Chapter 103

Such a chaotic era makes readers somewhat doubtful of the strength or teachings of these ‘religions’.

Could it be a sect established by a god who likes killing and blood like the God of War or the Cold-blooded Lady?

"Since it was due to 'era' and 'habitual' reasons, then those things cannot be blamed on 'Vlad III'." In front of the bookstore, many people who had just bought the book and squatted at the door to read couldn't help but discuss it.

"No, I still think it's too cruel. Although I feel sympathy and pity for the first half of the 'Piercing Man''s experience, he should not retaliate against ordinary people with his anger and resentment. That is a life-changing experience. ah!"

"You haven't read what I said above. In that era, 'piercing punishment' was not uncommon. How can you blame the Grand Duke for this!"

"If you ask me, the biggest source of the problem still lies in this 'punishment'. If you want to blame it, blame the person who created this torture."

"This has nothing to do with torture, right? Although there was piercing punishment, Vlad III actually impaled 20,000 Turkish soldiers to death. He was so cruel, he was simply a devil!"

"Haha - if it weren't for this 'demon', Wallachia would have been gone long ago! Vlad III should be a hero!!"

"Without the name of Impaler, Vlad III would not be Vlad III! Without the impalement stakes of the 20,000 Turkish soldiers, how could the Grand Duke intimidate hundreds of thousands of Turkish soldiers, making them feel fearful and timid, and finally Defeated. The difference in combat power between the two sides is nearly 10 times!"

"I think the Impaler did the right thing. If you don't become more ferocious, you won't be able to scare the enemy at all!"

"But Arthur has fought many wars with less to defeat more! You don't have to use 'brutal' means to defeat the enemy, right?"

A group of people were arguing at the door with red faces.

The story of "The Impaler" is not only profound and dark, but the belief in it also has a great impact on humans in other worlds.

When a new idea collides with people's original three views.

Some people will definitely like it and some will hate it.

All kinds of mixed opinions came from the readers' mouths. Some young people with hot tempers were about to get into a fight before they finished reading!

However, although everyone has been arguing, no one is arguing about whether the 'Imperial Duke' has defended the country.

Although humans in other worlds also argue over various ideas, they also respect the glory of heroes very much. We will not be black for the sake of being black, or deliberately erase the achievements of others.

Even if Homura saw these 'civilized' arguments, he would just chuckle and pass them by.

Compared with the Star Wars of the Century that he had seen on Earth, this was at most a child's level of playing house.

But it is different from what everyone pays attention to.

Men argue over whether 'Vlad III' is a 'hero'.

The girls are now completely fascinated and pity the Impaler's rough and strangely charming life.

The Grand Duke was already good-looking. He was a handsome boy when he was a child, and became a handsome uncle when he grew up.

He has both types of handsome guys, and coupled with his personal style of conversation, decisiveness, and "gentle heart" hidden beneath his cruelty, the girls' hearts are filled with joy;

Emotional women care more about the appearance and the heart of the other person, rather than the 'quality' of the means.

At this time, Claire and the others saw the back.

After experiencing glory, Vlad III once again ushered in a miserable second half of his life. It seems that fate is still not ready to let this suffering man go, and a new nightmare has arrived!

Chapter 151: The betrayed king, are you going to be a hero or a monster?

While people were debating whether that man was a 'hero', the man himself never considered himself a 'hero'.

He just wants to carry out his beliefs to the end, and he has already had the consciousness to sacrifice for God.

When he was following his father Dracula as a child, Vlad III witnessed the experience of the demon Dracula joining the Order of the Dragon of the Holy Roman Empire (also known as the 'Knights of St. George').

From that moment on, he became a believer in God.

According to the charter of the Order of the Dragon, knights must appear to defend the cross, fight against the enemies of Christ, and fight against the heretics of the Ottoman Turks.

This coincides with Vlad III's behavior after inheriting the position of lord.

It was by relying on his 'faith in fighting for God and in protecting his country's territory' that he became famous as the 'Dragon Archduke' on the battlefield.

Because of his many deeds of ‘driving away the infidels’ (Turkish soldiers), he was once again regarded as the ‘shield of Christianity’.

But his reputation did not last long.

Because of his mysophobic sense of justice and cruelty, Vlad III executed nearly one-fifth of his citizens during his lifetime.

He has already experienced his father being assassinated and his brother being buried alive in this country. The throne was initially obtained through the Ottoman Empire, which was just a puppet.

There is only darkness in his life, except for the years when he guarded 'Wallachia', which was his last burning blood!

It can be said that on this path of ‘fighting for God’, he has dedicated everything he has.

During the war with Türkiye, he risked his life to repel the enemy. In "Piercing the Mountain Forest", he finally understood the truth.

If you want to protect this land, you have to take drastic measures. For this reason, he kept "killing" and was so "cruel" that he almost drove himself insane.

But the people did not "appreciate" it.

In their eyes, Vlad looked more like a madman and a tyrant than a hero.

In 62, Vlad III defeated Mehmed II in the Battle of Targoviste.

In the same year, the Ottoman Empire supported his "brother" Radu, who was still a hostage, as the new ruler of "Walachia", just as it had supported him in the past.

Of course, a country cannot have two "monarchs".

With the existence of "Radu", the Ottoman Empire stood on the side of justice again and gained the initiative.

They united the nobles who had been overthrown by "Vlad III" and the people who had long been dissatisfied with the brutal rule of the Grand Duke, and prepared to drive "Tepes" off the throne.

"Tepes" means piercing in Romanian.

In addition to the "Piercing Forest" built by Vlad III Tepes to scare off Turkish invaders, the "Piercing Prince" finally became a representative of "bad reputation".

So - people gradually could only see the evil deeds and atrocities of the Grand Duke, but could not see how much effort the Grand Duke had made for this "broken land" and "this land" that should have been broken long ago.

They were angry and foolish and wanted to drive this "guardian of the country" out of Wallachia.

They had forgotten who protected "Walachia" from being invaded, and who was struggling to keep the country from being "destroyed".

Vlad III, who was betrayed by his people, had to flee to Transylvania.

After that, he was imprisoned by the son of Hunyadi, the new King of Hungary, Matthias I. It was also in this year that his beloved woman. His wife committed suicide.

And this house arrest lasted for twelve years!

When the little princesses saw this, they couldn't help but cover their hearts and spoke in surprise.

'Twelve years! ? ’

‘It’s been so long! ’

‘How many twelve years are there in a lifetime! ’

The girls were shocked by this deep darkness and miserable life.

The suffering of being a ‘hostage’ in childhood had just passed, but he was put under house arrest again so soon? !

‘Oh my God! ’

Even readers who do not approve of Vlad’s methods understand that it was indeed because of Vlad III that the land of Wallachia was not trampled and crushed by invaders.

But this is the king who devoted his whole life to the gods and the people with paranoia and madness!

This is the monarch who wanted to protect the land and surround his country until the end!

—— Surprisingly, he was ‘betrayed’! ?

People were shocked to see this.

No one expected that the story would have such an amazing reversal.

Compared with the life of the Impaler, Arthur’s life in Britain is unclear.

But [now] it seems that he doesn’t need the sun, he is too happy!

The humans from another world who have not seen how strong the real "master abuser" can be.

This time, they were finally shocked by the powerful "human tragedy" of the "Piercing Prince" and couldn't even speak.

Later, people also saw the comments of Mehmed II on Vlad III in the book.

The man who destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire, even such a person couldn't help but sigh: "I'm not afraid of anyone. But the devil is another matter."

However, it is such a powerful "devil"! !

The powerful and brutal Sultan's personal soldiers who frightened the whole of Europe did not defeat him!

The Ottoman Empire that made the four sides surrender and fear him did not defeat him!

Even the terrible and dark experience of being a slave in childhood could not defeat him!

At this moment, he actually lost to his own people so ridiculously?

It was such an absurd and ridiculous thing, but the readers couldn't laugh at all. Even a strong sense of frustration and indignation rose from their hearts.

‘As a monarch of a country, he was not defeated by foreign invaders, but was driven off the throne by his own nobles and people. This is too unreasonable! ’

Some people saw this and couldn’t help but feel indignant for the tragic experience of the Grand Duke.

“It’s too much! It’s too much!” Claire cried angrily. While feeling indignant for the Grand Duke, she couldn’t help but shed tears when she looked at the newly opened illustrations in the book.

It was an illustration of the Grand Duke with messy hair and imprisoned, looking up at the night outside the window in despair and laughing at himself.

He had dedicated everything to God and to protecting his country, and he had nothing left.

Even if he turned into a demon, a monster, and carried a bad name, he didn’t care.

But when he was really expelled from ‘Walachia’, the land he had dedicated his life to protecting. The suffocating despair and abyss still hit him hard.

He had given everything!

If suicide is not an option, there are only two options left for Vlad III.

——Continue to stick to his "insignificant" belief, wait and look for an opportunity to turn things around?

Or completely abandon his past, and continue to fight "by any means necessary" even if he is defeated!

And it is from this point that the two endings prepared by Homura, the two world lines that gave birth to completely different but equally charismatic "same man".

——In this biography, the real fangs begin to show.

That was exactly what Homura expected to see.

When the 'Ghost General who protects the country' and the 'King of Monsters' perform on the same stage, who is more supportive of the Impaler or Accardo?

That will definitely create quite intense and beautiful sparks.

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Chapter 152 The Lion-Hearted King waited for two years, but the Grand Duke waited for twelve years!

The Battle of Targoveste was the most glorious battle in his life, and it was also the glorious final song of 'Vlad III' - at this time he had been imprisoned in Hungary for twelve full years.

People continue to look at the back of the plot, and what they see is the original version of the history of the Heroic Spirit Archduke.

——That is, there is no version of the 'Little Dragon Master' and the 'Dragon Master' in the legend of 'Vampire'.

Homura placed the plot of ‘Akkado’ as an ‘Easter egg’ at the end.

People who don't know this haven't discovered that 'Vlad III' and the other 'vampire' on the cover are actually the same person.

In 1474, the Impaler was released.

During this period, he converted to Catholicism, which has more conservative rules and precepts, and became more standardized in terms of men and women and drinking.

He may have compromised, or he may have suppressed his inner demons deeper.

——Only he knows whether he really believes in ‘God’ at this time.

He then married Matthias' sister.

Perhaps some agreement was reached with Matthias I, after which the Grand Duke regained his freedom.

...His perseverance was finally broken. No one knew what he had been thinking about and what he was waiting for in the past twelve years.

At the end of the Age of Gods, Richard the Lionheart was trapped in Germany and became a prisoner of Kaiser Henry VI.