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Chapter 62. Arrangement (6)
11.
The place where the darkness of the night first falls.
Muak referred to that place as the southern front. Upon hearing this, Ulan and his party closed their mouths as if momentarily speechless.
Some time after that.
The group, who belatedly realized the situation, each frowned and muttered.
“Wait a minute, that means… … .”
“Are you saying we have to go back the way we came?”
Sven crumpled his face.
It was because he secretly crossed the southern front line and came all the way here without being noticed by anyone, but when they told him to go back there, he lost his temper.
Then, Laurea opened her mouth.
“I guess that’s good.”
There is no need to go back the way you came.
Above all, since this was the eighth trial of the warrior and was related to the abyss, I could go anywhere as long as the destination was clear.
“But the problem is that the southern front line will soon turn into a battlefield. and… … .”
She blurted out her words and looked away.
The place where the amber eyes are directed is the fundamental reason why the Empire declared war on the Desert Church.
It was Perticia.
If her existence were discovered in this situation, the situation would become very complicated. So Laurea voiced her concerns.
Meanwhile, she was not the only one who reacted with concern. Muak, who had been quietly listening to the group’s conversation, shook his head and added to her words.
“I agree with the statement that the southern front is dangerous. “It’s not only because the imperial army is advancing soon, but because there’s a blood-crazed demon there.”
“A blood-crazed devil?”
“… … Istan el Deorg.”
Muak gritted his teeth.
Immediately, he clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning like fire.
“This guy is a crazy monster who swings his sword first, regardless of age or gender, if he is related to the cult, and is a murderer officially designated by the cult.”
At the sudden outpouring of Istan’s name, the group looked at Ibella with their mouths closed, without anyone speaking first.
Meanwhile, she had a subtle expression as she received everyone’s attention. As if I never thought I would hear Istan’s name in a place like this.
“If you get tangled up with that guy, no matter how much you do it, you’ll get tired. So, I understand why you have such a reaction.”
“… … .”
Strictly speaking, we are already entangled.
Because it was Istan El Deorg who helped Ulan and his party pass the southern front and reach the desert in the first place.
‘If it turns out that Count Deorg is looking after us… … .’
That would be more of a headache.
There was a possibility that he would not receive Muak’s cooperation. Muak’s reaction, speaking in anger while explaining Istan, is evidence.
‘… … ‘I definitely don’t want to get caught.’
Noah’s eyes brightened seriously.
Meanwhile, Muak, who had been gossiping about Istan for a while, suddenly changed the topic.
“But don’t worry too much.”
“yes?”
“A place where the darkness of the night falls.”
After giving an incomprehensible answer, Muak unfolded the map. It was a map depicting the northern part of the desert, including the southern front.
“I said it was the southern front earlier, but strictly speaking, I didn’t mean the front line itself, but a specific area near it.”
After speaking, he stretched out his finger and pointed to a place a little further down from the southern front.
Noah saw this and opened his eyes wide.
“This place… … .”
According to the map, it is about half a span away.
As a rough estimate, it is an ambiguous location, about half a day’s walk from the front line.
In the event of a battle, it is a place so dangerous that it could most likely become a battlefield. On the other hand, Noah and Laurea’s eyes sparkled when they saw the map.
“Hmm, it would be okay here.”
“Iknow, right. “I don’t think we’ll get caught if we get there quickly before the empire advances.”
Just before setting foot in the desert.
Istan said:
It is said that the imperial army will advance into the desert only after the arrival of the Northern Fierce Sword, one of the five swords.
‘And for the chest sword to arrive… … .’
Looking at the distance, there is roughly a week left.
Today was the third day since the Ulan group entered the desert, so the imperial army would not advance until four days from now.
It was around this time that opinions came together.
Ulan got up from his seat.
“Then we’d better move right away.”
“what? “Is it this late at night?”
“It is better to hurry even if you are a little tired than to get caught up in troublesome matters.”
It wasn’t wrong.
Ybella, who was thinking deeply, nodded as if she understood. Then Muak, who was watching this, readily spoke up.
“If you need to hurry, I’ll tell you a shortcut.”
“hmm? “Is there a shortcut?”
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“Okay, follow us.”
Muak nodded at Ulan, who was questioning him, and quickly turned around as if to ask him to follow.
Accordingly, Ulan and his party headed north, following Muak. Eventually, everyone disappeared and the campsite was quickly covered in darkness.
As if no one was there from the beginning.
12.
Meanwhile, around that time.
When the news that the Tower of Zartoum had collapsed arrived, the Desert Church was literally shaken up.
“… … I beg your pardon?”
The leader of the Desert Church.
Arena Rudric’s eyebrows trembled.
She asked repeatedly to make sure she had not misheard what she had just received.
“Say it again. What now… … .”
“Well, that means the fourth tower that was excavated collapsed.”
The elder who came to report trembled as if he was under pressure from the arena and answered. At this, Arena gently furrowed her eyebrows.
“Why did the tower that was fine… … .”
Does it suddenly collapse?
Although such questions arose, the fact that the tower collapsed itself was not particularly important.
There is something else that is really important.
Arena asked directly.
“What happened to the Sealing Chest?”
“that is… … .”
The elder is once again equivocating.
Did you feel something ominous about that sight? Arena pressed, raising her eyes, and the elder responded with a half-resigned sigh of her own.
“It is said that Muak Ludric stole the Sealing Box and escaped.”
“… … !?”
Arena’s expression hardened in an instant.
After a while, her body trembled with anger and she shouted in an angry voice.
“Follow me right away. Right Now!”
“So, the tracking party… … .”
“No, that alone is not enough.”
Although the number of the tracking team was not revealed yet, Arena shook his head vigorously. She continued, her face still stern.
“Let’s find it as quickly as possible, even if it means mobilizing all of the church’s warriors! “Don’t even think about coming back until you find him!”
“Yes, yes! All right!”
The elder, who was very intimidated by the fierce atmosphere, left the scene as if running away. She was left alone afterwards and Arena clawed her nails with a nervous look on her face.
“… … Ugh, ugh. no. You can’t offend him in this situation. How did I come to this place… … .”
An expression clearly showing signs of anxiety.
The proud appearance he had shown just now had disappeared, and Arena was restless, wandering around the temple frantically.
How long has it been like that?
Suddenly, footsteps were heard from far away.
“Cyo, cult leader!”
The person who came running with a pale face was the elder who had left after receiving Arena’s orders a little while ago.
Meanwhile, upon his reappearance, Arena’s complexion hardened as if he had never looked anxious before. Then she screamed in a nervous voice.
“I definitely told you not to come back until you find Muak Ludrik… … .”
“It’s urgent! The Divine Beast has moved!”
“… … what?”
At that moment, Arena asked blankly.
He looked even more surprised than when he received the news that the tower had collapsed.
It was natural. The desert cult’s divine beasts, called Ludrick’s descendants, had not emerged from deep underground in the church’s headquarters for a long time.
In fact, even when Arena Ludrick became the new leader with the help of the Abyss, none of Ludric’s descendants were even seen.
Therefore, the report that Shinsu had moved was enough to surprise the arena.
“Si, why is Shinsoo suddenly… … ?”
“We haven’t figured it out yet. However, based on the travel route, the approximate destination was guessed!”
“Where is it?”
“Forbidden land. “It is the tip of the North and borders the Leuven Empire.”
Arena tilted her head as if she was even more confused at the answer she received. It was because I didn’t understand why Ludrick’s family was going there.
“why… … ?”
A murmur filled with incomprehensible questions.
But there was no one who could answer her questions. In this way, the temple was filled with embarrassing silence.
13.
Southern headquarters of the Leuven Empire.
The front line bordering the desert was crowded with people today as well. This was because of the masters and knights convened from all over the empire.
However, unlike the bustle, the atmosphere at the front was full of tension, like walking on thin ice. This was because there was a possibility that an all-out war might break out soon.
“Hmm.”
The front line wasn’t the only place where chilly tension flowed. The commander’s office was also filled with a rigid atmosphere.
“It looks like the heretics are still trending.”
A blonde man who was reading a report.
The commander-in-chief of the Southern Command, Count Istan El Deorg, clicked his tongue. Then he looked at the adjutant waiting in front and spoke to him.
“Are there any special signs?”
“Yes, nothing has been reported yet.”
Istan frowned again.
Because it was unexpected. Until a few days ago, there were signs that they would immediately advance across the front line, but the offensive has suddenly calmed down recently.
‘That’s not all.’
The demonic beasts that had been rampaging throughout the desert also disappeared all at once. Thanks to this, the desert is now filled with quiet silence.
The only problem was that this feeling of silence was very similar to that of Before the Storm. Then, a guess suddenly occurred to me.
‘Is it perhaps thanks to Ulan and his party?’
The point at which the attacks of the pagans subsided.
The time when the demonic beasts disappeared coincided with the time when Ulan and his party entered the desert.
Of course, it could have been just a coincidence, but for some reason, I felt that way.
‘I wanted to accompany you, but… … .’
This incident somehow feels bad.
This is my intuition as a soldier and master who has been in the desert for ten years. So he wanted to join Ulan and his party to investigate the desert.
But I couldn’t.
The position of commander-in-chief was the reason, but the more fundamental reason was the summons issued by Chartrand.
‘I have no choice but to wait for information that will be helpful to the war situation.’
Around the time I looked at the center of the desert and thought to myself, The deputy who was talking to someone outside the door suddenly spoke up.
“Your Excellency, I am told that the reconnaissance unit led by Lieutenant Alec Dropin has returned.”
“hmm? As for Lieutenant Alec’s unit… … .”
“This is a unit that lost contact in the desert. According to what I just heard, half of the unit was wiped out in a surprise attack by the heretics.”
Istan’s eyebrows twitched upon hearing the news that half of the unit was wiped out.
“But you managed to come back alive.”
“Yes, but there is something a little puzzling about it.”
“What part is it?”
“It is reported that the flare used by Lieutenant Alec’s reconnaissance unit to request rescue is identical to the flare used by the Crow Brigade.”
“… … what?”
Istan’s face hardened.
It was worth it.
Because only Istan can use the Crow Brigade’s flares. On the other hand, Istan never gave Lieutenant Alek a signal.
In the first place, if I had to pick the last time I handed a signal flare to someone else, there was only one. And this is the moment that came to mind.
‘Wait a minute, that means… … !’
Istan’s eyes flashed once.
This was because I had a feel for how Lieutenant Alec used the Crow Brigade’s signal flares.
“So, I would like to ask if His Excellency has ever personally given you a signal… … .”
“This way, no, I guess I’ll have to go myself.”
“… … yes?”
“Lead the way.”
Istan got up from his seat.
Immediately after, he tapped the shoulder of the adjutant who was looking at him blankly and then turned around.
“I need to see Lieutenant Alec.”
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