episode_0052

visor!

Alex rolled to the side, pulling his sword from the scabbard at his waist and swinging it.

“Ugh!”

Another burrowing snake suddenly appeared.

Fortunately, thanks to the appearance of Jeon, I was able to see the signs and was able to avoid the attack because I was nervous.

Although he did not have a natural talent for swordsmanship like the Third Prince, he had learned swordsmanship as a basic skill as a member of the royal family, so he was at a level comparable to a knight.

“Your Majesty!!! I will go.”

Cross, the captain of the escort knights, seized the opportunity to defeat the first appearing serpent.

As soon as he saw another serpent attacking the crown prince, he rushed in like lightning.

The movements are so quick that even four-legged animals cannot do them, which is truly admirable.

Cross stood in front of the Crown Prince, who was rolling on the ground, barely avoiding the attacks of the serpent.

“Thank you. It was getting harder and harder to avoid it.”

“I’ll take care of it. Please step back!”

No knight of any rank would dare to face the Tunnel Snake alone, but Cross was different.

He really started fighting the serpent all by himself.

‘We can win. It just takes time.’

Cross swung his sword at the serpent and made a guess.

Right now, my subordinates are finishing up other tunnel snakes and are unable to help.

Ordinary soldiers are more of a nuisance and not very helpful.

I had to face it alone. I was confident I could win, but it seemed like it would be difficult to finish it quickly.

In fact, it was a great feat in itself, as it was rare in the empire for a superhuman to catch a serpent on his own.

Cross was escorted by the empty Crown Prince.

Since there were already two burrowing snakes, it wouldn’t be surprising if another one appeared, and if others attacked, it would be a disaster.

‘Was dividing the personnel a problem?’

I regretted assigning half of the Knights to Eustace’s side, who was investigating the enemy’s base.

If only they had been there, there wouldn’t have been a problem.

But now was not the time to regret. The opponent before him, the Tunnel Snake, was by no means a monster that could be dealt with leisurely.

And Venom was watching the scene from hiding in the bushes.

Venom couldn’t help but be astonished.

‘Your Majesty? So that guy was really a member of the royal family!’

Even though the distance to the bushes where he was hiding was quite far, the voice of the ignorant knight was so loud that he could hear it clearly.

-Your Majesty!!! I will go.

Now I understand.

Where did these crazy people with the skills to deal with burrowing snakes come from?

They were capable enough to be a member of the Knights Templar who protected the imperial family.

Especially the monstrous middle-aged knight who hunts the serpent all by himself.

The author is one who cannot guarantee that he will be able to easily subdue the cult leader even if he comes.

‘Damn it! No matter how you touch the royal family… .’

Venom’s eyes darkened.

Why did the imperial family appear here in person and not at the imperial palace in the capital?

The moment he touched the royal family, at least three generations of his family would be wiped out, so he was basically finished.

‘No. I originally had no family, and being a warlock means death if you get caught, so there’s no difference!’

Yes, one of the few strengths of the Warlock comes into play here.

Most of them had no family, and even if they had family, most of them were enemies.

Also, no matter how evil the act is, since he is a black magician, his punishment is death.

Looking back, Venom felt courageous at the thought that he was already dead.

‘It’s a shame, but destroying the Chaos Crystal causes the Tunnel Serpent to go berserk.’

This will make it impossible to control the Tunnel Snake again, but will temporarily confuse the Snake and cause it to go berserk.

At that moment, risk your life and escape from this place.

Venom immediately grabbed the Chaos Crystals in both hands and poured mana into them with all his might.

Damn!

The crystal began to vibrate violently, cracks soon appeared, and soon it shattered into dust.

“Keeek!!!”

And the effects were immediate.

Two burrowing snakes, both of which were dying, suddenly began to writhe and twist their bodies with all their might.

“What the heck! Why all of a sudden… .”

The knights who were dealing with the serpent were momentarily taken aback.

If you make a last-ditch effort with that kind of injury, you’ll only end up losing your life early.

“Everyone, step back for a moment!”

However, the knights decided that there was no need to deal with the desperate struggle right before death and took a slight step back.

The burrowing snake didn’t seem to think so.

It may be awkward to call a monster rational, but it starts to charge at the surrounding soldiers rather than the knights like a crazy beast.

“Eww!!!”

It’s a monster that can only be faced by the Knights Templar. To ordinary soldiers, it’s a being no different from a legendary dragon from Hell.

In an instant, the display falls into disarray and the soldiers run away.

But not everyone could do that.

“Mom… Mom… .”

Have you just become an adult?

Among the soldiers, one soldier, who had not been able to shake off his youthful appearance, sat there with his legs giving out.

Before he knew it, the serpent had come up to the soldier’s nose and was sticking its large, ugly mouth out.

“Chrome!!!”

The pitiful voices of other soldiers who had been mobilized from the same area as that young soldier echoed like an echo.

The knights who had been standing back for a moment upon witnessing the sight instantly rushed forward in front of the soldiers and stopped the rampaging serpents.

However, the captain of the escort knights, Cross, who was fighting the serpent alone, could not do so.

The serpent that had been fighting with Cross also suddenly started to go crazy and started to rush towards the Crown Prince who had been away, and Cross alone was not enough to stop this sudden turn of events.

“Your Majesty!!!”

The crown prince rolls on the ground again after seeing the serpent attacking him.

But was it because I was a little late in reacting to the unexpected attack?

The right upper body was torn off and blood was flowing out.

“That crazy serpent!!! Who dares touch my body!!!”

At the sight of the Crown Prince’s right arm disappearing, Cross and the other knight guards who were blocking the serpents were shocked and angry.

So, I was ready to go and kill the guy who was threatening the crown prince right away.

“Stop! Everyone, stay in your positions and stay where you are!”

Everyone had to remain in their seats under the Crown Prince’s instructions.

“If you move recklessly, who will guard the soldiers behind you? Lord Cross, can you stop it by yourself?”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Later, Cross swung his sword of rage at the Tunnel Serpent, which was making its final struggle.

“Potion!! Anyone with a potion, come now!”

One of the soldiers who had stepped back frantically searched for a potion next to the crown prince, tearing his clothes and tying them up with bandages.

“Everything is okay now. Don’t worry.”

In contrast, Crown Prince Alex’s expression looked extremely relieved.

Even though the pain of losing an arm must have been immense, he smiled at the soldiers looking at him.

***

“How on earth do you guys know about this place… .”

Bialom, the leader of the Abyssal Cult, the last remaining black magic organization on the continent, was so shocked that he was on the verge of anger.

“There are people in the world who risk their lives to tell the truth and people who believe it.”

An old man with a long beard standing in front of the dying Vialom.

Imperial Archmage Yustav was truly grateful that they had prevented the disaster.

Rupert published a book to tell the truth, despite the threats to himself and his family.

And Crown Prince Alex, who believed their opinions despite the weak evidence.

Without them, countless people in the empire would have been sacrificed.

“Nonsense! Humans are all a race that values their own interests the most!!!”

“That’s why your plan failed! You don’t know that people can be infinitely cowardly, but they can also be infinitely courageous!”

Bialom, who was only able to resist Yustav’s answer with a slurred voice, had no will to fight back.

It was so unfair.

The day to achieve the grand plan is just around the corner.

Just one step ahead and everything was in vain.

It was so bad that the opponent he had chosen was so bad. How could the Archmage, who had heard that the dragon had polymorphed into a human, come to stop him?

This was not an excuse, if it weren’t for Yustav, Bialom was confident that he would be able to repel anyone who came to interfere.

A knight of any rank could have his neck twisted in an instant, and unless he was a wizard of the level of an elder of the Magic Tower, the wizard was just a good sacrifice.

But even the fearsome black magic of Vialom was nothing more than a child’s play in front of Yustav.

Because of the magical power that turned the space upside down, which made one wonder if it really was a dragon, it was difficult to even use lower-level magic properly, and the opponent fired various magic spells without even chanting.

Even though he is still alive, all of the Abyss Cult’s subordinates have already fallen as cold corpses.

“Before I kill you, I must ask you. What on earth were you trying to achieve through this heinous act?”

“Core? Huh… That’s funny. This isn’t a resonance circle, it’s a black magic circle! The great exit and gate through which our master, the demon god, descends!!!”

The voice of Bialom, screaming.

And the group was astonished at one word.

‘Drank’

On the continent of Sylvania, there existed not only the Goddess of Creation, but also the Goddess of Destruction, the Mashin.

After the continent was created and the goddess and the demon fought fiercely, the demon was defeated and banished to the other side of the world, the Demon World.

The myth that the blood shed by the goddess during the fight at that time turned into humans, elves, dwarves, and beastmen, and the blood shed by the demon god turned into various monsters.

Perhaps because of this, races that believe in goddesses have an instinctive innate hatred and fear of demons.

But this is a terrible story about an attempt to summon not a demon, but a demon god to the continent.

“Warlocks really aren’t the same people.”

When one of the group said that he was tired, everyone agreed.

How could a human born of the blood of a goddess follow a demon and endanger the world?

An act that is absolutely unacceptable. That is why black magicians have always been treated as public enemies not only by humans but also by races across the continent.

“A human being? Don’t make me laugh… Since when have humans been such a beautiful species?”

But Bialom just laughed at the group’s reaction.

“Humans are the only race in the world that kills more of their own kind than any other race!!! The nobles always… .”

“You talk too much. Hey, so the people you killed were nobles?”

“That… That’s an inevitable sacrifice for a greater cause!!!”

Phew!

Bialom couldn’t finish his speech.

A blade that struck down like lightning on Bialom’s forehead.

It was the work of Lina, a member of the Crown Prince’s knight guard among the group that followed Yustav.

Despite being a woman, she is a talented person who graduated at the top of her class from the Imperial Academy’s military science department.

A swordsmanship genius who is certain to become the next legion commander.

“We need to finish this as quickly as possible, gather the evidence, and then return to His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Everyone just nodded as she took out her sword and wiped the blood with her collar as if nothing had happened.