How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 28

‘Familiar energy?’

What is it?

It was an incomprehensible thought. What kind of energy did Ravi feel from this watery membrane?

In the meantime, even when absorbing mana or accepting the energy of the night, this kind of thought did not come out.

If so, it means that it is not mana or night energy, but a different energy.

I didn’t even get a sense of what the heck that meant.

“G-”

No, looking into this is for now.

For now, the first step is to deal with the ghoul in front of you.

Whiik-

Xian swung his sword.

“That extreme!”

At that moment, the lying ghoul kicked Xian hard in the calf.

puck!

Xian’s eyes narrowed. I didn’t fall, but the pain that came up made me lose my posture for a moment.

That’s right!

Taking advantage of that gap, the guy kicked the ground hard and threw it away.

Seeing the back of the guy who was quickly moving away, Xian clicked his tongue.

‘They say that ghouls are less than 1/10 of their previous abilities.’

Even so, the movement was not normal.

When I opened my eyes and opened my mouth, I just felt like a tricky monster.

This unusual movement that came out from time to time caught my heart.

“draft! are you okay?”

“Poetry, Xi’an!”

companions came running. And then the mercenaries.

“Oh, thank you, thank you! Thanks to you, I live!”

“Perhaps the students of Everwhale… … Are you?”

The mercenaries were bleeding everywhere. Xian glanced over them briefly.

There were quite a few wounds, but luckily no serious injuries.

“yes. I came for an extracurricular class.”

“also!”

At Xian’s words, admiration flowed among the mercenaries.

Everwhale Academy is one of the most famous elite schools on the continent.

The perception that even if they are still students, they have the same skills as a decent knight.

The other party scratched their cheeks at the gaze of the mercenaries.

He’s not used to this kind of gaze.

Xian took a small breath.

It was a heartwarming and fresh sight, but now was not the time for that.

“What was that sound?”

“That sound? Oh, I almost got bitten by him… … .”

“No, before the screams.”

The roar that I heard before the scream.

It was only then that the mercenaries remembered it and looked at each other.

“Come to think of it, we came to see it because of that sound.”

“What the hell is going on… … .”

Looking at it now, it seems that the mercenaries have just arrived here.

Xian looked around at them, and before long he took the lead and started heading somewhere.

“Sian, where are you going?”

“I have something to check.”

ominous foreboding.

Xi’an walked straight ahead with a clear destination.

After that, the party and the mercenaries tilted their heads and chased after them.

And finally got there.

-sh*t! Why did this suddenly collapse!

―You were strong when you came!

―No, it was broken here and there… … .

―The map given by the Jeonghwa Church says that it is a strong bridge!

He could see that there were already a lot of mercenaries gathered there.

in front of a collapsed bridge.

“This, this… … .”

“Could it be that the bridge collapsed?”

“really!?”

Confused party and mercenaries.

Xian narrowed his eyes and pulled out a map from his chest.

‘The other way… … There is. I have to go back a bit, but it’s not like there’s no way.’

fortunately out of misfortune There was a detour leading from the ruins.

Although it was about three times the difference in distance, it was good news that I was not trapped at all.

But the good news was just there.

“uh? What is that?”

“what?”

“Over there… … .”

A mercenary pointed a finger somewhere.

people saw it

Like waves, I could see something rolling.

that.

“It’s a ghoul!”

“Take off the ghouls!”

A group of ghouls numbering in the hundreds.

Xian’s eyes widened slightly.

As if all the ghouls spread throughout the ruins were gathering, countless ghouls were gathering towards this place.

“evacuation! Evacuate toward the ruins!”

Right after that, Xian shouted with strong mana in his voice.

* * *

“aaagh!”

“What are so many!”

“crazy! My leg is also broken, but where are you going!”

before going into a panic.

“evacuation! Evacuate toward the ruins!”

Someone’s voice was clearly in their ears.

The mercenaries started running towards the ruins at the sound that sounded like it was hitting their brains.

And in the meantime, there was a man running together.

‘Nonsense… … . My meninges were pierced?’

The man couldn’t hide his embarrassed expression.

It was incomprehensible.

The cyan agrid he knew was never that strong, right?

[The King Hae-ryung runs wild.]

[Catch that cheeky little boy and shout out to draw blood.]

“Kuh… … .”

My head hurts like it’s going to break.

Why is this child reacting so violently?

It is embarrassing that Xian broke the water curtain, but this is not the first time that the water curtain itself has been broken.

Other times I didn’t react this way.

‘Hang in there!’

Now is not the time. But don’t worry. that time will come soon

He barely calmed down.

Fortunately, the headache gradually subsided. It meant that the owner of the thought had calmed down his anger.

‘Let’s go into the ruins and see the gap.’

He mingled with the people and entered the ruins.

The ghouls are still far away.

The mercenaries moved in perfect order and began to fortify the ruins.

The man was also pretending to build a barricade, carrying stones in moderation between them.

at that time.

“uh?”

There was someone blocking the man’s way.

it was cyan

Xian looked at the man with narrow eyes. With eyes full of questions and doubts.

‘Since when, in front of me… … . No, for now.’

The man’s eyes shook for a moment, but he soon regained his composure and opened his mouth.

Because there was a word prepared for the time I ran into Xian.

“no way… … are you xian You were alive!?”

His face flushed with emotion and his voice trembled.

It was a great performance, no matter how you look at it.

“Beriam.”

The man was someone Xian knew.

Xian’s expression and voice sank coldly.

As if it would freeze to the touch.

“How are you alive?”

Beriam Paulton.

Master, on that carriage trip where the real Xian died.

He was one of the people who fell along with Xian.

* * *

“Bring that over here!”

“Can we stop this one!?”

“Once later!”

There was no fuss in the ruins.

The hundreds of ghouls we saw earlier.

The entrance was blocked off and barricades were erected everywhere in case the guys came in.

“Not this way! It’s full of ghouls!”

“sh*t! After all, do we have no choice but to farm here?”

If all the people here work together, it might be possible to break through the ghouls.

But in the process, there will always be losers and victims.

The people here are not particularly family members, relatives, much less members of an organization such as the military.

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Just mere mercenaries from south to south.

For them, there was a very high possibility that the formation would collapse along the way.

“Still, the outside world will notice soon if an anomaly of this magnitude occurs!”

“You just have to hold on until then!”

It’s not even that far from the entrance.

I’m sure someone will notice and call for help.

Let’s hold on until then, and the mercenaries banded together to block all visible entrances.

Everyone moved quickly as they confirmed with their own eyes that there was nowhere to run.

In the midst of that chaos, Xian was confronting someone.

“no way… … are you xian You were alive!?”

“Beriam.”

I didn’t know who it was at first.

He was unrecognizable because of the large scars on his face as well as his body.

However, the shape of the face that remains in the scars, and the attitude that seems to know the young master.

A comment that said, “You’re alive.”

“How are you alive?”

I knew who it was. The wagon carrying Xian fell off the cliff.

It was an old friend of Xian who was riding there.

“That’s right, even if someone like me lived, there’s no way you would go like that even if I killed you, you wouldn’t die!”

The boy spoke with a big smile.

It was a face that could not have been more welcome.

“After the accident, when I came to my senses, I realized that I was somewhere on the coast. It must have been swept away by the river below. I barely survived because the people of the seaside village saved me.”

Saying that, Verium rolled up her sleeves to reveal the burn scars on her arms.

Not only the face and visible skin, but also the parts hidden by the clothes were full of scars.

“The divine magic is amazing. I received treatment at the nearby Purification Church, and they healed me without any aftereffects. Although the scars inevitably remained.”

“I see.”

Xian nodded.

If a miracle did happen, it wasn’t impossible.

“I was able to move around and I started asking about other kids… … As expected, they all seemed dead. I went to your house with a big heart, but I was kicked out at the door.”

“… … I didn’t even know you were alive. Perhaps your father controlled the information.”

“okay? Well, your dad said he didn’t like you hanging out with us. But what is that tone? information control? It’s not like you.”

Verium giggled and said.

Xian added simply.

“Because of the accident, my memory is a bit shaky.”

“aha.”

It was a major accident in which the entire wagon crashed into the Cheonae Cliff.

There were enough aftereffects of this kind.

“Move at once. Because now is not the time for this.”

“okay.”

Seeing Xian turn his back after saying that, Verium laughed.

At this moment, he really laughed.

draft. I was more cautious than I thought.

Didn’t you even have a weapon that you abandoned somewhere?

‘This will make things easier. If I knew it would be this easy, I wouldn’t have needed to borrow the ban.’

He walked naturally. Behind Xi’an.

Suddenly, in his hand was a dagger forged in blue water.

‘If you barely saved your life, shouldn’t you have quietly stayed at home?’

He swung his sword at the back of Xian’s neck.

An assassination sword that is light as if it does not contain any power, but has a solid foundation.

And blood gushed out.

“uh?”

Not from Sian’s neck, but from Beriam’s palm.

A black sword appeared and pierced the palm of his hand holding the water sword.

“You’re right, Ravi.”

Xian murmured.

What he found and blocked in front of Beriam.

It was all thanks to Ravi.

A sense of incongruity at the entrance of the ruins. The exact same reaction as that was shown by this man.

“Quaaagh!”

A scream echoed within the ruins.

Xian stepped on the palm and twisted the sword.

The tip of his sword cut into Verium’s throat.

“I had an idea. But I didn’t expect it to be true.”

Xian’s eyes sank.

An accident in which the coach the boy was riding crashed after being chased by a monster.

I’ve ever thought about it.

I wondered if it was an incident that wasn’t an accident.

But I couldn’t be sure because there was no evidence.

“Is it you?”

But now, the evidence appeared before my eyes.