Ryan Arzen.
If you were to choose the most rational person among the brothers of the Arjen family, you would think of him.
A person with strong self-confidence who does not easily believe something he has not seen.
‘I guess this is also testing me.’
Of course, unlike others who dismiss the rumors as nonsense, they are open to the possibility that they may be true.
It would be easier to deal with if you didn’t trust them, but these types of people are difficult to deal with.
Since you are constantly testing and judging, the other person must also constantly think about their intentions.
“Is that rumor true?”
“No way. “So you’re saying I was able to act like that at such a young age?”
“Well, I was just asking just in case.”
He laughs lightly, taps Ren on the arm, and turns around.
“See you next time, little brother.”
After Lian disappeared after a simpler greeting than expected, the imperial swordmaster approached Ren.
“It’s Lowell Gold Harbor. “It is also called an intangible sword.”
He had short, bushy brown hair, a stylish beard, and a large, muscular build.
The three sword lords of the empire extended their hands to Ren.
“This is Ren Argen.”
Ren clasped hands and greeted.
“I heard there was friction with our drivers.”
I thought he was going to argue with me about that, but instead Lowell smiled lightly.
“Shouldn’t you have been gentler? “Well, it’s my first time representing an event like this, so I might be angry.”
“… … yes?”
“As the empire grows stronger, the pride of those who belong to it also grows. As a result, this kind of thing often happens when we meet people from other countries. Well, our kids did something wrong, so I’m not trying to criticize you.”
Ren was a little confused.
Lowell, who he thought would be hostile towards him, was surprisingly showing a friendly look in his eyes.
“You don’t look very angry, do you?”
“Well, there’s no reason to be angry. “The fault was our kids’ mistakes.”
He looks a little different from the sword lords who are said to have high arrogance and strong pride.
“I like talented guys. People like you. hahahaha.”
“Isn’t this your first time seeing it?”
“Isn’t there a rumor going around? And seeing it up close like this makes me even more confident.”
A strange look appeared in the sword owner’s eyes.
“Are you the real Master?”
“… … .”
Ren withheld his answer. This was because he did not want to go around bragging that he was a master, and he did not yet believe in the Three Sword Masters.
“Your mouth is heavy. Even if I ask you to fight, you won’t do it, right?”
“yes.”
“It’s a shame. “I’ll see you again soon.”
After saying that, the three sword masters left.
“wren.”
After all the representatives of the delegation had left, Karina, who remained until the last, called him.
“Yes, princess.”
“… … .”
She closed her mouth and glared at Ren.
‘What did I do wrong?’
While Ren was embarrassed and reconsidering his actions in his head, Karina spoke again.
“wren.”
“yes. If I did anything wrong… … ?”
“It’s not like that. hmm… , I speak so easily, why do you do that?”
“yes? What did I… … .”
For a moment, Ren didn’t understand what she said and asked back.
“That means you can treat me comfortably.”
She continued speaking calmly.
“But how could I do that to the princess?”
“Aren’t you also a representative of the same delegation as me?”
“That was for a moment-.”
“And he is the hero who saved the North and the general of the Brillant Kingdom.”
“… … .”
Carina’s Ren kept his mouth shut. It was because I had no idea what to answer.
“You don’t like it?”
“Oh, no. Rather than dislike it… “I just wanted to know if it was okay to do this.”
“That’s okay. Didn’t I give you permission?”
“All right. “Then, I will call you comfortably when it’s just the two of us.”
“… … “Call me.”
When he was about to call her comfortably, Ren, who had been speechless, hesitated for a moment and eventually called her name.
“… … “Carina.”
“Listening… Feel so good. wren.”
“okay.”
Ren awkwardly scratched his head and looked away, feeling an unfamiliar sensation as if bugs were crawling all over his body.
“Oh, I guess I should go now.”
“Okay, next time I see you, I’ll see you in Rosaria Kingdom.”
“Let’s talk comfortably then. “I don’t have time for that now.”
“So then.”
We smiled lightly at each other, said goodbye, and left for each other’s lodgings.
“hmm… … ?”
This feeling of something tickling. The feeling of being drained of energy keeps hitting Ren.
Ren, who was on his way to the Brilliant delegation’s lodgings, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
I thought it was because of Karina, but it feels strange.
A foreign sensation, a feeling that somehow bothers me.
Ren slowly raised his energy.
It’s shaky… … . Pajik.
Strands of shallow current flowing across the palm bounce slowly.
‘… … surely.’
The flow of energy is slightly distorted.
Ren’s face became serious.
‘Something is happening.’
Ren raises his head upward and looks at the sky that has turned gloomy. A yellow light spread shallowly between the gray clouds that looked like rain was about to pour down at any moment.
‘First of all, we have to let people know.’
Ren immediately changed direction and moved toward where Aston was.
Since there is a Basil in Brilliant, he must have noticed something strange. He would have been careful to warn people.
‘sh*t… , I don’t feel good.’
It might be unlucky. But Ren’s senses were warning him that this was no ordinary situation.
* * *
“Wait, stop.”
Karina, who was returning to her quarters with the soldiers of the mission, stopped when she saw a man blocking her path.
Palely white skin with a black tint. A man with excessive makeup that did not suit his muscular body.
He trampled on the three knights of the delegation at once.
“I said I don’t like ugly things.”
Karina, who immediately realized that not only her appearance but also her skills were extraordinary, got off the carriage and stood in front of him.
“Who are you?”
“oh… , also. “As rumored, she’s a great beauty, right?”
He grins and looks at her with a knowing gaze.
Even though he knows Karina, he has a relaxed attitude. It was clearly not someone who had received an invitation from Seongguk.
That means it passed through inspection. Moreover, doing this in the middle of a castle meant that he had the confidence not to get caught.
‘Dangerous.’
I knew it instinctively. My instincts were warning me that I was more dangerous than any other guy I had ever met.
Karina immediately took out a staff from her waist.
“I asked what it was.”
“hmm… … , I want to tell this pretty girl. You don’t want to tell the others, do you? hehehehe. “Do you still want to hear it?”
A very strange way of speaking. Karina realized that she was someone she couldn’t communicate with and raised her magic power.
But the flow of magical energy welling up inside my body wavered uneasily.
‘Why is magic like this?’
Although it was slight, the magic power was clearly being distorted little by little from below.
The more advanced a person is, the easier it is to feel even the smallest differences and be greatly affected.
She frowns and glares at the man.
“What on earth have you done?”
“Oh my, what a mess. They say it when it’s just the two of us. okay. “I’ll take care of it quickly.”
The man who said that gathered up a lot of black magic energy in both hands and threw it into the air, scattering it around the carriage.
Black magic energy spread like fog, enveloping Karina and the delegation.
“Ugh… … !”
Karina pushes away the foreign force entering her body and frowns.
“Khaaa!!”
“You bastard, how dare you cross Alea?”
“shut up! Alea is mine!”
“hehehehe… , Ruby. Do you know how much I wanted you?”
“What are you saying, you dirty bastard? “I like Jack!”
A political fight within the delegation suddenly began.
For a moment, Karina did not understand whether what she was hearing was correct.
“Did you do this?”
“hehehehe. “I just fed their desires.”
The man said with a sneer.
Karina urgently tried to use magic to stop them, but each time the man attacked her and prevented her intervention.
“Oh my, pretty girl should play with me. Where are you paying attention? “I’m sad.”
“It was a warlock. “Do you think you can survive like this in the middle of a holy country?”
“Who is worried about whom?”
The man who disappeared from Karina’s sight for a moment turned into a black mist and appeared behind Karina and kicked her.
“Kuhuhuh… … !!”
I urgently tried to spread the shield to block it, but the shield shattered and Karina rolled on the ground.
Before she had time to get into position, a man approached her and grabbed Karina’s face and lifted her up.
“Pretty girl has work to do. I won’t kill you. hehehe… … . So stop rebelling. “Before I cut that pretty face in half.”
Karina looked over the man’s shoulder with trembling eyes.
In that short period of time, the entire delegation died.
Where did this monster appear?
The man’s face, whose expression was distorted like that of a demon, began to gradually fade.
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* * *
Some basement.
In the darkness, golden luminous stones illuminate the interior, and Raman’s spear is neatly placed on the handsome altar.
“Kwiik. “Kwiik.”
A man wearing a gold priest’s robe, who brought a goat that was screaming in pain, impaled it on Raman’s spear.
“Quiiiiiiiiiic!!”
Blood flows down the window, into the groove of the altar, and touches the black magic circle drawn on the floor.
Hwaaa…
And as if blood was being sucked into the magic circle, the black lines began to turn red.
“hehehehe… … .”
A magic circle that glows with a fishy laugh.
The black cylinder rises upward as if surrounding the altar, and the blood of the goat stuck in Raman’s spear is sucked up in an instant and seeps into the white spear.
“Azazel begins. “Today, the Holy Kingdom will be erased from the continent.”
As the black demonic energy crawling like a snake across the floor climbed up the altar and melted into Raman’s spear, Raman’s white spear turned dark red.
“The holy relics will be so polluted, and the continent will be dyed black.”
The black magic energy that came out of Raman’s window broke through the ceiling and soared into the sky.
“The Great Demon’s ritual begins.”
The man took off his golden priest’s robe and put on the black robe that was hanging next to him.
“Osilia… … “Your foolish love is what made the Pope and this country like this.”
The man twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered to himself.
* * *
Len, who met Aston, explained to him about this strange phenomenon.
“I was feeling strange too. “After hearing Ren’s words, I feel even more confident.”
The cardinal who was with Aston tilts his head.
“What do you feel? “I still-.”
At that time, an unpleasant wave of energy rapidly expanded beneath the temple of Astenon.
The black magic energy rising into the sky spread out in a circle and began to surround the entire Bastian in the shape of a dome.
“What on earth is this…?” … !”
The Cardinal couldn’t understand why such powerful magical energy suddenly burst out in a place where he had not felt any magical energy just a moment ago.
“Aston, what on earth is over there?”
“… … Holy relic. Rahman’s window was hidden in the basement.”
“The holy relic… … .”
At that time, the conversation with Lorez flashed through Ren’s mind.
– Oh, that… … . Lord Ren, have you seen the Holy Relic?
– … … Holy relic?
– … … yes.
– What holy object?
– Just like that. There are famous holy relics. Like Raman’s spear. I wanted to see it too, but I was wondering if Lord Ren had seen it.
Lorez suddenly calls Ren, saying he has something to say, and suddenly brings up the topic of sacred objects.
‘It’s clear he was aware of this situation. But then, why did you bother to tell me about the sacred items?’
“strength… , I am losing strength.”
“Damn, what is going on! Sir Ren! “Do you know anything?”
As that black pillar appears, the power is sucked out faster and faster.
Ren quickly organized the past events in his head.
A more intense sense of crisis than ever came over Ren.
‘If I go there right now, can I stop it?’
Ren shook his head. impossible. There was no way the Black Star guys could have acted so sloppily.
You must remain calm. More information was needed to resolve this situation.
‘Lorez Kadelberg… … , I need to find him.’
Ren decided to get married for the first time.
“You two, please quickly inform the people that this is an emergency and gather as much strength as possible and go to the Temple of Astenon. “It seems like the Black Star used the power of the holy object to make a move.”
“All right.”
“What are you trying to do?”
“I plan to find someone who might know about this situation.”
Lorez still doesn’t know that he was discovered to be a member of the Black Star.
I was able to find enough.
Ren immediately turned around and headed towards where the Rosaria delegation was.
“ha… … .”
When we arrived at the delegation’s lodgings, the atmosphere was very chaotic and people were moving around busily.
“wren.”
And Karina, whose clothes were tattered and torn, came over to Ren and grabbed his hand, as if she had been waiting for him.
“Ka, Karina?”
“Follow me. I have something to say.”
Ren was suddenly pulled by Karina’s hand and entered the dormitory.