039 – Medal
Schwitz’s nails dig into his palms, and all his molars were smashed.
It was adding pain to the terrible pain, but the only way to overcome this pain was to clench your teeth and clench your fists.
“Turn it off…”
I felt like I was going crazy when the pain that felt like my body was torn apart and supported by my pharynx continued for several days.
What drove Schwitz crazy more than anything else was that he had no idea why he suddenly had to suffer like this.
Recognizing that there was obviously a problem with the emperor Victoria, he moved his soul to an clone, but after that, he had no memory.
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Just then, the old scrap metal door opened and a man entered.“It doesn’t make sense.”
Schwitz turned his head at the sudden voice.
A pale man, with a broken bone and pale skin, was looking at Schwyz pitifully.
“Levis…!”
Lota’s Mouth Levis.
Levis, a witch doctor and spirit magician, sensed something was wrong with Schwitz’s soul and immediately came to Schwitz’s secret laboratory.
Schwitz’s condition was truly beyond what Levis had imagined.
His body was rotting black like a patient with leprosy.
More serious was his soul.
Its soul looked like it had been torn to shreds with a blunt saw and had been shredded with thread after an earthquake.
To be honest, it was strangely terrifying how Schwitz survived without committing suicide.
“What the hell happened to my body?”
“You would know? Your soul is wounded.”
“Then why are you hurt?”
“Because your alter ego has become a mop.”
Levis tossed the newspaper in front of Schwitz.
＜Shock! There was a Chimera Lab in the basement in Victory?!＞
＜Emperor Todd de Lucet carefully planned the operation and successfully completed it.＞
＜Who is Tigris di Norverd, the chief contributor to this operation?＞
bang!
Schwyz threw down a piece of furniture that was being picked up nearby.
“I know that too! Isn’t that what I want to hear?!”
Schwitz learned that his alter ego had died from newspapers and various media, not memories.
And that a guy named Tigris killed him.
The question was, how did a four-star knight shredded his body and wounded his soul as well.
Levis sighed as he looked down at Schwitz, who had become a delinquent.
“I don’t know if your soul has become that shape. One thing is for sure, you were not affected by spirit magic, but by his swordsmanship. There is no magic energy left in your wounds.”
Schwitz seemed to go crazy when he said that Levis couldn’t even know his identity.
Schwyz took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
“Then… can you cure me? If you can treat it, do it right now.”
“You have a bad attitude towards the subject you are asking for.”
“Shut up and tell me. I can tear your jaws apart now.”
Levis crossed his arms and sighed.
“I can’t.”
Levis knew how to conjure and corrupt spirits, but not how to heal a wounded soul.
“Initially, it was a problem to cast the soul on a subject that was not even a spirit magician.”
To create a horned knight, Schwitz set up chimera laboratories all over the continent.
A lot of experimentation and research was needed to make a chimera that uses swords, especially a body with an auror ring.
So, in Victoria, the capital of the Gillion Kingdom, Marina, the Earl of Vinsmoke, and Samagon, the capital of the Godiva Kingdom, a laboratory was set up in an area where a lot of specimens could be airlifted.
However, managing them all was very difficult and even dangerous.
So, in each laboratory, they hid their own clones.
It was to evacuate the researchers if there was a problem in the laboratory and to transfer the data to another laboratory.
“I’ve helped you so far, but now you can’t use clones. The moment your soul passes over to an alter ego, your soul may be fragmented and disappear.”
“shit! shit!”
Schwyz couldn’t contain his anger and started rioting.
It was pathetic, as if it were losing its vitality in seconds like a moth with its wings on fire.
“Of course, there is no way at all.”
“Way···?”
“It cannot heal the soul, but it can free it from its suffering.”
Schwitz’s eyes began to shine with a light of hope.
“What is it? Say it right now.”
“Wow. tell me to calm down You have to think carefully too.”
Levis said with a vicious smile.
“The method is simple. If I place the ‘curse of insensitivity’ on you, your pain will disappear.”
“Curse of insensitivity…? You mean you dare put a curse on my body?!”
“This is my best. The curse of insensitivity permeates your soul, so it won’t heal your wounded soul itself, but it can make you sick. Instead, they cannot feel any senses except sight and hearing. At least the sense of moving magic can be saved, but it will take quite a bit of practice for a while.”
Schwitz clenched his teeth.
Now, this pain was not something that people could endure.
Being as close to Schwitz would be enough to keep you sane.
“If you are going to carry this pain for the rest of your life, it would be better to be cursed with it.”
“But I can’t just do it.”
“What?! What does that mean?!”
“Have I ever worked for nothing? Even when you asked me to teach you how to move souls, I paid you.”
Schwitz clenched his teeth tightly.
“okay···. Obviously it was How many spirits do you want this time? Say the number you want. I will give you everything.”
Levis was very fond of Schwitz’s desperate expression.
Is it like a properly ripened fruit?
Now all I had to do was harvest.
“You only need one.”
“···one?”
“okay. It is your soul.”
Schwitz’s face contorted like a demon.
“What kind of craftsmanship! Levis!”
“Why? I think the balance calculation is pretty good, right? You can never live with that pain for the rest of your life. I will have no choice but to commit suicide or go to see Rota.”
Levis laughed like a child who found a really fun toy.
“By the way, Rota-sama is in a long sleep right now… Even if you wake up, it’s obvious what you’d think if you saw your broken soul, right?”
“Oh no. Rota-sama loves me…”
“I don’t know whether he liked you who were capable, or whether he would cherish you, who has become a bad person like you are now. Then you will die without fulfilling your lifelong wish.”
Levis’ voice was so sweet.
To the extent that Schwitz’s mind went far away.
“Then leave your soul to me. It’s not about giving right away. After all the cause is finished, I will reap your soul. I will keep this secret to other comrades with service.”
Schwitz’s body trembled.
Schwyz knew all too well that it is hope, not pain, that plunges people into abyss, but he could not deny it.
Schwyz eventually knelt in front of Levis.
“I promise. If you cast the curse of insensitivity on me, I will hand over my soul.”
Then, River’s mouth ripped open and black smoke flowed out through the cracks.
“You promised me.”
Black smoke seeped into Schwitz’s body.
A black scar was left on Schwitz’s soul.
“Ahh···.”
At the same time, Schwitz rolled his eyes and passed out.
Levis saw Tigris’ face in the newspaper that had fallen to the floor.
Levis’ mouth twisted.
“Are you still going to take a look at the face of the guy who made your comrade like this?”
* * *
3 deaths.
10 seriously injured.
232 light injuries
The amount of property damage could not be estimated yet, but it was clear that this ‘Mole Hunting’ operation was the best operation that will go down in the history of the Lucet Empire.
Tigris knelt down on one knee.
“Rise up Tigris di Norverd.”
At His Majesty’s command, Tigris raised his head and stood up.
Emperor Todd was handed the splendid Golden Cross medal to the eunuch, and put it on Tigris’ chest.
“Golden Cross to Tigris di Norverd.”
A gold cross-shaped medal was hung on Tigris’s instructor’s uniform.
The Gold Cross is the highest order of honor that a subject of the Empire can receive.
Tigris was awarded the Gold Cross this time for locating the Chimera Lab and protecting civilians from attacks by powerful mutants.
The Empire was buzzing as it was the first highest medal of honor that the Inquisitor’s head, ‘Hydra’, had been awarded since 10 years ago.
Emperor Todd said, holding Tigris on the shoulder.
“You are the treasure of the Empire. Thank you so much.”
“I was only repaying the Emperor’s trust.”
“There is no knight as good as a knight who repays his faith.”
The emperor proclaimed in front of all his vassals.
“I will grant Tigris di Norberd access to the first-class report!”
All of the vassals opened their eyes wide as if surprised.
The door of the first-class report has not been opened 10 times in the history of the Lucet Empire.
In the first-class report, there were not only various elixir, but also holy relics and artifacts of heroes who once saved a country or nation.
Needless to say, the abilities of the Holy Relics and Artifacts were very good, and each of those objects completely overturned the status quo of the power struggle between the lords spread across the empire.
The vassals who were taking bribes from the local lords and Toho (土豪) tried to protest for a moment, but they kept their mouths shut.
The might of His Majesty Emperor Todd, who completely prevented this situation, was skyrocketing.
Here, if you disobeyed His Majesty’s orders, your neck could be blown away.
And it was important that Tigris received this award.
Tigris is the successor of the northern borders.
It was a very distant place from the black land in the west where the battles of the lords often took place.
It was decided that Tigris would not be a big problem even if the holy relics contained in the first report were reported to Tigris.
Tigris bowed his head.
“The castle is coming to an end. your majesty.”
“I hope that you will become the light of the kingdom in the future.”
Since then, Bergand and Princess Rain Rover have been awarded the Silver Cross, and Rakan, a hidden contributor to this operation, has been awarded the Iron Cross.
When Rakan received the Iron Cross, he was so happy that he wept.
“···thank you! Thank you very much!”
“haha. I’ve heard your work from the Rain Rover. I will do my best for the kingdom in the future.”
“Big! thank you!”
A message appeared in front of Rakan.
＜Quest accomplished!＞
weaving in front of the emperor
＜Get 100 points!＞
＜Currently Remaining Points: 34,700 Points＞
Rakan clenched his fists in secret.
“With the success of this operation, the evil that was dormant within the Imperial Capital has been removed. But it is not over yet.”
The emperor’s eyes suddenly became bitter.
The emperor’s eyes turned to the vassals.
The vassals trembled at the emperor’s wrath.
“I will search out every single one of those who have helped these demons to permeate the interior of the ecliptic and who dared to blind my eyes, and I will avenge their sins with blood.”
Already the empire was moving.
Many names are now popping out of the Inquisitor’s torture chamber.
The head of the water bureau and the chief of the National Police Agency, as well as the factory manager and other members of the chimera laboratory, were talking and writing without fingernails.
The emperor caught them when their names came out of their mouths, regardless of whether they were bourgeois or aristocrats, and some went into hiding because they knew their names would be called.
But Tigris knew.
The names that come out of their mouths are nothing but chaff.
The real thing was Rota and Arphem’s clan.
‘Since he moved from my side first, it is clear that he will show movement from there.’
The lesson that Tigris has learned from fighting countless battles is that the enemy does not stand still.
It was clear that he would retaliate against Tigris by any means.
‘It would be better to prepare.’
Tigris already had a plan.
* * *
Logan wanted to talk to Tigris calmly, but neither Tigris nor Logan had time because they were both too busy.
And Logan wasn’t ready to listen.
Logan tried to understand Tigris’ bizarre swordsmanship alone, but he couldn’t understand it.
Even if Tigris explained the mutant to Ben swordsmanship, he wasn’t confident that he would understand for sure.
– Schubert will be open soon. Then we’ll talk about it.
Swordsman Family Fellowship Schubert.
This year Schubert was to be held in the Countess of Vinsmoke.
Tigris decided to participate in Schubert this time, so he would have to ask everything he wanted to ask at that time.
Until then, Logan decided to go into the family library, do a preliminary research on the swordsmanship that Tigris showed, and have a calm conversation with Tigris.
Logan received a first-class plaque from the guards and headed to the Palace of Spring.
The reason Logan went to the Palace of Spring was, ironically, to go to Friharden.
It was impossible to get to Friharden by train, as martial law was declared in Victoria, the capital of the capital, and not a single rat could escape.
Therefore, only members of the Friharden family had to choose a movement method that could be used.
It was the Wyvern.
Logan approached the Wyvern sitting in the field of the Imperial Palace, eating delicious pigs.
There, Princess Rain Rover was stroking the Wyvern’s back.
Logan knelt down on one knee to pay his respects to the princess.
“I see the great golden clan.”
“Nice to meet you. Count Friharden. Give an example.”
Logan got up immediately and looked at the Wyvern.
This Wyvern’s name is Pele.
He was Logan’s exclusive Wyvern and longtime friend.
“It seems that Pele really likes Princess Rain Rover. Pele is usually ferocious if touched while eating.”
“okay? I thought I was being docile because I was obsessed with pigs again.”
“Pele, how picky is that guy. Look. Aren’t you staring at me because I keep calling out my name while I’m eating?”
Rain Rover smiled and gently stroked Pele’s back.
“You don’t seem to like Count Friharden very much? Then will you come to me?”
-Creung!
Pele snorted as if annoyed.
I was told not to talk while eating.
Rain Rover’s lips were filled with a smile, as if it was cute when he was annoyed.
“By the way, I didn’t know that His Majesty the Emperor would approve so quickly.”
“Thanks to Count Logan, we were able to prevent a lot of damage, so I have to repay you even this way.”
The current state of martial law in the Imperial Capital Victoria is also a state, and it was impossible for a monster to enter the Imperial Palace without the permission of His Majesty the Wyvern.
“Of course, there are things that I stifled because I wanted to see the Wyvern. You have to go to Friharden to see the Wyvern.”
Dragon races like Wyverns cannot be tamed by summoning wizards.
It was impossible because of his high intelligence, arrogance, and high magic resistance.
However, the Friharden family succeeded in taming the wyvern.
To be precise, the expression that he signed a contract with the Wyverns was correct rather than tamed.
When the Wyverns were on the verge of being completely wiped out by the Friharden family, they signed a master-slave contract to live according to the orders of the Friharden clan from generation to generation in exchange for saving their lives.
That sacred contract was recorded on Logan’s ‘Summer of Friharden’, and the Wyverns served Friharden from generation to generation for over 300 years.
“By the way, why didn’t Charlotte come with you?”
“I’m doing swordsmanship training…”
Logan’s nose twitched slightly.
“It seems right to say that raising children is useless. How can swordsmanship training be more important than mine…”
“Charlotte liked swordsmanship training from the beginning. And if we want to defeat Tigris, we will not be able to neglect even one hour of time.”
“Well···.”
Logan thought for a moment with serious eyes and then opened his heavy mouth.
“…probably impossible.”
Rain Rover was a little surprised.
Logan was a f*cking idiot.
Normally, he would have said, ‘If you keep working hard, you will be able to do it!’
“I don’t know if I’ll be able to follow after chasing for the rest of my life.”
“…is that much?”
“My daughter is not lacking enough to be called a genius. But Tigris is more than a genius.”
If I hadn’t met the incomprehensible genius of Berghan in the past, I might have denigrated Tigris’ skills with a dull eye.
Now I can understand why Bergang looked at Tigris and called him a monster.
“I am very fortunate that Tigris is still a knight loyal to the Empire. If Tigris was a knight from another country, the game on this continent would have been turned upside down.”
Logan looked into Rain Rover’s eyes and said.
“So we must never miss Tigris. Princess.”
“I know. The Emperor is well aware of this.”
Emperor Todd directly told the princess to give Tigris all his support.
Tigris didn’t even know if he would become a sword master in his 20s for the first time.
It was foolish to conserve resources on such a talent.
So, I was going to ask Tigris for a job soon, and in return, I would give him an elixir to help him grow.
In my mind, I just wanted to give it to you, but I am a public figure who needs to pay attention to Tigris and the princess.
If you just said that the Empire would give you an elixir, you could get caught up in a nonsensical gossip.
It should never have happened to hurt the reputation of Tigris, the hero of the zodiac Victorian.
And the emperor told him to watch closely and with interest.
Watching with interest meant seeing if Tigris showed any signs of renunciation.
Emperor Todd and Rain Rover knew that Tigris was not a traitor, but he was worried that someone might steal the gold he had in his hand.
Emperor Todd was seriously considering whether to abolish the law prohibiting marriages within the sixth degree, and to arrange an arranged marriage with the Rain Rover.
“What do you think of marrying Charlotte for the sake of peace in the Empire?”
Logan reflexively snapped at the word marriage.
“no! Our Charlotte is still…!”
Rain Rover grinned as if Logan was laughing at the flustered joke.
‘It’s marriage…’
It was a word still unfamiliar to Rain Rover.