Chapter 182

Ed Subjugation Battle (5)

Ayla Tris was already out of breath as she ran across the hallway on the 4th floor of the Elte Chamber building.

Ayla’s eyes were wide open as she escaped from the dungeon and ran up to the fourth floor.

When I first received Ed’s proposal, I had no idea that the scale would be this big.

Workers collapsed here and there in the Elte Commercial Building and Ed’s acquaintances guarding each floor.

Ziggs, who was adjusting his posture on the second floor, looked like his usual self, but Yenika, who was sitting in the VIP waiting room on the third floor, was somehow scared and couldn’t even speak to her.

As I passed through the messy hallway and reached the fourth floor, the thought that something was wrong was dominating my mind.

“Oh, you came earlier than I expected. Still, you better move quickly. The weather is gloomy and it looks like it’s going to rain soon.”

Eventually, as planned, when she reached the end of the hallway on the 4th floor, 4th year Magic Department head Tracyana Bloomriver was waiting for Ayla.

“Oh, hello. Senior Tracyana.”

“I’ve seen you a few times at academic conferences. Nice to meet you.”

“Yes, yes... I heard that Senior Ed was calling various people, but I didn’t know that Senior Tracy or Senior would come.”

I knew that Ed Rothtaylor knew people in many fields.

Still, Isla didn’t know that Tracyana, who was famous at the Sylvania Academic Society, would also appear.

“Just go up to the roof like this, go through the emergency exit, and head towards Ed’s camp. Don’t worry, we’ll take care of the rest.”

“What does...processing mean?”

Ayla cautiously asked Tracyana, but she only shrugged her shoulders.

“I’m just doing as I’m asked. I’m just sending you to Ed’s camp and stopping Taily.”

Ayla recalled the faces of the people she had seen on her way up to the fourth floor.

Tailie McLaure has gotten stronger at an incredibly fast rate in recent years. To live up to his name as the descendant of the Sword Saint, he grows so quickly that you wonder if he is really the same person every day. The speed was enough to surprise even his childhood friend Ayla, who knew him well.

No matter how hard it is to break through all these walls...

“You don’t look good, Ayla.”

Suddenly, Tracyana struck sharply.

“The kind of thing you’re worried about won’t happen. If you were to ask why I’m making this mess, it’s all for his sake.”

“How can senior Tracyana be sure of that...?”

Ayla looked at Tracyana with a puzzled look.

Ed and Tracyana aren’t that special of a relationship. It’s common for famous wizards to be close to each other as seniors and juniors, but it was strange to see them seem to have such a deep understanding of Ed.

In fact, it was strange that he came out in the middle of the night just because Ed called him. Regardless of whether there is a personal debt or not, it is not easy to grant such a troubling request, no matter how senior or junior you are.

“Stop thinking about unnecessary things and go to Ed’s camp right now, Ayla.”

Tracyana did not try to explain the reason in detail.

I just said that to Ayla in a simple tone.

*I grabbed the knife and dragged it, swinging it in the air once to shake off the blood.

Tailly’s sword, shining in the moonlight, had a sharp edge as if to reveal his once again strengthened will.

Clevius is already almost consumed by the bloody madness. Is this an enemy that cannot be defeated at his level?

Tailley had a hunch.

If you do something really wrong, you could die.

“From now on, I don’t have the confidence to follow the line, Tailley.”

There is a sense of intimidation in Clevius’s voice as he gradually loses his sense of reason.

The reason Clevious Nortondale always avoids fighting is so he doesn’t kill people.

His swordsmanship, in which he swings his sword in madness, can easily take people’s lives.

“For me, dueling... was an acrobatic act of risking my life and walking a tightrope every single time. It’s still the same now.”

“I have no intention of backing down either, Clevious.”

“I guess so.”

Clevius adjusted his grip on the sword and turned his red eyes towards Tailley.

“Ugh... Hmm... Kkkkk...”

Clevius lowered his upper body and made a strange sound like a doll with its strings cut. The magic of blood surrounds his body again.

Every battle is a life-or-death decision. I can’t even imagine how heavy that fact is.

If you face someone risking your life, you have to risk your life too. If you face an enemy with a half-hearted attitude and are determined to die, you will be defeated in an instant.

Tailly also gritted his teeth.

This fight should never be prolonged. The longer the fight lasts, the more blood Clevius has absorbed, and the stronger he will become.

It ends with this one sum. Whichever of the two gets hit, we have to see the results this time.

Just like that, the two men kicked off the floor.

Clevius has disappeared.

It feels like the figure has disappeared from the leap so quickly.

You must predict Clevius’s next action by looking at the air currents and his movements right before he disappears.

It is a prediction rather than a prediction. Concentrate on your five senses and let the sharp sensations flow through your skin.

– Kaang!!

Taily miraculously blocks Clevius’s sword attack coming from the right. The sound of swords clashing with swords echoed throughout the front yard of the store.

― Hwaaaaaaaaa!

The magical energy released from the collision spreads around. Miscellaneous items scattered on the floor and workers’ belongings flew through the air.

The sound of a wild animal roaring and exhaling. It was a sound that came from Clevius’s mouth.

Tailly, who saw the blood-crazed ghost right in front of her, tightened her grip on the swords they were facing.

“Don’t meddle when you don’t know the situation...!”

– Kaang!

Taily, who flicked the sword once, clenched his teeth again and advanced. A single large swing of the sword does not reach Clevius.

“interference?”

Clevius’s growling voice reaches Tailley’s ears. It was already right behind me.

Tailly, who had goosebumps all over his body, quickly turned his sword and blocked Clevious’s sword strike, but was unable to stop the tip of the sword from piercing his collarbone.

“Whoa!”

It’s not a deep wound. I somehow managed to stop it.

However, blood continued to flow from the wound, which was several centimeters long.

“It’s obvious at least. Taily, the reason you’re so desperate is probably because of that girl at the academy named Ayla.”

Clevious has also been living as a bachelor with Tailly for quite some time. To some extent, I knew him well.

“If it weren’t for her, why would you make such a fuss...”

“You... know...”

“What do you know?”

Nevertheless, the fact that Tailly swung the sword at Elvira does not change.

“Just as Ayla is your enemy, I also have an enemy.”

The sound of gnashing and grinding teeth. As Clevius put weight on the sword to plunge it deeper, Tailly screamed once more.

– Kaang!

Tailly, who had managed to throw away Clevius’s sword, took his stance again. And for the final blow, he drew on all his body’s magical power.

Even if Clevious’s will is the same, Tailley has no intention of backing down.

With a clattering sound, the handle of the sword is tightly gripped.

“Krrr.......”

Just like that, Clevius completely loses his senses.

A sword demon, driven by blood and the sword, who is only interested in cutting down the opponent in front of him, takes his place on the battlefield.

Tailley doesn’t panic.

“That’s what I have to say, you bastard...!”

However, Clevius, who regained his senses... gritted his teeth and spoke...

“What what?!”

“Dragging people to useless places, tying them up, giving them strange sermons, arresting them, and making unnecessary interference... You do it the most... This time... eight...” The recoil

of the blood sword technique hit Clevius’s body. ride up The blood spread from the continued bleeding, but Clevius spoke regardless.

“You’re the one who meddles in everything and you’re the one who does things I didn’t ask for, so why are you glaring at me like I’m going to kill you for meddling this time?!”

Elvira was suddenly speechless. The same goes for breathing.

– ‘Stop meddling.’

The line spoken by Elvira’s older sister, Diella, while lifting her cheeks, is heard subtly.

― ‘Do you always feel like you are the main character in everything in the world?’

Nosy Elvira.

The tinnitus that followed her like a tag weighed on Elvira’s shoulders.

Although she is determined to pursue her own way of life, that firm determination is in fact nothing more than Elvira’s self-defense mechanism.

This is because there comes a time when even you feel like you can’t endure if you deny yourself.

Maybe it was my fault that my older sister Diella broke off her relationship with Elvira and left the family.

Maybe I should have been a little more considerate of Diella. When such thoughts arise, you somehow end up gritting your teeth.

“But... I can’t refuse... You...”

However, Clevius’s words that followed soon pierced Elvira’s heart like an arrow.

“That’s your way of expressing it... I... I can’t do anything... You’re... like a dog... Really...”

“Clevius... You...”

“You... Are you doing it for me?” That’s right. So... what can I say... I can’t say I don’t like it... it’s like a dog, really!”

When Clevius gritted his teeth and said that, Elvira almost lost her breath.

Della Anniston.

The older sister, unable to overcome her inferiority complex toward Elvira, verbally abused her and ran away from home.

That Diella... Elvira didn’t hate her in the first place.

The presence of an older sister who lived with the Anniston family and studied alchemy with her was a great blessing in Elvira’s life.

It’s just that Elvira didn’t know how to express it. The regret of interfering, pointing out, and grumbling because I knew that my sister was a person who wanted to do better and that she could go further still lingers in my heart.

Even if you pretend to be strong to protect your own heart, in the end you are just a meddlesome person who does what he wants.

Deella Anniston could not understand Elvira or read her inner thoughts.

Because they were both young, their methods of expression were immature and they did not have the maturity to understand their immaturity.

However, the pathetic man in front of him... seemed to have known Elvira’s state of mind from the beginning... and

was in tune with all of Elvira’s meddling and grumpiness.

“So... do it in moderation... Elvira...”

Clevius said that and started bleeding from the corner of his mouth.

Elvira, who was sitting on his waist and looking down at him, soon bit her lower lip.

He bent down and hugged Clevius’s head and nuzzled his nose as he looked covered in blood.

“You... are a really stupid man... Clevious... you... idiot...”

“...”

The midnight moon was shining.

Before we knew it, there were only two people in the front yard of the store, where silence remained.

“...Yeah, I think so too...”

My body doesn’t have much strength.

Looking at the wide open night sky over Elvira’s shoulder, who was holding his head, Clevious agreed with Elvira’s opinion.

Like that, Elvira and Clevius were hugging each other for a while.

*

“Run away first.”

That’s what I concluded.

The gold and silver treasures in Lortel’s underground vault are not in a quantity that can be recovered right away.

If you have enough time and space, this level of manual work can be done quickly. All we have to do is move these goods to another place.

But Dune’s plan may not be that shabby. If things were planned this far, the imperial convoy would arrive soon.

“I was planning to set up the situation like this and hand you over to the imperial convoy. Since the Princess of Persica, who has the real authority of the Knights Templar under her control, is behind you, things will go smoothly.”

“That’s why I said that the company would be completely in Dune’s hands once the vacation was over.”

Lortel spoke with a stern expression.

“But... it would take quite some time for the imperial convoy to reach Aken Island. Did you think I wouldn’t be able to handle this trick during that time?”

“No, the convoy is already on its way. It is most likely... it is coming mixed in with Princess Fenia’s bodyguard.”

Lortel’s expression hardened at those words.

It was a fairly reliable prediction. To put it bluntly, it is also connected to the reason why Lortel predicted that Lortel would fall after the vacation ends.

By the end of the vacation, Princess Fenia will return to her bachelor’s degree, so the convoy of knights who joined her bodyguard will also arrive around that time.

In other words, it was bound to be towards the end of the vacation when Lortel was captured by the imperial convoy.

All plans were made according to that timing.

“Right now, there is no benefit in encountering the imperial convoy. While I persuade Princess Fenia, you need to run away to avoid being caught by the convoy.”

“That’s easy. Aken Island is large.”

“If you make a deliberate search, it won’t be easy to escape. Besides, Princess Fenia doesn’t trust you... so she won’t do anything to stop the convoy’s search. Even the bachelor will have become your enemy, so there won’t be anyone who can help you and hide you. .”

“In the meantime, are you persuading Princess Fenia?”

“Okay. I won’t betray you, so don’t worry.”

I led Lortel by the arm and headed back toward the camp.

The unique air that seeped through the night forest tickled my lungs.

Lortel in the middle of the night has a strangely mysterious aura, unlike usual.

Even a fox-like face’s sinister appearance stands out even more when it hides in the darkness of the night.

Lortel held my collar tightly, made eye contact with me, and then smiled brightly.

“I’m not worried. You are mine.”

Lortel smiled happily as if he was chanting, then lifted his tiptoes and whispered in my ear.

“I’m a senior too.”

As if that insignificant word filled his heart with a strange feeling of happiness, Lortel smiled faintly and put on his robe hat.

“We’ll meet again when everything is finished. I will continue to be the CEO of Elte Company. Please remain as my senior too.”

“okay.”

Lortel disappears as if seeping into the darkness of the night.

Close your eyes gently.

I sat quietly in the dark, taking in the tension between the camps.

Princess Fenia’s carriage crosses the Maxes Bridge.

Traversing the midnight air, the carriage carrying Princess Fenia and Lucy Mayril enters Aken Island.

And Tailly, who broke through the entrance of the Elte Store and entered... runs up the store’s stairs to the second floor.

The story goes like that.

It was around this time that Tailly, the Sword Saint of Trials, reached the second floor of the business building.

Ziggs Eiffelstein sits alone in a hallway filled with all kinds of weapons. He was breathing quietly in the early morning air.

He slowly raised his head.

Tailly didn’t even bother to believe her eyes.

The person who blocked the path... was Ziggs Eiffelstein himself, the guardian of the northern grasslands.