Chapter 211 A pitch-black night (7)
An urgent voice.
panting breath.
The shadow’s reaction, as if it were conscious of someone, meant that Roman Dmitri existed beyond the communicator.
said Baron Charlton.
[It’s really great. Dealing with all the shadows by attacking Ecorche’s stronghold is not enough. We admit that our plan failed. Roman Dmitry. You are more dangerous than you know, and it’s impossible to assassinate by normal means. Ecorche and the shadows. Mobilizing more troops would actually be more like mobilizing troops than assassination.]
It was a one-sided conversation.
Even without an answer coming back, Baron Charlton was certain of the other person’s existence.
[But don’t think that Cronus will give up with this. Emperor Cronus wants your life, and we have never failed the Emperor’s expectations. If you fail once, if you fail twice, if you fail three times, even three times, I will send assassins until the moment your breath runs out. How long can an individual survive the Empire’s attack? Cairo and Dmitri can’t protect you. To be hostile to Cronus means an unbearable disaster.]
It is not just a verbal threat.
past years.
The Kronos Empire has proven its existence.
Those who dared to rebel were brutally trampled on, and even though people knew about it, they had no choice but to turn a blind eye.
Even if you say you raise your voice alone.
no one helped
It was a powerful country that openly revealed its goal of conquering the continent, but it did not have the confidence to handle the arrows of anger.
Perhaps it was possible to counter them in the first place.
However, as the years of keeping silent despite the atrocities repeated once or twice have become longer, now it has become impossible to do anything.
Baron Charlton was mentally stressed.
While recognizing Roman Dmitri, he also showed confidence that he, too, would inevitably collapse at any time.
however.
“It’s fun.”
[…] … It’s fun?]
“Since when did the Kronos Empire put words ahead of actions? When Emperor Cronus first announced the assassination, you showed confidence that you would not fail. And as you can see now, I am alive and well. You may continue to attempt assassination in the future. Whether it’s hiring another assassin guild or sending a shadow. that’s what i have to do But let me warn you.”
snap.
Roman Dmitri grabbed the shadow’s neck.
I strongly suppressed the struggled shadow and sent a gasping sound through the communicator.
“Somewhere in your mansion. There will be a gift from me. If I had decided to assassinate you, it was a deadly poison that I would have used as a means. keep in mind Assassinations aren’t yours alone, and if you want to kill me, you’d be quicker to lead your troops and declare war instead of a shady assassination attempt.”
It was the first time.
Even in Kronos’ threats.
Rather, there was no existence in Baron Charlton’s memory that raised his voice.
“I look forward to seeing your face as you check the present.”
with it.
Took.
Roman Dmitry cut off communication.
* * *
Baron Charlton’s mansion was turned upside down.
A gift from Roman Dmitri.
That meant that the security of the mansion had been breached, and the servants checked every corner of the mansion at Baron Charlton’s disobedient order.
As a result.
Found a mysterious box in the supply warehouse.
“… There has been no outside person entering or leaving for the past week. It seems that he broke through people’s surveillance and left the box in the warehouse.”
“Damn it.”
Baron Charlton’s stomach churned.
inside the box.
There was a bottle containing a clear liquid.
At first, I didn’t touch it because I thought it might be poisoned, and the servants kept it in a box and immediately moved to the Mage Tower Behemoth.
Roman Dmitry predicted an assassination by poison.
If you think that this is used for assassination, you need to check whether it can detoxify the deadly poison.
Behemoth.
A group that mainly deals with lethal weapons such as poison.
Poisoning frequently occurred during the experiment, so their detoxification skills were also rated as the best on the continent.
Wizard of Behemoth.
Mateo narrowed his eyes and examined the liquid.
slap.
“Colorless, odorless poison. You brought something very troublesome.”
“Don’t talk nonsense, check if it’s possible to decipher first.”
“All right.”
Mateo nodded.
People generally think that detoxification magic cures all poisons, but that was a huge mistake.
The area of detoxification magic is only part of it.
In order to cure a really deadly poison, it is important for the magician to pull out the root of the deadly poison by expressing an antidote.
With such technology, it was possible to assert that Behemoth was the best on the continent, and even at first, he looked at the deadly poison with a relaxed expression.
Once we went to the lab.
There he poisoned the slaves and watched their reactions afterwards.
The speed of the poison’s progress was sudden.
There was no sign, but suddenly the slave vomited blood and trembled.
“Please save me… Cool.”
It was an addiction.
Mateo manifested the power of magic from a distance.
“Cure poison.”
anger.
light arose
He inspected the body of the slave with the energy of detoxification and tried to cure the deadly poison by spreading the energy throughout the body.
However, the condition of the slaves showed no signs of improving.
His confident expression became drenched in sweat from a certain moment, and he sincerely devoted himself to treatment and raised his fever to treat it somehow.
at last.
The slave fell.
Looking at the pale corpse, Mateo wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.
“Where did you get these things from? The nature of the venom is so toxic that wizards who have experienced it for the first time will never be able to cure it. I think it will take several experiments to find out how to detoxify this poison.”
“If I were poisoned by this poison. Could you have saved me?”
“… To be honest, I am not confident right now.”
Baron Charlton’s expression hardened.
A poison that Behemoth cannot cure.
In fact, it means that detoxification is impossible at present, and Roman Dmitri possessed such a deadly poison.
I see now.
It was the same as Cort’s death.
If Roman Dmitry had wished for his own assassination, he might have been killed by this poison.
The blood was cold.
When Cort died vomiting blood, he looked down with a smile on his face, and when he projected himself into that image, this was not a matter to be overlooked and overlooked.
“From now on, find a way to cure this poison by all means. A weapon possessed by forces hostile to the Kronos Empire. I understand that it will take time, but I will not accept an answer that says it is impossible.”
“All right.”
Baron Charlton moved hurriedly.
Roman Dmitry.
The more I knew, the more I wasn’t an ordinary guy.
For now, the priority was to report the series of situations he had experienced to the emperor.
* * *
A series of situations.
Emperor Cronus, who had heard about the deadly poison from the failure of the shadow, said with an expressionless face.
“In the meantime, there have always been guys who rebelled against the Kronos Empire. However, there was not a single one among them who did not bow their heads even after facing the Kronos Empire head-on. Baron Charlton. What type of person do you consider Roman Dmitri to be?”
“… Even if it breaks, I don’t think I’m a person who lowers my head.”
“It is as you say. When they pressed the Cairo royal family to ask for Roman Dmitri’s arms, they chose to engage the Kingdom Alliance and face it head-on. And now the assassination attempt. Ekorche and Shadow sent a message that even though they had the power to cut off the head of the King of Cairo, they could try to assassinate them in reverse. Roman Dmitry. He never allowed a compromise with us.”
throughout history.
There was no one like Roman Dmitry.
Doesn’t history prove the end of the characters who come out equally strong when they go out strong?
Baron Charlton shrank.
Knowing what kind of person Emperor Cronus was, he did not dare to add further words.
“In order for an empire to exist as an empire, not a single precedent can be allowed. But now is not the time to declare war, as Roman Dmitry said. People think that Cronus is still enduring because he does not have the power to conquer the continent, but we know that is not true. If only one problem is solved. Kronos can accomplish great things.”
Roman Dmitry does not know the truth.
apparent power.
only a small fraction
The power of Cronus that people feared could not be said to be the power of Cronus.
opponent in the end.
I was just a frog in a well.
If he had known the true power of Cronus, he would not have dared to rebel against him, but he would not have dared to utter the absurd remarks to lead his troops and declare war.
That is why Emperor Cronus did not express his anger.
No matter how angry and desperate he may be, Roman Dmitri will be just an ant that passed by in history.
but.
There was no reason to keep him alive.
“Call the demons from the abyss.”
Baron Charlton’s eyes widened.
Abyssal Demon.
It was a completely different existence from the shadows called demons.
Mobilizing them was the will to kill Roman Dmitri no matter what variables might arise.
“I take orders.”
Baron Charlton bowed his head.
Kronos Empire.
The emperor’s word is law, and situations in which opinions differing from it are not permitted.
“The opportunity will come sooner or later. at that time. Show the Kronos Empire clearly to the hostile forces. What happens when you fall in love with Kronos? Set a precedent never to look up to us again as the Roman Dmitri they hold up as a hero is torn to pieces.”
Leaned.
Sitting on the throne, he looked down at the nobles lined up behind Baron Charlton.
from start to finish.
The nobles who had been watching the situation remained silent, revealing their intention to blindly follow the emperor’s orders.
they were sure
Roman Dmitry.
As Emperor Cronus said, it will soon remain as ‘a cruel precedent’.
* * *
That time.
Roman Dmitry headed for the estate.
Baron Charlton.
The deadly poison that terrified him was the embodiment of his previous life skills.
‘Probably an unfamiliar kind of poison. Even if you borrow the power of magic, it won’t be that easy to decipher.’
source of poison.
It was Sichuan Tang Gate.
Known to possess thousands of deadly poisons, they drove countless magicians to death in the process of Baek Jung-hyeok’s conquest of Murim.
A force optimized for slaughtering multiple enemies.
If Baek Jung-hyeok had not risen to the level of invulnerability to all poisons, the conquest of Murim would have faced great difficulties.
at last.
The head of the Sacheon Dangmun clan was decapitated by Baek Joong-hyeok.
When Dangju fell, they hoisted a white flag and accepted the Sichuan Tang Gate and gained their knowledge as well.
Even if Baron Charlton succeeds in decoding it.
It didn’t matter much.
The deadly poison sent to Baron Charlton after killing Cort was one of thousands, and there were many more threatening poisons in Roman Dmitri’s head.
There are restrictions on perfect implementation of Sichuan Tangmun’s poison due to the change in the surrounding environment, but if a full-scale war begins, assassination accompanied by poison will terrify the enemies.
one of their weapons.
deliberately exposed.
Since Cronus attempted an assassination, it was necessary to tell him what the cost of the assassination was.
‘With this, the Kronos Empire has no choice but to move carefully. Dmitri also has the possibility of counterattacking with assassination, so he won’t try to eat each other’s flesh by killing people around him indiscriminately. In the end, Cronus has an advantage in the fight, but deadly poison is a weapon that can have a great effect in reckless slaughter.’
It was a kind of intimidation.
The enemies failed in their plan.
If so, you have two options.
Either try to assassinate again or kill the people around you except yourself.
Roman Dmitri prepared for the latter by using deadly poison.
Because he could not prepare for all situations by himself, he put a knife into the opponent’s neck to protect the people around him.
A plan to buy time.
It was a temporary measure.
War would break out someday, so it was necessary to be fully prepared.
‘The Kronos Empire cannot hide its ambition to conquer the continent. It is certain that in the near future they will declare a conquest of the continent, and from then on, I cannot prevent my people from dying. I am just preparing as much as possible. The only perfect solution for us is to win the war.’
The wind was stinky.
I could smell the blood.
Dmitri is already caught up in the maelstrom of war and can never be farther away from blood and death.
yet.
Arrived at Dmitry.
But even before the news of victory was announced, there was news waiting for Roman Dmitri.
“… Lord, an invitation has arrived from the Valhalla Empire.”
Valhalla Empire.
After crossing a mountain called Kronos, another predator revealed its teeth.
