Chapter 729 – Traitor (1)

A simple physical examination from a wise man before going into battle.
The sugar-like skin unique to Northern European descent stays before your eyes and then falls off.

“Okay, relax… That’s right. Good job.”

As Alba’s bright blue eyes met my gaze, a faint smile spread from the corner of her mouth.

Part-time job patting my head.
The touch of her hand arranging her hair at her new home evoked a gentle feeling similar to her motherly love, despite the fact that they were in a common-law relationship.

“It’s okay.”
“I feel a little better.”

The atmosphere almost got cold due to the joke about conversion.

“Is this a joke?”

I heard that my expression these days is different from before, so I thought I would make a joke.
I take it so seriously that I feel embarrassed again.

Alba looked at me calmly for a while, then patted my forehead and pulled away her glossy lips.

“… “There was an outsider among us.”

When you show me such loving words and actions with her cold face, my heart flutters for no reason.
Is it because we spent a lot of time together? The fact that expressions of affection have increased significantly these days is probably not just a matter of mood.

Alba glanced at the blood she had just drawn, then blew her nose and narrowed her eyes.

“I feel fine. There are no side effects before or after… Although she has a lot of dead blood, this level of change is visible even when she uses demonic energy. “How’s your headache?”
“It’s a lot better now.”
“Thank god. Really. “There are a lot of things I don’t know about the crown.”

Alba, who continued to check my body, expressed her concerns.

From Danjeon to blood vessels, heart or brain.
Since I don’t know what changes the crown will bring to me, I plan to record and observe in detail every time I use my power from now on.

“But don’t be too overconfident. There is just no noticeable change. The nerve cells are tattered, the hormones have been out of balance for a long time, and the receptors have been damaged by magic… Hmm. “Ugh.”

Is it difficult for me to choose words that are easy to understand?
She smiled because she found the hard-working part-timer to be cute.

“Are you saying this is a problem that most living beings passing through the realm face?”
“Yes, but…”

The medicine I know in the world and the medicine here are very different.
To put all the complicated factors aside, it wasn’t strange when my body went astray.
Rather, common sense tells me that it makes no sense for me to control my emotions and maintain my sanity.

There is so much power packed into such a small body.
This means that regardless of responsibility, it is not strange for someone to run away at any time.

“It’s thanks to the medicine my sister gave me.”
“… “It’s not that easy to talk about, right?”

Is it scarier because I know?
Every time I examine my body, the wrinkles seem to increase.

“I can’t live. But have wrinkles really increased?”
“That’s what they say.”

I wonder if the emotional distress is quite severe. Recently, Alba also started taking medicine that I didn’t know about.
It’s so foolish to think that because you’re a wise person, you can just brush off everything and overcome it.
I wonder if it would be okay to talk while drinking like we did back then.

– Rumble.

“Dowon!”

The door opened and Hongyeon and Ebony came inside.
I quickly changed the shirt I had taken off and nodded to the two people.

“I’m here?”
“That doesn’t come first! What about your body? “Are you feeling okay?”
“What a fuss. “Now that I’ve had the test, I’ll be moving again.”

The black dragon robe, restored to like new condition, is draped over one’s shoulder. I briefly summarized the current situation from Hong Yeon, who looked busy.

Dieffenbachia’s raid was successful and there is now a standoff.
It’s a situation where you never know when you might collide with a marble.

Since it had already been seriously broken once, I needed to quickly get the ball rolling.

“Are you going right away?”
“That’s right. “Do you have anything else to say?”

As she clenched her fist and gathered her senses, she felt the magic power of the orb from far away.

A much bigger energy than before.
Suddenly, the popular belief that those who betray their allies become strangely strong came to mind.

“What are you going to do about that bitch? As expected… “Is this it?”

Hongyeon asked me in a cautious voice.
A voice asks what to do with the traitor.

I asked, looking down at Yeon.

“Why?”
“Ah, no, it worked. “I will follow Dowon’s choice!”

It is a red lotus that has a long connection with beads in its own way.
Before I came, it was just a relationship between superior and subordinate, but after that, they started talking and became close friends, and I heard that they even gave me quite a bit of personal counseling.

“I know how you feel, Yeon.”

As I have known Gusul for a long time, I knew that the old Gusul had no ill intentions.

It was a bit playful. Even though it’s hateful.
There was an uneasy feeling that had accumulated since my academy days.

“It just depends on the situation.”

If there is no way, the country can’t do much.
I will try to make it as good as possible and do my best, but there is no guarantee that it will work out as well as before.

“Maybe. My memory may not be perfect. There will be a difference from what you used to know. “Now that person is no different from a biological machine with the same appearance.”

Alba slowly opened her mouth. She snapped her fingers, and a round crystal ball appeared in the palm of her hand and floated around her.

“If you have some time, would you like to watch a video?”
“Suddenly? What.”

A quick glance at her crystal orb revealed a video of her orb’s private life in a blind spot of her room.
I couldn’t believe it, but they were watching my every move. Even though I didn’t ask for this.

When I looked at Alba with a surprised face, she cupped her hands together, coughed, and rolled her eyes, pretending not to notice.

“Give it to me.”

I received the crystal ball and quickly engraved the image into my memory.

What happened until the day before Gusul disappeared and left the castle grounds.

Gusul, who was lying on the bed, was tapping his black socked feet and bruises.
Even if the mouth moves, no sound is heard. All I could get was visual information, but for some reason I could clearly feel the lonely air filling the room.

-…

The butler’s clothes taken off.
Gusul, wearing comfortable shorts and a thong tank top, had his arm on his forehead and was thinking about something for a long time.

She sometimes sighs, and sometimes sleeps holding her doll, as if she is lonely.
Was it when I guessed Gusul’s betrayal and told everyone?

I left the room and waited a long time to come back. As time gradually passed, the personal hobbies in the room began to disappear one by one.
I kept the window open, but the wind was always strong.
Like the wind that blows as the seasons change, the cool breeze that blows from the face that looks at you.
It was a wind that I also experienced once.

– Jump up.

Have you made up your mind?
The bead rose up.

When I first saw it. The room, which was filled with cute things, quickly became empty after a few days.
She placed her hand on her closet and took out several artifacts from it. She then displayed all the guns she loved so much on the floor of her room and began to disassemble them one by one.

Expressionless and slow.
From handguns, shotguns, and anti-materiel sniper rifles that were prized as masterpieces.
The hands that quickly removed the parts on their own were unusual.

-…

Disassemble the magic stone. Although it is detailed, it crushes and destroys small parts that are essential to the work.
When he touches the sniper rifle, he looks so distraught that it makes you feel like it was a waste.

Finally, I wonder if I have to do this. Hyeonta had his whole face on.

As time passed, Gusul’s emotions were not conveyed well through the video.
Sometimes he had a cold, machine-like expression, and sometimes the warmth in his face returned. Scratching her head, she headed outside the room to look for something. I had no idea what the marble was looking for.

The loneliness and resentment that appeared at first gradually disappear.
In the end, all that remained was a face that seemed to have given up.

Immediately after, the beads betrayed themselves.
It was a future we knew in advance.

Until you betray me. The beads in the crystal ball showed the process of understanding and accepting changes in the situation.
How could a marble that already has such good senses not be able to sense changes in its surroundings?
For some reason, I couldn’t speak because the situation seemed similar to what I was in three years ago.

Because in the end, you are this kind of person. Start by thinking about pushing it and shaking it off.
Is the difference between Gusul and me the fact that we accepted that unfair situation?

He disables his weapons, clears his surroundings, and prepares to leave.
Just like the conversation I had a long time ago, Gusu played the role of secretary to the best of her ability until she lost her feelings.

“So. “What was your intention in showing this?”

After quickly checking the video, I asked Alba.

“I see~ What is it~”

He smiled meaningfully and made cute eye movements. He muttered as he pulled his hat down so that only his mouth was visible.

“I thought it would be good for you to know before you think about it.”

Her.
I took the ebony boy who was standing next to me and patted his head and asked.

“What do you want to do?”

An ebony who knows the basics of the situation.
Because I was always busy, I probably spent a lot more time in my daily life than I did.

Ebony pondered my question for a moment before opening his mouth.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Five iron men wearing black hoods.
Gusul, who stood in front of him, extended the muzzle of the rifle he held in both hands to the front.

-Crash.

A pure form of magical power without any color was gathered in the muzzle of the gun. Bang.
The magical power released by the beads drew a comet in the sky following a single gunshot.

-Cuguagagagaga!

Soon, Suyu catches the falling barrage.
Armor sprouted on Su Yu’s body as she held the great sword, and the shape of a knight floated, creating a blue lake.

The barrage falling from the sky has the power to submerge part of the city with just one shot.
If Su Yu’s magic had not reduced the explosive power, not only the surrounding area but even the castle of the empire might have collapsed.

-With a splash!

The area of ​​the lakeside becomes wider following the movement of the water.

From the plains to the shores and over the hills. A bright yellow magic power that covers the entire mountain.
It was her right, upon attaining immortality, to draw all the magic that was rampant in her air into her body and make it hers and hers alone.

-Boo!

Suyu’s waist, wearing heavy armor, bent to the left. The great sword held behind his back was pointed towards the sky.

-Quaaaaa!

A sword that curves from the handle connected to both hands.
The space in all directions was cut by the extended, high-density sword.

A split atmosphere. The clouds followed the tip of the sword and moved away, piercing the sky with momentum.
A masterpiece standing on the right side of the marble jumped out and stretched out its hand to form a shield, but as soon as it could react, its right arm fell off along with the shield.

“For now, one thing.”

-Slap!

【 Stone stone · Cornus officinalis 】

“… !”

When the sword energy touches the woman’s shield, it pulls the body in like a black hole.

The five women floating in the sky felt a sense of danger and immediately dispersed, and Gusul created a platform in the air, kicked it down, and fired her firearm at Cornus officinalis.

-Bang! Bang!

A bullet that penetrates armor and sinks into flesh.
Cornus officinalis’ knees and shoulders were punctured and blood splattered.

-Crash.

However, hastily made artifacts quickly overheat and lose their shine.
When Gusul, who dropped the rifle, took out a pistol, Cornus officinalis, aiming for the opportunity, kicked off the ground and flew into the sky.

-Pazizik.

When the magical powers of the two collided, they pushed each other away like magnets with identical poles.

A musketeer who wields infinite magical power, and a knight who can absorb any magical energy and make it his own.
The beads that had released all the eons and exploded with power were not swayed by Cornus officinalis like before.

-Paaaaang!

Together with the magnetic field, the two people are pushed to the ground and sky, respectively.

As soon as the distance between them gets too far, the two people start firing swords and bullets.
The magical power of Cornus officinalis, which seemed to be drying up, is quickly filling up. Endless magical power emanated from the body of the bead.

It was a fight that seemed to have no end, but Sansuyu’s eyebrows furrowed for a moment.

‘… Also.’

Paralysis of the five senses felt during continuous combat.
Cornus officinalis obtained immortality and the permanent organ of her magic, but her body resembled the World Tree.

The purpose of her experiments performed on her in the first place was to form bodily organs that would surpass the number of her worlds.
The standard she wanted to catch up with was the body that made up the world tree.

Like her world tree, her organ that absorbs the magic in the air and turns it into its own power… A countermeasure has already been created by King Mokryeong a long time ago.

Although hers is superior. If the concept is the same, keeping things in check also works.

-Suddenly.

The body becomes stiff and does not listen to what I say.
The magic energy absorbed from the air repulsed each other and oppressed her body.

Although his original skills and power far surpass those of a marble. The four trees that resemble marbles are annoying.
If you set your mind to it, it might be possible to take them down one by one…

‘We have to remove the pillar first.’

Those five sacred trees are connected by an unknown power. If you knock down one tree, the strength of the other trees becomes stronger.

If all four trees are defeated, the power of the enlarged beads will far surpass that of Cornus officinalis.

Even if you get infinite organs. There is a limit to the amount of power you can produce on your own.
If you ignore this and use your power, your body will be damaged, like in the case of Mugung and Cheondo.

-Sigh.

Su Yu, holding the sword, narrowed her eyes as she was hit by a bullet.

‘… Also.’

It is impossible to defeat it without taking damage.

Give up
So, I moved on to the next alternative.

-Thud.

As soon as the magic power exploded, the magic power of cornelian cherry covered the empire.
Guardian knight. Golden magic is the power that is formed when you want to protect something.
Cornus officinalis’ sacred beliefs burst forth and became a strong support against Engahero’s army.

‘You just have to wait for Siheon.’

Honest like a puppy waiting for its owner!

Cornus officinalis was not alone.