Chapter 1: The Imperial Grandson Frozen in Ice

January 1, 999 in the Bingyang calendar

Sugui City, a city in the south-central part of the island of the central Pao Republic, and the island of Bonei

"Do you really want to thaw this big ice block?"

"Thaw. ׺°"˜˜`"°º×"

"Ah? This guy named Zelun is the grandson of the old empire! Once he wakes up from the ice block..."

"But what choice do we have now? Our Pao Republic is torn apart, and we are facing a large number of alien monsters and the invasion of those scum who understand the power of spells. If we don't wake him up, we probably won't survive this century. And, prepare that red active injection and inject him."

"Yes."

In a mysterious underground research institute, a group of soldiers in white coats and brown-green camouflage uniforms looked at a large ice block wrapped in a strong boy with an extremely embarrassed expression, ready to be thawed.

"We..."

"Don't say it. We purged the royal family back then, but we didn't expect that after successfully establishing the republic, the war with alien forces would actually lead to a catastrophe caused by atomic weapons. The current Pa Republic is in name only, and the people have long abandoned us incompetent trash and established their own regimes."

"Then why do we have to go through so much trouble to find this grandson of the emperor Zelen from Mount Jaya and wake him up from his 20-year slumber?"

"Because of the special bloodline of the royal family of the Rimai people, especially his physique that is immune to magic attacks, we need it very much now."

Bang!

Wu...

Just as a group of scientific research experts and soldiers of the Pa-O Republic were thawing, the door of the institute was dented from the outside. And after the door was broken open, what shocked the members of the institute was that what appeared in front of them was just a humanoid creature wearing a short skirt and a short-sleeved top, with a pig head and a human body, but keeping his two feet off the ground and floating.

In response, the soldiers of the Paou Republic immediately picked up their guns and shot at the pig-headed man, but a transparent protective film formed around the pig-headed man, and the bullets shot at him were like being caught, in a completely stagnant state.

Yuriko: "Nan Ta? Qi Mi Wa Da Lie? Well... Si Nie!"

Accompanied by a sentence with unknown meaning, the bullets stagnated on the protective film burst out instantly, and a group of soldiers holding various guns and shooting, as well as other scientists who did not have time to dodge, fell on the spot.

However, under such a rebound attack, several bullets hit the ice directly, and the ice suddenly broke completely. As for the male Ri Mai who was wrapped inside and was called the grandson of the old empire, he naturally fell to the ground with the broken small ice.

In view of such a chaotic situation, the two scientific research experts who were responsible for thawing him had no time to sigh that they were not shot. They directly picked up the red injection that could quickly awaken the creature and injected it directly into the neck of the man named Zelun.

Um!

Perhaps the injection contained too strong ingredients, or for other reasons, this old imperial royal male named Zelun opened his eyes immediately, and then slowly moved his body that had been frozen for a long time.

Zelun: "I... Where is this place? And blood? Hmm? Where did the pig-headed man come from?"

Although his mind was still a little unclear, Zelun looked at the bodies of the soldiers on the ground, and he quickly focused on the pig-headed man in front of him who looked like a woman with his feet floating in the air.

Yuriko: "Antawadal? Yimaijin Nuosen Mubeqi? Hum, Sayaola. Hmm? Alas? Ah..."

Compared to the pig-headed man in front of him speaking some language that he didn't know what it meant, Zelun was covering his neck where he was injected, and began to feel that there was a kind of energy in his body that was making his body warm up. At the same time, the two scientific research experts were hiding behind Zelun, staring at the pig-headed man who stretched out his right hand and tried to attack Zelun from time to time with extremely frightened expressions.

Zelun: "You two..."

Zerlun, who was still in a state of confusion, had not yet asked the two researchers who had specially run behind him, when a pig-headed man who could float in the air suddenly pounced on him, grabbed Zelun's neck with both hands, and began to pinch it hard.

So Zelun reacted immediately. He first grabbed the pig-headed man's right hand with his left hand to get out of trouble, and then pinched the pig-headed man's neck with his right hand to give her a counterattack.

Although it was uncomfortable, Zelun didn't need anyone to remind him now. The pig-headed man in front of him was the killer who came to kill him. In this regard, even though his neck was very uncomfortable, and even his consciousness felt a certain fuzziness, he could only hold his breath, regardless of how ugly he looked now, and used all his strength to pinch the pig-headed man's neck hard to see who would be the first to give up.

Yuriko: "Gu!"

The opportunity has come!

When Zelun heard this sound, he knew that he had won, but he didn't miss this opportunity. His left hand quickly opened the pig-headed man's thumb and twisted it outwards, and he got out of trouble immediately. Then he took a quick breath, grabbed the pig-headed man, and slammed him to the ground.

Then, Zelun, who was originally being strangled by the neck, stepped on the right shoulder of the pig-headed man who had no time to react, and grabbed the pig-headed man's chin with his left hand with gritted teeth, then lifted it up and twisted it to the right...

Click!

Accompanied by a crisp sound of fractures, a pig-headed corpse whose neck was twisted alive was officially born, and Zelen, who was in shock, sat on the ground, feeling unusually frightened as he looked at the pig-headed man.

So, Zelen looked around and saw a machete on a fallen soldier near him. Without saying a word, he took out the single-edged machete and started hacking at the pig-headed man.

Compared to the bloody scene of blood and even pieces of meat flying all over the sky, Zelen didn't feel that there was anything worthy of fear in such a scene. Because he had never seen this before, and he didn't know why the pig-headed man who wanted to strangle him as soon as he came over was being chopped into a pile of rotten meat by himself with a sharp knife.

Zelen: "Huh! Ha...ha..."

When Zelen cut off the pig-headed man's head with his last knife, Zelen finally stopped chopping. Then beside him, he finally saw that in addition to the two research experts, ten other soldiers-looking men were staring at him with some surprise.

Seeing such a scene, Zelen responded with a blank expression. He is just a young grandson of the royal family. When it comes to the right to inherit the throne, he is not in the front line. It is really not his turn to be the emperor so quickly. So he looked at the pig-headed man's body at his feet again, and then at his own blood-covered appearance, and his whole body began to calm down. Then he dropped the knife in his hand, slowly came to the soldier who was closest to him and was still covering his abdominal wound, and asked him what was going on now.

Soldier: "You...ha...your highness, right? We, we are no longer the subjects of the empire. Like you...although I am very grateful to you for killing that terrifying witch; but, I, Senagul As a soldier of the Pa-O Republic, still..."

Zelen: "Stop! Stop talking now. I'll take a look at your wounds first, and then look for a first-aid kit or even first-aid spray."

Although he didn't know what happened to him, out of good intentions, Zelen still found some first aid kits from other dead soldiers and began to bandage the soldier named Senagu urgently. At the same time, other soldiers who could still walk began to look for first aid kits for their companions to start emergency treatment without any instructions.

Senagu: "Thank you. But I have to explain to you, the grandson of the emperor who has been frozen for twenty years, in advance that I am not a soldier of the Crurod Empire. I am the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Paou."

Zelen: "The Republic of Paou?"

Senagu: "We launched a coup twelve years ago, turning the Krurod Empire you originally belonged to into the current Paou Republic. After all, your grandfather, he was so hateful."

Zelen: "Uh."

Upon hearing the news, Zelen was shocked like a thunderbolt. But when he heard about his grandfather from the soldiers in front of him, he couldn't help but look ashamed.

Because his grandfather was not a wise king. He imposed levies and expropriations, and also engaged in military warfare, which led to continuous civil unrest and turmoil twenty years ago...

Um, wait?

Twenty years?

Zelen looked at the soldiers in front of him and the large ice cube. Twenty years is...

He remembered that he was caught in an avalanche, and he had basically no memory of what happened after that.

Senagu: "After you were frozen for eight years, we cleaned up your royal family and established a Pa-O Republic."

Zelen: "You... why?"

Senagu: "Because we really can't stand the rule of your royal family. Especially your grandfather. He was greedy for the beauty of the granddaughter of the prime minister at that time. He first assassinated the prime minister and framed it for a palace guard at that time. Afterwards, he succeeded and supported him. A new prime minister came to power, and then he started singing praises."

Zelen: "Sonja Sonia, right? Well, indeed, she was 4 years older than me at that time... My father and two brothers were quite opposed to it..."

Senagu: "I am the youngest son of the prime minister who was assassinated by your grandfather, Sonya Senagu. But I also admire your father and brother, especially your father. As the crown prince, in order to stop your grandfather, he also brought Your two brothers went on an assassination mission."

Zelen: "So they chose to commit suicide to save us, mother and son. And then you, Senagu, brought other like-minded friends to avenge the royal family?"

Senagu: "That's right. As prime minister, my father made any mistakes that were detrimental to the empire or even heinous. You know, my father reformed several taxes and increased the country's fiscal revenue. So, we The brother swore on his father's body that he would defeat the royal family, even with the help of outside forces. But... did you see that pig-headed man? We didn't make the country a better place."

Having said this, Senaguna lowered his head and began to sob uncontrollably.

Zelen: "Pig-headed man..."

Senagu: "With the help of the pig-headed men, my eldest brother found another group of black-haired kobolds to act as killers, trying to create an avalanche to kill you. After all, we are officials of the Republic of Paou and do not need a The emperor and members of his royal family who are dominating us."

Zelen: "You!"

Senagu: "I didn't quite agree with this at the time, but I didn't really want to stop it either. Our Sanya family also had forces that supported us to launch a coup after the incident between your mother and son. After all, the royal family only regards us as ministers. Just throw it away if you don’t like it.”

Zelen: "I...a group of rebels. So, why do you want to bring me back from the snowy mountains?"

Senagou: "Because they lured wolves into the house, we didn't expect those kobolds to take the opportunity to secretly establish an underground base within our territory, and we didn't expect that they were actually a group of cultists who secretly kidnapped people many times and conducted various biochemical experiments. They Twelve years after we purged or exiled the royal family and established the Pa-O Republic, that is... five years ago from now, they began to attack towns everywhere with a poisonous gas, and drove all kinds of The monsters invaded and caused one disaster after another, so you can see for yourself by looking at the photos and videos on the screen.”

Senagu, who knew what he had done, and even more clearly what he had done, naturally asked others to do it for him. He used a screen device in the institute to create various monsters and drop various gas bombs from the black-haired kobolds in the past five years. , and also let Zelen take a good look at the scene of the pig-headed people, the forces of his overlord country, invading the then politically unstable Republic of Pa-O.

As a result, when he saw it halfway, Zelen had a look of disgust on his face. The black-haired kobold used a strange purple poison gas to poison people in one city after another. The people who were poisoned soon developed some kind of mutation that strengthened their own muscles, and then reappeared as some kind of gray-white skinned humanoid muscle monsters to charge at other soldiers and civilians who were not dead, and completely tore apart every object in the way. .

Zelen: "What is this?"

Senagu: "Wild orcs, at least that's what I call them. And you see, compared to these big guys over two meters tall, other black hounds and poisonous lice that attack people, we can't guard against them at all. My brother and the others... also fell into the trap. For the prey of these little guys.”

Zelen: "You really can't defeat these monsters that only charge up to melee?"

Senagu: "Keep looking. Compared to these, do you see what other guys are up there? You just chopped off the head of one of them."

As Senagu said, the original living pig-headed man, the one said to be named Yuriko, was an invisible shock wave that instantly turned a large area of ​​surrounding soldiers into minced meat, and every time it drifted forward, any type of tank or fighter plane None of them were any match for the pig-headed man. They were all lifted high under its magical power, and then quickly twisted into twisted pieces of scrap metal.

Zelen: "Well..."

Senagou: "Half, no, two-thirds of the northern part of our republic, as well as the eastern part, is gone."

When Senagul told such a fact, Zelen, who was a royal family member of the Crurod Empire and had received royal elite education since childhood, was surprised.

Because this gang of rebellious officials and traitors turned the Krurod Empire into the Republic of Paou. They ruined the empire and put the entire country in an extremely miserable situation. Zelen looked at the weapon that had fallen on the ground. The machete on the ground wanted to chop Senagu into pieces right away.

But he could also hear that Senagu had to find him back from the snowy mountains because he was really desperate. After all, Arisato has a powerful mental attack power. Members of the royal family who have been more resistant to magic than others since childhood are the most effective and absolute nemesis.

This is also the evidence why he is a royal family, and it is also the reason why he has to receive the education of aristocratic elite since he was a child.

And compared to slicing Senagu with a knife, he needs to know what kind of life the people of Mai today live. At the same time, he touched the spot on his neck where he had been injected with some kind of injection. Although it didn't hurt, he always felt unspeakably worried.

If he really killed Senagu, he might not have the chance to leave this research laboratory.

Since he was revived by Senagu, it means that he must have some value for this person who hates the royal family to come to him specifically.

Even if he guessed correctly, did Senagou and the others want him to do something when they rescued him? And such a thing is not what Senagu wants. Even Senagu should be forced by a powerful force that can make him bow his head and force him to complete this work. He wants to see the return of himself, a royal member of the old empire.

However, rather than his thoughts, there were very rapid footsteps coming from outside the door of the research room.

Zelen: "It seems like someone wants to come and talk to us."

Senagu: "How is that possible? It's probably that Youlizi's accomplices haven't received Youlizi's reply and are planning to come in to check."

Zelen: "Very good, then I'll give them a ride."

Since someone outside wanted to meet Arioko, Zelen checked the surrounding ground, and then obtained a submachine gun and four magazines from a soldier who unfortunately died in battle.

After all, he is royalty. Even if the Krolod Empire was destroyed by a bunch of rebellious traitors who finally knew what regret was, as a former Japanese aristocrat who had been trained in etiquette, language, arithmetic, shooting, history, and swordsmanship since childhood, He has an obligation to stand up for his country.

Even though his body didn't seem to have fully recovered, he still had a gun in his hand.

It is always easier to kill enemies with guns than swords, bows and spears.

Senagou: "This is the submachine gun we captured from the kobolds. It fires 9×19 mm pistol bullets."

Zeren: "Hmm? 9×19mm pistol bullet? This bullet... Never mind, just kill them first."

Senagu: "Others who can still fight, prepare to fight."

Although the researchers and soldiers in the underground laboratory were helpless, they could not resist more than being killed by the invaders outside. After all, they were not pigs and sheep to be slaughtered.