Episode 20 – Revenge (2)
20. Revenge (2)
Sunday, 5:50 p.M., 23-04 Landville.
A desolate alley full of closed stores.
Liquor bottles, butts, and trash left behind by gangsters were scattered here and there like decorations.
Tap, step, step.
With a straight, graceful step.
Aria waded through the dirt and headed toward a building.
It was an empty store with a red sign with half of the paint peeling off.
Squeak.
Let’s go inside the store.
Clear mana can be felt through the smell of rotten dust.
Aria lightly gestured to touch the flow of mana.
Sweet!
Then a crack appeared in the wooden floor, and the rectangular door swung open.
“Huh… If you had waited a little longer, I would have opened it.”
A man’s head suddenly popped out from inside.
“Did you figure this out in such a short period of time? “You are amazing.”
Burrow smiled gently and praised Aria.
“······.”
But Aria did not miss the base greed that flashed in his eyes.
“Please come down here.”
Burrows only left her head uncovered and he motioned her to her.
“Everyone is waiting.”
Although she arrived 10 minutes early, Aria was the last one.
Enter through the open door.
Let’s go down the stairs.
A fairly large basement appeared.
Looking at the structure of the space and the oak barrels scattered here and there.
It seemed like it was probably used as a brewing room.
There were a total of eight cadets inside, excluding Burrow and Aria.
They saw Arya following behind the Burrow and her eyes widened.
“Who is that person?”
“Oh, no way…”
“Okay. “It’s Miss Aria.”
Burrow responded to the cadets by nodding his head.
Oak barrels gathered in the center as a table.
The interior is slightly dark with three lanterns placed on top.
Coupled with the unique atmosphere of the basement brewing room, it felt like a secret society meeting.
“······.”
But Arya knew very well what was hidden beyond the reach of the lantern’s light.
“Now, now. Please sit down.”
Burrow sat at the head of the table, and Aria sat at the end.
“Thank you all for taking the time to come together even during difficult times.”
Burrow opened his speech with a strong voice.
“Recently, the tyranny of nobles has become increasingly severe. Even though we are the same cadets. “Don’t you all feel it?”
“······.”
“······Certainly, it seems a little too much.”
The male student wearing glasses was the first to agree.
That seems to have been a signal.
Lamentations about our situation came out in droves.
“······Why on earth are you asking me to do your homework?”
“They say they need to experiment with magic, but they keep trying to do it on my body.”
“There were times when I couldn’t say a word all day because I kept casting silence spells.”
“I broke the artifact that my mother left behind as her keepsake.”
“Whenever I put a textbook on the desk, there was always ashes left. Damn you guys.”
The cadets were fervently expressing their dissatisfaction, as if they had accumulated a lot.
In a sense, it was only natural that only the most serious victims were gathered in the first place.
‘This is going to be easier than you think.’
Burrow, who had only given up at first, smiled as he watched their cries.
This is because the more excited you are, the more blurred your rational judgment becomes.
He waited for the commotion to die down and then spoke again.
“How long do we have to live with this? “I still have three years left at the academy.”
“Don’t you want to give a blow to those who boast that they are just nobles and were born into a good, lucky family?”
“Do we, who stayed up all night studying and practicing hard to get into El Prime Academy, have to live like this?”
Did you prepare a message in advance?
Burrow smoothly used his tongue to elicit emotions from the cadets.
The cadets, who were slightly mentally unstable, gradually assimilated to him.
“So…Do you have any thoughts?
“Of course.”
Burrow nodded his head confidently.
“I have a plan in mind.”
“A neat plan that will never put you in danger or get caught.”
“If it succeeds, it is certain that the tyranny of the nobles will completely end.”
Burrow catches the wind with a firm attitude.
“What?”
“Is there such a way?”
The cadets looked at him with doubtful eyes.
However, even if it was a false story, there was a bit of hope in it that made me want to believe it.
A tired mind due to stress.
The atmosphere that has been created so far.
And because of Burroughs’ speech.
The cadets were not as alert as usual.
“If you’re not sure, why would I have secretly invited you all to a place like this?”
“······.”
“We need your help.”
“No… I think we should first hear what the plan is.”
“That’s…”
Burrow took out a piece of paper from his arms.
“I can’t tell you right now. “I will only inform those who have fully joined my plan.”
He placed the paper in the middle of the table.
A variety of geometric patterns and ancient runes were intricately intertwined on the paper.
“Is this…?”
“It is a ‘blood oath.'”
* · * *
“Blood oath…”
Is it because I studied magic?
The cadets all seemed to know.
A contract using black magic where if you break the contract you will immediately lose your life.
Of course, black magic is taboo magic.
Even a 5-year-old child knew that it was often secretly used by nobles and in major transactions.
“If it becomes known, it will be difficult to handle.”
Everyone nodded.
If it is discovered that you have harmed a noble, you will lose your head.
“There is no major problem. We will not reveal the conversation we had here to anyone except us. “This is enough.”
Burrows took out his pen on the spot and wrote the contents on paper.
Crunchy.
Of course, you should check this type of contract carefully.
There was no room for deception in a sentence of less than three lines, so the cadets could immediately see that there was no problem with the content.
Burrow took out a small bowl and a short dagger.
Ji Ik.
Soon after, he lightly cut his palm and put the blood into my bowl.
In order for a blood oath to be established, one must voluntarily shed one’s blood.
This means that a contract cannot be concluded by suddenly cutting the other person and causing blood.
“If you are interested in joining me.”
Burrow put down the bowl and dagger and gestured.
“······I will do it.”
The boy with glasses from earlier moved first again.
“Me too.”
“I will do it.”
When one person steps forward, all of the cadets cut off their hands.
This does not mean participating in the plan.
I’m just maintaining silence about what happened here, so there isn’t much of a burden.
First of all, I wanted to hear what Burrow was saying.
“······.”
Burrow’s smile grew deeper as he watched the blood being poured into the bowl.
The blood of 9 people has already been contained.
The last remaining aria.
“Miss Aria. Would you like to join us?”
“······.”
Aria looked at the bowl in front of her in silence.
Jaw.
She immediately picked up her bowl and lifted it up.
Sigh.
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One corner of her mouth was raised.
As if laughing.
“······Miss Aria?”
Burrow sensed something was wrong with her and called her again.
Wow!
Without hesitation, Arya overturned her bowl and spilled her blood onto the floor.
“Oh, no!?”
“What is this!”
The cadets were taken aback by her unexpected behavior.
“What, what!? “How do you know that?”
But the one who was most embarrassed was Burrow.
“Four years!! “What is it?”
He jumped up from his seat, threw off the mask he usually wore, and screamed loudly.
A blood oath is not the only contract that requires voluntarily shed blood.
Deuddeudeudeudeuk!!
The basement began to vibrate loudly.
“What, what!!”
At the same time, the magic circle hidden in the darkness glowed with red light.
A pentagram painted in blood hidden between cleverly placed furniture.
It covered the entire basement floor.
Whaaah!
Omangseong radiated bright light as if he had nothing to hide anymore.
Burrow shouted with a face distorted like a murderer.
“That’s it! “I’ll just subdue you and-.”
Aria quickly raised her hand and touched her right earring.
＞
A huge amount of mana bursting out at the same time.
Like a flooding tsunami.
Mana swept through the entire hall.
“Uh huh…”
“Uh······.”
Sharp! Flutter, flutter!
The cadets who were hit directly by Mana fell to the ground without having time to understand the situation.
He wasn’t dead.
I only fainted for a moment.
It was a sleep magic stored in Aria’s earring artifact.
However, there was one cadet left who did not fall asleep.
Deuddeudeudeuk!!
Amidst the increasingly severe vibrations, a stream of blood flowed from Burrow’s mouth.
“Ouch… Damn it!”
His skin gradually turned purple as he held his head.
Ugly veins protruded from his clean face.
“I don’t know how you noticed, but it’s no use! Because he’s going to kill you!”
His voice changed to a sound like scraping metal.
As if in response, a crack appeared in the exact center of the room.
Quad! Kwazijic!
Between the cracks that tear the air.
Ominous black magic began to flow out.
Kuwaaa!
Soon, the magical powers are mixed together.
It formed the appearance of a man with a thin body.
Pale skin, thin face.
Fancy robes and sleek all-white hair.
It looked like a warlock full of madness.
The demon puffed out his chest and chuckled in satisfaction.
Dark demonic energy flowed out of his body.
[My descendants, you have been good to me. Eight is not bad.]
“Oh…!”
Burrow bowed his head low on the floor as if he was in mourning.
[Hmm? Why are they all asleep?]
But as the devil looked around him, he realized that something was strange about the situation.
Burrow pointed at Aria and told her off.
“Hey, that’s what she did!”
[Hum.]
A devil with an interesting expression.
[This is a crude sleep spell. Was it you who put my ‘contract partners’ to sleep?]
He glanced at Aria with unpleasant eyes.
Soon his eyes sparkled like a child who discovered a toy.
[Oh! Such talent…!]
His face turned red as he was very excited.
[How about… Why not become a member of the throne?]
“Affiliate?”
Aria furrowed her pretty eyebrows as if she was disgusted.
“There is only one person in this world who can own me.”
[······?]
You don’t feel intimidated even when you’re in front of me?
The moment when the devil feels puzzled by Aria’s strangely strong attitude.
[Magias!!!!!]
Phew!
The tip of the sword protruded from the devil’s chest.
[?!?!?!]
A huge black sword pierced straight through the upper body from behind the back.
[You…!!!]
The devil’s wide eyes turned their head, filled with terrible astonishment.
[Such a rat!! You finally got it!!! hahahahaha!!!!]
Bergov, the sword demon, burst into laughter filled with joy.
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