Chapter 240

Chapter 43. Don’t stop (1)

Don’t stop.

I look into the darkness.

I confirmed that no one was there.

The boy’s feet moved constantly as he confirmed that no one was alive and breathing.

“I made the wrong order. I did.”

At the end of the blood-soaked hallway, the boy’s voice made a small noise and soon disappeared. It sounded like regret or self-deprecation, but there was actually no emotion in that voice.

I knew very well that if I put my emotions in front of a sword that should be one-sided, the wielder would also get hurt.

“If I had known that I would catch them all in the end, I would have just come here first instead of fighting in the palace.”

They tried to leave behind Brisen’s troops as much as possible.

Didn’t they want to prepare for unknown events that would occur later by leaving behind as many troops as possible? Therefore, even when driving out Silike, Briesen’s body was not touched at all.

If the situation escalates, not only the Marquis of Briesen of Kairisis but also all the troops in the Marquis of Briesen will be killed.

So, if I had known it would end up like this anyway, I would have just hit Evan first instead of Silike.

– Ta-bak-ta-bak.

In that place immersed in complete darkness, not even the moonlight penetrated, but the boy’s feet stepped on the stairs without hesitation.

“Ah... If that were the case, the pea would have smelled Renieri and turned around.”

At that time, I had already reached my limit.

Renieri’s scent would never have faded, so if I had left it alone, he would have eventually turned around too.

“It’s a good thing I put this bastard aside then.”

That’s a good thing.

Thanks to you, I’m doing this again.

“... Well, saving someone’s life is not easy.”

He chuckles and puts his voice down on the stairs in silence.

Talking to myself was also a habit.

Talking to those who will die soon and speaking next to those who are already dead. As I kept passing through places full of people who no longer made a sound, I developed that habit.

– Clap!

Dozens of people appear as if they have been waiting and block the way. The same situation was repeating itself from before. Evan must have felt that the seal of his oath with Plants had moved, so he made preparations in his own way.

As if I wanted you to get tired.

– Shhh!

The dark red blade flew in a smooth curve without any time to tell whether they were knights or soldiers, willing to fight or not. They seemed to be trying to say something to the boy, but couldn’t. Because the boy in front decided not to listen to them anymore.

– Toouk.

Not human voices, not human screams, but the sounds of heavy bodies falling on the floor fill the hallway.

The boy passed by them and looked to see if they had stopped breathing with his sunken red eyes. I was not in a hurry, but my leisurely pace continued without stopping even once.

After passing through that long hallway twice more and climbing the stairs once more, I arrived at a place where there was still light.

“You’re faster than I thought.”

A truly welcome voice was finally heard.

Calian closed his eyes once and did not respond, but walked away with his sword lowered. The sound of footsteps and the tip of a sword cutting across the marble floor followed.

Most of the knights guarding the mansion died.

I left the ones that ran away alone, but I killed the ones that attacked without making a mistake. They all were killed without exception. I climbed over the outer wall of the mansion, entered the main building, walked through the hallway, and walked up the stairs without stopping.

“How did you keep Prince 2 alive?”

Despite this, Evan asked after looking at him for a moment without taking a single breath.

“I’m really curious about why the 3rd prince is so involved in the matter with the 2nd prince. I’m also curious about how this stone is used. I have a lot of questions.”

A black pebble that would have been given to you by Gray.

Calian, who was walking towards Evan, smiled brightly, ignoring the stone in his hand.

“I have a question too.”

I didn’t want to be disturbed while dealing with you, so it took me some time to come up and catch the others first. So let me just ask you one thing.

“If I ask my brother to teach me Brisen swordsmanship, will you listen?”

“Why would you reveal Brisen’s swordsmanship to outsiders?”

“...... okay.”

Ta-bak-ta-bak.

“So for the 3rd prince”

– Taaat!

Calian rushed forward, kicking the floor.

A deadly force that seemed to encroach on the entire mansion burst out together.

The hem of the black robe caught the wind like the wings of a butterfly.

* * *

Arsene put down the magic book he was holding and turned his head.

– It works.

Hina’s voice was heard.

I had received a bracelet from Kirie so that I could communicate the situation more smoothly. They had to respond as soon as Planz’s condition changed, but Hina, who was the first to recognize it, was using healing arts and couldn’t move her hands.

“It was implemented properly.”

Succession. Lennon Brissen?

‘It is known that Lennon cannot use a sword. Moreover, didn’t Evan imprison Lennon after signing an oath with his teacher?’

Of course, since it was a contract not to disclose the fact of confinement to anyone else, it is possible that he faked the confinement, but Calian had never felt an aura in Lennon. Above all, Lennon was too slow to be considered a swordsman.

‘It is premature to doubt Lennon’s side. If he didn’t hide the succession and it didn’t exist yet, how long was he going to keep it to himself? Did you really intend to live and die without teaching anyone?’

Or is he hiding something else?

– Kaaaang!

I have more thoughts.

If you think too much during a fight, you will die.

Calian first put aside the questions that naturally followed and moved his sword once again. As soon as the attack coming from behind Evan was blocked, it appeared in front of him and aimed at his uvula.

– Kaang! Kang!

The red eyes in the hood glowed.

I saw everything, including Evan’s steps, arm movements, and the bending of his sword. I watched it all, putting it all in my head. I memorized everything.

– Kaga River! Kaang!

Evan’s sword passed in front of Calian’s chin. Immediately after that, Evan quickly raised the sword that was approaching his heart with a flash of dark red light.

– Ugh!

Evan’s sword, filled with sharp auras, made a deep howling sound.

Evan’s auror was blue.

To be precise, only Calian’s aura should be dark red. Non-mages did not need to circulate and use the unique mana and aura contained in the caster’s circle.

– Shhh! Kagang!

The attack and defense for exploration disappeared before we knew it, and the attacks filled with fatal blows continued. Auras of two completely different colors intertwined and fell apart repeatedly.

The sword pointed at Evan scratched the wall, and marble fragments from the floor where Calian had been standing flew everywhere. Someone’s picture hanging on the wall lost its shape due to the power of the two Aurors that stretched out one by one.

Calian raised his sword and blocked Evan’s sword strike from sideways. At the same time, he grabbed the sword that was bouncing in the opposite direction and this time brought it down at an angle towards Evan’s neck. Evan’s quickly recovered sword once again blocked Calian’s move.

Then Calian suddenly lifted up his body and sent the sword from a completely different direction.

– Kaga River!

Evan, who felt Calian leaping towards him, quickly raised his sword and struck back with force. The sword and its power continued to collide to block and repel each other.

That moment when the power struggle continued so many times that it was difficult to count.

– Kaang! Kang!

Calian’s eyes shone sharply.

‘no way.’

Soon Calian’s feet moved as if he was stepping on air.

Apparently, the person standing in front just moved his feet, but the next attack immediately followed from behind.

Evan, with an expression on his face that said he was fed up with the speed that seemed to keep accelerating without slowing down at all, bowed deeply and turned backwards. And then he swung his sword.

– Kaaaaang!

As the sound of tearing the air continued, the chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the hallway seemed to tremble slightly, and the shadows of the two swordsmen on the wall flickered for a moment.

Calian’s shadow, which had been trying to pierce Evan’s right side just now, disappeared as if scattered. At the same time, he appeared in front of Evan.

Evan, who did not miss the move, stretched out his sword, but instead of blocking, Calian dodged it by moving his body backwards.

-Tap!

Calian landed with the sound of something light hitting the floor. The black robe he was still wearing puffed up for a moment and then sank down.

The lips beneath the deeply pressed hood moved.

“Now...”

After standing facing Evan for a while, Calian’s lips contained the next words.

“I think I could show you something else, Marquis.”

“What do you mean?”

“Something hidden.”

Calian’s eyes fell on Evan’s sword.

A long smile appeared on Evan’s lips.

“That’s right.”

Shortened answer.

At the same time, the shadow of Evan’s long, sharp sword on the wall twisted and moved. Slowly, as if splitting a long stick vertically.

It was divided into two thinner and sleeker shadows.

Calian, who was looking at that scene, opened his mouth.

A small, satisfied voice echoed coldly through the long hallway.

“Yeah. That one.”

Calian, who had already lost his sword, swiped the area around his neck with his free hand.

The string of the robe that was fastened in front of the neck was loosened.

There was a sound of something light flowing.

– Slurp tap!

The hem of his robe, which was not wet with blood even though he came here after cutting down so many people, grazed Calian’s back and fell to the floor.

“I thought for a long time trying to figure out what that was.”

The hood that obscured his vision was lifted, revealing red eyes.

Dark red light dripped from the remade sword.