Episode 33. The road to the tower
Duff took off his black cloak.
He was not only tall, but also had large muscles from his thick neck to his toes.
In particular, his two arms holding a warhammer as big as his body were thicker than an adult’s head, so it could be said that he exceeded human limits.
“Failure is death. “Make sure you don’t make even a single mistake.”
Nunez answered, tying up her hair with a solemn expression.
“Yes, leader.”
“If you ever get caught, you know what to do, right?”
“sure. and… Do you think I will fail? “We only caught one kid.”
“Don’t let your guard down. Ferreira also went out with that thought and ended up leaving.”
“under! “Captain, please don’t compare me to that idiot.”
Duff grabbed both of Nunez’s shoulders and pressed their foreheads together.
“If you disappear too. “I can’t handle them.”
Nunez responded, pushing his hand away with a good smile.
“Do not worry.”
The conversation ended here.
As two more men wearing black capes appeared behind Duff, Nunez burst out of the alley and ran through the rain.
Crash!
As I got closer to the auction house, I felt a strong aura.
Nunez thought it was Strange’s child and stopped.
Trudging.
He then lowered his posture and hid himself behind a large wooden barrel.
Phew-
‘done.’
At this distance, you can never avoid it.
With these thoughts in mind, Nunez pulled out the long gun slung on his back.
At the same time, Bae Hu-ryeong wearing a long-brimmed hat appeared behind her.
“please.”
As she clenched her teeth, Bae Hu-ryeong clung to her side and adjusted the tip of the gun. It’s as if she’s saying, ‘Shoot in this direction and you’ll hit.’
When she was ready to fire, she put her aura into the gun. At the same time, the muzzle of her gun flashed, signaling a blow.
‘… Mr. Duff.’
bang!
The bullet rotated intensely and flew through the rainwater.
The bullet she uses is not ordinary iron, but a fusion of energy that can only be used by knights of intermediate level or higher.
‘Auror.’
Easy profit-
The direction of the bullet was accurate.
When she lowered the muzzle and checked her target, the child who got out of the white carriage had already been hit in the head.
dump.
A child wearing a white cloak with a cross on it collapsed.
Nunez looked in the direction of Duff with a happy expression, then raised his voice and shouted towards the auction house.
“Let’s begin!”
As her cries spread, those who had planted them killed the knights guarding the entrance to the auction house.
When all the witnesses disappeared, Duff called Bae Hu-ryeong.
Behind him, a shirtless old man nodded, holding a flute in his mouth.
“Good job, Nunez.”
When Duff’s Bae Hu-ryeong started playing the flute, the heavy rain suddenly stopped.
No, rather than stopping, the speed of descent slowed down. As if someone is controlling time.
Turf, plod, trudge.
As Duff began to move, the two black cloaks waiting behind him hid themselves in the shadows.
Duff walked to the auction house without hesitation and grabbed Strange’s fallen child by the back.
“… what’s this?”
Duff took off his white cloak with an embarrassed expression.
Inside was not the little swordsman from Strange that he had seen, but a scarecrow of similar height.
“Hello, Duff?”
“Yes, why are you here?”
“It doesn’t matter why I’m here. Would you like to look over there?
The scarecrow pointed his finger at the building on the other side.
There, I saw Deacon Devery, guarding the Legion’s Strange Mansion, and Verdin holding an umbrella for him.
“… Damn it.”
* * *
Just before leaving for the auction house, a person wearing a black cloak came to Verdin.
To reveal his identity, he showed a sword with an eagle symbol, the symbol of the Knights of Brubon, and a gold class badge.
“The knights of Vrubon are targeting you at the auction house.”
Verdin asked with a mysterious expression that seemed to contain a smile.
“Why are you telling me that?”
A fellow Bourbon knight reported the operation to the enemy. Verdin also had a rough guess as to the reason.
Perhaps there was a factional fight internally due to political issues, or perhaps they were trying to betray them and join hands with someone else.
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However, there were doubts about this conclusion.
The Bourbon Knights are considered the best in the Legion, so is there any need to go somewhere else? With this in mind, I asked this question.
“I want to be with you, Master.”
The answer was unexpected.
“With me?”
“yes.”
“Shall we hear why?”
The black cloaked man took off his mask.
Burns so deep that his entire face looked red, five lines across his face and a deep slave mark on his forehead.
“It takes great strength.”
“Power, so you need Strange, not me? “There’s no way he would have betrayed the organization just because of me.”
“To be honest, yes.”
Verdin was suspicious of him, but liked him.
There are no lies in the conversation so far. This fact alone was enough to give credence to the stories he had told earlier.
However, since this was his first time seeing the person in front of him and this could also be a plan to harm him, he had to think of as many moves as possible.
“What is the name of the?”
“It’s called ‘Kangradra.’”
“That’s a good name. “What about the person next to me?”
“This woman’s name is ‘Gangret.’ “She is walking the same path as me.”
“A woman?”
“Gangret, show your face.”
The black cloak next to him hesitated as he placed his hand to take off his mask.
I spoke to Kangradra while looking at her trembling hands.
“It’s done. Her face doesn’t have to be visible.”
In any case, a person with Verdin’s level of skill can differentiate between opponents based on the flow of energy alone.
Just by facing each other like this, I would be able to tell who Gangrette was when we met again, so I didn’t want to make him take off his clothes even though I didn’t want him to be seen.
“but… .”
“are you okay. Rather, what I want to know is whether they are really targeting me.”
“It’s true, but you might find it hard to believe. so… . If you leave this to me. “I will handle it responsibly.”
“how?”
“Let’s bring an operation to catch those involved in this matter. “You just have to watch while the operation is in progress.”
“Is that possible?”
“It’s not difficult. “After all, they don’t know that we betrayed them.”
Verdin thought for a moment, resting his chin in meditation.
“Let’s do that.”
“Do you trust me?”
“Honestly, it’s hard to answer everything. “At least I think the conversation you just had with me is true.”
Gangradra put one knee on the ground and raised his head.
“I’m just grateful that you said that.”
* * *
A large shadow came right in front of me, and Kangrada appeared from within it.
Easy profit-
“Currently, there are nine intruders inside the auction house. There are approximately two hundred Bourbon knights waiting nearby. And there is one intermediate knight who follows Duff’s instructions.”
I answered him while looking at the area near the Legion auction house from the top of the building.
“Are all of these soldiers of the Marquis Pierre?”
“Yes, some of them are members of the mercenary group that Duff secretly brought in to Marquis Pierre. “Most of them are knights directly belonging to the Bourbon Order.”
It became clear that the Bourbon soldiers were trying to kill me.
Because of that, I had a clear justification to counterattack them.
This incident is different from the previous case where Ferreira trespassed into Strange’s mansion and died.
At the time, it wasn’t clear why Ferreira broke into the mansion, but this time, he definitely wanted to kill me.
‘then.’
Whether Pierre was targeting me or not, this incident is clearly serious enough to lead to war.
This means that the course of events will change depending on the orders I give now.
I looked down and saw a man named Duff.
“Kill them all.”
“… yes?”
“I told them to kill them all. “Kill every single member of the Bourbon Knights who participated in this operation.”
“Are you okay? “It would be better to leave at least one person who can testify about this.”
“No need.”
“If there are no witnesses, Marquis Pierre will not remain silent.”
“does not matter. I will take responsibility for everything, so kill all those who tried to point a knife at me. “If you want to join me in the future.”
Gangrad was quite surprised.
Is this really an eight-year-old child? He showed a strong attitude that was never seen at this age and a firm attitude toward the orders he gave.
Enough to raise the momentum of not only the person himself but also the person who receives orders and moves.
‘Amazing.’
Even if you utter just one word, its weight is felt. This person truly carries Strange’s blood.
‘As expected, my hunch was not wrong.’
Verdin is real.
Gangdra had only exchanged a few words with him, but he was confident that his decision to follow Verdin was correct.
“I will follow your orders.”
Gangradra hid himself in the shadows.
He fought against the Knights of Duff to prove his skills.
There was no need for Verdin to participate in the war or to move Strange’s army.
Gangradra and Gangret, who decided to finish this matter on their own, did their best to deal with the enemy.
“Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! “What’s wrong with you!!”
Raindrops gathered together, took the shape of a snake, and attacked Gangradra.
“Didn’t you betray me first? “When I handed over the Order to you, I promised not to have anything to do with the Glazer family.”
“Well, that is.”
“There is no need for excuses. A promise is a promise. I will take your life as you told me in the past.”
Gangradra put his hands together and chanted a spell.
Sticky mana flowed from his entire body, and a type of magic he had never seen before unfolded.
Sigh!
The shadow beneath his feet spread in all directions, blocking the movement of the water dragon controlled by Duff.
Then, a sword blade protruded from the darkness and rotated rapidly.
Flutter!
Duff’s head was cut off.
dump.
* * *
Devery clapped his hands with a satisfied expression.
“Hahaha! As expected, you have great insight, don’t you? “Actually, I thought that guy named Kangrada had set up a double trap to catch you.”
“I knew he wouldn’t betray me. “I didn’t know I could handle things this neatly.”
Gangrad was much more powerful than I expected.
So much so that I don’t understand why he is working for Marquis Pierre.
A person with this level of skill is someone I must have seen in my past life, but why can’t I remember his name?
A few answers came to mind, but I didn’t think about them too deeply.
In any case, he decided to be with me now and faithfully carried out the orders I gave him.
I watched from the top of the building until everything was finished.
And after the operation was completed, he gave Kangradra one more command before leaving the scene.
“Please move the bodies of all those who died here to Château de Bourbon.”
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