Part 2 Episode 12
clan of evil
Nettle –
A black shadow was moving quickly across the shantytown, which seemed ready to collapse at any moment.
The black shadow’s mind was very complicated.
‘It’s an emergency! This news must be delivered to the Director as soon as possible!’
The identity of the black shadow that was now hurriedly trying to escape the holiday section was Chen Shi, deputy director of the 6th Department of the Inspection Bureau.
There was a reason why someone as high as the Deputy Director of the Inspection Bureau was in the holiday section.
Currently, all departments of the Inspection Bureau, except Bureau 0 and Bureau 1, have agreed to enthrone Cromhel as the Crown Prince.
Of course, some departments lined up different princes and princesses separately.
In the end, since Cromhel was the most influential at the moment, the six inspection bureaus also lined up for him.
and.
As part of this, the Six Nations were currently planning to subdue the Hungry clan.
‘Damn, I heard you can catch people. If I had known this would be the case, I wouldn’t have been moving alone!’
It was around this time that pressure began to come from the upper echelons of the empire to reveal who the hidden leader of the Hungry clan was.
Intelligence was obtained that Trang, who had been a supporter of the imperial family for a long time, was actually a member of the Hung family.
To be honest, even within the 6th Department of Inspection, there were questions as to whether it made sense, but the Deputy Director came just in case.
While undercover to confirm the facts, I checked Trang’s hideout and found him in contact with Elric Mervinger.
Naturally, this is a factor that can act as a major variable.
So, it was necessary to inform the inspection bureau.
But Chens couldn’t run very far and had to stop.
Quack!
I felt the movement of magical power and tried to avoid it, but the ice pick stopped right in front of me.
Paaat-
Chens, who hastily retreated, was released from hiding. He looked around with a surprised expression.
at that time.
widely!
Elric quietly crossed his arms and landed on top of the awl that almost pierced Chens.
“Anyway, these damn rats are really good at escaping?”
Chens, who confirmed who the attacker was, said with a hardened expression.
“Let me go, Duke Chan-sung. I can’t tell you the details due to my duties, but right now, His Excellency the Duke is dealing with dangerous elements… .”
“We are in contact with would-be rebels, so we need to be especially careful about our actions?”
When Elric spoke first, Chen’s expression turned into one of astonishment.
“no way… !”
“How much do you know? well. I don’t know the details, but it’s just that they’re knocking around here and there to give Chrome Hell credit. “You guys are the Inspector General, right?”
Chen’s eyes were constantly shaking as if he was scared.
Rather than discovering that it was the Inspection Bureau, it was a big deal that Elric knew what was going on very secretly in the Inspection Bureau.
Chens remembered what Director Tritan once said to him.
-Do you know why all four inspection bureaus were destroyed?
-well… I do not know.
-It didn’t happen because they supported the Zerights.
-then… ?
-It’s all because of the pro-choice operation, Elric Mervinger.
‘This is not a problem I can solve on my own!’
Chens realized the seriousness of the situation and became determined to inform the authorities.
But Elric had no intention of letting him go at all.
“First of all, I have a situation, so I can’t let what I have here leak out, right? So please catch me.”
Hundreds of ice picks were created behind Elric, who was crossing his arms.
“Oh, by the way. “This is not a request, it’s an order.”
Elric unleashed an ice pick with an indifferent expression.
Pabababak!
Tadadadang-
Chens gritted his teeth, pulled out his sword, and struck down the ice picks one by one.
Due to the nature of the inspection bureau, his identity was not exposed, and Chens was a man of skill who could call himself a sword master.
‘No matter how much Mervinger I do, I won’t be able to catch him if I decide to run away!’
As Chence slowly took a step back and looked for a way out, one corner of Elric’s mouth slightly turned up.
“Anyway. “They say you have to dip it in it to know if it’s poop or soybean paste.”
The moment Elric opened his mouth, Chens seized the opportunity and jumped upward.
“【Pour out】.”
At the same time as Elric’s mantra, the ice pick multiplied dozens of times in an instant, covering Chen’s.
Ta-da-dan!
Chens tried to bounce off the Auror Blades, but there were too many awls accompanied by gusts of wind.
On the contrary, the broken ice pieces stuck to the skin, causing frostbite, and the powder entered the respiratory tract every time one breathed, freezing the internal organs.
“Ugh!”
Chens stopped breathing too late, but blood was already gushing out from inside the concussion.
Perhaps due to deep internal injuries, the magic was not used properly, and the auror blade became blurred as if it would go off at any moment.
“【Freeze】.”
When Elric saw that Chens’ strength was running out, he froze one of his feet like ice.
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“I can’t run away now.”
“Damn, now that it’s come to this… !”
Chens held his sword back in resignation.
“I never thought the gap in power would be this big… .”
Feeling there was no hope, he planned to escape somehow, even if it meant cutting off his frozen leg.
“why? Do you really think you can escape if you cut that?”
A voice that laughs loudly.
Chens gritted his teeth and lowered his sword.
‘Should I try this?’
Just before the sword cut off his leg.
Elric flicked his fingers.
“【Grow up】.”
At that moment, Shin-Ah’s seal, which was hidden by her collar, gave off a brilliant light. The ground on which Chens was standing trembled.
“I’m crazy… !”
When the movement stops for a while, the ground splits and a tree vine sticks out.
Chens was beside himself.
Didn’t they use ice magic just a little while ago? But suddenly there was a magic that manipulated wood. Even though he was a Mervinger, he had never heard of a wizard who could change attributes so freely!
‘I’ve grown again in the meantime… !’
Even though I wanted to avoid it, my body didn’t move as easily as my mind.
He had already suffered quite a few internal injuries, and the cold had penetrated deep into his bones, so his body could not move.
at last.
Sloppy… .
As Elric pulled the vine in his hand, Chens was dragged in with all his limbs tied.
There was even a leaf in his mouth as a gag.
“Okay, I think that’s enough for this part.”
Elric shook his hands and grinned with a playful look on his face.
Chen’s face turned bright red, as if his pride had been hurt.
“Eup! Eupeup!”
“Uncle, please stay still. “If I make you more concerned, you tie me like a dog collar and make me walk on all fours?”
“Ugh!”
『Looking at this, it’s clear what your tastes are.』
[What am I?]
『Are you asking because you don’t know? Be sure to know how to tie the gag… . Plus your feet? Anyway, the Mosols said that the castle walls were also perverted. Tsk!』
[Who are you talking about?]
『Who is it… You, really?』
Mephisto looked back at Elric with a shocked face.
Elric had suddenly become energetic and had his nose upright.
『Where on earth?』
[flaw. It can all happen.]
『A guy who has never even held a woman’s hand in his life… !』
[Usually, a well-behaved cat climbs up to the stove first. Don’t you know that either?]
That time when Elric joked around with Mephisto.
‘uh? ‘Something’s a little strange.’
Elric thought it was strange that Chens had suddenly become quiet, so he looked at his face.
That moment.
Pajik!
Chen’s whole body turned red as if it was going to burst, and he burst out the vines that were binding his limbs.
It looks like it’s inflated like a balloon.
Blood appeared all over my face.
“… What is it, the anti-blood method?”
“flaw. Hehehe. Do you even know this? “Then you know how scary this is!”
Reverse blood vessel method.
It was a secret technique passed down only to the level of Deputy Director and above within the Inspection Bureau.
When used, it generates several times more strength than usual, but it reduces vitality significantly, so it is not used unless it is a truly special situation.
Chens risked his own life to somehow resolve this situation.
Paaaa-
The guy rushed towards me again like an arrow.
“I was really just trying to suppress it. They do all kinds of things! [Tie it up]!”
Elric tried to bind Chens again.
thud! thud! thud!
The guy, whose body had already become as strong as an iron wall, was approaching Elric while sweeping away all the ice and trees.
“I’m sorry… We need you to join us!”
Chens extended his auror-covered hand in this direction.
‘Now that it’s like this, I have no choice but to stun it for a while and run away.’
They judged that Elric would be very vulnerable in close combat due to his characteristics as a wizard.
Then, the moment my fingertips reached Elric. He felt puzzled for just a moment.
Obviously, if you try to approach me like this, I’ll have to at least pretend to avoid it… !
Smirk.
‘Smile?’
It was only then that I realized something was strange.
“Well, I guess I was just being petty, but I’m a little sorry, right?”
There was something Chens didn’t know.
Elric is much better at close combat than you think.
It was an error in judgment that occurred because his activities were limited to the eastern border area and were not reported to the inspection bureau.
[Nahatram.]
“I was just waiting for you to say that!”
While possessing Nahatram, Elric pushed away the stabbing sword with his right hand, narrowed the gap between them, and struck his chest with his left palm.
It was truly a swift movement.
Fuuuuong-
“Cough!”
Chens vomited blood and was thrown loudly.
Paralarak!
At the same time, the vines that grew from the ground wrapped themselves around his body.
In addition, hard bark grew on the vine, trapping Chens inside it.
This was not a simple restraint.
Like the Revenge of Blood method, a magic blockade was applied so that mana could never be extracted again.
『Tsk. I really have no conscience.』
[Well, as long as the effect is certain, that’s enough, right?]
Elric lightly dusted his palms and grinned.
Sararak-
The leaves hanging from the branches were particularly shiny.
* * *
“Delivery has arrived.”
Elric threw Chens, who was unconscious and tied up in vines, in front of Trang.
“It’s already like this… ?”
Trang and Mord looked at each other with surprised expressions.
Not only was it not enough to find an agent of the Inspection Bureau so easily, but he was also captured alive right away.
The two couldn’t help but admire Elric’s abilities.
“You are truly amazing. If they were to monitor me, they must have a fairly high status in the Inspection Bureau… .”
“Oh, they said he was the deputy director.”
Trang had to laugh at Elric’s attitude of calling the deputy director of the Inspection Bureau, a group of powerful people in the empire, as if he were calling someone’s dog by his name.
Although it was only for a moment, it somehow reminded me of Usden.
“Oh, it’s still warm.”
The tea that Trang served earlier had not even cooled down and steam was still escaping.
Hororok-
“It definitely smells different. Is it because I move my body lightly? “It even tastes good.”
Mord couldn’t help but laugh as he remembered the anecdote of a general who had said he would return before the tea got cold from the far east.
“Okay, first then, before we interrogate.”
Elric quietly put down the teacup he was drinking.
In an instant, Trang’s expression became serious.
“I think the information leaked out somewhere. Do you have any guesses?”
“… “They said they would be very careful, but there was nothing to point out.”
“Aren’t there any among your vassals? “Are you saying they’re hangers-on?”
“that… .”
Trang bowed his head when asked if there was ganja inside.
At that time, Mord suddenly intervened.
“There is one.”
“Mord!”
And Trang was startled and stopped Mord.
“Why are you doing this? If you decide to wait in line for Elric, you must tell him properly without hiding anything!”
Mord’s voice sounded a little excited, but his face looked very unpleasant for some reason.
‘They’re hiding something again… . huh?’
Elric crossed his arms and looked at Mord and Trang in turn.
Then Jen shouted.
“My dad is not a bad person! “It’s all because you’re traitors!”
Only then did Elric roughly guess the situation.
“Do you think it has something to do with this little guy’s dad?”
“I’m not a kid!”
“If you’re short, you’re a kid, right?”
“I’m not a kid!”
“Kkeungi ugh~”
『I don’t know who is the kid and who is the adult.』
Mephisto was shaking his head next to him as he argued with the pathetically childish kid.
At that time, Trang spoke as if he had promised something.
“First of all, since you’re here, let me explain what we’re going through.”
Trang stood up and guided Elric somewhere.
Sigh-
Then, I pulled a book from the bookshelf on one side of the living room, and the wall rotated, revealing a secret hidden space.
“Huh, where is this place?”
Elric looked through the opening and was greatly surprised.
A very familiar interior view.
‘It’s the same as the palace I saw in Dongbaek Shin’s memories.’
The Winter Palace, where the chilly winter wind blew.
The scene I saw there.
When the inside, which was exactly the same as before, was fully revealed, Trang bowed his head very politely.
“First of all, let me say hello to you again. My name is Trang, one of the 16 imams leading the clan and the contemporary priest of Paros. As you know, our clan does not use surnames.”
“Imam? Pharos?”
An expression I’ve never heard before.
As Elric muttered in confusion, Trang grinned and added an explanation.
“Oh, if I explain it that way, you won’t understand. Imam means great teacher… .”
Elric couldn’t help but be surprised the moment Trang finished speaking.
“The people of ice and frost who once worshiped the One who is now the God of Camellia were called Pharos.”
“… !”
Wizard who swallowed talent
