An unknown purple-black pattern wrapped around the floor of the royal castle.
The human corpses started around the gates of the Brilliant Castle and continued all the way inside the castle.
The soldiers seen here and there in the inner city were moving awkwardly like puppets with strings, with their dark eyes flashing.
Buildings were destroyed here and there, and the church in the kingdom’s capital collapsed as if it had been hit by an earthquake.
How did things end up like this? Cleta Argen, who was trying to catch Prince Lev at Ren’s request, felt her head pounding.
‘I never expected Black Star to intervene so blatantly.’
Apparently, they caught Lev targeting the king and came close to arresting him. However, due to the intervention of the Black Star, it was completely destroyed in an instant.
In the end, Lev kidnapped the king, and Morgan, who was protecting the king, was trapped by the Black Star’s tricks for some reason.
More than half of the First Prince’s forces noticed the warlock’s intervention and turned around. The rest may have thought it was already too late to leave, but as you can see, they were controlled by black magic and became puppets.
‘The problem is the black stars… … .’
A demonic barrier surrounding the entire castle. In order to destroy it, they gathered together all of Brilliant’s priests and clashed with each other.
The result was a crushing defeat.
The archbishop in charge of Brillant’s capital, Mel Watts, and three bishops were murdered.
They succeeded in breaking the demonic barrier, but the cost was too great.
Soldiers and knights died countless times. Brilliant’s power, which was already unremarkable, was completely reduced to dust.
The Holy Kingdom noticed this situation and said they were sending support, but don’t they know that?
There must be a reason why these guys who have been quiet until now have shown their full power so openly.
‘That probably means that there is something greater to be gained by destroying Brilliant.’
There is no time. The demonic barrier has been broken, but this side’s power has also been significantly reduced.
The Holy Kingdom will send a cardinal-level priest, but it will take quite some time for them to get here.
Heukseong will definitely finish everything before then.
“Matriarch Layton. “Lord Wren and Cohen are coming from the north?”
“yes. “It’s been a while, so it won’t take too long.”
“I guess we should enter the royal castle right then. “It will be too late if we wait for support from the Holy Kingdom.”
Layton nodded, agreeing with what he said.
“Anyway, I never thought that the Baran Knights would come to help. “You must have been quite exhausted from the war in the North.”
“I know something about the White Horse Knights of Forzend, but the leader was probably Devon Biermatts? “With that guy’s personality, he’s not the kind of guy who would come here thinking it was a waste of time.”
The participation of the Knights of the White Horse in the war was also a question to Cleta. I had seen Devon before when I went to Pozend for work, and he was a guy who didn’t want to go anywhere else because he didn’t have enough time to practice swordsmanship.
Has your personality changed recently?
“Anyway, the only senior knights on our side are you, me, and Scarlett. If the reinforcements include the White Horse Knights, then four more high-ranking knights will be added from that side alone. “If this is enough, it’s worth breaking through.”
“yes? “There are four, isn’t it the uncle, Carly Arjen, and Devon Biermatz?”
Cleta’s eyes twitched at Layton’s question.
Wasn’t Travis part of Ren’s faction?
“Isn’t there Ren?”
“You mean Ren? “Do you mean Ren is a high-ranking knight?”
The Ren that Layton knew was a knight-level warrior. Of course, there are special characteristics to that ability, but if you look at just his physical ability and skills, he was at the level of a knight.
“I guess Ren still doesn’t trust you.”
“What is that… … .”
“Anyway, let’s make a plan. Where is Lev imprisoning the King, and what was his thinking behind his plan to kill the King and keep him alive? “Think about what they’re after.”
“… … All right.”
When I open the window curtain and look outside, I see Scarlet Arjen swinging a sword in the distance.
He’s been mad about not being able to kill the Black Knight last time, so he’s been doing that all day.
“Tsk.”
Cleta’s mind was complicated. Ren said that the purpose of the Black Star was to summon demons.
However, it is said that it will take several years for this to be possible… … .
‘It’s ominous.’
If the reason Lev kidnapped the king and the warlocks showed themselves, wouldn’t it be possible to summon a demon?
‘I guess I’ll have to assume the worst and move on.’
* * *
dark cave. The blue gems embedded in the walls glow and brightly illuminate the interior.
On the floor, there was a strange pattern carved with dried blood, and above it, a round sphere was floating with a flickering black-green light.
A woman with long green hair stands in front of the sphere and stares at something.
“Beniam, if you’re going to stay there like that, can you please get out of here?”
She said irritably to the fat man who was lying against the wall with his bulging belly hanging down.
“You. plaguy. why. number of animals.”
The man named Beniam’s slow, halting speech made her frown.
“You said ‘Marita Vanidi’, not Marie, right? You can call me Marita. And I said I don’t know who it is, but the seeds of death are growing in Brilliant. Brilliant is providing nutrients for those seeds. We need to get rid of Brilliant as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the seeds of death will hinder our cause.”
She gently moved her palms over the sphere and frowned.
Strangely enough, when it comes to Brilliant, the prophecy has been vague lately.
“I don’t understand. Brilliant. ruined. Why worry? Stepping out. fool.”
“damn! A fat little pig! Why do you keep telling me what you know? “If you’re that smart, you can do it yourself!”
“Holy Kingdom. If you know. it’s bothering.”
“Who doesn’t know that? What’s more dangerous than that is the seed of death currently hiding in Brillant! “You donkey-eared bastard!”
“me. teasing. “Are you going to do it?”
“okay! What are you going to do? Shall we stick together once?”
“it’s bothering.”
“under! Look at that saggy belly fat. “What are you doing with that body?”
Marita shakes her head and looks at Beniam with pitiful eyes.
Beniam just sat there without moving his mouth.
“you. Wrong. Northern-.”
“shut up!”
Marita took out a small dagger from her bosom and threw it at Beniam like a thunderbolt.
She threw a dagger at her throat, but her stomach fluttered and leapt up, blocked the dagger, and came back down with a gurgling motion.
The belly fat folded and unfolded as if swallowing a dagger, spitting out the dagger. There was not a single drop of blood where the dagger was stuck.
“What on earth happened to that body?”
“If you touch me one more time. kill.”
“joy!”
She ignored Beniam’s warning and looked at the black-green orb again.
Because I knew that if I stimulated him one more time, that heavy body would really move.
I didn’t avoid it because I was scared. This was because there was no benefit in fighting.
“There is no need to worry about the Holy Kingdom. Is it because you don’t know who the current Pope is? That idiot is so drunk with women and power that he can’t see anything. “Unless we step in, just throw some food at it and it will die down on its own.”
“If it’s wrong. This time too. “I’m angry.”
“joy! As I said last time, I wasn’t wrong. Aison made a mistake. Don’t you know that monsters are stupid? Proper personality should have been planted in the crow. “Does it make sense to be blocked by a ragtag group of allied forces?”
“right. Aison. idiot.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!! Do you even know how to say the right things? “It would be really fun for Aison to hear that sound.”
She held her stomach and giggled.
“Anyway, this time, Black Star used quite a bit of force, so we can’t stop it. Brilliant doesn’t have that much power. “The fact that the Arzen guys got involved was a variable, but that’s about it.”
Marita was confident that an incident like the North would never happen this time.
* * *
Brilliant A royal tomb where past kings are buried.
From Noble mtl dot com
Since Brilliant was once destroyed and revived by neighboring countries, most of the tombs were lost, but there were still a few remaining tombs.
A newly created tomb at the very front of the tombs. Inside, Maurice Hertia, who had not yet died, was buried in a coffin.
“Burying my father alive? “You are truly heartless.”
A man wearing a black robe trudged over and spoke to Lev, who was standing blankly in front of the tomb.
“I would have told you not to set foot in this place.”
“Why? Am I a warlock? Isn’t that a contradiction? You have already received help from black magic. Moreover, to summon the devil-.”
“Shut up! This is a sacrifice for the greater good! It is an inevitable sacrifice to restore this broken kingdom! “I’m different from you dirty bastards!”
He shouts, his red bloodshot eyes flashing with murderous intent.
The warlock smiled at the sight and slowly walked through the graveyard.
“The Great One will descend here. thanks to you. And I will help you.”
“no! The devil is not helping me! “I’m just using them!”
“Is that so?”
The man didn’t really refute anything. It was because I felt it wasn’t worth it.
‘I totally enjoyed it.’
The dark wizard’s eyes, hidden in the shadows beneath his robes, glanced back. I see Lev with his hands shaking and unable to keep still.
A complete contrast to his usual calm and composed appearance.
Lev had already, knowingly or unknowingly, gradually fallen into the hands of the warlock and was completely captured.
The situation that increasingly tightened his grip and the timing of the warlock’s contact coincided perfectly. In the past, people who had no chance to sneak in once showed an opening, and it was easy for them to get caught by their hair.
‘Anyway, what kind of royal tomb is this… … .’
The warlock did not easily understand the decision of his superiors. The Black Star is already out to destroy Brilliant.
I also thought that investing this much power might be too much of an investment. In this case alone, a large number of advanced warlocks and black knights were deployed.
He walked slowly along the tombs and came to the grave at the end.
‘Dual swordsman, Rowan Hertia.’
The tomb of the last king before Brillant collapsed. As a master-level swordsman, he was said to be one of the ten strongest powers on the continent at the time.
‘Except for Rowan Hertia, all the other royal tombs are nothing special.’
A soul like this would be enough power to summon the devil. Well, at least it will be for a moment.
That would be enough to kill off all the major characters and destroy Brilliant.
The warlock smiled leisurely. There was no such thing as failure in his mind. It was impossible to do that.
* * *
Suddenly!
Ugh- Ugh-
Ren frowned. The red sword hanging on his waist buzzed every time he cut down a group of monsters blocking his path.
“Tsk.”
Ren had no choice but to draw his sword.
Light slides and shines over the red sword body as if it were stained with red blood.
Even from the outside, it didn’t look ordinary at all. Compared to this, the appearance of a first marriage can be said to be very ordinary.
There is something awkward about holding a sword in one’s right hand and a red sword in one’s left hand.
“My lord, that sword smells richly of blood.”
Cohen approached and looked at the red sword and said.
“So do i. “This guy kept making noise every time he saw blood, so I took it out for a moment.”
“… … “Can I touch it for a moment?”
“Of course.”
Ren handed him the sword. As Cohen grabbed the sword, an unpleasant feeling of malice and murderous intent came over him.
“Ugh.”
He gritted his teeth and his expression scrunched up. Then, I pumped up a lot of energy and pushed away the negative emotions that were coming.
“Are you okay? this… … , It’s a magic sword.”
“Is this what you mean?”
Demon swords, swords that seem to have been poisoned by the devil, are called that.
Ren felt it was strange, but he didn’t think it was to that extent.
“Just holding it causes a lot of mental fatigue. “Negative emotions keep flooding in, and it’s surprising how the Sword Demon used this.”
“hmm. “I was fine.”
Ren received the sword again.
‘It’s okay.’
It was nothing. It is certain that it is not an ordinary sword. If Lord Cohen says this, I think it could be a really big problem if others mess with this.
“You will have to stay with me for a while. Hmm, I don’t know how to use dual swords, so I won’t have much use for you.”
Ugh-
This guy is vibrating again.
“Not only because of your appearance, but because of the strong scent of blood, you are now a blood sword.”
Ren roughly gave a name and put the blood sword back into its sheath.
‘I’ll have something to write about someday.’