Heavenly Magician
Chapter 8: The Coup in the Empire

"Have you heard the news that the Empire's power is divided."

"What do you mean?"

"The rumor is that the current Imperial army is split into soldiers and knights."

The Gardio Empire was a large Kingdom located in the western continent that belonged to one of the two major powers of the western continent.

"Why did they divide their army?"

"Nobody knows why."

While they were thinking about the reason. One of them changed the subject.

"Oh yes. Have you met dragon slayer?"

"I met him yesterday. I didn't expect a child of his age to be able to kill twelve dragons in the five kingdoms, let alone that he was now earning a gold rank."

"I don't believe it either. But the truth is, we should be grateful, if he were to be our enemy, the Kingdom would be destroyed."

Two knights of the Freedom Kingdom were chatting while having breakfast at the knight barracks.

In these few days the news of me successfully killing twelve dragons in the five Kingdoms became the talk of the people.

Sometimes people look for me to ask me how to fight the dragon.

"I'm tired of answering people's questions."

"That's common for dragon-slaying heroes, Shin." Miku said to me with a smile.

Because I killed the dragon. Besides the gold rank, I also got the nickname dragon slayer from the guild.

"Oh yes Shin. Have you heard the news of the empire dividing into divisions?"

"It has. The knights talked about it from this morning."

"Do we need to find out why?"

"Not necessary now." I answered while sitting on the balcony of our room in the palace.

I'd better not get myself into noble trouble first.

"alright. How about we go for a walk to the capital, but we're still here?"

Miku's expression instantly turned to be curious of my answer.

"Why not. Let's go."

Miku's face let out a bright light upon hearing my invitation.

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We are currently on the main road of the capital of the Kingdom of Freedom. As we were looking around, we suddenly heard a commotion in the middle of the road. Without a second thought we both ran there.

"Please father. He's in pain."

A crying girl saw her father in pain and tried to ask for help, but people just watched without anyone helping him.

"What's going on?"

I who broke through the crowd immediately asked.

They both have fox ears. Are they a half animal race.

"My father was attacked by monsters while trying to protect me." He said that while crying.

The body of the person lying on the ground looked pitiful. With skin that begins to blacken accompanied by green spots all over the body.

Poison. This is why no one wants to approach him.

"I'll cure him."

Right then and there I cast the [Recovery] spell to remove the poison and [Refresh] to restore his strength.

"Just calm. Shin could definitely cure her."

Miku calmed the girl while continuing to watch me heal the poor man.

A few minutes later, the man regained his senses and made the girl cry while hugging her father.

We moved from that place to a cooler and quieter place.

His son continued to hug his father with tears still remaining in his eyes.

"Thank you for saving my life, young man. Introduce my name is Olba Starnd, I am a merchant from the Kingdom of Halman." The man lowered his head to thank him.

"Halm?" My word.

"If you know where you're going?" Ask Miku.

"We plan to go to the Allent Kingdom."

"What are you going there for?"

"I plan to visit my friend's house in Allent Kingdom. But when we were in Gardio Empire, we were attacked."

"What's happening right now in the Empire?" Ask me.

"The power of the Empire is divided. And it looks like there's a coup in the capital right now."

"Coup?"

What exactly was the purpose of this coup and who was the mastermind.

"How did you get here instead of the Empire being far west?"

"I have a magic attribute that I used to move things from store to store. Perhaps due to lack of preparation, I immediately put it on and it was sent to the forest."

Miku who was listening to Olba's explanation immediately looked at me.

"What should we do, Shin. Are we going to help the Empire?"

Maybe I'd rather help than fall victim again.

"Yes. Of course we'll help."

I smiled towards Miku after saying that.

"Help the Empire?" The man asked me as if he could not believe it.

"Calm down, uncle. Shin was a strong person as well as a golden-ranked dragon slayer." Miku proudly introduced me.

"Gold rank? Dragon slayer?" He who was initially in disbelief was immediately shocked after seeing my golden-coloured guild card.

I directly opened [Gate] to the capital of Allent Kingdom to send them.

After that we asked for permission to leave to the King of Freedom and head straight to the Empire.

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Right now we are in a house that I rented to rest in Strom Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Strom was an empire in the south of the Gardio Empire that included one of the two major powers of the western continent along with the Gardio Empire.

I plan to leave Miku here because it is too dangerous to bring her to the Empire. Miku initially refused, but she finally agreed with my decision.

Seelh parted with Miku, I opened [Gate] and went to the Empire.

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By the time I reached the Imperial capital, the situation was already chaotic, fires were everywhere, battles were also along the way.

When I saw the chaotic scene, I realized that the clothes of the people who were fighting were different, one was wearing a piece of armor and another was wearing a black shirt with a crossed-out emblem.

"It seems I already know who the knights are and who the soldiers are. And what the flying thing is, is it the devil."

I closed my eyes and focused the flow of mana.

"Track the number of knights and soldiers and demons in the Empire." My orders are in my heart.

Instantly a three-dimensional map comes to mind, accompanied by thousands of coloured points.

Knights 2 thousand people and an army of 10 thousand people plus 5 thousand demons.

"The difference is too far. Are they trying to destroy the Empire."

But if this is a coup. Who moved the devil.

"I'd better find the Emperor first."

Heading to the palace turned out to be more difficult than imagined. The battles everywhere also made the streets filled with blood and corpses.

Not long ago running, I saw someone who was injured. In front of him there was also a person who was ready to stab him.

While running towards them, I opened the [Storage] and pulled out a gun I made earlier.

Duahrg

His body lost control and fell helplessly onto the ground right in front of the injured person.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm doing fine. Did you kill him?"

"He's not dead, just fainted."

It's just a rubber bullet.

"That's not a problem right now. Where's Emperor?"

"The emperor is in the palace." He who was still in pain began to answer my questions.

"In the palace. I'll take you to safety first."

After saying that, I immediately took her to one of the houses.

But in the middle of the road I was confronted by someone.

"Who are you. I've never seen you here?" A man immediately attacked, but unfortunately I managed to avoid it.

"What!?"

"I asked the same thing. Hmmmm. I'm guessing you must be the one who led this coup right?"

I speculated like that because I saw his black shirt a little different from the rest of the army.

"Your eyes are jelly too. Is correct. I'm General Barack, the leader of this coup."

He arrogantly introduced himself

"General?"

Why would a general stage a coup into his own Kingdom.

"Because you already know my identity. So I can't let you live."

He began to read obscure notes. But suddenly something appeared from the magic circle right before him.

"Intermediate devil yes."

"So you know yes. Then it'll be easier. He'll kill you, get ready." The evil grin came out as the high-level demon looked at me.

The demon directly lunged and swung its claws at me. I can avoid it easily.

~(Fire Ball)~

Fireballs appeared and attacked the demon. But nothing happened.

"That doesn't work." I muttered casually.

"Haha. It won't work for the devil."

"Then eat this."

~(Arrow of Light)~

Dozens of arrows shot out and managed to wound the demon. The demon's body began to erode.

"Successfully. Then it'll be easy."

Those endless arrows continued to fall from the clear sky.

It did not take much time, finally the final arrow broke through the demon defense and managed to destroy its power core.

"There's no way you can kill a mid-level demon that easily."

"Of course I can." I smiled awkwardly at the evil general.

"[Rom]"

"Ghargguug......"

The general was instantly paralyzed on the spot and eventually collapsed.

Weak and could only rely on demonic-powers. I wonder why he became a general.

I better secure the Emperor first. Although the mastermind has lost, but the army and demons are still wandering around.

After confirming the injured person earlier I gave [Recovary] and [Refresh] magic. I decided to leave it there and head straight for the palace.

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"Who are you?"

I was held up by a woman by the sword when I had just entered the palace.

"I'm just an adventurer. I'm here to help the Emperor and his family escape. My name is Tatsuya Shin, I can use teleport magic."

I explained anything without even being asked.

"Is it true that you can use teleport magic!?

"Yes." Yeah."

The woman hesitated a little, but in the end she decided to believe it.

"Then follow me!"

When we got to the big door. He opened the door slowly, I saw the man I guessed was the Emperor lying on his bed.

What struck me was a girl who was about fourteen years old who was about to be stabbed by the soldiers beside the Emperor's bed.

It's not that easy to kill people.

"[Rom]"

"Ghargguug......"

Instantly the soldier fell down and fainted on the spot. The female knight rushed to see the state of the girl.

After I healed the poisoned Emperor. I immediately asked the cause of the coup.

He said that the General wanted to increase the defense of the Empire in order to fight with the Storm Kingdom.

It seems like the relationship of the Gardio Empire and the Strom Kingdom is a bit disharmonious huh.

"I don't know where the general is now." The Head Emperor lowered his head as he said that with an angry expression of not being able to protect his Empire.

"Ohh. If you mean General Barack. He's been cleared."

"You killed him?" The Emperor, Princess and the female knight were shocked by my sudden statement.

More precisely paralyze him, not kill him. But yeah, that's it.

"I've already defeated him."

I opened [Gate] and slowly appeared the General's body on the floor in a faint state.

"That's really General barack. How do you beat?"

"Not to think about it."

"Young people. Who are you really?" Asked the Emperor with a serious face.

"I'm just an adventurer who happens to pass by."

"All right then." Respond to the Emperor's disappointment.

It's uncomfortable lingering here.

"I'll excuse you then. You see, the matter outside is not finished yet, I have to solve it."

"alright. Thank you, be careful young man."

After saying goodbye, I teleported outside the palace.

It took forty minutes to cripple all the soldiers with the demons.

I still can't use this magic properly

Why have so many elements if you can not wear it well.

I need to learn more.

"It's finally over."

Due to exhaustion, I decided to rest on one of the benches in the town square.

While on break. I got a telepathic call from Haku that I ordered to keep Miku at home.

"What's wrong Haku?"

"Sir. I was asked by Miss Miku to tell me that there is currently an attempt to assassinate the King."

"King's Murder? "

I've guessed.

If the coup of the Empire is motivated to start a war with the Kingdom, of course the Kingdom will also be another action and bestow blame on the Empire.

Problem again yes.

I who was exhausted opened [Gate] to the house.

When I arrived, Miku immediately ran towards me.

"Shins. There's news spread in the Kingdom that the King was poisoned by someone."

"Poisonured!?"

"We must save the King." Miku said.

"Silent. Of course we'll save the King, so you don't panic anymore."