Episode 442
Raon flicked his fingertips as he ran to the street corner where the Iron Guard was last seen.
‘They said the trail suddenly cut off on the road.’
According to the information booklet Chad had given him, it was written that the Iron Guards stayed overnight in Roylan Village and then disappeared when they returned.
Looking at the situation in which Master Superlative Trevin and the entire iron squadron disappeared without leaving any traces, it was clear that a special force or artifact had worked.
‘I need to know what it is…’
There is no answer right now.
Since the disappearance of the Cheoljeondae was at dawn, there was so little information that it was impossible to solve the mystery.
Leon licked his dry lips and furrowed his eyes.
‘Malyun and Binghyang.’
The two floor owners of the Black Tower that Biyeonhoe investigated were demons with the nicknames of Maryun and Binghyang, respectively.
Contrary to its name, the horse wheel handles two pairs of wheels that are white enough to give off a sacred feeling. However, it is said that if he uses more than 50% of his demonic energy, the color of the ring will be colored like the deep sea, and it will exert a different power than before.
On the other hand, Binghyang is said to handle the energy of the water attribute as freely as her own body, just like her own body, but there is a strange rumor that when she releases her true power, a fragrance is released in the cold air, and those who smell the fragrance die before walking five steps. there was.
‘Both of them are higher than the Black Mage.’
The rank of the Black Tower is determined by which floor they belong to, and both Maryun and Binghyang were known to use the upper floor than the Black Water Field treated by Raon.
Maryun and Binghyang were both demons who had been notorious for a long time, so it wouldn’t have been that difficult to subdue the Iron Guard. Probably, even if only one of the two stepped forward, the Iron Guard would have been annihilated.
‘But…’
No matter how much Maryun and Binghyang are, it’s impossible to make the Cheoljeondae disappear without leaving any traces.
‘Either one. Or maybe they both got new abilities.’
Even the non-banquet’s elite informants couldn’t figure out how the Iron Guard went missing, so they had to gather information as quickly as possible.
‘I have to start from here.’
Raon used the ring of fire and the sense of tales at the same time.
Whoa!
The ring of fire that resonates and the skill of the demon king that flows thrillingly meshes like a cogwheel. The inner mana and the outer mana merged, and with the sensation of floating, the sight and senses were opened several times as if a blind man opened his eyes.
Numerous presences are felt in the spreading feeling.
The movement of small wild animals and insects was felt on the lower side where the river was thick and the river was flowing, and on the upper side, where there was a white snowy field, it was quiet as if no one was there, but I could hear the faint breathing of animals sleeping under the ground.
Raon spread his senses even wider, clenching and opening his fists.
‘It’s strange.’
The range is wider than before.
The range of senses increased by more than 10% compared to just before returning to the family. After I went back, I only focused on swordsmanship training rather than Auror training, so I don’t know why this happened.
In addition, there was no burden even though he was putting all his energy and footwork in full force. Even if the battle continued like this, it seemed that he would be able to exert all his strength.
‘Did he not only raise the level of swordsmanship, but the level itself?’
Glenn and Rektar seemed to have expanded the scope of martial arts beyond simply teaching them the tricks of swordsmanship.
It wasn’t the swordsmen who stood at the top of the continent for nothing to make such an achievement in just one week.
‘But…’
There is nothing to be caught even with the increased feeling.
Even though the range and sensitivity of the senses increased, I didn’t feel the remnants of magic or battle.
‘Las.’
Raon frowned and tapped the head of Lars, who was riding on his shoulder.
‘Do you feel anything?”
– Nothing so far. But even if you know, do you think the main king will tell you about it?
The boy flicked his tongue in a mocking expression.
‘but. You’re that kind of guy.’
Raon wrinkled his brow and flicked off Lars’ tongue with his fingers.
– Ah! The king’s tongue worth 10 million gold coins! God’s tongue!
I left Lars looking for God on the subject of the demon king and focused my mind again on the spirit.
‘Still, thanks to that guy, I learned something.’
You’d think Lars didn’t give any hints, but he said he never had. In other words, it meant that there was no need to investigate from the moment I boarded the dimensional gate until now.
Raon smiled lightly as he watched Lars rubbing his thick tongue with tears in his eyes.
‘As expected, Lass is generously given.’
* * *
Raon and Gwangpungdae ran nonstop and arrived at Roylan Village, where the Iron Guard was last seen.
“Wow, what town is that?”
Martha frowned at Roylan Village.
“surely. It’s too inconsistent.”
Burren gave a small nod in agreement with Martha’s words.
“High and low.”
Runaan tilted his head, looking at the buildings with high roofs and those with low roofs.
In fact, it’s only natural for the Gwangpungdae prosecutors to be so surprised.
Roylan was a medium-sized town, neither big nor small, and as befits a place with both northern and central climates, the styles of the buildings located above and below were starkly different.
In the north, the roof was built high enough to keep the snow from accumulating, and the angle in the center, where there was no snow at all, was so obtuse that it seemed flat.
To an uninformed person, it would be thought that two villages from different regions were forcibly merged together.
‘It’s unique every time I see it.’
Raon entered Roylan Village, which hadn’t changed a bit since he had seen it before.
Ominousness and busyness coexisted in the village, probably because they knew about the disappearance of the Cheoljeondae and the movements of the Black Tower.
“You are here.”
I was going to look around the village first, but a black-haired middle-aged man in a yellow suit with a small bird drawn on the end approached and bowed his head.
“My name is Ruzen, the 8th wing of the non-banquet.”
He muttered in a low voice that he was an outside informant for the non-banquet. I could feel it from the dress and attitude, but I nodded my head right away because I heard that Chad had someone to help.
“My name is Raon Sieghart, Lord of the Storm Troops.”
“It is an honor to meet you.”
Luzen nodded his head with his eyes wide open as if he were serious about what he said.
“How is the situation?”
“It won’t be much different from the information you received before.”
He sighed, saying that he had searched Roylan Village and its surroundings, but nothing had changed.
“I searched every villager and every building, but nothing strange came up.”
“Didn’t the black tower’s floor pillars hear from here?”
“yes. It is said that no one has ever seen the black robe itself.”
The characteristic of the black tower is a black robe that seems to be wrapped in darkness. Luzen shook his head, saying that the Black Tower was not here at all.
“Does that make sense?”
Marta frowned and scanned the village from side to side.
“I heard that the Black Towers also came out from around here!”
“That’s right.”
Ruzen nodded without embarrassment, as if he already knew about Martha’s personality.
“The place where the iron warships were last seen isn’t far from here, is it?”
“you’re right.”
“But does it make sense that only the humans in this town don’t know!”
No matter how much she thought about it, Marta said it was strange and rolled her eyes wide open.
“I’m sure one person will know. Let’s just find him.”
“How are you going to find it?”
Raon sighed as he saw Martha snapping her fingers.
“What do you ask? Of course you have to beat it. There’s nothing you can’t beat!”
Marta shouted something she had heard somewhere and asked for permission.
“It’s great too.”
Runan raised his thumbs up as if in praise of Martha. However, he tilted his thumb under the floor and continued.
“It’s a stupid idea that only a demon woman can do.”
“You slug bastard!”
“joy.”
Marta and Runan started a fight by kicking each other.
Raon shook his head and closed his eyes. I raised my anger and aroused the sense of tales to the fullest. I scratched the traces of iron belts and black pagodas throughout the village, feeling as if my skin was spreading through the air.
‘As expected.’
Just like Luzen said, he couldn’t feel the presence of the iron squadron or the demonic energy of the Black Tower. Neither of them left a trace here.
Raon opened his eyes. Marta and Runan were now holding their palms and fighting for strength.
“stop.”
He raised his palms to separate the two of them, then shook his head.
“Gathering information by beating people in a hurry is not a good way. I don’t think any information will come out as a fan.”
“uh…?”
“what?”
When he said that, the swordsmen of the windmills raised their dazed eyes.
‘No, that’s what you always do!’
‘They did it to us as well as the enemies!’
‘If things don’t work out, think about whether you’re short on hawks!’
Gwangpungdae prosecutors opened their mouths recalling Raon’s words and actions, but Raon didn’t care.
“It’s done. because i’m going back Get ready.”
Raon gestured to the windmill and approached Luzen, who was behind him.
“Could you guide me to the place where the last traces of the Cheoljeondae remain?”
“It’s a bit far from here, is that okay?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“Then let’s start right away.”
Ruzen nodded and went out of town and took steps. The martial arts itself didn’t look that great, but he was quick and relaxed enough to be considered a master of one step.
Following him, I opened my senses again as much as possible. I looked at the flow of wind, the movement of animals and people, and the discordant energy.
However, both the forest and the snowfield were peaceful. In the end, nothing was found until Ruzen stopped walking.
“This is it.”
Ruzen sighed and pointed forward. You can see Sodo, which is slightly off the highway in Hofirn.
Above, there was a frozen lake with a pale black color, and below, a clear lake glistened in the sinking sunlight.
A small, narrow road that cuts between two lakes in stark contrast. It was not an iron warship, but a beautiful spectacle that anyone had no choice but to stop.
“The traces of the iron belt were finally cut off here. By the way…”
Ruzen stopped explaining and looked away. Swordsmen in gray uniforms appeared on the road between the lakes he pointed to.
Even the sharp yet firm eyes like a blade polished by a craftsman and the pattern of a flaming sword embedded upside down. They were the swordsmen of the Baekryundae that Glenn had called first.
Because of Daeju’s propensity, Baekryundae always travels around the outside, so it was the first time since the raid on the Eden branch.
Raon looked at the swordsman’s presence and licked his lips briefly.
‘Certainly strong.’
Perhaps because they only repeated battles and missions from the outside, the Baengnyeondae was stronger than the iron battleships, but they were fierce.
‘But…’
That’s how many die.
Not everyone can be a hero. The survivors get stronger, but there are more swordsmen dying because they can’t stand it, so it is said that Baekryundae always requests a lot of people. Among the swordsmen he could see, only one had a familiar face.
“It’s Baekryundae.”
“They said they were coming too…”
“Why are their eyes open like that? Are you making a fuss?”
Gwangpungdae also recognized Baengnyeondae and flicked its tongue.
“Gwangpungdae? Why is there a windmill?”
“They said they applied for this mission in addition.”
“support? Where do you use them?”
“And now it’s not a windmill, it’s a windmill.”
“Ah, I said I was promoted.”
Baengnyeondae also recognized Gwangpungdae and slightly narrowed their eyes. A disturbing disposition was felt in their tone.
‘How useless.’
Raon let out a short sigh and approached the Baekryundae swordsmen.
“Where is the great lord?”
“Well, where did you go?”
The prosecutor, who seemed to be the leader, whistled and shook his head.
I didn’t want to have a useless fight because I didn’t have much time, but Baengnyeondae didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so. It seemed that the Gwangpungdae applied for this mission to steal the ball from the Baengnyeondae.
“You…”
“Hey! You bastard!”
When Raon frowned, a double curse came out from behind. The main character was, of course, Martha.
“You don’t even have a fucking top or bottom? Can’t you see our lieutenant? yes?”
“Uh…”
The lead prosecutor opened his eyes in surprise, as if he didn’t know that he would suddenly be cursed at.
“I know that Gwangpungdae has been promoted, but they are arguing with that. Tell me to die.”
Marta glared at the Baekryundae swordsman with her ferocious eyes shining as if she would attack them at any moment.
“good job.”
Runan nodded, giving Marta a rare round of sincere applause.
“That rat-looking bastard…”
“Tear off his limbs.”
“If you don’t want to get drunk, play around with your snout.”
It’s not just Martha and Runan. The entire Gwangpungdae was glaring at Baengnyeondae with wet mad eyes as if they would bite at any moment. If he argued even a little more, he was ready to run.
“stop.”
Normally, I would have left the windmill to cook, but I don’t have time right now. I had to discuss it with Baekryun Daeju and make a move.
“say. Where are you?”
There was no need for Raon to generate momentum. The leader, who was stunned by the madness of the windmill, pointed at the lakeside below with his shoulders trembling.
Following that hand, I saw a tall man standing in the center of the Baekryundae swordsmen.
The shoulders are wide open like a whale’s, and the jaw is angular. In mythology, the ceiling was rising, but the real thing is his energy. As if a huge mountain itself had nestled in him, an extremely heavy air wave pressed his whole body.
Raon did not operate Aura. With only willpower, he endured Irond’s momentum and lowered his head.
“Meet the Lord Baekryun.”
“It’s been a while. The lord of the storm troop.”
Irond nodded slowly. He didn’t show his dissatisfaction with not being able to monopolize the mission like the other Baekryundae prosecutors, but it was clear that he didn’t like himself, judging from the yellowish look in his eyes.
‘Well, there’s no reason to welcome us.’
I decided not to worry about it because I just needed to get an iron belt.
“This is where the last traces of the Iron Guard disappeared.”
He looked at the lake shore and clicked his tongue briefly.
“There was no sign of a fight, and no bodies floated around the lake. It’s weird. However, no matter what force worked, it would not have been able to escape the Hofern region itself.”
Irond turned his gaze this way.
“There is only one best search method. Spreading the Gwangpungdae and Baengnyeondae one by one to search the entire Hopireun. If the swordsmen move in unison, we’ll be able to see everything before dawn.”
He nodded, saying that was the only way to find traces of the iron warships in this land.
“First you go east. I searched everything from the entrance…”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t like it.”
Raon shook his head as Irond opened the map. In the current situation, spreading the number of people one by one was never a good idea.
Even if you can quickly find the traces, the sacrifice could be great, so it was unacceptable.
“Uh…”
“That’s right now…”
The Baekryundae swordsmen looked sideways at Irond and trembled their lips, as if they didn’t know that he would reject it right away.
oh oh oh!
Irond stretched his back, holding the half-opened map as if crushing it. A fierce yet heavy gaze like the north wind weighed down my soul.
“Tell me again. What did you just say?”
His gaze became a fierce air wave and pressed against his shoulder. Although his skin was itchy as if a blade had been stabbed down, he pushed back with the force of a spirit strengthened by a ring of fire and stood in front of Irond.
“I said no.”
“You seem to really like being told no from before.”
“Because there is no need to deliberately make a victim.”
As Raon’s red eye and Irond’s black eye competed, a deep twist began to unfold in the calm lake.
