Chapter 929,
Chapter 231. Commitment (2)
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“Whoa…”
Beradin took a breath and looked down. He stood in the middle of the protective shield he had formed over all of Drakkar.
Ashes blew like a thick sandstorm around the shield. It was the corpses of the demons burned by Beradin’s magic.
All the wizards of the Ziffle family fought for defense, but in fact, he almost single-handedly annihilated the demons who invaded Draka.
Jiple’s head and top-ranking mages, including Satrin, dealt only with demons who occasionally broke through the shield.
Thanks to this, even though a teleportation rift of that size was opened, none of Draka’s citizens were harmed. There were no injuries or even deaths among the general public.
However, Veradin was not satisfied at all. On the contrary, as if it was difficult to control his anger, the narrowed brow was trembling.
“You worked hard, head of household.”
Satrin climbed over the shield and stood next to Beradin. For a while, she looked at Beradin’s eyes.
“Are you all right?”
“What happened to Barkle Borough and other areas that were invaded?”
“We are still checking, but there is no area as perfectly defended as Draka. As first reported, the kingdom of Felin was virtually destroyed, and it is estimated that more than 50,000 ordinary people were harmed in addition to about 100 federal wizards in Barkle Autonomous District. And the rest…”
Satrin continued to report for a while. Each time, Beradin’s expression grew darker and darker.
“Keliac’s firearms are indescribably unpleasant.”
“…yes?”
“I thought I had completely erased his shadow…”
He erased the shadow.
As the saying goes, Beradin had been thinking that his jiple was becoming much more powerful than Kelliac’s jiple. He said that he clearly had superior magic and governance than Kelliac.
However, his confidence was shattered when he read the firearms remaining on the demons who had now escaped the rift and would have become Kelliac’s servants.
‘Kelliac Ziple got stronger. He may have become the first creation wizard since Riol Ziple.’
What if it was Kelliac who opened the shield, not himself?
It was that assumption that disturbed Beradin. No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed that the current Kelliac would have blocked Draka as well as the most important districts nearby without any damage.
Of course, if Elona had been put into the battlefield, Beradin could have produced better results than that.
But he couldn’t shake the thought that he couldn’t surpass Kelliac yet without her power.
‘Shnu… I thought that disgusting god wouldn’t give up on Kelliac until the end. It’s clear that they fused together.’
Anger welled up in his heart like a ball of fire.
Now, Veradin was experiencing a heart attack. He regretted not being able to completely end Kelliac’s breath that day at the Tower of Stories.
“Keuuugh…!”
Suddenly, Beradin grabbed his head. It was a phenomenon that sometimes occurred when the side effects of mental manipulation were at their peak.
‘Magical backflow… It’s a precursor to runaway!’
A panicked Satrin was about to think of Thatcher when he saw a Ziffle’s small craft descending. It was a small ship that hurriedly flew from the tower of the story of the 1st Mage Tower.
“house owner!”
Elona shouted as she descended into the shield.
Veradin reflexively stretched out his hroti, not recognizing her voice. He had eyes full of madness.
However, Elona carefully covered his shoulders with one hand, dissipating the magic that had formed on Hroti.
“Heh heck heck…!”
After a while, Beradin, engulfed by Elona’s magical power, regained consciousness with a heavy breath. My whole body was wet with sweat.
“It’s okay, my lord. Didn’t I say I would protect the family head?”
“Elona-sama… Ugly appearance.”
“no. Probably because of the magic of Kelliac Ziple. Suddenly, I felt terrible magic from Drakkar’s side, so I ran.”
Elona was sitting quietly in the Tower of Stories and correctly read Keliac’s magical power that spread over Draka far away. Satrin was stunned by that ability and thought about what it meant to climb the spear.
Then, Elona gathered Kelliac’s firearms that had clung to Beradin’s body into the air. It was a fire that was red enough to be heterogeneous.
Veradin was able to exhale lightly only after it had left his body.
“This is an old curse used by those who handle fire.”
“curse…?”
“The fire of the curse is a curse that Shinu, the incarnation, once tried to teach me. It has the effect of amplifying Simma and turning the target into a beast full of intent to kill.”
Elona clenched her fists and extinguished the cursed fire.
“It’s also a particularly effective curse for Changseong or those close to it. I haven’t experienced it, but everyone who goes through that period is exposed to Shimma, so no matter how good their senses are, they can’t distinguish it from a curse.”
Therefore, the cursed fire is the most dangerous curse for those who go through the stage of Shimma.
However, there are many restrictions on its use and there are limits on the number of times.
“…Then I just came close to being cursed. Thank you Elona-sama.”
“I am just glad that I am not late. However, the family head must rest with me for a few days from now. It is not safe until I find and destroy all remnants of the curse.”
“How many days? No, then I can’t go directly to Seongguk!”
Hooded! Veradin spat out a handful of black blood.
‘You took a good shot at that old Kelliac.’
A frantic feeling of displeasure welled up, as if standing on top of Keliac’s huge palm. By now Kelliac should be smiling somewhere in the realm of Jinma.
“If you go to support the Holy Land alone now, the family head will surely die. Even the old friends of the family head, who are fighting against Paellito in perfect condition, won’t be able to hold on.”
“Whoa. To what extent are you aware of the situation on the battlefield in the Holy Land?”
“Serious. The map is changing in real time, and Paellito’s magic is gradually amplifying. At this rate, it’s so fast that it makes me think that it might soon cover the entire castle.”
“Then, the forces of Inse who are fighting in the Holy Land…”
“The Tower has come up with a calculation that they will surely be defeated. However, the tower’s calculations are still unstable, so most of the calculations related to the Jinma Realm are wrong. The tower made the wrong calculations for the attack on the castle of Grosh and the invasion of Drakka this time.”
Elona met Beradin’s eyes.
His eyes, which had almost fallen into his heart, were not as cold as usual. There was pent-up anger and madness seeping into it.
And there seemed to be a vaguely worried and anxious mind in it.
no, it was clearly visible. Veradin himself didn’t know it, but Elona was able to recognize it. Because there was a time when he struggled through the world with the same eyes as him in the past. It was like seeing myself in a mirror at the time.
‘What are you worried about, Gaju? My heart, which has been disturbed by Shimma, is bringing out something buried inside the family head. Maybe it’s fear of Kelliac Ziple… or worry about Gene Runkandell and Dante Hiran. Fear of the death of friends…?’
It was unknown until exactly what was contained in Veradin’s shaking eyes. However, the only thing that was clear was the fact that he was very afraid of Veradin.
‘Whatever it is, I will find something the patriarch has forgotten someday. Just as the patriarch gave a new meaning to me who was lonely after coming out to the world again, just as he cared for me, a monster.’
The moment she made up her mind, a vague memory flashed through Elona’s mind.
It was as if someone had hugged him, who was like the current Veradin.
“How do you see Elona-sama? Do you agree with the tower’s calculations?”
“Honestly, when Paellito woke up, me and the head of Runcandel… and the other two beings whose identities are still unclear. Except for them, no one thought they could stop the demons.”
“Has that changed your mind?”
“…I’m sorry, my lord. I do not know.”
“No, don’t say that.”
“Still, to say the least, I feel like something huge is about to wake up in the Holy Land. Just like when the energy of Shiron Runkandel was transmitted from the Black Sea right before the white whale returned to Runcandel.”
Beradin and Satrin’s eyes widened.
“According to what you said, Jin Runkandel could climb the window castle during the battle like the previous sword emperor…?”
“That would be a future that not even Az Mil can know. Creativity is unpredictable and has the power to twist any fate. However, the energy I felt was very dark.”
“It’s dark.”
For a moment, Veradin imagined Jin climbing the window.
It seemed that the moment couldn’t be darker. That was a far cry from what a human named Gene Runcandel had shown.
“If that’s the case, Jito’s body, which is being kept by Seongguk, rather than Jin, could manifest. If that’s the case, then it must be as dark as Lady Elona said.”
Veradin answered in a somewhat weak voice.
“Paelito Belgasium might unlock another power. What is clear is that no matter what awakens in the Holy Land, Gajou and I cannot see it directly. Whether the Bamal Alliance is annihilated or whether they defend the castle. We can deal with anything only after the fight is over.”
Veradin nodded heavily. Even though Elona said this, there was no need to lead the cursed body to the holy kingdom.
In the first place, the best result from Ziple’s point of view was that the best powers of the Bamal Alliance and the Jinma World would be destroyed together in the Holy Land.
The result was not very pleasant for some reason.
‘Did I become sentimental because of the curse? Strangely, I think it would be nice if Jin Runkandel and Dante Hyran didn’t die.’
Veradin quickly erased that thought and grabbed Elona’s hand.
“Let’s go down to the main house, Lady Elona. Because I was not in a hurry, I served Elona-sama for too long on this chaotic battlefield.”
