ALL NOVEL chapter 27
27 – Winter (5)
My eyes naturally frowned at the suddenly changing air currents and the darkness that seemed to grip my whole body.
Irene’s words kept ringing in her ears, and she wanted to answer him.
This darkness kept warning me. Get out of this place right now.
The darkness around me was a kind of mana.
Falling deep into darkness just by feeling it,
What should I call this muddy mana like a swamp?
No, to be precise, why this mana was appearing in this dukedom should have come first.
“…Evan.”
“I think you should avoid it for now. I’ll check what I am, so let’s go to the duke’s mansion together.”
“Evan should also be avoided. This is because the black magician created it.”
“A warlock… you mean?”
My eyes narrow for a moment. It wasn’t that I didn’t know what a black magician was.
How could I not understand that word that made even a glimpse of fear appear on the calm Irene’s face?
The biggest proof that Irene was later accused of being a traitor was because it was related to the black magician.
Perhaps it was a group later called ‘Extinction’.
The organization that emerged as the biggest stumbling block in the development of ‘My Love with the Rose Thorn’ was also created by black magicians.
Why did such a black magician appear here and now?
However, it was hard to regard her words that the black magician had appeared as a lie.
This murky darkness, which seemed to stain the whole body at any moment, was obviously foreign.
The field of vision around her was gradually narrowing. First of all, getting Irene out of here would be the first thing.
“We will judge later. For now, you must first evacuate yourself.”
I couldn’t forget my position as an escort driver.
If Irene died in vain in a place like this, wouldn’t the reason for me to be an escort knight disappear?
Making eye contact with her Irene and opening her mouth resolutely, she also nodded her head and began to move her steps.
To think of the evacuation of the villagers, the darkness spread too quickly.
Since it was still just darkness, no one was hurt or killed,
You never know when this darkness will point its blade at a person.
I had to join someone else as soon as possible.
As she drew mana from her body, the white flame that bloomed from her body began to drive away the darkness little by little.
Even in this darkness, the front was dimly illuminated, and before long, I found a group of human figures in the distance and opened my mouth.
“Sir Chris!”
“Evan, the young lady will be fine!”
“All right. We need manpower to evacuate people.”
“The knights have already moved. There will be no problem with evacuation.”
Sir Chris’ face was distorted as soon as he approached.
Did he also notice that this darkness belonged to the warlock?
After confirming Irene’s whereabouts, he looked at me and hurriedly began to speak.
“A warlock has appeared. Nothing has happened yet, but we need to deal with the warlock before anything happens.”
“Not that many. Because there are many people, the mana is not that thick.”
The darkness certainly covered the entire city, but it wasn’t very dense.
Perhaps there is only one warlock, or at most two. Then the question arose as to what they were after.
What can you do in this duchy with only one or two people?
In an instant, an incident flashed through my mind, and I frowned. Perhaps, it was just a short sentence that passed by.
-The tragedy in Yuris took away the light of life for a woman named Irene.
I had forgotten about it until now because it ended with just that one sentence.
However, if the tragedy is related to this warlock.
What if Irene was so twisted because of that tragedy?
When I turned her gaze, Irene, who was standing next to me, flinched and looked at me.
His blue eyes sway.
The only thing contained in it was worry, so I smiled lightly as I looked at Irene.
“Evan, no way.”
“Anyway, I think I should go.”
“Can Sir Chris go, or I’d rather lead another order…”
“It won’t help much if you lead the knights. Rather, they just fall into confusion, aren’t warlocks known for being strong against the majority?”
The magic characteristic of the warlock was a wide range and large-scale attack.
Unlike normal wizards, they were proficient in curses and poisons, so if those who couldn’t handle mana properly stepped forward, there was a high possibility that they would be harmed.
What is suitable to deal with them is probably a stronger individual than the disorganized majority.
If you want to pick the strongest knight in this duchy, you should look for it in Expert.
Perhaps the only person who has reached the level of a Master right now is the Commander of the Imperial Knights.
And among the dukedom’s experts, the strongest person is,
“I have to go.”
It was me, not Sir Chris.
“Sir Chris, please escort the lady. I will take care of the warlock.”
“I, who have dealt with warlocks, should go-“
“I’m coming.”
This time, I had to go.
It wasn’t just about getting rid of the black magician, I had to find out what the black magician had in mind.
I had to consider all the possibilities one by one, whether an organization called ‘Extinction’ had already arisen, or whether the future tragedy in Julis was caused by the black magician.
What if the warlock was the starting point of the tragedy?
Sir Chris took care of it, but in the end, he couldn’t figure out why he came here.
I, at least somewhat aware of the future, had to go.
“Please take care of my lady.”
Did I realize that my heart wouldn’t change?
Sir Chris, who was staring at me like that, quietly opened his mouth.
“…Warlocks all use witchcraft. Keep all possibilities in mind. Even the slightest movement can be fatal.”
“Sir Chris.”
Irene glanced at Sir Chris and said something, but Sir Chris just shook her head and looked at Irene.
“It’s already out of my hands. Please trust the young lady’s escort article. Wouldn’t he be upset?”
“…I believe. But this is different from believing.”
“My lady.”
As I opened my mouth, Irene turned her head to look at me.
Although it was in the thick darkness, those blue eyes were still directed at me, and a smile suddenly leaked out.
Would you have imagined that a relationship like this would happen when you first met?
I found it funny that she was worried about me, so I smiled lightly and opened her mouth to Irene.
“I am fine. Would the young lady’s escort knight lose to a mere warlock?”
Do not collapse. There was no way he would give up so easily.
In the future, as Irene’s escort knight, the things she would experience would be even more difficult than this.
How can I stand back and watch the situation at the name of a black magician?
In the next five years, until the female lead appeared, only five years remained.
I had to grow more. Even if the master’s knight appears before this,
I had to be able to draw the sword without hesitation.
I am not Irene’s escort knight.
“Don’t get hurt.”
“I won’t get hurt.”
“This is an order. Never, never get hurt like that time.”
“…I will keep that in mind.”
What was contained in that voice was not as cold as usual.
Suddenly, the idea that the weather is cold disappears.
The warmth transmitted through the voice warmed the body, and it made me mistakenly thinking that this season was not winter.
By the time she spoke, she probably meant the day she first met the assassin and was hurt.
I was different from that time. He became more accustomed to handling the sword, and now the number of times he beat Sir Chris became more frequent.
Grab the sword.
I grabbed the handle of that clunky sword, turned my eyes away from Irene, and looked at the darkness again.
In the thick darkness, white mana that cuts through the darkness rises from his entire body.
A feeling of exhilaration that you cannot normally feel fills your body. My heart beat, and my muscles slowly began to tense.
I remember the moment I first held the sword. Meet the assassins and remember the blood on the sword.
Cutting someone was so cruel.
Even if the person being cut down was an evil person, it was never something that people could easily commit.
However, if what is contained in the hand holding the sword is a promise, if there is something one must protect.
Hesitation had to disappear from that sword. At this moment, the trembling of the hand holding the sword disappeared.
Warlock, perhaps something that will be the starting point of this tragedy that will befall Julis.
The person who mourned Irene’s death in a dark room became her escort knight,
Now, to protect Irene, I started to step on the darkness alone.
I didn’t know I might die. I didn’t know that the promise I had in the first place would disappear in vain in the blink of an eye.
I didn’t know if I would regret it. I didn’t know that I would survive this situation pitifully and one day lament this moment and die lonely.
Despair, frustration, regret, responsibility, sadness. All of these feelings come together,
I didn’t know if I would live my whole life struggling in a dark swamp.
Nevertheless, he does not back down. One person, Irene Uris, wanted to be happy.
I hoped that she would later remain a princess of Julis, not a villainess.
So, the knight raises his sword.
Soon, fierce white flames began to wrap around the sword.
It was a darkness that covered even the stars and the moon, but the flame surrounded by the sword cut through the darkness and illuminated everything around it.
The shimmering green eyes soon stopped looking in one direction.
More than anything else, towards the rising darkness.
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Disease, confusion, chaos.
The element that is the foundation of black magic and the source of all darkness.
It was also something the black magician Khalifa really liked. What if the seed hides in this duchy that protects the north?
“Sounds like fun.”
The twisted corner of the mouth was torn apart to the point of giving goosebumps, and soon black teeth glittered in the mouth.
What leaked from its mouth was a foul-smelling darkness, and the life that roamed around began to slowly wither in that darkness.
Juris, who protects the north, is a family that symbolizes the shield among the five major families of the empire.
If all of that collapses in vain,
Could it be possible to achieve extinction, which unfortunately failed 30 years ago?
Illness is indeed trivial, but sometimes nothing breaks a person as easily as that.
It digs into people’s weak hearts and breaks them down. A weakened mind cannot bear a tired body.
No matter how strong a knight may be, in the end it is human beings who are destroyed by disease.
Looking at the creature he created, Khalifa was mad.
Diseases that cannot be cured with current medical technology,
How much time was spent making this.
Like a shadow, the silently crouching creature began to move slowly.
If the disease moved, its seeds would spread throughout the duchy.
When I thought that a small footprint would spread across this vast land and eventually destroy everything in an instant,
My body trembled at the thrill that ran down my spine.
“Kuhh, keuh…”
How thrilling! The Empire’s shield was to fall.
Just by the existence of this black magician, Khalifa!
A smile still hung on his lips even as his body was scratched and his nails dug into his nails and blood flowed.
Can this be defined only in the name of bliss?
No, it was a pleasure!
The sensation of crawling bugs kicking my brain was so good that saliva leaked out of my open mouth.
Still, Khalifa laughed. The body collapses at the bent waist,
Khalifa laughed as she wobbled on the floor like a spider with its legs cut off.
Kooung-
Then he heard the sound of his creature starting to move.
Hearing the sound of footsteps pounding on the ground, his own heart seemed to beat in time.
It was no longer a human voice leaking out of its bizarrely wide open mouth.
Just like a beast roaring, only twisted sounds came out.
The eyes were turned white, and the blurry sight in those eyes was a black figure approaching him.
Inyoung?
No, look at the figure holding that sword. Perhaps he is a knight.
The twisted mind returned, and soon Khalifa staggered to her feet.
As soon as his head was thrown back, a muddy voice came out of his throat.
“Are you here to stop it?”
“Yes.”
“Am I here to die?”
“No.”
That was a really short answer. But don’t you like it?
At the beginning of this glorious annihilation, if he hung his head at the end of that flag.
Khalifa smiled strangely at the joy he felt once again.
“You are indeed a brave knight. I’ll hang a special flag. Legs or arms? Or neck. Please choose. For you, I will let you choose that part in particular.”
hahahaha!
Soon after Khalifa went mad, Evan gazed at the warlock.
The only thing that dwells in his eyes is composure. Khalifa stopped laughing and looked at the knight holding his sword.
Soon, the knight opened his mouth slowly.
“Do you think I will die here?”
“…The obvious.”
Don’t ask-
However, the words did not follow. No, it would be more accurate to say that it could not continue.
Khalifa thought what was unfolding before her eyes was an illusion.
Seoguk-
The sight of the gigantic creature he created being cut and destroyed in an instant by the white sword.
How can you believe what you see?
“…Ah?”
Tududuk-
However, when he felt the splash of black liquid on his cheek, Khalifa could only stare blankly ahead.
All I could see was darkness.
But what the hell is that white light in front of me?
“You are the one who dies.”
My body hardens at that one word.
He thought that he couldn’t feel fear in his life.
The pitch-black darkness where nothing can be seen, even the death that is right in front of you.
I never thought he was afraid.
Ah-
It wasn’t just the white light that rose from the darkness.
That green!
The green eyes that sent sharp momentum as if stabbing himself with a sword several times were hardening his body.
At this moment, Khalifa felt fear for the first time.