0.01 Second Sword Master Episode 121
“Ugh-!”
“Big-!”
My teeth grind and my body trembles, and my vision spins round and round as if the world has been turned upside down.
The White Knights, created by the Charlene family with a huge amount of money.
Flying and Ginda gathered the highest level of mercenaries and created a strong military unit comparable to any other Knights of the Kingdom, but now they fell off their horses and were foaming at the mouth.
‘Muh, what’s going on?’
He only met Aslan once at the Charlene family’s auction house.
Violetta, who had never met him in the wild, couldn’t understand how things were going.
Why is this best knights made with money, and why is Aslan here?
Everything was confusing.
It was to the point that his body felt cold from the cold eyes that were just staring at him.
“Keep it off-!”
When the knights were screaming as if they were approaching the threshold of death.
Violetta shouted.
“stop! Stop now!”
Did her words even make sense?
Like a lie, all the pressure disappeared and the knights vomited while breathing.
‘How could a person have such power…!’
There is a saying that there is a one-man army.
Wouldn’t that be the right modifier for Aslan?
It was because he alone crushed many of these people with only coercion.
“Are you ready to speak now?”
For a moment, he felt sorry for himself for thinking that his knights were superior to any other kingdom.
Even so, the honor of the Charlene family, who leads the top of the continent, could not be trampled on.
Speaking of the Charlene family, did not even the king of a kingdom have the best financial power to bow down?
She stood tall and tried to speak confidently.
But,
“…”
The moment I met Aslan’s eyes that were as cold as ice, my head went down by itself.
“Our upper ranks disappeared from here, so we came to investigate it.”
“Are people disappearing?”
“Yes, as many as 2,000 workers disappeared at once. I couldn’t believe it until I saw it with my own eyes, so I came this far.”
Aslan looked at Violetta in silence for a moment.
Then he slowly opened his mouth.
“I expected it, but you guys were the ones who planted the half-tree here.”
“that’s······.”
“Did you try to catch the Muse with the softwood as bait? no. He must have meant to.”
“…”
You know everything. that man
Since when have you been paying attention?
Well, it doesn’t matter.
How you deal with it is what matters.
“that’s right.”
That’s why Violetta didn’t bother denying it.
Because Aslan already seemed to know the whole truth.
It seemed that if he lied here, he would slit his throat and everyone else in the room in an instant.
So Violetta went out as confidently as possible.
“We are the ones who planted the trees here. As the king knows, it is also true that he tried to capture and sell the muses. Muses can sell them for a pretty high price.”
The popularity of the muse among the nobility is beyond imagination.
This is because there are quite a few nobles who want to buy a muse as a pet even if they have to pay all their money.
That is why he tried to track down the Muses in Charlene, lure them to a willow tree, and capture them all at once.
“It was a lot of work. And when it was time to reap the beauty of the species, more than 2,000 workers suddenly disappeared.”
Violetta glanced into Aslan’s eyes.
A face that still doesn’t know what’s inside.
“Guide me there.”
“Yes?”
“The place where your workers disappeared. Shouldn’t we know why it happened?”
“Ah yes.”
It was an unexpected decision.
I thought I’d just ignore it to figure it out on my own.
But what followed was the problem.
“And······. It would be better to abandon the idea of capturing and selling the muse.”
“Yes?”
“We, the Kingdom of Eli and the Muses, have formed an alliance.”
“…”
“If you accept this, the Charlene family will not be able to escape the judgment of the main throne.”
Violetta stared blankly at the back of Aslan, who was walking ahead.
Until now, no one had dared to threaten the Charlene family like that.
It was because if the Charlene family decided to cut off the money line, it would only be a matter of time before the economy of the kingdom would be destroyed.
However, Aslan did not blink an eye in front of the Charlene family even now, even at the auction house.
‘no. That person is such a great person even in front of Rahal.’
As Aslan is armed with an unshakable and unbreakable conviction, he does not bow his head to anyone, just by listening to the reports he has received so far.
Also, if the Charlene family really goes against Aslan’s words here…
‘Can I really die?’
Wasn’t Aslan the one who just made the knights fall out of combat without even lifting a hand? If he descends to destroy the Charlene family, no one will be able to stop him.
Violetta, thinking for a moment of the horrifying scene she could only imagine, shook her head and quickly followed Aslan.
“Aslan-sama~”
He tightened his nose and raised his voice even more than before.
If he was an unbreakable person, it was because he wanted to use him as an umbrella for the Charlene family. And······.
‘If it’s a man like this.’
He considered him a man who would not regret even if he entrusted his future to him.
* * *
‘Hey. I have a lot of greed.’
I glanced at Violetta, who started clinging to my side.
For some reason, it was strange that there were so many smooth trees planted in a forest like this.
So, with such an ignorant scale, I expected that the Charlene family might be involved, but Violetta was indeed the culprit.
‘Trying to sell those cute muses.’
I have memories of buying a muse through the Charlene family a few times while playing the game and taking it like a pet.
In any case, the Charlene family would not be able to easily touch the muses, as they were strictly warned.
However, if, despite this, you are determined to kidnap and sell the muses…
‘What the heck? I just have to do that.’
If the kingdom of Eli did not want to be swayed by the financial power held by the Charlene family, it was better not to fight them as much as possible.
So even if they openly seized the muse, there wasn’t much I could do to be honest.
‘If you happen to appear on the black market…’
Should I secretly buy one then?
“This is it.”
As if she had thought it through thoroughly, Violetta secretly built a camp so that the Muses and other races wouldn’t notice.
It was clearly visible how much effort was put into this work to the extent that a separate supply route was made to support more than 2,000 workers.
but.
Muse’s value is highly evaluated in the market, so it must have been worth it.
“As you can see, the camp has collapsed and there are traces of fighting everywhere. But the strange thing is that not a single corpse, not a single bloodstain remains.”
As Violetta said, that was strange.
Even though the camp was horribly destroyed, not a single body could be found, and there was not even that common bloodstain.
Could it be like this unless the workers broke the encampment among themselves?
And even to me, who is not an expert, it looked like it was not destroyed by workers intentionally, but by some group attacking it.
“…Raphael.”
I called Raphael.
“Yes, my king.”
“Elves have excellent afterimage magic skills, so you should be able to find out what happened here.”
“Yes? How do you know that…”
Each race has at least one secret ability.
Of course, the elves also had some hidden abilities, and one of them was afterimage magic. What happened here can be floated like an afterimage.
The origin of magic that allows them to communicate with each other was the elves.
There are a few more, but I haven’t brought them out right now.
“When was there anything I did not know? Come on, let your magic work.”
“Ah yes!”
Raphael unleashed his magic at my command.
Then, as the magic circle created under it spread out, it began to show what had happened here like an afterimage.
“There were workers here… Then someone broke in.”
The intruders were none other than
‘A dwarf?’
Short dwarves appeared in the afterimage.
And behind them, the demons, apparently from the Techinas, ran screaming and attacked the workers.
Embarrassed by the sudden surprise attack, they each raised their weapons and tried to resist, but were helplessly thrown away by the waves of forces.
The most notable of these is-.
“A man appeared with an ominous-looking sword.”
Black helmet with black armor.
And a greatsword spreading ominous energy.
As he swung his sword lightly, the evil power within him spread out in all directions and wiped out the workers.
And as he pinned it to the ground, the whole heaven and earth shook.
The evil power contained in that sword seemed to be used by this unknown man.
What’s more relevant is that.
“no?!”
“Me-oh!”
As the man raised his sword high, it was sucking up the corpses of workers lying on the floor. They ate everything, absorbing all the blood and flesh they shed.
The question of why there were only traces of battle and no corpses or bloodstains was resolved here.
‘Demonic sword…?’
That is definitely a magic sword.
I could tell at once that it was a demonic sword just by absorbing someone’s soul and body.
‘But suddenly it’s a magic sword?’
Could it be that the techinas did it?
However, the appearance of the monsters that appeared in the afterimage was not familiar.
If it was a monster from the Techina clan, there was no way I wouldn’t know about it.
In addition, the fact that the dwarves appeared in the early stages bothered him.
‘Could it be that the dwarves made the demonic sword?’
However, I had never heard of a dwarf making a magic sword.
I had never seen a magic sword made by a dwarf while playing a game before.
‘Things seem to be going very complicated?’
A dwarf, a magic sword, and an unidentified man who handles it.
The story began to flow in an unexpected flow.
“It’s hard to follow the trail after this.”
Perhaps because it is a high-level magic that eats up a lot of mana, Raphael breathed in and took the magic.
“My king. That was just…”
The knights who saw the same scene with me were speechless.
“yes. It is a magic sword.”
“Oh, a demonic sword!”
“Who the hell is that terrible sword-!”
I had only heard of the existence of a demonic sword in stories, but the knights who actually encountered it seemed to be in shock.
‘It must be strong enough to handle a demonic sword, right?’
A man in black armor who carries a demonic sword.
If it was enough to handle a demonic sword that devours everything it touches, it was obvious that it would have tremendous power.
‘Should I just ignore it and move on?’
If I continued chasing the dwarves like this, I would definitely run into him.
He sucked in so many people all at once, but now I can’t imagine how many sacrifices he’s absorbing and how powerful his power is growing.
‘Should I call Lyla Khan?’
You’ll probably jump up and enjoy this.
And don’t the dwarves have what I want?
He had to find the dwarves to get the item from them.
So, if we retreat for a tactical reason, then gather more information, then take Rylakan…
“Everyone, don’t be afraid.”
It was then.
Aaron shouted at the knights who were buzzing at the scene just before.
“Why are you making such a fuss because you are afraid of that demonic sword?”
It’s right to be afraid of a demonic sword like that, man.
What nonsense is this guy talking about again?
“We have a great King, Aslan. He who received the sign of light is the only one on this continent who stands against darkness and evil. Do you think someone like that would just leave a demonic sword like that!?”
“…?”
Then the knights calmed their agitated minds and shouted.
“Right!!”
“As long as our King is with us, there is nothing to fear!”
“That demonic sword is insignificant compared to Aslan-nim’s power!!”
“My king. Destroy that demonic sword immediately and punish the evil!!”
They were knights whose morale suddenly pierced the sky with just a few words from Aaron.
They clamored to go quickly and get rid of the demon sword, and I sent a stinging glance at Aaron, who instigated them.
“…”
Then he bowed his head to me very confidently, with an expression full of pride as if he had done a really big job.
Lately, it seemed like I was constantly wanting to hit Aaron.