episode_0276

“This is quite the labyrinth.”

Victoria and her group finally entered the secret headquarters of the Sophist Order.

The secret passage they entered through the cave was almost a maze.

Vincent clicked his tongue in a low voice.

“I agree, Vincent. We can’t just rely on the map. We need to hurry so we don’t miss the signal ahead.”

Victoria looked at the map again and glanced around.

The map was none other than the Sophist Order’s secret headquarters’ secret passage prediction map secretly provided by Kaiser Antoine Dessel Oblean of the Imperial Knights.

The map was more detailed than expected, but the actual maze was so intricate that even with such a complete map, they couldn’t be completely at ease.

Victoria and her group navigated the maze for about 10 minutes, and

“It’s a rebellion!!! A rebellion has broken out!!!”

Just as they were about to exit the maze, an unusual cry was heard from inside the Sophist Order.

“It’s started.”

The signal that Victoria had been rushing to catch had been sent.

Victoria is thorough and prefers stable processing over adventure.

The number of troops at the Sophist Order’s secret headquarters, as investigated in advance, was not that significant, but Victoria still wanted to have a safety net.

It was a feint attack, having colleagues already stationed within the Sophist Order draw aggro from the front, while Victoria’s side would use the opportunity to quickly enter the place where Jedi Raonjena was, or at least occupy a favorable position.

“What! Enemies have appeared from behind too!”

ㅡThud!ㅡThwack!ㅡGurgle!!

Soon, not only the front but also Victoria’s camp started a sword fight.

Victoria’s side included five Sword Expert-level swordsmen and four Sword User-level swordsmen supporting the rear.

Of course, it might be a small number for a full-scale battle, but in a situation where a feint attack was laid as groundwork and a rear surprise attack was launched, its efficiency and destructive power would be more than 200 percent.

“Now, Jonathan and the rest of the elite knights will guard this place and watch the situation on the front. Don’t even think about actively supporting our side, just block the path and keep the front support in mind.”

“Yes, Quest Leader Victoria.”

Victoria’s group, having cleared the first section of the quest, entered an interim check.

Victoria plans to make the most of the maze-like interior.

In other words, she wants to entrust the task of guarding the path to the four Sword Users, as it is inefficient for more than five people to move together.

“Oh dear.”

After dividing the parties, Victoria headed with four colleagues to the space where the Sophist’s current Jedi Raonjena is presumed to be hiding.

But soon, her expression became somewhat troubled.

“To think that there’s a fork in the road in a part where the map is cut off.”

The internal map of the Sophist secret headquarters provided by Antoine was not perfect. The passage was indicated up to the entrance and the middle process, but from where Raonjena was presumed to be hiding, only a rough description existed.

And when they reached that point, they were greeted by a fork in the road.

“My twin brother and I will enter this way.”

Then, the twin Sword Expert swordsmen pointed to the underground passage on the right.

They suggested that it would be more efficient to split into three and two to search, as there were five people.

“Let’s do that. If Pedro finds Vargas on his side, don’t go straight into suppression, but send a magic stone signal.”

“Understood, Quest Leader Victoria.”

Victoria agreed with the twin swordsman Pedro’s words.

At the same time, she requested that if the twin swordsmen found Vargas, they should wait for them to join.

Victoria, as the person in charge of the quest, must thoroughly understand the situation for the final report.

“I don’t think the security is that tight, unlike what I thought, Victoria.”

Victoria’s group parted ways with the twin swordsmen and began running through the left passage.

At that moment, Farnese tilted his head slightly.

There were hardly any troops encountered compared to the security of the passage structure.

“I was also aware of that, so I accepted Pedro’s suggestion a little while ago, but let’s be careful of the existence of special devices for now. Now that we’ve come this far, we can’t just pull back.”

Victoria was also aware of that.

If Raonjena’s power had weakened due to the side effects of the potion, he would have desperately tried to keep more troops around him.

And since the actual security structure of the secret base was considerable, she had been so sure, but the deeper they went, the fewer troops there were.

But at that moment,

Rumble rumble rumble! Thump! Rumble rumble rumble! Thump! Bang!

The passage behind Victoria’s group began to close.

“Victoria! It seems like some device has been activated!”

Slash!

At that sound, Farnese and Vincent had no choice but to stop, and

“Calm down.”

Victoria, who had stopped with them, first calmed the two down.

‘Was this the passage where Raonjena was hiding? I didn’t hear any similar sounds from the other side at all.’

However, even Victoria, who was maintaining a poker face, was also flustered.

But in the meantime, Victoria began to assess the situation.

If it were a general closing device, it would have been activated on the twin swordsmen’s side as well.

However, neither before nor after this moment could the sound of a heavy iron door falling be heard from the opposite side.

Just as Victoria was raising her sense of déjà vu,

[Hehehe… Antoine, that human… is finally using me as a stepping stone like this… Hehehe…]

A voice filled with a considerable amount of energy was heard by Victoria’s group.

‘What is this sound?’

Instinctively, she knew it was Raonjena’s voice.

Perhaps energy close to magic had accumulated due to the potion, and as a result, the current energy-filled voice was emerging.

Therefore, even the situation itself was eye-opening,

The short comment Raonjena made mentioning Antoine was a very ominous content.

[Come inside, intruders. At this point, I’m even more curious. I wonder what that snake-like human is showing me. There must be a reason why he sent you.]

Thud thud thud thud thud….!!!!!

Not only Raonjena’s voice was heard again, but the huge wall in front of Victoria’s group began to open with a bizarre feeling.

“Who is it! The one who had that snake-like mind! Besides my brother’s father, no, Sword Saint Ulysses Schneider, who has set foot in the eclipse of the Evil God! Is that the one who awakened the Evil God’s eyes!”

A sense of déjà vu arises.

Although it’s a different dimension, Elizabeth, with her curiosity and exceptional sense and intuition, felt that this was it.

“Before that, I’ve also become quite curious about you. If the witch with blue eyes has been continuing a relationship with you, I don’t think you’re an ordinary person.”

Then, Anastasia suddenly changed the topic to Elizabeth.

‘No, what is this! This feeling of stopping the act when the climax is approaching! You’re so infuriating, this woman!’

She was close to the goal. Elizabeth had walked all the way to this distant northern region, roamed the cold, snowy mountains of the demon race, and had reached the moment to seize what she was aiming for.

So she was enjoying the dopamine as if she was about to orgasm,

At Anastasia’s appearance of not saying what she wanted and turning the topic to another direction, Elizabeth almost lost her composure.

“Is it difficult to answer? Then I’ll have a lot to think about. Because what I’m about to say is really impactful. I don’t want to tell it to someone who can’t handle it.”

But Anastasia clearly held the handle of the sword.

She had also confirmed that Elizabeth was impatient.

She seemed genuinely interested in Elizabeth’s identity,

Having grasped Elizabeth’s character, she subtly teased her.

“Difficult? There’s nothing difficult at all. It’s just that I didn’t do it because it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to blurt it out first.”

Who is Elizabeth? Even at the age of 20, she is the head of the Imperial Project representing the Academy Magic Tower.

The only time she is helpless is when she is taught by her beloved brother while getting pleasured.

Therefore, Elizabeth regained her usual dignified demeanor and responded to Anastasia’s provocation.

“What do you want to know about me? My ability? Are you proving that I have the magical vessel to participate in your scheme?”

Slam!

Elizabeth picked up the wizard’s staff that she had placed on her lap.

The priest of the demon race, at first glance, may seem similar to a nun of the Holy See, but in reality, they are more similar to witches or wizards.

They have basic abilities that are curses and debuffs rather than buffs, and the witch class itself was created in the process of wizards interacting with demon priests.

As such, their tendencies are similar to witches, and they have great egos and want to have sincere conversations with those who are on their level.

“Hehe, now that I’m this old, I deeply feel the futility of such ego battles. Unfortunately, I don’t have the aggressiveness to demand proof from the other person with my eyes burning like you. All I want is to satisfy my curiosity, I want to know the background of someone who seems to be from a pretty noble family.”

However, Anastasia waved her hand with the experience of over 1000 years.

She had teased her because she was cute with the appearance of a flustered 20-year-old lady, but what Anastasia really wanted was not that.

‘Hmm… rather, that’s the part I don’t want to talk about…’

But Elizabeth, who doesn’t usually like to brag about her family, felt embarrassed instead.

“I am from the Elysium Empire’s first noble family, the Oblean Grand Duke family. I am the third young lady, Elizabeth Dessel Oblean.”

Nevertheless, Elizabeth, eager to help her brother, bragged to Anastasia about how good her family was.

“I see… was that so?”

Smirk…!

Then, Anastasia raised the corners of her mouth with an interesting feeling.

“Then I will now keep my promise. I’ll tell you who the snake-like person who stepped into the eclipse of the Evil God and opened the Evil God’s eyes is.”

Then, she continued speaking with a blank expression.

“That person is none other than Antoine Dessel Oblean, a swordsman who was rising as the next Kaiser of the Imperial Knights at the time.”

The name mentioned from an expression that could not read what he was thinking was none other than Elizabeth Dessel Oblean’s father,

The current Kaiser at the pinnacle of the Imperial Knights and the de facto ruler of the empire, Antoine Dessel Oblean.