episode_0021

The Gray Dukes were actively buying children.

Of course, most of them were used as offerings, but among them, there were children whose abilities were recognized and they joined the Jaehyeol Church.

Lloyd and the children who were riding in the same carriage were a good example.

In fact, strictly speaking, they were also meant to be used in a different way in the Duchess’s plans…

“Hector, Lloyd, that bastard is here now.”

The Duchess’s mind has changed.

In order to save the children.

It was actually all thanks to Lloyd.

It seemed necessary to have some children around Lloyd who could stimulate his curiosity and bring out his abilities.

So the children were saved thanks to Lloyd.

But Hector and his group could not have known that fact.

In front of the door of a servant’s quarters.

Hector, with his dagger drawn, asks the child next to him.

“Are you watching the net properly?”

“Yes. There is no one around. I decided to watch the net and shout if I heard any noise.”

“Good job.”

“Are you going to beat Lloyd up for real this time?”

“You’re giving up?”

Woodduck.

Hector, who had broken his neck, chuckled.

“Are you going to kill me halfway?”

You unlucky bastard.

That’s what Lloyd was to Hector.

It was like that from the first time we met in the carriage. He was not that big, but his eyes were as empty as a machine.

Even when he was arguing, the bastard’s eyes looked at Hector like he was looking at a bug.

What did you say to me!

From then on, Lloyd was a thorn in my side.

It got worse after the guy started receiving various special privileges.

Not only Hector, but all the other kids were jealous and envious of Lloyd.

Even in the midst of all kinds of training, the guy carried out the training without showing any sign of difficulty.

It was thanks to Lloyd’s overwhelming talent and skills, but the rest did not acknowledge it.

— That kid was playing while we were working.

— The Duchess’s secretary? I can do that too.

— I said you’re just a fucking prostitute who sells your body.

Complaints about Lloyd.

Hector grabbed the point and led the children.

The day has come to put an end to such anger.

— Squeak.

The door opened.

Lloyd was seen getting a shot in his arm.

Hector immediately threw the dagger.

— Pew pew!

A red line is drawn on the bastard’s face.

There is no more perfect preemptive strike than this.

‘I can’t kill you.’

Instead, I will beat him to the point of death. I will beat him so hard that it won’t be noticeable. I plan to be strict with Sang-Ha, no matter who favors him or not.

‘Because I’m going to become a leader of the Blood Reform Church.’

Hector had already made up his mind to go all the way to the end of the Blood Cult.

Shh.

Hector asked, the corners of his lips raised.

“Are you on drugs?”

“… Hector.”

A voice that still speaks without emotion.

Even though the dagger grazed me, I had no fear.

‘What an unlucky guy.’

I’m fixing that messy hair.

Hector, who was only thinking about that, made one mistake. He missed the fact that Lloyd’s eyes looked clearer than ever.

“… What’s going on here?”

“I have a few questions to ask. Like your relationship with the Duchess. Could you give me some tips on how to satisfy her with your little thing? ”

Kick kick.

Hector’s spirits grew as he heard the laughter erupting around him. Hector intended to use his words to break Lloyd before he could punch him.

There are more of them here. Anyway, that guy will probably run away without waddling.

“Just go for it.”

“… What?”

“Stop sticking your tongue out and just come at me. It’s a bit too much of a hassle to even accept it.”

Hector flinched.

Lloyd’s passive attitude up until now was nowhere to be seen. Instead, he was provoking me. What kind of confidence is he? Is there something he’s hiding?

For some reason, it felt strange.

‘No. Don’t be scared.’

Hector shook his head. It was clear that all that was a bluff.

He raised both hands.

And then they started clapping.

Clap, clap, clap.

slowly.

He opens his mouth, applauding.

“You’re really a tough guy. If you act so strong, do you think we’ll be scared and fall for you?”

Wahaha-!

The crowd that followed Hector laughs together.

Lloyd opened his mouth quietly.

“I wish you wouldn’t clap?”

“Why? Are you being rude?”

Clap, clap, clap.

Hector’s applause grew louder.

Lloyd’s eyebrows flinch.

Finally, the bastard’s composure is broken.

The children who noticed this also started to join Hector in clapping.

Applause spread along with laughter.

“Stop it.”

“That’s right.”

“Ahahahahahaha!”

Clap clap clap clap!

A moment when the shallow applause and laughter went beyond the limit.

Lloyd’s eyes glowed red.

Hector blinked.

‘Did I see things wrong?’

But I couldn’t continue thinking about it any longer.

My eyelids froze open and then froze.

What is this?

Hector opened his mouth like an idiot.

“Ah…?”

Soon, my mouth also became stiff.

Only then did he realize.

Everything surrounding Lloyd stopped.

Lloyd opened his mouth calmly.

“I told you to stop.”

Of course, there was no more applause.

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Applause.

Fucking applause.

Lloyd ground his teeth.

“No. No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t make sense.”

I told you not to do that.

I was told not to do anything else, except for one thing.

“Why do you insist on doing that?”

Lloyd asked sincerely.

Of course, no answer came back.

Because time has stopped.

And the one who stopped time was none other than Lloyd himself.

“Ahh.”

Lloyd knew it too.

It’s just that my current condition is very strange.

It felt like something in my brain was shattered.

It seemed like it was probably the part that was in charge of morality, common sense, and consideration.

I felt at ease.

I felt so light I felt like I could fly.

It was a feeling of elation I had never felt since I first got iced.

“Not bad.”

Shh.

Lloyd raised the corners of his mouth.

Maybe he himself was a little crazy.

That doesn’t mean he was swallowed up by Ortega.

Rather, the guy was as quiet as a mouse right now.

Why on earth did I end up like this?

Apparently, everything was fine until that Hector gang came in.

My mind was calmed by the effects of [sedative].

What happened next was the problem.

Clap clap clap clap!

Hector and the children applauded.

Those fucking guys.

Lloyd gritted his teeth.

The children who saw that applauded even louder.

It was a bad choice.

“No, no.”

Let me set the record straight.

It was a bad choice for ‘them’.

It was a good choice for Lloyd himself.

Isn’t that why I woke up like this?

Lloyd looked around.

Everything in the room was still.

“Ahh.”

beautiful.

Of course, people, the edges of the blanket fluttering in the wind, and even a speck of dust are suspended in the air.

A sight too mystical to be magic.

Lloyd knew what he had done.

—You little brat, how dare you use my skills…!

That’s what Ortega said.

Maybe I stole his technique unconsciously.

[ Time Stop ]

Thinking back now, it wasn’t that difficult.

— How insolent! I won’t let that happen!

Ortega was crying loudly in my head.

Lloyd muttered with a smile.

“Shut up.”

Lloyd simultaneously put his finger to the side of his head.

“If my brain explodes, you’ll die too.”

The voice suddenly died down.

“Ah. Right. I guess it’s my body when I have control.”

Lloyd raised the corners of his mouth.

Only after Ortega had been put to sleep did Lloyd seem to realize what state he had entered.

[Runaway]

The followers of the Blood Rebellion do not hesitate to commit suicide attacks.

They unleash all their superhuman strength before self-destructing.

People call that phenomenon ‘runaway’.

At the same time, my mind was calmed by [sedative].

Ortega’s whispers and applause were stuck in my head.

The situation was such that even the symbol of the Blood Resurrection Cult had been perfectly applied.

So we faced [runaway].

Lloyd is a combination of Lloyd’s extremely sharp talent, Lee Han’s experience living a second life, and the ‘rampant’ nature of the Jaehyul Cult.

Now his abilities are several times greater than usual.

There’s just one problem.

A disciple who enters a state of [runaway] dies.

As I was sweeping away the surroundings in a state of madness, boom!

It causes a mana explosion and dies.

“Hmm.”

Lloyd glanced back at his mana circuit.

A strange gray aura flowed out from the pattern. It was gloomy and hazy. It was so secretive that I wouldn’t have noticed it unless I went berserk.

Is the direction crawling towards the mana circle?

— Dismissal

Lloyd simply suppressed the energy.

There will be no deaths after the rampage.

“Ahh.”

good night.

It’s not a bad feeling.

A feeling of elation came over me, as if I was floating on clouds.

This room is entirely Lloyd’s domain.

Time is perfectly frozen.

Lloyd slapped the dust that had stopped before his eyes.

Toouk.

The dust that passed through the rays of light rose up onto Hector’s hair.

“I’ll take care of that guy a little later.”

Damn it.

Lloyd walked towards the nearest child.

Didn’t you even feel what was happening?

The guy was frozen in the same pose he had been clapping.

“Why do you insist on doing it when they tell you not to…?”

Lloyd grabbed the guy’s finger.

Even for a man, his fingers are a bit thick.

The well-defined muscles felt quite heavy.

“Hmm.”

Holding a man’s hand is not a very pleasant feeling. Instead, it is a pleasure to be able to punish someone.

Lloyd carefully wrapped his fingers around the other person’s.

How should I punish him?

“Hmm.”

Obviously, you didn’t understand when I said nice things.

“I think it would be cleaner to just make it so that no one can applaud.”

Lloyd smiled and clenched his hands.

The guy’s fingers are holding up pretty resiliently.

Stretching ligament.

“Oh.”

Human ligaments are more flexible than you think.

Even though my fingers were bent in the opposite direction, the resistance was quite elastic.

If you want to prevent Ortega from awakening, you just need to avoid seeing blood, right?

— Kyuuuk

The guy’s finger muscles made a creepy sound as if they were reaching their limits.

It feels like a rubber band stretched to its limit is resisting.

“That’s ridiculous.”

Lloyd laughed.

— Crackle!

The sound of bones breaking.

The fingers are bent in the opposite direction.

It looks like it’s barely hanging on the palm of your hand.

But thanks to the time being stopped, it’s fixed in a slightly grotesque way.

“I won’t be able to clap from now on.”

Lloyd smiled with satisfaction.

And next was Hector.

As expected from a guy with considerable ability, he must have sensed Lloyd’s magic.

Eyes raised as they look this way.

Lloyd didn’t like those eyes.