054. Klanos (6)
Nutcracker.
The first time Masain saw that sword was more than ten years ago.
At that time, Delcross was showing signs of civil war. When the 2nd Prince Brayden, who suddenly became stronger by absorbing the power of the 1st Princess, even took over the imperial palace, the 1st Prince’s faction retreated to the area near the north gate of the capital to reorganize its power.
Meanwhile, the 16th King Seonghwang suddenly passed away.
-You mean brayden! It’s clear that he harmed Abama!
First Prince Cameron gritted his teeth with wide eyes.
Martha looked at his father Cameron with an anxious face.
He, who was living in the Imperial Academy dormitory at the time, had been dragged here by the Royal Guards who had rushed to find him when the 1st Prince’s faction was retreating from the capital.
His older brother, Jayden, and his mother, Empress Dowager, were evacuating from the capital and died before they could escape due to conflict with the guards.
-Damned Brayden! You’re so blinded by the throne that you’re dragging the devil in! Even if I tear it to death, it won’t be a problem!
After losing his wife and first son, the first prince sometimes acted like a crazy person. She suddenly got angry at her subordinates and poured out her curse words, believing unfounded suspicions to be true.
-A demonic species has sneaked into the imperial palace, the sacred royal palace of Delcross! You guys open your eyes and still can’t see! Delcross, a thousand-year-old kingdom, is now over! Damn it! Damn it!
Whenever he got the chance, he glared menacingly in the direction of the imperial palace and pointed his finger. He sometimes pulled out his sword and swung it into the air, and as soon as his power was strengthened, he seemed ready to attack the capital.
Just when it seemed like an all-out war between these two forces was about to occur, someone suddenly appeared who wanted to mediate them. It was a man named Richelieu who was dispatched from the royal family of Brittany and briefly visited the capital with the cardinal.
Even in his young mind, Masain wondered.
Two brothers drew swords at each other over the throne. He had already seen the blood of the princess and the grandson.
From now on, if one side wins, the other side will simply be annihilated. Where on earth is there room for mediation in this structure?
However, perhaps because of what he heard from Richelieu, Cameron took the mediation offer quite seriously. The first prince’s faction’s staff held meeting after meeting, arguing over and over again, and eventually came to form a small negotiating team.
The situation that was going on made Masain increasingly anxious. No matter how much you think about it, isn’t this a negotiation that can’t possibly go well?
Especially a man named Richelieu.
The man, who covered most of his face with a half-mask and occasionally smiled darkly, was quite unpleasant.
Sure enough, the ominous premonition soon became reality. Cameron’s group, who went out to negotiate, never returned that way.
Only one guard knight, covered in blood, barely came back alive, muttering like a madman.
-Well, what you said… It was all true. The devil… There is a devil in the imperial palace! Wow!
After he uttered those words, he suddenly died, blood gushing out from his stomach.
-curse… … .
A priest covered in blood, who was next to the guard for treatment, cried out in a trembling voice.
-I can feel the energy of the curse. Everyone should avoid this place!
Soon, screams began to echo from all over the 1st Prince’s camp. People started bleeding and falling down.
Masain, with only the knights of the Royal Guard, priests, and a few servants, was barely able to escape from the scene of the chaos.
Although Masain lost both his parents and older brother within a few days, he didn’t even have time to realize his loss. This was because he felt that the vague and ominous danger that had swallowed them up at once was approaching him.
In the capital, something bizarre was happening that they could not handle, and the cursed energy was still chasing Masain and the others.
The remnants of the 1st Prince’s faction took Masain, the only remaining imperial grandson, into hiding at the northern gateway fortress and locked the gate. And after that, unbelievable news began to come from the capital.
-There is a devil in the imperial palace. The 2nd prince was a devil worshiper and was punished by the 1st prince.
-No, in fact, the 1st prince was tricked by the 2nd prince and killed.
-The 3rd prince, who went missing a long time ago, has returned. Although he is a huge libertine, he is unprecedentedly strong.
-He led the Holy Knights and wiped out the demons in the imperial palace. He eventually became the new saint.
It was all surprising news, so I couldn’t tell what was true and what was false.
And the curse of the demon species that chased them from the capital finally engulfed the entire fortress.
After holding on for a short time thanks to the prayers of the Holy Knights and Priests, the members of the First Prince’s faction began to die one by one, with blood gushing out from all over their bodies. It was an extreme fear that was difficult to endure with a sober mind.
-Please take care of me. The only legitimate successor to the throne is Masain.
After the loyal Knight Commander of the Imperial Guard, who had been admonishing him until the end, collapsed with blood pouring out of his eyes, Masain was finally left alone in the tightly locked fortress.
The boy sat quietly in the corner and waited for death, foreboding a lonely end. Perhaps because I had exhausted so much mental energy over the past few days, I was in a dazed state with not even tears coming out.
The reason he was able to survive for two more days alone among the curses of the demon species and the bloody corpses was probably due to the Holy Family’s unique constitution, which is strong against demonic energy.
And on the third day.
There was a lot of noise outside the fortress in the morning, and suddenly someone cut open the locked iron gate and entered the fortress.
“They said they were all dead. Did you see these scammers? “Isn’t there one child still alive?”
thud! Beyond the iron door that fell to the floor, kicking up dust, a fairly tall man appeared.
As Masain was reflexively squinting at the sudden bright light, the man came toward him with great strides, sword in hand.
“You still have a little bit of your childhood face. Are you Jayden or Masaine?”
It seemed like it was my first time meeting him, but somehow he seemed to know Masain.
“… Masain… no see.”
Perhaps it was because of the strange aura surrounding him, but the man naturally spoke in a respectful tone.
“okay. Masain.”
He frowned for a moment as he looked around the inside of the fortress, which was a sea of blood, and then without warning stretched out his hand towards Masain’s forehead. Before he could even flinch, the light from his hand enveloped his entire body.
“… uh?”
comfy. As soon as I felt that way, the small scratches disappeared and vitality began to surge throughout my body. My body, which had been lethargic after not starving for several days, was suddenly filled with vitality.
Above all, the curse that had been sticky from the capital disappeared without a trace. It was a curse so powerful that even Masain, who was not a priest, could feel its ominousness. It was truly a miracle that it disappeared so easily.
lived
Masain instinctively realized this. He was completely saved from that terrible curse.
The moment I recognized it, my whole body began to tremble like an aspen tree. It was as if the body, which had remained largely unmoved even as the people of the fortress passed away, had finally awakened properly.
The man tilted his head.
“You should be feeling better now, but why are you shaking more than before? “Are you still uncomfortable?”
And then, once more, a waterfall of light pours down on Masain’s head. That bright light felt like a symbol that promised absolute safety, and I was suddenly overcome with emotion.
As the boy hugged his knees and began to shed tears without saying a word, the man, who realized that it was not his physical condition that was the problem, took a step back. He slowly sat down in the doorway and waited quietly for the boy to calm down.
Masain didn’t know how ugly he looked now. However, as the tension that had been strained as if he would break after going through a few hellish days suddenly relaxed, his tears did not stop easily.
I must have cried so much that the man sitting across from me suddenly stood up from his seat and glared outside the fortress with cold eyes.
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Then he immediately approached Masain, held out his hand, and said,
“Can you stand up? “We have to get out of here now.”
Masain nodded, grabbed the man’s hand, and stood up. He had been sitting motionless for several days, but perhaps thanks to the man’s divine power, he had no difficulty in moving.
When I wipe away my tears and raise my head, the man’s face comes into view.
I vaguely thought he was older, but he was a young man who still had the youthful appearance of a boy. He doesn’t even look much older than Masain.
The neat black hair and clear gray eyes were unfamiliar, but it was strange because I felt like I had seen them somewhere before.
The man glanced outside one more time, then looked back at Masain and said.
“Just follow me and walk. “Don’t be too surprised if something suddenly appears.”
Nodding, he chuckled, turned and walked out of the fortress.
The two walked along the ruined outer wall of the fortress in silence for a while. I mentioned earlier that it was noisy outside, and it seems like it was because it was getting to this point.
Masain followed him diligently, sipping from the canteen handed to him by the man.
As the man walked with long strides, he occasionally muttered to himself into the air.
“If I hadn’t found it, would you have tried to bury it like this?”
“It’s my job to take care of it, it’s not for you guys to worry about.”
“I don’t believe anything you say anymore. The conversation is over. Close the channel, Kornsiim.”
If you look at his actions, you won’t find him crazy, but perhaps because of his calm voice and clear eyes, I didn’t feel strange at all. I just wanted to do something important that Masain didn’t know about.
It was surprising that I could trust someone I didn’t know very well.
Slurp. At one point, he was holding a sword from his belt. It is a dull gray sword with no special decoration.
The sword was soon covered in dazzling white light, and a long pure white blade, an inch and a half longer than the sword, appeared. It was a manifestation of extremely clean external air.
‘Auror Blade?’
Masain swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
Sword Master? A person that young?
wickedness. The man waved his arm lightly towards the front.
Kuaaang!
At that moment, one of the outer walls of the fortress far away shattered as if exploding.
While Masain was startled, he swung his sword half-heartedly again.
Kurrrrr! Coo! The warehouse-like building on the left collapses.
“… … ?”
What on earth is happening now?
While Masain was dumbfounded, the man suddenly turned around and swung his sword diagonally long.
Kwaaaaaaaa-
With a terrifying roar, the entire fortress building where Masain had been hiding collapsed at once.
Masain’s chin fell unconsciously.
How far is it from here to there? … !
But then Masain saw strange things in his eyes. Beyond the collapsing fortress, something black was moving away as if running away.
At first glance, I thought it was a black wild dog, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a black, starfish-shaped strange creature. It was jumping around, holding one of its five legs up like its head and moving the other four feet like a four-legged animal.
‘Demon species… … !’
Only then did Masain realize what the man had been swinging his sword at.
The man’s sword was causing such a spectacular explosion that I didn’t even notice, but when I looked closely, I saw black demons the size of wild dogs lurking here and there in the fortress, watching them.
“The capital has turned into a really funny place after being away for a few years.”
The man sighed and turned again and walked towards the imperial palace. Perhaps because of the power he showed, the demon species could not easily approach them and were following them little by little from a distance.
Sometimes I wonder if those evil things narrow the distance a little.
Quaaaang!
Without fail, the man’s sword was swung and a spectacular explosion occurred.
Masain will probably never forget the overwhelming sight the man showed that day.
A simple gray sword and a clean Auror blade shining white on top. The sword’s trajectory is neat and even beautiful, with no waste at all, even though it looks like it’s just being swung indifferently. A destructive power beyond imagination that can only be described as terrifying.
All of those things were clearly embedded in the boy’s mind one by one.
fantasy,
