Chapter 425,
Chapter 123. Suddenly like this
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“Oops!”
Aristocrats and merchants who had not learned martial arts reflexively screamed. They mistook Lata for attacking Jin, and even looking at Lata’s dropped index finger, it was difficult to immediately grasp the situation.
“What is this, Rata Proch!”
“This is the Garden of Swords!”
The eyes of the guardian knights who aimed their swords at Lata’s neck were glaring. Ten swords were strangling his throat, but the Guardian Knights felt it.
The fact that if Lata put her mind to it, she would be able to easily cut off all the swords they were aiming at and move as she pleases.
‘He’s more dangerous than rumors about the captain of the ghost. Even with his index finger cut off, he overwhelms us.’
‘It’s a shame because he cut off his own finger, if he had even hit the 12th rider…’
Thinking that far, the Guardian Knights shook their heads inwardly.
‘I don’t think there was anything special. The Twelve Horsemen aren’t ordinary monsters either.’
Gooey blood flowed from the amputated surface of Lata’s index finger, and Jin looked at it motionless.
What is this?
Jin didn’t ask that question. He just waited with an expressionless face. I want Lata to reveal the reason for my actions first.
That’s why, rather suddenly, the one who took out the weapon and made an unexpected action was late. On the contrary, Jin gave off a strange force.
First of all, the weight is different. Leaving aside the high rank of inaction, Jin has a dignity that is difficult to explain…
Lata felt that way. To the point of wondering why he realized that fact so late, Jin clearly had something different from the other divinities he had met.
“I understand, but let me formally introduce myself again. This body is Rata Prozzi, the owner of Gugoksaeseong and the leader of the Spree Mercenary Ghost Corps.”
Those in the hall couldn’t help but be surprised by that polite tone.
It was a natural reaction since not everyone had heard about the ghost captain once or twice. The king of brutal killers without blood or tears, the image of the ghost captain that ordinary people think of is exactly that.
“This is Runkandel 12 Horseman Gene Runkandel.”
“The reason I came to the sutra today is to apologize for the rudeness I committed at Geomwangseong last time.”
Jin looked down at the fallen index finger.
“So you mean you cut off your index finger?”
“exactly.”
Even if she lost one of her index fingers, there was no serious damage to Lata’s inaction. This level of disability is not a problem for those who have already reached the level, not knowing if it is an ordinary unmanned person.
However, when Lata cut off her index finger, it meant that she would pay the price in blood.
“Put away the sword.”
At Jin’s command, the Guardian Knights pulled out the sword from Lata’s neck.
“Sir Lata.”
“Tell me.”
“There is no resentment between you and me. So you don’t have to apologize to me, and your fingers have no value to me.”
Rata’s eyes trembled.
But he did not tremble in shame or insult. The emotion in his eyes looked closer to anxiety.
“…Even if you cut a few more?”
No, why the hell do you keep trying to cut off your finger?
Instead of asking that question, I chose a different answer.
“Even if you cut off your arm, not your finger.”
“Damn, I should have prepared something else. How can I cover my mistakes? Please tell me. I will try to match it as much as possible.”
At those words, the people in the hall were now exchanging glances with each other. Hello, is the author the ghost captain? Everyone reacted like that, and even the guardian knights couldn’t express it, but they were quite shocked.
Even Jin couldn’t help but feel embarrassed inside.
‘It wouldn’t be a character like Lata Froch. Why are you so compliant?’
The reason Jin was treating Lata somewhat coldly now was no different.
Lata’s kind of human. In other words, it was an attitude that came from the judgment that it was necessary to look scary and difficult when dealing with a beast-like character.
The beast thought it was necessary to let them know that it clearly had an advantage over Ratta, as rank was very important.
Therefore, Jin expected that he would have another duel with Lata in the process.
In the duel in Geomwangseong, Jin was actually the winner, but in the end, the result was not decided because of terrorism.
‘I was going to use that as an excuse to have a duel when Rata ran mad at my attitude.’
Of course, there was nothing wrong with the picture of defeating the ghost captain in front of the whole family.
Then, acknowledging each other with Lata, creating a warm atmosphere, and naturally announcing that he is receiving considerable favor from the Ghost Corps.
That was the picture Jin wanted from this meeting.
‘If I come out like this, I won’t have to fight.’
No need to fight again and kneel, Lata was clearly showing a low profile for anyone to see.
‘Come to think of it, while I was staying in the Geomwangseong after the terror, Lata kept messing around with me for some reason. I thought you were trying to ask for Fay to be released under different conditions, but were you really looking for an opportunity to apologize to me?’
drip drip Thick drops of blood flowed from Lata’s index finger and continued to stain the floor.
“Lord Lata, I honestly thought he would fight me again.”
“I’m not that stupid. It was then that I realized for sure that I was not yet ready to fight the Twelve Horsemen.”
In the end, the words made people murmur.
‘What do you mean by that?’
‘The two men had a duel during the terror attack in the Black Emperor. There were rumors that the 12th rider had the upper hand.’
‘No matter how much it is, how could the difference be so great that the captain of the ghosts said that?’
Even at the time of the duel, as many warriors predicted the superiority of Lata over Jin, ‘Lunkandel 12 Horsemen’ and ‘Ghost Captain’ originally had more weight in the latter position.
“Then Sir Ratha should pay off his debt rather than apologize to me. Do you remember?”
– You mean to bet on a duel?
-Isn’t there someone to look for in me?
-Before I kill you, I can get a blood letter.
– Blood or whatever. If you win, I’ll give you anything you want. It just means that you can take my life or do anything that can humiliate me while holding my breath. only if i win The Ghost Corps will surely carry out one of my requests.
Jin said, recalling the conversation during the duel.
“Of course I remember.”
“To carry out my request, Lord Lata must become even stronger than now. It’s not the time to cut your fingers. But I have my doubts whether Kyung is really someone who can take on my request. Guardian Knight, take the medical director to my room quickly.”
“yes!”
Tsujeojeok!
Then, Jin opened the magic to seal the ice barrier and took Lata’s finger.
“Follow me.”
On the way to the room after leaving the drawing room, a strong vibration suddenly occurred inside the garden of swords. It was not a natural phenomenon like an earthquake, but a phenomenon that occurs when someone uses tremendous power.
Moreover, until the sky turns to pitch-black darkness.
Lata had already experienced this phenomenon once. It was when Murakan showed his power in Geomwangseong.
“This is Kyung’s guardian dragon…”
“Ah, it seems to have started. You don’t have to worry about it.”
I wondered what had started, but Lata didn’t ask more. It was because Jin didn’t want that.
While going to the room, Jin pondered over what kind of psychology Lata was doing.
‘I hope he doesn’t show himself like this without thinking.’
The medical director called by the guardian knight arrived at the room first and was waiting. In an instant, he attached Lata’s finger and disappeared.
“…Thank you.”
“Goodbye, let’s talk. Why are you doing this?”
“What do you mean?”
“Sir Ratha, as I remember him, was quite hostile towards me and was a very careless man. So he challenged me to a duel and almost got himself killed.”
“Hmm hmm! That’s…”
“Tell me why your attitude has suddenly changed so much. Unless there is a convincing explanation, I will not accept the price of victory from you.”
Lata’s eyes widened. Then, as if determined, he nodded his head and opened his mouth.
“I fell in love with a man named Gene Runcandel.”
Jin almost spit out the tea water Gilly had brought him.
“I can’t understand how much he fell for me. Did you do this for just that reason?”
Jin narrows his forehead and continues the conversation. For the first time, anger appeared on his face.
“The elders of my family must have commissioned the Ghost Corps to assassinate me. Then you have to make up for the failure and carry out the request again, so does it make sense to try to stick to me?”
Seriously, if you’re an idiot who acts like this just because he really ‘has a crush’ on Lata. Jin had no intention of accepting him as an ally.
“It makes no sense. If I were a member of a prestigious military family like you. But Jin-kyung, I’m just a mercenary who eats knives. I mean, it doesn’t matter if you act like a mean, low-spirited beast. Especially in today’s situation.”
“What about these days? Keep talking.”
“I had a duel with the king and suffered the terror of the Emperor’s Castle together. After that, I stayed in Geomwangseong for about 15 days and watched how the case went. As a result, I was able to draw one conclusion.”
“What conclusion?”
“The fact that the Ghost Corps can no longer be neutral if it is to survive.”
-Allies? The ghost squad does not hold hands with any forces. We only have commissions and clients. Request a duel with Jin Runkandel.
That was not only what Lata said at the banquet hall, but also a statement that directly denied the value that the mercenary group called the Ghost Corps had kept.
“It was a special day. It was the moment when I realized my arrogance through the duel with the lord, and because of terrorism, I was convinced that future wars and power structures would flow in a completely different form from what I had known so far.”
Tunnel, monsters, biological golems, giant ships, body-transforming wizards, and demons who showed overwhelming inaction by regenerating everything.
As Lata said, the terror that Kingelo committed that day was in the form of breaking the common sense that most people had so far.
“Even so, the imperial family didn’t protect Hailan after that. Even though such a crazy group broke the Geomwang Castle. As if even the Imperial Palace, where Sir Ron is located, is of no use to the imperial family.”
“Maybe the emperor just thought it was a good opportunity to keep Hylan in check.”
“Sir Ron’s power is too great to think that way. The imperial family must have already prepared things, so they must have tried to abandon Hiran. The imperial family was ready for that, so I wondered what Zipple or Runcandel would be like. Kingelo showed the power he had himself.”
Since that day, Lata has had a premonition that a ‘new era’ has opened.
It is said that an era that is difficult to continue living as a mercenary group as a pure soldier has opened. Even Lon Hiran is treated as unnecessary, but there is nothing to say about the Ghost Corps.
That’s why it was judged that we should choose well who will seize the hegemony of the new era and form a strong alliance with him.
“In that sense, I am convinced that Lord Jin will become the loser of Runkandel in the future. That’s why I came because I wanted to be with Gyung. Was that a reasonable explanation?”
