< Chapter 106 - Juder Bayer >
Chapter 106 – Juder Bayer
“Huh! Huh!”
I heard a gasp behind me.
The Empress Dowager was clear.
That’s why Kirara didn’t look back. The Emperor on her back was enough for her.
No, is that enough?
Should Kirara be the one who has to carry the burden in the first place?
‘It’s heavy.’
Immediately after using the Moon Crystal.
So, about 10 minutes ago from now.
The first person to come to their senses the moment the space jump outside the Red Gate was completed was Sarah.
“Kirara! One more time!”
“No, not right now!”
Kirara reflexively shouted at Sarah’s urging. In addition to the restriction that the Moon Crystal could only be used three times a day, there was another restriction: it could not be used consecutively.
Of course, the so-called cooldown time wasn’t that long. But since every second counted, Sarah chose the second option.
“We have to run away!”
The Empress Dowager couldn’t respond immediately to Sarah’s scream and was left gasping for breath.
It was the price paid for turning Elio Lombardi’s murderous spirit on its head.
I desperately mustered up my courage and somehow managed to use the Blink Scroll, but it was impossible to do more than that.
The Empress Dowager, her face pale, sat down, sweating profusely, and could not get up.
It was because my legs had lost their strength.
“Your Highness the Empress Dowager!”
Sarah quickly lifted the Empress Dowager up and looked at Kirara with a gaze that was almost like a glare.
“Hieee?”
“This is no time to be surprised! Carry His Majesty the Emperor!”
Kirara, startled again by Sarah’s order, hurriedly carried the Emperor on her back.
After being treated like a fool for so long, Kirara’s habit was to follow orders without realizing it when they were given directly.
“My lord.”
“i get it.”
Mine placed the Emperor’s younger siblings, who had begun to cry, on either side of him.
But the problem was that the Emperor still had one younger brother left.
“Yeah, you can walk.”
Just then, the Empress Dowager forced herself to sit up.
It was extremely unsettling to see her panting and sweating profusely, but with no other option, Sarah held the remaining royal family member – the Emperor’s youngest sister, to be exact – in one arm and supported the Empress Dowager with the other.
“let’s go!”
There was a place I had made an appointment with just in case.
At Sarah’s urging, Kirara started running, performing space jumps whenever the Moon Crystal’s cooldown time came.
So now.
Ten minutes after escaping from the Red Gate using the Moon Crystal for the first time.
‘It’s heavy.’
Now the distance has become quite far.
But I couldn’t be sure it was safe.
The masters remained at the Red Gate and were unaware of the situation of the other royal knights.
‘I have to run away.’
It was clear that the elves of the Red Gate would chase after them.
It was clear that they would find themselves soon.
Because they were elves.
Because they were masters of tracking.
‘It’s heavy.’
He was an emperor who was not much different in size from Kirara herself.
I wanted to throw it away.
I wanted to run away faster, abandoning the heavy and panting emperor.
Moreover, the Emperor was an important figure. It was clear that the elves would try to capture the Emperor even if they gave up the Empress Dowager and other royal family members.
In other words, he was the most dangerous person.
‘Kirara, you idiot, get out of here quickly. And run away. What’s more precious than life? You have to live first. You have to survive no matter what!’
Someone said in my head.
No, Kirara herself said it.
I have to run away.
I have to betray you.
I have no choice but to survive.
Survival is the most important thing.
You promised.
You promised me that you would survive no matter what.
My heart felt like it was going to burst.
I had hallucinations even though my eyes were open.
Memories that would never be erased flooded my mind once again.
I have to live. I have to survive. So I have no choice. I am not the bad one. So let’s betray. So let’s run away alone. If I abandon the emperor, the elves will let me go. They will let a thieving cat go.
So let’s throw it away.
So let’s betray.
so-
‘No! You must not betray me!’
Kirara shouted in her heart. She shook her head violently to shake off the memories. She also drove away the voices that were ringing in her head.
‘I won’t betray you.’
I won’t do it this time.
It’s not time to betray yet.
Yeah, not yet.
Not yet.
Not yet, not yet, not yet.
‘No! I don’t want to betray you! It’s not the same yet!’
Cordelia’s voice came to mind. Cordelia’s arms came to mind. Her warmth came to mind.
no.
Not this time.
I don’t like it this time.
It’s still okay, right? It’s dangerous, but it’s still precarious, right?
‘Cordelia might already be dead.’
So don’t chase after me.
And you saw that too? There are many elves at the Red Gate. Among them is Elio Lombardi, who is said to be the strongest among the Sword Masters. So it’s over. He must be dead already. So- So-
‘shut up!’
I resisted the voice that kept ringing in my head.
Now, I strongly resisted what I couldn’t tell if it was really my own heart or someone else’s whisper.
‘Master, you are a god! You are a god!’
So it’s okay.
So, he will show up with a smile.
I’ll hug you again!
Kirara ran while sobbing. She never looked back.
I called Cordelia’s name over and over again.
“This way! You little bastards!”
Caesar shouted loudly and swung his chain.
Outside the Red Gate.
Thanks to Cordelia, Kaisa was able to climb over the high wall and figure out which way Kirara and Sarah were headed.
And so it went in a completely different direction. It was to lure the elves.
“Caesar! Next to you”
The moment Lucas’s scream reached her ears, instead of turning around, Kaisa flew forward. Rolling on the ground, she dodged the sword of the elven knight who suddenly appeared from the side, and swung the chain she held short, striking the man in the stomach.
“Ugh!”
As the Elf Knight bowed and groaned in shock, as if he had been hit by some kind of hammer rather than a chain, Kai’Sa immediately struck him in the leg, knocking him over and then stomping on his chest.
Kwajik!
The cuirass caved in with a terrible sound, but Kai’sa did not look away. She kicked the groaning elf knight’s waist with a face that looked as if he would suffocate at any moment, then turned around again.
The red gate was opening.
The number of elves who jumped down from the wall following them reached about fifteen, and when the door opened, more elves appeared.
Moreover, this time they were not just infantry. There were several knights riding on Elvensteed, famous for their swiftness.
“Jump!”
Instead of wasting any more time, Caesar turned around and started running.
Behind the group, elves rushed in.
‘You are not alone.’
Uther thought as he ran with Cordelia on his back.
I continued to speculate about the current situation while recalling the map of the entire Shadow Forest.
‘If this is what happened because the succession to the throne could not be waited for as expected.’
It could very well have happened.
Vincenzo Lombardi was clearly the godfather of the elves and the person who made it possible for the elves of the empire to be treated and live as they did, but he was not a kind or gentle person.
He couldn’t trust other people.
Like most self-made men, he valued his own experience above the opinions or thoughts of others, and was convinced that only he could lead the elves.
That is why he never stepped down from his position as head of the household – effectively the king of the Imperial Elves.
I intended to carry out my duties as head of the household until I died.
Kingdom of Seilun – This kind of thing never happened among the elves of the Eternal Forest.
This is because most of them would eventually abdicate the throne and retire.
That’s why Yuder understood Elio.
It was as if he had logically understood the reason why the Guardian King had betrayed him.
‘I hit it at the entrance to the Red Gate.’
In front of other elves.
That is to say, at least the elves of the Red Gate shared Elio’s views.
Younger generations resisting the older generation.
Instead of suffering under the oppression of the older generation that has seized vested rights, these people are seeking a new path by calling for innovation and reform.
Wherever people live, things are similar.
It was something I had seen several times in my past life.
‘It is extremely unlikely that all the elves betrayed.’
Vincenzo Lombardi was a devil-worshiper whose eyes would light on him.
As Kamael said, the elves remembered their old grudge.
But Elio was young, and the elves who followed him were even younger.
‘Absence of information. Information gap.’
How much does Elio Lombardi know?
Perhaps he did not know that the entire Ministry of the Interior had fallen into the hands of the devil’s followers.
The Chancellor was using the devil’s followers for a great cause – it was likely that he believed it to be that much.
The devil’s followers must have been deceived like that from the beginning.
‘It’s Elio’s business up to the Orange Gate.’
But that was not the case. The one guarding the Yellow Gate was the head of House Byren, one of the most powerful families in the Shadow Forest.
“Hey, Yuder!”
Cordelia’s scream broke Uther’s thoughts. He recognized the situation through his widely spread senses.
Got caught by the elves.
Even though Yuder was far superior to the average elf in terms of sheer mobility, this place was now a forest.
Moreover, it wasn’t just a forest.
It was a shadow forest that had been in communion with elves for a thousand years.
Uder made a quick decision.
‘Let’s fight once!’
It was better than being caught like this.
Uther turned around quickly, and with that alone Cordelia was able to read Uther’s intentions. She spread her wings wide and kicked Uther’s back.
“Light!”
A tremendous amount of light radiated from Cordelia’s entire body, dyeing the surroundings white. And at that moment, Uther moved. Immediately after the reversal – he moved along the path he had in mind just before Cordelia began to glow.
Quagagagaga!
The loud noises and impacts that came one after another connected as one.
The seven elves who had been blinded by the light and had not regained consciousness fell down one after another, and Yuder realized it. He had blocked the attack of a being that had not been there before the light rose.
Kang!
It was a mine that looked like a locust.
His shoulders were broad and his arms were long enough to reach the floor.
The creature’s compound eyes flashed. Its two scythe-like arms struck without mercy, and Juder sensed from the vibrations of the ground that a mine was hiding underground.
“Die!”
The elves rushed at Cordelia, shouting wildly.
Uder didn’t look back for the moment. He felt various spells pouring down to interrupt the magic casting, but he trusted Cordelia.
I held my breath and focused on the person in front of me.
Kwagagagagagagaga-!
He blocked the attack. No matter how fast and strong it was, it was ultimately a flow created by his two arms.
He read the rhythm and pattern, anticipated the difference, and struck accurately, nullifying all attacks.
A look of confusion spread across Mine’s face.
The confusion soon turned to fear, and Uder pushed Mine a little harder, counting numbers in his head.
One, two-
“Kia!”
A mine burst out of the ground.
The thing that reminded me of a cicada larva struck the side that Yuder had left empty. At that moment, the mantis mine in front also swung its sickle at Yuder’s collarbone.
It was a hit.
It was an unavoidable angle and speed.
That’s why the two mines’ attacks hit Yuder’s side and collarbone!
Kakang!
The sound exploded.
It wasn’t the sound the mines were expecting.
Instead of the sound of flesh and bone splitting, it sounded more like swords clashing against swords.
No blood was spilled, and the mines’ attacks were in vain.
No, it didn’t just return to nothing.
Uder used his right hand’s sword to cut off the neck of the mine that had sprung up from the ground. At that moment, he used the power he had swung to spin his body around and burrow into the mantis mine’s body.
“Kia?!”
The locust mine swung his scythe again in confusion, but it was no use. Yuder’s capital was pierced into the creature’s chest, and a huge amount of blood spurted out the moment he pulled it out.
“Whoa! Knock!”
The locust mine backed away and blinked, not fully understanding the current situation.
Why.
No, how!
Tsuk!
Instead of answering, Uther snapped the locust mine’s waist with a sharp roundhouse kick.
The union of the new swords.
The Black Horn Guild’s wish to turn users into swordsmen.
Sword Origin wasn’t just about strengthening the limbs. It was a divine item that strengthened the entire body. If you put the Black Dragon’s energy on it, it was basically just the arms, the sides, or whatever.
“Uder! Behind you!”
It was an urgent cry. And through that cry, Uther read Cordelia’s condition.
He turned his gaze, believing that he was doing good deeds against the elves.
[Come.]
It was just as Belencia said.
Elio Lombardi closed the distance between them as they clashed and fought against the mines.
I tried to fight once and back down, but it seems it was too much.
‘Elio Lombardi.’
He rushed towards Uther.
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