CH 250

Shadow on Dmitry (4)

The day I went to visit Roman Dmitry.

" A being I can trust needs to remain in Dmitry. Kevin. I decided you were the right person for it. Just in case the enemy has some kind of plan. On the battlefield without me, the person who will produce the best results is you, Kevin."

At the remarks of Roman Dmitry who trusted him, Kevin gave up on going to Valhalla and remained on Dmitry's estate.

From then on, I was in trouble.

If the assumption is that the Kronos Empire could directly attack Dmitry, what kind of 'worst' should he have to prevent for Roman Dmitry?

You can build strength on Mercury on the wall, or you can defend your resistance like Fernando.

After thinking for a while, Kevin came to a conclusion.

'Mercury is an area where people who specialize in it, such as Felix, decide whether to win or lose. The worst situation I have to prevent with my own strength is that Duke Dmitry dies in the middle of the war. Dmitry has now become a country, not a territory. The royal bloodline is an important factor in any situation, and as Kronos, there is a high probability that the assassination of Duke Dmitry will be the top priority.'

work you can do.

What I had to do was right.

Kevin made his own decisions, and has been guarding Duke Dmitry's room from the day Roman Dmitry left.

The sun sets, the sun rises.

Despite the passing of a daily routine that ordinary people would complain of boredom, Kevin did not leave in front of Duke Dmitry's room.

Food and physiological phenomena were also solved in the vicinity.

Some people looked at Kevin and asked if it was necessary to do that, but for Kevin, he didn't want a single second of loopholes to appear.

And today.

Deng Deng Deng-

The sound of the enemy's invasion was heard.

The war started outside, and the royal knights like Fernando were busily equipped and armed to prevent the invasion of enemies from the inside.

It was a confusing situation.

Despite the presence of shadows attacking the castle walls and invading the inside, Kevin prepared for an unforeseen 'event-case' regardless of the situation outside.

It was as expected.

far away

A mysterious entity has arrived.

Slowly approaching from the end of the hallway, he found Kevin and smiled with a funny expression on his face.

"Young but wild face like a wildcat. I've heard that there is one person under Roman Dmitry, a being that radiates madness with its poisonous eyes. Maybe his name was Kevin."

on that look.

Kevin knew instinctively.

'It's an opponent I can't defeat.'

It's not quite as difficult as 難敵.

A strong man who can never be defeated by any means.

In the days of Muzig, who knew nothing about swordsmanship, he could not properly recognize the difference in skill between himself and his opponent, but now he knew just how powerful the opponent in front of him was.

It felt like the hairs all over my body were standing up sensitively just by looking at them.

The moment he exchanged a workshop with his opponent, he remembered his own head flying off, but Kevin got up from his seat with a ferocious face and raised his sword.

can't get away

Because Roman Dmitry trusts him.

Until he returned, no one with impure intentions could pass through this place.

It sent a magic signal.

This signal will be sent to Fernando to inform him of the situation here.

'Five minutes from now. Only by securing at least that amount of time can we protect Duke Dmitry-sama's safety.'

closely.

grabbed the sword.

He didn't say anything.

The opponent looked at Kevin like that and raised an aura.

Feel so good. A chance to deal with both the kill target and Dmitry Duke at the same time I will kill you right here."

Kwareung.

Quiet rumble.

That moment.

flash.

pod.

Kevin felt a burning pain in the vicinity of his neck.

* * *

It was fast.

Even though I thought it would be faster, it was faster than I imagined.

flash.

pod.

Blood spurted from his neck.

It was a brief difference.

As the ego in his head was screaming to avoid it, Kevin instinctively tilted his head, even though he couldn't see or feel it.

Thankfully, my hair wasn't cut off. A scorching pain arose from the shallow cut, and Sven looked at it and showed an expression of good preparation.

damage?

Your opponent is at most 3 stars.

It was an attack that could not be avoided in common sense.

It was great just to react, but Sven didn't think a single dodge would affect the crowd.

"Yeah, let me have fun. Go all the way to the end."

Kwareung.

Quarreung.

Sven ran.

a fleeting moment.

Suddenly, Sven appeared in front of him, and Kevin raised an aura and tried to block Sven's approach.

However, this time, instinct warned us to avoid 'head-to-head confrontation'.

Kevin quickly changed the direction of his sword, and even the slightest aura from Sven's blazing aura and his own touched it, causing a huge shock.

Quang!

body was pushed

Part of the aura was broken, and it appeared to lose its power for a moment.

'There is no competition at all.'

6 star aura.

It was an overwhelming force.

Kevin has been working hard to become stronger, and with the help of Felix, he performed 'Magic Circle Training', showing tremendous results in entering the state of three stars.

It was an astonishing rate of growth.

No matter how Roman Dmitry had a background, the worm, who had no knowledge of swordsmanship, achieved rapid growth in a short period of time.

nevertheless.

It was a meaningless rant.

The crystals obtained by Kevin's hard work showed weakness that was not even 1 star in front of Sven's aura.

'There is no chance of a head-to-head confrontation.'

pod.

tap.

fell out quickly

The attack flowed as much as possible to the continuous attack, and the senses of the whole body were revived sensitively and grasped Sven's attack.

The moment when an attack is captured by the senses. Before he could react, Kevin felt a powerful shock hit him.

If the sixth sense, which could not be explained by common sense, had not shown Sven's direction of attack, it would have been a situation in which his whole body would have been torn apart by the intensely burning aura.

It was creepy.

Far from facing the enemy, just reacting to the attack was a daunting situation.

sure.

The attack passed.

Kevin thoroughly ruled out a collision with the enemy, and as soon as he avoided an attack, he quickly cut through the gaps that the opponent had exposed.

The opponent's reaction was quick.

When he tried to counterattack by retrieving the sword before the attack could reach, Kevin was forced to dodge before he could achieve his intentions.

It felt like I was standing on a knife edge.

If you haven't trained against Roman Dmitry in the meantime. Kevin might have died from the first blow, his throat was blown away.

Mouth was dry.

One attack, one at a time.

I knew I could never win.

However, despite knowing the truth, Kevin did not back down.

'Now.'

pod.

attack blew.

And then he dug into his opponent's arms.

For the opponent he thought would avoid a head-on confrontation, a drastic breakthrough was a decision that created a variable.

This time, Sven's reaction was quick.

Even though Kevin knew that the retrieved sword was attacking him, he did not take a step back, but rather increased the speed of his attack.

Quiet rumble.

risked his life

In the first place, without even trying to stop the enemy's attack, he aimed at the opponent's neck by letting the attack flow in an intermittent gap.

Rumble, rumble, aura exploded.

Roman Dmitry said that although gender distinction determines the power of an aura, just because a gender is high does not necessarily mean victory.

believed

To prove it by past actions.

The moment his attack worked, he thought that even a 6-star Aura swordsman would have no choice but to fly away.

By the way.

"It's like."

Sven laughed.

And then.

Kwajik.

"Great."

Kevin was thrown to the ground.

At the same time as my mind was blown away, my aura completely shattered and my arms were torn apart.

I didn't even know how to properly counterattack.

Kevin touched the ground and hurriedly got up, but Sven looked at him with a relaxed face and didn't dare to take advantage of this opportunity.

dripping, dripping.

Blood dripped from his forearm.

In the arm that had been mutilated, the sensation gradually faded.

If that's the end, I'll just have to die.

finished.

The match with Sven showed a gap that could never be narrowed.

Kevin suppressed the pain.

Knowing how reckless this fight is, and knowing that if this goes on, you will have no choice but to die.

couldn't get away

When I think of Roman Dmitry, the grace I received from him made it impossible to lower my trembling arms.

rather.

will die

If he didn't fulfill his orders, he had no intention of seeing his master alive.

Kwareung.

Curly rumble.

Sven runs away.

That moment.

Kevin's mind wandered somewhere in his head.

* * *

The selves in my head were talking.

[You can never win.]

[Run away.]

[This is an impossible match.]

For the first time after learning the martial arts of the light horse, they showed their weakness.

Kevin always followed them.

The nothing boys needed their help to thrive on the battlefield, and assimilated their minds for the results while drenched in madness.

But this time, I couldn't follow them.

Even if his stubbornness directly leads to death, there were areas in Kevin's life that he could never compromise.

The first day I saw Roman Dmitry.

Kevin got the hope of life.

He ended up living in the ghetto, and his parents and younger brother learned how beautiful human life is.

And.

Roman Dmitry asked.

"I want to use you as my sword. However, the use of a person is not determined by the will of others. So, from now on, I will tell you three ways so that you can choose for yourself."

The first is to serve as a servant like Hans.

The second is how to become normally strong.

Third is.

risked his life

Cutting off his own arm, Kevin constantly reflected on his life in the slums.

When I think about it now, the feeling at that time was that I didn't want to miss the opportunity I had for the first time in my life, apart from my blind allegiance to Roman Dmitry.

The slum is not a world that simply means poverty. In a world where opportunities are not allowed, Roman Dmitry was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

cut off arm

When he looked up at the sky with a pale face, Roman Dmitry looked down at himself like the bright sun.

"From now on, you will live as a single sword that will replace me."

that day.

Kevin found the meaning of life.

The boy, who was worried about his livelihood every day as he moved around the slums, realized for the first time that day that someone could make his life worthwhile.

So his feelings for Roman Dmitry were overly fanatical.

Having lived a life of lack, he could never lose his first feeling of satisfaction.

It would have been since then.

For Roman Dmitry.

He believed that death would also brighten his life.

The life of an ordinary ghetto boy would not have been at all strange if he died on the day he met Blood Fang.

[If you do this, you die.]

[Even if you die, you can't run away.]

[Leave it to us.]

[We'll help.]

My mind was broken.

As the selves assimilate with Kevin, drastic changes begin to take place within.

And Kevin.

I gladly accepted such a change.

* * *

The internal changes had nothing to do with reality.

Seeing Kevin's unconscious look, Sven tried to end this fight, which had become so boring.

By the way.

Quang!

Quiet rumble.

There was no feeling in the hand.

This time the attack was clearly intended to kill, but the ground broke in the aura and the intended scream was not heard.

"Avoid this. What the hell are you?"

admired

still young

It was amazing that Kevin could endure like this.

Where his gaze stopped, Kevin, who had avoided the attack, was looking at Sven with a strange force.

The brilliance of light.

It had three levels of domain.

The first is assimilation.

It is a process of accepting power.

The second is encroachment.

The power of martial arts is the process of dominating the body.

Finally, control.

When the madness in his head is in his hands as a rain, the magician's magic can perfectly express its power.

Right now this moment.

Kevin has entered the stage of encroachment.

By losing his wit, he became a madman who could not make normal judgments as he is now when he expresses martial arts.

was in a dangerous state.

A madman cannot control himself.

All of Roman Dmitry's orders and situational judgments are excluded from the mind, and only a single, deeply ingrained instinct is followed.

If it's the will of death. Because they indiscriminately kill people in sight, people call those who have mastered the devil's martial arts a madman.

In exchange for gaining strong power in a short time, the demon's martial arts were such a dangerous force that it swallowed up the weak in an instant.

The only desire that instinct desires.

Kevin looked at Sven with blood dripping from his arm and his eyes glistened with murderous intent.

" This place cannot be passed."

Kevin.

what he wants

Neither survival nor victory.

It was to fulfill Roman Dmitry's orders.