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13 The Welcome Army (1)
Crisp!
The teacup that was in the hand of Princess Diena Agnes disappeared into powder.
“… … Now, what did you say?”
Diana looks at the fairy man who posted the report with her eyes wide open as if in disbelief.
At this, the man lowered his head further and opened his mouth with a heavy voice.
“ All of the 6th Squad who headed to the branch of the shadows… … Annihilated.”
Passionate!
With the man’s words, the tea table in front of Diena also disappeared without a trace.
“ Annihilation, did I say annihilation now? All of Ygracia’s 6th squad?”
“ Yes.”
It was totally unexpected.
Because Ygracia was one of the strongest armed groups in the Empire that Diena herself was proud of, and it was said to be the highest level among the Spirit Divisions that no one else could match.
Yes, I thought that some of the crew could be injured by the foes’ strife.
In the end, I thought that I might miss it without catching the tail.
However, he never thought for a moment that the entire 6th Squad would be annihilated.
“… … What happened to the branch you found?”
Diana asked, suppressing the rising anger.
If this side was annihilated, it would have suffered enough damage to at least not be able to recover.
However, the man’s answer on the way back exceeded her expectations once again.
“ When I saw the traces left at the scene… … Squad 6 didn’t seem to be able to even enter the building.”
“ What?”
Diana looks at the man as if what does that mean.
“ Traces of a fierce battle and the bodies of the 6th Squad were found right in front of the building. The traces did not extend to the inside of the building. Perhaps they all lost their lives while fighting the enemies in front of it.”
“ Trap… … .”
A low voice came out of Diana’s mouth with a distorted face.
“ Was the branch itself a trap from the beginning?”
It was probable enough.
It was impossible to erase one of Ygracia’s troops overnight without thorough planning and preparation from the beginning.
“… … I’m in a trap? Is this Diena Agnes?”
Up until now, she has always been a trap maker, not a catcher.
So the shock and anger I received was even greater.
After he paused for a moment and suppressed his emotions as much as possible, Diana asked the man again.
“ Did you figure out who did it?”
“ There were thick traces of blood magic left on the site.”
“ Blood magic?”
Diana’s eyes widened at the man’s words.
Blood magic was difficult to even enter if there was no innate talent in the first place.
Therefore, even within the Empire, those who could handle it skillfully were selected.
If the enemies really used blood magic, they would be able to greatly narrow the scope of the suspect.
“ There is information that a woman who recently came under Prince Zion’s subordinates uses blood magic.”
“ The woman you saw in the audience?”
“ Yes, she is the only blood mage who has been active in the capital recently.”
“ Hmm… … .”
Diana furrowed her eyebrows slightly.
Surely, under the current circumstances, Zion and the woman were right, but something was strange.
Should I say it fits too tight?
It feels as if someone is deliberately driving towards Zion.
‘ Besides, Zion has no reason or ability to do such a thing in the first place.’
Even though that red-eyed woman had the upper hand against the Blue Lion Knights at the main gate of the Imperial Castle… … .
It was not thought that it would prove the ability to erase all of Ygracia’s units.
“ Are there any other signs?”
“ Um… … It’s so subtle that it can’t even be called a trace, but I found traces of the summoning technique under the blood magic and the spirit technique. It’s a bit too faint to say because it’s a remnant of alcohol, but… … .”
At that moment, Diena’s eyes lit up.
“ That’s it. The person who used the technique is the real culprit. Are there any summoning wizards or groups strong enough to annihilate the 6th Squadron in the capital right now?”
“ Legan Ursula on the side of the Three Princes and the Summon Tower side… … .”
“… … Enoch!”
Before the man’s answer could be finished, Diena called out one’s name as if chewing on it.
With him, the energy of the natural sea that is tangible and flows from her whole body.
“ Is this how it comes out?”
Diana’s eyes murmured like that, and the light was colder than ever.
* * *
Behind the rare garbage incinerator on the outskirts of Agnes Imperial Castle.
There was a man and a woman standing facing each other.
However, there was something strange about the man looking at the woman.
He had an ordinary appearance that could be seen anywhere, but there was no expression on the man’s face.
like a doll.
Completely expressionless with no emotion at all.
“ It’s strange that you’ve been walking around with such a face and haven’t been caught up until now.”
Looking at such a man, a woman with long reddish brown hair opened her mouth.
A woman wearing a monastic suit that did not match her sensual body.
“ I don’t need to make a face even in front of you.”
“ It is. But what made you want to see me? Isn’t the date of regular contact a long time later?”
“ Communication with Dicarne has been cut off. It seems to be dead.”
The man answered the woman’s question in an emotionless tone.
“ What about Dicarne? What’s wrong? How did you do that?”
“ I am figuring it out now. And not only Dicarne, but also some of the lower ranks recently cut off the signal. It’s like… … .”
“ You think someone is hunting us?”
Answering that, the woman laughed as if it was funny.
“ Yes.”
“ Well, it could be. Well, it would be weirder that no one noticed until now.”
“ It is not certain yet. But there is one thing about it.”
“ What?”
“ Zion Agnes.”
The man’s eyes narrowed as he opened his mouth.
“ Except for Dicarne, most of the guys who lost the signal were around Zion Agnes.”
“ Hey, you mean the imprisoned prince?”
On the contrary, the eyes of a woman with intrigue.
“ You seem to be at the center of a lot of rumors these days… … It might be worth checking out.”
“ Then please.”
With those words, the man turns and walks without any regrets as if the business is over.
“ If you do well, it could be fun, right?”
Soon after, looking at the man’s back, the woman’s new type was muttering.
Shrek-
He disappeared on the spot without a trace.
* * *
“ Sir Zion, please take care of yourself.”
The main gate of Chimseonggung Palace.
Fredo, Nogisa, bowed his head with worried eyes toward Shion who was passing through the front door.
“Your Majesty, why don’t you think about it again now. No matter how much I say this, it’s too much… … .”
Next to Fredo like that, Thierry looked at Shion as if it wasn’t like this, opened her mouth and stopped talking.
Zion’s languid eyes looking at him.
There was no hesitation or anxiety in those eyes.
No matter what he says, it probably won’t change his decision.
“… … I will take care of all the orders you have given me until you return. Have a good trip.”
“ Yes.”
So, giving a short answer to Thierry, who gave up quickly and bowed his head, Shion and Riusina boarded the horse-drawn carriage heading to the main gate of the Imperial Castle.
This time, I was able to confidently go out the front door because I didn’t sneak out of the palace like the last time.
“ I haven’t been to Hwangseong for a while, but I didn’t know that I would go out again.”
Liusina, who sat across from Shion, shrugged her shoulders and opened her mouth.
However, contrary to those words, there was a little hope in her eyes.
Because she could smell the thick blood of what was to come.
“… … .”
Without answering Riusina’s words, Shion looked out the window.
The reason why Zion is going out of the Imperial Castle now is because of the proof as the heir that he promised to the emperor and other members of the royal family in the audience room.
7 catastrophes.
Seven disasters that exist in the Empire Agnes, each of which is a level of danger that cannot be resolved without the powerful intervention of the Empire.
The royal family wanted to solve one of the seven great plagues as a test of proof, and Zion agreed to it.
‘ Is now the time to show up there? Hopefully we can get both at the same time.’
Shion recalled the one disaster he had chosen and what he had read in the chronicle, and looked at Riusina, who was looking around the inside of the horse-drawn carriage as if in a strange way.
She was one of the key keys to solving this catastrophe.
From the moment he first intended to welcome Riusina as his servant, Zion had in mind the solution of this disaster.
Of course, the powerless part played the biggest role.
That is why Zion thought that the reward he would get when he resolved this disaster was important.
So, even if Diena didn’t suggest it in the audience, he had an idea to solve it someday.
‘ It’s a little earlier than I thought, but it’s not bad.’
No, it could have been better.
Because the disaster that Zion chose was a disaster in which the devil’s breath worked more than any other disaster.
So, if you stop the disaster, you can do some damage to it.
“ We have arrived, Your Majesty.”
In the meantime, the horsepower car stopped as if arriving at the main gate, and the driver’s voice was heard.
A large crowd of people looking out the window with him.
It passed the rigged succession ceremony, and the emperor Urdios designated him as the successor.
And even accepting the resolution of the Seven Great Disasters as a test of proof.
Because of this, Zion was attracting the attention of the people of the Imperial Castle without knowing it, and when such Zion went out of the Imperial Castle to solve the disaster, a crowd gathered to see it.
rattle.
The moment Shion opened the car door and got off, the buzzing sound like a market barrel disappeared as if he had made a promise.
With him, the gaze focused on Zion.
Shion passed those gazes naturally and slowly walked along the divided path of the crowd.
bum bum, bum bum.
The sound of footsteps echoing in the still silence.
Usually, when Agnes’ immediate family members officially go out from the Imperial Palace, a large number of people come to meet them to see them off.
But Zion knew.
The fact that none of them really came to see him off.
Young curiosity and ridicule in the eyes of people.
“ A disaster alone? It turned solid.”
“ Besides, the most difficult vision of all calamities… … did you choose Are you unable to feel it properly because you are only in the Hwangseong Fortress?”
“ It must be the heart of choosing something that is difficult to solve anyway.”
With him, people’s murmurs were heard again in Zion’s ears.
He thought he was speaking in a low voice so he couldn’t hear it, but the sound was clearly ringing in Shion’s ears.
They are.
He thought that Zion himself would never be able to solve this disaster.
No, I was hoping it wouldn’t work.
Zion kept the faces of such people in his eyes one by one.
How will those faces change when he returns after erasing the disaster?
I was already looking forward to it.
“ Sir Zion, are you leaving now?”
In front of Shion’s eyes, a man with blue hair and a cold expression entered.
Legan Ursula.
He is the henchman of the Three Princes and the highest-ranking summoning wizard who has already reached level 7 at a young age and created his own unique magic.
“ You seem a little underpowered to deal with the catastrophe, but… … If you tell me, no matter what I do, I will make a number and make it successful.”
Legan, who said that while looking at Sion who was leaving the main gate with only Riusina without any troops, gently lowered her head.
“ I wish you luck.”
In Shion’s mind, looking at such a wizard with quiet eyes, the words of Thierry, the leader of the shadows, came to mind.
– The Three Princes, or to be more precise, his henchman, Regan Ursula, are questioning the source of His Majesty’s power.
Perhaps the reason he appeared here is also to confirm it.
‘ Then you have to show me what you want.’
After thinking like that, Shion raised her head again and made eye contact with Legan and smiled.
“ I wish you luck too.”
For a very brief moment with him, all of Shion’s eyes went black and then returned to normal.
have you witnessed it?
Regan’s eyes fluttered slightly, and his expression hardened.
Legann who had stopped talking like that, Sion finally leaves the front door with Riusina.
Behind such Zion, shadows stretched out in the afternoon sunlight.
The phantom army of Kronos.
It was the name of the disaster that Zion had chosen.