Chapter 151 – Trap – 3
Kwasik—!
The sound of breaking bones and flesh echoes around.
After a while, the shocked old man fell to the floor without even being able to utter a word.
Although he was a skilled and highly intelligent man in the underground city, he was nothing more than a helpless old man in the face of overwhelming force.
“They use strange techniques.”
The monster, which seemed to strangely resemble a turtle, only swung the sword it was holding once.
Originally, only the sound of cutting through the air should have been heard, but the result was unexpected.
The sword flew with a quick and strange movement and pierced the old man’s heart exactly.
“I have no intention of fighting you head-on.”
“From what you’re saying, it seems like you already know quite a bit about me.”
As the guy gestured, the old man’s body returned to his hand, leaving a black afterimage.
It was not simply an afterimage caused by speed, but was caused by magic, and combined with bizarre movements, it was difficult to predict the attack.
He took on a wary stance, like a wild animal entering a battle stance, and his sharp murderous spirit spread to the surroundings.
“The warrior Eugene. The entity that is most offensive to the Great Demon King’s plans. “You should die here.”
“It looks like I’m starting to really dislike that side too. “I didn’t know there would be such a grand welcome.”
As I approached him, carefully drawing my sword, the door behind me closed with a bang.
Judging by his attitude, it was clear that my coming here was a trap set by him.
However, things I didn’t understand appeared in my mind like unpleasant noise.
‘How on earth?’
Even though he was discovered hiding his identity with an artifact, it wasn’t easy for him to be here.
Judging from the fact that he mercilessly killed the old man and the way the old man showed himself, the two were not even in a cooperative relationship.
How did the Demon King knows that I was in the underground city in the first place, and was he able to target me so accurately?
Among the many complex hypotheses, the first thing that came to mind was a traitor.
“It looks like the noble behind it is more corrupt than you can imagine.”
Among the thoughts that came to mind, there was only one thing that could explain everything.
Someone among the nobles of the Lumis Kingdom has joined hands with the Demon King.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to greet me so confidently.
“You understand quickly. After all, the Demon King would want to get rid of it quickly.”
“Couldn’t it have been planned for me to meet this old man and come here?”
When I glanced at the old man’s body, which was cooling down, he shook his head calmly.
“It was the perfect opportunity since I heard I was joining the guys I was already trying to get rid of.”
“That means it was already discovered before then.”
Considering the state of the bodies scattered around, there was a high probability that it was not a pre-planned trap.
Perhaps they were watching my movements and thought it was an appropriate opportunity to raid this place first.
“This is why nobles are…”
If you think that being dispatched to the underground city was a trap, it would fit the current situation perfectly.
If they knew I was coming and watched closely, it wouldn’t have been unreasonable for them to react so quickly.
“Don’t worry, the fact that you died here will soon be widely known to the world.”
“Those are very comforting words.”
The guy was carefully and slowly closing the distance.
The guy’s movements felt strange somehow, but his instincts were calm.
Just using strange sword techniques wasn’t even a threat to me anymore.
No matter how quick or flashy your technique is, your skills must be similar to some extent in order to be effective against the other person.
However, the strength of the guy felt from his trained senses was at a level where he could press down.
“I’m going to have to kick you as quickly as possible and wrench off that nobleman’s head.”
As I leisurely drew my sword, the guy smiled coldly.
“If you can, try it.”
“I plan to do it even if you tell me not to.”
Momentarily concentrate mana in your legs and move your body forward as if exploding.
It wasn’t flashy, but the overwhelming speed made it impossible for him to even react by swinging his sword.
Even before the swordsmanship was performed, the sharp blade pierced the guy’s heart and a strange sensation passed through his hands.
The sensation of stabbing a simple meat bag.
At that moment, I felt as if every hair on my body stood on end due to a feeling of discomfort that was completely different from the feeling of my heart beating intensely to maintain life.
“Now is the time!”
Even though his heart was pierced, the words that came out of his mouth were not screams or moans.
Rather, he used his large body to grab my body, and my quiet instincts were suddenly sounding loud warning lights.
Trap.
It was his trap not only to welcome me here but also to get stabbed by the sword.
Huiiiiik-
What I felt in my rapidly activated senses due to my survival instinct was the sound of something falling from above my head.
“Anyone wants!”
Fill the sword with plenty of mana and swing it upward.
The sword stuck in the heart easily cut through bone and flesh and collided with the falling object.
However, the sound that was heard was far beyond expectations.
As soon as the sound of a glass bottle breaking was heard, an unknown liquid was sprayed all over the body.
“What is this…”
Red liquid on clothes and skin.
My body reacted faster than I could rationally judge what it was.
“Huh…! “
A feeling as if a very small sharp sword is digging into the skin.
I kicked the guy who instinctively clung to me due to the pain caused by the liquid seeping into my body, but the sensation I still felt did not belong to a living creature.
“You got caught.”
The voice heard in extreme pain did not belong to the guy who flew away.
As I endured as much pain as I could and looked up, I saw a person coming down from a hidden passage in the ceiling.
A middle-aged man with gray hair.
He landed on the floor with ease and glared at me, radiating a creepy murderous spirit to those around him.
“We’ve seen each other’s faces, but this is the first time we’ve talked in person like this.”
The man in front of me was someone that even I, who had no interest in politics, knew well.
Sorian, the man with the most power among the nobles of the Kingdom of Lumis.
He was dressed in old-fashioned black clothing and had a twisted smile on his face.
“Really… You’re so unlucky.”
His appearance was shocking even while he was in pain as if his internal organs were turning inside out.
I expected that a noble would be behind it, but I could not have imagined that the person with the most power among the nobles would have joined hands with the devil.
“It’s actually our first time meeting, so I’m a little sorry that we met like this.”
I could already feel a fishy taste in my mouth due to the blood rising from deep within my body.
A feeling covered my entire body, as if my body was slowly losing its function and being destroyed.
The mana inside the body was getting out of control to the point where it could not be used for detoxification, and the body was quickly falling apart.
“I don’t understand at all…”
“Um… What don’t you understand? “I will kindly let you know as a gift before I die.”
The smile on Sorian’s face was full of sincere joy.
He hummed his tune, looking at me with amusement as his face was twisted in pain.
“What on earth did you gain by joining hands with the devil?”
Haha! It’s quite funny to hear that from you. To put it accurately, it’s because of you.”
“I don’t remember doing anything particularly worthy of resentment towards that person.”
It was my first time talking to him in the first place.
But his burning eyes were filled with intense anger.
“I guess I should be more precise. “It means that everything you did with the queen and her hand was a hindrance to my power.”
His words shocked me as if I had been hit on the head with a hammer.
As the queen strengthened her royal power, the power of her nobility weakened, and her anger returned to me.
It was extremely unfair, but right now, I needed a way to escape the crisis rather than protesting it.
“What the fuck… As I live, I end up holding grudges over trivial things.”
“Perhaps because he is a nobleman in name only, he has a rough mouth. Of course, that mouth will soon be closed.”
Sorian pulled out the sword on his waist and pointed it at me.
His elaborate posture and sturdy physique showed that he was a skilled swordsman.
On the other hand, my body was in the worst condition, requiring immediate treatment.
“If you leave it like this, it will die, but it will be easier to kill it for sure. Hey!”
As Sorian shouted backwards, the monster that had flown away slowly rose up.
The inside of the body, visible through a torn wound extending from the heart upward, proved that it was not a living creature.
Undead.
It was clear that he became undead for this trap.
It must have died recently to intentionally hide the fact that it was undead.
The meticulousness of hiding even the decay of the body.
Cold sweat was pouring out like crazy from the clear will to kill me.
“Plague… Is this why people shouldn’t let down their guard?”
