Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 220

220. Heart of Ice (1)

“Kaaaaaaak!”

Berseus screamed and got up from his seat.

The water bottle shatters with his swinging fist, and the remains of food and dishes fly everywhere.

“How dare you, this bastard, dare me!”

The Marquis’ employees, who were accidentally hit by shards of cutlery while serving meals, screamed and held their heads.

In the end, the marquis’ rampage finally came to an end after the banquet hall was ruined and the heavy oak table was broken.

“go away!”

Then, the employees, who were shaking with fear, rushed to leave the banquet hall.

Crrr-

Berseus, who was feeling angry at being left alone, let out a soft cry and ran his hand down the back of his neck.

The exhilarating feeling of my neck being blown off by a cold blade was still vivid in my mind.

“That damn thing…” … .”

More than anything.

The image of that strange boy pointing a sword straight at me is strangely stuck in my mind and cannot be erased.

Anyway, what happened happened.

As soon as the loud anger ended, the remaining problems in reality rushed into his mind like a tide.

‘… If this happens, the plan will be greatly disrupted.’

I thought everything was over once I discovered my Nebraska ancestry. But instead of killing him, didn’t all the Lycan Slopes that sent him back to the canyon suffer?

Above all, losing Vajra, a member of his family, was the most painful.

‘Now there is no member of the family capable of leading the entire group… … .’

Berseus did not have all the lycanthropes of the Demon World as his servants.

Not only can he not form relationships with subordinates one by one, but if he continues to deal with polluted minds, his mind will eventually be affected as well.

So, he made a few particularly strong individuals his followers, and then controlled the rest of the group through them.

Vajra is the one with the strongest control among them. Isn’t he the only pure-blooded Lycan Slope of Nebraska blood?

Now that they had lost such a family member, it was unknown how many Lycanslopes would leave the front lines at will.

‘… I can’t help it. ‘Preparations are far from over, but we have no choice but to move while we can still control it.’

Berseus, having made that decision, began to busily give orders to his remaining subordinates.

‘This is a golden opportunity! A chance to sweep all the annoying things into one place and make them all destroy together!’

So, I will destroy the lives of all possible lycanslopes.

Until the evil that disturbs cause and effect and the cursed bloodline of Nebraska are completely eliminated.

* * *

North of Sigismund Territory.

A small guard post at the forefront of a glacier canyon.

The soldiers, who had been on the lookout for the urgent message that came from the ice base, were relieved when they spotted a boy and a dog staggering down the hill.

However, when I went out to greet him, I immediately turned pale. Because the boy was drenched in blood from head to toe.

Toad, toad, toad.

Every time he steps, pieces of frozen blood fall down, sparkling like jewels.

‘How can you still be alive after shedding that amount of blood?’

The boy, who noticed the soldiers’ tired faces, wiped his cheeks with his hand and spoke with a calm expression.

“It’s not my blood.”

Yes, you should. It’s okay.

In a small guard post where there is no priest, let alone a doctor, if it’s all your blood, you’ll be in big trouble!

“His Majesty Mores… “Is that correct?”

One of the soldiers asked hesitantly. I received the message, but it was because I couldn’t believe this situation.

Then the boy nods his head casually.

“Yes.”

Compared to his messy appearance, his attitude was quite noble.

“Oh, and this is my dog, Max.”

An introduction that somehow makes me feel proud, Wong! The energetic barking returns.

The soldiers exchanged looks with puzzled faces. There was no soldier of Sigismund who did not know Max, the largest and foul-tempered hound among the margrave’s hounds.

Panting!

Is that charming dog that sticks out its tongue and wags its tail in approval, really that unruly Max?

“Well, it is said that the group left the ice base early in the morning. “If you hurry, you will probably arrive here late in the evening.”

One of the most senior soldiers among them spoke in a trembling voice.

I would never have thought that a shabby place like this would serve the prince of the Holy Empire. Still, as the person in charge of the guard post, I had to treat them as well as possible.

“It’s not enough, but I’ll take you to your place first.”

“Okay, thank you.”

Thus, Prince Mores was led to a small ice tent.

“If you just wait a moment, I will turn on the brazier right away.”

The soldier said so, but the prince vehemently refused.

“Shouldn’t we have to open the tent entrance for ventilation anyway? “The supplies for a small guard post like this are useless, so there’s no need to waste such money for me.”

The soldier was impressed by the enemy’s thoughtful attitude of caring more about the situation at the guard post than about himself. Of course, he didn’t know that the prince had a magic stone that was as good as a hand warmer.

Afterwards, the soldiers snooped around the prince’s tent for a while.

However, the prince, who assumed that he would be difficult to treat, simply spent time quietly in his quarters without making any special requests until lunchtime had passed.

‘Aren’t you really a calm and well-behaved prince!’

‘Even if our child looks half as good as that person…’ … .’

They soon returned to their workplaces with peace of mind.

Meanwhile, the situation inside the tent was a little different from what the soldiers expected. Because Seongjin and the Demon King were talking non-stop through their thoughts.

[This is a good thing. There is no such thing as a complete mess.]

‘Well, I can’t help it.’

He said he wiped his face and hands with snow, but his blood-soaked hair and clothes were already frozen solid. When he touches his head, red ice pieces fall to the floor.

Seongjin roughly shook off the ice and sat down, wrapped in a blanket and holding a rock as a hand warmer.

“Okay… … .”

Not only the fractured side, but also the entire body was intact. Above all, it was extremely cold.

Then Max, who was whining and sniffling, quietly sits down next to Seongjin.

[Why don’t you do that? Warming up your body with aura.]

‘It hurts, man.’

This was the reason why I was unable to operate as an Auror at all while I was here.

Because I used it too hard during the battle, my whole body hurt as if it were being broken just by turning my auror slightly.

It’s better to be a little cold.

‘It might have been better to use a little bit of the auror in the passage… … .’

Seongjin thought as he felt the gentle waves still lapping at his chest.

The reason he overdoes things like this every time is because the total amount of Auras he possesses is absolutely insufficient compared to the required Auras. So, this problem can be solved as long as you use the Aura of the passage.

But why?

When he started to use this, the sense of crisis that something irreversible might happen one day would stop Seongjin from trying to pull the auror every time.

-Mores, keep in mind that when you pull the water in a channel, the things on the other side are also pulled in.

okay. Above all, that’s what Seonghwang’s father said.

Doesn’t Seongjin know better than anyone else that his warnings should never be ignored?

‘As Logan said, it’s only a matter of becoming stronger. ‘Let’s not be too hasty.’

With the help of a hand warmer and a wolf dog, the cold, frozen body slowly begins to melt.

Seongjin, feeling the fatigue from the early morning sleep coming on, slowly closed his eyes, leaning against Max.

[weird… … .]

Nodding.

How long had I been dozing off like that?

[…] I can definitely feel it around here, right?]

Seongjin opened his eyes to the demon king’s nervous muttering.

‘why? What?’

[no. I’ve been feeling the presence of a strange spirit since a while ago.]

The guy was bustling in and out of Seongjin’s head.

[If you’re this close, there’s no way I wouldn’t know? But why can’t I see anything?]

‘Where do you feel that?’

[From the items you packed earlier.]

‘Hmm, really?’

Well then, shall we take a look?

When Seongjin gets up, Max opens his eyes and looks at him, then yawns and puts his head down again.

Seongjin picked up the winter clothes that had been left in a corner and searched through the frozen pockets. Then, small miscellaneous things pour down on the tent floor.

A magic stone received from Logan.

Amulet and pendant obtained from the labyrinth.

A small trinket hanging on Vajra’s chest.

And a small piece of ice with a faint light blinking. A product of the symmetrical world that never melts.

The Demon King let out a laugh.

[Well, it’s absurd even to look at it again. In the meantime, you had the presence of mind to take care of these things.]

Ice sculptures and Vajra’s accessories.

They were items that Seongjin had stolen one by one during the battle. Louise probably doesn’t know anything either.

‘I especially need to take care of this.’

Seongjin responded by rolling a piece of shining ice in his hand.

Wasn’t this piece of ice the reason why the battle with the Lycanslopes began in the first place?

‘why? ‘Didn’t you say you wanted to take a closer look too?’

[But… … .]

I didn’t know you would end up in such a miserable situation.

Even though the devil was grumbling like that, he seemed to be carefully examining the miscellaneous items.

[I think this is suspicious.]

Eventually, what the demon lord picked out was Vajra’s accessory. A delicate work of art with bright beads attached to a flat metal plate.

Ah, this.

‘Now that I think about it, I almost died because of this.’

[Then, I guess the reason you hesitated earlier… … .]

‘Oh, right.’

When the road guy charged at him from the front, this instantly caught Seongjin’s eyes.

While trying to take a closer look, I ended up accidentally allowing the guy to hit me.

‘Isn’t it somewhat similar to this?’

Seongjin asked as he placed the amulet and accessories side by side.

Nebraska’s Summoning Amulet. This is the item obtained by defeating the boss mob in the labyrinth.

[Oh, really?]

When I compared the two side by side, it seemed even more clear. The flat plates were similar in size, and the detailed carved reliefs were also similar in some way.

The only difference was that Vajra’s jewelry had beads properly attached, and the amulet was empty.

[that’s interesting? This too is an item from the normal world. It’s also quite high-level. Where on earth does something like this keep popping up?]

The Demon King, who was mumbling like that, pointed out a bead attached to Vajra’s jewelry.

[I guess this is a bit strange. This dirty bead.]

‘hmm.’

In fact, Seongjin was also curious about this bead.

Of course, it was only a fleeting moment, but I remembered that when I first took off the ornament, there were clearly transparent beads attached.

But now, one of them is shining bright red-brown.

[If you look closely, this looks like the soul of the normal world. The letters overlap so much that it’s difficult to judge.]

The soul of the normal world? letter?

[huh. I explained it to you once before, right? The soul of the world of normal images is very unique, unlike the world of mental images or real images.]

Seongjin traced his vague memories and recalled the explanation given by the Demon King.

It was like that. Did you say that the soul in the normal world is not in the shape of a person, but in the shape of a sphere or crystal?

‘But the soul is something that can be touched with hands.’

[Strictly speaking, it is a bead with a soul.]

‘A bead with a soul… … .’

[Why, isn’t it true that there are no cases where souls or thoughts dwell in objects? Since it’s just a soul from the normal world, it doesn’t show any signs even if it dwells in it. Because it’s like a round bead.]

In other words, does this mean that even if an object is possessed by a ghost, the ghost does not appear?

‘Then what are the letters talking about?’

[You already know this, right? Objects in the normal world always come with standardized explanations. That’s why I can recognize things belonging to the normal world as soon as I see them.]

Suddenly, the experience in the labyrinth passes by.

A strange world where every time you touch it, a notice pops up like a game.

[Of course, it’s not as clear a sign as you see in the normal world. But even in the real world, you can sense that unique feeling that remains. Even though I can’t read everything, traces of the letters are visible in my spirit.]

But I’m not sure because there are a lot of things from the normal world gathered here. The letters all overlap.

The Demon King is muttering like that.

In the end, Seongjin decided to borrow the spiritual eye from the Demon King and check it for himself.

As the red light begins to blink from the pupil, a now familiar world of five colors unfolds.

‘It’s a notice… … .’

With those eyes, I looked closely at the objects of the normal world.

Then something strange happened. Although small, something like faint letters began to glimmer over the objects.

〚Soul Stone〛

〚Sign of Nebraska〛

Those were the letters that I finally recognized after looking at Vajra’s accessories for a while. Especially in the case of those transparent beads.

〚Soul Stone〛

It seems like it was something that really put the soul into it.

And that reddish-brown stone that bothered me.

〚Vajra’s Soul Stone〛

‘… ‘Vajra?’

Does it really have a soul? And Vajra’s soul?

When Seongjin, embarrassed, turns his attention to the piece of ice he took from Vajra, this time, these letters appear on it.

〚Glacier Troll’s Ice Heart〛

… what?

* * *

Before the sun sets, Seongjin’s group, including Masain, arrived at the forefront of the canyon.

Even while coming here, Masain was very worried. The more I imagined what would have happened to the prince who suddenly fell into the northern canyon, the more anxious I became.

But no matter what you imagined, the reality was much more.

“… … !”

When they were guided to the ice outpost, what they encountered was Prince Mores, whose entire body was covered in blood.

Not only his shirt and winter clothes, but even his light blonde hair was soaked in blood. At that moment, Masain’s eyes turned white and she stumbled for a moment.

However, the prince who discovered Masain smiled brightly and waved his hand.

“Lord Martha!”

Then, he groans and clutches his side.

“What makes you uncomfortable, sir?”

When Masain was scared and ran away, the prince lightly waved his hand.

“No, that’s not important now. Do you know what I found? “Look at this!”

“It’s not that important…” … !”

“Well, what this is is the heart of a Glacher Troll. “With this, I found out what they were planning!”

So, Lycan Slopes… … .

Rod falls from the ice of the canyon… … .

The prince’s chattering voice fades away, and my mind gradually becomes more distant.

-You were just caught up in an unfortunate accident, so you are told not to scold me too much when you meet me.

Sir Sharon said so.

But Masain was able to make a statement.

Absolutely not, Your Majesty.

I can confidently say that the image of him not being involved in an accident, but rather actively looking for an accident!

“Oh! And you know what? “I’m going to get a dog starting today.”

“dog… … .”

“I’m going to properly rip it off from the Margrave, so it’s like he already belongs to me. Oh, don’t worry about management! Edith will take care of your food and bath, and Sir Haven and Sir Calmen will clean up your toilet.”

In the end, Masain couldn’t stand it anymore and gathered all the Auras in his army and shouted loudly for the guard to leave.

Teek!!!

fantasy,