Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95

“This time, we absolutely must not make any mistakes.”

And he spoke with a chilling tone.

“If someone were to track our movements from behind…”

The Emperor’s eyes gleamed with a sinister light.

“I’m sure you understand without me having to say it.”

“Yes, we receive your command.”

The knights bowed their heads even lower and responded to the Emperor with loud voices.

Only then did the Emperor regain his satisfied smile.

However, a major problem still remained.

“What about that brat?”

“…We haven’t found him yet. But the young master of Evant is… Ugh!”

At that moment, the Emperor’s merciless kick struck the knight’s abdomen.

Though his kick was an outburst of anger, it was also their blunder for losing her son after being blocked by the mercenary.

“You were the one who asserted that Evant’s young master wouldn’t be interested in this matter! And now you’re saying we should seek his help?”

“That is…”

“If he finds the brat first and hears something strange…!”

The Emperor shouted furiously.

It had been a mistake to join hands with the Mage Tower since they couldn’t request cooperation from the temple where the Hero was.

Who would have thought that wastrel young master of Evant would take interest in the monster attack incident.

The Evant family formed strong bonds with each other.

While Kyrillos moved outside, Duke Evant was building solid fortifications from within.

If Kyrillos noticed, it was natural that Duke Evant would notice as well.

“The thought of that cunning Duke Evant catching wind of something suspicious is terrifying.”

The Emperor ground his teeth as if truly shuddering.

The leader of the Nobility Faction.

Just thinking of Carlos Evant was enough to make him bolt upright even from sleep.

‘I can’t let that snake learn the Hero’s true identity. And the thing in the underground as well.’

Even now, didn’t he constantly pick fights, saying he disapproved of him who had risen to replace the Former Emperor?

The more anxious the Emperor became, the louder his table drumming grew.

Then at some point, it stopped abruptly.

It was because he thought of someone sleeping underground.

“How are the experiments progressing?”

The knight who had composed himself quickly spoke up.

“Movement is possible, but he doesn’t seem to possess intelligence. It seems we need that thing called a ‘subjugation stone’ that ‘he’ mentioned. They say it’s only possible to control monsters, but since we’ve injected magic into him now, he’s practically no different from a monster.”

“But that damn Hero won’t listen.”

The Emperor clicked his tongue and rose from his seat.

The knights’ heads followed the Emperor’s movement as he walked with his hands behind his back.

“If only I could control Lawrence sleeping underground at will, everything would be easy. Tsk.”

He would even get to see Carlos Evant bow his head.

Wasn’t he the greatest contributor to bringing back his beloved eldest son alive?

Though it wouldn’t be in the form of a complete human.

“I heard that he demanded the Hero be drawn out as payment.”

“Yes, fortunately he had the same goal, making cooperation easy. Remember that if you all hadn’t kept failing, I wouldn’t have needed to go this far.”

At the Emperor’s rebuke, the knights’ heads naturally bowed.

Displeased even with that sight, he tapped the knight’s head with his foot while speaking.

As if that alone wasn’t enough to vent his anger, he overturned the chess board that was on the table.

All the chess pieces fell to the floor.

If he couldn’t have them, he would destroy everything and start over. If the chess pieces were poor, he could just bring good cards again.

“What should we do about Kyrillos Evant? He often visits the Hero, so if they encounter each other…”

Hakan asked him cautiously. Then the Emperor responded as if he had heard something unexpected.

“Even if Evant’s son dies in battle, what problem would that be? It has nothing to do with me. Answer me, Hakan. What is important to you?”

“…Removing all obstacles that interfere with His Majesty’s commands, no, goals.”

“Yes, Hakan. Then who is behind you?”

“This is something I’m doing on my own initiative.”

The Emperor showed a satisfied expression toward Hakan, who immediately gave the answer he wanted, and waved his hand.

Then the knights who had been kneeling simultaneously rose and left the room.

The Emperor, left alone in the room, slowly sat down.

‘That useless Hero, as always.’

The Emperor couldn’t believe that his boldly planned operation had failed twice.

The Hero was trusted by the common people.

Let him suffer in return because of those who love him.

He would make him fall so completely that he couldn’t even show his face in public.

‘And Duke Evant…’

How shocked he had been initially when he received reports that Kyrillos had taken interest and jumped into this incident.

But thinking about it slowly, it was actually a good opportunity.

It was a golden opportunity to see the despair on that senile snake’s face.

The dogs he had carefully raised would choose death rather than abandon him. That’s how he had trained them.

‘Carlos Evant.’

Thinking of the duke who dared to look at him as if ready to bite his throat made anger boil up inside him.

He was inferior to himself, yet what was so good about the forces that supported his brother that they disliked him.

Clearly he was more excellent!

“Of course Your Highness is outstanding too, but if the First Prince becomes emperor rather than Your Highness, the Empire would develop even further.”

He recalled those who had trampled on his blood-soaked efforts while smiling.

That genius cannot be caught up to even with effort?

‘No, didn’t I eventually kill my brother and sit proudly on the throne?’

The process was long, but in the end, he was the victor.

However, the Emperor soon regained his smile.

After all, the one inferior to him was already dead and buried in the ground.

‘And don’t I already have the Empire’s strongest weapon in my hands?’

The greatest weapon that could devour not just the Empire but the entire continent…!

Countless lives would disappear because of it, but it couldn’t be helped.

It was natural that those who weren’t strong couldn’t survive.

Unable to suppress the laughter trying to break free, the Emperor finally burst into frivolous laughter.

It would be soon now.

Soon his era would arrive…!

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The atmosphere in the capital was gloomy.

The faces of the people were shrouded with the aura of death.

These were people so close that neighbors knew how many eggs each other’s chickens laid.

But those same people were coming outside and wailing.

Even those who hadn’t suffered misfortune shed tears while comforting them.

“This all happened because the Hero didn’t properly deal with the monsters!”

“Good heavens. People dying again… And by monsters no less. How can we live in such fear?”

“We thought we could live without fear since the Demon King died, but now monsters are the problem! The Hero doesn’t even show his face instead of subjugating monsters!”

Someone from the neighboring village had died.

At some point, someone from the house next door had gone missing and returned as a corpse torn apart by something.

“Oh no… My son! He was so happy about getting a job at the Imperial Palace… For a monster to kill you, no…”

“Children have disappeared too. The monsters must have definitely devoured the vulnerable children!”

“This is all because of the Hero! Getting that nice position and now look at this! Can’t even properly handle a single monster!”

The families who had been holding the corpses and weeping directed all their anger toward the Hero.

Not at the monsters that killed their children, but at the Hero who failed to catch those monsters and was rumored to be compassionate, making him easy prey for their attacks.

Because that made their hearts feel more at ease.

They began to tear into the Hero.

It was the beginning of the rumors.

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