## Chapter 660 – 660. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
660. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated into the Baek Family
Thud! The window flew open, and black smoke cloaked in a dark robe entered the room. It was the arrival of a demon’s curse.
Diona and Katia’s faces turned pale.
“Why is Mundudu’s curse here…?!”
“My lady!”
The naked women clung to each other, trembling. They knew well that this was a demon’s curse that could lead to death.
I stepped in front of them. They were my playthings. I couldn’t let them be cursed.
‘This guy is annoying because physical attacks and most sword auras don’t work on him. Yuria said that he could be easily eliminated by crushing him with magical mass, but… I can’t use magic.’
It would be better to just take the hit. I have complete recovery, so I can completely remove the curse.
‘Still, I can’t just take it. It’s possible that this isn’t the only thing targeting me… No. Wait a minute. Is it even targeting me?’
I glanced back.
I looked at Diona behind me. The mark of the demon contract had disappeared, and the curse had arrived.
Mundudu had unilaterally terminated the contract. If Mundudu had wanted to kill Diona, he wouldn’t have sent a curse; he would have appeared when the contract was terminated and tried to kill Diona himself.
It’s possible that this curse was sent by Mundudu’s new contractor.
‘Someone who wants me or Diona dead… Only one person comes to mind. Zerdin. That bastard… Is he betraying me?’
If he had made a contract with a demon, he should have reported it to me. But Zerdin hadn’t even shown his face, let alone reported it. Acting independently without my permission was an act of betrayal in itself.
Crackling.
Lightning flashed in my fist. The blue electricity wriggled like a clump of earthworms.
“Hehehehe.”
The curse approached me, emitting an eerie laugh. I was about to throw lightning at it but stopped. I knew that throwing it in this state wouldn’t do any damage.
‘Mass, huh…’
The magical mass Yuria mentioned probably wasn’t about weight. There’s no way magic itself could have weight.
‘But I get the feeling.’
Crackling.
The lightning that had been spreading in all directions from my hand began to shrink. It shrank and compressed into a single bolt of lightning.
‘The waterfall training I did in reality… Let’s remember that time.’
I compressed the lightning, increased its density, and threw it at the curse. The curse didn’t even try to dodge the lightning and rushed towards me.
The lightning tore through the curse’s body. The black robe shattered, and smoke billowed. But it didn’t disappear.
‘If one shot isn’t enough, I’ll give it a combo.’
Lightning formed in both my hands.
‘Instant.’
I dodged the curse’s charge to the side. The curse changed direction and flew towards me. I threw the lightning from both hands simultaneously. The curse’s body faltered. I didn’t miss the opportunity and kept throwing compressed lightning bolts.
“Kuaaaaaaah…”
The curse, hit by eight lightning bolts, let out a low scream and disappeared.
I wiped the sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand. Compressing lightning wasn’t easy. It required a great deal of concentration.
‘There’s a bit of a limit to my skills right now.’
I turned to look at Diona and Katia.
“Get dressed. The curse might come again.”
“Baron! What, what should we do? If the demon runs wild, the Hisfield Gate will suffer great damage!”
Diona approached me. She was asking for help.
I bit her large breast with my mouth.
“Haaak?!”
When I pulled away, my teeth marks were clearly visible on her chest.
“Didn’t you understand me? Get dressed. And guide me.”
“Guide… Where to…?”
“To Zerdin.”
While they were getting dressed, I took out a radio from my inventory and gave orders to Yuria and Floy. I told Yuria to eliminate any wandering curses and to capture or kill any demons using their powers.
I told Floy to prepare in an armed state. If Zerdin moved soldiers and knights, the female knights would engage in battle.
‘If Zerdin wasn’t targeting me but Diona, then there wouldn’t be any need for soldiers or knights to move… The demon Mundudu might be with Zerdin.’
•••
“This is Zerdin’s room?”
“Yes.”
Diona nodded. I frowned and kicked the door open. There was no sign of anyone inside.
“He’s not here. Do you know where Zerdin went?”
“Wouldn’t he have run away outside the castle?”
“That greedy bastard? He would have raised soldiers if anything. There’s no way he would have quietly slipped out of the castle.”
“…That was a slip of the tongue. You’re right, Baron. That dirty bastard has no ability but is full of greed.”
Diona, agreeing with my words, fell into thought for a moment. I waited for her.
“Father!”
“Huh?”
“It’s Father’s room! Zerdin is planning to kill Father and take the family sword!”
“Why would he suddenly make such an extreme choice? And what’s this about a family sword?”
“The family sword is proof of the head of the family. It has a strong symbolic meaning, but it’s useful when dealing with vassals who adhere to tradition. And if Zerdin were to forge Father’s will…!”
“Even so, it’s strange for Zerdin to kill his own father. The vassals wouldn’t stand for it.”
“He’ll use a curse to kill him! If he casts multiple curses, Father won’t be able to withstand it!”
Diona hadn’t killed the Count of Hisfield. It was to gain the support of the vassals. Even if she became the head of the family, her power would be less than half if the vassals didn’t listen to her.
Zerdin’s position was different from Diona’s. As the eldest son, he had the support of the vassals. It would be more helpful to him if the Count of Hisfield died immediately.
‘Damn it. If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have put a leash on Zerdin. Then he wouldn’t have acted on his own.’
I ran to the Count of Hisfield’s bedroom, and the women followed me.
•••
Yuria stood on the roof of the Hisfield Count’s castle.
It was the dead of night, past midnight. The surroundings were dark. The city had no lights. There were a few lights inside the castle, but they didn’t illuminate Yuria.
The shadow at her feet wriggled. When she opened her palm, a glass bottle popped out of the shadow and landed on her palm.
Inside the glass bottle was a black powder. It wasn’t real powder. It only looked like powder.
She uncorked the glass bottle. The black powder, impure mana, leaked out of the bottle and disappeared with the wind.
Impure mana.
Also called tainted mana, this mana was very popular with demons. Impure mana was the source of demons. Demons could recover their bodies with impure mana and become stronger.
Yuria had scattered impure mana into the air to lure out demons. Her intention was successful.
“Good! It smells good!”
From a window on the lower part of the castle, a demon flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
“……”
Yuria narrowed her eyes and identified the demon. According to her master’s words, the demon’s name was Mundudu, the Black Serpent Demon.
Mundudu was a monkey with a pair of bat wings. His two arms were unusually long and hung down. Mundudu grinned at Yuria with his red eyes. Between his lips were sharp, needle-like teeth.
“You humans know a bit about demons.”
Mundudu knew that the impure mana was bait to lure him out. Even knowing that, he showed himself. The impure mana was worth it, and he didn’t think for a moment that he would be defeated by a mere human.
“I’ll ask to confirm. Are you Mundudu?”
“You know my name? You’ve got the basics down.”
Mundudu’s red eyes glowed. Around him, black robes, curses, appeared. Five in total. They fluttered their robes and circled around Yuria.
“I see.”
“……Hmm?”
Mundudu tilted his head. He asked Yuria as if he couldn’t understand.
“You’re angry. Why are you angry? Did I kill a human related to you? Or do you hate demons?”
On the surface, Yuria showed no change. But Mundudu had a small talent for instinctively sensing the emotions of others. It was a trivial talent, not a power or anything.
“Your curse threatened my master.”
Yuria held a dagger in her hand.
“Master? Were you someone’s servant?”
“Did you think you could live comfortably after targeting my master? I promise you. You will come to hate the fact that you exist.”
“Hehe. Humans are foolish. They are swayed by emotions and fail to grasp the difference in levels. Consider it an honor to die surrounded by my curses.”
The five curses rushed towards Yuria at once.
Yuria didn’t react. But her shadow was different. Her shadow stretched out in all directions and then soared upwards, blowing away the curses themselves without a trace.
“Uh… uh?”
A bewildered voice came from Mundudu’s mouth.
“What did I just see?”
Just as he was about to use the curse again, unable to understand the situation, Yuria was walking towards Mundudu, stepping on the air.
Mundudu couldn’t understand again. It wasn’t magic. And humans didn’t have wings. He couldn’t understand how she could walk in the air without falling.
Yuria swung her dagger at a certain distance. From top to bottom. The dagger cut through the air honestly.
“Are you mocking me right now? How dare… Huh?!”
Mundudu’s right arm was cut off and fell to the ground. The hard body of a high-ranking demon, which couldn’t be scratched by sword aura, was cut so easily.
“C-crazy! You cut space? That’s impossible! A mere human without any power…!”
The curse that came out of Mundudu’s body targeted Yuria’s front. A shadow rose from the ground, swallowed the curse, and disappeared.
She took a step in the air and swung her dagger. This time, Mundudu’s left arm and wing were cut off. Mundudu, a high-ranking demon, could float in the air using magic even without wings.
‘This is wrong! It’s terribly wrong!’
It was to the point where he doubted whether his opponent was human. Mundudu made a quick decision. His opponent was an unbelievable powerhouse who used the power to cut space. Fighting was madness. Mundudu descended to the ground and fled from Yuria.
“You can’t go.”
Shadow chains shot from a place where the moonlight didn’t reach, grabbing Mundudu’s body. Mundudu, caught in the shadows, became desperate.
“Contract! Let’s make a contract, human! Is there anyone you want to kill? With my curse, you can kill them without being suspected!”
“That mere curse. I can do it without borrowing your power.”
“What?”
Mundudu felt his body becoming heavier. Not only that. Suddenly, pain surged. It was pain that couldn’t be compared to when his arms and wings were cut off.
“Kuaaaaaaaaaaak!”
The demon’s scream was terrible. But the scream was swallowed by the shadows and didn’t spread.
“Zerdin! Call me! Call me right now!!”
“It’s useless. No one can hear your voice except me. And I will not allow summons by contract.”
The shadows tightened around Mundudu even more.
“Now that the second livestock is in my hands, my master will be pleased. It’s a good thing. He will surely praise me. And maybe…”
A brief smile appeared on Yuria’s lips and then disappeared.
•••
I smashed the door to the Count of Hisfield’s bedroom and went inside. As Diona had predicted, Zerdin was there. Zerdin, who had been searching the bedroom, was startled and looked at us. In his hand, he held a fancy sword. It must be the family sword that Diona had mentioned.
“Baron Prucus! Diona! Why are you two together?!”
I looked at the bed. The Count of Hisfield was dead. It was a death caused by a curse.
“Zerdin. You’ve done something you weren’t supposed to. I also know that you made a contract with a demon.”
“Damn it! The curse failed!”
“I won’t make it long. Kneel.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! Baron Prucus! It’s already over! I am the Count of Hisfield! I am grateful for the Baron’s help. I’ll give you Diona as promised. You can kill her, or make her a sex slave, do whatever you want, so step aside!”
Zerdin pointed his sword at me. The hand holding the sword was trembling. Zerdin was overly confident in the demon.
“You’ve crossed the line.”
