Chapter 92 – 092. Official Expedition (2)
“Therefore… Are you saying that the trial was actually planned from the beginning?”
“Yes.”
“Even being imprisoned yourself?”
“Yes.”
“While the child was arranged to be released, he himself was left behind in prison, so that a trial could be held with confidence?”
“… Hey, do you know that he could have been executed in that trial?”
“Isn’t he dead?”
“… He’s crazy really.”
“Princess, you should refrain from talking.”
Despite Alex’s point, as if she couldn’t hear anything, Yuria glared at Eunhyun with an expression of disbelief.
“Alex! So is that a normal way of thinking? If you make a mistake without going crazy, do you create and move on your own in a situation where you could die? If that kid couldn’t defeat the demon, he was executed. I know?”
“No, that’s right… If I really didn’t catch the devil, Hyun-i would be by now…”
Wouldn’t he have been hanged at a public execution site?
Imagining that, Erin’s complexion turned pale.
It was because, now that she thought about it, she realized how reckless thoughts Eun-hyeon had been thinking.
If she had made a mistake and lost sight of the demon, she would have suffered not only herself, but also Eun-hyeon’s brother-in-law, Illyana, and Rio de.
Eun-hyeon chose Erin, telling her to have confidence in doing only what she could do, and it was the result of Erin acting because she believed in Eun-hyeon. It wasn’t like he was told to.
“It was a plan she made because she was sure Erin would succeed in catching her demon.”
It was a plan that changed drastically from the beginning.
If Erin hadn’t witnessed the scene where she awakened her divine beast powers and brought out her powers as a nine-tailed fox, she would not have made such an unreasonable plan, getting rid of her original plan.
Even if Erin falls behind the succubus in terms of power, Eun-hyeon will never support Erin because she knows that the nine-tailed fox belongs to a higher order of energy drain than the succubus among two beings with similar energy drain abilities. I was sure it wouldn’t.
Rather, didn’t Erin show how to overwhelm the succubus with force?
In the dream world, she witnessed Erin defeating a succubus with swordsmanship. According to Illyana and Alex, she is as if she has only been holding her sword for three months. Said.
– Ugh, I don’t know. I just heard a woman’s voice in my head… She introduced herself as Galahad, but…
The reason why Eun-hyeon planned this expedition, convinced that one of her white ghosts had helped her, was nothing more than a part of growing her ability as the fundamental ‘nine-tailed fox’ of Erin.
“Doesn’t the princess know? Why did I have such confidence that Erin would definitely succeed?”
“…”
Yuria, who is obsessed with the web novel’s stereotype of “Merhen who carves out her destiny,” Knew that Erin had the power of a nine-tailed fox, so she couldn’t deny Eunhyun’s words.
“But the reason Queen Diane withdrew the public trial and saved the lives of you and that child is to find and destroy the demons in the capital. But when it turns out that the truth itself is a lie…”
If done wrong, it could turn into an insult to royalty.
This time, it is also a case where summary execution is possible without any process such as trial.
“Until now, I didn’t even know about the existence of demons properly, and I couldn’t even properly deal with this case, so how will you know that what I said is a lie? If there is, the nobles who participated in the Great Arcena War 20 years ago, like Riod and Avros, would have noticed, but they are probably keeping their mouths shut. Because that is an advantage.”
“Yes? What do you mean?”
“This country has very vague boundaries about the devil. Because there was no proper information or experience about the existence of demons, even if a raid like this happened, they neglected the problem and were busy hiding it. According to Riod and Abros, at the time of the raid, at the court meeting, Riod suggested the possibility that it was the work of the devil through a report, but he denied the possibility and asked for trust, saying that it should never be disclosed to the outside world. It is a foolish thing to undermine the image of the country.”
“…”
“So you lied. Among the young aristocrats, whose boundaries about the devil were ambiguous, this incident is likely to change their thinking a little bit. In fact, there were five victims. If any of the nobles noticed that I was lying, they would also have noticed my intentions in telling the lie in court. So you probably won’t question me. If this incident establishes a sense of vigilance and resistance against the devil, it will eventually lead to the safety of the country.”
This was the reason why the Armitas father and son looked at Eunhyeon with a dismayed expression when Eunhyeon was drinking with Leo, Avros, and Alex.
“But not everyone will be vigilant against the devil and prepare for it. In preparation for ambiguous threats that are invisible to the eye, and because they hate to suffer tangible damage, they tried to hide the existence of demons from the nobles in order not to ruin the image of the country.”
“That has to be taken care of now. I created the situation so that I could only be vigilant. I’m not even the king of this country, so I can’t tell the aristocrats of this country to do this or that. Besides, even if the situation has reached this point, if you are a person who does not think of any countermeasures and only cares about the current loss, it is certain that you will be ruined someday.”
After hearing Eunhyeon’s words, Yuria thought deeply.
Not only YuRia, but everyone in the room pondered the meaning of Eunhyeon’s words.
“Okay, we’re going to stop eating here, and we’re going to organize our march early tomorrow morning and resume our march. There are only eight people at the same time, so we will form four groups of two and stay vigil.”
The first night of the expedition ended early in the evening, and the people went into their tents.
Eun-hyeon, waking up the party members early in the morning, had a simple meal with preserved food prepared in advance, quickly cleaned up the campsite, and resumed the march.
Perhaps thanks to the rapid march that resumed at the same time as the sun rose, they were able to arrive at the entrance of the Great Labyrinth of Archis, the destination of the expedition, in the morning.
Those who had bad memories of this dungeon all looked at the entrance of the dungeon frowning.
“I never thought I would come back here again.”
“Iknow, right… Normally, I would have thought it was suicide support, but this time is a little different.”
Aisha glanced at Eunhyun.
Despite the experience of almost dying in the dungeon, the reason why the dungeon in front of me did not cause fear or fear was because of the existence of Eun-hyeon, who was staring at the entrance of the dungeon.
It was Eun-hyeon who played a part in easily overpowering the monsters in the dungeon and bringing them out of the dungeon so easily.
But why did I come back here again?
“We will change the formation. I’m in the front line, everyone else in the back line, please.”
“Yes?”
“Alex and Merdin, please be vigilant in the rearguard in case of an unexpected surprise attack.”
Not full of confidence, he even looked reckless.
When the party members, including Erin, who believed in Eun-hyeon the most, were all making faces that did not understand, only Alex nodded her head.
“I get it.”
“Alex?”
Why was this man able to accept Eunhyeon’s words without any complaint?
Yuria had an expression she couldn’t understand, but Alex, who had experience in direct sparring with Eunhyeon, was well aware that Eunhyeon wasn’t a person who could show such confidence without any basis, at least.
“Since time is wasted, I will just organize everything. Anyway, the final purpose of this expedition is not to explore this dungeon. We have a lot to do, so let’s go fast.”
“… I knew it once.”
“Hyunah, can I carry your backpack?”
“Thank you for that, but are you okay?”
“This is the only thing I can help with, and besides, I have good stamina thanks to you. Lol.”
“Thank you. Please. Then.”
If she strengthened her body using magical powers, it would not be unreasonable to carry a heavy burden even with the body of a weak girl.
Moreover, every night, through her training, Erin, who was practicing her magical powers like a habit, couldn’t be more of a constraint.
Erin’s desire to do something for Eun-hyeon so that she could fight without getting hurt even a little bit was only admirable for Eun-hyeon.
“Aisha-sama.”
“Yes?”
“Please dismantle the trap. I can even detect it, but it’s cumbersome to pay attention to the traps while dealing with the Witchbeast.”
“Ah… Yes.”
People nodded their heads at the instructions that came out without hesitation.
“Okay then. I will depart.”
Eun-hyeon summoned the sword in her right hand and clenched it tightly, declaring that and the dungeon raid began.
“Huh… ?”
This was the first time Erin had seen Eunhyeon fight at her true strength.
That’s why she had a little expectation, such as how much Eun-hyeon’s power would be, she had taught her, and she intended not to miss Eun-hyeon’s appearance one by one.
However, Erin tilted her head at something different.
It was because she always had a rapier in her silver hand, not a long sword similar to her wooden sword, which she used while watching her own training.
The attack itself went very smoothly.
The reason is that Eunhyeon was advancing rapidly, wiping out the magic beasts appearing in the labyrinth.
Her speed is so phenomenal that I can’t help but spit out the impression.
“Aisha-sama.”
“Yes!”
When Eunhyeon sensed the harpoon-type trap and pointed at it with her rapier, Aisha gave a short answer and immediately ran away.
It was so fast that Aisha’s speed of dismantling the trap was slower than Eunhyeon’s speed of arranging the demons, so the attacking speed was stagnant.
Coo!
Eunhyeon’s swordsmanship, which neatly cut off the bull bore’s legs while twisting his body to avoid the huge bull bore’s menacing charge, was flexible and even powerful.
Having lost his target, Bull Bore hit the wall of the labyrinth and in an instant lost his forelimbs and fell to the floor unable to support his weight.
As Eun-hyeon’s rapier got stuck in Bull Bore’s head, who couldn’t stand up because he lost one of his legs, Eun-hyeon, who was unable to scream and dealt with a beast, immediately pulled out the rapier, looked ahead, and walked slowly.
Kreur
As the magic beasts, who were suppressed by Eunhyeon’s spirit, began to hesitate little by little, Eunhyeon did not miss the gaps in those beasts.
[Juhyeonseong Polar Plain]
[Lee Hyeong-hwan-wi (移形換位)]
Eun-hyeon’s body disappeared leaving behind an afterimage like fog, and he quickly appeared in the center of the beasts.
Surprised monsters responded to the danger signal of their instincts and pushed their teeth and weapons to eliminate the most dangerous being, Eun-hyeon, but Eun-hyeon brushed off the attacks of the beasts one after another, dodged and poked at gaps, and was slowly clearing things up one by one.
The scene was like a massacre carried out unilaterally by one individual.
Every time a monster was dealt with, the beast’s blood splattered on his clothes and the rapier held in his hand was soaked in dark red liquid. Was
[That’s amazing.]
‘Uh, Mr. Galahad?’
Erin was startled by the clear female voice in her head.
She wondered what had happened in the meantime, she tried her best to call her back, but she didn’t respond at all.
But since she had been through it before, she wasn’t as embarrassed as she was the first time.
[At that time, she used two twin swords… He is also well versed in swordsmanship.]
‘Uh… Come to think of it, Galahad-sama said that he fought Hyeon once.’
To Erin, who had no memory of her when her own body was taken by Miho, Galahad’s words only confuse her.
[Yes. Ah, I want to fight that man just one more time.]
‘… ?’
The woman who spoke to her mind was somehow very excited.
As Erin Mann, who did not understand her English, tilted her head, Galahad’s voice was heard again.
[Keep your eyes on every movement of that man. Do you know roughly why that man carried a rapier?]
‘Yes.’
Erin could easily guess why Eunhyeon had to use a rapier instead of other weapons to slaughter her enemies.
She knew that Eun-hyeon’s actions until now were all self-consideration, so this time, her Eun-hyeon looked at her own swordsmanship, and she knew that Erin wanted her to grow something. Guessed that
[My sword sharpening technique and that man’s sharpening technique are obviously different. It doesn’t matter which sword you are influenced by, but I hope you find one that suits your style.]
‘Yes. Advice, thanks.’
Finally, after arranging a number of magic beasts, Eun-hyeon sensed a nearby trap again.
“Aisha-sama.”
“Ah! All right! We’re almost done, so wait! What’s so fast really!”
Aisha dismantled her trap with a grumble as she became impatient at the voice of Eun-hyeon, who was looking for herself again, even though she had not yet dismantled all of the previous traps.
Eunhyeon’s bus continued to run so smoothly.
