Chapter 190 – Imprint (1)
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For the first time since her regression her, Lina felt helpless.
It’s been a week since I chased the masked man.
Every time she followed the man’s trail, all she saw was the blood of people who had been brutally sacrificed.
‘That person… There’s no way that person would do something like this…’
Why? Why is that man killing people?
In fact, Lina knew why. She just couldn’t accept it.
“Now it’s certain. ‘Blood Imprint’. That person is trying to restore the power of the Black Witch.
Even this won’t be as perfect as before…But it’s a surefire way for the Black Witch to become stronger…”
She found out while chasing the traces of the ruler of mana.
The larger the imprint on the ground was drawn with the blood of the victims, the greater the power the Black Witch would gain.
Lina walked through the ruined village.
A feeling of helplessness and guilt overtook her.
Everyone in the village is the people of Astria that Lina loves.
A teddy bear is seen in the corner of the ruined village. The cotton is burst and looks messy.
No more children to play with that doll.
Lina clenched her fists. She clenched so hard that her blood flowed from her fists.
‘I have to find him and talk to him.’
The Black Witch didn’t force it either.
It would be nice if the black witch lied, but it feels like that’s not the case.
Why would that person step in and do something he wasn’t even told to do?
Why did it change
What effect did the butterfly effect of regression have on that person?
Or because she loves the black witch?
The Black Witch has just awakened. She couldn’t have had any contact with him.
Lina didn’t know what the hell was going on with her.
To be precise, Lina couldn’t accept this reality.
She had to meet him and talk.
“Lina-sama, are you okay?”
Kerry is coming. That alone eased her mind a little. Because she is a trustworthy person.
“…It’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with it.”
It doesn’t look good at all. Lina said she looked emaciated in just a week.
“That person… I will definitely stop it. Kerry-sama, don’t worry about it.”
‘He’s fake.’
Seeing Lina upset like this, the word fake is about to jump out of her throat.
But she has questions before that.
‘Why doesn’t Lina recognize me?’
At least until this part of the question had been resolved, it was difficult for her to open her mouth.
According to Kerry’s experiences with Lina, the ruler of mana and Lina had a very special relationship.
Even if the ruler of mana usually wore her mask, her face her would be familiar to each other.
She was that Kerry should know her face her.
‘Is it because of the beard and scars? Or the atmosphere?’
No. It didn’t make sense that because of these things, she couldn’t recognize the person she used to be around.
Not to mention that Lina does n’t remember what happened inside her. There is something. I don’t know now, though.
“It’s moving fast. We’ve almost caught up.”
Lina gets on top of the wagon.
I’m getting pretty close to the guy now. These traces that are left now were also made not long ago.
‘If the ruler of mana has transformed…’
At the same thought, Lina felt frustrated as if a rock had been placed on top of her chest.
The carriage carrying Rina and the others runs.
To follow the man’s trail. There was an unusually serious atmosphere in the carriage.
Not for any other reason.
It was because Lina had a very serious expression.
Natasha has been whispering beside her.
“Seobang-nim… Lina-nim, please do something like this. I’m going to choke to death before I can even find a man with that mask.”
‘What to do with me.’
Natasha was trying to lighten her mood even though she was sleeping, and she addressed Lina with her.
“Wow! Lina-sama. Look at the sky! The weather is so nice. On a day like this, I think it would be fun to go flower viewing together.”
“Yes. I also want to go flower viewing…”
Natasha’s resistance was brutally crushed. Rather, it only made it more awkward.
‘Look. I’d rather be quiet.’
There was silence in the carriage after that.
They say silence is gold, and if it were real, we’d probably be famous for being rich in gold.
The awkward time in the carriage passed and we finally arrived.
In the town where the fake might be. It was as soon as the party got off the carriage.
For the first time I see an intact village.
It is a town full of life. Smoke rose from chimneys all over town.
“It’s a normal town. Did I come to the wrong place?”
Lina silently looked at the village. She seems confident that her guess her is not wrong.
A scream was heard in the distance.
“Quaaaaah!”
At that moment, Lina ran hard enough to create a blast.
“We’ll follow you too!”
The group ran after Lina. It wasn’t that Lina didn’t understand.
Her crush her has suddenly become a killer, which does not feel good.
‘But it’s fake. The real thing is here.’
Lina still seemed to be haunted by her past her.
It was difficult for her to deeply relate to her, but to Lina, the world before her return her was also the real world. It must be like that.
A scene is seen at the place where we arrived after chasing Lina.
Lina was aiming her elemental sword at the ruler of mana.
Fortunately, the villagers were still alive behind Lina.
“Kerry. Please ask the villagers!”
Are you saying to protect the villagers with a shield? But then it becomes difficult for her to help Lina.
However, she knew well from what she had experienced that Lina could not yield in a situation like this.
“I’ll take care of this alone. I’m sorry… But the others, please stay with Kerry.”
There was no one who could object to Lina’s heavy voice in her.
The group approached Kerry and the villagers.
“Seobang-sama… Why is Lina-sama doing that?”
“Let’s see. There must be a reason.”
It must be a complicated feeling. Her first love her appeared as a villain.
Lina pointed her elemental sword at the master of mana and said.
“I’ll ask before we fight. Why do people kill?
We know that this ritual is a bloody imprint to regain the power of the Black Witch. But you and the Black Witch…”
You’re not even a lover yet. Lina swallowed her words behind her back her.
“What are you going to do by restoring the power of the Black Witch?”
“…”
The masked master of mana said nothing. Even in that appearance, Lina is surprisingly calm.
“Are you not going to answer me?”
“…”
“…The ruler of mana. It’s your nickname. Am I wrong?”
Maybe now it’s not that name, but it’s called another name. Because the world has changed because of the regression.
But I can’t even tell if it’s right or wrong.
That’s why the man in the mask was immovable. He Didn’t even budge.
Seeing that, Lina was rather nervous.
I was anxious and frustrated. I wanted to shout why she didn’t talk.
You are not a murderer who kills people.
He was obviously angry, but he was a kind person. I wanted to shout out that I know the real you.
But Lina knew that it would be useless even if she spit out all those words.
‘That man must have forgotten all the memories he had with me…’
It wasn’t just the ruler of mana who he forgot. Everyone who knew Lina had forgotten.
She thought she had gotten used to it as the time she had been a regressor had increased.
Even though she got used to it, her solitude and futility her attacked Lina more deeply than ever.
But now was the time to raise the knife.
I couldn’t let the ruler of mana go like this.
I couldn’t stand to see blood on that man’s hands any longer. If it was him before returning, he would surely be sad.
“…If you don’t want to talk about it, that’s fine too. But for now, I’ll have to get caught.”
Lina measures the distance. The spacing is very close. So much so that she could reach her in the blink of an eye if it were Lina.
However, she has no intention of looking down on the ruler of mana.
In that short moment, his magic his will surely attack. The ruler of mana was such a great wizard.
Lina raised her holy power and mana and prepared for it.
No matter how great a wizard was he, he could not ignore the handicap of a narrow gap in a confrontation with a swordsman.
Lina kicks her ground.
For an instant, Lina’s new form seemed to disappear.
In the gap that narrows in an instant, Lina sees the ruler of mana in her eyes her.
Obviously, it was a short moment, but I thought he was going to do something.
Because the ruler of mana Lina knew was that much of a magician.
But the ruler of mana did nothing.
I just turned around helplessly. It’s like trying to cut a belt.
Lina’s sword surges toward the ruler of mana.
However, the tip of the sword did not reach. In front of the ruler of mana, it was just stiff as if it had become stiff.
“…”
Completely ignoring Lina’s sword, the ruler of mana slowly flies through the sky and disappears.
It’s like there’s nothing to see here anymore.
Said Natasha, who was next to Kerry.
“You have to chase, don’t you have to chase? Seobang-nim?”
Kerry shook her head. It seemed that if I caught that man now, it would only cause trouble for Lina.
Because that fake wasn’t weak enough to catch it awkwardly.
On that day, the village could be defended. Thanks to the warriors.
The villagers praised the hero, but Lina couldn’t help but smile.
It was already sunset.
Imperial messengers came to the village where Lina and her party her were located.
“This is a message from His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Empire to the warriors.”
A piece of paper that the messenger handed him on his knees. Lina opened it and read.
Lina’s face her was extremely tired, but she read it calmly.
At that moment, Lina, who was reading her message with her dry eyes, began to panic.
Lina was quite depressed, so such a reaction was unexpected.
“What happened? Lina.”
“According to the Emperor… The Empire may declare war on Astria.”
“!”
I’ve been running around like this to stop a war, but suddenly declare war? For what else?
Aren’t all those who want war dead?
“It seems that the emperor himself did not mean it. But he says he can’t stop the declaration of war..”
The absolute power of the emperor wages an unexpected war?
“The name of the declaration of war is…They say that Astria confirmed signs of the Black Witch’s revival and that Astria is cooperating with the Black Witch. It’s absurd nonsense.”
“…”
Lina said with her eyes shining.
“But the declaration of war has not yet been announced. Fortunately, the Emperor…Told us of this first.
He said that he did not want war and that he was on our side.”
“Is the emperor trustworthy?”
“…I do not know. We’re not very close…But there’s no reason for the emperor to lie.”
Is it that there is an existence that even the emperor can hold on to?
That being wants war.
“I thought all of those gangsters were dead, but are they still around?”
“… I don’t know that either. Sorry.”
“It’s not something Lina-sama should be sorry for.”
I think this is the first time Lina has said that she doesn’t know so many times.
Is it a situation that even the regressors have not experienced?
Well, since the original goal of stopping the black witch’s resurrection was achieved, it might be quite different from the past.
“There is only one way to stop the declaration of war.”
Kerry spoke instead of Lina.
“So that the Empire doesn’t use it as an excuse… It’s probably to have the Black Witch completely in our hands.”
Lina nodded her head. There is a determined determination in her eyes.
The meaning of the current situation was clear.
It meant that Lina could no longer hesitate about the ruler of mana like today.
