My villains, episode 219,
47. Nightmare (1),
things went by in a flash.
Saitz, a spell thief who screamed in agony to die, received a cup of blood, and upon receiving it, Kelsenne uttered an incomprehensible spell and poured blood on the throne.
For a while, the white surface was stained with red blood. The blood disappeared as if it had soaked in or evaporated.
“It’s done.”
“…already? What did you do?”
“It is a simple ritual. I tricked the throne into saying that the former owner, Saitsu, was dead.”
“Cheat.”
Come to think of it, Saits said something similar. It is said that the dark knight Achillemnur cast a ‘spell to deceive reason’ on the throne. Is it a similar context?
Ellen, who was watching the ceremony with her arms crossed, suddenly asked a question.
“Is that blood magic?”
“…Do you know blood magic?”
“Roughly.”
Ellen, who answered briefly, stared at Mibu in rags as if asking for an answer. In disbelief in her blue eyes, Kelsene swallowed dry saliva and opened her mouth.
“Similar but slightly different.”
“What is different?”
“Well, I’d say it’s something between blood magic and blood magic.”
“…is that the end?” As if that answer was not very satisfactory, he narrowed his brows and glared at Kelsenne.
I looked at them alternately and asked Ellen, scratching my eyebrows.
“But what is blood magic?”
“…Don’t you know blood magic?”
“uh. listen to it for the first time Is it different from hematology?”
“No, you-”
Ellen, who was about to say something with a puzzled expression, glanced around and cleared her throat.
“Hmm. Blood magic is a superpower that deals with blood, and blood magic is literally magic. Magic that uses blood as a medium to complete spells.”
“You say you use blood as a medium?”
“I’ve said it before. Normal magic is an act of begging the world for change. I do not remember?”
“…I remembered. You said that when you were arguing with Ethan and Shiren.”
“Isn’t it a joke?”
Ellen pursed her lips and continued her explanation.
“Ordinary wizards lack spells and mana to manifest magic, so they even prepare bribes, and that bribe is the medium.”
I remember Ethan and Shiren using rune pieces or clay dolls whenever they cast spells.
“Then blood magic means using blood instead of rune pieces or clay dolls to cast magic?”
“that’s right. In the case of normal magic, you need to prepare a different medium for each spell, but blood magic can use all spells with only blood.”
aha.” I blinked for a moment, then opened my mouth halfway.
“Wow, that’s a total scam. Aren’t you actually a high-level sorcerer?”
Scared to finish my words, Ellen frowned in a fit of rage.
“What kind of ignorance is that to say that you are compatible with higher ranks?”
“You can handle all kinds of spells like a normal wizard, but you can cast them conveniently like a sorcerer. Then it’s higher compatibility.”
“It’s not higher compatibility, it’s something else.”
The boy responded with a somewhat irritated expression.
“Are we not using mediators at all? And even a normal wizard can only memorize less than ten spells unless he or she is a nerd.”
“I heard that if a sorcerer lacks talent, two or three spells are enough?”
“…who did you hear that from?”
“You brag about it every day. Among the masters of the palace, few can handle more than ten spells like you.” Ellen blushed and pursed her lips.
Ooh, this talent. You know what a shame.
The reason he kept his mouth shut was for a while as he cleared his throat and glanced at me.
“Anyway, I’ve learned that blood magic is a secret that is only passed on to the two dukes of Ireland.”
“…Two dukes of Ireland?”
“huh. The Zahakar and Baluin families.” In the guy’s gaze toward me, ‘Why don’t you know that you’re Zaha Karr?’ The question permeated.
“…uh.”
But I’m really hearing it for the first time. No matter how much I searched Phoynix’s memories, there was no word called blood magic.
“It’s not weird not knowing. Blood magic has actually been practiced.”
The voice of that low voice was Heila.
“Has it been put into practice? why?”
“Seven magic elders who were the masters of blood magic were massacred at once. It continued to decline for a hundred and fifty years after that, and the last successor died a few years ago.”
“Murdered? to whom?”
“Zeot.”
Zeot? It’s like a name I’ve heard somewhere.
As I tilted my head, Ellen opened her mouth with a pitiful expression.
“I mean the Zeo of Zeore.”
“…Ah, King of Conquerors?”
Zeo of Zeore.
He was the first king who opened the royal family of Zeore, and he was a super gangster famous for his nickname ‘The Conqueror King’.
While I nodded, Haila looked at Kelsene before opening her mouth.
“The magician of the Palace of La Palais, even if you say so, I didn’t know that a mere vampire knew about blood magic. Besides, it’s a technique that applies blood magic and blood magic at the same time.”
“……that.”
Kelsenne showed a sad smile with a pale face.
“My husband taught me.”
“You mean that Tenbjerma was learning blood magic?”
“that’s right.”
Heila’s eyelids blinked quickly a couple of times. According to the data so far, she must be very surprised now.
“how?”
“I don’t know that either.”
As Heila’s eyes glowed black, Kell Senne quickly added her words.
“Tenbierma has been collecting all sorts of secrets and magic books for nearly 30 years. It wouldn’t be strange if there were a few spellbooks related to blood magic among the collection.” Heila stood there like a mannequin, staring at Kelsenne before spitting out words.
“lie.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“It is a lie. What you need to learn blood magic is not a secret class or a magic book. You need an innate talent and a teacher who will pave the way for you.”
“…It seems to be different in the case of vampires.”
“Vampires are beings that suck blood by attaching themselves to humans without having a blood source of their own. I don’t know if it’s blood magic, but I can’t learn blood magic.”
“So you said that what I wrote was something between blood magic and blood magic-”
Kelsenne, who was talking as if making excuses, looked back at me and raised her voice abruptly.
“What are you doing? Phoenix-sama decided to make me human, and I decided to help Phoenix-sama. But this kind of bottomless interrogation!”
“…What”
I quietly scratched my eyebrows and shrugged.
“I can’t help it. I don’t know about you, but believing in vampires isn’t so easy.”
“Ha is that so? Then-”
“And.”
I approached the excited Kelsenne and patted him on the shoulder.
“Don’t scream. Just one more time and
I’ll cut your tongue.”
“What… yes’?”
“Be careful with your eyes. Seeing those eyes makes me want to pluck them out.”
He smiled and tapped her eyelids with his fingertips.
“Do vampires regenerate even if their eyeballs burst?”
“huh? no?”
“…if you get enough rest.”
“Then, if you put your mind to it, you can collect a hundred or two hundred of these pretty eyeballs, right?”
Kelsenne’s face was already pale and turned blue.
I turned around and ran a hand through her hair, feeling an unknown cold.
“Do you have any Fritz chains left?”
“…why are you looking for chains?”
“I have something to write about.”
Fritz, who normally would have added a grumble, but he brought out the iron chain without saying anything, enough to say a few words of swearing quietly.
Fritz’s chain was a spare part for attaching to an iron flail, so it wasn’t that thick. So I added several layers of rope to the chain and tied Kelsenne tightly to the stone pillar.
“…What are you doing?”
“Don’t feel too bad. It’s minimal insurance.”
“Insurance?”
“huh. Because you might have something else on your mind.”
I pointed at the party as I finished the knot.
“If you cheat, my friends will pay you back.”
“You don’t believe me.”
“Puh, what are you saying?”
I smiled and shrugged my shoulders.
“Of course I don’t believe it. If there was any other way than sitting on that throne, you would be dead right away.”
“…How could that be?”
Kelsenne said with a sorrowful expression as if pleading.
“I made a promise with you.”
“Of course I did. I was determined to keep my promise, but you don’t know if you are either.”
“Why?”
“Because you are a vampire.”
Kelsenne opened her mouth in amazement, then tried to put on a resolute expression.
“Please release me.”
“no.”
“It is a matter of trust.”
“I am the man who turned your husband to dust. What trust will there be between us?” Leaving behind her distorted face, she slowly headed towards the throne. Ellen stood in front of me as I took a deep breath.
“Are you sure you want to?”
“Is there anything special? You can’t just sit here all the time.”
“What can I do?”
The guy continued talking while fiddling with the hem of his long-sleeved robe, wondering what he was so nervous about.
“There is no need to take risks. You can take your time and do your research.”
“wrong. There is not enough room.” Utequai, who was sitting with her back leaning against a nearby stone pillar, objected to Ellen’s words.
“We wandered through the fog without our supplies. We are running out of food.”
“Then you can go hunting.”
“There are no animals nearby. You have to go into the fog to hunt, but that would be suicidal.”
In response to Utequai’s resolute words, Saitsu, who had been bleeding and groaning, added a word.
“I’ll tell you in advance just in case. Now that the throne is empty, the fog will grow thicker. The Dream Mansion will also run amok.”
“Then what will happen?”
At the freckled mummy’s question, the guy lowered his voice.
“Nobody knows about that.”
“…Is that the only thing Grandpa knows how to say? What do you know?”
Seetes shrugged at Mira’s bruise.
“What if that is true? Does anyone know what dreams he will have tonight? surely not? Same here. That’s why the fantasy world is terrifying. Except for that vampire bitch who is no different from the undead, it will be hard for everyone to be safe, right?”
“Such…
the atmosphere in the audience room calmed down at the words he whispered.
…Ah, it’s frustrating.
I frowned and clapped my hands.
“Now stop. Enough of hesitating. After all, there is only one road.”
“trunnion.”
“Ellen, you stop too.”
“But this time I’m really nervous,”
he tousled his golden fleece-like hair and slightly pinched his soft cheeks.
“When have you not? Has it been once or twice that you jumped at us knowing that we were dangerous?”
“…still.”
“don’t worry. It will work out.”
He was still crying, so I wrapped my small shoulders and whispered to him.
“Alena did, but she said that Kelsenne would lead me in the right direction.”
“…Ah Alena?”
“To be precise, these are the words of the spirit dwelling in Alena… Anyway, don’t worry too much.”
“okay.”
After patting his trembling shoulder, he straightened his back, but before he knew it, a bunch of people standing in front of him pretended to spread their arms.
” me too.”
“……what’?”
“I’ll do it too-”
It was rare to see a face filled with determination or shamelessness.
“Where did you learn this again?”
I laughed and spread my arms, and he jumped up and came into my arms.
“Hehe-”
Ellen frowned at the sight of the lump rubbing against my neck with her forehead buried.
“…wait for a sec. You’re not-”
As Ellen was about to say something, Utequai stood up.
“Phoenix.”
” huh?”
“Do you really have to sit down?”
“then? Should I ask Steedman to sit down?”
Steedman, who was suddenly pointed out, blinked his eyes as he made a sound of ‘yeah’.
Utequai took a step forward and shook his head.
“No, I may sit down.”
“you’?”
“right. I’m an experienced warrior-”
“Oh. Hey, that’s okay.”
I waved my hand and pulled him back.
“If a bastard who used to be the captain hesitates in a situation like this, he’ll get scolded.”
“…well that’s right.”
“right?”
After all, there was nothing wrong with what Sergeant Moon said.
“Whoa.”
I shook off all kinds of obstacles and stood in front of the throne.
Under the light of torches and lanterns, I could see sixteen faces. All of them seemed nervous, so I burst into laughter for no reason.
And the moment you finally sit on the throne. The moment
the 5k Phoenix sat on the white throne
,
the heavens and the earth roared as if they were crying at the same time.
Guuuuung-
“Keuuu-”
“Damn it!”
The mercenaries frowned and covered their ears, then Kell Senne, who was tied to a pillar, clenched his teeth and shook his arms.
“Quiet-”
The chain that was tightly bound by the strength that was unbelievable for a slender woman broke with a ‘knock’ sound.
“That vampire bitch!”
Gidon, who was the first to notice her sudden action, suddenly shot a crossbow. However, Kelsenne, who regained freedom in an instant, avoided the crossbow with quick movements like a black cat.
The silver-coated crossbow bolts collided with the stone pillars, making a ‘kaang’ sound. Just as the echo from the throne was fading away, its sharp metal awakened the senses of everyone in the room.
As the mercenaries focused their attention, Kelsene let out a hateful roar and kicked the ground.
“You dirty thief!”
Her gaze was fixed on the spell thief Saitz. Kelsenne rushed like a shot with her fingernails extended to the length of a finger.
“Uh uh-”
Like that, just before the blade-like claws were driven into Saitz, another black seal flew like a bird of prey and snatched Kelsenne.
“Cheuk!”
Three daggers were embedded in Kelsenne’s body as she rolled on the ground. It was the skill of the Assassin Bunch of the Martial Arts Association.
“JiAn hud—”
Swearing with a cold face, the bunch drew a bow sword and sliced Kelsene’s neck.
“You tricked Poi!”
A silver-plated dagger was embedded in Kelsene’s shoulders, and both arms and chest were trampled by knees and feet. The mungchi who completely subdued her, grabbed her hair with her left hand and pulled it up roughly.
“Queue”
“Tell me what you did!”
Mungchi gave off an eerie atmosphere due to his cracked voice and tight pupils.
“Huh what did you do?”
However, Kelsenne, who faced her, showed a sneer while his chin trembled.
“I got my revenge! Revenge of my love!”
“Ugh-!”
Mungchi shook his hand holding the sword and glanced back at the throne.
“Poi poi ｝”
Phoenix, who was sitting on the throne, trembled and showed off his whites, while Ellen covered her face with a look of astonishment.
“Calm down Poi!”
“Turn it off-”
The white throne had been dyed black before I knew it, exuding strange magic power. Ellen noticed at once that the mana was from another dimension and turned her blue gaze back.
“Kel Seine-r
“Huhhhhhhhh!”
Kelsenne burst into a goosebumps laugh and looked back at the humans with a vengeful gaze.
“Hey you stupid bastards! Trapped in the world of nightmares, suffer until the moment you die!” Most of them stiffened in confusion as she suddenly changed her attitude and poured out curses.
It wasn’t Heila.
“You lied from the start.”
She melted one of the rings Phoenix gave her to increase her magic power, and had a red flower blooming on her hand.
“Even wanting to be human was a lie.”
“Ha, I am a noble of the night! How could you want to be a lowly human being!
Even as her throat was cut and blood was flowing, Kelsenne did not stop laughing.
“Listen to this sound!”
As if waiting for her cry, a distant ‘Doo-Du-Du-Doo’ sound came from far away. The sound was somehow familiar, so the mercenaries trembled at the ominous sound.
“The lovely child of Topelin is coming!”
“……Topelin?”
Steedman sighed, repeated the name, and then screamed in horror.
“Damn, that’s the name of the vampire bitch I missed a few days ago!”
“what? Then no way-”
Mira’s muttering was cut off in the middle, but the mercenaries were able to grasp the situation right away. The group of vampires they had encountered a few days ago were flocking to the castle.
“Block the entrance!”
Utequai shouted, looking back at the confused mercenary.
“Vampires are not a threat! Don’t be afraid!”
The mercenaries who came to their senses at the cry moved busily, erected the broken iron door, gathered junk in the audience room, and blocked the door.
Meanwhile, Haila calmly continued to ask questions, kneeling before Kelsenne, who had been overpowered and flat on the floor.
“Then what is going on with Poi?”
“Hehe, no matter how great a warrior he is, he’s just a human being!”
Perhaps because of being stabbed by the silver-plated dagger, Kelsenne spurted blood. Although it must have been painful, Kelsene looked up at the blackened throne and smiled brightly.
“You fool! Sitting alone on the throne without sacrifice, that pitiful soul will be torn to shreds by the dimensional flow! And that piece will be swept away into the fantasy realm!”
Having written so evil, she giggled and laughed as if she felt relieved. It must have been frightening to see a near-death madness, but Heila still had an expressionless face.
“But the magical power of the other dimension is being pushed out.”
“Haha… what?”
“I feel it. According to what you said, magic from another dimension should attack Poi, but what is eating Poi right now is the same magic that makes up the fog.”
At those words, Kelsenne opened her eyes and looked up at the throne.
“Uh how-”
Something like black smoke coming from the throne was drawing a disk above Phoenix’s head.
“Nonsense. A mere human soul builds a dream estate by itself?”
Heyla nodded her head as she watched her mutter dejectedly.
“I know nothing more. It was of no use.”
“…what?”
“Good. I couldn’t stand it any longer.”
Before he could finish, the red flower on Heila’s white hand spun. The rotation gradually became faster and more bloody, and it shattered Kelsenne’s head.
“Kkeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,”
Heila skillfully sorted out the blood in the blood fountain that gushed high.
The filthy vampire’s bodily fluids and the stinky blood of an old thief were scattered on the floor, and he found one of the most fragrant and darkest marbles in it. Heila carefully held the ruby-like red and transparent marble in her hand.
Then another roar rang.
Guuuuuung-
The black disc ejected from the throne exerted strong suction power and pulled Phoenix.
“Phoenix!”
Utequai jumped in place of the restless Ellen.
He tightly wrapped Ellen and Phoenix’s waists, but the suction power from the black disc was not something that even a giant could resist.
“Hatanka-sama!”
“trunnion!”
Archer Cole and Wad also hung on Phoenix.
Goo Goo Goo!
Then, the black disc swallowed a bunch of Phoenix El Ren Utequai Cole all at once.
“This crazy-!” While the mercenaries were shocked, Heila quickly threw herself.
“Ugh—”
The tip of her white finger touched the tip of the black disc, and she too disappeared as if she had washed herself with the previous ones.
The audience room was enveloped in silence, and what broke the silence was the distant cry of a vampire.
“…Honey Niimi.”
Only then did the ponytail Fritz, realizing the situation, brush his hair and scream.
“Get your senses, you assholes! We have to stop ourselves!”
Those who were left with that shout as a signal continued to prepare for battle.
