Leap or Knockout (4)
“Hey… … !”
The body rolling on the floor was definitely a wizard who had been attacking confidently until just a moment ago.
But not anymore.
It was such a waste to give the name of a wizard to a mere corpse.
“hurry! Kill that guy quickly!”
“Mu, it’s impossible! Did you set up a barrier or did the magic activate… … !”
“what?!”
The remaining wizards were trying to concentrate.
The anxious hands and staff struggled to conclude the formula, but the mana flowing in the air was frozen due to an unknown action.
1st Critical Ability Magic Control (Magic Control)
It was because of the activation of the field, which was the first original skill of the magic imprint imprinted on the right arm and was called the natural enemy of wizards.
“This bastard… … ! If that’s the case, you should use magic even if it’s forcibly!”
It was obvious, but a wizard with good skills would be able to forcibly break the rules governing this space.
Because the magic imprint was only activated using limited accumulated mana.
If there was a problem, it was the fact that the phenomenon unfolding in this room was not limited to the control of magical power.
“Boo, it’s impossible!”
“why… … .”
“The manifestation of magical power is being suppressed! That wizard took control of my magical power… … !”
“… … what?”
How could such a thing be possible!
The gunman’s urgent gaze reached Albedo, who had been crossing his arms behind him the whole time.
Then the boy shrugged and opened his mouth.
“what… … If there is such a difference in skill, it is not impossible to interpret the natural frequency of magical power and seize control. It’s not very common, but it is.”
“Such nonsense… … .”
“Unless you’re a wizard, you shouldn’t know. But I’m also a little surprised at this situation?”
Albedo, who had been grinning like that, approached me and asked in a calm tone.
“Your brother wasn’t a stranger to magic, was he? But what the hell is the barrier that opened now and the reflection from a moment ago?”
After receiving the magician’s attack, it returned the same amount of power.
No damage was even done in the process.
To him, it must have felt like a reflection of his own magical power.
However, this technique was copying that applied the properties of magic imprints.
The property of absorbing mana in the air is momentarily stimulated to consume the magical power inherent in magic, and then, when the absorbed magical power is released outside the body, it maintains its original form.
Of course, in order to do so, he needed a body that could fully withstand the chaste magic of the activated magic, and a mastery of magic engraving that matched it.
At least for many years, it will remain a skill that no one can imitate except me.
“You don’t know.”
And, of course, there was no obligation to explain this.
I approached the gunman, stepping on the corpse with his heart pierced and his eyes wide open.
“Huh… … ! Wow, are you going to accuse me to the royal family?! If you catch me like this, you will definitely regret it!”
“regret?”
“Y-yes!”
He took a deep breath and took a step back.
His expression was terrified, as if his heart would stop at any moment.
“There are people like me all over Esteban! Yes, your purpose is to hunt down spies, right? If I get arrested, they will be more stealthy!”
“Right.”
The boy raised his eyebrows as he said that.
definitely what it says.
If the operatives found out that he had been attacked, they would likely act more cautiously than they do now.
At the very least, they will devise a new move by discarding the current cooperation method.
If so, weeding them out would be even more remote.
but.
“so?”
“… … what?”
“Are you going to secure your comfort with such threats? Or are you going to tell me to give you information so that you can save your life?”
“… … !”
Knock-!
“Keo-eo-eok!”
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My hand gripped his neck and tightened it.
Sadly, the gestures of struggling to escape are fleeting.
“Unfortunately, I’m not stupid enough to be intimidated by cockroaches or anything like that.”
“Sah, live… … .”
“arrest? Negotiation? I’m just here to kill you If you thought I would have any mercy, you are mistaken.”
The first time I swore by decapitating Asus.
Everything they’ve done, I’ve crushed with my own hands. promised in death.
In the end, not even a handful of ashes would be left behind, so it was engraved deep in my heart.
So I didn’t care
“Tell them to hide if you want. One, no matter how much, I will surely tear it apart and kill it with my own hands.”
“… … !”
five years. ten years.
I will follow you even to the end of hell, and I will surely destroy even that seed.
That is. It was the driving force that kept me alive.
“… … you can’t… … King 1… … ruler… … .”
fluff-
I threw it to the ground as if brushing off my reddened face.
The body collapsed to the floor, not even moving.
End of life.
It was a futile death that couldn’t even let out a desperate moan.
* * *
After hearing the news, the knights of the palace arrived and were shocked at the situation unfolding in front of them.
“… … .”
“Kuhm!”
Originally, it was a corps headquarters where people were supposed to be present even late at night, but only one person stood on their feet.
From expenses to staff.
There was not a single survivor left, and everyone was lying in blood.
I ordered the knight who was sweating cold.
“They are industrial spies trying to sell technology to other countries. I killed myself because you dared to harm me and my people. Gather the bodies together and burn them.”
“yes… … yes! I will obey your order.”
In the first place, no one was innocent.
The information about the employees was also exposed in the main ledger that was separately stolen.
It must be said that there is no way to place ordinary people under the command of an agent who needs attention.
I ordered that and called out the knights listed after that.
“The rest of the knights retrieve the ledger from inside the upper deck.”
“insect!”
The knights followed my instructions and began to retrieve the ledgers.
Of course, since all the information related to the Federation Empire was retrieved, the only things left were things that didn’t matter to the knights.
“Here is the safe!”
“There is a ledger hidden here too!”
And in it, fragmentary evidence of various dukes, including El Bardo’s personal information, were scattered everywhere.
Among them, there was a report that the technology was handed over in a similar way, but fortunately, most of them were kept in place without passing over to the Federation Empire.
‘I should consider it fortunate that this amount of damage stopped.’
Once the trick was discovered, they’ll be quiet for the time being.
In addition, it was a satisfactory achievement in its own way because it was able to preserve the major technologies that would appear later and El Bardo’s research.
However, what caught his attention was nothing else, but a part related to magic research.
“The amount is huge.”
George, who had come up behind us, glanced at the ledger and said,
After nodding my head in agreement, I twisted the corner of my mouth coldly.
“It looks like they planted spies in the kingdom’s mage tower. I’ve found a clue, so I’ll be able to find it soon.”
“There will be blood and wind.”
Being a country of knights doesn’t mean you don’t know the importance of the Mage Tower.
Rather, it developed in a unique direction, so it must have been mouth-watering food for them.
Perhaps that’s why most of the Mage Tower’s research list was the target of leaking.
Even though those lists were not disclosed to the outside world.
It is probably thanks to the fact that spies were planted inside the Mage Tower that he knew the details of the situation inside like this.
‘I see a lot of familiar content.’
These were still unrefined studies, but they were undoubtedly the primordial technologies in the background that had enriched the Commonwealth before returning.
It was to the point where I felt like my heart was getting cold from the tricks of the wicked guys.
As time passed, the recovery work came to an end.
“How about?”
“All visible ledgers have been retrieved, and the bodies are being identified. However, the existence of the hidden vault or ledger is suspected, so the knights remain to conduct an additional search.”
“Right.”
In the unlikely event that additional evidence is found, the task becomes easier.
Even the knights knew that such discoveries would lead to results, so they seemed to be working enthusiastically even though it was late at night.
“Do whatever you want. From this point on, the field command will be entrusted to you.”
“insect!”
It’s time to go back to the palace.
I nodded at the saluting knight, turned around, and left the headquarters.
George’s expression, following behind him, brightened even more, as if he had noticed his intention to return.
“I am finally back. By the way, where did the two princes go? Weren’t you moving together?”
“I am not his babysitter. He’s probably not old enough to need a babysitter anymore.”
“You have a knack for explaining at length what you don’t know.”
“Noisy.”
“… … It sucks.”
I wonder if the guy’s mouth shuts up at the word that it’s so noisy, but this time he brings up a new topic and starts chattering.
However, unlike the conversation in the moment, it was not a light tone.
“El Bardo. The scholar is being investigated as a reference. In a little while, relevant information will be revealed.”
“I guess so.”
In any case, he was one of the victims of this operation, and at this point was the closest stakeholder.
I won’t tell you the whole story of the case I figured out while working with me, but it was only a matter of time before information about him was revealed.
George’s concerns were also there.
“It’s going to be noisy, is it okay? Weren’t you interested in that ‘research result’?”
“Why did you think that?”
“Well, because His Highness stepped forward.”
A research that is as tasty as the Federal Empire’s operatives are aiming for.
It was speculated that there must have been a reason for me, the first prince, to stop it myself.
“Besides, didn’t you erase the traces of the Federation Empire in case of confusion?”
… … That makes sense.
I nodded lightly and agreed with the guy’s guess.
“If that research is fully completed, it will be worth going down in history. Half is correct.”
“Half? Then the other half… … .”
“Simple. Because he is my people.”
“… … !”
It was a matter of course, but it was before the return that I learned of their existence.
El Bardo belatedly realized that the results of his research had been passed on to the Federation.
It was the first publicized fact due to his death.
But by then it was already too late.
They were after stealing major technologies from Esteban and other countries, and they had been hiding their tails from the point of public discussion.
‘To make matters worse, the scholar’s suicide was blamed on Esteban and propaganda continued.’
without leaving a single piece of evidence.
In the end, it must have been a pitiful death that left only boils.
“That’s why I couldn’t watch him suffer. Even though he was born in a foreign country, he is a worthy subject of Esteban.”
“… … .”
Because I am not a god, I cannot save all humans.
But at least.
At least I don’t turn my head away from their voices that are trodden in my eyes.
Even more so, even if it means walking on a thorny road.
‘As evidence of that, the future has changed again.’
I trampled the vain ambitions of the Federation Empire with my own hands and eyes, and the scholar’s bleak future will now be written anew on white drawing paper.
“That is my monarchy.”
“… … okay.”
George, who was slowly understanding, felt an unexpected feeling.
No, should I say surprise? It’s probably true that I felt dazed because I realized something I hadn’t thought of until now.
‘If you think about it, most of that person’s actions… … .’
I just thought that the reward followed the purpose of the movement, but the focus of the reward was not always for myself.
He was a man who would rise to the king’s seat according to his own will, but even though there was a smoother path, he bravely stepped out and fought through the flames.
for the country.
And for a better life for the people.
Even while making enemies for themselves like that.
“… … .”
“The carriage has arrived.”
“… … hmm? Oh, I see.”
When I turned my head to follow the gaze of the first prince, I saw a carriage approaching through the darkness.
… … Were you so lost in thought that you couldn’t even hear a sound?
George smiled and opened his mouth at the emotional feeling that came to his mind.
“I feel like I am going to die of exhaustion. But do you get overtime pay?”
“noisy. Be quiet and get into the carriage.”
“yeah.”
Finally, Prince 1’s gaze scanned somewhere in the corps headquarters.
And the stopped carriage started running again towards the palace.
… …
rustle-
That moment.
A man stood up in the thicket that was hidden in the thick darkness.
At the same time, there was a small shaking around as if a west wind was blowing, and soon the man closed his lips, remembering the last prince’s eyes.
“… … .”
It was a strangely emotional look.