chapter 14
14 – Uninvited Guest in Black Bok (6)
It was an instant.
The man could only stare blankly as his colleagues were brutally murdered in just a few seconds.
A movement that far surpasses human judgment.
Because I couldn’t figure it out, I didn’t even feel like I should fight back.
That is off topic.
Even Roland, who boasted that he was the best fighter in the organization, could not stand up to the uninvited guest who appeared out of nowhere.
One two.
Every time I take a step, traces of blood fall.
The man dressed so black that he could not be distinguished from the shadow was literally the Grim Reaper.
Clatter!
“Crrr! .”
Even the last remaining comrade died with a bubbling sound.
The pistol he was holding rolled on the floor and fell in front of his eyes.
“Don’t do anything foolish.”
At the cold word he heard, he immediately raised his arm, which he was about to extend, to the sky.
—-
One side of the armory that was entered like that.
The man swallowed dry saliva as he looked at the corpses of his colleagues piled up next to him.
I was surprised to see three strong men turned into corpses in an instant with a sword that was less than a span.
I was surprised twice by the way they removed the body without any hesitation.
Even if it is tied wrongly, it is clear that it is tied wrongly.
Those who make it their business to kill people.
It was clear that he was a murderer with no justification or cause for his actions.
When I turn my head again to look at the stranger, his eyes are so bright that the air seems to freeze just by meeting him.
The man completely erased the contempt he had in his heart.
Since the opponent was a human butcher, I had to hide it even more.
Isn’t it necessary to live first?
“Affiliation, purpose, and personnel.”
“Well, we are called the Revolutionary Front.”
Revolutionary Front?
Werner’s eyes narrowed.
It was definitely a name I had heard before somewhere.
Thinking deeply, he soon remembered that it was a name he had heard a long time ago during a training class at an officer training center.
Before an unknown enemy called Titan came from and threatened all of humanity.
Chaos did not stop in the world.
Country and country looked at each other and growled, and even within that country, various factions were fighting over their food bowls.
Isn’t that the case right now?
The Fuhrer and the Emperor.
Eastern Military District and Supreme Command.
However, the empire before the appearance of the Titans had much more complicated political interests than it does now.
The Imperial Party, which emerges as the emperor, the Nationalist Party, which emerges as the President, the Nationalist Party, which inherits the ideology of the West, and the Revolutionary Party, which is a slightly different concept from the Nationalist Party.
In the end, the final winner was the nationalist faction, and the president, who was the head of the nationalist faction, succeeded in pushing the emperor, who was the most powerful force, into the back room.
In the process, a significant number of nobles, who made up the majority of the Hwangtao faction, had to give up their real power.
This is the case for the Imperial Capital faction, which is the most powerful faction, but isn’t the outcome of the Nationalist faction and Revolutionary faction, which did not even make it to the semifinals, obvious even without looking at it?
Extinction.
Of course, the war with the Titans broke out just before the Fuhrer swung his razor-sharp blade at them.
Managing the front line alone is overwhelming, and there is no time to worry about the treatment of the revolutionaries.
In a way, the Titans saved them.
But now that the titan has disappeared, it is time to clear up the past that could not be resolved.
The Revolutionary Front was a representative extremist faction among the revolutionary factions.
“The purpose is… This is the assassination of high-ranking military officials, including the provincial and eastern military commanders. But, hey, I’m just a low-level member! They said they were holding my family hostage, so I had no choice but to join… !!”
The man was so scared that he even spilled his family history.
It wasn’t particularly nutritious information.
However, one question still remained for Werner.
Why the Eastern Military District?
The party that clearly stood in opposition to the revolutionary faction was the nationalist faction centered around the President.
In that case, wouldn’t it be more effective to carry out a terrorist attack at the Supreme Headquarters or the capital?
‘You can figure it out little by little.’
First of all, I couldn’t find out too much here.
Werner pulled out a gun and pointed it at the man.
Even though he used a knife a little while ago, just raising a gun was considered a threat.
With a gun pointed in front of me, I had no time to even think about such things.
“Oh my! Please, please! Please spare your life… !! Even looking at my rabbit-like wife and children waiting for me… !!!”
A man kneeling down straight away.
“If you want to live, tell me who the people involved are.”
“Well, that’s…” !!”
Crash.
Werner pulled the slide of the pistol.
The man trembled like an aspen at the sound of a bullet being pushed into the chamber.
“Sorry! Well, like I said, I’m a junior, so I don’t know everyone! At most, there are three people over there and the soldiers who are coming to pick up weapons tomorrow!”
“Hmm.”
Was it a disaster?
Werner swallowed his voice.
Well, it’s been a long time since I hurt someone like this.
Human greed did not stop even in the middle of a battlefield where hundreds or thousands of people were dying in a single day.
Military supply corruption is a child’s joke.
When young men and women were conscripted en masse, her eyes widened and some higher-ups asked her for strange things.
It was one of the reasons why the Empire was helpless against the Titans until the quantum computer Akasha was developed and distributed to the entire military.
Shooting stars with sh*t on their heads.
Werner knew their ugliness so well that in some episodes he lived the life of a revenge demon.
The weaknesses of those people discovered in the process eventually reached a level where they could be easily overcome without getting blood on one’s hands.
Heinrich Randall, who is in charge of the Eastern Military District, just likes to be tight-lipped and pretentious, but he is not that much of a villain.
That’s why no special measures were taken, and the reason was to prevent the terrorist attack that would occur now.
If I had been a shooting star, I would have taken off my military uniform a long time ago.
“Then let’s do it like this. “My family is being held hostage?”
“… Yes, yes!! That’s right!!”
“Then there are two choices. One dies here. The other is to cooperate with me and take out all the so-called Revolutionary Front.”
“Of course it’s the latter!!”
The response was quick.
I wasn’t going to get another chance if I hesitated this time, but I definitely have a good sense of humor.
“How many additional people will join you today?”
“Oh, nothing…” ! We are originally sentries here, so I told my friends that we would be drinking all day at work… “There is no one working today except us.”
You’re screwed.
The military standard of the Eastern Army Headquarters fell to the ground, barely breaking through the mantle and reaching the outer core.
It may be a festival atmosphere, but let alone keeping the basics, do they not hesitate to do things that could result in being sent to a military court?
Deciding to bury this crime all together later, Werner stood up the man.
“The name is.”
“Diane, this is Diane Schmidt.”
In this way, Werner gained another unexpected local collaborator.
I’ll have to think a little more about whether to kill him or not.
—-
Knock knock knock.
“Yes~~! Please leave it in front of the door~~!!”
Leah Gilliard did not leave front of the full-length mirror even when there was a knock on the door of her room.
After all, it is a masquerade ball.
Leah was extremely excited as she had never attended a banquet like this before.
There was a lot of interest, but there was no opportunity.
Isn’t it impossible to just throw a banquet for the sake of business when we are not sure whether we will survive or die in the operation that will begin tomorrow?
This was especially true since he was under the fortress commander who maintained a negative stance on banquets.
“What is that guy doing now?” .”
The face that suddenly came to mind.
Luthers Ethan.
From what I heard, he said that he had completely disappeared since retiring from the military.
Argen criticized her, saying that she went into hiding because she was afraid that her corruption would be revealed, but Leah honestly thought Luthus wasn’t that bad of a person.
Although he was more picky, harsh, and irritable than other people.
And his appearance was just his style.
“….”
Leah, who was lost in recollection for a moment, slapped herself on the cheek and shouted.
“An old relationship is an old relationship! Let’s not keep giving in to things like that! Today is the day to set out to find your destined partner!”
Leah Gilead’s main interest was, of course, men.
Of course, I wasn’t saying she was cheating.
She had dreamed of her fairy-tale love ever since she was young, and now that the war was over, she planned to pursue that dream with all her might.
I want my appearance to be reasonably sharp, I want him to be harsh to others but warm to me, I want my body to be tall, I want him to be dependable like a man, and I want him to show up and save me at the moment of danger….
The list of criteria would be endless, but isn’t she just an ideal type?
Even if she’s not that bad, she might be able to meet someone decent.
This was also the reason why Leah was looking forward to this masquerade ball where she could socialize with people from all over the country.
“But in the end, is this what suits you?”
Leah, who was repeatedly putting on and taking off her clothes, chose the red dress she also wore at her final dissolution ceremony.
No matter how much she thought about it, there was no outfit that suited her better than this.
Leah Gilliard smiled contentedly as she looked at her reflection in the mirror.
It went well with the red cat half-mask I was given.
The lieutenant is a white cat, the lieutenant is a red cat, and the captain is a black cat.
She said that at the rank of lieutenant and general, masks symbolize different animals, and it seemed like it would be fun to see them.
After completing all her preparations, Leah opened her door.
What was left in front of the door was a small letter.
“… Who is it?”
I carefully unsealed the letter and confirmed its contents.
[Do not attend the banquet today, Leah.]
It was a warning written in a font so scrawled that it was difficult to read at a glance.