Chapter 33. The unknown void swallows the prominence. (8)
“Some lords are missing.”
Caleb reported with a pale face.
“I guess it won’t be the same situation as yesterday… … .”
Cain frowned.
“Didn’t you set up an on-watch watch?”
“I stopped… … .”
Caleb shrugged his shoulders as if he was sorry.
“It looks like he ran away with the soldiers who were on watch.”
“her… … .”
Cain sighed and looked around the noticeably empty campsite.
“What happened… … .”
“We ran away as a group last night… … .”
People looked at the empty seats and whispered. Some people showed regret in their eyes, wondering if they should have run away together yesterday.
“Everyone shut up!”
Cain looked back at them, his eyes flashing.
“Who is this person talking nonsense?”
It looked as if a cadenza would be pulled out at any moment.
“… … .”
People lowered their heads to avoid his gaze. However, contrary to his obedient attitude, there was antipathy in his eyes.
Yesterday Cain thought he had suppressed people well, but in reality he had not.
Fear is an effective means of controlling humans. But it must be absolute and overwhelming.
Otherwise,
‘Rather than stay here and get killed, wouldn’t it be better to at least try?’
‘Dying to Cain or dying to the Emperor is the same!’
‘You might have a better chance of survival if you surrender!’
This is because some people try to run away from fear.
“… … .”
The soldiers found out for sure what happened yesterday.
That the cadenza’s flame, which they believed would only be directed at the enemy, could be aimed at them.
It meant that Cadenza and Cain were no longer symbols of justice.
Meanwhile-
‘He said that if he admits his crime and shows remorse even now, the severity of his punishment may change.’
Duncan’s words kept coming to mind.
His advice had seeped into people’s hearts like poison. And he kept increasing the volume and poisoning people.
Without even noticing that atmosphere,
“… … .”
Cain raised his head and looked at the dimly brightening sky.
‘I deliberately set a strong example.’
Was that not enough? No, does that mean you feel like running away even after seeing that?
‘why?’
The power of the cadenza is a fear and power that can never be resisted.
I couldn’t believe that there was someone opposing that power, or that there was someone running away from it.
Something that should not have happened happened.
‘Duncan said something unnecessary… … .’
Cain looked towards the Seymour family’s estate, which was no longer visible.
I had a vicious urge to swing the cadenza against the wall and pierce Duncan’s heart right now.
All of this was because of Duncan. This sad month occurred because he instilled unnecessary anxiety in me.
Cain didn’t know.
The military’s departure was a natural progression. Duncan was merely hastening what would happen in the future.
‘If I knew it would be like this… … .’
I should have gone to another territory first. To a place friendly to me, without traitors like Duncan.
Cain gritted his teeth as he thought so. However, he found out later that this was also his illusion.
No territory would let him in until he arrived at the Sud territory.
-Arbitrarily.
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Kwazizig!
The portal rumbled and opened its large maw.
“Ohh.”
I walked out of it and let out a small exclamation.
In front of me, the target location, Piarmma Forest, stretched out far into the distance.
“We arrived closer than expected.”
The accuracy and completeness of the portal are affected by the caster’s sense of space.
In other words, the more places the wizard has actually been, the more accurately the space can be connected.
‘yes? ‘Fiarma Forest and the capital?’
Ekarot was shocked when he first heard my command.
It was beyond common sense to connect the capital with this forest in the southern part of the empire, which would take several days to ride on horseback.
‘No, I don’t think even Midnell can do this… … .’
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Ekarot was shaking his head gently,
‘Can’t you do it?’
Their eyes changed at my one word.
‘no? ‘Can you do it?’
And after struggling with the map for several hours, I finally succeeded.
Ekarot was probably the first in the history of the empire to create a portal connecting such distant spaces.
“Wow, this is really happening. “I was definitely in the capital just now.”
“Are all of your limbs intact? “Count it carefully to see if it’s not enough.”
“Hey, this is a portal opened by someone. Do you have that suspicion?”
“I’m afraid some idiot may have leaked it.”
Similar exclamations were heard one after another from behind. It was a fuss from the Ovest Knights, including Hayden, Roland, and Klaus.
As soon as the last person came out of the portal,
Kwazijic!
The portal, which had completed its work, was closed. Because the distance was considerable, even maintaining it would have been quite difficult.
“Okay, then…” … .”
I measured the distance by looking at the Piarma Forest in the distance.
“I guess I should go down south.”
The lords who surrendered were eager to wag their tails at me.
‘A group of traitors passed by our territory this morning!’
‘I resisted until the end when they told me to open the gate!’
‘I pretended not to notice that they were begging me to give them at least food!’
Jeon Seo-gu flew in from various territories whenever there was a chance. Therefore, it was really easy to predict Cain’s movement path.
‘Lack of supplies and even desertion of the military.’
Looking at the situation, it seemed like the hardships were more than enough. All the news I heard was exciting.
‘I can’t believe you can’t intuit this.’
This was the only regret.
The image of Cain struggling as he plunges into the abyss of despair, unaware that the more he struggles, the deeper he falls.
‘Well, it will peak soon.’
Proper ripening adds to the taste of food. The ending I expect will also be the same.
‘The stage is ready.’
If you go a little further south from here, you will come to Sud Estate.
I was very satisfied with the fact that I had covered the distance that Cain had traveled in a blink of an eye while struggling for several days.
“We are ready to depart.”
Hayden finished reorganizing the knights and reported to me.
He may have a foul mouth, but his skills are excellent. So, I’m taking it with me.
“Good work.”
I nodded and looked at the knights under my direct command who were waiting for me.
“It took a lot of effort to follow you from the Obest territory to here.”
He left a light congratulatory message and got straight to the point.
“The main body of the Rebel Island is right nearby. “He is a very vicious man who has put the empire in danger for a long time.”
Sreung!
He took out the Requiem and declared firmly.
“Let us show that justice lives and that God still watches over this empire.”
He took on the appearance of a black knight and spoke in the voice of a black knight.
“Let the ‘hunt’ begin.”
One of the knights whistled at the confident choice of words.
Yes, this was a hunt.
To corner the prey named Cain and ultimately kill him.
Even with the final battle just around the corner, there was no fear. As if it was natural, I just went into battle with a slightly bored mind.
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
“I follow your orders!”
The knights all kneeled down. It was a disciplined movement without a single deviation.
“Come on, let’s go!”
I ran in the lead riding the Black Star. The knights also rode horses and followed closely behind me.
“Hey!”
“under!”
There was no fear on their faces either. Only full of faith and reverence for me.
How long did it run like that?
“-that!”
“no way!”
The knights’ faces hardened as they discovered something. Black smoke was rising above the castle walls in the distance.
“… … .”
I also slightly furrowed my forehead.
Unlike the articles I had just seen with my own eyes, I was already aware of the unusual smell passing by my nose.
‘The smell of burning human flesh.’
The smell that burns forever is the most terrible of them all.
There is only one person in the empire who can create such a smell.
“-Black Star!”
“Purung!”
Black Star understood what I meant and increased his speed.
“your majesty!”
“Wait!”
In an instant, the distance between them and the knights at the rear widened. In general terms, it was because they could not follow Black Star.
“Follow me!”
After shouting briefly, he ran towards the castle wall. Every time I blinked, the burning walls got closer by the minute.
“Purr!”
Black Star roared harshly and suddenly slowed down.
“Whoa.”
I took a deep breath and approached the melted castle gate. Through the gap, which was now nothing more than a piece of metal, a sight I had not seen before came into view.
Push Tasting-
The carriages and carts were completely reduced to ashes.
Chiik-
Weapons and weapons scattered everywhere,
“… … .”
Silent bodies.
Most of them looked as if they had been burned from head to toe in a fire pit.
The only thing that is different is their posture.
Some people died in the same position they were trying to run away, while others were dead with their limbs spread out.
The ground is full of traces of scratching with five fingers. He suffered by crawling on the floor until just before he died.
Thump, thud.
Only the remaining flames are still burning above it. It looks like it finally stopped after everything was burned.
“… … under.”
I don’t know if the laughter coming out of my teeth was because I was shocked or because I was angry.
“Cain, you bastard.”
Even without looking, I could picture the scene from a few hours ago.
‘Ha ha ha ha ha!’
The sight of a man swinging a cadenza in a fit of madness.
He cuts the back of a person running away in fear, and stabs the heart of a person who is lying on the ground begging for his life.
‘So you should have opened the gate obediently!’
That ugly figure that ended up justifying itself.
“You’ve gone as far as you can.”
I felt that Cain was completely pushed to the limit.
It was clear that the soldiers’ cries, the ever-disrupting discipline, and the unbearable hunger were what drove him.
“Huh, huh.”
“No, this… … .”
The knights who arrived late were astonished. When I saw the scene inside the castle gate, I was speechless for a long time.
“Why are you doing this… … .”
Klaus, who was the first to come to his senses, muttered.
“It’s obvious. “They must have been suffering from a food shortage.”
“Even so… … !”
Roland gritted his teeth.
“There is no need to kill innocent people! What kind of power does such a small fiefdom have? … .”
The other knights also seemed to be thinking the same thing as their faces darkened. On the other hand, intense hostility toward Cain flickered in his eyes.
“… … “There may be survivors.”
Klaus muttered calmly and as if he hoped so.
“Shall we search inside?”
“No, there is no need.”
I shook my head heavily.
“Everyone is dead.”
They had already expanded their absolute territory and thoroughly searched the villages inside the castle walls. Not even the slightest form of life was detected.
Trudging.
Black Star turned his head.
“They stole the village’s food and supplies and ran away.”
He looked straight into the faces of the knights, who were distorted in shock, and said.
“It didn’t go far. “Go after it right away.”
“… … yes!”
“All right!”
The answering voice was heavier than ever.
Doo doo doo doo!
The knights and I rode without stopping. I ran south again and again, following the traces Cain had left behind.
‘Cain.’
I couldn’t believe he did something like this, but at the same time, I felt complicated.
‘Slaughter without survivors was Abel’s trademark.’
The fact that the main character, Cain, did this very thing made me feel strangely sentimental.
The fate of the protagonist and villain are changed. I felt that the end was not far away.
Doo doo doo doo!
It’s been a while since I ran, lost in thought.
“excuse me!”
Hayden pointed ahead. The fast-moving Cain army came into view.
Kuuk-
The power was in everyone’s hands. I also shouted, holding the reins tightly.
“Full army charge!”
It was the beginning of the hunt.
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