Chapter 336 – Episode 336 ― Dreamer’s Dream (2)
Episode 336 – Dreamer’s Dream (2)
“The emperor has come… ?!”
Schlaner, who was drawing a magic circle, also trembled at the Archduke’s words.
Are you saying that demons have crossed the border? Even your own parents? There was no such report even before the palace was in turmoil.
“Are you trying to deceive me with nonsense? How could the emperor cross the border and come here? How are you here? “What do you mean demons are doing in hiding in the land of humans?”
It was not Helen who answered the Archduke’s angry question.
“Traitor, you are not my master.”
Someone among the knights guarding Helen said.
“It is our mission to go where Your Majesty goes. It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do.”
The knight with his face covered in bandages took out something from his back that looked like a short stick.
It was a single song.
The Ghoul Knight, who was humanoid but wore bandages to cover his skinny skin, raised his javelin and aimed it at the Archduke. Because she was two heads taller than Helen, the spear passed over Helen’s shoulder with ease.
Meanwhile, the Archduke frowned and guessed how this situation had come about.
Schlaner attacked the orphanage, and inside was this human woman who had been following the emperor around. That’s why the emperor appeared in person.
Anger built up on top of the Archduke’s embarrassment.
“The emperor sent you to protect that concubine. Are you saying that you sent out the troops that were supposed to protect the capital just to protect humans?”
Then his eyes turned to Helen.
Helen trembled involuntarily at the contempt and hatred whose meaning she could not understand.
“Worthy things have clouded the emperor’s eyes.”
Just as Helen was about to open her mouth to the Archduke’s insulting words.
Suddenly, a loud bang broke out behind the Archduke.
“What?”
Helen raised her eyes, and the knights who were looking behind her also looked behind her without realizing it.
In an instant, someone’s new model flew from the lab roof into the air. Helen could not believe her eyes.
“It’s a trap! Be careful!”
A shout was heard. Helen bit her lip with her cold, hard face.
The laboratory is located within the magic field that protects the palace. So I thought it was impossible to use defensive magic.
I didn’t even expect there to be a physical trap in the wizard’s workshop.
Shula, who could be seen behind the Archduke, was sweating profusely and activating his magic circle. It’s not an attack spell. He is clearly trying to run away.
Any magic is meaningless to Helen, and Schlaner knows about it.
We have to stop it.
The Archduke did not miss the opportunity when Helen was distracted.
“Huh!”
It was almost at the same time that the Archduke flew towards Helen’s neck like a beam of light, and that Helen, who had barely managed to defend herself, took a breath.
Helen, whose balance had collapsed due to the force of the archduke’s rapier, managed to straighten her posture.
But he didn’t have time to think about the next move. A narrow blade filled with black energy stabbed in front of her.
‘No… !’
Thump—!
There was an unbelievable roar as the sword and spear collided.
Her javelin flew behind her to aid her, and the archduke struck it down.
Helen bought herself a moment. She caught her breath, raised her sword again, and aimed it at the Archduke.
‘I can’t wait any longer.’
You have to break through the anti-aircraft hole that is holding up like a wall.
There is not enough time for the friendly wizard to come in and neutralize the trap in the lab.
Meanwhile, Schlaner runs away.
Helen’s sword, imbued with desperation, became sharp.
When the archduke’s thin rapier gently glided across the wide surface, the white shining sword desperately followed suit.
Every time the pure white trail left behind by her sword passed by, the black energy surrounding the Archduke’s sword dispersed little by little.
“You have some talent.”
Bright red eyes shone strangely between narrowed eyes.
The Archduke assessed Helen’s skills. Her swordsmanship skills aren’t bad. Her power is less than that of the demon knights. It is that quick and quick.
He would have been able to take advantage if he had used a rapier like himself, but he uses a long sword, which is commonly used by paladins. He may have been confident in his power, but that was only a standard among humans.
Her holy power is disrupting the power of the artifact. In that case, she just needs to be overpowered.
All the Archduke needed was time.
And the situation is favorable to him.
Helen using her holy power, the auxiliary attack of the knights who could fly in from behind her at any moment, and the archduke’s opposing skills were delicately balanced.
If only there was a little more space.
I could kill those people.
The conclusion was made that the Archduke’s sword contained more lethality.
“Why did you, a demon, abandon your people and family by relying on humans? “Isn’t that the family of Her Majesty the Empress and the great lord?”
Helen shouted, throwing down her sword. The sound of the wind blowing was terrifying to her.
“Do not be mistaken that you know everything.”
The screeching sound of “Kaang” Ended with the sound of metal scraping. A small portion of the Archduke’s hair was cut off, but he lifted the sword lightly as if nothing had happened and sent the body of the sword, which was several times the size of the sword, in another direction.
Helen adjusted her balance to return the sword’s deviant trajectory to its original position. The moment when she briefly caught her breath and changed her posture again to block the archduke’s sword flying in front of her.
“Grand Duke!”
Everyone’s eyes are on Schlaner,
“Come on!”
A powerful wave of magic swept the entire laboratory.
Helen opened her eyes wide.
The church has always fought against wizards.
Her eyes quickly scanned the magic circle’s technique.
A magic circle for escape. How long the spell lasts, what actions the wizard can take.
In a brief moment of considering everything, Helen made a decision.
Her enemy is not the Archduke in front of her.
Her job is to thwart her master’s enemies.
“Goddess, give me strength!”
With a prayer like a scream, a beam of white light shot out from Helen’s body like an arrow.
The end of the trajectory is a shining magic circle and an old wizard.
The sight of the wizard lifting the staff in his hand with a surprised face filled Helen’s blue eyes as if in slow motion.
“Is that such a decision?”
The upper part, which was always protected with a sword, was exposed defenseless.
A little gap.
Since her armor couldn’t block it, the nape of her neck that she was protecting with a sword was exposed.
“Die.”
The Grand Duke did not miss the opportunity.
Swords rushed in with cold words.
Helen closed her eyes tightly as she watched the beam of light shatter several layers of Schlaner’s defense magic.
What I saw just before was the needle-like tip of a sword that was already too close to use.
‘My master.’
In her mind, Roan, who usually had an emotionless face, but occasionally smiled lazily, appeared.
Kwakak —
“Damn it.”
Even if I close my eyes, I know it all too well.
Because I have heard the sound of swords intertwining thousands and tens of thousands of times.
Helen opened her eyes in surprise at the untimely death.
“I’m sorry I’m late.”
Where did it appear?
In the dim darkness that had not yet reached dawn, her emperor, who had appeared as if she were a lie, could be seen narrowly blocking the blade pointed at her.
There were torn marks, leaves, and dust hanging here and there on Roan’s robe, which had no difficulty shaking off the blade of the rapier that was entangled in the blade.
I’m crying,
Tears welled up in Helen’s eyes.
“I can’t run away.”
Roan pulled back the sword he was holding and swung it. A dazzling sword blade cut through the dark air with a bloody blast.
The Archduke put all his strength into his sword. Roan felt him and raised his eyes. The archduke’s blade is thin, so it is difficult to withstand Roan’s power.
But hitting the force head on?
The answer to Roan’s question was soon revealed.
It wasn’t a sword attack.
The Grand Duke threw his sword like a spear towards Roan.
Suddenly, the black energy contained in his sword exploded. It’s like a fog that obscures your vision.
A desperate shout was heard from behind.
“Fog! Run away!”
Roan’s eyes widened. Beyond the thickening darkness, I could catch a glimpse of Schlaner’s bleeding figure. The magic circle was shining brightly.
Among the vampire clan, only a few people with deep blood can use fog shoes.
“Don’t be funny.”
“Just like your father.”
Roan, who gathered his holy power into the tip of his sword and stepped into the laboratory, faintly heard the Archduke’s voice.
“Your Majesty, there may be a trap!”
“Master.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Physically, there was no one in the human world that could be defeated, and Roan, who possessed divine magic that could repel magical power, had nothing to fear.
He started running towards the magic circle that disappeared as if the fog of the Archduke was being sucked in.
Schlaner, leaning on a staff with cuts on his face and here and there, was horrified to see Roan. As he quickly chanted the spell, the magic circle glowed strongly.
Roan knows a similar magic circle. The magic circle at the Goddess’ waypoint. When it shines like that, the magic really can’t be stopped.
“Are you running away?”
Roan burst out in anger.
The sword loaded with holy power shone like a star and cut through the fog greatly.
“Ugh…”
There was a groan, but the fog did not disappear. The fog quickly seeped into where the magic circle was. With that, the light of the magic circle shone brightly.
“Your father was a dreamer. A lion and a rabbit cannot get along together. The rabbit cannot trust the lion, and the lion will starve.”
A faint voice dispersed.
A dazzling light filled the laboratory, as if a flashbang had exploded, making it difficult to see clearly.
Even at the moment when the color before his eyes turned white, Roan relied on ‘detection’ and, gritting his teeth, launched himself towards the magic circle.
No, I tried to blow it.
“No!”
It was Helen’s scream as she rushed over. In front of the magic circle that glowed white and was now invisible, Helen violently pulled on the hem of Roan’s clothes.
“No, no! Jump into the activated magic circle!”
Not only Helen but also some of the knights who followed Roan late dragged Roan’s body back.
“Let go!”
Roan, who was captured, tried to stab inside the magic circle with a sword filled with holy power, but it hit the light of the magic circle and made a bizarre sound.
“Ugh… !”
An uncomfortable stabbing sensation seemed to twist Roan’s body. While Roan was biting his lip and trying to understand this unfamiliar sensation.
The light of the magic circle has disappeared.
