Chapter 29. What I can handle (5)
Calian said nothing.
– In the large forest on the way to the believer, there was a wizard and a bird, and ‘they’, a mixture of those who denied it, went looking for the bird.
Those who believe are Tensil and those who deny are the wolves of the great desert.
Calian, who checked the mysterious contents written on the note with his mouth closed, handed the paper to Plantz instead of burning it. And then he jumped over the terrace and left.
Before long, the sound of the hooves of a galloping horse echoed throughout the palace. The black horse carrying the prince ran forward, avoiding the knights blocking its path with graceful movements.
Plantz, who was watching this from the terrace, quietly stood up. Then, like Kalian, he jumped out through the terrace and headed to Arpia Palace.
Calian returned the note, didn’t he?
I’m sure it means leaving the matter to me, so I’m going to Arpia Palace to tell them.
“…… under.”
My brother ran away.
* * *
Inside the cave.
Euria stopped in place and scattered her mana to examine the external situation, then opened her mouth.
“Chirps.”
The yellow robin, who unconsciously turned his head to the words he heard while being nervous due to the loud noise that echoed through the cave, made an angry face. Either way, Euria’s voice was carefree.
“My tail was stepped on.”
Someone was running towards this place.
Judging by the momentum with which they were rushing towards this cave, it certainly didn’t look like they were just passing by by chance and coming to say hello. Even though Euria sensed this unusual and unfamiliar energy, her expression did not change at all.
The yellow robin frowned and asked at Euria’s words.
“Your tail got stepped on? What do you mean?”
“Tail is tail. It means someone was chasing them. I don’t know if it’s our tail or your tail. It’s probably you.”
The yellow robin briefly asked Euria, who showed unfounded confidence that her tail had already been stepped on by the Sejaks, but this time, the tail of the Sejaks was stepped on.
“Do you not know who it is?”
“Oh, I don’t know. If I stand here and know that, would I be human?”
Soon, Euria clenched and opened both fists one at a time. Then, he turned his neck around to relax his muscles. Euria, who had created an atmosphere like that before the knights went into battle, spoke to the yellow robin.
“It doesn’t matter if you just run away. If you take the data out of the cave, the paper will be damaged. It will be damaged even if the cave collapses. So, please take care of yourselves and protect the data.”
The yellow robin made a grim face. Euria spoke again, this time with a not-so-concerned expression on her face.
“You look like a wolf cub from the great desert, so don’t just come out and die and cause trouble.”
The Sejaks also knew the power of those called Zeon, especially what kind of monster a strong warrior like the ‘Wolf of the Great Desert’ among them would become if he possessed that power.
In particular, there was no reason for Euria to protect them, and there was no reason for them to help Euria. So, while I was thinking for a moment about how to act, I heard a low voice.
[Sleep]
It was the voice of Euria, who had changed her mind and was going to leave it alone.
“I don’t think I can do it because I think I’ll ruin all the data if I try to steal it.”
Euria spoke leisurely as she looked at the three sleeping people who had fallen side by side, and then walked out of the cave to catch the wolf that had come very close.
The purple sparks that gathered at the tip of my finger began to make a crackling sound.
* * *
It was not visible.
The forest roared and Kalian blocked the attack.
There was a long, thin sword mark left on the floor from afar to where Calian was currently standing. Only after seeing it did Arsene figure out that Calian had come from the direction of the moving magic circle.
I also knew from the sword marks on the ground that he ran with his sword dangling as if scraping the floor and then raised the falling red Auror sword. I realized too late that such a loud roar was caused by the collision of Calian’s sword, which had been raised with all the force of his running, and Tamira’s sword, which had been slashed down with the force of her leap to Arsene, had collided squarely.
Otherwise, I would never have known how Calian got here or how he blocked Tamira’s sword.
Because I couldn’t see anything.
“Catch the wizard. Don’t kill him.”
Calian said this while glaring into Tamira’s hazel eyes. It was aimed at Arsene behind him.
“Yes, my prince.”
The wound on his shoulder was deep, and the smell of blood was strong. However, judging from the fact that he was answering well, he judged that it was not enough to cause immediate death. Because of this, Calian immediately turned his attention to Arsene. Instead of the wizard who had an accident, go towards the warrior in the great desert who looks like he is using a sword standing right in front of him.
– Kaaaang!
With a sound that seemed to signal the start of a fight, blue energy gathered in Arsene’s hand. Arsene, capturing the energy that spread through the air and then disappeared again as if absorbed by his hands, turned his head towards the other wizard.
Tamira, who has been giving Arsene a hard time so far, will be solved by Calian, so all he has to do is capture that one wizard, regardless of whether Tamira continues to target him or not. Although she was introduced as ‘Marcita’, she was a magician whom Arsene had no special memory of and left nothing in his mind.
– Faaah!
The energy that had gathered in a rush disappeared in a whirlwind as if it had been sucked into Arsene’s palm. Arsene took a step forward after seeing the familiar coldness concentrated in his palm.
And then it reappeared right in front of the wizard who was several steps away.
Because he realized that due to Calian’s intervention, the same beasts were fighting against each other, the wizard was not embarrassed and swung his red shining dagger.
– Shhh!
It was fast enough to make one wonder if it was really a wizard’s attack, but Arsene, who had already experienced it once, was no longer embarrassed.
Arsene’s fingertips moved.
The dagger was enveloped in a blue energy that felt like collected water mist, like collected water vapor rising from a warm car, or like clouds surrounding a high mountain.
-Tap! Crack!
With that, the wizard’s hand stopped in midair.
An unpleasant sound followed, like scraping metal with fingernails.
The red light on the surface of the dagger disappeared in an instant. The surface of the dagger turned black, like iron placed in water immediately after quenching, and white incontinence appeared inside the dagger.
The dagger with red aura like a gray marble table was frozen.
– Jjaeng!
Soon, there was a sound like a well-made ceramic bowl falling to the floor, and the wizard’s dagger shattered and scattered on the floor.
Arsene was so thrilled that he had succeeded in breaking the sword containing the auror that he gathered cold energy once again. This is because he noticed that a large fireball was being created in the wizard’s hand.
A red fireball flew towards Arsene, who was nearby. The figure of Arsene, who was standing in front of the wizard, disappeared as if blinking.
– Quang!
The fireball that flew towards where Arsene was just moments ago hit the floor and exploded. As if in response to the explosion, the cold air that gathered in an instant enveloped the wizard. And four spears flew towards the wizard.
-Ssam!
The first three ice spears were blocked by the wizard’s shield. The ice spear embedded in the shield changed its shape and spread out. And just like before, it froze, tightly wrapped in a red shield.
The fourth and final ice spear was fired.
– Scum!
– Crack! Crack!
The shield, which lost its shape due to the impact of the ice spear, scattered into the air and disappeared. The last ice spear, which did not lose its strength even after breaking the wizard’s shield, pierced the wizard’s shoulder and stuck into the floor.
“Ugh!”
The chill that seemed to freeze me to my bones was more unbearable than the pain of the wound I received in an instant. A painful sound escaped from the wizard’s mouth. Arsene saw this and said, pointing to his shoulder.
“I guess it’s okay to just count it as a give and take.”
Arsene’s situation would have been much better than that of the wizard whose shoulder was stuck in the ground with a spear of ice that had not yet melted, but Arsene calculated it that way. Soon, Arsene’s magic moved once more. A round piece of ice, like a large stone,
formed
. It hit the back of the wizard’s head, who was unable to avoid it.
– Bah!
A very painful sound rang out, and the wizard fell unconscious. * *
*
The weightless sword was also quick to change direction.
Tamira’s sword was coming down from above . Calian, who raised his sword with force, brought his raised sword down straight away.
Tamira, surprised by the speed, jumped backwards and pulled away. Calian’s sword, which cut through the air, changed direction again and tenaciously attacked Tamira.
– Kaaaang!
It’s similar to the one poured out on the Balkan wizards, but it’s definitely different from the curse of unavoidable death that takes Tamira’s breath. Calian’s dark red
aura is completely different from Tamira’s red aura. That eerie light, like blood pouring from a broken heart, flashed along the sword’s path. The sword’s path was cutting through even the dense darkness that had fallen in the forest. The great desert where the sword had been slashed to take Arsene’s life just a moment
ago The wolf swung his sword to prevent his head from falling off due to a split-second mistake.
– Whoosh! Kang! Kakang!
The sound of the wind cracking continued, followed by the sound of swords clashing with each other and the sound of the sword hitting the shield.
Powerful shield . If it weren’t for it, the sword wouldn’t have gotten entangled twice. If the open wound hadn’t healed quickly, she would have already gone to sleep during the first fight with Calian. – Kagagak! Tamira, seeing the shield being cut without fail, unconsciously bit her lower
lip
. She bit it.
The red eyes that were facing Tamira disappeared in an instant. The long arc drawn by the same red lips remained like an afterimage in Tamira’s mind. It was strong. She heard the purr of a wild beast that had just bitten off the nape of its
prey
. The feeling of defeat is felt by a prey who just wants to put down the sword at any moment due to the fear coming from all directions as the sound of the sword roars, which is exactly like the satisfied sound of the predator.
strong.
From what I heard, it wasn’t to this extent. How on earth?
“I’m going to die. Then.”
As if it were an answer to the questioning gaze, a young voice came from behind Tamira, coming closer. As soon as the sound was heard, Tamira’s sword reacted.
– Boom!
Tamira, who held the handle tightly, spun around at lightning speed and cut down the surrounding area. Despite this, nothing touched the tip of the knife.
With a booming sound, the red aura light became darker. It felt like the surroundings became brighter for a moment, but there was nothing to see.
At that time,
‘Blam!’ A small sound of footsteps was heard, and a dark red sword fell from the sky.
– Kaang!
Tamira momentarily raised her sword and blocked Calian’s attack. Tamira’s eyes lit up when she felt that the force of the sword that had been struck as if flying was not that heavy.
A body without proper muscles and a light sword.
Tamira, realizing this, used all her arms to push away Calian’s sword. I thought about attacking the upper body that was exposed when swinging the sword that would fall backwards.
Soon, the weight felt by Tamira’s sword disappeared. So, he was about to swing his sword again and cut down the person in front of him.
– Shhh!
Calian, who should have lost his balance after being pushed away with the sword, instead rushed towards Tamira. There was nothing in that hand.
Calian, who got rid of the pushed sword without any hesitation, jumped towards Tamira.
– Ugh!
Before I knew it, the dark red sword had taken shape again and was heading towards Tamira’s neck.
“…… “I’m going to die.”
When a whispering voice rang in my ear.
The sword stretched out as if it was craving something of the same light, cutting through the flesh without hesitation and taking the life.
– Suddenly
, the warrior’s body, no longer breathing, fell to the floor.
