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Ethan shook his head stiffly.
‘It was quiet for a while, so I thought you had gone somewhere else!’
Blake was running towards Ethan.
His feet were so fast that the dust flew around.
“I was about to run after checking the explosion too! And I was moved to hear what you said!”
“What?”
“Now that you’ve heard it, you don’t have to make sacrifices on your own. I will help!”
Blake then smiled with a smirk on his cheeks.
‘What kind of bullshit is that?’
Ethan frowned.
I tried to estimate the ignorance that Blake could make out of his mouth.
But no reasonable guess came to mind.
Ethan couldn’t dare follow Blake’s nonsensical side.
just as expected?
Words that did not disappoint Ethan’s expectations came out of Blake’s mouth.
“I think there are still people out there who haven’t escaped yet. Did you mean to leave this place to the knight and go inside?”
“… … ?!”
Ethan’s mouth widened at those words.
The scene of the explosion in front of me was horrific.
The flames were still devouring the building, and intermittent explosions were taking place.
Even Ethan would have been crazy to go there on his own feet.
However, in Blake’s mind, Ethan was certain that he would go in with him.
“What kind of bullshit? I… … !”
When Ethan was about to deny it.
The middle-aged knight, who had been silent until now, looked at Ethan with a thrilled face.
“Leave this to me. We will make sure to minimize the damage!”
He was moved by Ethan’s sacrifice, and it was a voice that felt as if he was determined to try as hard as he did.
Then Blake patted the middle-aged knight on the shoulder and laughed.
“okay! That’s how you can say it’s uninhabited. Then me and this friend will leave. Good luck!”
Ethan swallowed.
I could feel the gaze of many people around me.
The gossiping voice showed respect for Ethan.
“That’s the saint candidate.”
“You don’t have to come all the way to this place, but you really set an example.”
Ethan frowned.
Until he finds and kills the Demon King, the brave battle of this saint candidate must have been quite useful.
I can’t throw it away here, so I thought I’d have to match the rhythm for the first time.
‘It would be better to check it yourself, but you have to choose such an ignorant method.’
Ethan sighed.
I had the thought in my head to go into the explosion to find traces of the dark follower with my own two eyes.
‘But it was only a last resort.’
As a wizard, Ethan’s code of conduct was to move as efficiently as possible.
He had no intention of moving in an ignorant way like Blake.
“Come on, my friend!”
Blake shouted that the surroundings were drifting away.
As if sympathizing with him, people looked at Ethan with envy.
“Hmm.”
Ethan’s eyes narrowed.
After that, there was only one option.
“okay. Let’s go inside and see.”
* * *
The middle-aged knight looked at the back of the young priest and mercenary as they entered the scene of the explosion.
Unknowingly, he let out an exclamation.
“That’s great.”
The explosion was still taking place inside, so it was very dangerous.
The Weak Priest is heading there?
It would not have been possible without the courage to do so.
‘Even as a knight, I don’t have the courage to go there.’
Moreover, the priest did not say anything to himself, who had been gossiping about the Pars Church.
Rather, as if this was not the time, he firmly bit his apology.
The middle-aged knight vowed to throw away his prejudice against priests as of today.
He was young, but seeing such a good priest made me ashamed of his prejudices.
‘The way to help the priest is to evacuate as many people as possible from here!’
The middle-aged knight clenched his fists and vowed.
And to somehow manage the situation, he raised his voice and busily ran around here and there.
* * *
‘Annoying bastard.’
Ethan sighed and looked at Blake.
They were now at the source of the explosion site.
Fireworks were sweeping through the rubble of the building from all sides.
Every time there was a small explosion here and there, her hair was fluttering in the strong wind, and the sound of the explosion felt like her eardrum was about to burst.
But in this dangerous scene, Blake smiled rather.
“Hmm! Jump into a dangerous place to save people with a trusted friend… … . As Master said, my heart is full. Ethan, are you too?”
“Stop the bullshit, and let the rescue begin.”
“Huh, that’s right. Do you mean to move quickly when it’s time to play with your mouth? I see.”
Since I came all the way here, I had no intention of going back.
Ethan gave Blake some rules of conduct and dispersed.
It was a dangerous place, but Blake ran around tirelessly with the determination to save people.
Ethan, on the other hand, saved people, but sometimes turned his attention elsewhere.
There was another purpose, so I was going to check the site with that in focus.
‘shit. Originally, I had no intention of checking in such an ignorant way.’
Ethan groaned inwardly, but rescued the people.
Ethan found a man whose ankle was crushed by the rubble of a building and rescued him.
However, his ankle was so twisted that it was difficult to walk alone.
‘It would be better to give them treatment than to support them.’
Ethan healed the injured ankle as well.
“Thank you, Priest! How am I supposed to repay this favor? … !”
“You can just go in that direction.”
“From now on, I will trust only Pars-sama for the rest of my life!”
The wounded were desperately telling their true feelings.
However, it was a boeun of no help at all to Ethan.
“Yes Yes. Goodbye.”
Ethan answered dryly and turned around.
And I searched all over the building where people were saved, looking for traces.
‘I’m not here either.’
After saving people and scouring the building over and over again, Ethan arrived at the source of the explosion.
At first glance, it felt like a huge explosion had taken place.
Ethan scoured the place.
The rubble of the building was still hot from the heat.
And Ethan’s brow frowned when he saw the flesh stuck there.
There was flesh and blood everywhere.
‘As if the flesh was scattered in all directions.’
The moment he saw it, Ethan was convinced he was right.
‘I made people explode with dark magic.’
It was a pretty brutal drink.
But for those who have mastered dark magic, there was no more effective way.
‘It’s cheaper to use the poor people everywhere than to spend money to prepare something else.’
It was cruel, but it was true.
It was a method of making people into explosives with dark magic and detonating them when they wanted.
Ethan wanted to confirm his conjecture.
‘What are they trying to gain by creating chaos in the slum quarters?’
Ethan thought deeply.
Then, suddenly, I felt uncomfortable.
‘I think it’s a little different from the way they’ve done things so far.’
Previously, the Dark Followers moved quietly beneath the water.
But this time, it was noisy, as if he was anxious about not being able to reveal his presence.
‘They can cause confusion, but they’re just point organizations. There is a limit to what can run rampant in Velium.’
That was the moment when I thought it was crazy.
‘no way?’
A possibility flashed through Ethan’s mind.
It was a magic that decorated the end of the Anti-Magic War over a hundred years ago.
* * *
The capital of the empire, Velium.
It was the city where the horrific anti-ma war began about 100 years ago, and the city where the final battle between the Seven Heroes and the Demon King was held.
The final battle was very fierce.
The United Kingdom and the Seven Heroes did their best to capture the capital of the Empire.
On the other hand, the Empire, which was on the defensive, made every effort to stop it.
All sorts of tricks were used.
The Empire was ready to use any means it could achieve victory.
“If only this had been triggered properly, we wouldn’t have had to suffer like this!”
Bellium’s Underground Waterway.
Here, Martin muttered with a grin on his teeth.
A huge magic circle was in front of him.
It was astonishingly sophisticated and so delicate that it was unbelievable that it was made by human hands.
Suha, who was next to Martin, clashed.
“That is correct. I can feel the power of our empire in that magic circle.”
“okay. Even if it was made by a traitor, the magic circle itself is amazing.”
Even if I didn’t want to admit it, it was true.
The magic circle in front of him was created by a traitor whose name could not be said.
It is said that he received abundant grace as a servant of the Demon King in the subject of commoners.
However, he did not know the subject and dared to betray his master by inserting a sword into the heart of the demon king.
To the dark follower, the dark wizard was the enemy of the Great Heavens.
“Did I say the sea of the abyss? The name is arrogant, but it is worth it.”
Abyss Sea.
It was a magic circle made of dark magic.
And he had been sleeping for over a hundred years in the basement of the imperial capital Velium.
The magic circle had only one effect.
It was to suppress all energy except magic for the victory of the empire.
If you have 100 mana, you could limit it to 10.
It was the same even if he had 100 divine power.
It could be said that it was the essence of the Empire’s dark magic at that time.
More than a hundred years ago, the Empire planned to kill the United Kingdom and the Seven Heroes who had invaded Velium using the sea of abyss at once.
But the plan failed.
“The demon king’s empire collapsed because of that damn sage. It’s just really simplistic.”
Martin’s Suha took a deep breath.
Martin shook his head at him.
“That sage is not the problem. Maybe that’s what the traitor was looking for.”
“yes? What does that mean?”
“The traitor might have predicted that a wise man would have the ability to use the abyssal sea magic circle. He may have been preparing for betrayal from then on.”
“… That’s right! You can’t impulsively do betrayal.”
Martin’s fists trembled.
Feelings of resentment soared as if they were about to explode.
The sea of abyss, which can be said to be the essence of the Empire’s dark magic, was thoroughly analyzed by the sage, one of the Seven Heroes.
After that?
Readjusted by the sage, the sea of abyss was activated to suppress only magical power.
“For now, that’s the main speculation, the traitor may have handed over information about the Abyss to the Sage. How could even a sage of the Seven Heroes change the essence of Imperial Dark Magic in such a short amount of time?”
“I didn’t know that until now.”
“Everyone is taking a break because it’s something that would look ridiculous if the younger ones knew about it.”
Martin closed his eyes tightly and suppressed his anger.
I couldn’t believe the stories told by the organization about the sea of the abyss.
The sage analyzed the sea of the abyss and in a short time turned it around to the advantage of the united kingdom.
Was that just something you did?
It was something that a human body couldn’t do before it was even possible.
Therefore, it was speculated that the traitor must have leaked information about the Abyss Sea.
Because it would have been impossible otherwise.
“But the shameful history will be erased today. I will correct the sea of abyss that they insulted.”
Martin’s eyes gleamed red.
The capital of the empire, there were many warlocks in the basement of Velium.
They were trying to restore the damaged and broken abyssal sea.
He just had to wait a little bit patiently for blood revenge.