Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

29 – Beast (5)

Soyeongji Oberon.

As expected, everyone there was already dead.

“…”

With the mouth open, the same stiff expression trembling with fear and fear.

The dead bodies of people were frozen white and covered in snow.

Blood and chunks of shredded flesh splattered around.

Even the blood and pieces of flesh were frozen in pure white, clearly leaving traces of everything.

It is the scene of the most brutal slaughter.

I could clearly infer how embarrassing the situation was at the time through their expressions.

But more than that, it stands out.

There were traces of ‘black paint’ on their bodies and on the floor.

They were moving stealthily as if they were alive even at this moment.

These are the signs of infection.

“Ugh, ugh…”

And to that terrifying sight.

The sorceress Talia was terrified and sat down in the snow. She crawled across her floor and backed up behind her.

At that sight, the eyes of Archduke Lucrecia and some soldiers turned to her.

“Wizard.”

“Do, run away! We must run away, Archduke!”

“Wizard.”

Grand Duke Lucrezia recalled one aspect of the information about her that he had received from the head of the Garcion house.

‘…Probably a wizard who lacks mental training.’

In spite of his excellent talent and ability, he could easily understand why the Mage Tower still refused to be promoted to a high level mage.

If they were ordinary wizards.

No, even if they were low-level wizards, they would have searched for the enemy first and tried to maintain their composure.

But the wizard Talia in front of me was not like that.

She just looked up at Grand Duke Lucrezia, her eyes watery, like any timid country girl.

I was in a state of mental burial and panic.

Keying-!

Looking at Talia’s appearance, Grand Duke Lucrezia said with her eyes shining bright blue.

“Relax, mage.”

“Ooh, laugh…!”

Thalia’s body trembled, as if the silent momentum of her terrifying eyes had worked.

After wiping away her tears for a moment, she stammered.

“Sorry… I’m sorry, Archduke. What it looks like now…”

“It’s okay. She was said to be a magician who had never fought properly before. If so, I can understand this level of panic.”

The cold eyes of Grand Duke Lucrecia stared at the nearby area.

The culprit who massacred this small estate was undoubtedly encroaching somewhere nearby.

The smell of blood was still lingering in the small manor.

Saying that there was uncooled blood was tantamount to saying that this scene didn’t happen that long ago.

“The Grand Duke!”

The Grand Duke of Lucrezia confirmed that her reason was gradually returning.

Instantly, he raised his head at the sight of Esrad running to his side again.

“…Esrad.”

“Duke, I found his traces! He is already out of this scene!”

With the entire small estate already tightly surrounded, her entire legion was on the way to search and search the surrounding area.

If there is a trace, it means that it can be traced somehow.

We had to catch up before the trail was erased by the blowing snow.

Seureung-.

She pulled out the sword that was hanging behind her back.

It was so gigantic, it was a greatsword as big as her height.

“Direction?”

“South! As soon as I destroyed this place, I left the place without any regrets!”

…To the south.

If you head south from here, you are relatively far from the poles, so the snow flurries will also weaken in proportion to it.

It was definitely good news, but it was also bad news at the same time.

There is another territory there.

Of course, it was relatively warm enough to get away from the polar region, so the size of the territory was incomparably larger than that of Oberon.

Large human casualties could have occurred.

“Wizard.”

“Yes, yes! Archduke!”

This time the answer came immediately.

Wizard Thalia answered her call with her eyes shining blue.

It was proof that she was drawing out her mana.

In response to her attitude, Archduke Lucrecia ordered me to stand up.

“Call the communication magic right now. I heard that he is a wizard of outstanding talent who is about to take the advanced exam. Would that be possible?”

This is impossible for them alone.

He was bigger than expected.

I had to call for support.

At those words, the sorceress Talia, who closed her eyes tightly and focused her mind for a moment, asked her where she was, as if she had belatedly remembered her.

“Uh, where…?”

“It is our nature, the Yellow Castle. We must immediately summon Lord Arcana Siran, the Imperial Archmage.”

“It’s a long way, but… I’ll give it a try.”

Generally, magicians were able to transmit communication to nearby bases based on each other’s magic signals.

Each city had a communication port where magic communication was possible.

They were spread far and wide like a net, and the empire was able to quickly transmit urgent communications between each other in real time.

It is the so-called terrestrial satellite base of this era.

Not to mention it was the heart and capital of the empire. There are numerous channels of communication.

Among them, there was also a personal communication tool that was directly connected to Lord Arcana Siran, the No. 1 Archmage in the empire.

“Ugh, uhhh… Please, please.”

It was the sorceress Talia, who closed her eyes impatiently and clutched at her own wand.

Soon after, she opened her eyes with a short sigh of ‘Ah.’

“I’m sorry… I can’t reach… everything.”

“I see.”

Her answer seemed to prove her own incompetence.

Even so, Talia had no choice but to give her only possible answers. She said that in this situation she would rather not make excuses.

But Grand Duke Lucrezia, who seemed to be thinking about her for a moment, asked her soon after.

“Then, how about connecting to our castle? If it was there, it would be possible enough since the distance is relatively short.”

“There is nothing, no problem!”

“Then send a message to Arctus Castle. Now that the devil has appeared here, please call Lord Arcana Siran to the imperial capital. ASAP.”

As much as there is a magic communication sphere in each city.

Even Talia herself did not have to send a request for assistance directly to her capital.

Once we can somehow deliver communications to the base, we’ll continue to deliver communications from there to the next city.

Of course, in this case, it would take much more time than the former, as support was delivered through each city, but there was no better option than this for the current people.

“…”

The eyes of Archduke Lucrezia were cold.

‘Of course, if that time comes, everything will have already been decided…’

Still, it’s better than not doing it.

* * * *

Meanwhile, at that time.

In the nature of Arctus.

[…?]

Han was lying on his bed, looking up at the ceiling.

It was already a dark night.

So he tossed and turned, lying here and there.

But I can’t sleep at all.

[Guardian Dragon, can’t you sleep?]

He must have found it strange.

Lucia, who was lying side by side on the bed, asked as if she was a bit puzzled.

As if he was answering those words, Han replied with a sigh.

It was a positive statement.

Somehow, it feels strange from before.

‘It felt as if the hairs on my whole body were standing up.’

Of course, the whole body was covered with hard dragon scales, so there was no hair.

I definitely felt like my senses were on edge.

Han looked at Lucia, who was looking at him worriedly.

‘Could it be because I’m sleeping in Lucia’s room instead of mine?’

No, maybe not. I was sure.

Looking at her Lucia, this still pounding sensation was clearly emerging, but the source of this sensation that Han now felt had been transmitted from far away.

It is a whirlpool of somewhat intense emotions as if they are conveyed on the wind.

‘What is this feeling?’

A sultry sensation, as if drinking a high dose of caffeine.

But in the end.

Perhaps thanks to lying in bed for a long time, Han suddenly closed his eyes and-.

[Stop!]

[Prepare in line to prevent him from approaching!]

In that dream, Han began to see the world through someone else’s eyes.

‘This voice?’

Your voice is familiar.

Thousands of soldiers and knights are intertwined and screaming.

Among them, the voice of the person Han was watching was someone he was familiar with.

‘This is… Lucrezia.’

The owner of his gaze was none other than Lucrezia.

[Stop!]

She was chasing a black bust that was shooting like an arrow at terrifying speed and slaughtering the humans around her.

[Cheerreuk?]

This guy does Han. No, to be precise, he looked back at Grand Duke Lucrezia.

Perhaps it seemed that her approach to block him was bothering him, he momentarily turned around, grabbed her by the scruff of her neck, and slammed it on the floor.

Boom!

Her sudden counterattack did not respond at all to her, the Grand Duke of Lucrezia.

[Gagging!]

[Grand Duke!]

At the end of the urgent cry of a familiar knight called Esrad.

The protagonist of the field of view he was watching vomited clear blood.

Immediately after that.

Flash.

Han opened his eyes on the spot with a flash of spirit as if he was bouncing.

‘Ah.’

He jumped up from his seat and looked around him.

It was a vividly vivid dream.