I Became the Prince in the Novel
Chapter 13
6 Black Forest (4)
That scene was very strange.
It's like turning back time.
The explosion of the instrument, which had swelled as if it would engulf the entire master's castle at any moment, had instead shrunk.
No, it seems to disappear from the world itself.
The explosion that contracted nonstop and finally turned into a small dot and disappeared.
Everyone in the theater, including Chil-geol, stared at the scene blankly.
It was a scene that even the report could not understand.
After a moment of silence, their eyes turned to Rayne Dranir, who was standing closest to the explosion.
“Kah ha ha! Lane, how did you do it? When did you secretly cook yourself again?”
Ragno who approached, spread out the remains of the remaining instruments, asked with a wide smile.
“Nona, are you okay?”
“That's amazing, Lane.”
Behind Ragno like that, Rihanna and Hart followed and opened their mouths.
” No.”
However, Lane, who was staring blankly at the place where the explosion disappeared regardless of their questions, quietly shook his head.
“I didn't do it.”
He really did nothing.
Seeing Jeonghwagyo's expansive fanaticism, he ran towards full power, but it was too late.
So all I had to do was wave my hands with desperate eyes.
“You....... Do you really not see it?”
But is it because it's the closest?
Of those present, only Lane could see.
A man who was a little further away from himself from the explosion.
As the man lightly grabbed his hand, a scene of alien darkness enveloped the entire explosion.
I was never wrong.
No, I can see it more precisely because the situation is like that.
” By the way... ..”.
Lane's eyes followed the back of Zeon Harness, the man who walked to his seat as if nothing had happened.
* * *
Six-headed animal tattoos and purgatory.
And the terror that happened in Yeongjuseong.
For Shion, who had already read ‘Chronicle of Plosimar’ and remembered everything, predicting and using it was easier than flipping his palm.
Shion knows.
‘Only defeat other mercenaries and climb can not attract the attention of the Chilgeol, including Lane Dranir.’
That was why, before entering Yeongjuseong, he traced the location of the Puritans and continued to follow after they entered.
And waited.
until they started acting.
It could have been prevented, but it wasn't.
If I did that, I would not be able to attract the attention of Reign Dranir.
In the end, without a single mistake, the purifiers caused the ******* attack, and Zion, who had known their location before, orchestrated the terror with ease.
As a result.
“The people here now are the ones who participated in this conquest. Get used to each other.”
Shion was now sitting in a small meeting room in the King's Palace.
A total of eight people were facing each other against a long table in between, and Lane was the only one standing and staring at them.
‘As a result, only two people were selected for this mercenary recruitment?’
Looking around at the people in the small meeting room, Shion thought so.
A total of five seven girls, including Lane Dranir, and a woman named Kayla with dark brown hair and an adult look join four men who assess mercenaries in the gymnasium.
The middle-aged man in his mid-forties who was sitting next to Kayla seemed to have already been appointed as his acquaintance.
The only woman in front of Shion, who had scars all over her body, was the one who was filtered while recruiting mercenaries some time ago.
“I will explain the conquest briefly from now on, so listen carefully.”
Lane's low voice rang out in the ears of people including Shion.
“There is an unusual forest between the city of Ruin and the Saleos Mountains. A forest where everything that exists, including trees and grasses, is colored black. We call this forest ‘Black Forest’.”
It was called a forbidden place because anyone who entered would never be able to get out, so this place was managed at the city level.
And that's also the place Lane tried to conquer.
“I already know about Black Forest. In addition, I want to know exactly what ‘apa’ we should conquer in Black Forest and why.”
Hearing Lane's words, the Scared Fairy lady sitting in front of Shion opened her mouth in a blunt tone.
Rian gasped at the half-talk of the fairy and tried to open his mouth, but Lane's answer was faster than that.
” Crime.”
” Crime?”
The face of a woman with a scar was tinged with doubt.
“You may have heard at least a little legend about our family ancestor.”
People nodded at Lane's words.
Legend has it that a hero dressed in the blood of a dragon and gaining the power of a dragon destroyed evil and built the destruction of the city on it.
It was a fairly famous legend in the North.
” That's right. Then the evil does not die. Our wealthy ancestors were strong enough to do nothing but seal. That's why Ruin still paid the price for it. Soon... .. .”
“Agent cleaner.”
Lane's eyes slightly fluttered at the words coming out of Shion's mouth.
This is my first time talking about it except for my family.
“... .. Good. More precisely, the purification ceremony that takes place at the end of the purification process is a big thing.”
“If it is a purification ritual...... That means sending a death row in your town to the Black Forest, right?”
Lane nodded at Hart's words, stroking his chin with a stern expression.
“Yes, sacrifice them to the forest and save the seal.”
“I wonder why such barbaric rituals still continue.....”.
Hart nodded that he knew now.
“Then there is no need for conquest, right? After all, they are death row inmates.”
“Five a month.”
Hearing Ragno's words, Lane stuck out five fingers in front of him.
“Total sacrifices made for Black Forest. What do you think will happen if the death penalty is less than this figure?”
“… … .”
Those who did not commit any sins, or who did not sin, were offered in return.
Either way, the amount of sacrifice had to be filled.
I've seen Lane since I was very young.
Sacrifices were dragged into the Black Forest while crying for their lives.
And in contrast to that, the cheers of the people who were excited about the festival came from the city.
The city has something crooked, and the cleaner is the shackle that makes it crooked.
A chain that had been passed down to Destruction for hundreds of years.
Lane was about to break that shackle.
“And it's like X. Giving my life to a scoundrel who doesn't know any face.”
Even if he committed a crime, he punished him, and even if he took his life, he was entitled to reap what he wanted to be the master.
“Kah ha ha! That'sthat's true! That's not. That's not enough reason!”
As if Ragno approved of Lane's words, he hit the table and burst into laughter.
Hart and Kayla nodded to Lane, saying they were you, and Rihanna sighed deeply at her harsh words and actions.
“I don't know exactly the details of ‘jal’'s whereabouts because nothing is told. One thing is certain, the old seals have greatly weakened their strength.”
“Only a few can enter the Black Forest because of the special magic curtain. And the people here right now are the strongest I can muster right now.”
” I agree with that... ..”.
Kayla, who had been listening to Lane all this time, clenched her chin with one hand and pointed at Shion with her long finger and opened her mouth.
“It makes no sense to include the author.”
He wasn't here during the recruitment screening of the mercenaries, but he knew the situation because he had heard of it.
Zeon Harness.
That the author was chosen by Lane, not by the jury.
In fact, he did not feel any energy, and his body seemed too weak to be uninhabited.
“That's why I want to hear the reason.”
The others also saw Lane.
I went north
A collection of possible supernovas into the next ‘angit’.
Those who were known were able to create great power with just his name alone, and his skill had already surpassed that of humans.
Five chil-geols gathered here.
Kaila's acquaintance, a middle-aged man and a fairy woman, was also famous in the North as an outstanding talent.
However, that person called Zeon was much inferior to him.
To the point that I don't understand why Lane chose him.
“… … .”
Hearing those people's words, Lane looked at Zeon for a moment.
I still can't understand.
How is ‘itu’ possible?
The memory of the past returned clearly.
The power of Shion I saw back then was definitely not magic or martial arts.
Something alien that could never be seen as something of this world.
“... .. only. It's feeling. Looks like I need something.”
Those words came out of Lane's mouth which was silent for a moment.
“ What nonsense? Have you been drinking?”
People frowned at him, but Lane's mouth was no longer open.
‘Are you suspicious?’
Seeing her like that, a faint smile appeared on Shion's lips.
He must have seen his own strength, but did not say that it was proof that he suspected the people here.
It was impossible for a Jeonghwa Christian to enter Yeongju Fortress during the previous examination without the help of someone inside.
Statusnya juga cukup tinggi.
Lane probably thinks they might be among them.
Mind's right.
And Shion already knows who the traitor is.
‘I have no intention to tell you.’
All of this was a severe ordeal for Lane Dranir, and only through this ordeal would he be reborn as a true warrior companion and dragon.
“I'll talk about it later and plan the route of entry first, so listen carefully. On the outskirts of the forest... ..”.
Ignoring Kayla's gaze which looked at her as if she was going to wait and see, Shion listened to Lane.
* * *
The garden of the master castle was colored with a gentle moonlight.
In the middle of the empty garden, there was a great darkness.
sussus
A heterogeneous darkness called the three that drives the darkness of the night around it.
In the expanding darkness, the stars revolved like the universe, and Shion sat in the center of those stars.
Seongha Black.
The most alien force in this world and one that only Shion could handle alone.
This power, which denies everything it touches, has no form, character, concept.
So it doesn't belong to anything, and therefore it can be anything.
dunk
The darkness surrounding Shion began to flow like water.
Then the darkness seemed to harden like a rock, and then scorched like fire.
‘It's still not easy to control.’
Eliminating such darkness, Shion slightly furrowed his brows.
Clearly, he reached a level of achievement that could not be compared to when he first entered this body, but there was no satisfaction in Shion's eyes.
‘Right now, I can't guarantee victory even with one of the Seven Girls I've seen today.’
Clearly, Chil-geol could be called a powerful force even in the world as a whole.
It was only natural that Shion, who had just started training, could not deal with it, but it did not matter.
Those that Shion will face in the future are much stronger than Chilgeol, and they will not wait for Shion to become stronger.
‘ I need to shoot 2 stars a little faster.’
That way, it would be easier to infuse the darkness with attributes like before.
The situation is getting more and more difficult, but there is low expectation in the eyes of Shion who gets up from her seat.
The harder it is, the greater the excitement of breaking it.
That was.
“Do you use a very strange power?”
A tall and thin voice came from behind Shion.
Shion looked back at her and saw a woman who seemed to have just taken off her shirt.
Long hair up to the waist and white eyes.
And bright red eyes that looked like they were filled with blood.
A mysterious yet alluring atmosphere.
“… … .”
He could not feel any killing intent or power in such a woman, but Shion's eyes were silent.
Because he wasn't caught up in his desire to capture everyone in the castle.
Even now, right in front of my eyes, it was extremely dim.
” How are you?”
A woman who asked Shion with interest in her eyes.
Shion did not ask who the woman was.
because I already know
“Is it released?”
” What? Do you know who I am?”
The woman with eyes wide open as if in a strange way turned in her place.
“What, does it matter?”
Then he slowly started to approach Shion.
Quiet footsteps, not even footsteps.
“Do not come to the forest.”
Finally, the woman standing in front of Zion smiled extremely red.
“If you come, you will die.”
A new type of woman who disappeared like a mirage at the end of those words.
At the corner of Shion's lips, who looked at where the woman had disappeared like that,
“It's fun.”
Lines similar to women are drawn.
