Episode 117 – Mysterious Quest (2)
An overwhelming presence weighs on me.
A powerful deterrent has bound Xian’s whole body.
A terrible murderous intent that makes it impossible to breathe easily.
The murderous intention to kill the existence by suppressing the existence only with momentum was gripping Xian’s whole body.
Durak was looking at Xian with a sharp gaze.
The momentum emanating from his whole body suppressed Xian.
Durak’s sudden action.
Could it be that Durak noticed?
The fact that Xian is trying to become independent?
But it couldn’t be.
Unless that’s what Conrad says.
Or, unless Ruben’s Young Ji-min betrayed him, he could never know.
Nevertheless, Durak’s reaction as seen now.
Durak’s momentum continued to grow stronger.
It was seriously trying to crush Xian and kill him.
I feel a clearer intent to kill than last time.
however.
Saaa
Inside Xian, the demon of the source reacted.
It swallowed up Durak’s energy that was crushing him.
While absorbing the plague, the progress rate of the magic spirit recipe increased significantly.
It was the source demon that did not succumb to the madness exploded by Lushuria, the demon of lust.
Besides, Xian had been sparring with Kendrick.
He faced Kendrick’s energy head-on and sparred.
And now.
Xian was able to realize by receiving Durak’s energy.
Kendrick is definitely a skill comparable to Durak.
Durak’s momentum continued to grow stronger.
But now, even if it’s a durac.
I couldn’t do anything about Xi’an with momentum alone.
Sian slowly opened his mouth.
“I want to ask why you called me.”
A casual look and tone.
“…!”
A distinct change of expression occurred on Durak’s face.
surprised.
Now, the emotion of surprise appeared on Durak’s face.
Durak’s momentum, which he felt, was scattered at once.
However, the sharp eyes looking at Xian were still the same.
“What have you been doing all this time?”
And the question came again.
Only then did Xian realize the meaning of those words.
I felt like I knew it as soon as I saw it.
The level of Xian, which has clearly grown compared to last time.
However, the depth that the hemp method has.
And the essence of the power of demons didn’t seem to notice.
Even Durak could not compare to Arnaise.
Even more so when it comes to Kyle.
Nevertheless, the level of cyan was recognized at once.
That alone honestly surprised Xian.
I honestly thought you wouldn’t know.
That’s why Sian thought deep down that he was fortunate to leave Kendrick behind in Ruben.
Could Durak be aware of its existence…? I left Kendrick behind because I wanted to.
And again.
If I had brought it, I would have definitely noticed.
well, anyway.
It seemed that Durak couldn’t believe the level of development of Xi’an in that short amount of time, two months to be exact.
That, too, is the madness of the marquis family.
Xian, who was called the Dunjae of the world.
“I trained day and night to help my family.”
Xian spat out the words at will.
Durak, as expected, had no answer.
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Just one thing.
Durak’s gaze at Xian had changed.
It was Durak’s eyes that were always calm.
Now there was an obvious feeling of ‘interest’.
‘This… isn’t good.’
That wasn’t a very good sign.
So little time passes.
Durak opened his mouth slowly.
“lately. His Majesty the Emperor has summoned Ellandur and Lorsilt.”
huh? did that happen?
Xian opened his eyes in surprise.
Elandur and Lorsilt.
As the two families supporting the empire, it could be said that they were rivals.
We don’t express each other, but everyone knows.
That’s why when the emperor was called separately, he was called.
If possible, I didn’t call both of them to the same place.
That’s why Xian was a little surprised…
That was all.
What do you mean?
So, why did you bring up such a story?
Durak didn’t know about it, so he added an additional story.
The story wasn’t long.
In the first place, Durak wasn’t the type to talk for a long time.
So, the gist of the story that Durak brought up was this.
That barbarians are raging in the north.
And that traces of black magic were discovered.
‘It’s a dark elf.’
Xian knew that the traces of the black magic were the Dark Elves.
At the same time, he could understand why the quest responded to Elandur’s letter.
However, it was a little unexpected that barbarians were active…
“Therefore, Lorsilt decided to dispatch Panat and the Arcanic Magic Troops.”
Xian looked very surprised at Durak’s words.
Fanat and Arcanic Magic Troops.
Because I didn’t know their names.
The White Wolf Knights of Ellandur.
Lorsilt’s Arcanic Magic Corps.
It was a group that was said to be the best in sword and magic, respectively.
In addition, the genius called the star of the empire, Fanat.
In fact, Lorsilt’s family head, Egritte.
Excluding him, it could be said to be Lor’silt’s best power.
“So Elandur also decided to dispatch the White Wolf Knights.”
At Durak’s words, Xian nodded.
Because that’s the right level.
And since Panat came out from there.
In Ellandur, of course, Kai is—.
“There is Xi’an. I decided to send you.”
“······ yes?”
Xian went blank for a moment.
what did you say now? send me out
where? over there in the north?
Not Kai, but me?
‘why?’
Xian couldn’t understand at all.
but.
“It will be a long journey. So get ready.”
At Durak’s words, Xian was able to sense Durak’s intentions.
dragging time.
With less than four months left, it seemed like he thought that even that was a waste of waiting.
However, there are words spoken directly, so there is no justification for withdrawing.
So, it seemed to be a ploy to take advantage of Xian by spinning it around in this way.
It’s like an emperor’s order.
Durak doesn’t touch his hand and blows his nose.
Barbarians roaming in the North.
And traces of black magic being used.
I don’t know, but I investigate and solve the case.
It was also clear that it would take at least a month or two to clean up.
Maybe he had to lock himself up in the North for all the remaining four months.
however.
‘Isn’t that bad?’
There were two facts that Durak overlooked.
One is that Xian already knew that the incident was related to the Dark Elves.
and second.
Xian is now frantic to build a cause.
Abandon the name of none other than Ellandur.
To make Ruben independent.
Barbarians roaming in the North.
It seemed impossible to handle with the northern troops.
Barbarians were invading the empire’s territory.
Because of that, it seemed that the emperor himself had mentioned it.
A case in which the emperor shows interest.
As expected, Durak didn’t seem to be thinking at all.
It seemed that he hadn’t considered the possibility itself.
Xian 4 months later.
That he would not return to his family, but that he would become independent.
That they are preparing for it now in Leuven.
It seemed like he wasn’t even thinking about it.
I guess so.
It was a strange thing to think about.
I hope you will rebel against yourself.
That’s why he would turn Elandur into an enemy.
What do you think?
I probably couldn’t even imagine it, let alone think about it.
Because it really was like suicide.
In a way, it was Durak’s confidence,
It could be said to be the prestige that Elandur had in the empire.
So, Xian.
“I refuse.”
said to Durak.
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Durak’s impression was distorted.
The expression that had been somber all along was no longer visible.
The emotion that can be seen through the gap is obvious anger.
Kwaaa!
Explosive momentum erupted from Durak’s entire body.
A different level of horror erupted from just before.
‘Keuk…!’
This time, it was a tremendous momentum that even Xian could not bear.
An ‘enemy’ that must truly be killed.
Durak was treating Xian that way.
So Xian hurriedly opened his mouth.
“Exactly…! two···. There are conditions…!”
“condition?”
Durak’s momentum softened slightly.
Xian immediately spoke.
“Please pass on the White Wolf Knights… Instead, I will be with Ruben’s soldiers.”
To be precise, it was the Knights of Ruben that was supposed to be fostered, but anyway.
“It is impossible.”
Durak firmly dismissed Xian’s words.
In a way, it was a natural answer.
That’s why Xian also fully expected the answer.
Xian immediately spoke.
“If the head of household does not achieve satisfactory results, I will return to the family right away without waiting for four months.”
Durak’s momentum was cut off at once.
The meaningless gaze turns to Xian.
Xian calmly accepted Durak’s gaze.
And the conditions set by Xian.
It’s good that it’s a case that the emperor is interested in.
However, if Ruben’s name is to be known, he must not be a member of the White Wolf Knights.
Only Xian and Ruben.
Only these two should move.
However, Xian was not confident in achieving results.
Although I know it has something to do with the Dark Elves.
It’s not like Xi’an has the ability to foresee, so how can he know the world?
There were many chances of not succeeding.
But what if you don’t get results that you’re really happy with?
well, what to do
You have to stand up and stand up.
Leah could be there too. Maybe Kendrick.
In addition, S-class equipment should be mass-produced by now.
With Kendrick at the head, Ruben’s Knights were also steadily being nurtured.
Still, it wasn’t enough to stand against Elandur.
But it’s also not to the extent that it’s easy.
To get rid of Ruben, Elandur would also have to be prepared for significant blood loss.
Durak was speechless.
It was probably weighing it in my head.
Is it a debt that can be erased by the emperor?
Or is it a justification to bring Xian straight away?
However, Xian knew the answer Durak would give.
Whether Xi’an succeeds or fails.
Because Durak had nothing to lose.
Above all, he chose Xian over Kai.
Durak focused on this side of the matter.
“······ good night.”
Finally, Durak nodded.
Soon, Durak’s gaze returned to Xian.
The two conditions Xian said.
It was like asking what the other condition was.
Xian calmly collected his thoughts.
Durak doesn’t know or even think about it.
As a result, this is a good thing for Xian.
something I hadn’t hoped for.
But that’s it.
“Please fund the family.”
Shouldn’t you get what you get?
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Click.
After leaving the office, Xian moved quickly.
And by the time I want to get quite far from the office.
He pulled out a slip from his pocket.
And the amount written in it, 3 million gold.
“It’s salty.”
Sian sighed and sighed.
It was a condition that I had to eat my heart out.
“With a lot of money, what is 3 million gold, 3 million gold?”
Of course, 3 million gold was not a small amount of money.
It was a lot of money even if the northern case was solved well.
It was never a small amount of money.
But it was little money.
Above all, isn’t it Elandur?
Of course, Xian doesn’t know the details either.
However, the funds Ellandur has are truly enormous.
Hundreds of millions of gold.
Maybe it could have been more.
Ellandur controls the entire eastern region of the Empire.
Even adding the funds flowing throughout the East Coast easily exceeded hundreds of millions.
However, the amount printed on the slip was 3 million gold.
“But where did you give it to me?”
Sian swallowed his regret and put the slip back in.
That’s when I was about to leave the mansion.
down the hallway.
I saw a pretty familiar face.
The face that I saw with my eyes getting closer and closer was none other than the third of the Ellandur family.
It was Nathan Ellandour.
Sian stopped and looked at Nathan.
Nathan also stopped walking as if he had noticed Cyan.
Xian lowered his head slightly and said.
“It’s been a while, brother.”
“·······”
Nathan said nothing.
Nathan’s face, seen with the sight he heard again.
Nathan was looking at Xian with a disapproving face.
Well, if you like it, it was a strange thing as it was.
“What are you doing here again?”
“I stopped by for a while because the head of household called.”
“What, what?”
Nathan’s eyes widened.
The words that Durak called.
It was Durak who showed no interest in anyone other than Kai.
It must have been quite a shock from Nathan’s point of view.
Besides, this is the second time Durak has called Xian separately.
The shock couldn’t have been more.
“Why the hell is the head of state?”
“Since the head of the family has requested it, even hyung-nim can’t tell you about it.”
“·······”
Nathan’s face twisted.
It was disgraceful that Xian treated Durak alone.
Because I couldn’t say anything about Durak’s request.
Of course, Durak never said anything like that.
well, what do you mean
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Just like that, Nathan’s face was red and crooked.
Seeing that, Xian suddenly sighed.
‘Should I get some more gold for sparring?’
I had this thought.
Although I received 3 million gold from Durak.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to take more of the ones from the mansion?
In addition, the progress rate of the hemp method will be greatly increased.
He should be learning the intermediate course of Mahon Sura sword.
Above all, there must be an SSS grade sword.
‘Do you think it’s worth sticking around without a penalty?’
Nathan is an expert intermediate level.
And looking at it now… it seemed that he was slightly straddling the upper class.
Anyway, a genius was a genius even if his face was reddish.
However, if it is the current Xian, by any chance…? I also wanted to
Sian immediately opened his mouth.
“older brother. Why don’t you try sparring once in a while…?”
“what? Dalian?”
“yes. You don’t have to give me any handicap this time.”
Then Nathan’s expression twisted very nicely.
That’s why I suggested Dalian first.
You say you don’t even need a handicap.
that means that.
It must mean that Xian sees him as the same level as him.
But what about Xian, who was called Dunjae of the world?
Something like Xian who crawled under the feet of the past?
Nathan’s face fluctuated violently, as if a large-scale magic had been cast.
“If I win, 3 million gold. If I lose… what will I do?”
Xian’s additional words.
He never said that he would give money even if he died soon.
Because honestly, I could have lost.
Nathan glared at Xian with a deadly gaze.
And how much time has passed
Hard!
“I don’t… I do.”
Nathan said with a cracking sound in his mouth.
“When you’re done with your business, go away.”
Then, with a stride, he walked past Xian.
A slightly unexpected reaction.
“ah.”
Come to think of it, the other day Isabel asked me not to wager any more sparring matches.
Nathan was already disappearing far away.
Xian looked at Nathan’s back and shrugged once.
And the moment I turned my head again.
“Then do it with me.”
A woman suddenly thrust her face right in front of Xian’s eyes.
Roswell Ellandour, a woman with a blonde ponytail.
She was Xi’an’s older sister.
Somehow, a familiar sign approached me.
“No.”
Xian sternly dismissed it and moved on.
Then Roswell followed and said.
“why! You just said you would do it with Nathan!”
“I said we would bet on gold. Is your sister also going to live in gold?”
“gold? Why bet gold on the Sacred Knight’s sparring? And my mother told me not to bet gold on Dalian anymore.”
I knew it.
There was a reason why Nathan stumbled and left.
“Then don’t.”
Sian ignored Roswell and moved on.
Then Roswell blocked Xian’s way.
“You can’t get past it until you do it with me.”
Xian sighed inwardly.
It’s a start again
Sian shook his head and said.
“I’m moving at the command of the head of the household.”
flinch.
Roswell shuddered at the mention of Durak’s name.
But that’s for a while.
“Do not lie.”
“Really. If you don’t believe me, check with the family head yourself. I don’t have that time. Get out of the way.”
Cyan walked past Roswell.
However, Roswell again blocked such an idea.
“What about not having time? Then why did you just ask me to sparr with Nathan?”
“that···.”
Xian was speechless for a moment.
Seeing Xian like that, Roswell said.
“Look at this, it’s a lie.”
“It is true that we are moving under the command of the head of the household.”
“You mean there’s still time for sparring?”
ha.
Sian sighed involuntarily.
Yena now, why doesn’t that nonsense nonsense change.
Sian looked at Roswell in silence.
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Judging by the look in his eyes… This time, he was prepared.
He seemed to be thinking about the last time he was attacked.
That’s why it seemed that he was not planning to get out of the way until he sparred.
However, Xian had no intention of sparring with Roswell.
I didn’t even feel the need to do it.
Shall I be honest?
I can’t play because the level is low.
It was a sound that Roswell would roll his eyes out if he knew.
To be honest, I can’t play because the level is low.
Of course, that didn’t mean that Roswell itself had a low level.
Roswell is an advanced expert.
No, looking at it now, it seemed that I had stepped on the highest level.
Roswell’s level is by no means low.
Ironically, however, the level was low.
It was the same with the existence that Xian had recently opposed.
The demon of lust, Lucuria.
A thousand years ago, it was the 7 devil lords who threw the entire continent into chaos.
Besides, if you go to Ruben, there is Kendrick, a master senior.
As long as you went and wanted to, you could practice sparring countless times.
Enlightenment gained from sparring with Roswell?
Stop talking funny.
If the money doesn’t take, the level is low and I won’t be able to play.
literally a waste of time
But why do you insist like that?
“I see the head of the household.”
Xian looked behind Roswell and lowered his head.
“what?”
Roswell looked back in surprise.
And of course.
Pretending to be deceived, he turned his head away.
Could it be that Roswell didn’t sense Durak’s presence?
Wouldn’t it be unknown if Durak decided to hide it?
At the mansion, Durak did not.
It was probably Xian’s shallow trick to make a surprise attack like last time.
Roswell prepared for the upcoming attack from Xi’an.
But what
No matter how long I waited, the attack did not follow.
eyes looking back slowly.
“······ doesn’t exist?”
Xian was not there.
For some reason, only an afterimage of the thick darkness remained.
“What is this…!”
Roswell’s eyes widened in shock.
I stared blankly at the afterimage of the blurring darkness.
“You didn’t feel the sign of running away…?”
Roswell stood there blankly for a while.
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Outside the Elandur Mansion.
A ray of darkness gathered and Xian appeared.
“I want you to do that every time you come to the mansion.”
Sian shook his head.
Even though I was tired, it wasn’t too tiring.
“More than that…”
Xian briefly reflected on what had just happened.
It’s none other than the Demon Spiritless Spirit.
“It seemed that Roswell had no sense of presence at all.”
Is Kyle’s legacy really Kyle’s legacy?
Roswell, who has reached the highest level of expert.
Roswell didn’t feel anything.
He didn’t seem to think he would run away.
Also, there was one that used the secret skill of the special assassin Kerner.
Even taking that into account, it was much more amazing than Xian thought.
surely···.
The beings Xian had been fighting against were not normal.
well, anyway.
Xian quickly left the Elandur Mansion.
An event in the north that interests the emperor.
And the descendants of Elodie, the Dark Elves.
Xian intended to do this together with the newly established Knights of Ruben.
And Panat and the Arcanic Magic Corps that will be dispatched from Lorsilt.
“I think Kendrick has trained the Knights well.”
Xian headed to Leuven with full of expectations.