Chapter 59: It Fired

Chapter 59: It Fired

The Kranzle Empire's imperial capital is one of the most solid cities in the world Kukuku, no doubt about it, I'm perfectly safe in this place

A certain red-haired woman devoured her meal in a certain inn in the imperial capital while muttering those words.

Hey, do you think that guest over there is right in the head? Not that I want to poke my nose into her affairs, but seeing her like that since a while ago

The mistress of the inn looked anxiously at the suspicious guest who had been staying in her inn for many days.

Shhh, she paid for her room properly, and it's an advance payment on top of that. There's no way we can kick her out.

The master of the inn replied to his wife.

I know that, but still

Hahaha, you just over worrying.

On the other hand, you're overly optimistic, dear. Or else you're not telling me that the reason why you take her side is that youve been mesmerized by her beauty, right?

Hah, what are you talking about?

What else then

That matter aside, I heard about this from our guest but

Maybe because he realized that the situation would only worsen if they continued that topic, the master tried to change the topic.

The mistress frowned upon realizing this, but she decided to listen to her husband's story.

It seems they're going to use magic cannon today.

Magic cannon? Are you seriously telling me that they're going to use that giant thing at the gate? Just which country is our empire going to attack this time? Even though we've been on a winning streak that doesn't mean that the casualties on our side are zero either I wonder if our child is okay

In fact, one of the two sons of the couple joined the army of the empire.

Although his parents were proud of their son who fought for the empire, they still worried for his safety.

It seems that magic cannon can reach the enemy of our empire. Moreover, it's strong enough to destroy an entire city in one shot. I guess the era in which our empire doesn't have to send its army to other nations to subjugate them is just around the corner.

Is that true?

Yeah. Moreover, I heard that the target this time isn't a country or city.

Not a country? What do you mean, dear?

The master then answered to his puzzled wife.

The target is the great-disaster-class monster. They said it's an undead that even the famous Hero King of Romana couldnt do anything against, the No Life King.

The master told his wife another piece of information that he heard from his acquaintance.

It seems that monster is currently heading toward this city.

A-Are we going to be all right?

What are you talking about? That's exactly why they used the magic cannon on that monster. I mean, it's a weapon capable of destroying a country far from this place, right? That's why, no matter what kind of monster it is, that monster is bound to die once they become the target of the magic cannon.

GATAN!

The couple turned around the moment they heard the sound of something falling to the floor.

N-N-No Life King?

The strange red-haired woman from before had already stood up from her chair, trembling from head to toe.

It seemed the previous sound was from her when she knocked her chair.

D Dear guest?

Is something the matter dear guest?

The couple asked the red-haired woman with a timid voice.

But the red-haired woman didn't seem to hear the couple's voice. She just walked out the dining room with an unsteady gait.

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That guy is here too? Why did he come this far?

After leaving the inn, the red-haired woman walked down the main street of the imperial capital with an unsteady gait.

GAN!

Her shoulder ended up bumping against a man who happened to pass by her side.

But the red-haired woman kept walking as if she didn't realize that she had just bumped on the shoulder of a man.

Hey, the bi*tch over there. Aren't you going to apologize to someone when you run into them?

A-A-A

You have been saying the same thing and brought me all over the place, you know?

HII S-Sorry I-It really wasn't intentional

He was trembling non-stop as he replied to me.

I mean, after entering the empire, this man has been leading me to various cities while I tried to rush toward the imperial capital to save the kidnapped female Holy Knight.

Every time we arrived at a city, a new black-clothed guy would appear and tell me the name of another city.

Although I had no idea who these guys were nor their goal, their constant misleading made me quite irritated.

S-She's definitely in the imperial capital

Where's said imperial capital?

O-Over there is

Do you really know the location of the imperial capital? Why wouldn't you just tell me that you've been lying to me this entire time?

H-HIIIIIIIIII! I-I REALLY HAD NO IDEA! BUT IT'S AN ORDER FROM HER MAJESTY, THE EMPRESS!

The Empress?

Why did the empress of the empire want to kidnap the female Holy Knight?

Just what in the world was that empress trying to do here?

Crap, an ancient man like me might not have been able to grasp the logic behind her actions since there were simply too many logical leaps between the current era and my own era.

Anyhow, I should focus on going to that empress' palace first.

After that, I regripped the limp black-clothed man again and ran at full speed toward the imperial capital.

Uhm? What's that?

When I ran toward the rampart gate, I noticed a certain thing that was simply too big to be ignored.

Ma na?

I felt a terrifying amount of mana from the rampart.

Something really unbelievable happened when I observed the rampart.

One part of the rampart suddenly split open, moving to the left and right.

And then, a giant Something appeared from within.

Although it was hard to see its real shape since I looked at it from the front, the thing pointing toward me looked like a pole from a distance.

Upon closer inspection, the middle part of that pole was hollow, so calling it pipe or tube might have been more appropriate.

There was still around ten kilometres between us.

Nevertheless, the gigantic amount of mana in that thing seemed to be leaking.

At the next moment

The mana that was compressed till the utmost limit and turned into the embodiment of destruction was fired from the hollow part of that pipe.

And sure enough, it was heading straight toward me.

Would I finally be able to die if I bathed in that light of destruction?

I thought that until I remembered that I carried a black-clothed man under my armpit.

Me aside, this guy would die for sure if he was exposed to that light of destruction.

Yeah, I couldn't let this man die.

Moreover, I still had to save the female Holy Knight.

Who knew what was going to happen to her if I died here.

Thus, just like when I destroyed that miasma vortex, I focused my entire mana into my right fist.

Or not, the amount of mana I used this time far surpassed the amount I used at that time.

And then, I punched toward the oncoming light of destruction.

KACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

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TN: Beam Canon vs No Life King, WHO WILL SURVIVE!? Stay Tuned Next Week!!