Ed Subjugation (7)
heart is complicated
If we can summarize the feelings of Yenika Palerover in one line, sitting in the waiting room for the VIP of the Elte Chamber of Commerce.
[Yes, Miss Jenika. That… it won’t work. ]
As it is the room where the VIPs wait, the floor height is high and the interior is gorgeous.
Since the Sylvania Academy was filled with people of all kinds of noble status, the Elte Chamber, which was doing business there, had to prepare at least one space for this kind of protocol.
This is the reason why this VIP waiting room is old-fashioned and neat, unlike the general atmosphere of the Sanghoe, which is full of the smell of life.
Yenica, who is from a commoner, wasn’t used to this kind of atmosphere, but she didn’t pay much attention to it because it wasn’t a place to stay for a long time.
I sat quietly on the sofa embroidered with gold thread, taking a sip of the tea the store employee had brought me.
Since the space is so old-fashioned, I tried to act like a lady, but for Yenica, who was in charge of the farm work, a space full of vitality seemed more suitable.
I set the teacup on the teacup stand, and looked up blankly at the large window.
In the window that stretches vertically enough to match the height of the high floor, a bright, round moon is floating as if asking to see me.
After sitting alone on the sofa for the VIP and staring blankly at the moon, Yenika took another deep breath.
All kinds of spirits were gathered around that girl. Some were manifested, some were not… Anyway, it was easy to talk to Yenica, who was very responsive.
[ I’m worried that the female merchant like the bull fox will do her job… But, she’s a woman who distinguishes between public and private life, isn’t she? In such an urgent situation, would you ever think of flirting with Master Ed? My life is at stake. ]
[Yeah, that’s right…! My lifeline as a merchant hangs tonight, so how can I have another useless heart?! ]
The wind spirit Charis in the form of a small sparrow and Lennon in the form of a bluish snake were encouraging Yenika.
Despite the desperate persuasion of the spirits, Yenika, who sat still and drank tea several times, said nothing.
In fact, even the spirits are persuading Yenika with their embarrassment, but the sly and twisted Lortel Keheln is well aware that this opportunity cannot be left alone.
Looking at the situation alone, Ed pushed in and took the Lortel caught by the assailants. In the midst of a situation that seemed to be a night escape for the two of us on this moonlit night, Yenika is sitting in the VIP room and drinking tea alone as a roadblock.
Unhappy with the situation, Yenika was muttering around the corners of the teacup, inflating her cheeks.
The most grumpy part is the fact that he himself nodded at the current situation.
Two goals: to confirm the growth of Taylor McLaugh and to divert Lortel Keheln.
The fact that he needed Jenica’s help to make up the situation… even he himself was convinced.
It would have been okay if I was a little more aggressive and grumpy, but seeing Ed, who always seems serious and is surrounded by all sorts of troubles…
The result is now like this.
In the first place, there is no way that Yenica Palerover could use advanced techniques such as emotional conflict and tug-of-war.
When the other person looks serious, the grass dies at the same time, and when the other person looks happy, she also feels good… In a way, she is the same as innocence itself.
What’s more, when the opponent becomes Ed Roth-Taylor, he becomes a nodding yes-man.
Takan, who was lying on his stomach in a fluid state, watching such a thing, snorted into the air and sighed.
Even in a relationship between a man and a woman, there is a law that takes initiative, and there must be tension that goes back and forth to take the initiative.
When the hell will Yenica Palerover ever take an emotional lead against Ed Roth-Taylor?
With such a vain thought… only sighs flowed out.
“delicious…”
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Meanwhile, the tea is delicious.
Yenika put the teacup back down and grunted as she looked up at the midnight moon.
– Bang!
At that moment, someone came in through the door.
The situation is above the turmoil as Taylor enters. The staff who were guarding the VIP room were all running out to see the situation.
Until Taylor arrived, I thought it was just Yenika’s time alone.
The one who sprinted through the door was… Lienna’s chief secretary.
Former secretary to Lortel Keheln, and now a member of the executive committee passed over to Dune Grex.
He always seems unconfident, and it is clear that he is handling things in a squeaky tone.
Yenica Palerover had also seen her come to the camp, and often saw Lortel sorting papers behind her.
“Ah, what…?!”
Dune’s order to check the lockdown status of major facilities above and take action to prevent damage to other buildings.
After hearing that, Lienna, the secretary, who ran through the back door of the store and quickly checked the facilities… ran into Yenica, who was sitting alone in the VIP waiting room.
It’s a fairly large room, but it’s full of spirits.
A spirit filled the room under the moonlight, and a girl sitting on a sofa for a VIP in the middle and picking up a teacup.
When she glanced around the window and saw Lienna’s secretary, she took a step back and shook her shoulders.
“Hey, hey…”
Buried in the darkness, full of spirits whose eyes only shine.
Among them, the high-ranking fire spirit and the fire lizard Takan can be seen, which are slowly dissolving and manifesting themselves.
The VIP waiting room was really spacious, but it was too small for Tarkan’s body.
I didn’t fully manifest my body, and even though I was crouching on my stomach, the ceiling was full.
A horde of spirits ready to bite all enemies in front of them when the master’s command is given.
A girl was sitting in the crevice, drinking tea.
*- Kaang!
“If you don’t want to tell me where Ed Roth-Taylor is, get out of here!”
Taylor’s sword attack was faster than expected. Jiggs had to clench his teeth just by continuing to push Ziggs and block the incoming Tayley’s Greatsword.
A temperament that keeps getting stronger while fighting.
Ziggs, who had fought Taylor in combat practice in his freshman year, was already familiar with it.
Ziggs admired Taylor’s growth as she got more and more cornered. I applauded seeing him not losing his will in the end despite many trials.
If the world is a stage, then this boy is most likely the one who lives the life of the protagonist.
He is a man who keeps moving forward without breaking his heart despite trials and adversity.
Ziggs was also a man who had been through tough trials, and he appreciated Taylor’s mental power several times.
– Kaak!
However, there are many high and harsh trials in the world. There are many trials that hurt the body and break the mind.
From a position where he was also involved in Ed’s plan, empathizing with and sympathizing with Taylor’s position is too two-fold.
If a man has decided on a path, he must proceed like a horn of iron in that direction.
So, no matter how determined Taylor McLaure comes out, the current Ziggs don’t give him a hand or look after him.
He bent the direction of the spear and slapped Taylor’s side, Ziggs clenched his teeth.
– Kwaang!!
After being hit by Ziggs’ spear, Tailly fell out and left dust and stuck to the inner wall of the hallway.
The dust rose once, but before it scatters and disappears, Taylor leaps out of it.
Ziggs kicked up the gauntlet that had fallen on the floor and grabbed it.
– Kaang!!
The sound of a collision between metals once spread through the hallway. Ziggs flexed the spear he was holding in one hand and attacked Taylor’s flank again, but there was no way that the same move would work twice.
– Kwagak!
When I woke up, Ziggs’ spear had been split in two.
It was impossible. Tailly’s greatsword was clashing with Ziggs’ gauntlet and fighting for strength.
However, while continuing to struggle like that, Taylor slashed the spear of Ziggs ‘at the same time’.
A sword attack that could not be sensible.
Bell or block? At the crossroads of two choices, an area of absurdity that chooses both.
‘Swordsmanship…!’
One of the magical swordsmanship of the swordsmanship school, ‘Illusion Slash’.
It cuts two targets at once, or cuts the direction at an impossible timing…
A trick that completely ignores the movement of force or the principles of physics.
There is a famous anecdote that the two demons who faced the first swordsman Luden McLauer disappeared while looking at each other’s swords as if possessed by a ghost.
There is no workaround.
At least in a one-on-one match where they compete against each other’s skills, not firepower…
– Get it!
The first thing you can do is keep your distance.
Ziggs took a big leap backwards, picked up the rapier on the floor and took a defensive stance.
Not surprisingly, as soon as he took the pose, the next sword strike flew at Ziggs.
Taylor’s sword strikes that even reason can’t be felt.
He grinds his teeth and attacks Ziggs.
Picking up the rapier is a mistake. Don’t fight Taylor McLaugher with a sword.
As if to prove that fact, the rapier with the Ziggs was cut in two in an instant.
The sword attack was avoided, but the impact remains. Ziggs clenched his teeth and took a pose, but had to roll several times on the floor due to the impact of the sword.
“Ugh, whoops…”
In the meantime, I grew up again.
The sword of ordeal that is cornered, if there is a reason to be strong, it will surely become stronger. It is a natural fact as if it has become a law now.
“That’s great, Taylor.”
Ziggs bent one hand wearing the gauntlet once and raised the mace in the other hand.
“The speed of learning is unbelievable.”
“Please move out, Ziggs. I have nothing more to talk about with you.”
“No, you should stop here.”
Ziggs closed his eyes and slowly opened them.
He knew well the temperament of Taylor, who was strong in trials. However, there is also a degree to it.
The building of the Elte Company that Ziggs is guarding.
Going further than this, all Taylor has to do is face more overwhelming and enormous ordeals.
Even so, even in trials, there is a degree. The ones that remain behind this are strong players that cannot be compared to Ziggs.
If you roll harder than this, you will only hurt your body and mind… and you will only lose more.
That’s why, Tailly, now and here, Ziggs himself is overpowering him.
Taylor’s growth was so high that he couldn’t break through Ziggs and was frustrated on the second floor.
It’s good for Taylor to end it that way.
– Hui Yi Lee
The manifestation of high-level magic begins to take place. The mana armaments that Ziggs only take out when they are serious… One by one, they started floating in the air.
Ziggs can handle all kinds of weapons, even if it’s a weapon that uses mana.
Hundreds of weapons float in the air, waiting for their master.
“Let’s end it here, Taylor. Because you won’t be able to go any further behind this point.”
“It’s not for you to judge, Ziggs.”
What happened next was instantaneous.
The world went dark.
It was right after Taylor fired one sword attack. Ziggs was taken aback as he could not understand the situation for a moment.
However, I realized as soon as I saw Taylor swinging the sword once.
The one who cuts everything that can be cut, the first sword lord Luden McLaugh.
Among the swordsmanship rituals that gathered the ideal skills he had been looking for… the technique that pursued the most extreme sword strike.
Swordsmanship – ‘space cut’.
All of the mana weapons that Ziggs had called had been cut.
It wasn’t that Ziggs’ weapons were cut.
It cuts all the space itself, returning existence to nothing.
Tailly’s red eyes looked at Ziggs. The next place the handle of the greatsword gripped with both hands headed was the body of Ziggs Eiffelstein.
Ziggs opened his eyes and gathered his magic power again. The basic wind magic, Wind Blade, strikes Taylor, but even that cuts off.
It is not a simple horizontal cutting or elemental cutting. Space itself turns into nothing and disappears.
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Must be avoided There is no law of destruction other than avoidance.
However, Taylor’s speed is already pushing the limits.
The body is a spear. The muscles scream, the bleeding shows no sign of stopping, and the pain that fills the body rips off Taylor, saying that it is dangerous if the swordsmanship is expressed any longer.
I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to beat Ziggs right now. Even if Ziggs is defeated, it is impossible to know how many more people will block the road ahead.
At this point, if I had to bring the strength of my body to the limit, wouldn’t it be self-destructive?
Still, Taylor never stops.
With his eyes full of willpower wide open, he lowers his posture and digs into Ziggs.
*- Suck
Ayla, who was crossing the dark road in the northern forest, suddenly looked ominously behind her.
I don’t know why she felt that way… but an ominous feeling came over Isla Triss’ back.
“…”
Once you’ve come this far, you have no choice but to make your way to Ed Roth Taylor’s camp.
However, Ayla could not bear the feeling of being too harsh over and over again.
When Ed Roth Taylor first summoned Isla, it was simply a fight to provoke Taylor and see his skills.
However, as Lortel Keheln became involved, he did not expect the plate to grow this much.
What Ayla had imagined was that at most, she thought it was only Dalian.
‘Things are… so different from what I expected…’
If it’s gotten this far, I think we’ll have to ask Ed Roth Taylor.
Wasn’t the scale too big from what we talked about in the beginning? With that in mind, I plan to express my wish to return to Iman Taylor.
However, an ominous feeling that continues to attack seeps into Ayla’s mind.
Ed’s intention to rescue Lortel is well known to Ayla. It’s good that you kidnapped Ayla in the process. At the same time, you can gauge Taylor’s vessel and make the situation even more chaotic.
Isla also owes a little to Ed. There were times when I owed my life, and there were times when I misunderstood the situation and acted harshly.
However, even if you try to pay off the debt, it doesn’t seem right. This is beyond harsh and cruel.
After wandering through the grass for a while, Ila finally saw the camp where Ed Roth Taylor was waiting.
Perhaps it should be the final destination for the rampaging Taylor. that last stage.
Ed’s Northwood Hut Camp.
Yenica and Ed’s hut standing next to each other. Lortel Keheln’s villa on one side.
A bonfire laid out like a square in the center, and various survival equipments around it.
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Magical engineering supplies and crafting tools scattered all over the floor. wood crafting table. wooden shelter. Nets and hunting tools tied here and there.
A scene from the camp that seems to summarize the history of human survival, Ed Roth Taylor, in one scene.
Seeing Ed Rothtailer sitting in front of the bonfire, Ayla realized that an even more sinister energy was growing.
“Sir Ed.”
In a low voice, Ayla calls out Ed’s name.
Ed slowly lifted his head, and his sharp eyes were revealed between his bangs and shaded face.
Behind every stage, there are those called the black screen.
They are the ones who can’t ruthlessly gauge what’s inside, and it’s impossible to even understand their intentions.
Those who thought they had fully grasped it, but are still holding their breath by digging a deeper trap… The moment when their true colors are revealed is the scariest.
“Are you here?”
“I have something to tell you.”
When Ayla lost her luck, Ed Roth-Taylor responded first as if he had been waiting.
“You can’t go back. Until this is over.”
*You can see the collapsed floor. over your head.
As soon as Ziggs came to his senses, he finished understanding the situation.
“Wow!”
Jigs stuck on the floor looked up at the ceiling, and saw Taylor looking down at Ziggs from above.
His arms trembled from the recoil of the swordsmanship, and blood was dripping from the wounds.
Still, Taylor McLaugher stood upright on the strength of his two feet.
In the extreme extreme, in a situation where they give and receive one final match… Taylor slashed the floor, not Ziggs.
To get rid of the Ziggs blocking the way.
Ziggs quickly regained his composure and stood up, but Taylor didn’t mind and headed upstairs.
“Tailey! stop! If you go further than that, there is nothing better for you!”
There is loyalty to Ed. Ziggs Eiffelstein, who knows how to keep the least amount of loyalty, couldn’t divulge all of Ed’s plans or all his intentions.
However, at least we don’t want to create a situation where Taylor gets more hurt. The best move would have been for him to overpower Taylor here.
I’m stuck in the middle, but I do whatever I can. A human named Jigs has always lived that way.
However, Taylor didn’t care.
“What lies ahead… I know! stop! Stop and listen, Taylor!”
what is in front of it Ziggs knows, Taylor doesn’t.
But Taylor at least knows what’s at the ‘end’ of the road. It is Isla Triss who has been taken right away.
That fact alone… Taylor goes on. No matter what Ziggs Eiffelstein yells, he doesn’t listen.
So the swordsman, Taylor McLaugh, left Ziggs Eiffelstein behind… and went upstairs.
Looking at Taylor who had left, Ziggs frowned. It had already left my hand, but he kept raising his voice and calling out to Taylor.
Eventually, Taylor McLaugh reached the third floor of the Elte Company building.
Searching for the traces of Ed Roth Taylor, he crosses the hallway with his body that is becoming shattered.
Breathing in, grabbing my hazy mind… I wandered around looking for Isla.
The straight hallway was long and long.
The rooms used by the departments that manage various documents in the company were full, and there were waiting rooms to receive guests, but it doesn’t feel popular anywhere.
– Bang!
But eventually, a huge and luxurious door opens across the hallway.
“Hey hey!”
– Kwadangtang!
Lienna’s secretary, who opened the door and ran out, rolls the floor. Although she fell quite violently, Lienna’s secretary, who got up without paying attention, ran down the hallway with tears in her eyes.
“Sin… I’m sorry! sorry!”
Closing her eyes tightly, she tapped Taylor on the shoulder and ran towards the other side of the hallway.
Taylor frowned for a moment, watching Lienna’s secretary run away.
Tailley, with her tiring body, headed in the direction Lienna had escaped from. There… There is a scene that Taylor could never have imagined.
It was only then that Taylor opened her eyes to confirm what Lienna’s secretary had seen.
Extraordinary sized VIP waiting room. A girl with pale pink hair is sitting alone in that huge space and drinking tea on the hospitality sofa.
Taylor McLaugh knows the girl well. For Taylor… the girl is an object of insurmountable fear.
In the Nail Hall, wearing Glass Khan’s power and running wild, in the Ophelis Hall, blocking the front of the wrecked Ed, in Glast’s underground laboratory, under the control of high-ranking spirits.
The immature girl that Yenica Palerover usually shows, Taylor McLaugher had never seen before.
To him, a human named Yenica Palerover is like a human weapon that treats many high spirits like limbs. It is like an object of fear.
Next to the girl sitting with her back to the moonlight lies a staff that looks exactly like the one used by Ed Roth Taylor.
Various tech supplies that Ed would have supported, a shock-reinforced wave or rake, a magic phase shifter, and even… a Del Heim hourglass.
Even if it’s a fight where they fight each other with all their might on a fair arena, there’s almost no chance of winning for Taylor. In addition, if he was wearing a lot of magic equipment that had Ed’s touch on him… the situation is even more desperate.
Yenica Palerover is holding a teacup and looking at Taylor McLaur with sullen eyes. The forces of the spirits that unfolded after that were an opponent of a level that could not be ignored one by one.
Before I knew if I could reach Ed Roth Taylor,
Will he be able to defeat his most famous aide… and his closest colleague, Yenica Palerover?
It is always said that trials are high and difficult, but there is always that level.
Ziggs, who was trying to stop Taylor, still seems to be spreading.
“Come.”
in the dark of the moonlit night.
The girl who had been sitting on the hospitality sofa slowly stood up.
An ordeal that cannot be broken raises the body.
“Let’s finish it quickly.”
I don’t even have the heart to touch it. The feared object doesn’t even show any signs of paying attention to Taily.
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Magical energy begins to flow from the spirits’ bodies.
Taily gripped the sword with difficulty, but couldn’t stop his legs from trembling.
Elementalist Yenica Palerover.
The girl who was sitting and guarding the waiting room for the VIP on the 3rd floor.
An opponent you must break through to reach Ed Roth Taylor.
However, there was nothing that could be said to be a way out of that enormous ordeal…