Chapter 116 – Combat
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Kang Ji-ah planned to wake up Rudy and Shin Eun-seo relatively moderately.
Until gunshots rang out from downstairs.
‘You’re saying you even had to shoot yourself?!’
Suddenly, her heart raced.
She sprinted through her door and came out carrying Rudy and the Shinseo over her shoulders.
“Ah! What, what… Sister…? What’s wrong?”
“I’m sleepy…”
They complained, but there was no time to explain.
Kang Ji-ah rushed down the stairs and headed for Gongju-in.
A thick bloody smell emanated from the hallway.
I don’t know who it is, probably the smell of Marie’s blood.
And the familiar smell of the princess’s blood!
“Marie…? What happened? Why are you lying there?”
Number 1 called his wife in an empty voice.
No. 1 is a seasoned soldier who has gone through all the battles under Gongju-in.
He may not have seen a corpse once or twice.
You know very well what condition she is in.
It’s just that you can’t accept reality.
It was the same with Kang Ji-ah.
I couldn’t quite figure out how things were going.
There were so many strange things about her that I wondered if she was dreaming.
However, this situation was undoubtedly a reality.
A feeling so cold that it gives goose bumps on your skin.
It was the smell of death.
“Careful! I can’t hear my heart. That old man, his heart’s still stopped!!”
Jiah Kang loudly blew her warning.
It was a situation where I didn’t know what it was, but the old man who was moving normally with his heart stopped was definitely a dangerous existence.
Seeing the princess’ wounds and her fallen Marie, she gritted her teeth.
It’s a deep cut.
If it had been just a few centimeters deeper, she would have been mortally wounded.
If she knew this would happen, she wouldn’t be away.
“What is this…”
“1… Mister No. 1…”
Shin Eun-seo seemed to be in great shock.
Ironically, the only cold-hearted person in this place is ‘dancing with wolves’ who is angry to the tips of her hair.
“What happened, Princess. You said you were an old colleague. Did you get betrayed too?”
“No. Number 1 is not that kind of person.”
“Then who did those wounds? …Okay. I’ll take care of them, so you’re resting.”
‘Dances with wolves,’ he said in a gruff voice.
She turned to No. 1 with her pistol in her hand, which had shot and killed her.
“Everything… You that gun…”
He looked back and forth between the handgun held by ‘Dances with Wolves’ and the bullet wound in his wife’s chest.
In fact, she coldly accepted his gaze with her red eyes shining.
“It’s only an excuse, but let me tell you. I was just defending. Your wife stabbed me first.”
“Ughhhhh!!”
-Fury!
No. 1, in a frenzy, raised his hands as if those words were the catalyst.
Fierce flames soared from No. 1’s body, forming a snake-like shape and wriggling.
It’s a strange thing.
With the skill of ‘Dancing with the Wolves’, he would have been able to suffocate No. 1 even before he could activate his magic.
Kang Ji-ah’s question was quickly answered.
The princess was holding ‘Dances with Wolves’ by the wrist holding her handgun.
Her princess stood up to embrace her, her blood dripping from her mouth.
It was her struggle, but no matter how injured she was, she couldn’t shake off the princess.
“Princess! What are you doing, let go of this!!”
“Crukreuk…”
Behind them, the old man rose again, gritting his teeth, ready to attack.
Ji-ah Kang flew out and ran into the old man who was about to pounce on them.
Due to the attack, which was completely ignored, the old man’s body slammed into a wooden wall with a gurgling, bloody sound.
“Grrrrak!”
“…Still moving?”
The old man, with his arms and legs horribly broken, struggles and vomits black fluid.
I wanted to help the princess right away, but it seemed like it would take more time to subdue the old man.
It is persistent enough to make me sick of the subject that even my heart has already stopped.
‘Aren’t they real zombies?’
Enough to make me think like this.
“Eunseo, you block the flame!!”
“…Ah, okay, sister!”
Just before the flames emitted by No. 1 attacked Gongju-in, Shin Eun-seo’s barrier blocked the attack.
Blue flames scattered in all directions, warming the air in the hallway.
It felt like if I inhaled the wrong way, I would burn my lungs.
-Ujijik, Kwajik!
“?!”
At that moment, Shin Eun-seo’s barrier exploded with the sound of glass breaking.
It was her barrier that easily blocked even the attacks of ancient weapons.
Shin Eun-seo is a comrade who has been with No. 1 for several years.
Was it simply that she misunderstood her powers, or was there something beyond her expectations.
As if she hadn’t expected her barrier to be broken at all, Shin Eun-seo gave her a look of astonishment.
It was the moment when the princess refined her magical powers and tried to resist the flames of No. 1.
“No! Knight!”
Spreading her wings, Rudy jumped in and caught the blue flame.
Rudy was standing in the corner because he couldn’t grasp the situation, but when the princess was in danger, he instinctively stepped forward.
She had a strong tolerance for heat, like a dragon spewing out fire and cold, and she knew it well, like a warrior trained for years.
The flames bounced off Rudy’s wings and rained down on the wooden walls in the hallway.
The heat was so intense that the wooden walls turned to ashes, almost evaporating.
Everyone’s attention was focused on the amazing firepower, but only the princess was different.
– Fast!
The princess gnashed her teeth.
“Now I know what the situation is like.”
He murmured quietly, but with anger.
Before Kang Ji-ah could even ask what he meant, he exclaimed.
“Rudy, you can use up all of her remaining magic power.
Blow us away with Dragon Word magic…
To the room where the son of married couple No. 1 is!”
“Uh… [Rudy, the driver, and the older sisters fly to the room of Uncle No. 1’s son!]”
The moment Rudy shouted as the princess said, Kang Ji-ah felt her huge, invisible hand gripping her body.
Shin Eun-seo and the princess, ‘Dancing with Wolves’ seemed to be the same.
When she didn’t bother resisting, her hand moved them all at once.
The next moment they were in a room without a single light.
‘Ugh! Rotten smell…!’
Jiah Kang frowned at the stench stinging her nose.
“What… What the hell is going on?!
Brother, what happened…!
Are the wounds okay?!”
Shin Eun-seo, still embarrassed, shouted.
But the next moment they heard a strange voice, and all of them shut their mouths.
“Wow, nice to meet you!
He’s the older brother I heard a lot from my dad! Hello sisters!”
It was an innocent voice.
A child who got up from a bed in the corner of the dark room greeted them.
However, neither Kang Ji-ah, Shin Eun-seo, nor ‘Dances with Wolves’ gave any answer.
It was because there was a large hole in the boy’s chest.
Even so, the sound of his heart and breathing was still audible.
Kang Ji-ah clearly knew where the source of the stench was.
“Little boy, come here.”
The princess called the boy in a soft voice.
The boy laughed horribly and cheerfully, then approached the princess and opened his mouth out of nowhere.
The princess held her boy with one hand as he tried to bite her own neck.
Kang Ji-ah could tell that he had injected a small amount of miasma into her boy.
The miasma that flowed in nullified the magic that permeated his small body, and at the same time, the boy’s body was drained of power.
The boy’s body collapsed like a doll with a thread cut off and disappears into dust like burnt firewood.
“…”
This is what a chilling silence is.
Everyone shut their mouths at the unbelievable fact that happened right in front of their eyes.
Rudy held the princess’ collar with trembling hands.
– Jump!
At that moment the door was opened.
A dark shadow was cast on Number 1’s face as he stood with his back to the hallway lamp.
“Chief… Have you broken the seal of the Guardian Spirit?”
Tears flowed down No. 1’s face and dripped onto the floor.
He continued in a trembling voice.
“A normal person dies and comes back to life…
If the captain didn’t do something in the place where the guardian spirit was sealed, there’s no way this would suddenly happen.
My family, who lived happily until yesterday…
Why the hell! Why would you do this…”
“Noisy. Shut up.”
The princess pulled out a cleaver that was deeply embedded in her side.
An enormous amount of blood flowed from the open wound with the sound of raw meat being cut.
But that was only for a moment.
As the black energy surged through his body, the wounds healed at an astonishing speed.
“Stop the disgusting play and name it.
Emperor… I couldn’t believe it, but what a crazy woman.
Did you kill all innocent people?”
“…Chief. What are you talking about?”
“Shut up. You’re not number one…”
The princess vomited her blood one last time and stood unharmed.
It felt like it hadn’t happened before.
“What kind of magic is it? Magic that controls the corpse?
Probably. It won’t be magic that only controls the body or manipulates dolls that look like people.
Because you knew the memories only No. 1 and I knew…
It seems that you can control it while still retaining the memory of your life.”
“…”
“Can you make a corpse’s heart beat? Can it make blood flow?
You can use unique magic like you did in life, right?
Neither No. 1 nor that old man noticed at all that it was a corpse.
It must have been to confuse your identity…
Are you filming zombies? This son of a bitch
No. 1 and Marigo were all dead from the start, right?”
No. 1 didn’t answer, but she stopped her tears and responded with a smile.
The change was so instant that Kang Ji-ah felt her whole body go cold.
“The firepower of No. 1 and the fact that Mari pierced my flesh was also strange.
As far as I know, there is only one way to become this powerful overnight.
Those fucking pills that the emperor sprayed.”
The poison that Rudy nearly died from eating.
Did No. 1 and Marie take the drug from the beginning?
Kang Ji-ah glanced at Rudy, who was having a hard time using up her mana.
“The child in the room…The child must have noticed that the parent changed into another being overnight.
Kids sometimes have a sharp side…
That’s why he left such a big wound in the middle of killing it in a hurry, and he couldn’t show it to us.
I was convinced when I saw him.”
“Quack…”
Gongjuin continued to speak, while No. 1 only laughed in a low voice.
But he didn’t care.
What the princess was doing was not a conversation, but more like a notification.
“What I wanted to confirm the most was the condition of the wound she had suffered. It was well over three weeks old.
Of course, the deaths of No. 1 and Mari must have been a long time ago.”
Kang Ji-ah saw Gongju-in’s fists clenched and realized his miserable heart.
‘Master’s past-return magic uses 5 pieces of poison per day.
Even if you go back to the past by committing suicide and committing suicide again, it will take up to 10 days…
It’s already too late to save No. 1.’
Kang Ji-ah’s tail hairs stood up as the princess dropped her drawn kitchen knife on the floor and a tremendous amount of flesh gushed out from her body.
It was such a naked intent to kill that it sent chills down his spine.
Come to think of it, the princess terribly cared for the person she judged to be hers.
According to Shin Eun-seo, even though he was the leader, he always took the lead in hunting beasts.
Was it because of the maid who died a long time ago?
In any case, it was clear that he was in a state of rage that he had never seen before.
“Name it, emperor’s plaything.
I’ll cut your neck Before that, say your name and die.”
When Gongju-in warned in a low yet resonant voice, No. 1 made a motion as if taking off a hat.
He greeted me with his handsome form and winked at him in one eye.
It was like a change of heart.
His exaggerated yet archaic gestures made him look like a charming old gentleman.
“Great, great!
I thought you’d be more confused, but you figured it out right away.
Your Majesty deserves to be so vigilant.”
-Clap!
The princess stopped ‘Dancing with the Wolves’ in which she silently raised her hand and pointed the gun at her.
However, Kang Ji-ah understood her feelings.
She herself wanted to stop that nasty voice right now.
“My name is Ventri, they say Ventri Loquist.
The best puppet puppeteer in the empire.
Nice to meet you… This fishing was a great success.”
“Fishing?”
“So, no way! I heard you had a close relationship with your subordinates?
I figured it would be better to bait and wait rather than directly target you, who are good at hiding.
You’ve been caught in a good way.”
“It seems that you were aiming for me in the first place.”
“Yes…”
– Kwajik!
No. 1’s body, which was about to say something, turned to dust and crumbled.
It was because the princess threw the iron ball containing the poison.
He closed his eyes for the briefest moment as the familiar but never-to-be-seen face collapsed.
“From now on, I’m going to kill that bastard. Follow me.”
The eyes of the princess who opened her eyes again shone ominously.
