Chapter 833 Chapter
209. Temar’s Seventh Tomb – Keitam’s painting (6)
“Barisada is the key…? Have you never heard of such a thing?”
Murakan tilted his head and said.
It was also the first time Jin had heard of it.
“This is something we only learned about from the butler. I’m not sure where exactly the key leads, but I’ve been told that it should never fall into the hands of a fake Murakan or a witch. They say that a great danger is coming to the world…”
Jin and Murakan have already experienced the sword being used as a key through Shakan of the Veil.
‘Then is Barisada the key to opening another Temar’s tomb? But for some reason, I feel like it must be something else… If it was related to the tomb in the first place, Picon-nim should have known.’
It was Picon Minche who gave Jin the information about Temar’s first tomb. He was the ‘messenger’ who heard about the tomb directly from Solderlet.
Therefore, there is no reason for Solderlet to omit the information about Barisada while appointing Picon as the first tomb bearer. Picon was even the creator of Barisada.
‘There are two assumptions that come to mind. First, Picon knew about Barisada’s secret, but forgot it due to history manipulation. Second, if Solderlet added a special device to Barisada or gave it abilities without even Picon-nim’s knowledge.’
Either way, it was clear that Barisada’s secret hadn’t caused any trouble in the world until now.
The real Barisada is currently owned by Shiron Runkandel. Moreover, in the thousand-year history of Runkandel after Temar’s death, Barisada has never been used by someone else outside the family.
Of course, the fact that Barisada is the key may also be a setting that occurred as part of ‘contamination’. I couldn’t be sure of anything until I faced the truth of the painting.
‘Maybe my father went on the Black Sea Expedition because he knew the secret of Barisada…’
Suddenly, he wanted to see Chiron and the Luna Expedition.
‘My father, whom I met in my world, still seemed strong. Just like my father said at the time, if I do my job, there will be a day when we can meet again.’
I felt strange all over again. He never thought that the day would come when he missed his father. Now more than ever, I missed him and Luna.
“It’s a huge unknown danger… It’s very upsetting here and there. Yes, Leed couldn’t have said anything nonsense, so I must protect it.”
“Here? Where else is the problem?”
“Ah, there was a little commotion in Lapla Rosa too. It’s not as serious as here, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
Murakan shook his head, circling the reality as Lapla Rosa. Frey’s eyes widened as if something was strange, but he didn’t ask more.
“Do you have any idea when the fake Murakan will come?”
“I don’t know. However, they continue to attack other areas to provoke and lure us, so they won’t be hasty to launch an all-out war. That’s why I was even more surprised today. I’ve never hit a storm directly before.”
“That’s why Dranax asked me if I was going to extend my demonic powers to the Storm Castle.”
“Yes Murakan! He doesn’t have the confidence to face us head-on. So while bullying the powerless, he’s trying to get at least one of us out of there somehow. In the meantime, I thought it was because I was injured while fighting the householder, but now I see that it was because he was a fake guy!”
Frey’s judgment had fallen, and Dranax now fully believed Jin and Murakan’s words.
“then! If you were really in this body, would the three of you be scared? It’s already breaking through head-on coolly.”
“Haha Murakan! That word hurts a little! This bastard looks at us funny! Isn’t that right, Violo?”
“I agree. We are teenage knights. Teenage knights. Don’t you know what Murakan Teenage Knight is?”
“Honestly, isn’t it true that this body is incredibly strong? Of course, it’s not easy for me to defeat the three of you and the elite knights at once. Still, if you knew that Barisada was in the storm castle, it would be easy to charge in and destroy them all, then just bring your sword and bounce. Do you admit this?”
“I have no choice but to admit it, which makes me even more incensed. Right Violo?”
“It makes me angry that you keep saying the right things, Dranax.”
“Look, Frey. Because I and Violo get along so well. Fighting and all that is just a joke.”
“Well then. Murakan counted!”
Murakan and Dranax Violo burst into laughter, and Jin and Frey sighed inwardly. Jin was ashamed of Murakan, and Frey was ashamed of the two of them.
“Have you eaten?”
“Yes, I simply packed it on the way home.”
“But since you’ve been working hard for nothing, let’s prepare some dishes. You probably won’t have much to do while you’re waiting anyway. We will also prepare reports related to the fake Murakan, so take a look at it slowly while you eat.”
“I see, Sir Frey.”
“I feel very reassured after accepting you and Murakan. Murakan: I’d like to hold a welcome ceremony for Barmal and you who have returned. As you can see, that’s not the case. I hope you don’t feel sorry for me.”
“Will I be such a bitch?”
“Instead, we will hold a big welcome ceremony when everyone returns. When the head of the household and the other colleagues all gather in the storm castle again.”
Murakan smiled awkwardly, unable to hide his bitter feelings. What Frey was talking about was a landscape that would never be seen again, either in the real world or here in the painting.
Frey seemed to read something from Murakan’s expression this time, but didn’t add anything. Jin quietly patted Murakan on the back while she and the Teenage Knights looked elsewhere.
The storm restaurant was a landscape not very different from the present. Rather, the old and repaired parts were as clean as new, and even the weather was sunny unlike the usual stormy weather. The sunlight breaking through the window was beautiful.
While looking at the report, the dishes came out one by one. The fact that Murakan, who was with Jin, was the real Murakan was spread all over the storm castle, and the servants cried and greeted Murakan.
“We knew that Murakan-nim had really become a demon… and how much we resented him. My son died in Loron not too long ago, struck by his breath. Please avenge me.”
“I can’t express how happy I am that you’re back, Mr. Murakan. I prepared it with the foods I usually enjoy.”
Along with meat, various pies were constantly coming out.
“Even a thousand years ago or now, the food is very honest.”
“But back then, there was no one who could make a strawberry pie as perfect as a strawberry pie. Oh, I really want to try strawberry pie. It must be very lonely and forlorn without me, how much I miss you…
” How come Missha came back after finishing acting as a strawberry? No. It seems that Gili Taryeong has gotten much worse.”
“Hey, isn’t it natural? Three years is a short time for a dragon, but not for Gilly. How can a kid like you know what it feels like to give affection to a being with a finite lifespan?”
“Because I grew chicken, it meant that I should work hard in front of others.”
“Are you and I alone?”
“Let’s not talk. eat the pie Drink some water.”
“Well, it’s not as good as the strawberry pie of strawberry pie, but this is the taste of memories. There were some guys who dared to open a pie shop in my name because I was famous for my love of pies. Of course, since I was a good citizen, I didn’t impose any sanctions. Although he once surprised me by going secretly and eating and transforming into a black dragon.”
Jin focused on the report as soon as his stomach was full. Even looking at the contents a little bit, you could tell how much trouble Storm had had to keep track of the fake Murakan’s movements.
‘How many cities and towns have you destroyed in the last month alone? How many knights died during the chase?’
Soon, Jin noticed that there was some kind of pattern in the fake Murakan’s behavior.
‘The reports from when the fakes raided all over Hufester came from the outside. On the other hand, Mittel is a report directly written by the knights of the Storm Castle… Recently, only the Mittel Kingdom is committing a massacre.’
The fakes were attacking Mittelman at intervals of two to three days.
“Did you take a look?”
“Yes, fakes have been targeting Mittel lately, Sir Frey. And the sulvie tullan kitia loron raided over the past ten days are all not far from the tempest by fake standards. It gives the impression that Mittel is being swept from the outside and tightened with a storm…”
“We were recognizing that, too. If this is the case, his next hunting ground will probably be Luga, and then Mito.”
Lugado was a nearby city, and Mito was the village at the foot of the mountain where Jin and Murakan first visited.
“So, Lugado, Mito and other nearby areas have been given an evacuation order and have sent knights to control them.”
“If you finish off Rugado and all other neighboring areas of Mito, the only places left for fakes to attack are the Storm Castle and the remote area.”
“What do you think of Barmal? Do you think the fake will finish off those areas and start targeting the distant areas again or the Tempest?”
Jin thought for a moment.
‘The Teenage Knights are obviously incredibly strong… but Murakan’s inaction in the report is probably more than that. It’s on the verge of destroying a city with one breath, so it wouldn’t be too much trouble to engage in an all-out war against a storm castle with three teenage knights.’
I remembered what the villagers had said.
“…I think he has judged that the Storm Castle can be captured without fail, except for the case where Temar-nim recovers and returns to Numerus’ shrine. So if we confirm that Temar-nim doesn’t come out to save them even though we attack the nearby area, I think we’ll advance with a storm.”
“Huu, the possibility of the family head returning now is very slim. Then he’ll be back soon…”
And that evening.
The family’s guardian knights, who should have issued an evacuation order to the nearby city and returned, did not return to the storm castle. In the evening, a furious storm began. As if the sunny weather that lasted until the afternoon was all a lie.
And a black dragon was flying towards the Storm Castle, ferociously tearing through the black clouds. It was a fake Muracan.
