Chapter 120:
Trantor: MarcTempest
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Chapter 120 Somethings not going well. Scarlet.
Cloud Family.
The endless vast territory.
The overflowing power of capital.
The power that has a foothold in the royal pce.
And
The head of the Cloud family, Conrad.
He had a scar in the shape of a cross under his eyes, and his white hair was neatlybed back.
He was buried in a lot of information these days.
Sigh
It was the same now.
He spat out the bitter smoke of the cigar endlessly, and his eyes were fixed on the letters written on the data.
Usually, he would have spent his time checking the business performance of the family or swinging his sword without error, but now his only interest was information.
It was information rted to his sons death.
Kian.
Conrad had to find out the cause of death of his son, who had grown up as a promising candidate for the family, as a father.
We have sessfully transported it safely over a week.
And finally, the basement of the family.
The intermediaries seeded in getting Kians corpse.
It took a week, but it was a great achievement considering that they quietly took out the corpse without being noticed by anyone.
You did well.
Conrad nodded.
He had nned to avoid even the eyes of the royal family, and he would not have done such a dangerous thing if it were normal. But his sons death was too special.
He felt a new emotion when he grabbed the doorknob of the basement.
The act of checking his sons corpse was strange.
He calmed his mind by sucking the cigar once, and Conrad opened the door of the basement.
Hmm.
The scenery he faced when he finally opened the door and entered was somewhat different from his expectation.
What Conrad had asked for was four corpses of the Azure students. But there were five iron tes.
Conrad began to peel off the white cloth that covered the iron tes one by one. It was first to find his son.
So one. Two. Three.
When he finally couldnt stand it and peeled off all the rags of the remaining iron tes.
Heh.
An indescribable emotion rose from his heart, and his calmness was broken for the first time in a long time.
Two iron tes contained Kians corpse. To be exact, his sons corpse was split in half.
Conrad finally realized why there was one more iron te.
He chewed the cigar.
He spat it out on the floor, and he looked at his son with his eyes as if they were about to burst.
What the hell happened inside the danger zone? He was curious about the reason why his son had to face such a fate.
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But Conrad soon felt something strange.
He felt a strange sense of incongruity as he faced his sons corpse.
Wait.
Its not a simple sense of incongruity.
His intuition told him.
His sons body was not the same as usual. It was too unfamiliar and different from him
Conrad searched every part of the corpse to find the cause.
He soon realized the identity of the sense of incongruity.
Magic
He soon realized the identity of the sense of incongruity.
There was no energy that had to be in his sons body, who followed the knights path.
The energy of the knight who uses his unique ability is nowhere to be found. Only the sinister magic is full.
How pathetic.
Conrad muttered with a distorted expression.
He despised him even if he was his son.
He felt it was very pathetic that he put aside the family and the knights path, and made a contract with the Witch for his own benefit.
A weak guy.
There is the honor of the Cloud family
His head cooled down.
Sympathy andpassion for his son were erased in an instant, and only thoughts about the honor of the family filled his head.
Conrad pondered quietly, rubbing his chin.
How to act to protect the honor of the Cloud family. It was not difficult to find the answer.
He asked about ten intermediaries.
Theres no one else who knows about this, right?
It seems like we met some magicians during the Huntingpetition, but I guarantee that there is absolutely no one else.
I see.
Hey, then as you promised
The representative of the intermediaries rubbed his palms quietly and looked at Conrad.
His expression was full of greed.
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Conrad nodded.
And at the same time.
Zap-!
Ugh!
Co, cough!
The fierce smoke pierced the shoulders, abdomen, liver, and heart of the intermediaries at the same time. His unique ability Smoke turned them into a handful of meat.
He bit a new cigarette and muttered.
Clean it up.
Then a woman came in and quietly cleaned up the floor.
She was Kians sister.
He sucked the smoke deep into his lungs and sighed.
There are only four witnesses left.
The four representatives of the magic department.
Now they were the only witnesses.
The morning of the fierce battle dawned.
The Knight of the Flickering me, her duel was moved to the next region.
At their power levels, any conflict risked erasing the surroundings without a trace, so it took a lot of time to set up the arena.
And finally.
As Scarlet waited for the duel in the endless in like the sky, someone came up and talked to her.
Long time no see, honey.
She spoke in a sweet and seductive voice. She was the high knight Selphen.
The owner of the unique ability Charm, she was Scarlets ssmate, and she was the same as she remembered.
Pink hair that stretched to her hips, a habit of licking her lower lip like a snake. Everything was no different from before.
Scarlet answered briefly.
Did youe too?
Isnt your reaction too stiff? I dont like that. No. I like you being prickly.
Act as a high knight should.
Then should I be a sword saint? Well, Ill think about thatter, did you see that?
Selphen nced at the people who gathered to watch todays decisive battle.
Scarlets eyes naturally followed her.
Honey, do you see? So many people gathered today. I was wondering, Libra, that woman also came.
Scarlet nodded silently.
The crowd of people gathered in the distance.
Their number was a little beyond Scarlets expectation.
Royal officials and aristocratic families, it was amazing that they gathered, but that was not all.
There were also quite a few wandering knights who chose the path to be sword saints.
And one more, Libra, the one who cuts memories.
There are a lot of familiar faces, right? By the way, you are the only one who stayed in the family without wandering~
Knights who reached a certain level usually chose the path of wandering knights. To put aside everything else, and head for the goal of sword saint.
But Scarlet refused the freedom of wandering.
The reason was simple, Judith.
Family, sword saint, I have the confidence to take care of everything.
Yeah? Thats cool~ But, you wouldnt feel good that so many people gathered, right?
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It was obvious.
There werent many spectators for a match with a predictable oue.
A one-sided contest was boring to watch, and it was a waste of precious time to keep watching until the end.
And yet, so many people had gathered here.
That meant that those who had bothered toe here had judged that the match between Scarlet and n was not so obvious.
Ive neglected you for too long.
She had heard that n had gained some fametely, but she never thought that he had moved the hearts of the high-ranking officials to this extent.
Every single one of them who had gathered here, their whispered conversations, their faces filled with anticipation, all of those things made her realize how much ns momentum had risen recently.
Honey, Ill stay away from you, okay? I dont like the heat, you know. Oh, right.
Selphen narrowed her eyes slightly.
Im interested in your sister these days, you know. If I like what I see after the duel can I try to seduce her?
Your interest will disappear after the duel.
That was when it happened.
The people who had been watching Scarlet from afar started to buzz.
The Knight of the Flickering me narrowed her eyes and looked for the source of the noise.
She saw n walking towards her from a distance.
But what truly surprised Scarlet was not ns appearance, but the peoples reaction.
The way they looked at n with their eyes sparkling.
The things that n had aplished were things that Scarlet could have done as well. Then why, why did the people only rave about n?
To the traitor of the family.
And even more so, when the opponent was the Knight of the Flickering me.
n walked steadily until he reached Scarlets vicinity. But he didnt bother to greet her first.
Scarlet quietly looked into ns eyes.
His unique ability circuit was burned white, and what was flickering in his pupils was not fire.
But even so.
Burning.
Scarlet had not forgotten the me she had seen in Verkel that day.
No, she couldnt forget it.
How did n manage to create such a me?
That question was the fate and the task that Scarlet had imposed on herself at this ce today.
In the end, it was Scarlet who broke the silence first.
Hey, theres no need to waste time.
Im always ready.
ns short answer.
With that, they turned their backs on each other.
There was no more conversation to be had, so they distanced themselves and took their positions.
Your arrogance ends here today.
Muttering softly, Scarlet raised her sword.
A sharpness that was unmatched surrounded her as she drew her sword.
The spectators had to swallow their admiration at her momentum.
The duel had begun.
From now on, she had to trust only herself.
And her sword.
And her me.
She was surely the true Judith.
She had been so far, and she would continue to be.
Scarlets energy pressed down heavily.
It was a serious energy that she could only have if she was confident in her belief without a doubt.
That smooth and vigorous energy, it devoured the surrounding currents and gradually increased its momentum.
She would surely win.
The moment she decided that, Scarlet raised her me.
The me that never went out covered her sword.
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No, that didnt happen.
The ck de that Scarlet held was still just a sword.
There was no me on it.
She raised her me again.
Once, twice, three times.
No matter how many times she repeated it, the result was the same. Her me did not show itself.
When Scarlet unknowingly furrowed her brow.
Whats wrong? Scarlet.
ns cold voice hit her ears.