Chapter 636 After giving up the message,
I gave up occupying the fortress in the western region and returned to Margon Fortress.
According to the original plan, they would have to stay there and wait for Adela to complete negotiations with the ruler of the west, the Grazia Fortress.
“There is no reason to hold out in this state.”
As a result of checking around other forts, the placenta they had led was infected.
The monster you brought with you to begin with. I don’t know what happened after that, but people were also infected.
Maybe he went in while he was sleeping. Because when you sleep, you become defenseless.
In particular, dragon knights must have been more vulnerable because they spent a lot of time with the dragon monsters they deal with, and in severe cases even slept with them.
“Ugh. It is so terrible.”
“My jaw still tingles.”
“That’s enough for medicine. look at me My face is swollen!”
“You always looked like that.”
Fortunately, I came out quickly and resolved it without major damage, but what would have happened if the treatment was delayed?
I’m pretty sure everyone here has been annihilated.
The parasitic species was so dangerous.
It is difficult for any country to take care of such a large number of people.
I chose to lead the group and return to Margon Fortress. There were some objections, but everyone agreed thanks to my well-organized persuasion and fists as a means of communication.
I’ve told Adela the seriousness of the situation, so she won’t say anything.
By the way…
“Adela went to Grazia and didn’t come back?”
“Yes, Evileye-nim left and left the next day.”
“I thought it would move quickly, but I didn’t expect it to be this much.”
I knew he had the ability to act, but I didn’t know it would be at this level.
Wait a minute then…..
“What happened to the letter I sent you?”
“A dispatch sent by the lord of Adela came to pick it up, but he is currently in poor health, so another one has been sent.”
“Was there an attack? I don’t think he would have attacked you recklessly either.”
“That’s true…”
The administrative officer paused for a while before opening his mouth.
“There is no sign of combat, but he complained of stomach pains and had seizures, and now he is unable to speak properly and is behaving erratically.”
“Tell me in detail.”
“They show aggression towards people, but they keep trying to move somewhere and can’t even do their normal activities properly.”
Things you can normally do.
For example, you can’t do things like turning the doorknob and going out or eating with utensils.
In severe cases, even doing errands in the room without going to the bathroom.
Could this be?
“Take me there. Everyone, even those who came into contact with him!”
“Yes yes?”
“If it’s late, people here are in danger! hurry!”
“Okay, okay!”
After yelling, I followed the administrator who ran away.
If the prediction is correct, it is clear that it is infected with a parasitic species.
I haven’t seen anyone get that serious yet, but among those I’ve brought with me, there have been some who complained of stomach pains or showed signs of confusion.
“Aagh! Calm down!”
Screams at the end of the hallway.
The administrator shouted that there was someone there with a contact.
– Kwaaang!
I ran as if I were flying, broke down the door, and went inside.
Red bloodshot eyes. It’s not normal to growl while attacking a servant who seems to have brought in food.
In this case…
“Excuse me for a moment.”
-Baggagak!
Like a gentleman, I kicked the guy to break his collarbone.
I managed to control my strength, but it would hurt quite a bit, but I didn’t even hold on to the creaking shoulder and tried to run at me.
Then flinch.
“Crukreuk. Ugh.”
Avoid me and take a step back.
That’s right. being infected
They must be trying to run away in response to my title.
“This is more skillful at controlling the host than I thought.”
Looking at the fallen servant, the bruises on his arms and neck are clear.
Seeing that the skin was black and dead, I must have given it a lot of strength.
‘If a normal soldier is at this level, I don’t know what will happen if other talented people are infected.’
As he gives strength without sparing his own body, his intelligence may decrease, but his strength seems to increase.
I have never seen an infected person past the initial stage yet. I’ll have to check it out this time.
In particular, it is necessary to check the possibility of returning that state to normal.
It would be better if it was simply a parasite going around and making a few holes inside the body, but if not…
“Hey! Are you okay!”
“First take care of the person who fell over there, the person who prepared the meal, the person who cleaned up, etc. Gather all the contacts in one place. If they are infected, they will become like that too.”
“Infection? What!”
“A parasitic species appeared. After we’re done here, we have to go to Adela.”
The fact that the person Adela sent was infected meant that there was a high possibility that there was a problem on that side as well.
I don’t know the details, but the administrator, who noticed that the situation was serious, hurriedly went outside with a servant.
-Tduduk
I lightly untied my fingers and approached him.
“Can I not be anesthetized? Because I’m already insane.”
“Ugh. no. don’t come.”
“Oh you talk. His ability to deal with parasites is also good.”
It’s not like the parasite is talking to you directly.
The feeling of uneasiness was conveyed, so the host reflexively spoke as usual.
– I
quickly approached him and grabbed him by the neck.
where do you want to hide I looked closely at him.
“Are you here?”
Without hesitation, he reached out his hand toward the place where the guy’s spine passed.
* * *
“It’s been a while since I moved deep west. It’s not going to be a good thing.”
“Are you almost there?”
“The place you can see over there is the Grazia Fortress.”
After finishing her business at Margon Fortress, she and Mirva flew straight to Adela’s place.
I could go with someone else, but I thought this would be the fastest.
Although each dragon knight had a different type of monster, the wyvern was in the upper ranks in terms of movement speed.
Some were trained for military use and some were reinforced.
Also, Mirva is a battle mage. I was able to fly here without getting tired using all kinds of strengthening magic and reagents.
“There is no uproar like this.”
Nothing else, it was normal for each fortress to prepare for a Dragon Knight flying in the sky.
If you act aggressively, flying over someone else’s fortress to the extent that you could attack it was something to be avoided…
“There are more collapsed fortresses than expected. They must all be infected.”
“Because there is nothing you can do without knowing how to treat it.”
I opened my eyes and looked down.
“What traces did Adela leave?”
“I think we camped there, hmm. There are signs that they moved in haste.”
At the place he pointed to, there were traces of camp that had not been properly organized.
I hurriedly covered the soil to put out the fire, and I didn’t even take care of things like pots.
Are there signs of a battle around you?
It wasn’t.
“I wasn’t attacked by monsters. No more people.”
There are no bloodstains, no fragments of broken weapons or armor.
If there was a formation or a rough fight, there should be at least some traces of the ground being overturned, but there are none.
In the first place, there was no way that a madman would fight against Adela, the dragon slayer.
that it is
‘There was a problem other than the battle.’
“Go down.”
“I am landing!”
Whoa!
The Wyvern glides quickly. The destination is Grazia Fortress in front.
Even so, flying over the hegemony of the west was risky, so I thought of going over to the main gate.
From the moment I got down to the ground and went forward, I felt something strange.
“The door is open.”
I guess this is bigger than expected.
Saying the door is open is a bit problematic. It was because the door made of thick iron was rolling around, as if it had been hit by a battering ram.
Did Adela kick it?
Did you leave such a castle gate unrepaired? No one even guards it?
“Oops! How terrible!”
What greets us as soon as we step inside is a terrible stench.
Scattered corpses rot away. Not just people.
There were even monsters, and among them, some died with blood spattered everywhere, as if they had died relatively recently.
“Looks like there are survivors out there!”
A citadel that is no longer inhabited.
I ran through the alleys of the Grazia Fortress, which had become a ghost town for some time.
There was a familiar face where Mirva shouted.
“Adela.”
“I came from that side like this.”
I saw Adela, breathing heavily and tossing her hair in a cold sweat.
The people next to her are also familiar.
“…everyone is infected.”
“There was no way to save it. Sending it into my hands is just a final courtesy.”
Even though the neck was broken, the body of a white parasitic species could be seen inside the dragon knight’s wriggling mouth.
Adela, who squeezed her throat to prevent it from entering her throat, put her hand in her mouth and pulled out the parasitic species.
–
Adela, who had stepped on the parasitic species as it was, leaned against the wall with a tired expression.
“What about the others?”
“Everyone is dead. There are no survivors inside the citadel, let alone those I brought.”
The guy with a frown wrinkled his nose and shook the necklace he was wearing around his waist with his fingertips.
“The lord of Grazia was also killed.”
“To be beaten by the lord. How could this happen?”
Mirva lamented. A fort representing each province. The weight of the owner there is never light.
At least it meant that he was strong enough to compete with her.
I know that parasitic species are dangerous, but didn’t even Seongju notice?
Even if I saw Adela right away, I wasn’t infected. This means that they reacted immediately to the danger.
I was able to listen to a simple story while giving her recovery potions and food.
“The rider sent to Grazia conveyed the situation here and moved quickly.”
“okay. I came to see that this is already the city of the dead. Besides…”
munching. Adela, who has been chewing on bread, drinks the wine.
“Whoa. Ours had already suffered. Parasites have infiltrated the food.”
“How did you avoid it?”
“I carry my food separately. You never know when a poisoning or other assassination attempt will come.”
It is said that he was able to avoid anger thanks to his thorough personality.
“If something happened in Margon Fortress, I don’t know if I would have been hurt too.”
As a result of going into the deepest part of the citadel and checking it out, even those preparing meals were infected, and there were traces of parasites roaming around in the ingredients.
It was never something the parasite did on its own.
Someone behind the scenes made a move so that it could spread even more cleverly.
“They are acting deliberately. Someone is giving instructions behind the scenes.”
She came to the same conclusion and I know the answer.
“Ancient monster.”
“Do you know them?”
“Because the First Monster was out there. They can’t come out of the gate on their own.”
nonetheless came out.
There is only one way unless the gate is completely broken and thrown out.
“They are hatching parasitic species and sending the First Monster out. The final goal must be set.”
“They said they would come out on their own.”
He nodded.
There is no reason other than that.
Moreover, judging from the situation, there are at least two ancient monsters here.
It was clear that there was a guy who handled parasitic species and a guy who handled polyps.
That two ancient monsters cooperate. I’ve never seen a case like this before, but it’s happened and I need to find an alternative.
How to deal with it is simple.
“You have to go in and get rid of it yourself.”
It doesn’t matter who handles the dragon.
Because he can’t get his limbs out with his own ability.
But the guy who handles the parasitic species had to be caught.
“I agree with you. I was able to talk to one of them, albeit briefly.”
“Do you talk?”
He takes something out of his pocket and hands it to me.
It looked similar to the parasites we’ve seen so far, but it had small horns on both sides of its chin and brown stripes.
[High Link Parasite]
-6 star monster.
– Upon hatching, you are born as a linked being.
– Subordinate to the owner and can give higher orders.
“Most of them were simple, but there were intelligent ones. There was that guy inside. The lord of Grazia was also infected by it.”
emergence of higher species.
The ancient monster connected to him has delivered a message…
“Did they declare war?”
“no.”
Adela, with an expression that doesn’t know if she’s laughing or distorting, stares at me.
“They say their purpose is not us. He has offered to negotiate.”
this is true
“They don’t even spit on their lips and they lie.”
I want to see what kind of guy he is.
