The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Chapter 99
The Unsolved Mystery (8)
“after!”
Meanwhile, Adele was running away from inside the warehouse, having retrieved her familiar.
It was a forest path with no one around.
Adele’s body was covered with small wounds.
“How stupid.”
Her lips turned up crookedly.
Sure, she was a warlock with some of the most skilled skills. But what crazy warlock would dare confront a saint head-on?
Her original goal was to escape while confusing them, not to annihilate them.
So naturally, he placed a doll there to take his place.
Fortunately, the saintess, who had little experience compared to her abilities, was deceived by it and ended up losing herself.
Of course, her puppetry skills were so great that she could fool a saint, but it would have been impossible if she had not spiritually connected herself with the doll.
A doll that was exactly like the real thing. Because of that, he ended up taking some of the damage to the doll.
‘If I hadn’t eaten it in the first place, I would have been defeated before I could even try using the puppetry technique, right?’
As expected, that saint is really scary.
She shook her head as if she was going crazy and looked at the medicine in her hand that had barely helped her get out of that place.
… … A pill made from ground up living human bones.
All the negative emotions created within it became the driving force that strengthened the power of the black magicians.
It was thanks to this that the feet of priests and saints, who would normally not have been able to compete with each other, were tied.
The downside was that there were side effects in return for drawing on the power of negativity, but in any case, there was no time to worry about that now.
Because it’s something we’ll have to live with and see what the side effects are and all.
‘I wonder if I can win against him now?’
Adele wet her lips as she thought of the first prince.
But without hesitation, the head was lowered.
The power that treated Roy, one of the hardliners’ most powerful figures, like a child… … .
Even though I only saw a fragmentary image, even now that my abilities were enhanced and I was overcome with a sense of elation, it seemed impossible to win against that overwhelming power.
But now it didn’t matter at all.
Since I had achieved my goal, all I had to do was quickly leave this place.
Yeah, if I just run away from that monster… … .
“Indeed, that pill is quite interesting.”
“… … !”
Throb-
Suddenly, Adele froze at the sound of an unheard voice coming from the forest path.
As if I had met a beast waiting for its prey… … .
As she turned around, as if she couldn’t believe it, she saw bloodshot eyes looking at her with interest.
“Oh, how on earth… … .”
Adele muttered in confusion and stepped back.
He turned his gaze away from the saintess while dealing with her, and even on his way back, he thought of the decoys he had scattered in all directions, making it nearly impossible for him to find him.
That’s why I thought it was a deserted road and ran there, but the first prince welcomed me as if he had known I would come here in advance.
And that wasn’t the end of it.
Pulsuk-
“… …Roy.”
The thing falling from the prince’s hand was clearly a man who had been his colleague.
A hardliner black magician who is now out of breath and can only serve as a burden.
The prince was saying that he had been chasing him even though he was carrying such a large load. And at a speed that was so fast that he had already surpassed him after taking the pill…
‘Oh, this is crazy… … .’
The prince she saw was not normal.
A body covered in blood from carrying a piece of meat with two severed arms. And the eyes that remained expressionless the whole time, not caring about it. And yet the hand that elegantly drew the sword.
……beast of prey?
It was not something that could be described as a beast.
monster.
He was a being of a higher dimension who could kill without any emotion, and did it naturally as if he were taking something out of his pocket.
The abyss-like eyes completely captivated her.
Regardless, a soft voice was coming out of the mouth of the first prince who was stroking the turquoise sword.
“Is it a pill that contains negative human emotions?”
“That, that… … .”
“Well, since it’s so small, it probably wouldn’t have been caught in the war before the return. So there must have been a reason why the wizards couldn’t find it.”
“… … .”
return?
I wanted to ask what that meant, but my mouth wouldn’t open.
What occupied his mind was a terrible fear.
“Those Federal Empire guys have created something interesting.”
“… … !”
And the moment that name was mentioned, a sharp pain passed through my right shoulder.
It was only after I heard the sound that I realized what was happening.
Crunch-
“……uh?”
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My right arm was cut off. I had allowed an attack to happen in vain, by a sword strike that I could neither see nor feel.
My shoulders felt like they were burning.
And when I realized it belatedly, my remaining left arm was already falling coldly to the floor.
“Ugh… … Ugh!”
dump-
Adele fell to her knees in pain that felt like an eternity.
The effects of the pill had not yet worn off. But the opponent trampled on her as if he would never allow her to resist.
Maybe from the beginning, rebellion was not permitted.
The emotion that the First Prince felt was no longer fear.
“I won’t kill you so easily since you gave me useful information.”
……despair.
The emotion that surged from that smiling face was, in the end, endless despair.
* * *
dump-
“… … .”
I said as I threw the two corpses at the knights.
“To find out the information.”
“This is… … Ah, I understand.”
Of course, a dead mouth could not speak.
But there were plenty of ways to find out information, either directly or indirectly.
The knights, who had been confused, realized my intention and began to rummage through the bodies of the warlocks.
I looked at the sight, then turned my gaze to George who was approaching.
“What about the Hwajeon people?”
“Well, since we evacuated quickly, of course there was no damage… … The village chief is probably bringing them in now.”
Indeed, it was as he said. Although the villagers were surprised by the sudden evacuation order, not a single one was injured.
The problem was that there were injuries among the priests on the Holy Empire side.
“… … The injured priests and paladins have been treated, but the priests whose divine power flowed back have deep internal injuries and will likely need long-term recovery.”
“I see.”
Those who said that the divine power flowed backwards were those who fell to the sword while developing the sanctuary.
As with magic, if you forcibly cancel it, there will be side effects. No matter how well you received the protection of the saint, it seemed like it couldn’t do anything to the internal injuries.
Is this what you call a “point-by-point” situation?
And the man who had caused the situation was still in shock.
“How pathetic.”
“… … .”
Surely I would have told them to prepare for the coming battle. Whether it was good or bad, it was the duty of the one in command to follow through first.
But the guy disobeyed it and didn’t prepare, so he was fooled by a black magician.
Even to the point of being controlled by mental contamination.
A knight of the Holy Empire, and a paladin at that, was unable to defeat a warlock.
“Why did you disobey my orders and act on your own?”
“… … .”
I continued speaking, not minding Roland’s silence.
“If you had developed the sanctuary from the beginning, you wouldn’t have suffered any damage from the warlock’s mental contamination. Am I wrong?”
“that…….”
“You can’t catch a single warlock even though you lead hundreds of priests and paladins. How negligent.”
“… … .”
“Well, there could be various reasons. Maybe they didn’t trust me, or maybe they were dissatisfied with my instructions.”
but.
My gaze fell on the two warlocks lying coldly on the ground.
“In the end, regardless of the causal relationship, I was the one who captured them. And that won’t change the fact that you weren’t of any help.”
“… … .”
“Didn’t I say that the affairs of the black magician should be managed by the Holy Nation? However, this is the reality. We suffered at the hands of an opponent we looked down on out of inertia.”
“… … .”
“From now on, Esteban’s side will manage the information on the captured warlocks.”
“That, that’s… … !”
Crunch-!
Roland’s movements became rough for a moment, as if he was flustered.
But when he realized that his cold eyes were staring at him, he lowered his head, hidden by his helmet.
A frog in a well. From the perspective of the guy whose pride led to his downfall, he had nothing to say.
Jerk- Jerk-
I walked past the guy who was feeling so low about himself and towards the saint.
The saint was so busy caring for the wounded priests that she didn’t even realize I was coming.
“Saint.”
“… … Ah. Your Highness the First Prince.”
When I called her name, only then did she look at me.
Then, after making sure that there was no one around, he approached me and spoke with a stern expression.
“The dark magic energy continued east. They may be from the Federation Empire.”
“Yes, probably.”
“… … Did you already know?”
“It was something I had a rough idea of. It was only after I confronted them that I became certain of it.”
I nodded and answered.
Before the return. When it was confirmed that the plague that struck Esteban was the work of warlocks, an investigation was conducted to determine the cause of their attack on Esteban.
But nothing was revealed in the process.
Who on earth were the warlocks who created the plague? And why on earth did they attack Esteban? … .
Of course, even if the evidence was lacking, there was circumstantial evidence.
There is a question as to whether or not this may have been instigated by the Federal Empire.
Naturally, such an opinion was quickly dismissed by the nobles, and eventually went down in history as an unsolved mystery.
However, the truth of that suspicion was finally proven today, thanks to the presence of two warlocks.
Asking the saint to track down the black magic could be considered part of the plan.
Because it was necessary to officially confirm to them the collusion between the Warlock and the Federation Empire.
“Do you know anything about the power of the warlocks?”
“yes?”
The saint tilted her head at my unexpected words and asked.
“If you are talking about the forces of the Dark Magician… … are you referring to those in hiding?”
“No. What I mean is their more detailed circumstances.”
Then the saintess shook her head slightly as if she didn’t know.
Well then, it’s time to start hammering the wedge in.
I continued speaking, casting my gaze towards the two warlocks lying in the corner.
“The black magicians are currently divided into two groups. And.”
They are preparing now.
