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6 Black Forest (2)
“ No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand.”
A low murmur came out of Priscilla’s mouth as she walked down the halls of Chimseonggung with quick steps.
“ Is that just the work of a warlock?”
There wasn’t one or two things that were questionable.
Black magic was not a very good way to assassinate people.
Once the sacrifice was needed, the implementation of the magic itself was not so secretive.
Said it would be more efficient to send the assassins one more time.
There she knew.
According to Prince Zion’s order, the magic circle he completed was not just for searching for black magic.
‘ Perhaps the Hwangseong side has doubts about this incident.’
So, they would do their own investigation, and the results would come out soon, but Priscilla didn’t want to wait until then.
She wanted to hear the full story of this incident directly from Zion’s mouth.
‘ No, shouldn’t you at least tell me? I even provided a magic circle and even blood!’
So it was she who came to Shion’s private gym like this every day since then.
“ Now, His Majesty the Prince does not want to see anyone.”
The only thing he always came back to was a congratulatory spirit.
Even that, Fredo was speaking on his behalf.
“ Why?”
“ Because of the shock from the last incident… … .”
“ Gura… … No, don’t lie! The prince is the one who handled ‘it’ in the first place!”
“ Please refrain from speaking. Your Majesty has ordered you to keep quiet about it.”
“ No, I’m not affiliated with Chimseonggung, and I’m not under His Majesty, so why do I have to follow that… … .”
Priscilla, who had been talking up to that point in a rage, shut her mouth.
It reminded me of Shion looking down at him with languid eyes.
I didn’t say anything to her in a coercive tone, and I didn’t use that incomprehensible force.
When Priscilla spoke to Shion, somehow she felt compelled to follow what she said.
Something lurking deep in the silent eyes of Zion.
There was something magical about making people follow them and making them irresistible.
Obviously, the former Prince of Zion did not exist.
“ Oh, and the Prince had a message to tell Priscilla.”
Fredo’s voice continued to Priscilla’s ear, who was thinking of Shion.
“ What, what is it?”
“ If you don’t have anything to do now, please go home now… … .”
Her face, which had brightened for a moment, wrinkled at those words.
* * *
The Chronicle of Flosimar’s Heroes depicts the future hundreds of years later in the world where Zion originally lived.
So, all kinds of developed cultures existed.
Dumpling, jerking!
The magic train that Shion was currently boarding was one of them.
The magic train, which runs on a fixed railroad using magic power as a power source, is one of the people’s favorite means of transportation, and it could move anywhere in the empire.
‘ I’ll have to try it once I get back to the original world.’
As if he was interested in the magic train, he glanced at the scenery outside the window that was passing by quickly, and Sion’s eyes slowly turned to the next room.
Then I felt a secret gaze.
‘ As expected.’
I knew the eyes would catch up from the time I came out of the secret branch of ‘Eye of the Moon’.
In fact, it was aimed at exposing her hair.
It will be convenient when you want additional information by putting it close together.
After all, they won’t be able to get anything more out of them.
There was a possibility that information that he had come out could flow into the Imperial Palace due to the exposure of his hair, but Sion was certain that it would not.
First of all, ‘Eye of the Moon’ had a strong tendency to take a step back and watch when the imperial family or the imperial family were involved.
Above all, the ‘Eye of the Moon’, which values trust and accuracy as the best, could not leak information that was not yet accurate.
Zion’s face is not known to the outside world because he hasn’t gone out of the Imperial Castle since childhood, so it will take a long time to figure out his identity.
By the time they figured it all out, Zion would have gone back into the Imperial Castle.
‘ I chose the eyes of the moon for another reason.’
Of course, the Eye of the Moon is also an information guild that is located at the top, but there were other information guilds if you had to choose.
Still, the reason why Zion chose ‘Eyes of the Moon’ was because it was a place that served as the eyes and ears of a hero who would appear in the not-too-distant future.
A guild that generously provided all support to the heroes with the sole belief that they would save the world purely regardless of any interests.
So I wanted to see it with my own eyes.
– After a while, you will arrive at Ruin Station. Please use the door on the left to get off. … .
A guide sound was heard in Shion’s ear.
Shion, who had stopped thinking about him, quietly got up from his seat.
From the time he dealt with the monsters in Chimseonggung, or even when he stopped the assassins from attacking before that, there was something Shion had been thinking about.
Recruitment of those who will be right next to you and become your hands and feet.
No matter how Zion was, he couldn’t do everything alone, and the knights and servants of Chimseonggung had too much power and ability to break out of the future Hell Road.
There was no time left to train from scratch.
So, using the information from the chronicle given to him, Sion turned his eyes away from the Imperial Castle.
Outer city Ruin.
In this city bordered by the mighty Saleos Mountains to the north of the Empire, Zion intended to reap his first subordinates.
‘ To be precise, it is an area close to this city.’
Wei Ying-
The train’s door opens gently.
The cold air of the north was felt on the skin of Zion who came down with him.
It was still summer, so there was no snow, but it was cold enough to see white steam coming out of my mouth.
‘You ‘re right.’
Seeing the city plaza immediately after leaving the station and the huge flame burning in the middle of the plaza, Sion nodded slightly.
That flame was a flame that only burned while the ‘purifying agent’ was open.
purifying agent.
Held once a month in Ruin, it was an event to purify sins and pray for future well-being through the beings who protect the city.
And Sion was planning to use the purification agent to be carried out this time.
‘ To be precise, it is an event that will happen with the purification agent.’
According to the chronicle, the city Ruin will be destroyed at the end of this purification.
It was the first big incident that occurred in the beginning of the story, and the opportunity to be born as one of the heroes of the future.
Only through this incident could Shion receive the person he thought of as his subordinate, so he came here in a hurry as soon as the cleaning of Chimseonggung was finished.
‘ And the starting point of Ruin’s destruction is the Black Forest.’
black forest.
A place that exists on the outskirts of Ruin City and is said to be known only to the family of Ruin’s lords.
Naturally, Shion also knew the identity of such a Black Forest.
A place where one of the ‘evils’ that opposed the world of the past is sealed.
‘ The lord’s permission is essential to enter the Black Forest, but… … .’
There were other methods that existed only at this time.
Shion, who gathered her thoughts while walking like that, went into an alley with few people and opened her mouth while looking at a wall.
“ Me.”
A wall where nothing happens of course.
“ I never say the same thing twice.”
But Shion, who didn’t care, flicked a small finger toward the wall.
OK.
Fagit!
“ Hey, heck!”
A small spark flew out, and the wall that had never been there trembled, and a woman with short hair with large eyes popped out.
“… … How did you know?”
A woman looking at Zion with eyes filled with agitation and asking.
The woman’s name was Nariero, a top informant in ‘Eye of the Moon’.
All the other things were clumsy, but she had risen to the position of a top-ranked informant only by hiding and chasing.
Therefore, she did not understand the current situation in which she was discovered.
“ I’ll make another quest.”
As if he had no intention of answering Nari’s question, Shion continued.
“ Information on the recruitment period for mercenaries in Yeongjuseong. And the location of the tattooed six-headed beasts in this city.”
At this time, Ruin’s lord castle recruits mercenaries to subdue the Black Forest.
Zion was planning to use it.
There, ‘Black Forest Subjugation’ was closely related to the starting point of Ruin’s destruction, so it was possible to enjoy the effect of one stone and two birds.
“ Yes? yes?”
At the sudden remark, Nari asked with a puzzled expression, but Shion turned around without answering to that.
“ Because the name is one of the best intelligence guilds in the empire, I believe it won’t take long.”
“ It’s not the best yet… … .”
Shion knew that it would happen in the future and was saying it, but Narie had no way of knowing it.
“… … Six-headed beast tattoo? And how did you know that the lord’s castle was recruiting mercenaries?”
Soon after, a voice full of doubts came out of her mouth, but the figure of Sion who could answer him was already far away.
* * *
A lord’s castle that exists in the heart of the outlying city of Ruin.
“… … Do you really have to?”
In the office located on the top floor of the castle, a middle-aged man with a timid expression looked at the woman with flaming red hair and opened his mouth heavily.
“ Of course.”
The woman, Lane Dranir, nodded as she looked at Richard Dranir, a middle-aged man who was also his father and Lord of Ruin.
“ This is your chance to get rid of this dog-like cleanser.”
Lane’s remarks were harsh, but the lord continued to speak without pointing out, although he had a dissatisfied expression on whether he was already familiar with it.
“ Even our ancestors who wielded the power of dragons simply sealed them. What can you do about that?”
“ Father.”
Lane’s voice is brimming with power.
“ I don’t want to dedicate the people of our estate to someone like that anymore. No, I won’t give it to you. Even if they have committed any crime!”
As if not to listen to any more words, Lane leaves the office door with those words.
“… … .”
Yeongju looked at her daughter’s back with anxious eyes and let out a small sigh.
“ Damn it… … .”
A small swear word came out of Lane’s mouth as he left the office and walked somewhere.
The Dranir family that rules the city Ruin.
She was also the family of the great hero who destroyed the ‘evil’ in the past and saved the entire northern region of the empire.
But that was only partially true.
Salvation is imperfect.
“ Why are you so dead? lane.”
Soon after, a man with long hair and a slender body walked over to Lane, who arrived at the outdoor gymnasium in the castle, and asked.
“ Are you asking because you don’t know? You must have heard something from the old man again.”
Before Lane answered, the tattooed giant, who had almost buried himself in the chair on the left side of the gymnasium, answered with a smile.
“ Be careful with your words. You are the Lord of this city.”
Unaware that the giant’s words were uncomfortable, a man with a neat impression sitting next to Lane opened his mouth while gently touching his glasses.
All three were stilts who had spent more than 10 years with Lane, and they were all renowned for their military power in the northern regions of the Empire.
“ You’re so serious about everything, it’s no fun, it’s fun.”
“ You can’t pass the insult on the lord in vain.”
“ Both shut up. How is the recruitment going? Did you get any useful ones?”
Lane raised her hand to stop the argument, and looked at the mercenaries who gathered at the gym and competed with each other and asked.
This recruitment of mercenaries was led by her, not the lord.
First of all, it was a job that was carried out directly in the permanent residence, and the rewards and benefits given depending on the success of this ‘subjugation’.
And because the honor was enormous, the mercenaries were pouring into the lord’s castle like a water wave.
“ Are you there? It’s no use taking dozens of kids like that. Do you just want to go with us?”
“ I agree with that.”
The man with the glasses nodded at the tattoo giant’s reply with a shrug of his shoulders.
“ Ugh, useless bastards. Hart, are you?”
Lane, who gently shook her head at him and asked the long-haired man.
“ I don’t know if it’s useful, but there are a few interesting guys. Oh, there’s one coming up.”
With those words, the long-haired man, Hart, pointed his finger at the gymnasium.
A man came in, slowly walking up the gymnasium to meet his opponent in the eyes of Lane who turned his head following his finger.
bum bum, bum bum.
A skinny body and an ordinary energy with no characteristics.
The languid, sunken eyes comparable to him.
It was Zion.