs.

However, there are currently few powerful people left in the North who can be called ‘kings’. Therefore, in order to create an environment in which Kaya’s breath can grow naturally in the future, we have no choice but to carefully cultivate these few seeds.

“okay.”

But something strange happened. The prince expected to inquire more about her purpose, but she suddenly began to give off a cool vibe.

“So that would mean that your plans changed after we joined our father.”

“… … .”

Startle.

As Olivier trembled with an ominous premonition, a cold, mineral glow passed through the prince’s eyes as he looked down at her.

“Are you guys targeting my father?”

fantasy,