Episode 280
The memory of hearing the conversation between Derus Robert and Matio in a previous life came to mind.
[The reason why the white blood cult is really difficult is not because of his powerful force, but because of his dirty magic. It is difficult to properly approach the threat of magic that you do not know where or how it will be activated.]
As Derus said so, he clicked his tongue briefly.
[Especially in a place where a shaman circle has been set up in advance, fighting the white blood priest is no different from shouting to kill me. Do you remember how the shadows sent to Riten village were wiped out a while ago?]
[Yes.]
Matio nodded hard like a wooden doll.
[It is also the magic of the white blood cult. After injecting blood into the humans in the shaman circle and making it a sacrifice that obeys the caster’s orders, the blood that has increased in quantity and purity is extracted alive and eaten. Isn’t it amazing to be a parasite of blood?]
Derus said it was a beautiful and efficient way, and instructed Matio to analyze and study the formula.
Of course, it failed, but thanks to what I learned over my shoulder at that time, I was able to fill in my knowledge of magic and jinbeop.
Raon bit his lip as he recalled the conversation from that day.
‘Are you sure. That’s the magic.’
The form and method have changed a lot from what was heard at the time, but the purpose has not changed.
The jinbeop installed in the entire Grandeville was a magic spell to inject blood into the humans in it and then extract the energy that grew bigger and purified in the future.
Literally a farm. This Gran Seville was on the way to becoming a human farm for white blood to raise blood.
‘How can you think like this?’
In my previous life, I lived as a hunting dog, and I saw a lot of dirty things, and I did it myself, but this is different. I couldn’t believe I could do such a thing with a human skin behind me.
‘All these people are being sacrificed… .’
Thousands of people in front of you fall prey to the white blood cult the moment the shaman circle is completed.
You may think that you are living as a free human being, but in reality, you will become a fish in the tank waiting for your guests to rise to the table following the will of blood.
‘I can’t leave it like this.’
Sylvia’s voice comes to mind. Like a Sieghard swordsman, her only request was to raise a sword for the weak.
‘No.’
Leaving Sylvia’s request and watching this silently was disqualification as a human, not a swordsman.
“Ahahaha!”
“It looks good today. Just one more plate!”
“Do you have any more drinks? Bring them all!”
“Thank you so much for today.”
“See you next time.”
Raon looked up at the sky from the central boulevard of Gran Seville, which was so noisy that it hurt his ears. Staring at the mist of blood that spreads like a puffy cloud, I strengthened my heart.
‘I’ll break it.’
at any cost.
* * *
Martha got down on her knees and was at eye level with the girl with her mouth shut.
“What is your name?”
I didn’t talk about the wounds, so I decided to change the topic for now.
“Luna.”
“Luna? He has the same name as the stupid kid I know.”
“Stupid kid?”
“okay. There are fools with open eyes 365 days a year.”
“Where in the world is such a person!”
“It really is. I’ll see you later when I get a chance.”
Marta smiled bitterly, thinking of Runan, who was always bruised.
“My name is Martha.”
“Martha… .”
“Luna. Because it’s really important. Can you tell me how the wound came about?”
“… … .”
Even though Luna showed a childish figure, she kept her mouth shut when talking about her wounds.
“This is a recent wound. Please tell me who cut you.”
Marta narrowed her eyes as she looked at the scar on Luna’s arm. Looking at the cracks, it looked like it had been hit by a blade like a sword.
“No, it didn’t happen to anyone. and… .”
Luna shut her mouth again, as if unable to speak.
“Whoa.”
Marta took a deep breath and lightly tossed the wallet returned to Luna and received it.
“Then there is nothing you can do. let’s go.”
“Uh, where?”
“Where is the guard, of course. We caught pickpockets on the spot, can’t we just let them go? ah! not. Before that, I have to go to him first.”
“That guy?”
“okay. humans as dogs. There is one idiot who makes it a crazy dog.”
He looked down at Luna and smiled coldly.
“Oh, no! I must go back today!”
“That’s not my thing.”
“please! I have a younger brother!”
Luna grabbed her sleeve with sad eyes.
“Well… .”
Martha bit her lip.
‘So it was.’
It is common sense not to touch mercenaries or uninhabited soldiers during pickpocketing, as their wrists will fly off immediately after being caught by a master. I thought I didn’t know because I was still young, but it seems I was in a hurry even though I knew.
“Because of the arrears?”
“yes. It’s tomorrow… .”
Luna shook her chin and nodded. The shame and earnestness of the child touched her skin.
“great. If you tell me, I will give you all of this.”
Martha pointed to the wallet she was holding in her hand.
“Hey, that’s all?”
“okay. all.”
“Uh… .”
Luna’s eyes rolled from side to side without mercy. The eyes that had been gleaming with fear, embarrassment and anxiety slowly stopped.
“… I know.”
“great.”
Marta threw her wallet at Luna without any hesitation.
“after… .”
Luna took a deep breath while fiddling with the wallet she received.
“Actually, this didn’t hit anyone.”
“What?”
“It is a cut on the tip of a stone while burying a stone in the ground.”
She rubbed the wounds that had not yet healed and wrinkled her eyes.
“Do you bury a stone?”
“yes. They give you money if you bury a stone in a designated place. It’s a cut I got while doing that. And it’s been a while, and it’s not getting better.”
Marta looked closely at Luna’s arm. When I heard it, it looked like a cut from a blade thicker than a sword. If it was a sharp stone, it seemed possible enough.
“Who told you to install the stone?”
“that… .”
“You were supposed to tell me.”
“It’s a merchant named Tuss.”
“merchant?”
“yes. He is the one who buys homeless children rice and snacks and makes them a place to stay, but sometimes he gives them pocket money and makes them work.”
Luna smiled softly as she talked about Tooth. He seemed to be a likable person.
“Why did you tell me to bury the stone?”
“They said it was a stone that protected the village from evil spirits.”
“Does others not know that?”
“no. I know, now I think so. He is a person who believes in superstitions very well. But these days, my uncle told me not to talk… .”
“I did.”
Marta clenched her fists as she listened to Luna.
‘I got it.’
A guy named Tuss was definitely a leukemia. It was clear that he used the child to commit filthy deeds on this land without anyone’s suspicions.
‘At first, they gave me a fake stone, and now that interest has disappeared, I must have buried a stone imbued with blood.’
In the early days that other people would suspect, they would bury ordinary stones, and now that interest has waned, they will give you stones with real blood. He was a well-rounded guy.
“Luna. thank you.”
“ha… .”
Luna bit her lip with a guilty expression on her face.
“Maybe you saved this town.”
“yes? Save me?”
“You will find out later.”
Marta smiled softly and tapped Luna’s shoulder.
“Thanks to you, I think we will be able to find the real demon.”
* * *
Raon smiled softly after hearing Marta’s story.
“It was too late, so I thought I should tie it up, but I’m going to ask for information like this.”
Marta brought a bigger clue than anyone else. I was even more surprised because I didn’t expect anything.
“There’s a difference between the guy who just talks over there and the guy who sleeps.”
Marta snorted as she looked at Burren and Runan.
“Wow!”
“… … .”
Burren frowned as if in anger, and Runan blinked his eyes at that.
“This is the stone Luna spoke of.”
“me?”
“Not you!”
Marta waved her hand to Runan, who turned her head, and held out a stone the size of a palm to Raon.
“I didn’t even feel a horn.”
“Hmm… .”
Raon narrowed her eyes as she looked at the stone that Marta had given her.
‘I’m sure there is.’
When the ring of fire was operated with polarity, traces of the blood that had dwelled deep in the stone could be found.
It was so subtle that I could not have noticed it unless it was now that my senses were heightened.
‘You’re using small children.’
He’s got a good head.
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No one pays attention to abandoned children. Even the black market doesn’t pay much attention to the children’s future on the pretext that they have many paths.
I don’t know if I’ll reach an appropriate age or get a job. He didn’t pay much attention to the child who was no different than a beggar.
‘They also used the human mind.’
At first, he played a good merchant who gave pocket money to children by making them bury a stone of no value, and then installed a stone imbued with blood after evading all doubts.
‘It must have been used for that truth.’
It was clear that a guy named Tooth had children to bury this stone in order to supplement the truth that was in the sky over Granseville.
“I have found something.”
Raon sat down Beren, Marta, and Runan and told them what he had learned so far.
“Hey, such a crazy thing… .”
“eww… .”
Burren bit his lip until it bled, and Runan, who always reacts in a simple way, was so angry that he pulled out his sword right away.
“I have to go to Luna. It’s dangerous if you tell Teeth that you’ve met me!”
Martha turned around as if she was about to run away. I told Luna not to talk, and I got the answer, but I got nervous.
“Martha. It’s good to go out, but it’s not Luna that you really need to look at.”
Raon shook his head slowly.
“That guy named Tooth will be calling Luna soon. Watch him.”
“Tews is calling Luna?”
“okay. There is not much left until the completion of the jinbeop.”
It won’t take long for Jinbeop to be activated when you see a bunch of blood floating in the sky. Considering the carefulness of a guy named Tooth, he will move the children again this time.
“Marta and Group 1 find out the location of Tooth and monitor it, and Burren and Group 3 support Team 1. Runan and Team 2 separately pursue the White Blood Church as they do.”
“Okay.”
“yes.”
Burren, Martha, and Runan nodded and left the room.
‘I’m going too.’
Raon opened the door without even a small sign and left the room.
Although it was dawn, the night in Granseville was still colorful and noisy. Without seeing anyone, I stood on the roof of the old tavern and looked up at the sky.
“Clean.”
Looking at it this way, the night sky was so clear that there were not even a small dark cloud in it. As I smiled and operated the ring of fire, a cloud of blood filled the clear sky filled my vision.
Raon laughed at the red mist and shook his head.
“Let’s see who wins.”
* * *
A subterranean cavity where a soft light shines through.
The 7th Apostle reached out and touched the common floor filled with blood. As a pure white light erupted from his grasp, the blood began to boil and boil.
The blood filled with heat moved flexibly like a living snake, drawing fleshy lines on the floor. It was shaped like a Gran Seville with a slightly distorted angle on the right.
The seven apostles smiled satisfied when they saw the six stars painted with blood.
“Tues.”
“Yes.”
Teeth, standing behind him, knelt on the floor.
“This one is complete. your side?”
“The preparations are all over. After tuning the technique, we can install the bloodstone tomorrow night.”
Tooth’s tone was extremely polite, as if welcoming a god.
“Are you going to use those bastards again this time?”
“Yes. It’s the least noticeable method thanks to the pre-work.”
“Because I use my hair dirty and well.”
The 7 apostles twisted their chins and grinned.
“They must have had a fair amount of blood in them, so they would be delicious to eat.”
“I’m sorry, but those kids can’t be prey.”
“What?”
“The moment the magic is completed, the bloodstone will suck the life force and turn into a mummy.”
Tooth bowed his head, talking about the children’s lives like stones on the side of the road.
“Ah ha ha ha ha!”
The 7 apostles leaned their backs against the wall and burst into madness.
“I made fun of him because he seemed to care for his child, but there was no need for that.”
He looked down at Teeth and sighed.
“You are the most proud of all. The blessing of the blood god will always be with you.”
“It’s overrated.”
Tooth shrugged his shoulders as if thrilled.
“What is Raon doing?”
“It’s like yesterday. I’m just wandering around Granseville looking for prisoners.”
“It’s good.”
The 7 Apostles scratched the wounds on their chests and grinned.
“As scheduled, we unlock the spell tonight, and activate it tomorrow night.”
“I’ll do it as a squad.”
Tooth nodded and sank into the floor.
“tomorrow. Tomorrow is finally here.”
The eyes of the 7 apostles flashed red like blood on the floor.
“Raon Sieghard. You don’t know how long I’ve waited for this day.”
I will rip your blood and flesh alive.
* * *
The next day, Raon toured all of Granseville. I looked at the shamans here and there, and stopped in an alley with few people around the time the moon came up.
‘It’s not easy.’
An unknown energy permeated with blood swirled endlessly, interfering with the interpretation of the magic. It was impossible to grasp the proper flow of the barrel that was intervening between the blood.
‘What the hell?’
The familiar aura was certain, but it was difficult to grasp its identity. It stuck to the blood like gum, never revealing its original form.
I knew it would be difficult to dismantle Jinbeop, but I didn’t know that I wouldn’t be able to reveal my identity until this evening.
“ha… .”
I took a deep breath and looked at the shaman again. In the red mist, the red-lipped woman seemed to laugh at you saying you couldn’t do it.
– You damn bastard… .
Lars shook his chin and exposed his nails.
– Stop drinking now! Let’s eat some rice!
The guy struggled with his limbs saying he was going to die from the smell of alcohol in his mouth.
‘I can’t help it.’
I’m sorry, but the interpretation of witchcraft was sluggish, so there was no time to sit still and eat.
-Ugh, the smell of fragrant food vibrates in front of your nose, so why can’t you eat it! How long does the real king have to be unhappy?
“Well… .”
Raon rubbed his stomach. I haven’t eaten properly since yesterday, so I’m hungry.
-There is a saying in the demon world that etheric acid is also postprandial. let’s eat If you eat rice, you will surely come up with good thoughts.
Lars muttered a strange proverb and shouted rice one after another.
‘Okay.”
He nodded his head as he thought it would be good to take a short break because he had been using the Ring of Fire for too long.
‘Where do you like it?’
-G, is it real? Are you really going?
‘Tell me quickly before you change your mind.’
-The king is attracted to the restaurant on the right. The smell of barbeque coming out of there was like going crazy!
‘Barbecue… .’
Raon smiled and walked in the direction Lars said. One last look at the shaman before entering the noisy restaurant.
‘It’s still a change… uh?’
As he was trying to subdue the ring of fire, the blood in the sky suddenly fluctuated greatly, causing a change he had never seen before.
Whooing!
Red blood and bright yellow energy bloomed like a haze from all over Grandeville and began to gather into clouds of blood.
-Bar, the rice… .
‘quiet.’
Pushing out Lars, he bit his lip, looking at the yellow energy that permeated between the blood.
“Yogi.”
It was yogi… .
The familiar energy caught in the mist of blood was none other than the yogi.
Raon sharpened this.
‘These crazy people.’
People who have negative emotions such as fear, resentment, or anger have a magical energy when they die. That is, leave a yogi.
It was clear that the blood demons improved the shaman by using the yogis of the people they killed. Because of the yogi caught in the blood, there was no way to break the jinbeop until now.
Woo woo woo woo!
Even the Requiem Sword felt it and created a powerful swordsmanship. It was a cry of anger, resentment, and screams.
-Bar, should we eat rice later? Yes… .
Lars went away on his own.
Raon grabbed hold of the trembling Requiem Sword’s swordsman and went back to the alley where few people came.
Chewy!
He held his breath and operated the ring of fire. The seven rings that became one with the scream of the Requiem Sword created a magnificent resonance using the body as a wind instrument.
The body heats up as if it had become a furnace, and the spirit rises.
The maximized sense concentrates all the attention on the interpretation of the witchcraft. In the extreme immersion, my brain was spinning violently.
Woo woo woo!
The dizzying stream of red fog became clear as if visible. Like an auror that illuminates the mana circuit, the blood was running in a fixed trajectory in the mist.
My heart beats wildly, but my head is as clear as a lake.
As if drawing a picture, he read the flow of blood in a single moment and put it in his head.
The body, which had been exhausted a while ago, was full of vitality as if it was not mine.
The blood grew more and more inflated, but the inside. Everything in that flow flowed into my mind.
Raise your finger and draw a line. A trajectory that reversed the flow of magic filled in the mind spread out along the red halo.
do it perfect The answer that would erase that great magic spell at any time spread through her fingers.
“ha… .”
A warm breath spread through Raon’s lips. Suddenly the moon had set and the rising sun poured out bright red sunlight as if rejoicing.
Realized.
All the answers were drawn in my mind about what the base system was and how to erase it.
‘it’s over.’
If you put your mind to it, you can break that shaman circle at any time. Naturally, a round smile was drawn on his lips.
“Las.”
Raon lifted the nape of Lars’s neck, which was drooping like a sleepy puppy.
“let’s go eat.”
– Me, really?
Lars opened his mouth as if he did not know that he would ask to eat right away.
“okay. I’m hungry too.”
Although his head was clear, he was clamoring for food from his stomach because he had consumed a lot of physical and mental energy.
– Wow, now I can understand your heart! So let’s go to the bay after going yesterday!
“okay.”
Raon smiled brightly. Although he was hungry, he was grateful to Lars for waiting without saying a word, so he decided to eat whatever he wanted for breakfast.
– Now, I like you a little. okay. This is coexistence and symbiosis. You too… .
As Lars smiled, a message appeared in front of Raon’s eyes.
[You have deciphered the absolute magic circle.]
[The title
[The attribute
[All stats increase by 5 points.]
It was a reward from the system that came in exchange for interpreting the super difficult magic.
“?”
-?
The eyes of Raon and Las, who were smiling, opened wide. Their expressions were the same, but the emotions they felt were completely opposite.
‘Give me this?’
-Why give me this!