Chapter 117: To Find the Notebook (2)

Chapter 117: To Find the Notebook (2)

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Lucion didn’t take his eyes off the vast place made of rocks.

It was like seeing a dried gray desert.

‘...is this beyond the frontier?’

A landscape to be seen by anyone with the name Cronia.

It was just vast.

It was just an empty landscape, but Lucion’s eyes widened.

At the same time, Ratta’s mouth opened wide.

―Ooooh! So high! This is the first time Ratta has been to such a high place!

Ratta’s admiration didn’t stop.

“Yaho!”

Suddenly, Hume shouted.

Ratta shouted along with him.

―Yaho!

“...Hume?”

Lucion looked at him with an incredulous look.

Beside him, Russell giggled and laughed as if he was about to die.

“Ah. Is this not it? It was written in the book that when you go up high, you should shout ‘Yaho’.”

“It’s usually only in the mountains.”

“Is that so? I will correct it.”

Hume smiled brightly.

‘If there were no knights around, I would have shouted like Hume.’

Lucion looked at Hume with envy inwardly and licked his lips with regret.

Climbing the wall made it clear.

That the red thread was leading to the rocky area.

‘Is it connected to Teacher’s notebook? Or is it connected to Heint’s colleague, who has already obtained the notebook and is learning black magic over there?’

If he had known when the warlock was learning Heint’s magic, he wouldn’t have been so nervous.

Lucion let out a long breath.

[Doesn’t it feel good?]

Bethel hurriedly asked.

Lucion nodded.

Beyond the wall, he could see people gathering like ants.

They were probably soldiers from the kingdom of Nevast.

As soon as he saw them, he felt sick.

Fizzle!

Lucion was startled by a sudden sound that seemed to hit his ear.

―No, darkness! If we move now, Lucion will be in big trouble!

Ratta freaked out, and Russell snapped his fingers and pressed Lucion’s darkness.

Thud!

“It’s all right, Young Master. You don’t have to be surprised.”

Hume raised his finger calmly and looked forward.

Whoo!

Lightning came up from below as if to scratch the wall, but it was blocked by the boundary and couldn’t touch anything.

‘...Wow. That was close.’

Lucion looked at the knights quickly approaching him and examined his dry saliva.

If Ratta and Russell hadn’t suppressed the darkness, itwould have popped out and he would have been caught.

Lucion reluctantly nodded his head at his darkness which was seeking praise, and said ‘You did well, huh?’.

They were usually bad at it but they were so nice to him only when he was in an emergency.

“Are you okay?”

Carson rushed in and asked.

These attacks were frequent here, but it was different for Lucion.

He must have been surprised.

“Yes. It’s all right, I was just a little surprised.”

“Don’t you feel dizzy?”

“I do.”

“It’s because this place is high. It will subside in time, so don’t worry.”

Carson looked at Lucion for a moment, then stretched out his finger and pointed at the herd of ants.

“Can you see them?”

“Yes, I see them. Aren’t they Nevast’s?”

“Yeah. They’re starting to move again. Now that you’ve finished looking around, why don’t you go down from the wall?”

“All right.”

Actually, he wanted to see a little more, but it seemed the darkness would pop out on its own when the enemies attacked again.

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Carson called out to Lucion.

“Promise me not to come near the fortress wall. As long as you keep that promise, even if this is the end of the frontier, I won’t stifle your freedom.”

This wasn’t out of arrogance like it was in the past, but a bait for Lucion not to be interested in the other side of the fortress wall.

He’d already climbed the wall and seen beyond the wall.

Any man would want to go beyond.

“...Are you sure?”

Lucion’s eyes twinkled for a moment.

He’d come all the way here anyway.

Now all that was left was the conditions to use shadow movement and the time to enter Russell’s hideout and search the notebook.

Carson’s suggestion just solved both of them.

Aaaaaang!

The feet came down to the ground, followed by a rush, and everything around them collapsed.

When Heint coughed and raised his head, the walls that guarded the Empire had disappeared.>>

The wall that the Empire was so proud of.

The wall that Cronia had long guarded.

With its fall, Cronia collapsed, and the fortress wall was also shattered.

‘...Yes. The feet that broke down the wall. Perhaps those ghosts were used to summon those feet.’

Lucion looked at the blue thread and clenched his fist.

He could prevent that situation by sending those ghosts into the sky.

“Teacher, don’t stop me.”

Lucion firmly insisted.

Whether he could do it now or not, he had to do this.

The criminal was the Hand of the Void.

Ordinary warlocks couldn’t enter the Empire because Broson had a mission to unconditionally kill all the warlocks.

But the Hand of the Void treated their own lives lightly, so they kept coming in even though they knew they were going to get killed by Broson.

Who could solve this situation now?

[Do you know what you’re saying?]

Russell stammered in bewilderment.

“I know.”

Lucion smiled and felt the signal from Bethel.

The darkness trembled.

“It’s Ratta’s first request. Of course, I have to listen.”

[Lucion!]

Ratta’s ears folded back as Russell screamed.

[It’s not a joke. It’s different from possession! You’re not skilled enough to use black magic in front of others yet.]

“I know my own skills.”

Lucion’s eyes were unshakable.

“Don’t worry. Your student is not a fool.”

Lucion took out his mask.

“I’ll do it outside the walls. The kingdom of Nevast should be blamed for all the false accusations.”

Wasn’t the Kingdom of Nevast just in the middle of picking a fight?

The corners of Lucion’s mouth went up before he put on the mask.

He had to turn the doubt into conviction.

[...Lucion. What’s with you? This is reckless.]

Russell lowered his voice and tried to persuade Lucion.

This was different from the concept of using black magic inside a noble’s mansion.

Since neither side could be on Lucion’s side, it was a very dangerous situation where they could be attacked by both forces.

“Teacher. If I can’t even do one request from Ratta, I must be really useless. And I already know that something is going to happen, so I don’t want to turn a blind eye.”

―R-Ratta is...

“No, Ratta. You did well telling me. Because I don’t like my people dying.”

Lucion patted Lata and handed the mask over to Hume.

“Hide your face, too.”

“Okay. Shall I wear a hood, too?”

“That’s a good idea.”

[Let me use your darkness! Oh, damn it!]

Russell showed a haughty look.

Why was Lucion doing this when they didn’t do anything good to him even if he were to die?

He knew it was crazy, but Russell couldn’t break Lucion’s stubbornness.

Lucion had already come to the wall at his request.

“When I use shadow movement, I want you to keep the darkness from leaking.”

Lucion’s voice was full of laughter.

[No, I will control the darkness. You’re going send the ghosts into the sky and bounce right into my hideout, right?]

“As expected of Teacher.”

He had Russell, so Lucion couldn’t be more reassured.

They were a perfect match.

[Just this once.]

Russell emphasized with his neck tightened.

His own help was a hindrance to Lucion’s growth.

But this time it couldn’t be helped.

There was no teacher who would only sit idly by and watched their student dying.

“Thank you, Teacher.”

Lucion thanked Russell wholeheartedly.

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Shaak.

Without a sound, without any trace, Lucion stepped on two legs over the wall through the shadow movement.

As the soldiers of the Kingdom of Nevast moved toward the wall, dust covered Lucion.

‘My stomach feels... nauseous.’

Lucion felt his body stiffening.

―Lucion?

When Ratta looked at Lucion with an anxious gaze, he nodded as if to say he was okay.

Now he had to concentrate on what was in front of him.

[Now I’m going to take off the veil that hid you from the ghost. Are you going to be okay?]

“Let’s start right away.”

Lucion pulled the darkness out of his grasp.