Chapter 558
“What do you mean, weird?”
Geff’s eyes widened as if he didn’t understand.
“… … .”
Raon turned his head away without answering his question. After examining not just the woman’s corpse, but other corpses as well, he shook his chin.
‘As expected, everything is the same.’
The corpses had their necks and wrists severely torn off, as if to show that they had been attacked by the blood demons of the White Blood Church. If I had looked at it without much thought, I would have thought it was the work of the White Blood Church.
But if you look closely at the wounds, you can see where the perpetrators made mistakes.
‘There is a gap between the time the wound was made.’
Wounds from biting wrists or necks to suck blood appeared later than wounds that killed warriors by piercing their hearts or slashing their waists.
‘That doesn’t make sense.’
Because the blood demons of the White Blood Church almost always eat the blood and flesh of living people.
Since the Blood Festival caused by the Church of White Blood is an event in which a living person is offered as a sacrifice to the blood god, fresh blood must be drunk.
In other words, the blood and flesh of the living should be eaten, not the dead, and most of the corpses here had their wrists or nape torn off after they died.
‘Who arranged this.’
Checking not only the young woman, but other corpses as well, made it all the more certain.
‘And the most important thing… .’
Raon swiped the requiem sword worn behind his waist with his left hand.
‘It means that the soul sword doesn’t cry.’
The requiem sword can detect minute blood that is hard for me to feel, but now he only felt sorry for the dead and did not arouse anger against the Church of the White Blood.
It was clear that the members of the branch were not attacked by the White Blood Church, but by monsters who wanted to disguise themselves as the White Blood Church.
“that’s right.”
Martha nodded as she inspected the middle-aged soldier’s corpse.
“The people here were not attacked by the White Blood Church.”
“Uh, what is that… .”
Dorian stepped back in surprise.
“When the Baekbloods use the blood ball and bite the flesh, the blood vessels open outward to pump out more blood.”
Martha continued, pointing to the nape of the corpse’s neck.
“But everyone here has their veins rolled in. You could have ripped it off with your teeth, but it’s not the work of the White Blood Church. It is fake.”
She shook her head in conviction.
Raon smiled lightly at Martha, who boldly declared that it was the work of the fake White Blood Church.
‘Did you continue the investigation?’
To figure out at once that it wasn’t the work of the Church of the White Blood, it seemed that Martha had been studying the Church of the White Blood to save her mother.
“She is right.”
Raon agreed with Martha and looked at Gef and Bells.
“Not just the blood vessels, but if you look at the wounds on the wrists and neck, they are the ones after death. It’s not the way the Bastards who suck blood from living people behave. This is not the White Blood Church, it is the work of those who want to play the White Blood Church.”
I showed everyone here that the color of the inside of the wound on the nape and neck was slightly different.
“How did you know that?”
Martha tilted her head in wonder.
“Of course you should know.”
Since the White Blood Church were no different from their main enemies, a steady investigation was essential.
“Um… .”
As soon as Martha heard that, she frowned as if she had heard a strange noise and stepped back.
“What’re you doing?”
When Raon laughed, Bells approached the corpses. She felt a chill, yet heavy energy, as if she was not in a good mood.
“… … .”
Bells studied the corpses slowly without saying a word, then got up.
“I think you two are right.”
He looked at Raon and Martha in turn and nodded his chin seriously.
“I’ve never met the White Blood Church, so I don’t know about the blood vessels, but the time when the wounds were definitely different. It looks like someone tried to embellish it with the White Blood Church.”
Bells sighed, admitting that they were wrong.
“If you haven’t experienced it, you might not know.”
Martha shook her hand as if it was nothing. When Bells acknowledged her first, she responded softly, unlike her usual.
“… … .”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Bels, who was polite to Martha.
‘I really didn’t know?’
Bells’ nickname is Jang Hyeon-gum. It was hard to understand that the person who had a calm and calm personality and would become the next head of the Rakion family fell for such a trick.
‘You don’t have to doubt it unconditionally, but you’d better be careful…’ hmm?’
Just when I thought he was someone to be wary of, an unknown stench emanated from Bels.
The monstrous smell that seems to creep up from the piled up garbage is the smell for a very short moment. No, it stimulated the soul and disappeared.
‘what?’
Raon looked at the others with his eyes wide open. Burren, Martha, and Dorian were talking peacefully as if they didn’t feel anything even though they were right next to Bells.
‘Am I the only one who felt that stench?’
– Even the king felt it.
Lars clicked his tongue with annoyed eyes.
-Now that’s the smell of contaminated magic.
‘Contaminated Magi?’
-It’s an ugly smell that has been contaminated with filth from pure demons. It was so distorted that I don’t even know what kind of guy it was.
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He said he smelled a foul smell and touched his nose.
‘Magira… .’
The only groups on the continent that use demonic energy are the Black Tower and the Demonic Chuyeonghoe.
However, you can use something like an artifact written on Magi, so you shouldn’t think it’s that side unconditionally.
‘No matter what, I must not let my guard down.’
I looked at the corpses again just in case, but I didn’t feel the slightest bit of magic. It seemed that Wels had to slowly dig out what secrets he had.
“Gef.”
Raon turned his gaze to Geff.
“What happened to the mountain that was said to be in the south?”
“Ah, the news came in earlier, and they say they destroyed the whole mountain and escaped.”
Geff replied with bewildered eyes as if he still couldn’t believe that it wasn’t the work of the White Blood Church.
“The investigation should begin there.”
Burren clicked his tongue briefly.
As he said, I had to investigate the wild vegetables, but I had a hunch that even if I went there, I wouldn’t be able to find anything.
“First of all, let’s bring these people back to the family.”
Raon closed his eyes as if he was silent as he pulled up the tent covering the corpse.
“It should be. That’s right.”
Dorian nodded, saying he was right.
“After that, how about going to my family? There will be no place to stay around here.”
Bels approached Rimer, asking him to go to the Rakion family in the east.
“hmm… .”
Rimer licked his lips to see what he was thinking, then looked away.
“Raon. What do you think?”
“Let’s go.”
If you were a suspicious person, it was right to watch a little closer.
Raon couldn’t even close his eyes and chewed his lips hard as he looked at the dead family swordsmen.
‘Whoever the opponent is. I will avenge the grudge.’
* * *
Raon and Gwangpungdae left the Sinigan branch only after asking the mercantile trader with Sieghart to return the dead to their families.
Because he looked at each and every dead person, he was able to enter the Rakion family only when the moon was climbing toward the center of the sky.
Time had slowed down, and a thick darkness wrapped around the world like a curtain, but the inside of the Rakion family, full of lights, was as bright as daylight.
“Welcome to Rakion.”
Bels shook his head seriously, but not too much, and opened the front door that glowed red like the sun.
‘This side is amazing too.’
The scale of the Rakion family was also different from that of ordinary families.
It feels like seeing a royal castle, not a family. It was smaller than Sieghart’s, but there were buildings and facilities of a size that could not be compared to those of most families.
I was walking along the Central Avenue along with Wels, and the prosecutors around me bowed their heads in moderation.
As befits a family renowned for their long swordsmanship, the spirits of the warriors were both sharp and lofty.
“This is Gajujeon where the head of household is staying.”
Wels stopped in front of a majestic building like a spire built in the innermost part of the family. It was like stabbing the sky with a long sword.
‘This is… .’
Raon heard that and rubbed his fingertips. There was a strong aura coming out of that building, as if a knife had been erected.
“Kuhm.”
Wels cleared his throat briefly and knocked on the door with the red lion on it.
“My lord. We have brought Sieghart’s guests.”
“Come in.”
A heavy voice, like a weight attached to his voice, came out as an immediate answer. It sounded like they were talking right behind the door, or it sounded like they were coming from the end of a long cavern.
“yes.”
Wels nodded, opened the door, and went inside.
Raon sent his eyes to Gwangpungdae once and entered Gajujeon following Bells.
Unlike Sieghart, the Gajujeon Hall itself doubled as an audience room, and there were no other rooms in sight, only the road leading to the central podium.
splendor. It is a space that seems to reflect the word as it is. The red carpet seemed to be treading on grass, with every fiber alive, and on both sides were rows of works of art that were invaluable just by looking at them.
“Welcome.”
A red-haired old man stood up on a podium that looked like heaped up gold instead of stones.
Although he was not very tall, he felt a violent spirit as if a mountain was rising, and unlike the wrinkles on his face, his eyes were overflowing with life.
“I am Juan, the head of Rakion.”
Juan Rachion looked over the entire windmill and gave an arrogant chin.
“Meet the Lord of Rakion.”
Following Raon’s greeting, the windmills lowered their heads to Juan.
“It feels good to see tall heroes.”
Juan was greeted by the windmill and stared at Limer, who stood blankly.
“It’s been a while since I returned home.”
“ah… .”
As soon as he heard that Rimer was in the squadron, he frowned.
“I’m a gwangpungdaeju now. Can you please call me properly?”
“Ah, I made a mistake. I mean, I’m old.”
Juan Rachion chuckled and waved his hand.
“Then is that the dragon slayer?”
His dark gaze turned from Rimmer and turned to Raon.
“It is definitely different. That powerlessness at 21 years old, he would have had a hard time believing it if he hadn’t seen it in person.”
As if genuinely surprised, Juan’s neck swayed.
“Since the dragon slayer and lightsaber visited, it would be better to hold a banquet.”
He muttered that he couldn’t stay still on such a happy day, and that he needed to set up a drinking table.
“sorry.”
Raon stepped forward and shook his head.
“Since we have lost our families, we do not have the opportunity to drink alcohol. Please understand.”
He carefully expressed his intention to refuse.
“Um, yes. I almost made a mistake.”
Juan sighed and smacked his forehead.
“I’m sorry. At this age, nonsense often comes out. Please understand.”
He said excuse me and called out to Bells.
“Bels.”
“yes.”
Wels heard Juan’s call and went upstairs.
“How did it go? Were the bastards who attacked the Sinigan branch right?”
“No.”
“no?”
“yes. There is something I found out thanks to Prosecutor Raon and Prosecutor Marta… .”
He reported everything that happened in Sinigan to Juan.
“You idiot!”
Juan gritted his teeth and slapped Wels on the cheek. With the sound of a drum exploding, blood gushed out of Bells’ mouth and soaked the red carpet.
“What a disgrace in front of the guests if you can’t figure out a single thing like that!”
He gave another slap on the cheek to Bells, who turned away, and screamed.
“hmm… .”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Juan and Bells.
‘The force is strong, but the main opinion was that it was violent and short-lived. Strangely enough, he said he knew his bowl well.’
The man named Juan was exactly what the black market and banquet information said.
However, he did not know that he would humiliate and use violence against Bells, whom he had chosen as his successor, in front of the Gwangpungdae, an outsider. He was more ignorant than you think.
“I’m sorry that you had to suffer needlessly because of this guy.”
“no.”
Raon shook his head, looking at Bells’ back, who was lowering his head.
“I must be tired, but I think I held it too long. For now, let me rest for today.”
Juan straightened his wrinkled face and gestured to the butler behind him.
“Come this way.”
The butler quietly lowered his head, opened the door of the Gajujeon Hall, and guided the light wind deck outside.
“Ah yes… .”
Gwangpungdae was speechless in the awkward atmosphere and followed the butler out of the audience room.
Raon slightly turned his head before leaving. Juan and Wels stood crossed back and forth, saying nothing.
‘Their relationship… .’
* * *
“Yeah.”
Rimmer buried his back in the sofa in the annex lobby and stretched out.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been here.”
“Have you ever been here?”
The crane approached Rimer’s side as if it were curious.
“huh. I came once when I was subjugated.”
“Subordinate? Then did you fight Rakion?”
“okay. It was when there were no wrinkles on the head of the household.”
Rimer smiled and nodded.
“At the time, Rakion was a family that was starting to soar. They were also full of confidence, and since our positions overlapped, they often bumped into us. In the end, an all-out war broke out, and we won and received them as vassals.”
He recited lightly about what he had been through as if it were in a history book.
“It’s amazing that you’re alive.”
Martha tilted her head as if hearing it for the first time.
“Rakion was strong, and he didn’t do any strange tricks. The head of the household must have liked that I always fought with only strength from the front.”
Rimmer rolled her eyes upward as if recalling that time.
“I see.”
“I-I didn’t know that.”
The swordsmen seemed to think that the Rakion family would have followed Sieghart first, and shed a fuss.
“By the way, Mr. Bells, will you be okay? It seems that the head of Rakion is very angry… .”
He swallowed dry saliva as if worried about Dorian.
“You’re a stupid person.”
Martha frowned as if she hadn’t expected Bels to be beaten.
“It’s ugly.”
Runan muttered that he didn’t like Juan and narrowed his eyes.
“Unlike Bels-sama, he was too impatient.”
“I know. Beating my son right where we are… .”
“He seemed like a person living by his nature.”
Not only the leader, but all the swordsmen of the Gwangpungdae cursed the Rakion family head and muttered that Bells was pitiful.
Raon narrowed his eyes as he heard the unanimous opinion that Bells was pitiful and that the family head of Rakion was reckless.
‘Did I really want this reaction?’
For a moment, the point of view of the windmill changed from Sieghart’s branch to Wels and Juan.
It was to the point where I thought he had hit the bells on purpose to show the image of an ignorant and reckless family head.
Damn!
Raon lightly clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the Gwangpungdae swordsmen.
“Good work today. You guys must have been shocked too, so go and rest.”
“Are you really resting?”
“What is it?”
“I know. I thought I would train today… .”
The prosecutors said that Raon, who said to rest, widened his eyes in surprise.
“Can you do it?”
“Huh!”
“Oh no!”
“I will go right away!”
When Raon asked if he would do it and turned his head, the prosecutors quickly shook their heads and ran to their rooms.
“Leave the captain.”
Raon left Burren, Martha, and Runan on the sofa and stunned.
“What is it?”
Burren tilted his head as if asking why they were left alone.
“Because the Rakion family is a bit suspicious.”
Raon told the captains everything he had thought of so far.
“Actually, establishing a branch in Sinigan must have been to keep Rakion in check in the first place. As time passed and the Rakion family became quiet, it would have become less famous.”
“that’s right.”
Rimer nodded with a surprised look.
“As soon as I subjugated the Rakion family, I set up a branch right away to keep it in check. Decades passed, and since Rakion hadn’t done anything in that time, everything was forgotten. How did you know that?”
“Because it is natural.”
Raon said it was no big deal and lowered his hand.
“Then, isn’t this Rakion family the first to be suspected when a branch is attacked?”
Burren frowned at Raon.
“Because I usually think so. There are many opinions who think that the Rakion family is not a suspect. Looking at you now, no one doubts Rakion.”
Raon calmly shook his head.
“Most of all, it’s that Beth Rakion didn’t recognize the wounds of the Church of the White Blood.”
Even without knowledge of the White Blood Church, I couldn’t understand that I had missed the huge time difference between the wounds.
Of course, the biggest doubt was Magi, but he didn’t say anything because he felt it alone.
“The Rakion family lord just seems like a bad-tempered bastard, but I can’t believe that a person who beats his son in front of guests can do tricks like that.”
Marta twisted her mouth, saying that the family head of Rakion seems like a simple person.
“Even that could be acting.”
Raon looked at the three leaders in turn and tapped the table with his finger.
“And above all, traitors don’t have much time.”
“You don’t have much time?”
“okay. Everyone knows that we hunted down a family traitor not too long ago, right?”
“okay.”
“Everyone knows that now that the house has been cleaned up, it’s time to look after the vassals. There is a possibility that those who were paralyzed by their impatience found out at the branch and attacked it before they did anything.”
There is no evidence of exactly what happened or that Rakion was the culprit, but there was enough room for doubt.
“Then why are you here? It could be dangerous.”
Runaan pokes a reasonable question with a blind eye.
“It could be dangerous. but… .”
Raon curled up his mouth as if he had been waiting for that question.
“Because there are things you can only know when you come here.”
-rice!
As soon as he said that, Lars, who had been sleeping drooling, jumped up.
-I’ve been starving all day today, so let’s eat first! Isn’t that the most important thing!
‘… Please just sleep.’
