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Unfortunately
[Wyvern? It’s scary. But our captain is from the Imperial Knights, right? He has his own secret. Right, captain?]
[Yes. When you hear the wyvern’s sound, run away.]
[What kind of advice is that···.]
“······Aaron!”
Park Daegari’s urgent voice brought me back to my senses.
Hoo-. I let out a huge sigh of excitement and looked around. Even the guy who was close to my brother had his throat ripped.
The tenant seemed satisfied with the devil’s candy, but his mind was becoming increasingly clouded as blood poured out again from the wound that had opened.
I strained my eyes to clear my blurred vision.
The devil candies were still struggling and running around in confusion as if they hadn’t yet recovered from the flash. I looked at the five elders.
I feel uneasy about the favor being shown without any reason, so I hope I can deal with it now.
‘I didn’t get the flash effect.’
The guy was still sitting on the chair, looking at me.
With a face that seemed strangely more alive than before.
As if to tell them to go wild a little more.
It was a face similar to that of an arrogant nobleman in the gladiator’s arena.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
The castle is shaking again.
‘It took about three minutes to reload.’
Even if it’s an imperial event, it won’t really bring down the castle.
Most of the nobles from the eastern end were gathered here, and since Count Behart was very cautious, the castle was very sturdy and had no windows, so it couldn’t be taken down with the magical tools they used.
It was just a show of force.
The purpose is to pressure Count Behar to come out.
I looked at my brother’s face rolling on the floor for a moment.
Fortunately, it was still Count Behar’s face.
‘This is fucked up.’
The rest was something to think about later.
What is important now is the choice of the five eldest sons.
I expected him to back down. With my brother already dead, there was nothing to be gained by fighting the royal knights.
With that calculation, I was the first to deal with my younger brother.
“Keeheeeeeek!!”
My thoughts were broken by a roar heard from ahead.
“Can you walk?”
“yes yes!”
“Then don’t look back and just run.”
I threw Youngae forward. With a small scream, Youngae broke through the wall and went out, but it was solid, so it would be okay.
‘First of all, Nova···.’
Kwung-! Because my vision was blurry, I couldn’t see the guy who came close. The guy’s strange fist hit my abdomen, causing a pain so severe that I lost consciousness.
Ugh-. Thanks to that, my vision returned. I grabbed the guy by the back of his neck. He had black eyes, and the moment I grabbed him, something came over me.
A pain as if every joint in my hand was being torn apart rose from the hand that held the bastard. It felt similar to a curse, but it felt different.
This one feels a bit closer to the essence. Still, thanks to it, my hazy mind suddenly cleared up.
“How dare you…!”
I wanted to make a joke while I was making eye contact with him, but unfortunately I didn’t have the energy to do so.
I just stuck my sword into the guy’s mouth. The aura was already there.
The sword cut the guy in half from his jaw, and cold black blood filled my body. My legs were weak, so I couldn’t stand up straight, so I used the guy as a crutch to keep my balance, and I took a piece of devil candy and put it in my mouth.
“-back!”
I moved without thinking deeply at the sound of Park Daegari’s voice coming from afar. A strange pile of thorns was stuck in the spot where I was.
It wouldn’t be good to waste time here. The hazy aura was once again condensing on the sword, and I gritted my teeth and twisted my back.
A long, brilliant line was drawn. The guy who was pulling out the strange thorn from his hand split open and the devil candy fell to the floor.
I instinctively reached out and ate him. Phew-. I let out a deep breath and red blood flowed out of my mouth.
The thought didn’t last long, as I reached my limit. The moment I took a step, my vision grew distant and then closer.
Beep-. The tinnitus filling my head sounded like a warning sound.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw the ceiling. I felt a warm touch next to me and turned my head to see Park Dae-gari’s anxious face.
Park Dae-gari was so strong that he was running while hugging me to the side. I wondered what he was running away from, so I craned my neck to check behind him.
At the banquet hall, two brothers ran towards me with their eyes wide open and drool dripping from their mouths. They looked like mad dogs who had lost their minds.
“Run quickly. You’ll get caught.”
Every time I spoke, blood kept spewing out of my mouth, making my speech slurred.
“Are you okay?! I thought you were dead! I was just preparing for the funeral···.”
Park Dae-gari spouted out stupid words with a face that looked like it was going to cry.
“I won’t die that easily.”
If I was going to die to a punk like that, I would have died a long time ago. How did I survive this far, and how could I die to a guy like that?
Kwaaaaang-!!
‘Three minutes have passed. I wonder what happened.’
I guessed the situation in the banquet hall. If I were one of the five eldest sons, I would wake up the nobles and leave the place.
Since it has come to this, we should at least cut off the tail. Then, the nobles who have risen will be so scared that they will go outside and pick up Behart’s fallen head.
No, rather, they could have argued. In order to get the credit for themselves.
Anyway, in the end, an agreement will be reached that will satisfy everyone except my dead brother.
‘I guess I’ll catch up.’
Park Daegari’s speed wasn’t bad, but because he didn’t know the geography well, the distance between them kept getting shorter. Also, the sight of those chasing him from behind was bizarre.
‘strain?’
It felt different from erosion. The erosion spread from the devil’s handprint to the surrounding area, but only the area around their feet and hands had changed, as if they were wearing masks.
I figured they were after Park’s head, not revenge for Awoo. Of course, that would be the case, because if it was revenge, they wouldn’t be chasing him with their mouths drooling like that.
It seemed like an extension of what Auga had said earlier about the effectiveness of Park Daegari’s heart.
“I guess I’ll get caught?!”
The voice of Park Dae-gari, full of tears.
“Yes, I’ll catch you soon. Why don’t you practice running?”
“My father gets angry when I run around! It’s my father’s fault!”
‘There’s another baby tiger.’
I laughed as I coughed and readjusted my grip on the sword.
“···Would you like to eat my heart?!”
Unlike the words, it was a face that looked like it was about to cry. It was an expression similar to the face of a child who is being forced to give candy that he really doesn’t want to give.
He felt like joking, but he shook his head, remembering that Park Dae-gari didn’t have the intelligence to distinguish between a joke and the truth.
“I won’t eat it unless it’s boiled or blanched.”
“I… don’t have time for that… I… just bite it with my teeth…”
The round eyes of the head of the park. It looked frightened. But I couldn’t explain the joke in a sloppy way, so I took a deep breath and checked my body condition.
Maybe because I got some rest, my condition was better than before.
Enough to be able to swing a sword.
I got a rough estimate and it seemed like that would be enough.
“Can you fight?”
Just in case, I asked Mr. Park.
I don’t know about anything else, but his body was no less than that of a knight, so if we fought together, it would definitely be of great help.
“Ha… but… people getting hurt….”
How can that be considered a person?
I was taken aback, but I didn’t bother asking again.
It was obvious which was normal: to swing the sword and violence without hesitation or to hesitate.
Even if the former were a fucking medieval thing, the standard of normalcy didn’t change.
‘What about Auror?’
– Enough to swing it once.
‘If we split it up a little…’
The tenant didn’t respond, but the bastard’s intentions were conveyed. He had no intention of doing so.
‘Anyway, he’s just a brat full of empty boasts.’
I tried hard to regain my vision by straining my eyes, but unfortunately it was still hazy, as if there was fog.
Still, I could see the general shape of them. I decided to check out their brotherhood.
“When I give you the signal, throw me backwards. As if you were abandoning me and running away.”
“No! I’d rather have my heart···.”
“Stop talking nonsense. Now listen up.”
His eyes were wide open. It seemed like he had never been cursed at before. He thought about cursing at me more harshly since he had already cursed at me, but he held back because he didn’t have enough strength.
It would have been better to swing it one more time with that power.
“······You have a plan, right?”
“Yes, I am stubborn.”
Park nodded vigorously with a face that looked like it was going to cry.
My vision blurred for a moment, but when I came to my senses again, the distance was closer than I thought.
“Throw it!”
I shouted urgently and luckily this time it was swallowed in one go.
In an instant, my body flew backwards. The demons’ bewildered faces were quite a sight to behold.
No, I was also surprised by the faster speed than I expected.
I told him to throw, but that doesn’t mean he threw his all…
‘Horo kid.’
I laughed as I coughed and hid the sword in my bosom.
To them, it probably looks like Park Dae-ga-ri is abandoning me to survive.
If they stop their steps to seek revenge on their brotherhood, I will be in danger-.
They must have thought I was dead, because they passed me by.
‘These disloyal guys… This is my brother’s revenge.’
As I passed them, muttering jokes, I twisted my waist and swung my sword.
A sharp, stabbing pain rises as I turn my waist.
The aura that rose up like a flash split the two’s necks in half in an instant.
Their signature was a lack of brotherhood.
My body hit the floor and I lost consciousness again.
‘You little brat, why are you throwing the parabolic throw I taught you…’
The shock was stronger than I thought. I felt no pain because I had passed the limit.
When I came to my senses, the scenery had changed again. Nova and the others were seen in a familiar hallway.
Nova was shouting something at me. Then came the distorted investigation square.
Their gazes were somewhat burdensome. However, perhaps because they had poured a potion, their physical condition was better than before.
There was something in my mouth. I rolled my tongue and there were two devil candies.
‘You put that in there.’
I swallowed it and pushed Park’s hand away as I stood up.
As the distant noise grew closer again, the surrounding situation came into view.
The shabby clothes made it seem like they weren’t the ones who had been to the banquet. They were running away, screaming that they wanted to leave first.
Beyond them, a familiar back of the head was visible.
‘···Vampire guide dog Pross.’
The guy looked around and headed in a different direction than everyone else.
At first glance, it looks like a downward path, not an outward one.
‘There’s a secret passage.’
The words of the five elders came to mind. Even if he kills himself, it will be known to his brothers, so he will face destruction.
As he said, there was no information about the opponent, so it had to be finished now.
If you don’t move now because you’re tired, you never know what will come back later. Sadly, in the Middle Ages, being diligent meant living longer.
It was unknown whether there would be another opportunity to consume such a large quantity of devil candy.
‘···Wash the dishes right away.’
I shook my head, collected myself, and held out my hand.
Nova and the others look up with surprised eyes.
That sight was so funny I chuckled.
“Give me the potion. I’ll pay you back later when I remember.”
“No… First, let’s evacuate first….”
Nova grabbed my arm in confusion, and Josapyeong, who was behind her, bit his lips and took something out.
“My mother received it as a token in the past…”
No matter what he said, I just poured the potion into my mouth.
‘It’s intermediate.’
It was cheap considering the story behind it, but it still gave me a lot of energy.
Wouldn’t this be the feeling you get if you starved for three days, stayed up all night, got in a car accident, and then took a health tonic?
“Jace, I’ll buy you something better later. Like a premature ejaculation remedy or something.”
I patted the bastard on the shoulder and walked on.
“No! Where are you going with that body?! Are you crazy?! You are….”
He quieted Nova by hitting him on the head with a hammer. Nova fell down with a thud and was hit by Park’s head.
“Once you get out of the gate, raise both your hands and lie down on your stomach. Those who surrender will not be touched.”
I gave a brief warning about the Wyvern Knight and walked towards where Pross had disappeared.
We will not attack those who come out.
‘···I’m tired.’
Anyway, as long as I was alive, I had to keep moving.
“It’s a change of pace.”
I moved my heavy body, muttering a boring joke.
***
Kwaaaaaaaang!!
‘What the… What is this…’
Pross had a hard time coming to his senses. What he saw through the gaping holes were clearly the knights of the Imperial Family.
‘Have you discovered my location?’
It was Pross who pulled out his fangs and went into hiding in Flitton Castle because of the ridiculous accusation that the Black Bloods had declared war on the Empire.
I followed the invitation to Flitton Castle, but when I returned I was in a coffin, and after barely getting out of the coffin, my first task was to guide some barbarians.
And then this chaos suddenly broke out. Pross guessed that the royal family was chasing him.
‘You have to run away immediately!’
Pros kept running. The castle kept shaking and it seemed like it would collapse at any moment.
The place I was heading to now was the passage that would be used in case something happened. Of course, I had been trained to evacuate the person in charge, but now was not the time to worry about such things.
The man Pross was in charge of had a truly savage appearance, and even Pross, who had been through a lot, found it hard to believe how rough his impression was.
‘How on earth does he know my name…?’
Sure, he introduced himself as Slop, but he called him by his real name, Pros. And he called him by that name not once, but several times···.
‘First, escape first.’
Pros nodded and started moving his feet diligently.
The passage was extremely dark, as there were no torches. Pross was a vampire and was strong against the dark.
Maybe because it was a passageway, I felt like I could hear the sound of footsteps overlapping each other. But I didn’t have time to look back, so I just ran forward.
After running for a while, Pross came across a small light.
“What are you?”
The twisted speech. It was that person.
“I’m a new pro!!”
“Oh, that black blood?”
“yes!”
In the past, he would have been a clearly superior man, but he was a weakling who had his fangs pulled out.
He couldn’t die until he found the guy named Takgu who took everything from him.
“Have you seen the other brothers?”
“Yes! I just came into the passageway!”
“Look carefully. There are several places that lead from here…”
The guy who had been speaking in a hoarse voice suddenly closed his mouth and stared behind Pross.
“······Who is that guy behind you?”
Pross’s teeth chattered at the bastard’s question.
Then he felt something behind him. How could he not have noticed this strong presence until now? Goosebumps ran down his spine from his buttocks to his back.
“tagger.”
A low voice, like the howl of a wild beast. It was a voice that made my stomach churn just listening to it, because the echo was even louder because all sides were blocked.
Hot breath tickling the back of my neck.
I didn’t have the courage to look back.
“You bastard···!!”
Crunch-.
A brilliant light instantly fills the passageway.
Pros instinctively closed his eyes, feeling as if he was going blind.
Thud. Thud.
The sound of heavy footsteps passing by.
Ugh… crack.
The sound of something breaking followed by the sound of gasping for breath.
Finally, the sound of something being chewed.
And then I heard nothing.
Pross wondered if he was dreaming. It was clearly a terrible nightmare.
When you open your eyes, the black blood will still be intact and its power will be commanding the East.
When he opened his eyes, Pross had lost all sense of dignity and was exhausted.
“Hey, Pross.”
Because the guy was laughing right in front of me.
“Do something with me.”
The guy chuckled to himself as if he was joking, but Pross, who didn’t understand, just shivered.
***
“What the hell happened? Why did Roxit die and the third one disappear?”
Paulo walked along grumbling, not understanding the situation.
“I don’t know either. First, let’s escape quickly like the fifth eldest son said.”
I nodded at the answer I heard from the side. When my eyes, which had been blinded by the sudden bright light, recovered, the situation had changed.
Among the fifth, Roxit, who was considered the most powerful, was found dead in a horrible manner, and neither the sweet woman nor the third was in sight. In addition, the corpses of his brothers were also found…
‘Did the five elders take care of the rock sheet? The rock sheet was rising quickly···.’
It was difficult to guess because the opponent was rumored to be the fifth eldest son and the third eldest son.
‘A problem that will be revealed later anyway.’
First of all, the recovery was a priority. It was an emergency because Roxit, the figure of Count Behard, who was essential to the great undertaking, had died.
“···But our eldest son told us to be careful of the five eldest sons.”
Paulo also nodded at the whispering sound.
The story of the five eldest sons being strange has been around for a long time. And then there’s the fifth son, Roxit, whose stock price has been rising recently…
“Let’s talk about that later. First, run. Just in case, don’t cause any erosion.”
Paulo answered with a gesture. The most destructive and powerful thing to do was to cause erosion, but it would most likely cause unconsciousness.
That’s why erosion was a last resort. Various things were studied to use the power of the sign without erosion…
“Who is there!!”
My thoughts were broken by a voice from across the hallway.
Paulo exchanged glances with the man next to him.
The passage was so dark that I couldn’t see it very well, but this passage was a place that only the brothers knew about. They were probably the brothers.
“Paulo is the fourth member! Who is that!”
“Oh, I’m a newbie so I’m a pro without any affiliation yet!!”
I nodded at the answer I heard.
The Black Blood leader, Pross, who declared war on the Empire, was quite famous. A vampire who pulled out his own fangs… What a ridiculous story.
“That guy wasn’t at the banquet hall earlier.”
“I don’t think I should be there. I’ll just wait here.”
Paulo stepped forward, speaking roughly, feeling annoyed at the thought of being nervous around a fangless vampire.
As I got a little closer, I could see the figure. However, there was something strange about its appearance.
‘···They say vampires are originally pale, but this is practically a corpse?’
A face that was almost pale, a body that was trembling violently, and even eyes that kept shaking.
At that moment, there was something under my feet.
It was someone’s arm.
‘Why is there an arm in a place like this…’
The moment Paulo’s gaze went down.
Crunch.
The world spun around with a very small sound.
In that spinning vision, I could see the wall next to me.
There was a huge hole there, and someone was sitting in it.
Those emotionless eyes and the long black line extending from him.
That was Paulo’s last memory.
‘Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!’
Pross muttered a curse under his breath. He knew he had to run away, but he was too scared to move.
It seemed like a series of movements, how natural it was to cut off a neck and tear out a heart. The guy who stuffed it in his mouth and moved it around while munching on it.
The bastard limped and ran towards the bastard behind him.
Pross was so scared that he couldn’t even close his eyes and just stared blankly at all of it.
The next guy noticed something strange and counterattacked, and the battle continued, but the result was disastrous.
Another one limping into a wall after ripping out a heart. It had huge fangs embedded in its shoulder from the attack just now.
Inside the wall that looked like a coffin, the thing stared at Pross with blurry eyes while pulling out the fangs embedded in his shoulder.
Those devilish eyes seemed to be speaking.
If you want to live, move.
‘···A devil that eats devils.’
I thought it was a story told as a bad joke.
Pross quickly pushed the body away and placed something eye-catching on the floor.
And I tried hard to hold back my tears and shouted.
“It’s here! It’s here!!!”
Another voice was heard from the other side.
Pross breathed a sigh of relief that his life had been extended a little.
***
I wonder how many they caught.
I don’t remember exactly because I kept losing consciousness here and there, but I think I caught quite a lot.
Seeing as I couldn’t hear the tenant’s voice anymore, it seemed like he was busy digesting what he had eaten.
···.
Kwaaaaang!!
A loud noise brought me back to my senses.
He held his sword straight out of habit and stared straight ahead.
A guy who still waves his hands and desperately calls out to someone.
The bastard seemed to know that the moment his usefulness wore off, he too would end up like that.
He was a vampire who was more talented at tricks and quick-witted than expected.
Thud thud.
“Hey… here it is! here it is!!”
A guy who laughs brightly at the sound of footsteps from afar.
However, this time I chose the wrong opponent.
A pro who falls down while waving his hands.
The pros were torn into small pieces and rolled around on the floor.
Now, looking at the guy who has become a pro, I just reminisced.
That speed and the faint sound of air.
‘I could tell by the sound.’
I remembered him through my hazy mind.
“You’re alive.”
The five eldest sons stared at me with indifferent eyes.
His eyes seemed to be assessing me, but he soon looked away as if he had lost interest.
The thick smell of blood emanating from him.
The blood on the bastard’s body was black.
‘You’re definitely cutting the tail.’
Listening to the story, it seemed like there was something about him, but it wasn’t the time to talk leisurely.
“This was a rough imperial ceremony. We will contact you separately later.”
The man who spoke briefly disappeared down the hallway.
I don’t know why he helped me, but that was something to think about later.
Kwaaaaaaaang!!
The mind returned to the loud noise.
I fell over and put the Pross’ Devil’s Candy in my mouth.
Because my body was still moving and I promised to live a long life for them.
I was just struggling for him.
I picked a suitable bone from the piled corpses and pushed myself into the darkness, using it as a cane to support myself on the ground.
***
Swallows frowned at the huge thing before them.
The cloth was completely torn off, leaving her naked, and the scars all over her body were fresh and covered in blood.
However, even in the midst of all this, the bastard still did not put down his sword. His eyes were cloudy like those of a blind person, but they did not blink or shake.
Because it was so large, I felt a sense of awe as if I was looking at the corpse of an ancient god that only exists in legends.
“······Are you alive?”
The bastard’s condition was so dire that it was ridiculous to even ask about it.
If the undertaker had seen this, he would have put it in the coffin without even asking.
“Unfortunately.”
The guy who muttered like that laughed loudly as if he was coughing up phlegm, and blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.
I even felt creepy that I could laugh in that state.
‘It’s something I have to do…’
The Swallows hesitated for a moment, looking down at him.
When I came to the place that unknown guy pointed to, I saw him. Even if I didn’t do anything, he seemed like he would die if I left him alone for a bit…
‘If that were the case, you wouldn’t have sent me here.’
Swallows were concerned about the ‘prophecy’ spoken by the unknown man.
If the world he truly wanted came, then the method didn’t matter. And if he was this vicious-.
“······Whatever you choose, do it quickly.”
The bastard’s blurry eyes were still scanning him. Swallows watched the bastard adjusting his sword and made a decision.
The bastard’s deepest wound was currently a hole in his shoulder. Swallows squinted for a moment before opening his mouth, looking at the strange shell beneath the wound where his heart was.
“It’s going to hurt a lot.”
“Stingy?”
Swallows reached out with a tired face as he saw the guy muttering strange jokes and laughing to himself while spitting out blood.
I was thinking of burning him with fire to stop the bleeding, but-.
“Kkieeeeeek!!”
Funnily enough, the scream was made by the Swallows.
