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18 The Night of Extinction (2)
“ I didn’t know you were going to do something so big… … .”
Inside the study of Cheongseonggung, where Shion had left, the 5th Princess Diena murmured.
“ I thought you were just planning a sneak attack.”
There was a deep surprise in her eyes.
A competitive battle between the royal families for the succession to the throne.
This has been happening constantly since the first emperor, the Eternal Age, but most of it was done through back work and dark battles.
Even if it would cause direct harm to other members of the royal family, it was almost like poisoning or assassination using assassins, and sending an detached corps to aim for when the target would come out of the imperial castle.
Therefore, it is very rare in the history of 400 years that the imperial family and the imperial family have waged an all-out war, that is, a full-scale war for each other’s existence.
However, this time, what Shion proposed to Diena was about that level.
‘ It wasn’t even aimed at the screening ceremony.’
At the national meeting, they asked to hold a screening ceremony, so she only assumed that Shion was trying to take the third prince Enoch out.
However, there was something else that Zion was aiming for.
The deep heart and boldness felt from him is enough to bring goosebumps even as Diena.
‘ It’s unconventional and very dangerous, but… … .’
If this was really the case, the very existence of Enoch could have been erased from the Imperial Castle.
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Measures to deal with the aftermath that followed were already in place.
“ If you think about it, it’s not impossible at all.”
No, in a way, a better opportunity could never come again.
Also, if you think about the benefits that will come to Diena herself by making this work… … .
‘ As long as you accept it anyway, you can’t do it anymore.’
After finishing her thoughts, Diana motioned for Lloyd, who was standing behind him.
“ Yes, my Majesty Diena.”
“ How many spirit corps are available now?”
“ All except the 7th and 8th Squadrons that perform missions outside the Imperial Castle.”
“ Call me to Cheongseonggung right now. Naturally, as if because of the four-year ceremony.”
“ I see.”
Lloyd bowed his head and left the study without asking for any reason despite her sudden instruction.
In the study where I was left alone like that.
“ It just started. It would be nice to do it right.”
The eyes of the 5 princesses, who flashed coldly, fell down.
* * *
At the far end of the hallway in the basement of Jeokseonggung, there was a room blocked by a huge iron gate.
A place that even the aides of the 3rd Prince who manages human experiments in the basement have never been there.
Only the third prince, Enoch, could enter the place, and even curiosity about the beings beyond the gate was unacceptable.
Chunkyung!
Enoch opened the iron door without hesitation and entered the room.
Along with him, a huge amount of magic begins to pour out as if it is crushing his whole body.
He had already gone in and out hundreds of times, and he was slowly accepting even the magical energy into his body, but Enoch was still not used to this magical energy he felt every time he entered this place.
“ Dir’al, are you there?”
Enoch frowned at him and asked towards the darkness in the room where he couldn’t see anything.
OK.
“ Haha, of course it is. Where else can I go from this imperial castle?”
In the darkness, Han In-young walked towards Enoch and said in a cheerful voice.
A man in his mid-twenties wearing a dark navy blue suit from head to toe.
He looked like a human, except for his serpent-like eyes and pointed ears, but Enoch knew that this was not a man’s true form.
‘ Demons.’
Even Enoch himself was a demon so strong that he could not even guess its power.
That was the true identity of that man, Diral.
About 10 years ago, Diral suddenly appeared in front of him and made a sweet proposal to Enoch that he could never refuse.
‘ I’ll take you right in front of the throne. Instead, I have work to do with you.’
Enoch accepted the offer and built a laboratory underground for Dir’al.
Shortly thereafter, indiscriminate experiments using black magic were carried out on all humans, fairies, giants, and beasts in such a laboratory, but Enoch did not care.
No, it was more encouraging.
Because the results of such an experiment had a huge impact on Enoch’s own magical progress.
In addition to that, there was also something to enjoy because he was originally an Enoch with a sadistic personality.
“ I was going to see you again, but it seems like we have something in common.”
“ Stop the bullshit, how about an experiment?”
“ Thanks to Your Majesty’s continued rescue of the subject, we’ve made quite a bit of progress. But it will take more time to be fully implemented.”
“ How much more?”
“ It will take at least a few more weeks.”
“ Is that so… … .”
There was a slight regret in Enoch’s eyes at his words.
If only the experiment that Diral is conducting this time succeeded, Enoch’s own magic and natural seas could have made progress incomparable to what it is now.
‘ It would be perfect if it was completed before this screening ceremony was held… … Well, it doesn’t matter.’
Enoch thought so and remembered the royal family inspection, which was two days away.
Originally it was supposed to open a month later, but it was pulled by Zion Agnes, who is the best thorn in the eye these days.
He didn’t know what his damn youngest brother was thinking about pulling the four-year ceremony, but Enoch was planning to use it thoroughly.
“ Ah, how are the preparations for the screening ceremony going?”
Did you even read Enoch’s inner thoughts?
Diral snapped his fingers and asked Enoch.
“ Perfect. As you said, Dir-Al, the reason that Zion had a screening ceremony was to get me out of the Imperial Palace as soon as possible.”
Enoch answered him with a cold expression.
Whatever it was, it was all I could think of.
No matter how thorough the escort was given to the imperial family who went out of the castle, they were bound to be more vulnerable than when they were inside the castle, and that was what Zion was looking for.
He must have dug some trap outside the castle and waited.
“ In preparation for him, from this evening, I plan to secretly leave all the power in the Jeokseonggung out of the castle.”
Of course, even if there was only the power mobilized for the screening ceremony, it was possible to lightly trample the traps dug by Zion and others.
However, he had already failed several times, and each time Zion exceeded his expectations, so Enoch was preparing more thoroughly.
‘ I will crush you perfectly with overwhelming power.’
It didn’t matter if Zion didn’t attack.
If that’s the case, you’ll have to target Zion first.
Enoch was determined to take Zion’s life, even if there was a crowd during this screening ceremony.
“ Oh, if that’s enough, I can definitely kill Prince Zion, unless there is a change!”
Diral, who was making an exaggerated gesture while looking at Enoch’s sparkling eyes to live like that, continued with an incomprehensible smile.
“ Be careful though, His Majesty Enoch. The rumors about Prince Zion these days are not unusual.”
“ It doesn’t matter. This time, even if it is ten times stronger than the rumor, I am confident enough to destroy it.”
Enoch answered him in a confident voice.
That’s why I prepared a lot for this screening ceremony, and I had that much confidence.
All that is left now is to watch Shion wriggling like a worm under his feet on the day of the ceremony.
‘ I will never simply kill you.’
It will drive you to the point where you can no longer escape, and when you fall into complete despair, you will feel as much pain as possible and die slowly.
Enoch’s eyes are full of joy, whether it’s fun just thinking about it.
“… … .”
The demon, Diral, looked at Enoch like that with curved eyes.
No word came out of his mouth until the very end that the rumors about Agnes of Zion he knew were different from those that Enoch knew.
* * *
Why is the moon red in the Chronicles of Plosimar?
It was one of the things I had doubts about after Zion entered the chronicle.
Although the chronicle does not give an exact reason for this, several hypotheses exist.
Among them, Zion liked the hypothesis that the moon was a vessel for the souls of the world.
The hypothesis that when life in this world dies, its soul is contained in the moon, and the more such soul is contained, the darker the moon becomes.
‘ I don’t think that’s very true, but it is.’
Shion thought so and looked at the full moon in the sky.
Perhaps, if that hypothesis is true, the moon will be dyed more red by Zion himself in the future.
“ Sir Zion.”
At that time, Thierry quietly approached behind Shion, who was looking at the moon in a small garden outside Chimseonggung.
“It moved on the side of the third prince.”
No other words were needed.
Everything else had already been perfectly prepared, and all that was left was the one key to start it all.
Now Thierry was saying that the key was ready.
After that, Shion slowly turned back and looked at Thierry.
Thierry’s eyes, unlike before, there was not even a single doubt.
All that existed in his eyes was reverence and loyalty toward Zion.
A look that can only be seen by a fanatic.
But it was also a look that was so familiar to Shion.
Because when Shion was the emperor, everyone who looked at him looked like that.
“ Rusina?”
“ We have just entered Hubris.”
“ Then we can come along.”
With those words, Shion smiled softly and started walking slowly through the garden.
“ Are you going right now? Waiting for a thousand-year-old witch to enter the Imperial Castle… … .”
“ No, not now.”
Shion shook her head toward Thierry who was talking sideways.
From annihilating one of Diena’s spirit corps in the past to proposing to hold a screening ceremony at the National Assembly.
Because everything was prepared for today.
‘ Actually, the reason why we pulled the screening ceremony is different.’
The reason why Zion targeted Enoch first was that he was the easiest opponent of the royal family.
It was also because after a while, he became the most difficult opponent.
3 A human experiment in progress with the demons in the basement of the Jeokseonggung Palace.
Shortly thereafter, Enoch achieves great results in the experiment, which makes him rapidly strong.
And if the climax is exactly what it was supposed to be, the four-year ceremony will be held a month later.
At that time, Enoch becomes a difficult opponent to kill, similar to Evelyn, one of the strongest in the world.
‘ It was because of that the attack of Diena failed during the screening ceremony in the chronicle.’
The week we talked about when we were holding the inspection ceremony at the national meeting.
It was none other than the Maginot Line that Zion thought could kill Enoch.
bum bum, bum bum.
After finishing thinking, an ominous darkness falls like a long shadow behind Zion, who leaves the garden and slowly walks through the Imperial Castle.
Was he even drawn to such darkness?
slurp, slurp.
Those who have appeared from somewhere begin to quietly follow Zion as she walks.
tens, not hundreds.
Those who call the number in an instant and form a corps.
Sion felt the corps being completed and looked up at the moon in the sky.
A full moon with a bright red color.
Tonight, the red light of the moon will grow stronger.
self-
The black starlight slowly began to swirl in Zion’s eyes.
It was finally time to start the first royal hunt.