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Wow!
Receiving the cheers of Miles Kingdom Army soldiers, the Imperial Army entered the fortress.
The long-awaited reinforcements had arrived.
It was only natural that the soldiers, exhausted from the war with the rebels, welcomed them.
Through the open gates, the Imperial Army marched with dignity.
Ethan was at the head of the procession on horseback.
The Imperial Army knights and soldiers waved to the cheering crowd.
“… … .”
But Ethan was strangely calm.
Even if everyone gets excited when they get cheers.
Instead, he looked here and there, as if trying to check the structure of the fortress.
‘Yongke has survived until now.’
After checking the condition of the fortress, Ethan also looked at the soldiers who had met them.
The inside of the fortress was a mess due to the siege weapons.
Fortunately, the exterior wall appeared to have been repaired in a hurry.
But that did not change the miserable condition.
‘First of all, the number of soldiers is too small.’
Even the wounded had spears.
It was a part that revealed that the number of soldiers was overwhelmingly insufficient.
‘Have you defended the fortress until now with such an army and fortress? It seems that a person called Seongju has quite a bit of power.’
Ethan completed a brief assessment of the fortress.
The cure for the plague had been delivered to Miles’ superiors.
So soon, it was passed on to the priests of the Pars Church, and treatment was about to begin.
There is a cure, so even the most frightened priests will not be able to learn without returning.
In order to restore the honor of the Church of Pars, which had been lost, the Central Church was almost against the back of the priests.
So, for now, Ethan had nothing to do with the plague.
‘Now, you must be faithful to your duty.’
Supporting Miles Kingdom’s forces against the rebels as reinforcements.
That was Ethan’s goal this time.
That was then.
As the Imperial Army entered the fortress to some extent, a knight came to greet them.
It was a knight exuding an ominous atmosphere like an assassin.
The knight greeted Cynthia, who was in the lead, first.
“Thank you for your willingness to come so far. I will take you to the place where the Lord is.”
“Thank you for such a welcome.”
After Cynthia replied, she got off her horse.
Then he went into the fortress with the main figures under his command.
Of course, that included Ethan.
Ethan followed.
But after dismounting from the horse, Ethan felt an aura of reluctance and looked back.
‘It’s strange. The rebels couldn’t break through this fortress?’
He could have just thought that Seongju’s ability was exceptional.
But Ethan’s foreboding was warning him.
There is something that simply cannot be explained by the reason alone.
Ethan’s eyes shone sharply.
* * *
The meeting between the lord Garrett and the princess Cynthia took place.
“Thanks to the reinforcements sent by the Princess first, we were able to defend the fortress more easily. It was a support group like the rain of a drought. I really don’t know what to say thank you.”
“The fact that the reinforcements were helpful was probably possible because of Seongju’s ability. I admire your ability so far to defend the fortress like an iron wall and keep Miles out of the rebels.”
Garrett and Cynthia exchanged political greetings.
The regent then greeted Garrett.
“Sir, I will take care of the rest. If you are relieving your loneliness, I will visit you after work.”
Cynthia nodded her head lightly.
This had been discussed beforehand, so Garrett agreed.
After all, the current real commander of the Imperial Army was the Regent.
There was no need for Cynthia to remain.
Before entering the conference room, Garrett lightly questioned the Regent.
“The rebels are also rebels, but it was that plague of green death that terribly tormented Miles. I was most curious about the cure for the plague.”
“Oh, I’ll tell you about it inside.”
At that, Garrett looked around and realized something.
“By the way, isn’t he here?”
The regent immediately noticed who ‘he’ was and answered.
“yes. He said he wanted to take care of the wounded soldiers first.”
It was Ethan.
* * *
It was a big disrespect for Ethan not to meet Seongju.
If Ethan was a priest, it wouldn’t be a problem.
Because there is no reason for Seongju to meet and greet one priest.
However, Ethan was a saint candidate who had a reputation in the current continent.
Even though it was the first time he had come to the fortress, not seeing Seongju was like ignoring him.
However, Ethan did not have to go to see Seongju.
Because there was something bothering him.
‘That’s strange.’
Ethan was looking at the fortress where the Imperial Army and the Miles Kingdom Army were mixed together.
“You are a saint candidate.”
“The one who cured the plague?”
“Priest, please heal my arm.”
“Priest Ethan!”
Everywhere Ethan went, wounded soldiers clinged to him, requesting treatment.
However, Ethan refused to do so, and checked the inside of the fortress and wandered around.
At that moment, Ethan’s eyes widened when he saw someone’s back.
‘Red hair?’
A woman with red hair was walking around among the soldiers, giving treatment and selling potions.
Like a war wizard.
“Give me the potion I sold yesterday! It worked very well.”
“right? Although the potions I made are expensive, they are quite effective.”
“I feel a lot of pain in the part I hurt before, can’t you take a look?”
“okay. I’ll sell you this and treat you right away.”
The wizard, who had been busy moving, left to take a break.
The wizard headed to the dimly lit room in the fortress.
Ethan followed after him.
‘She’s a red-haired sorceress… … .’
Why are people here who should never be seen here?
Ethan had a question.
After a while, the wizard turned around in a sparsely populated hallway.
Ethan looked at the wizard without needing to avoid it.
A smile appeared on the red-haired wizard’s face.
“Oh! I didn’t expect to see you here.”
It was a witch, Scarlett.
A sharp look of hostility crossed Ethan’s eyes.
Scarlett recognized this and spoke fluently.
“You are openly hostile to me, unlike when we met before? I think I hid my feelings a little more back then.”
The reason was simple.
Unlike before, Ethan was in a state of great improvement in his abilities now.
So there was no reason to just avoid Scarlett.
“Because a lot has changed since then.”
“Hey, that’s right. It has changed a lot from what I expected.”
Scarlett nodded and looked at Ethan with interest.
“I have lived for a long time until now, but this is the first time I have grown up as fast as you and achieved great results. It’s amazing.”
“How long have you lived?”
Even though I knew everything, I asked.
Scarlett wrinkled her brow.
“Why are you asking that?”
“Then ask another question. Why are you here?”
“I was just making money here as a war wizard.”
Scarlett shrugged.
There was nothing wrong.
Because the appearance of Scarlet that Ethan observed was the behavior of a war wizard without fail.
But Ethan was sure.
‘A wizard as big as a witch is making a lot of money here?’
There was a better way for Scarlett to make money.
It was to do business with wealthy nobles.
It would have been better to have more money.
What Scarlett said was clearly a lie.
When Ethan didn’t even respond, Scarlett burst out laughing.
“Ahaha, you don’t believe it? Well. I will tell you in particular.”
Scarlett approached Ethan quietly and whispered in her ear.
“This is what the Seongju asked for.”
It was an ambiguous word that was cut off front and back.
However, Ethan learned that the ominous sensation he had felt had materialized.
Whoops.
It was then that Ethan felt alive.
The knight I saw earlier, Chase, appeared behind Ethan.
“You are a person with a lot of useless questions.”
Chase warns Ethan.
* * *
“Crazy.”
Ethan muttered in a low voice and blew the new model.
His legs were in a state of being remodeled with divine magic.
Ethan stood in front of Chase in the blink of an eye.
Then he grabbed Chase’s head and threw him into the air.
“Ugh!”
Chase was overcome and floated in the air in pain.
‘Does a priest have such skills?!’
I never imagined that Ethan was capable of this.
“Do you dare try to subdue me?”
Ethan’s voice changed.
At least, unlike when I pretended to be a priest, I felt like I was crushing people now.
It was the arrogance that Ethan had originally had since the time of the Anti-Magic War.
That arrogance was clearly exposed.
Ethan quickly subdued Chase, who showed an intention to harm him by revealing his life to him.
“Ouch! Ouch!”
Chase struggled to survive.
Watching it, Scarlett had an attitude as if she had seen an interesting play.
“Now you speak like a priest of the Pars Church. Do you think you can be a messenger of God?”
“Stop talking nonsense. Please tell me why you are here.”
“why me?”
“Because what you’re doing might get in the way for me.”
Ethan did not hide his true nature.
Now, he did not hesitate to argue with Scarlett.
Even looking at Ethan like that, Scarlett had a relaxed face.
He seemed to be interested in seeing Ethan.
“Are you going to get in the way? That’s about the dark follower, right? If that’s the case, you don’t have to worry.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t like them either. On the contrary, even if my actions would get in the way of them, it wouldn’t bother you.”
Ethan’s eyes narrowed.
He glared at Scarlett as if trying to gauge his inner feelings.
And after a while.
widely!
“Collock! Cologne!”
Ethan released his strength from his hands.
Chase, writhing in pain, fell to the floor.
“Hmm, you’ve grown a lot. awesome.”
Scarlett couldn’t help but admire.
It didn’t just refer to Ethan’s skill level.
She was greatly astonished by Ethan’s mental power.
‘Even if they gain power, most of them can’t even use it properly.’
But as soon as Ethan gained power, he knew very well how to use it and how to effectively pressure others.
Ethan, who had looked at her before, was no longer there.
It meant that Ethan had improved his skills to the point where he didn’t even have to look at Scarlett.
“Good. I think this should be enough.”
Scarlett muttered an incomprehensible sound.
‘What scheme did you come up with?’
Ethan noticed that and immediately blew up the new model.
It was to prevent Scarlett from doing nonsense.
Creek.
“… … ?”
Ethan looked back at the strange sound he heard behind his back.
Ethan’s eyes widened.
The knight who threatened him, Chase’s body began to change.
as if not human.
Chase’s whole body was twisted, and the structure of bones, organs, and skin was changing.
It was then that everything became clear in Ethan’s mind.
Ethan looked at Scarlett.
“no way.”
Scarlett noticed.
That Ethan doesn’t need any further explanation.
“Were those monsters guarding the fortress?”
That was the secret hidden in the fortress.