109 – Life pays for stakes.
Kian slyly continued.
“I hope you don’t misunderstand. We didn’t kill that group of knights with our own hands.”
“Then….”
Asked Becky, who was standing by.
“How do you know that he is dead?”
“Because I watched you die.”
“Could it be that you deliberately stood by?”
“On purpose…. You could say that too.”
Becky swallowed a sigh at Kian’s nonchalant attitude. He asks in disbelief.
“Then you could have taken care of the corpse. No, in the first place, why did you just stand by?”
“Does the Faculty of Magic deserve to say that?”
Qian answered, shaking his head slightly.
“If you think about it…. Didn’t this happen because you sent us into the danger zone?”
“Cheongwoon is strong enough. You could have saved me!”
“Okay.”
Qian shrugged her shoulders.
“The more people die, the more arrows of resentment will be directed towards the Faculty of Magic using teleportation. I have no obligation to stop it.”
“Is that the only reason? They say we wanted more people to resent us, so we ignored the people in crisis… ?”
Trixie quietly reached out to Becky’s chest. First of all, he meant to calm down, but Becky instead put a blood clot around his neck.
“You are out of your mind. You’re a complete gambler! You’re treating someone’s life like a poker card!”
“Hmm. Calm down.”
Qian rubbed my ear as if it hurt.
“Isn’t playing a real game no different from playing poker? It is only natural to discard bad cards in favor of a better hand.”
“The problem starts with comparing it to poker. It’s just a cowardly excuse for malicious intent!”
“Well, which one of us will seem malicious….”
Qian said as he put his hand on the sword at his waist.
“It will depend on the person. Who on the outside is going to hear something malicious by now?”
“….”
Becky shut his mouth as Becky was at a loss for words. However, his anger did not subside, so he was still raging.
“So you’re thinking of using the media. You guys.”
Muttered Trixie.
Her point is correct. Taking advantage of the fact that the crystal spheres of the reporters did not capture the image of the dangerous area, Chungwoon seemed to be planning to make it look like there were many victims due to the Faculty of Magic.
I had no intention of disassembling it. No, there was absolutely no reason for that.
The reason is at the nape of their necks.
“And why are their necks like that?”
Trixie murmured lowly, as if her eyesight had gotten used to the darkness by now. Currently, black veins stretched from the nape of the necks of the four knights like tree branches.
Lewis, who was by his side, answered instead.
“Mine.”
“Mine?”
“Yes. The black discoloration of the veins is a characteristic that appears when accepting demonic power. In other words….”
Louise’s expression became more serious.
“… It is a story about giving one’s soul.”
At those words, Becky’s shoulders trembled slightly. Trixie’s reaction was not much different either.
It is not that the heart is not understood.
The fact that you have to risk your life in a battle with the knights is something to be hesitant about, but if you have even signed a contract with a Mine, you will definitely be more hesitant.
But I was rather relieved.
In the end, people outside will never look at them with a friendly gaze.
Qian nodded.
“That’s right. We gave our souls, so we will definitely get what we want.”
Qian, the leader of Qingyun, pulled out the sword from the scabbard.
The double-edged sword, sharpened to slaughter the monsters, seemed to cut down even humans without hesitation.
Becky questioned incredulously.
“What do you want? Championship? Did you even sell your soul for that?”
“Don’t get me wrong. Our goal is not to simply win the subjugation.”
“Then, revenge at the gambling house?”
“It’s not that childish. I don’t know about you, but there’s something huge sleeping in this danger zone.”
Qian pointed at us with the tip of his sword.
“And that is why I waited for you.”
I thought quietly.
It is very clear what Cheongwoon is talking about. It must be the thing marked on the ancient rune language map.
If acquiring that item was the goal, the fact that he signed a contract with Mine was understandable enough.
However, that is….
‘After all, Mine was also aiming for that item.’
It is a very natural procedure for people with various purposes to be entangled in a great object. Well, it’s usually nothing special, and it’s something related to the power of ancient runes.
For now, it seems that the Mines plan to use the knights like chess pieces to get their hands on things.
Trixie puts a hand on my waist. I narrowed my eyes and asked Kian.
“Tell me the conclusion. What are you going to do with us?”
“In conclusion, I wonder if I will kill you.”
The three people’s bodies were stiffly powered by the direct expression. Trixie quickly prepared for battle.
Chungwoon smiled as soon as they exchanged glances. It was a win-sure smile.
“There are no reporters watching, and he has even gained the power of demons. Don’t you know what this means? Seeing him not running away is surprising in its own way.”
“I know well enough what that means, right?”
Becky responded in a shrill voice.
“But, I don’t want to run away from gambling addicts! Kids, what are you guys going to do?”
The red girl turned to us and said.
“I can’t run away anyway. But….”
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Louis stood next to Becky, creating a beam of light.
“That I sold my soul, which should have been honed and polished. As a wizard, I really don’t like that.”
Trixie, who was listening, also nodded with a serious expression this time.
Qian opened her mouth as she ran a hand through her hair.
“Oops, please listen to the end. I haven’t decided to kill him yet.”
The tip of his sword pointed at me.
“If you turn over the map, you can save as many lives as you like. How about that?”
“A map? What a map.”
At Becky’s question, Kian made a surprised expression. His gaze reaches me once again.
“Aha. I guess the rest of the team doesn’t know yet?”
Kian stared into my eyes.
“I think it would be a bit disappointing for the members of the crew. Oh, maybe…. Did you plan to abandon the crew and only take care of things?”
“I don’t know what it is, but flan never does!”
Exclaimed Becky.
Qian calmly continues his words.
“Don’t yell at me, ask the person in question.”
The representatives of the Faculty of Magic turned their heads one by one and looked at me. The faces were a little bit more anxious than suspicious.
I quietly took out the map from my chest and held it up.
“Look.”
A combination of a fantasy map and an ancient rune language map, it had already turned into a completely new map.
The pupils of the three wizards widened at the sight of the map emitting soft light. Chungwoon also had a happy expression, as if he had finally found what he wanted.
Calmly explained the plan as it was.
“A treasure related to ancient runes lies dormant in this danger zone, and I intend to obtain it.”
“I wonder why you want to get it.”
Everyone held their breath at Qian’s question.
Of course.
From the perspective of the three wizards, more than what the treasure is, they must be curious about why I want it.
I pointed my chin at the three wizards.
“I plan to use it for the growth of these guys.”
“Growth?”
“Yes. It must be at least 7th place.”
“… Wasn’t the president of the Faculty of Magic ranked sixth?”
After those words, there was silence once again.
After blinking a couple of times, Qian burst into laughter.
“hahahaha…. Ha ha ha….”
A small smile spreads into a big smile. The knights next to him burst into laughter as if contagious.
“Is this why talking to wizards is fun?”
He continues his speech with a sly tone.
“Ah~ It was a very moving story. But.”
Qian stretched out his index finger. He points his fingertip at Becky, Trixie, and Louise in that order.
“It’s too bad for the hand to be like that, isn’t it? In poker, if you get caught with such odds, you usually die.”
Other knights also helped Kian one by one.
“Let’s deal with it quickly. I hear a voice in my head urging me.”
“Me too. I can’t because of the headache.”
Trixie hardened her face.
“Your energy is unusual.”
Cheongwoon’s name value is by no means low.
Now that I even signed a contract with a demon, I was able to watch the bodies of the three wizards stiffen in real time.
“Okay then, let’s get started.”
Qian finally took his steps.
Every time you take a step, the dark aura unique to mine contractors spreads throughout the hallway.
That moment when the tension is tight.
“You seem to like poker. Kian.”
A cool tone that even I did not know echoed through the hallway.
I couldn’t read my own emotions in a moment. I passed the three representatives and walked to the front.
“Hmm.”
Qian tilted his head.
“I like it. The bigger the plate, the better I like it.”
“Then let’s raise the board. Stake is replaced by life.”
I silently walked forward.
“Whether to call or die.”
I think it was when I heard the word ‘Jappae’. Exactly from that point on, my planting was uncomfortable.
The moment when he finally realized that he was angry.
“You decide that.”
A unique barrier was opened, and the space was reversed within no time.