“You mean Whistle… is suffering from a runaway?”
Colosseum full heat.
Before the afterglow of the victory was gone, Archduke Carlos could only frown.
It was because of the sudden news of the whistle.
“Yes. dismissal. The condition is serious.”
The expression of the knight who conveyed the state of the whistle is unusual.
runaway phenomenon. It’s so serious that I can’t tell you the details.
‘I would have won the confrontation easily?’
Wasn’t it easy against Kazan without a single wound?
But what about sudden mana runaway?
There was no lightning in the dry sky.
“I will be back before the next match, Your Majesty.”
In the end, Archduke Carlos rose from his seat to confirm it himself.
I want to appreciate Deus’ miserable expression more, but I can’t help it.
Unlike the dead Thebeus, Whistle was his favorite child.
The only child in the group of knights who showed an aptitude for magic.
Even the grand duke, who is indifferent to his children, has a brilliant talent to keep an eye on.
I went down under the guidance of the knights, and when I reached the room with the whistle, I heard a terrible scream.
“Keep it off!!”
Herpes-inflamed skin.
It is a powerful toxin that melts all hair including hair.
He screams and turns his body. There was no sign of improvement in the condition.
It’s not just a mana runaway.
It was an addiction.
There is only one poison that can suddenly cause this phenomenon.
Archduke Carlos grabbed the whistle by the wrist.
‘loneliness.’
I knew it.
But it’s a strange thing. It was a whistle thoroughly trained to deal with loneliness. But how can you be addicted to solitude in reverse?
In addition, the speed at which the toxin spread was beyond imagination.
The body was being destroyed by a toxin far more powerful than the existing solitude.
“dismissal. No holy water or antidote. It seems to be poisonous due to loneliness, so I tried feeding it insecticide…”
Beside him, the senator shook his head.
He was someone who knew about loneliness, but even the medicine he had prepared didn’t work.
If it’s the solitude they prepared, they can be killed by drugs.
but don’t die
not deciphered
A worm with more powerful poison and vitality was killing Whistle.
Archduke Carlos asked calmly.
“Do you know how it got infected?”
“It seems to have started from the hand. The solitude inhaled through a weak wound spreads poison throughout the body in an instant.”
“From your hand?”
When I opened my palm, there was a really small wound.
It means that solitude entered through this wound that is so small that it is difficult to see with the naked eye.
I knew the inflow route, but it’s still strange.
There are many pathways through which it can enter, such as through the mouth, nose, and eyes.
It is the instinct of solitude that flows in through such a hole.
Loneliness would not enter through the wounds on the palms.
‘No matter how small the wound, if it’s on the palm of your hand, you won’t be able to notice it.’
I couldn’t help but notice the wounds on my palms, no matter how small they were. In addition, it is an extremely sensitive whistle.
This means that someone deliberately infiltrated the solitude by making fine scratches on the palm of the hand.
when, where, how…
“Turn it off!”
It was no wonder that Whistle, who covered his eyes with crab foam, died soon after.
“What if I forcefully kill the worm?”
“The poison has already spread to the brainstem. If you’re lucky, you’re an idiot.”
“her.”
It’s ridiculous.
Without proper detoxification, you become an idiot.
Take it easy, what the hell is this?
‘It’s also true that I prepared the type of solitude.’
Archduke Carlos poured mana into Whistle’s body. I felt an insect, smaller than millet, attached to my heart.
The solitude he had prepared was right.
However, it is the loneliness that should have been planted in Kazan in the first place.
Loneliness emits toxins properly and makes the body and mind sick. It was a plan to draw Kazan to his side by prescribing a medicine prepared in advance to control the toxin of solitude.
Afterwards, removing Crown Prince Reinhardt and putting Kazan on the throne was the completion of all plans.
But from the start, it creaks.
If the solitude you raised yourself is right, the medicine you prepared doesn’t work.
“But, what about Prince Kazan?”
“······ It is said to be fine.”
Is Kazan all right?
‘Does anyone know about solitude?’
Creating proper solitude is not an easy task.
No matter how much he is a grand duke, he can’t make a few.
It was conducted in extreme secrecy, so no one even knew.
There is no possibility that it was known to anyone in advance.
If so, it is highly likely that someone who knew about solitude coped with it in advance.
If it was an acute poisoning like this, it must have been a while since I encountered it.
“Whistle. Who did you meet after the game?”
“uuu!!”
He just struggles and can’t even give a proper answer.
Archduke Carlos’ expression gradually hardened.
There is a third party who knows about solitude.
I couldn’t use it with risk until the next game.
I guess I’ll have to look more closely.
“What would you like?”
At the parliamentarian’s question, the archduke grabbed the whistle by the wrist.
“I will get rid of the bugs. . . . I myself.”
At the same time, a subtle aura flowed from his body and began to seep into Whistle.
It wasn’t just about examining the body, it was about burning the bugs with mana.
However, direct manipulation by pouring mana into another person’s body is taboo.
In particular, if you did this against a target with runaway mana, the chance that the target would die was close to 100%.
Even the target that poured the mana was not safe.
‘I have to contact Whistle to find out who planted loneliness.’
Archduke Carlos did not care about those facts.
The variable must be removed.
Even if Whistle dies, even if he becomes an idiot, I will find out who he came into contact with.
find out
‘kill.’
Archduke Carlos’ eyes sank like an abyss.
*
“In this Colosseum, you and I are just warriors. So, do you want to talk?”
Taberon smirked as he turned his sword around.
A face that shows no signs of tension.
It was proof that he was engaged in this confrontation like a child’s play.
Facing Taveron in the arena of the Colosseum, Launel took a deep breath.
As a child, Launel had been defeated by him.
But that was over 10 years ago.
Since that day, Launel has not taken a single day off from training.
“Aren’t you too nervous? Woah, I’ll take care of it so don’t worry. Aren’t you already a virgin?”
Here in the Colosseum, rank and age are not considered.
Everyone is just the same warrior.
No matter how much this is the rule of the Colosseum, isn’t it still the son of the grand duchy?
“Still shallow.”
“frivolity? ha ha! Let’s see if you can say the same thing with an arm cut off?”
“Take it seriously. If you don’t want to die.”
Although it was shocking to be defeated by him, that shock was nothing.
Compared to the shock he had felt from Reinhardt.
It’s cute compared to the countless shocks Reinhardt gave.
So it was burnt to ashes countless times, and each time Launel was resurrected.
Phoenix.
A bird that never dies.
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Just like its name, Launel never falls and never dies.
‘I’ll show you.’
Whoaaagh!
In an instant, huge wings of fire spread behind Launel’s back.
“…”
“I-what is that?”
“Even before, that size was…”
Everyone, including the audience, couldn’t keep their mouths shut.
Because he crossed the wall again.
With each defeat, Launel grew stronger. The burnt ashes burned more splendidly than before, making their presence known.
He excelled at the phoenix training method, but Launel surpassed even that.
After suffering defeat in the north and defeat from Reinhardt, he ‘transcended’.
“Fire incarnate…….”
“Prince Launel is degraded….”
“Ahh. Brilliant.”
The Phoenix Knights trembled with emotion.
There were also those who shed tears.
They also learned the same phoenix practice, but they couldn’t perfect it to that level.
One who burns infinitely but never dies.
Isn’t it like an incarnation of fire?
‘He overcame it once again.’
it’s overcoming
defeat is overcome.
How could I not be proud of this?
The dazzling growth of those they serve and follow.
Only then did Taberon’s smile disappear.
I only thought it was a flower in a greenhouse. He thought that Banpun, who had been defeated by Reinhardt or something, was his son.
By the way.
‘It was a weed, not a flower.’
he’s a tenacious guy
Even if you step on it, you have to get up again somehow.
Taveron pulled out another sword.
It seemed like I couldn’t play around anymore.
*
Taberon was the strongest player in the 15th place in the ranking of the strongest.
Launel, on the other hand, was in the 50th position.
It’s a battle where everyone wins or loses.
Because all humans within the top 20 of the rankings were treated as ‘monsters’.
But everyone’s expectations were broken.
“…”
A person standing tall on the battlefield.
After fighting desperately for over 30 minutes, Taveron finally collapsed.
“Whoa.”
Launel wasn’t all right either.
However, Taberon’s entire body was burned. He didn’t die, but he would have to live with scars for the rest of his life.
“Waaa!”
“Long live poor Launel!”
“hurray!!”
The first victory of the imperial family.
A louder cheer than when the whistle had won the stadium filled the stadium.
It was because they also witnessed Launel’s growth with their own two eyes.
I couldn’t help but be enthusiastic about Launel because of that feeling of growing up together.
Launel turned his gaze to the top of the podium.
Emperor Deus nodded as if satisfied.
And next to him, Reinhardt’s eyes met.
“…”
No words were needed.
Now that we’ve won, we have one last chance.
So you must win.
certainly.
*
The grand duchess was shocked by Taberon’s defeat.
“Taveron-sama is strong enough to deal with two sword masters…”
The strength of the second, Taberon, was at a level that even the knights could admit.
It was Taberon who became stronger in a death-and-death fight.
but lost Only to Launel. to the prince
No matter how much Launel was called a genius, he was not up to Taveron. How could a prince who grew up in a palace beat a slayer who was intensively raised on the battlefield?
It’s not a coincidence.
They don’t believe in coincidence.
“But if it was Dejev-sama, he would have won.”
“yes. Taveron-sama also has no choice but to fold a few moves because it is Dejef-sama.”
“Even if Crown Prince Reinhardt is strong, he can’t beat Djev-sama.”
I didn’t believe in coincidence, but I was confident in my skills.
Djeep. The strong among the strong. A monster that is always in the top 10 of the rankings.
It is the weapon itself that Archduke Carlos, the King of Knights, cherished and cultivated.
There was no way that Crown Prince Reinhardt could beat a genius among geniuses who could be sure to be reborn as the strongest of mankind.
impossible.
Djeep’s fighting sense is unmatched.
Before long, Dejep and Reinhardt came to the duel.
“How many seconds will it be over?”
“Djev-sama never took more than 30 seconds at 1:1, right?”
“Ten seconds should be enough.”
“Ten seconds is too long. Five seconds is enough.”
The knights were convinced.
Five seconds was enough to destroy Prince Reinhardt.
Djev was strong in both 1v1 and 1v1 majority. There was no defeat for him.
But right after the confrontation began, they couldn’t help but be astonished.
Not just knights.
Everyone in the audience, even the royal family and Archduke Carlos.
“What, what?”
“How did this…?”
＜ Encounter (5) ＞ End