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fear predator.
A hundred years ago, it was the hunting dog of the Empire who was active in the Anti-Magic War.
At that time, Edan was the Demon King’s henchman, so of course he never faced a predator of fear directly.
But he remembered that notoriety.
It was a pity if it was the second thing to be strong as a power in the empire.
Even if it was passed down from generation to generation, if that skill had developed, it would have improved, and it would not have rusted.
Ethan was pushing such an existence.
‘Would you have crushed it if you even used magic?’
Above all else, there was something else that made Ethan excited.
It was that this was not Ethan’s power.
Ethan was only dealing with the dreaded predators through his swordsmanship.
Still, the predator of fear was pushed back by Ethan.
In other words, it meant that Ethan’s skills had risen to a fairly high level.
‘Want to experiment more?’
Ethan’s curiosity was activated.
The body had become itchy.
Ethan raised his hand, mixing holy magic to attack the dread predator.
However, Robert moved ahead of Ethan’s attack.
Paah!
Robert’s blade coolly cut through the dreaded predator.
Ethan became somewhat futile at what had happened in an instant.
But Robert said quietly.
“You mustn’t get too drunk. Do you still have your plans up to now?”
It was as if Robert had seen through Ethan’s heart.
Unfortunately, Robert’s words were true.
Ethan suppressed the boiling emotions.
Killing the fear predator was a process.
It was not the final stage of the plan.
So Ethan understood Robert’s words.
Shrek.
At the same time, the head and upper body of the dread predator were separated.
His head slumped to the ground horribly.
The powerful, fear-predator died in vain due to Ethan and Robert’s pincer attack.
“We have to reduce the damage. Do you understand?”
Robert tried to awaken Ethan’s spirit.
In any case, to reduce the damage to the mercenaries, Robert and Ethan had to go to their aid.
Ethan had his taste buds.
‘I’ll have to be satisfied with the small bowls.’
Then, trampling on Python’s corpse, he sprinted out of the place.
* * *
“Ethan!”
Stella looked into Ethan’s surprised eyes after the battle was over.
Ethan’s body was covered in blood.
However.
‘There are no wounds. That blood… It’s not Ethan’s.’
The blood Ethan drenched was that of the dark followers he had dealt with.
“Now you have gone to a place you can’t really hold onto.”
In fact, I knew it from the beginning.
Ethan was different from the other children of the monastery.
He had a mature mind and was exceptionally determined.
He was not weak at heart, and he always acted with confidence.
I couldn’t see it as a hoax at all.
At that moment, Ethan climbed up the wall.
She opened her mouth as if she had noticed Stella staring at Ethan’s blood-soaked clothes.
“Oh, this is not my blood.”
Even if Ethan didn’t continue talking, Stella knew it well.
‘yes. So don’t you worry?’
Stella finally cried and covered her mouth.
In the monastery, Ethan always grunted and pretended to be cool, but he was a warm child who took care of everyone around him.
‘It’s changed a lot over the years, but Ethan is still Ethan.’
If Ethan had known, it would have been terrifying.
It was just a blow to the player, fearing that Stella would misunderstand and nagging because he was injured a lot.
But how will Ethan know the sound of his heart?
There was no choice but to continue to receive Stella’s eerie warm gaze.
At that time, Robert also arrived at the wall.
His body was also covered with blood.
“Count Koji, how is the damage situation now?”
Count Cozy shook his head.
“We informed the key figures of each kingdom in advance and made plans, but they all failed. It is said that all the key figures threatened have fled to a nearby city, and the rebel group continues to advance here.”
Ethan, who was listening to the conversation, clicked his tongue.
‘Is it difficult to succeed?’
Ethan got his hands on quality information through Riley.
However, it was difficult to completely control all situations with that alone.
muttered Robert.
“but. It would not have been possible to change the composition of the armies of each kingdom that had already departed.”
Count Cozy added a few words.
“Initially, most of the troops of each kingdom were made up of rebels. So it was more of a gamble to successfully stop the rebels from moving. Shouldn’t it be considered a success if the key figures were simply evacuated?”
Ethan pondered with his sunken eyes.
‘right. At least if they were alive, the divisions that would arise in each kingdom could be quelled.’
So it was no surprise that the armies of each kingdom, including the rebels, were still coming to Central.
If it was just solved easily, that was fortunate, otherwise it was just unavoidable.
That was then.
Deng Deng Deng!
The watchtower’s watchman continued to ring the bell.
Ethan and Robert stood close to the wall and looked into the distance.
“Come.”
Unsurprisingly, I could see the army of each kingdom arriving here.
* * *
Robert muttered with a serious face.
“Prepare for the siege.”
Jackson copied Robert’s words.
At those words, all the people prepared for a sit-down in unison.
Robert and Earl Cozy checked the plan.
“Unfortunately, the raid took place only on the wall of the south gate here. So you can pull troops from the walls on the other side of the defense and squeeze the ones in Central.”
“okay. First of all, aren’t there mercenaries inside Central right now? People who believed in you and followed you.”
“yes. Although it cannot be compared to the armies of the Seven Kingdoms that will arrive one after another in Central, the conditions for a sit-down have been met.”
“It’s the right decision.”
After praising Robert, the Count added a few words.
“The key figures from other kingdoms who have escaped the rebels will send their troops. If you hold on until then, you have a chance.”
Those words gave hope to those around them.
Even if it’s disadvantageous now, time was on Central’s side, as the Count said.
That was the only comfort.
“Besides, it’s not that I didn’t expect this to happen, so there’s nothing to be embarrassed about. You just have to do it as planned.”
Above all, the situation was already in the minds of Robert and Earl Cozy.
When Ethan first passed on the information, they realized.
Other plans could have prevented themselves.
But there was no way to stop the troops from each kingdom.
What if you move too soon?
The main figures of each kingdom would be executed, and the rebels would only grow in size.
It was not known where the dark follower’s spies were lurking.
So I couldn’t move any further.
So Robert and the Count devised a scheming.
It was made so that only the key figures could escape.
The plan was to prevent the worst situation from further escalating the rebel forces, and to sit down with thousands of mercenaries.
“It’s going to be a bitter and tough fight.”
“But now that’s the only way.”
Earl Cozy glanced at Ethan involuntarily.
Because a memory from a while ago came to mind.
‘How the hell do you get such confidential information?’
Not long ago, they heard from Ethan the Dark Follower’s plans.
Count Cozy has always been suspicious of Ethan ever since that happened.
In fact, this wasn’t just Count Cozy’s problem.
Robert also asked with a questionable face when he heard the story.
-Ethan, where did you get this information?
– That can’t be said.
– Priest, what does that mean? Don’t we need to know where the information comes from so we can trust it and be prepared for it?
Then Ethan’s eyes flashed for a moment.
-If the reliability of the information is an issue, you can trust me. Isn’t that enough?
-yes?
– Instead, keep it a secret from the denomination.
After that, Ethan remained silent.
It seemed that he was concerned that things would be complicated if the church found out about the circumstances in which Ethan had obtained the information.
‘It’s not a normal bet anyway.’
If you doubt the source of information, trust yourself.
The confidence felt from those words transcended the spirit of a single boy.
Count Cozy shook his head.
‘You’re really rare for a priest.’
Ethan remained silent the whole time.
Even when asking the source of information.
And even when Robert and he draw the Siege card in case the armies of each kingdom turn into rebels and attack Central.
It was as if they neither agreed nor opposed.
There was no other reason for Earl Cozy to see Ethan at this moment of crisis.
‘Do you have any other solutions?’
But it seemed to hide it rather than to say it.
As if you didn’t tell the source of the information.
And surely?
swish!
Ethan, who had been silent so far, suddenly blew a new model.
“Priest!”
out of the castle walls too.
“Ethan!”
It was a sudden action that no one expected.
* * *
widely!
Ethan landed under the wall.
“Priest! Dangerous!”
“Ethan, what is this? Come up!”
An urgent cry was heard calling him from above the wall.
But Ethan ignored it.
From the time the plan was first drawn up, Ethan had been imagining the time he would come forward.
Not all plans can be successful.
Circumstances are always in flux, and it is war that changes according to the situation.
So Ethan calmly looked at the army gathering black on the horizon before his eyes.
That was then.
A knight on horseback from the army ran towards Ethan with all his might.
“Get out of the way!”
The knight shouted threateningly to Ethan.
There was still a distance, but the sound was so loud that it could even ring in Ethan’s ears.
“we are… … !”
The knight tried to proudly announce his affiliation.
At that moment, Ethan beckoned lightly.
The holy magic that shot out from Ethan’s fingertips struck the horse’s side.
hee hee hee hee!
The horse was startled and excited, raising its front paws.
“Ugh!”
Then the knight fell to the floor and rolled.
“You talk a lot about treason.”
Mumbling like that, Ethan looked at the army.
At a glance, it was a huge number.
‘A force like that was trying to wipe out Central.’
Above all, the dispatched army did not end there.
In the future, more and more troops would flock to Central.
– Key figures from other kingdoms who have escaped the rebel’s grip will send troops. If you hold on until then, you have a chance.
As Earl Cozy said, time was on Central’s side.
But Central couldn’t afford the time.
“Everyone is anxious to be the prey of the dead.”
Ethan smiled as he looked at the article that had fallen to the floor.
‘That guy! You dare drop me on the subject of a priest and laugh?’
The knight was so angry at first.
But soon the spine shuddered.
‘what? The branch he’s holding… Something is strange!’
He was terrified to see Ethan holding a branch.
It was an instinctive fear, like a mouse looking at a cat.
Feeling the knight’s alarmed gaze, Ethan twisted the cursed stem he was holding with both hands and smashed it.
Break up!
It was then that something strange happened.