Chapter 903 – Ep.901 the Fallen Empire
Right after Smith and Mariel left.
Rita relayed what had happened moments before to the rest of the people gathered in the break room to carry out Smith’s instructions.
“Well, it would be okay if I went with that guy.”
Although she slightly expressed her disappointment at not being chosen, Genoa quickly accepted and accepted Smith’s choice.
Neither she nor anyone present questioned Smith’s choice.
Since I had first-hand experience with the power of the token, I could not worry about my personal safety no matter who I was traveling with.
Having carried out her primary instructions, Rita next quietly exited the building to check for any signal from her master.
“Hey.”
[ What. ]
Rita responded without stopping her steps, and Genoa, who followed behind her, continued her words without complaining.
“Is this really okay?”
[I don’t know what you’re talking about. State the subject clearly. ]
“Madam… Well, you probably already noticed that, right? Mariel or whatever, the bitch who acts as Smith’s teacher has become strange.”
[Once you decide to call him master, you should address him correctly even when he is not present. ]
“What, I just…” … It doesn’t matter as long as you’re feeling that way, right? No, that’s not more important than that!!”
[ Noisy. The owner already knew and went through verification. ]
“I guess that’s why I quietly called you out yesterday?”
Genoa scratched the back of her head and tasted her.
[If you have nothing more to say, go back and wait. ]
“Why are you keeping such a distance? “Isn’t it time for us to become closer friends?”
[It’s just annoying. ]
“So much.”
Genoa snorted at her, but she still walked along behind Rita.
[ … ]
“Look at this. Actually, I wanted to become friends──”
Whoa!!
“Huh?!”
Genoa passed by the corner of her eye at a distance of about a hair’s length from her. She was so struck by the sharp heel of Rita’s shoe that she had no time to react and fell behind her with a scream.
“Hey! “Can’t you even tell a joke?!”
[ … ]
Rita didn’t respond but walked towards her gate.
Genoa, who was left alone, glared at her back as she gradually moved away, then stood up, shaking her butt.
“Anyway, she’s a shy bitch in a strange place.”
Don’t chase me.
“Damn bitch. “Your ears are so bright.”
Genoa savored the sound of Rita’s voice floating in her wind, but she eventually turned around and trudged back the way she came.
**
About 20 minutes after Smith left.
“… “Are your eyes okay?”
“Oh, this? Haha, I’m getting used to it somehow.”
Unlike the lounge, where conversation continued, the long and awkward silence on the first floor, one floor below, was broken just after 20 minutes.
“Please speak humble.”
“Uh, uh… I got permission from Smith to say it was okay. “When I feel more comfortable, I will lower it then.”
“All right.”
When Melbourne was told that he had the permission of someone he had sworn to serve as his master, and no one else, he quickly agreed and accepted it.
“However… Melbourne rather than me… “Isn’t it harder?”
Irina thought that it would be more difficult for Melbourne, who lost an arm that played a major role in her body, than for herself, who had a narrow vision.
However, Irina’s worries were in vain as Melbourne showed a calm expression on her face.
“It’s okay because the master decided to make a new arm out of the material from her doll.”
“Wow, thank goodness!!”
Irina was happy as if it was her own business, and Melbourne, who felt those pure emotions, scratched his cheek embarrassedly.
As the leaders gradually became closer, their subordinates, who had been maintaining an awkward silence, also began to notice and start talking.
But that lasts only a moment.
Kugugung──!!
“… !!”
“Huh?!”
A shock wave that shook her to its core struck them, along with a loud noise that instantly caused tinnitus.
“Well, what the heck… ?”
Irina, unable to withstand the shock that temporarily lost her hearing and shook her brain, fell down and hurriedly got up without even thinking about wiping away the cold sweat.
“… Everyone, get ready.”
It seems she lost her balance and fell to the floor, but unlike Irina, Melbourne kept her cool and immediately walked up to her still staggering subordinate and helped her up with her own hands.
The shock wave was such that it was surprising that the building didn’t collapse.
At that time, Irina could not shake off her thoughts about that unidentified shock wave.
[The master has given the signal, so get ready. ]
When and where did she come in?
Melbourne couldn’t even detect her presence, let alone her sound, but the corner of Melbourne’s right eye twitched slightly when she noticed Rita inside.
[ Answer. ]
“… Yes. “I will prepare.”
Rita had only one request from Melbourne.
Something that must be observed as one who serves the master.
Top and bottom.
[The signal sent by the master is a bit grandiose, so please don’t go outside and be foolishly surprised. Don’t forget that your indecent behavior will soon return to the owner who accepted you. ]
“Yes. “I will keep that in mind.”
[ Great. ]
Rita just walked up her stairs.
“Well, are you okay?”
“I’m not sure what the question was intended to be.”
“No, that treatment is a bit…”
“Ah.”
Melbourne shook her head and responded to Irina, who was worried about me.
“Even if it looks like that, it shows enough respect.”
“… “That one?”
“Yes..”
Irina looked like she couldn’t believe it, but what Melbourne said was true.
The moment she decided to drop everything and become Smith’s servant, Rita also accepted her as her true successor.
If she hadn’t done that, she would have completely lowered her words in Smith’s absence, just like she did when dealing with Genoa and other demons.
“If I give the signal twice, my hearing will go completely crazy, right?”
“How about we move quickly instead of chatting?”
“If we argue, we will report it to him later.”
Demons coming down the stairs.
“Can we just take them one by one? You there It looks like it’s going to be a bit of a fight. “Come with me.”
“Ugh?!”
Without even asking, Genoa suddenly grabbed the knight he liked by his side and ran out.
Next, Ruel, Agnes, and Toriel quickly left the place, with the knights and attendants on their sides one by one.
“I am… You”
And Adrian, who came down a little late, pointed to Melbourne.
[ Sorry. The child has to go to meet the master, so he asks for another child. ]
“Meeting, then… Anyone.”
When Adrian gave in obediently, Rita grabbed her roughly and held her in her arms.
Even Adrian left and the only remaining ones were Melbourne and Irina. And two servants and one knight remained.
[Irina. You can search autonomously along with the rest of the personnel. ]
“Oh, yes. All right. “Can I go now?”
[ Yes. You can go now. ]
Irina glanced at Melbourne for a moment, then quickly left the building with her two servants and her subordinates who followed her.
[I have to guard this place under my master’s instructions, so you must quickly find traces of my master. ]
“All right.”
After slightly lowering her head in response, Melbourne also turned her body and quickly left the building.
‘Is that a barrier?’
She looked for a moment at the hazy film that covered the entire island, then moved again.
But her steps had to stop again before she even passed the castle gate.
‘How can you not be surprised when you see something like this? …’
The place where the original castle gate should have been filled with collapsed debris was as empty as a lie. Both the wreckage and the ground that supported it.
She swallowed a laugh at the deep and wide cliff that had appeared where what was supposed to be had disappeared.
It’s hard to believe, but the huge cliff that formed on the floor was clearly created by sword strikes.
It also extends from the center of the archipelago away from the imperial palace… The scars created by such an absurd sword strike.
Melbourne passed the castle gate and looked for a moment at the scars on the floor leading deep into the imperial palace, then slapped me hard on the cheek with her free hand.
‘Come to your senses. ‘You are no longer a knight.’
Returning to being his faithful servant again, she, without a second thought, began to run, following her scars that led to her island.
Did you run like that for about 5 minutes with all your might?
“…”
Melbourne stopped exactly where the swordsmanship began.
The sword shot fired precisely from inside the Adventurer’s Guild completely cut the building in two.
And the thick scent of blood flowing out from the crack.
Melbourne took out a small dagger hidden inside her sleeve, held it, and slowly entered.
No, she tried to go in.
… Slam!!
Something fell from the sky and blocked Melbourne’s path to get inside.
It was a skinny beastman.
So thin that all the bones are exposed… A fairly old prisoner.
“As expected, you came.”
“… !!”
She swung the dagger she was holding at the sound of a voice coming from right next to her.
“Okay. “As long as the sword can cut, that’s all.”
It was clearly a cut that was close to her full power, but Mariel laughed as she held on to the blade of the dagger that Melbourne swung with her thumb and forefinger, as if pinching the cheek of a cute hand.
“S-sorry.”
“Okay. “It was my fault for surprising him.”
Mari El let go of her dagger, and Melbourne deftly snatched her dagger back with one hand.
“… “What about your husband?”
“I didn’t really want to show it to my student, so I hid it in a safe place.”
As if to prove her words, several painful moans, unknown to whom they belonged, were occasionally coming out from the cracks in the guild.
“I’m sorry, but can you help me get some fire?”
“… All right.”
There were a lot of things she wanted to ask, but Mariel, like her servant, didn’t ask anything and just did as she was told.
And when they returned with fire, Melbourne was shocked in many ways.
This is because the adventurers, all of whom had their skin around their abdomen cut off, were writhing on the floor, covered in blood and various sewage.
“Our kind student must have felt sorry for those damn bitches, so he asked us to find a solution without leaving me with a disability.”
Mariel took the torch from Melbourne’s hand and began to heat the huge iron shield that she assumed belonged to the adventurer.
“If I leave it like that, there won’t be any disability left, but my student won’t like it if he dies from blood loss, so even if it’s a hassle, I’ll have to take care of it.”
A shield that gradually becomes bright red.
Nevertheless, Mari El seemed not to feel her pain, and she calmly held her shield in her hand and continued to heat it with the torch.
“Oh, I have a place to use these, so go and get some rope.”
“… Yes.”
Melbourne turned its back.
And when she was far enough away from her guild’s building.
Ahhhhh──!!
The terrible screams of an unknown adventurer echoed like a deafening sound in the dreary street where not a breath of wind blew.
