episode_0081

An aura that blooms so pure white that it catches the eye.

Like magic, this also feels amazing every time I see it.

While I was confronting him, the four people and Fiora Robson opened the door late and ran out with surprised faces.

‘I wonder if there’s one of them?’

These guys are the ones who blatantly invaded while wearing masks.

Even if the guys we just defeated were just meat shields, if any force had their wits about them, they wouldn’t have sent even a single knight.

I think it’s because we’re relying on someone who’s already infiltrated the inside.

So I opened the door and looked at the expressions of the four people who appeared.

They all have their masks pulled down like they woke up from a nap, but if I’m thinking about it correctly, there’s a high chance that they’re connected to one of the three, excluding Sienna.

‘Or it’s Queen Emilia’s side…’

If they were sent by Queen Emilia’s side, then the Dalot who shouted on the first floor could be the final boss.

I made several hypotheses and eliminated them one by one, calmly deducing who was behind this incident.

“Where are you looking right now!”

But it seems that the other person felt very arrogant about that appearance.

The masked knight charged at me with a roar, and every time I dodged his sword, the aura-infused blade split the wall of the mansion apart like a tofu.

The lights were shaking unsteadily, and the walls were cracking and smoke was billowing out.

I took a deep breath and coughed reflexively. The masked knight, who found my appearance ridiculous, became even more excited and ran towards me.

“Die! Adrian Floyd!”

Even though the hallway in this mansion was quite wide, the guy made useless big movements.

The wind shattered several panes of glass, cracked doors, and tore the picture frames hanging on the wall to shreds along with the wall.

“This kid…”

How expensive is this house?

No matter how much of a country I am, I’ve been avoiding it in every way I can because I’m scared of it, but it doesn’t seem like I can do it anymore.

If things continue like this, it wouldn’t be strange if the entire mansion collapses.

‘It’s the last stick…’

The wooden stick I’m holding in my hand right now is the last stick Adrian left behind.

One of them was avoiding the masked knight’s attacks and was trying to avoid them because he had just fought the leader of some adventure group the day before yesterday.

‘What should I do…’

The four people including Ainel were at a loss as they watched me like this.

Fiora Robson wasn’t much different.

‘Fuck, if you saw it you should have helped me.’

No, rather, should I be thankful that the masked man didn’t join me and attack me?

It was a truly absurd situation, but it was time for me to get moving.

I can’t just watch that guy run wild forever.

Shooo-

A spherical vortex created by fiercely sucking in the surrounding air.

I narrowly avoided the masked knight’s continued attacks, then took a side step to move to his left, and slammed the small storm I had created with my left hand into his stomach.

-Bang!

The entire mansion shakes up and down.

The shock wave was that powerful.

The glass window in the second floor hallway shattered, and the masked knight who was attacked was thrown out the window along with the glass shards.

I climbed up the railing and jumped down into the garden where the thing had flown.

“…!!”

That was when.

The guy who I thought had been knocked down by magic suddenly got up and moved quickly.

He swung his sword at the exact moment I landed on the ground, and I ended up having to use my one remaining stick to block the long horizontal swing of the blade.

-Chae-Ang!

“Ugh…”

He is a very powerful man.

I wasn’t able to cut the stick like the guy I fought the day before yesterday, but I was thrown several meters by the force beyond my imagination and crashed into the garden tree.

This happened because I couldn’t properly put my feet on the ground.

“Die!”

He didn’t waste his opportunity.

He rushed at me before I could control my body, and the sword he had raised above my head crashed straight into my crown.

But that was his mistake.

I was already projecting a large amount of magical power onto my left hand, and the densely compressed magic was already complete.

Also known as ‘air cutter’.

A sharp blade of air, never visible to the eye, was waiting for the thing to approach me.

“…!?”

Pushshshshsh-

A stream of blood pouring down like rain against the backdrop of moonlight.

The masked knight’s head was torn off from his torso and flew into the sky.

From the torso standing with the sword in hand, a large amount of blood gushed out like a fountain from the neck where the head had been cut off.

But the magic I was preparing still remained in my hands.

It wasn’t my magic that cut him down, it was someone else’s sword.

“Are you well, Sir Adrian?”

It was Dalot’s voice.

* * *

“Is it your doing?”

“I’m sorry.”

The bodies of all the masked men who had infiltrated today were lined up in the garden in front of the mansion’s entrance.

There were no survivors.

I didn’t kill anyone.

All of the masked men were killed by only one person, Dallot.

“I was planning to at least keep a few alive and then interrogate them.”

“…I’m so sorry.”

“Just raise your head. No matter what happened, it’s thanks to you, Dalot, that my neck is still hanging on like this.”

I was confident I could do it on my own, but everyone here saw it.

The scene where Dallot comes out and saves me from being trapped in the garden.

There was no need to push the situation any further.

The important thing is that the spark of my suspicion toward him has not gone out.

No, rather, it started to burn even more fiercely.

‘I’ve felt this all along, but this old man is no ordinary guy.’

I wonder how strong it is.

The way he looked today was on a whole different level compared to how he looked in the last dungeon.

If I had shown the same appearance as I did today back then, there would have been no need to waste all my magical power in front of the gates of that other world.

‘There’s so much to hide…’

If Dallot shows his true abilities, would I be able to deal with him alone right now?

Amidst many questions, the masks covering the corpses were removed one by one, revealing the hidden faces.

“Phe, Pedom Sir!? Woof…”

Angelica examined the masked knight’s severed head and vomited out her insides.

It seems like you know each other well enough to even know our names.

“Do you know each other?”

“Yeah… He’s our family’s knight…”

“What?”

I asked back, narrowing my eyebrows.

“Wait a minute. Let me ask you one thing. What faction is your family from?”

Now that I think about it, that’s true.

Even though he was a famous nobleman known for his swordsmanship, there was no guarantee that he would not join a faction that was vying for the next throne.

But Angelica shook her head.

“Our family doesn’t like that kind of thing. My father, the current head of the family, is also like that. If we have to be specific, he is loyal to the royal authority. He probably won’t participate in this factional fight either.”

“Whoever it is, you plan on just watching? Do you think that makes sense?”

“The only thing I’m interested in is swords. What I want and desire is the reputation of being the best swordsman in the kingdom. That’s how my family has been for generations. Politics was out of my interest.”

“Then what are these? Didn’t you say that this guy is from your family?”

“I don’t know either…”

Angelica, with a serious expression on her face, just like me.

He seemed to be thinking about something for a moment,

“Maybe… Oppa…”

“Ahem. What should we do with these corpses? Since there was so much commotion, if the nearby residents start talking, it won’t be long before the rumors spread to Yeongju Castle.”

Dallot interrupted Angelica and barged in.

I sensed some intent in his remarks.

‘I think we’ll have to talk about Angelica’s story later.’

I told Dalot that I didn’t know anything.

“Put it on a carriage and send it to Yeongju Castle.”

“Huh?!”

“They say that masked men came in the middle of the night and killed everyone. One of them was from the Wind Knights family.”

“But then…”

“No. In this case, it’s better to just tell the truth. If you hide it, you might cause unnecessary misunderstandings.”

Of course, it is a dangerous idea to think that the other person will not misunderstand just because you are showing the truth.

It’s impossible to know how they will flesh out each other and manipulate reality.

But it doesn’t matter.

Rather, you might learn something by seeing how the other person reacts.

Whether they can be trusted or considered enemies.

‘Isn’t that right, Dalot?’

Perhaps because my direct gaze was burdensome, Dallot did not look me in the eye and quickly began to organize the corpses.

“Then… I will follow your orders.”

“Yeah. It’ll be annoying, but Huey, you can use that guy to your heart’s content… But you know.”

“Yes.”

“Hey, that bastard was chosen to guard me, but where the hell is he and what is he doing now?”

“That guy has the day off today. I heard he’s meeting up with friends for a drink…”

“Oh, right.”

I looked up at the moonlight shining down eerily as if nothing had happened and thought.

‘Is it starting now…’

Didn’t you already know the general idea?

I knew that eventually, one day, something like this would happen.

I was prepared and mentally prepared.

But when the situation actually occurred, my heart was quite heavy.

‘I have to get stronger… stronger.’

With this level of skill, it’s difficult to even maintain my own body.

So, it has to become much, much stronger.

I looked at my formal disciples who were looking at me with shocked expressions.

‘There must be some real ones among those guys, right?’

I’m somewhat relieved that I’ve confirmed Sienna’s background, but the real faces of the other three are still unknown.

If there’s one, there’s three… they could all be real spies.

‘What the hell is going on in this world, there’s no one I can trust around me.’

이게 다 아드리안 그 개새끼 때문이다.

I looked up at the shattered second-floor hallway, lamenting my pitiful and miserable situation.

‘Ah… when did you clean up and fix all that?’

Of course, I won’t be cleaning and repairing it myself, but the cost will ultimately come out of my pocket.

“Dallot.”

“Yes!”

“Check out these kids’ pockets.”

“Yes?”

“Look if there’s anything I can make money on! Because of these guys, the mansion repair bill is going to break the bank right now!”

I don’t think it will work.

The potions are slowly running out, and the money I received from the academy director is also running out.

“And when Huey returns, tell him. Tell him to make a list of dungeons to conquer next.”

First, I need to raid the surrounding dungeons.

And also to practice for real life situations.

Oh, of course.

The upcoming dungeon raid will be conducted as part of a class in which all Adrian students in the training center will participate.

That way, you won’t have to worry about the eyes of those above whenever you go to the dungeon.