episode_0077

I don’t know what the heck is going on though.

Those at the base had only one job to do.

“Get in line!”

“Raise your shield!”

Block the undead rushing in from the front lines.

The wizards intercept from the rear.

It was my first time seeing you.

In the end, the fighting style was the same as it had been repeated countless times.

Soldiers gathered without saying a word.

“Excuse me, what is that?”

“The skeleton moves!”

What happened next was surprising.

A skeleton that rattles and scatters red eyes.

A ghoul running towards you, emitting a foul odor.

Monsters called undead.

These were monsters that hadn’t appeared in over a hundred years.

It is natural for the soldiers to be confused… .

“Don’t panic. Just fire light and fire magic at the highest possible power!”

Luke shouted as he came through the ranks.

From what I learned at the academy, undead must be defeated with divine power.

But if you don’t have teeth, you have to bite with your gums.

If you don’t have divine power, you have to deal with it with overwhelming firepower.

While the warriors stand in front.

Hwaruk-!

Flash-!

Behind them, the wizards poured out flames and light as instructed.

Luke Bucklin.

The geniuses produced by the Academy were famous even in the North.

This was because he was the younger brother of Victor Bucklin, who was in temporary command.

Luke entered the tent while the soldiers were buying him time.

The secret task force followed suit.

“Luke, Luke. What is this…? Who’s behind you, and where have you been…? ”

“I will answer you one by one later.”

At that moment, Dien’s words became tangled in a confusing situation.

Luke laid Elin down on the bed and poured some restorative medicine into her mouth.

“Ugh… .”

“You must wake up, Your Majesty.”

Elin, who was forcibly awakened.

I looked at Luke with hazy eyes.

“… Sorry.”

Luke bit his lip.

I didn’t intend to raise him like this.

As soon as I came to the North, I was given nothing but hardships.

Hatred also took root in a corner of my heart.

Why are you doing this now?

All to lift Elin’s curse.

In other words… .

This means that even if the Duke had not cast the curse in the first place, Elin would not have had to suffer.

We must resolve Elin’s curse here.

I will defeat Clavel and become the next head of the family.

With that pledge, Luke turned his head to Dianne.

“Senior. I have a favor to ask.”

“Huh, huh? What is it?”

“Please help the princess stay awake.”

“… … Huh?”

“I know you don’t understand, but I’d like you to listen anyway. Please don’t let the princess sleep until we deal with what’s out there.”

Let’s talk seriously, without any humor.

Dien nodded, clutching her hair tightly.

“Uh, yeah. Okay… .”

“Thank you.”

Luke went out of the tent.

Kieek-

Grrr… .

A lot more undead than before have gathered.

These are the things that have been pouring out endlessly since Elin fell asleep in the cave.

Given what’s happened so far, the summoning will stop when Elin is awake.

“Everyone, close your eyes.”

Exactly.

Luke snapped his fingers.

Hwaaak-

Let’s float a sphere of light compressed to the limit into the sky.

The surroundings became bright as if it were daytime.

Kieeeek… .

“Huh. What the…!”

Of course, the undead too.

Even the soldiers who had not heard Luke’s words were confused.

It’s not like you can’t use flame magic if you want to.

This was much more efficient than that.

While the undead hesitated in the face of the light.

I looked at the secret task force that followed me.

“Leo, Tristin, can you help the soldiers?”

“… I understand. If the northern base falls, we’ll be in trouble too.”

Leo ran out right away with his mask on.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, senior… You’re amazing.”

Tristin blocked the bright light with his hand and created a wide-area barrier.

It seems like Dean has accepted Luke’s request.

The undead no longer swarmed.

Gaelan and Leo break the skull of the skeleton blocked by the barrier.

While the wizards under Victor’s command burn the ghouls.

…the sun slowly rose.

* * * * *

A morning where everyone is exhausted from the unexpected battle in the middle of the night.

The soldiers who stayed up all night took turns taking turns getting some sleep.

But inside the tent.

Luke and others couldn’t sleep.

“… You purified the cave and the undead came out?”

Victor looks at Luke with wide eyes.

Although I was exhausted from the continuous fighting.

I couldn’t just gloss over what had happened.

“Yes. As soon as the curse was purified, the princess fell asleep. The undead woke up.”

“What on earth does Princess Elin have to do with the cave’s curse… … Let’s move on from that for now.”

There were more than one or two questionable points.

Victor ignored her completely and asked the most important question.

“Who are they?”

Two secret task forces are hiding behind Luke, wearing masks.

The battle continued until morning, so I missed my chance to escape.

Luke had a feeling it was coming.

I had to explain myself at least once when I said I had been to the cave with someone.

I looked at Tristin.

Tristin gave me a desperate look as if asking for help.

Luke nodded and pointed to Tristin.

“This is my academy junior, Tristin Glaze.”

“!?”

Tristin shrugs her shoulders.

He seemed to be swearing with his eyes, saying, “What if I tell you that?!”

But Luke thought this was the right answer.

“Tristine Glaze? That, the Northern Princess?”

“Are you talking about the door opener?”

Dean and Anne gave Luke the reaction he wanted.

okay.

There are two people here who attended the Academy while Tristin was a student.

“I came down here for family business and ran into you by chance. Isn’t that right?”

“… … That’s right.”

Tristin, who flinched at the word ‘door opener’, lowered her head and took off her mask.

“It’s been a while, seniors.”

Glaze is the duke in charge of the North.

No one thought it strange that Tristin was here.

“Then is there a second van behind me?”

Anne nods to Leo.

Luke immediately shook his head.

“I am the attendant who followed Tristin.”

“?”

Leo had a question mark above his head.

But soon he nodded.

This is how Luke understood his intention to avoid being discovered.

“Does the Duke originally have servants who fight that well?”

Anne narrowed her eyes.

Even if it’s a fight with the undead.

This is because he showed unusual skill in fighting the Chimera during the day.

“Aren’t I also the princess’s tutor?”

“Hmm. That makes sense.”

Anne was immediately convinced.

Luke, who is considered to have the most promising future, is working as a tutor for the Duke’s family.

It wouldn’t be strange if an excellent inspector were a servant to the Northern Duke.

It was the ominous North, so there was nothing more strange.

“… … ”

Tristin was impressed.

In the meantime, I’ve been thinking hard and have fooled them all.

“Senior Dien. I hope you can help me.”

Luke continued speaking before the group could sense anything strange.

“Huh? Me?”

“I found this in the cave I visited with Tristin.”

He showed me a black stone wrapped around a scroll of divine power.

The raw stone brought from the cave was still emitting darkness and absorbing the surrounding light.

“I tried reducing the force with the scroll, but it doesn’t seem to be completely resolved.”

If it was resolved, there would be no way that it would still be absorbing mana little by little.

“Is this the cause of the curse?”

“I guess so.”

“Hmm… .”

Dien placed his hand on his chin and looked closely at the stone.

“I definitely feel a similar aura to the curse that Elin has.”

Then he brought a curse-removing potion.

“It’s not like the scroll will tear if it gets wet with liquid, right?”

Tristin opened her mouth with a proud face.

“Of course. Made in the imperial palace… … .”

“Huh? Imperial?”

“… It was made in the imperial palace and presented to Glaze as a gift.”

“That should be fine.”

Tristin almost made a mistake and changed her words.

Gulp gulp gulp.

Dien drank an entire bottle of curse-removing potion.

The ore absorbed all the potions though.

“Nothing happened.”

“Nothing happened.”

It was still absorbing light.

Rather, it seems that the amount of darkness emitted has increased.

“It looks like alchemy won’t work?”

“I see.”

It was something I expected, but I sighed involuntarily.

Luke knows of only three ways to lift a curse.

First, Dien’s Curse Lifting Potion.

Since you just failed, let’s skip the first method.

Second, the curse magic that Lanian has recently studied and Natia uses.

Both methods are not immediately usable.

Lanian doesn’t have time to come up north due to his busy schedule.

Natia won’t be able to help lift Elin’s curse.

There is only one method left.

“We must purify it with divine power.”

Like the divine scroll that Tristin brought.

We need the power to purify.

“Senior. The Divine Power Scrolls are all I have attached now.”

Tristin, who realized Luke’s intention, answered.

“… … But there is a way.”

With a complicated mind, I took out the long-distance communication paper.

The first time I went to the cave.

Luke decided that he couldn’t break the cave barrier with his own strength.

I have put you in touch with someone who can help.

“You’re trying to contact him?”

Dien’s pupils shook as she checked Luke’s expression.

“Are you okay? This is going to be really annoying.”

Anne also rarely worried about Luke.

“Are you the person I think you are?”

By then, Tristin had noticed too.

“Yes.”

Luke nodded.

Unfortunately, the other person has already contacted you.

You have no choice but to be prepared for what will happen next and get help.

I looked at Elin’s face, which had fallen asleep again.

The pale complexion that had been there for years had become haggard from the forced all-nighters.

…Yeah, this is all for Elin.

Luke even uses family titles, something he never normally uses.

I sent a letter to a person who was ranked in the top 3 people I didn’t want to meet again.