- Why do you need to leave?
- As soon as you kill Alzur, it will mean that I have become his enemy in the form of your accomplice, and since my residence in this territory depends on his desires, most likely they will even try to kill me.
Wonderful ! Now Kagor is in trouble because of me. Why is everything so complicated here? I wish I could help him, but I'm afraid I can't do anything. I have no power here.
- Now you only care about Alzur. He is the only one who stands above Ward.
- How can I get to him?
- Run over there...
Kagor pointed his hand in a direction I had never been before.
- About two hundred kilometers from this place there is a military base, and at the same time the Alzur's castle. You'll figure it out on the spot; now go!
- Thank you for everything you have done for me, Master Kagor. I owe you a lot.
- I was only helping you. You succeeded yourself in achieving your perfection. You know, over the last few tens of hundreds of cycles, these thirty cycles that I spent with you were the most pleasant for me, they even, in a sense, took me back to those times when the third revolution had not yet begun...
At first I couldn't answer to Kagor. I didn't know what I should have said to him...
- Thank you...
- You're welcome.
This was the second time I was so depressed. The first time was when I lost my mother.
- Will we... meet again?
- Who knows... Sometimes the world is big, and sometimes it's small. You never know with whom and why you will bring you together.
-...then...see you in some time?
- Absolutely.
Unable to endure this parting any longer, I ran in the direction where Kagor had pointed me. Although I could run fast, I didn't want to. All this time I watched the silhouette of Kagor, who was looking out for me. Over time, it disappeared completely after traveling too far. There's nothing else to see, I can pick up the pace.
***five minutes earlier***
- Lord Alzur, there are news.
- And what are they? Ward defeated him in four seconds and is already bringing his head to me?
- I'm afraid this is not the outcome you expect...
- Speak accurately and to the point, Lieutenant!
- Ward's squad suffered a crushing defeat in one moment, and he himself was killed after another 7 minutes.
- What ?! Ward is my best warrior, he couldn't lose to some nameless devil!
- And yet...
- Lieutenant, convey my order directly to all commanders-in-chief, I allow you to ignore the chain of command.
- I'm listening.
- Gather all the troops that we have. We will be up against an incredibly powerful enemy. Expect attacks from all sides.
- Yes sir !
The lieutenant rose from his knees and left the throne room. Alzur lay down in his throne, sighed heavily and began to mutter to himself.
- So, the fifth revolution has already begun... Guards, bring the succubus to me, I need to relax.
***
- So that's what you are, Alzur's Castle...
After nearly 10 minutes, I finally reached the castle combined with a military base. The location is very good. The castle itself stands on a cliff, surrounded by buildings that form a defense around it. Like a king surrounded by pawns.
I love chess. Often, when I was not on capture missions, I would amuse myself by playing pieces on a checkered board with the men in my squad. It's like a portable war, only without bloodshed and where you also have to think. And wouldn't it be a reasonable solution to resolve all conflicts between countries using chess? It's also really better and more convenient! No one beats or kills anyone, innocent families and cities do not suffer from the war, all advantages.
I was lying on the ground in a small grotto, looking through the optical sight of a sniper rifle for the castle guards. In the air, over the military base, about forty demons were patrolling, while on the ground, several regiments of demons, led by human-faced devils, were inspecting the surrounding area. Not far from all this activity there was a huge tent, near which hung a small group of devils, hung with various kinds of awards and medals, just like Ward's. Most likely this is a lieutenant, major, lieutenant colonel and colonel. Maybe I'm wrong and these are just random devils, but as it was said: it's better to be safe than sorry.
It would be safer to simply kill everyone at high speed and go to Alzur, but... that's not interesting. To be honest, I miss the times when I was still working for "13 Bullets" a little, it's time to shake off the old days.
I crawled out of the grotto and went to meet the fun.
- Be extremely vigilant! We don't know from which side he can...
- Good cycle, dear little devils! Before you try to kill me, let me introduce myself, Reigai Yurei, Gun Devil.
- Stay away, tramp!
All these hundreds of demons sharply pointed their spears, swords, clubs, morning stars, kusarigamas, axes and other piercing-cutting-hitting weapons at me.
I raised my hands demonstratively.
- Gun Devil, you are accused of killing General Ward and his elite demons. Such an offense, according to the instructions of the great Lord Alzur, is punishable by death, there is no other outcome. Do you admit your guilt?
One of those four devils near the tent came forward and began to interrogate me with passion, well, I'll play along with him.
- Yes, I admit, your honor, and I dare to say that a fate similar to the general's will befall you if you do not obey my instructions.
- Shoot to kill !
All the demons began to load ZF into their weapons at once, preparing to fire. Great, this is what I was waiting for! Having formed a large cloud of smoke from my ZF, I hid in it from other eyes. Hundreds of charges flew into my smoke cloud at once. The smoke dissipated from such pressure. But that place was empty...
-Where are you shooting, idiots?! You missed, every single one! Where did he go ?!
- Did you check behind your own back?
- How did you...?
The general could not withstand my speed, and these weirdos even more so. That screaming demon was clearly frightened by my sudden appearance behind him.
- Name, title!
-Veredan, lieutenant of Lord Alzur's army!
That's how...so, lieutenant... Is it normal that he crucifies himself like that when in this army there are devils higher in rank than him?
Just for fun, I stuck my hand down his pants.
- What the fuck are you...?
- Listen, how did you achieve such high recognition? You should be closed off because of your complexes, am I right?
- Damn you !
If I were a woman, I would have already sent him away with that size. There really was nothing to look at, there was really nothing to even touch there...
- What a pity !
- Shoot him, forget about me, just kill him!
Once again I found myself targeted by an army of demons, well, nothing can be done...
Many blows pierced the lieutenant's body, there were so many of them that the blood did not even have time to pour out and evaporated on the spot. But this did not last long, after the wave of energy shots ended, only scraps remained of the lieutenant. Now at least he fits his "size", heh.
At that time, I was already sitting in the strategy tent and peacefully sipping wine from the bottleneck, which had previously stood on one of the tables. I'm a little surprised that they make wine here. Although, the taste is not sweet and sour, grapey, as wine should be. It is more reminiscent of sour cherry juice with the addition of maple syrup. The taste is extremely unusual. I'll return to Japan, take revenge on that soldier and start the wine business. Definitely !
It looks like my dear friends are already bored, I'll go and visit them.
- Don't you dare relax! Find him! He will pay for what he did!
- I don't intend to pay, but thank you for the wine, it has a very interesting taste.
I said this as I left the tent to meet the local commanders who, giving orders to the demons, were trying to find me.
- How did you get there?!
- Through the entrance...
They're all kind of close-minded...
But most likely in front of me now is everyone who is above the rank of lieutenant and below the general. As far as I understand from the local system, each devil has some kind of ability. The lieutenant didn't have time to show his, so maybe they will do it?
- Insolent! You won't leave here alive, know this!
Too clichéd phrases...boring.
- Your demons won't do anything to me, if you want to catch me, fight yourself!
- You're an idiot for deciding to suggest such a thing!
Remembering the experience of the past battle, I covered myself with a ball of pure ZF. Swords and daggers rained down around me, it felt like they were falling from the sky, and so it turned out. There was a strange blue seal hanging in the sky, from which large silver drops flowed, which gradually formed into swords and fell at high speed towards me, but some dissolved due to my field. Interesting...
- Ha, soon your field will fall and you will no longer be able to defend yourself.
- And you guys are no mistake, quite a dangerous technique... Whose is it?
- Ours!
- Guys, I'm not very much for communism. Whose technique is this exactly?
- Fool, this is our common technique! I, Colonel Mayro, have the "Aquarius" technique, with which I transferred liquid metal into the sky above you.
- I, Lieutenant Colonel Bidur, with my "Modeling", formed swords, sabers, rapiers, daggers and other weapons from liquid metal.
- I, Major Kharif, using my terrifying "Wind Control" technique, directed the resulting weapon at you.
- This is our common technique and we called it... "Rain of Blades"!!!
-...and here's the eighth-grader syndrome...
Now it's clear why initially the lieutenant was in charge here. I would simply be afraid to entrust the army to these idiots... It seems that the battle will be easier than I thought...