Episode 9 You messed with the wrong person. (2)
The match was decided in an instant.
Frank was unable to overcome the power of Giselle, who exploded all three cores.
Phew!
Giselle’s sword pierced the core below Frank’s navel.
“Ugh, ugh… … .”
Frank suddenly felt his mana begin to disperse.
“You, right now… … .”
People say that the core is below the belly button, but in reality, it is not a tangible concept.
It is simply called mana that has been gathered through will in a space where it is easy to accumulate mana.
So, the core doesn’t disappear just because the abdomen is pierced. However, the core can be removed in other ways.
“Okay, I’ll destroy your core first.”
Jiselle moved her mana and crashed it into Frank’s core.
“Ugh, crap!”
Frank screamed in horror.
“Are you… crazy?”
Breaking the core meant destroying all the energy that person had accumulated throughout his life.
If you do it wrong, the mana will explode and even the person you are trying to destroy will be in danger.
It was a dangerous method that should not be used unless it was absolutely necessary to keep the opponent alive.
The stronger the mana, the bigger the explosion, so it is not even attempted by those with a certain level of skill.
But Jiselle seemed completely engrossed in pouring mana into it.
Ddddddd!
Frank’s mana dispersed at a rapid pace.
“Ugh! Oh, how did this… … .”
Paaak!
The mana of Giselle that was vibrating madly inside Frank’s body eventually completely broke his core.
dump.
As Giselle drew her mana and pulled out her sword, Frank fell limply to the floor.
“You… … what the heck… … .”
Frank couldn’t believe it at all.
Jiselle’s swordsmanship was also great, but it was understandable if the information was wrong.
But at Giselle’s age, it was impossible to break the core of an inspector like Frank.
Frank had never seen anyone use mana so delicately.
Jiselle turned away, leaving him lying there, swaying.
“Oh, brother… … .”
Elena gulped as she watched Giselle approach her.
The sight of him approaching, covered in blood and emitting a red haze, was terrifying, as if I was seeing the devil.
“How did you get such skills, oppa… … .”
Elena never learned swordsmanship, but grew up watching countless knights in the harsh north.
Frank was a knight of quite high quality, even in her eyes.
If he can kill Jamal and Phillip by himself, then he’s strong enough to steam any knight.
But Jiselle won against someone like that.
“Oh, it really is true that my brother caught the orcs.”
In fact, a few days ago, there was a controversy about Giselle’s skills in Ferdium Castle.
This is because Skoban and the soldiers who led the punitive force spread a rumor that Giselle had captured an orc.
Of course, Skoban was ridiculed as a liar by others.
Giselle didn’t answer Elena’s question, just smiled.
“Take a break.”
“what?”
At that moment, Giselle gently touched the back of her neck.
Bam.
Then Elena’s body fell down like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
Having absolutely no mana, she didn’t even notice Giselle’s movements, let alone resist.
Giselle carefully laid Elena, who was falling, down on the ruins on one side and then approached Frank again.
“The most thrilling moment has come.”
Frank asked, frowning.
“Why did you keep me alive? Even if you torture me, I won’t know what you want.”
“That’s funny. I already know who’s behind this. I have no interest in the likes of you.”
“Then why did you keep him alive?”
Giselle slowly bent her knees and looked into Frank’s eyes as she spoke.
“Looking at the way you act, it’s obvious that you’ve killed quite a few people. Normal people can’t do things like chopping up a living person without any feelings.”
“… … .”
“You seem to be an expert in your own right, so you know that sometimes you have to torture people even when it’s not necessary. Yes, when you need to vent your frustrations.”
Frank almost bit his tongue when he heard Giselle’s words.
But Giselle quickly moved her hand and grabbed Frank’s chin.
And with his remaining hand, he tore the hem of Frank’s clothes, rolled it up, and stuffed it into his mouth.
“Ugh! Ugh!”
“You’ve killed others without hesitation, but are you afraid of suffering yourself? This is a little disappointing.”
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Scratch!
Giselle cut Frank’s struggling tendons.
Then he picked up all the swords that were rolling around.
Fired! Fired!
Jiselle used her mana to shatter the sword. The shards were carved into the shape she wanted.
Dozens of sharp, pointed fragments of varying thickness were created.
Giselle spread them out next to Frank.
“It may be hard to believe, but I’ve killed quite a few people. I’m also quite adept at torturing people. I’ve been practicing it diligently to use it on my enemies later.”
Giselle held a sharp shard in her hand. Frank looked at it with anxious eyes.
“Why, they say revenge is actually meaningless. But now that I think about it, that was just something I could say when I was less angry. When your head is filled with anger, you can’t feel that thrill when you succeed in getting revenge.”
Frank had no idea what Giselle was talking about.
What kind of revenge are you talking about when you failed without even trying anything?
Moreover, it seemed as if Giselle had known of their existence from the beginning.
Giselle continued to mutter in front of Frank, who couldn’t even answer.
“It was really nice to go back to the past. But the desperate memories and the anger inside me still haven’t gone away. I guess the only way to end it is to eliminate all of you. We can never coexist.”
Frank’s eyes began to fill with fear.
I still couldn’t understand what he was saying, but just looking at Giselle’s eyes sparkling with madness gave me goosebumps.
He could tell because he had killed many people.
Those eyes weren’t just something he was born with. They were the kind of eyes that only someone who had killed people as easily as eating a meal could have.
‘How could I have that kind of experience at that age?’
Something seemed to come to mind.
But the voice that followed interrupted it.
“Then let’s get started. It’ll be really exciting. I’ve tested it all on my body. Well, don’t feel bad about it just happening to you. I’ll make sure all the other kids get the same treatment.”
“Keuuuuuup!”
The sharp shards very slowly dug into Frank’s neck.
“You won’t die easily. You guys messed with the wrong person.”
* * *
“Phew… … .”
The torture ended when Frank became half-insane from the pain he endured. This meant he was dead.
Jiselle burst into laughter as she looked down at the mangled corpse.
“This is what it felt like.”
It feels like something heavy in my heart has been lifted.
A dark flame that had been burning hot inside for a long time has died down.
“Good. I can breathe a little easier now.”
But there were still a few more flames left that burned his heart and soul.
Only after it’s all turned off will he feel truly free.
“Wow!”
At that moment, Jiselle suddenly bent down and vomited out a handful of blood.
I held on while Frank was being tortured, but the internal injuries were too severe. It felt like my whole body was screaming from the shock of enduring the recoil of the mana explosion.
It was still impossible for an immature body to explode three cores at once.
“Well, I guess I have to take care of the rest now.”
Giselle entered the abandoned house where Frank had first come out.
In my previous life, another body was found here. I had to find it.
As soon as Giselle entered the ruins, she discovered several thick sacks.
He fiddled with the scabbard a few times and then carefully unwrapped it.
Inside the bag was the corpse of a young man.
“Prince Digald.”
Gilmore Digard.
He is the successor to the Digald County, and is known to have killed Elena in his previous life.
He was such a womanizer and a troublemaker who was addicted to alcohol and drugs that when his body was found, everyone thought he was the one who killed Elena.
Because of that, the Digald Territory and Ferdium Territory had to waste their energy fighting each other in territory wars.
“I see, that’s what happened.”
The enemies’ goal is to pit the two territories against each other.
In my previous life, I was helpless against that trick, but not this time.
Jiselle unwrapped the rest of the bags.
Just like the first sack, the bodies of men were found. Judging by the emblems on their breastplates, they were clearly Gilmore’s knights.
If their deaths become known like this, the same problems as in their previous lives will occur.
In the previous life, the Ferdium territory attacked the Digald territory because Elena died, so this time, Digald will attack Ferdium instead.
This means that even if Elena’s death was prevented, the war itself could not be prevented.
But Jiselle had no intention of moving according to the enemies’ intentions.
“It won’t turn out the way you think.”
Jiselle gathered up things that could be burned and piled them next to the corpses.
‘It has to be handled neatly.’
Gilmore’s ring and the chest plates of the knights who could have been used to verify his identity were crushed using mana.
Giselle dragged the corpses of Frank and his men and burned them all.
Soon the flames began to consume everything, giving off a musty smell.
Even if the remains of a burnt body were found, people would simply assume it was a slum vagrant who had been burned to death.
It was common in this era for homeless people to be found dead.
“You ride well.”
The fire began to spread to the surrounding waste materials and trash, growing in size.
‘I’m glad I can handle it on my own.’
Just in case, I told Fergus to prepare his soldiers and brought some signal flares.
But if the soldiers had been called, word would have spread that Gilmore Digald had died here.
‘I stopped the battle that was about to happen, so I bought some time.’
Elena’s death, which was the beginning of everything in her previous life, and the resulting land war were prevented.
But enemies will continue to target this place without stopping.
We must prevent the deaths of those around us and minimize damage as much as possible.
‘It’s never going to go your way.’
Giselle gathered her courage once more and carried Elena on her back to the castle.
* * *
After the two returned, Ferdium Castle was in chaos.
It was a serious incident, the escort knight trying to kill the lord’s daughter.
Baron Homer, the governor of Ferdium who was acting as the lord’s representative, was furious and vented his anger.
“Conduct a thorough investigation and mental education on all knights and soldiers, and prohibit them from participating in the festival. Then, quickly convey this news to the lord.”
The atmosphere in the castle suddenly became quiet. People gathered in twos and threes and whispered secretly.
“Did you hear the story? Jamal and Philip must have been really crazy. I heard that Prince Giselle killed them?”
“Hey, the young lady must have lied just to promote the Confucius.”
“I guess so. From what I saw, Jamal and Philip were clearly fighting and dying. They were trying to get the girl for themselves.”
“That’s right, Confucius was lucky to survive. And he pretended to have achieved something.”
“Skoban was lying last time, and now even the young lady is lying. The Archduke must have threatened you.”
Elena, who had already been through a difficult time, became even more depressed because of these rumors.
No one believed her words. Instead, she was crowned one of the two greatest liars in the realm, along with Skoban.
I couldn’t even open my mouth because Giselle emphasized that I should never say anything about Frank.
While Elena was feeling depressed, Giselle also heard the rumor and just laughed.
‘If I told you that I killed Frank, you wouldn’t believe me even more. But I don’t plan on telling anyone about it anyway, at least for Gilmore’s sake.’
However, after a few days, Elena regained her composure thanks to the comfort and attention from those around her.
Jiselle was relieved to see her back with a brighter look, but she also wondered how to prepare for the future.
‘I stopped it at first. But when I realized that the plan had failed, I would move again.’
In his previous life, Ferdium was involved in many conflicts and eventually perished.
The Duke of Delphine thus weakened the other territories and then overthrew the kingdom and took over.
It is still unknown why they are aiming for Perdium, but they must prepare for it.
‘There’s too much to prepare. Time to train, money, troops, my people… … and high-quality liquor and a comfortable luxury carriage. Oh, this is not it.’
He alone could not stop all the conspiracies and attacks. He had to quickly increase his power and establish a base.
‘You need money, after all. Without money, you can’t do anything. Damn, money is always the problem, whether in my past life or now.’
No matter how much I thought about it, what I needed right now was money.
Because money allows you to command people, provide for your needs, and maintain it.
However, Ferdium was a poor fiefdom, second only to the kingdom in terms of money, and even the little money it had, Giselle had no right to spend.
‘There’s nothing I can do right now?’
No matter how much I thought about it, no good solution came to mind.
Even if you want to make money using memories from your past life, you need basic funds first.
In the first place, the situation was not one where one could afford to take the time to call in money.
‘I can’t just ask for money… … nor will persuasion work. Should I go back to mercenary work? That’ll take a long time. Maybe robbery or banditry would be the fastest way?’
Giselle continued to ponder as she squatted in her small garden, picking the flower petals one by one.
‘Ugh, but I can’t really do dirty robbery… … Damn, what should I do to quickly raise initial capital?’
While Giselle was pondering for a while, someone approached him, leading several knights.
“Hey, cousin! I heard the rumor! It seems like you have a conspiracy theory now, don’t you? Telling such a big lie, how amazing is that? I’m really touched! Hahahaha!”
Jiselle opened her eyes wide at the sight of the man laughing heartily.
