Simultaneous travel: invincible from the beginning of the anime!

Chapter 560 Seiya: I will attack in the form of the Demi-human King!
"Your Majesty, you haven't slept for days. Why don't you go and rest for a while..."

Hearing the voice beside him, Gilkenif, whose eyes were bloodshot and whose spirits were low, slowly raised his head.

"Bajud, didn't you leave like that guy Renas?"

Seeing the empire's bleak future, Gilkenif issued a decree allowing knights who wished to leave to retire voluntarily.

The Bahars Empire will not hold them accountable for any misconduct.

Of the original Four Knights of the Empire, Immovable was killed by Matthew with a single earth-shattering attack.

Heavy Bomb Reinas, the only female member of the Four Horsemen, also chose to leave the Empire.

"Your Majesty underestimates me too much. Although my strength is not as good as the Kingdom's Warrior Captain, I cannot defeat those steel-level adventurers, and I have not even reached the realm of human heroes."

But I am, after all, a soldier of the Empire, so I cannot do something like deserting in the face of battle.

The same goes for Nippur. We've already sent our families to other safe places, and as for us, we will definitely fight alongside His Majesty to the very end!

After all, if His Majesty hadn't made an exception and promoted us, we probably wouldn't be where we are today.

Upon hearing Lei Hong Bajud's words, Gilkenif also managed a wry smile.

"As the emperor of the empire, I have an obligation to perish with the Bahars Empire."

But you, Bajud, have no such obligation; you should go with your families.

After all, I already said that when I promoted you "Four Horsemen".

What I value are your abilities. As for loyalty and background, I don't care. You can leave anytime you want, just like Renas.

Seeing Gilkenif so dejected, Bajud, who usually seemed quite honest and kind, suddenly became angry.

"Your Majesty Emperor Gilkenif! You should look in the mirror and see what you really look like!"
A king has the duty to die for his country, and we knights naturally have the duty to die alongside our king!

You used to be full of vigor and confidence, no matter what you did.

Why choose to give up on yourself now? I know very well that the enemy is powerful, even the kind of powerful that inspires despair.

"But you should open your eyes and see! The people and knights of the Bahars Empire all trust you, and what have you done to repay that trust!"

Faced with the furious Bajud, Gilkenif, who had been suppressing his pressure for a long time, suddenly exploded at this moment!

"Do you think I want to give up? Do you think I'm willing to be a king of a fallen kingdom? But now we've tried everything!"
Those monsters were not only powerful, but also quite intelligent. Every move I made was within Ainz Ooal Gown's calculations.

The Bahartha Empire is currently utterly powerless to resist the Sorcerer Kingdom's attack..."

Before Gilkenif could finish speaking, Bajud drew his broadsword and used the blade as a mirror, handing it to Gilkenif.

"Your Majesty, look at yourself now. Are you still the proud and confident Blood Emperor you once were?"

To be cowardly before the battle even begins, to willingly degenerate—even if the Bahars Empire truly loses, so what? At least we fought a bloody battle.

Or is it that the once mighty emperor now intends to surrender before the battle even begins, kneeling before the enemy and awaiting his execution? Gilkenif looked at his own reflection in Bajud's sword, his hair disheveled, his eyes bloodshot, and his spirit utterly dejected.

"Pah, pah, pah, pah!"

As Gilkenif looked at his reflection in the sword, his eyes gradually cleared. Just as he was about to say something, a rhythmic clapping sound suddenly echoed in the ears of Gilkenif and Badjoud.

Seeing a man appear by the window of the emperor's study, Bajud quickly snatched the sword from Gilkenif's hand and, fulfilling his duty as a knight, shielded the emperor behind him.

"Who are you! Are you an assassin sent by Ainz Ooal Gown? Or a killer sent by those imperial nobles who are taking advantage of your misfortune?"
"But whoever you are, as long as I, Lei Guang Bajude, am alive, I will not allow you to harm a single hair on His Majesty the Emperor's head."

Upon hearing Bajud's threatening words, the man who had been sitting on the windowsill ignored them and instead jumped off the window frame.

Then, looking at Gilkenif and the other man in front of him, he said, "I'm sorry I accidentally overheard your conversation."

You must be one of the Empire's renowned "Four Knights"?
Putting aside your strength for now, your previous words and actions certainly live up to the name of a knight.

The Blood Emperor, who is more famous, disappointed me somewhat. Although we have never met, I have long admired the Emperor of the Empire.

Oh right, after saying so much, I forgot to introduce myself first.

"My name is Saint Zai Trans Igna Lyle Vansef, the third prince of the Kingdom of Ri Yestize. I apologize for this intrusion, Your Majesty."

Both Gilkenif and Bajud were stunned when they heard Seiya's self-introduction.

The kingdom's third prince, Gilkenif and the others, naturally knew of him; in fact, they had heard of him before.

After all, among the surrounding countries, this third prince of the kingdom and his emperor Gilkenif have always been known as the "two heroes" among the most outstanding young people on the continent.

However, for various reasons, although Seiya and Gilkenif had both heard various rumors about each other, this was the first time they had actually met in person.

"The renowned Third Prince of the Kingdom, what business does the Bahars Empire have with you in such a way?"

"Has His Highness come to mock our empire? Or does he intend to meet me, the deposed ruler, before the empire is destroyed?"

Because there were outsiders present, and the other party was none other than the kingdom's third prince, whose reputation was comparable to his own, Gilkenif swept away his previous setbacks and showed the magnanimity of a king in front of his "rival".

"Although I have always been curious about the Blood Emperor and have always wanted to meet you."

But Your Majesty is not some stunning beauty, and I wouldn't be so bored as to travel all this way to mock Your Majesty.

The reason I am here is, of course, to respond to His Majesty the Emperor's "Conference of Nations".

"What, does His Majesty the Emperor not welcome this?"

"Stop joking! There's a limit to playing tricks on others! Hasn't your kingdom already decided to establish a friendly alliance with the Magic Kingdom?"
Now that things have come to this, you're still talking about participating in a "conference of nations"? Do you think I'm completely powerless?!

Faced with Gilkenif's angry remarks, Seiya remained unperturbed and said calmly, "What does the establishment of a friendly alliance between the Kingdom and the Magic Kingdom have to do with Seiya, the King of the Demi-human Kingdom?"

(End of this chapter)