067. Guest from the South (1)
Evangeline hung her head helplessly when she faced the truth.
The amount of mana possessed is not an absolute criterion for determining whether a battle is won or lost. But it is undoubtedly a fact that has a big impact.
“How…… Do people have that kind of mana?”
The archduke’s low voice was heard through the silence.
Evangeline, who had released her eyesight, had a blank expression on her face. Veris didn’t know what the cause was.
“I guess the important thing is something else.”
“Another story…… ?”
“Archduke Evangeline, you said you wanted to borrow my power to wipe out the Devil Cult.”
“Yes.”
“Then I will ask again. Evangeline, what can you give me in exchange for my power?”
At Berry’s question, Evangeline pressed her mouth shut.
In fact, it was also a question that would not have a clear answer right away.
The power of veris that she faced was amazing. The fact that she was human was unbelievable, so what more words do I need to say.
So……. There was nothing for her to placate her Veris.
Money and fame? Strength? Authority?
Unfortunately, Veris possesses power beyond that. What price would she give to Veris for giving her a sense of helplessness that she had never felt before seeing the great knight of the Empire, the Sword Emperor?
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“This must be good news for you. I hate the Demon Cult, too.”
“You mean that?”
“Evangeline, it is not difficult to cooperate with you. As I said before, I intend to demand a corresponding price. I’m not a good hukou or a volunteer.”
At Veris’ low voice, the Archduke eagerly nodded.
A sane person would probably not think of it as a good hukou to use such a strong person.
“I will keep this in mind.”
Gunther seemed to be in a good mood at the completely changed atmosphere of the Grand Duke, and he was smiling.
Even Gunther would not know how the Archduke saw the fragments of Veris’ true power.
But Gunther von Haruen, I can’t help but like the way the Archduke bows his head to Veris, who he sincerely follows.
“Hyung-nim is a very broad-minded man.”
“Another nonsense.”
“I mean it. People with strong power like big brother are rarely sane. Even that archduke, who now bows down to his brother, is a powerful enough person that the entire country of the empire is wary of.”
“Really?”
Veris looked at the hesitant Grand Duke with new eyes.
As the magnitude of her power felt was unusual, Veris also vaguely expected the fact that she was strong.
But he’s a powerful person that the whole country can be wary of? Isn’t that the first time I’ve heard of it?
“He is the one called the guardian of the kingdom. It hurts my pride, but I’m a competent person who can subdue someone like that at once.”
“Hmm…… That tidyer.”
“Well, it’s meaningless in front of you anyway. hehehe!”
Leaving behind Gunther’s inexplicable mean laugh, Veris was lost in thought.
If she was that strong, she would have to wipe out the Demon Church by herself, so why did she bother to enlist herself and join her in subjugating her?
The other day, the Grand Duke himself said that it was the feeling virtue. If that’s true, how do you feel now?
“Archduke Evangeline.”
“Speak, my dear.”
“How do you feel now? Do you still feel like you need me to beat the Demon Cult?”
“…… Naturally. Rather, it burns more intensely.”
Veris nodded at the Archduke’s confident answer.
A rough look at the situation, the Archduke was mistaking Veris’ power. Even in the midst of that, she was the one who was trying to appease Verice, so it would be funny that she had a different idea now.
“Tell me the exact information.”
“You mean that?”
“Yes, think carefully about the cost. What’s urgent right now is to subdue those Devil Cult bastards.”
“My dear!”
The Grand Duke’s face brightened at Veris’ favorable reply.
At that, Veris had no choice but to burst into laughter.
A grand duke whose personality at first glance is arrogant and self-righteous to the point of being nasty. It’s probably a natural personality formed because I’ve never bowed my head to someone in my whole life.
She was jumping up and down in her seat like a child.
It seemed that she considered the Demon Cult to be her father’s enemies, and the degree of her hatred for them was a feeling that easily surpassed Veris.
Anyway. Thus, Veris and the Archduke suddenly decided to agree.
In that fact, Veris remembered a girl.
‘Come to think of it, even though Maria is a princess, she seems polite.’
Then, for some reason, it was Berris who felt disgusted with this Grand Duke woman.
* * *
“Can’t you see the twelfth and eleventh seats?”
The church’s sanctuary called the ‘Round Table’. As the meeting day approached, there was an old man looking for them because they had not been seen.
In the first place, each of them are twelve knights living busy lives. That’s why I was able to turn a blind eye to the fact that there were many vacancies, but…….
“Didn’t the Eleventh go to the East to lead the Twelve?”
“It should have been more than enough time to arrive. And yet it doesn’t appear…….”
The old man looked around the meeting room with cold eyes.
It is hard to believe that it is the sanctuary of the devil cult that moves secretly in the darkness of the continent. It is a luxurious party place. At the huge table inside, there were, unfortunately, very few customers.
“The rotten bastards.”
They refused to attend the call of the old man, the second most powerful of the twelve knights.
The old man spat out a small curse at them.
“I can’t help it. If you wait for those who are late, time just passes meaninglessly.”
The old man got up slowly. The luxurious but worn wooden chairs creaked, but no one complained.
The old man looked down at the seven sacred knights of darkness who were seated and opened his mouth.
“Recently, there are several people who interfere with our work at every turn.”
“Aren’t there always those who stand in the way of our feats?”
“The case is different this time. I think of him as a very tenacious and tenacious guy.”
The old man moved his steps slowly. From the seat of honor he was sitting on, he stroked the empty chair at the end of the twelfth and eleventh seats.
“Does anyone know my henchman, Theon?”
“Of course. He was known for his deep faith.”
“That kid’s plan was ruined. And, unfortunately, we haven’t even been able to find the body of the child who failed.”
“… ….”
The old man’s eyelids trembled. It was a fact well known to all who sat there.
The academy’s professor, Theon, is actually a person who was cherished by the old man who leads the people in this room.
“If it were just that, I wouldn’t have called for an emergency call for the Twelve Black Seats.”
The old man walked slowly back to the seat of honor before he knew it and sat back in the chair he had stood up on.
Cold eyes. Throwing that gaze into the air, he continued his words.
“One of the barriers has ‘disappeared’. The barrier in the basement of the academy where you could only find out the location and not even enter.”
“…… ! What do you mean?”
“Yes. The lich, who was sealed with a barrier, must have died an eternal death without anyone noticing.”
Only then, a shock hit the crowd.
Lich, that ancient dark being has come to extinction without even a mouse or a bird knowing?
This was definitely something worthy of an emergency call for the Twelve Black Seats. One of the dark beings who will play an important role in the future gig is disappearing in vain!
“It’s not something to sit idly by.”
“I fully understand that. Then…… Who would have done such a thing?”
The old man took out a small carving knife from his bosom and tinkered with it. The thing with the chilling edge was boasting a hideous anticipation that was not commensurate with its size.
“It is said that Archduke Wallenstein of Gaul is entering the academy with the goal of finding a husband. Could it be that he did something?”
“Hey! That b*tch Goyan can’t do that. They have power, but they only wield it ignorantly, so it’s rather easy for them to deal with. Just like that b*tch’s father.”
“But is there anyone in the academy with such power?”
“You never know.”
The old man put the carving knife he had been stroking for a while back into his bosom and said.
“Even if you are a regular student, your fangs can be disgustingly sharp. It’s Theon who was trying to target the imperial princess right away. Surprisingly, the princess who hid her identity said that she was in class B!”
“That means… ….”
“I have to release the Hounds of the Holy Kingdom.”
“Such!”
“Wouldn’t that be an overkill?”
Everyone looked at him with surprised eyes at the old man’s declaration.
The Hound of the Holy Kingdom. Is there anyone who doesn’t know who he is? I had no idea how much blood, money, and time was shed to train him.
But.
“You don’t seem to have any sense of danger.”
“… ….”
“The plan has already gone awry. The eleventh and twelfth seats that originally expressed their intention to participate in the meeting. What if they were killed by the male and female to thwart our plans?”
It is an excessively abstruse speculation. However, the old man thought that if the probability was not zero, there would be enough reason to doubt.
“And this…… Don’t forget that he ordered it.”
Gulp!
Unexpectedly, the name of the great being flowed from the old man’s mouth, and everyone swallowed.
The Hound of the Holy Kingdom. It was his order that the great slayer come to the academy!