< Episode 324. Nivas's Choice >
“Ah, Adrias Cromwell. “Why are you here…!”
Jester’s confused reaction to me was cute.
“Are we stupid? “I know you can obviously move your body, but would you have just attacked me?”
“This is ridiculous! “I’m the only one who knows where this place is!”
Jester was right.
But I have already dealt with Jester dozens of times.
‘Dozens of times? No, if you count the saves and loads, it’s probably hundreds of times.’
Even though you did that, you’re a fool for not knowing Jester’s hiding place.
Of course, I told people around me that I found out about it through Evan’s intelligence organization or Morn.
“There is a way to find out everything. So surrender meekly.”
“Hehehe. Just kill him.”
Jester just laughed with his skeleton body.
Immediately after being transferred, he was in a weakened state, so he seemed to have given up on fighting, probably because he thought he had no chance of defeating me.
“Now I see you were a fool.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Why should I kill you? Why don’t you think about it and tell me? And there is something I am mistaken about…”
Jester, Jester.
You touched something you shouldn’t have touched.
“If you dared to harm my family, you probably didn’t think you could escape safely.”
The anger I had been suppressing for so long bloomed coldly.
“You cannot survive even if you metastasize here.”
“That’s funny. “There is nothing in this world that can kill me!”
“haha······.”
A horrifying, dizzy feeling came over my face.
It was anger in the form of a smile.
“Edengar, Magnacazim, Jevenbrid, Kölsia, Belpierre.”
“······.”
“I know where your body is hidden, Jester.”
How many times do you think I ruined the game because of you?
The warlocks in the assembly were all powerful and difficult. It would be better if it were simply strong, but due to the nature of black magic, there were abilities in directions that could not be predicted at all.
That’s why we attacked it more thoroughly.
“Do I still look like the kid I used to be, Jester?”
I drove a wedge towards Jester, who couldn’t even react.
“You lost to me.”
“······huh, heh heh······.”
The magic was activated without any sign.
A magic activated by a magic circle engraved on the skeleton’s bones.
It was a black hand that I had seen before.
SGENG!
Piing——–!
However, Vivian who was next to him cut it down in an instant.
“Aren’t you looking at us too little, Jester? It sucks. “The reputation of being a warlock is insignificant.”
“I! “If I hadn’t been transferred, you two would have been…!”
“Jester.”
I walked towards him slowly.
Then Jester was shocked and took a step back.
“I know why you still won’t give up. “I told you everything about where your body is, but I didn’t tell you one important thing.”
The reason he holds on to a glimmer of hope even though his spare body is in danger is, of course, because he is confident that he can survive.
“I haven’t told you where the main body is hidden yet, have I?”
“Do not lie······.”
Jester shook his head in disbelief.
“Do not lie! “There’s no way you know that!”
“I know that you have been hiding the very existence of your body, but there is no way I would lie.”
I used shadow black magic to tie Jester up in one go.
“Adrias Cromwell! “You son of a bitch!”
“You shouldn’t have attacked my family.”
I looked at Jester with cold eyes.
“You should have attacked me instead. “Still, the result would have been the same.”
Coo-
The shadows became more and more entangled.
Jester was trapped without even being able to resist, as if he was truly powerless.
“How on earth did you know? “Let’s just know that before we die.”
“Magic?”
Jester’s body trembled at my one word.
“It was that bastard, after all.”
What are you talking about all of a sudden?
“What did you get that information for from Maxwell?”
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“You don’t need to know that. “I’m destined to die anyway.”
Seeing Jester arbitrarily mistaking that Maxwell had told him, I thought I had a good excuse.
Now that I think about it, Maxwell may have known enough. Because he is a warlock who specializes in information.
Crack!
“Off.”
The power of the shadow was stronger than expected, and cracks appeared in Jester’s body.
“Hehehe. Even though I ended up like this, don’t worry. “I don’t think other guys will just watch me suffer.”
“It’s almost time…”
Jester’s body was left to Morn.
The main body will probably be destroyed soon.
“No one knows what Hagel is up to. Aika Imp is also much stronger than me in terms of force alone. And are you confident that you can defeat Maxwell, who sold my information to you?”
“Why did Maxwell suddenly appear there?”
“······what? Don’t you know? Fuhahaha!”
Jester burst into laughter and suddenly began to break down.
Damn it!
It looks like Morn has finally broken the main body, but the timing…
“I never imagined I would be killed by a brat like you. “I’ll wait for you in hell first.”
Pass–
Jester turned into powder and disappeared.
I defeated it, but something feels uncomfortable.
‘Are you saying I’ll have to deal with Maxwell?’
Even putting that aside, as Jester said, the remaining aspects were not that easy.
There were four major factions within the gathering, but I was also concerned about the neutral Warlocks.
‘Lago, Morshe, Haiyan.’
Although not a Warlock, there was also a Pycey.
The good news is that we managed to make half of them on our side.
“It’s done. “Let’s go back.”
I took Jester’s remains with me just in case and left the place.
**
“Hmm.”
Hagel, who was humming happily, stopped watering the flowers and looked back.
“What’s going on?”
In the back, a person who suddenly appeared with a flow of mana was standing quietly looking at Heigel.
“Jester Levan is dead.”
“It’s the first good news in a while.”
Hagel nodded and gestured.
“Just sit there for a moment.”
The person who announced Jester’s death sat in front of the table pointed to by Hagel.
“The person who killed was Adrias, right?”
“Yes.”
“You grew up fast. “It’s as expected.”
Hagel finished tending to the plants with an expression that said he was not particularly surprised.
“By his side are Salem Yedidiah, Morn Dwalski, Evan, and Maximin Cronell.”
“It’s killing me. People like that would build a kingdom. however······.”
Hagel approached the table and pressed his face against it.
“Why are you leaving out Luna Pendragon? “Your daughter is there too, right?”
“······.”
The unidentified person hiding behind a robe, no, Maxwell Pendragon, did not answer.
“It’s not like I’m trying to show off my fatherly love now. “You’re hiding something from me too.”
“Just as you are hiding something from me, there is something I am not telling you.”
“The hiding is so blatant that it makes me curious. “It’s Luna Pendragon…”
Maxwell was unfazed by Hagel’s curious look. I just quietly watch Hagel as if observing.
“You are so inhuman. “That’s why I hold hands with you, but sometimes I get upset.”
“Hagel, are you discussing human nature?”
Hagel sat down in a chair, looking at Maxwell, who did not show any emotions but spoke bluntly.
“More than that, why did you come here? “I didn’t just come to inform you that Jester and others are dead.”
“It’s almost the Nivas Festival.”
An event held in Portreon, the city of wizards.
It was a large-scale festival held every year where warlocks from all over the continent gathered.
“And this year there is also ‘Niva’s Choice.’”
“Has it already been 5 years? Time flies. Do you have any Warlocks to announce?”
Nivas’s choice of announcing those who became warlocks occurred every five years. And the announcement belonged to Maxwell Pendragon.
“The Sutron River, Bobos Mackenzie, and Adrias Cromwell.”
“what?”
Hagel tilted his head.
“The first two guys have been talking about creating original magic for two or three years now, but what about Adrias?”
“1 year ago.”
“under!”
Hagel’s facial tattoo wriggled and changed into a smile-like shape.
“You already created the original magic a year ago?”
“It’s not accurate. “It was something I couldn’t have predicted, so my observation was delayed.”
“You mean it could have been made earlier?”
“The Fourth Origin, Control.”
Maxwell spoke softly about a topic that is still controversial to this day.
Because of that, I visited the Atademy in person, but when I thought about it again, all I could say was that it was amazing.
“I think it was probably from then on.”
“So you’re saying it’s two years? Your mouth must have been itchy, but you hid it well. After all, he’s not an ordinary guy. “More than that, why are you saying that now?”
“I have no obligation to tell you. Rather, be thankful that you told me now.”
Tsk.
Hagel clicked his tongue and stood up.
“Anyway, the main point was the Nivas Festival. All you need is your preparation. “I’ll take care of this, so go back now.”
Maxwell quietly stood up in response to Hagel’s order to congratulate the guests.
Then he suddenly said as if he remembered something.
“······I think the Confederacy will move before the Empire.”
“well.”
Hagel turned around and said.
In his hands was a pair of landscaping scissors.
“It doesn’t matter where you start. “Because what I want is chaos itself.”
“It looks like preparations are complete.”
“then. of course.”
Snip!
Heigel muttered as he looked at the thin tree branches falling down helplessly.
“Winter will come soon.”
**
Jester’s faction was smoothly subdued.
Since I knew all the locations, I was able to make a detailed plan in advance and get everything done.
“I always give them missions, and I always feel sorry.”
“It is rather my honor to assist my lord. Please order at your convenience.”
Evan, whom I had not seen in a long time, bowed his head and walked away.
What I asked him to do was sort out the Jefar fanatics.
Before visiting the Kingdom of Corpses, all Zefarists were killed and their souls were imprisoned by Luna.
‘If you use those souls, it’ll be easy to find out the location.’
I handed over all the information I already knew through the game to Evan. In addition, the harness, which was supposed to be the incarnation of Zephyr and cause trouble, disappeared early on, so it will be easily sorted out.
‘I’m sorry for sending it right away as soon as the jester is over, but it’s something that can’t be put off.’
Knock! Knock!
“Come on in.”
The next person came in right after Evan left.
“We sent all the kids to the academy first.”
Agatha had impressive cat ears.
From some point on, she went around without hiding her appearance, and it was actually nice to see her like that.
“Thank you for your effort.”
“I just followed along and there was no need for trouble.”
“Where is Mak Simin?”
“It was a little surprising, but I went to see the children off at the station heading to the academy.”
It’s really surprising.
He wasn’t the kind of person to do that, but something was suspicious.
“All right. “I have a mission to ask of Agatha, but I will rest for a few days and deliver it later.”
“yes.”
I need to send you to get a named bow to use.
Once Agatha left the office, the things were roughly sorted out. I checked Salem and Morn once, and I also checked Luna…
‘Ah, sloth.’
Jester came with an unexpected gift.
An object that cannot be used without the consent of the assembly members, a sin.
He took it and used it as he pleased, but eventually dedicated it to Salem.
“You must have been confident. Because sin is not an ordinary thing.”
However, since other people do not have original sin, it is impossible to bring out that function 100%.
Knock knock!
“Brother, can I come in?”
“come in.”
I had to go back to the academy soon, but it wasn’t urgent. On the contrary, I felt sorry for not being able to see the face of my younger brother, whom I decided to see often.
“Is it all over?”
“uh. “Now there’s nothing to worry about…”
I frowned as I spoke.
There are still a lot of things to worry about.
“I received a call from Morhaime in the middle.”
“okay.”
Amy opened her eyes and glared at me.
“I know the atmosphere that is going on. “Now, can you explain something to me?”
Because I didn’t want to cause concern, I didn’t tell him anything about what was going on with the emperor or about the rebellion that would occur among the western noble families, including Morhaime.
“We will… stay still. Like a dead rat. So you don’t have to worry.”
I ended up thinking about it and then expressed it indirectly.
In fact, we planned to remain quiet as long as the empire did not openly oppose us.
‘Of course they will be openly hostile.’
I have a plan at that time, so it’s still okay. Anyway, things will become so big and complicated that we won’t even be able to care about our family.
“Ha, brother.”
Amy’s nagging was about to begin.
At that time, I tried to listen to her calmly because I also had sins.
Knock knock!
An urgent knock was heard.
“I’m sorry, Your Excellency! “I have urgent news, so I’m here to deliver it!”
It was the voice of Maria, Amy’s secretary.
“Come on in.”
There are a lot of customers today.
What kind of news is it more than that?
Rattling!
“I apologize for interrupting your conversation.”
“no. Please speak.”
“There was an official announcement in Portreon.”
“Portion?”
Jester’s last words were already bothering Maxwell, but what happened?
“This time, we announced Nivas’ selection in advance, which is unusual.”
“ah!”
Nivas’s choice.
An event to announce wizards who have become Warlocks within the past five years.
However, it was clearly an event during the Nivas Festival, and the festival had not yet started.
“That means…”
“Your Excellency was also on the selection list! At the same time, it was announced that those included in this selection list would also be invited to the festival.”
Maxwell Pendragon.
What on earth are you aiming for?
< Episode 324. Nivas's Choice > End
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