Playing the Perfect Fox-Eyed Villain Chapter 94

Episode 94. The Bell of the Night

Linne was lost in thought, her head complicated with many thoughts.

It was so disconcerting to see that the body of the master who had been teaching him the right path and only showing him the right path was undergoing 'demonization'.

Furthermore, the sight of him swinging his sword at himself and Yurian.

'Even when he excommunicated Sir Yurian, he was the one who let him go without taking his life… … .'

What kind of change of heart must have occurred to make things so different?

A man who has overcome tens and hundreds of dangers with a sword in his hand, leaving behind his old age.

A star among swords that made its own name shine brightly among the shining stars of the empire.

Those who used to be like that have now abandoned even the name 'empire'.

“……Looking closely, I see you’re a familiar face?”

Linne, who was organizing her thoughts, raised her head at the sound of Yules's raised voice.

Her gaze caught sight of a man conversing with Yulsis.

Judging from his attire, he clearly isn't a demon breeder at this arena.

A slightly familiar face.

'ah!'

I remembered.

A man named 'Idel' who came with his master, the swordsman Haydn Reich.

'When on earth did you come?'

Was he so busy organizing his thoughts that he didn't notice? That's true, but it also seems like the man has become quite adept at hiding his presence.

“It’s been a long time, Your Majesty.”

“Yeah, what was your name…?”

Yules showed a slightly pleased expression at the familiar face.

'Do you know each other?'

While Yulsis was pondering such questions, he felt a presence around them.

'The stalkers who followed me before.'

Feeling that the three men's lives were solely directed towards her, she slowly placed her hand on the scabbard.

“My name is Edel.”

“Edel! Yes, Edel Hyrans!”

It's a familiar family name. Where have I heard it before?

As she thought deeply, she soon realized that the 'Hyrans' family was one of the noble families of the empire and what kind of fate they had met.

It's dangerous.

“Come to think of it, you too have sought asylum in the Holy Land…….”

As he was thinking that, Idel put his fist to Yules' stomach.

puck.

At the sight of Yulsis falling limply with a dull sound.

"majesty!"

Chae-Ang──!

She quickly drew her sword and tried to close the distance with the man named Idel in an instant, but it was only a breeze.

Two shadows appeared from the surroundings and blocked her path.

“Get out of the way!”

As she swung her sword, circulating mana throughout her body and converting it into aura, a man blocked it with a dagger.

Kang──!

Sparks flew with a sharp metallic sound, and the body of the man who blocked Linne's sword was lifted into the air.

“Ugh…….”

A look of bewilderment appeared on his face as he held the dagger.

Even though she was a disciple of the Black Sword Master, she was young and a woman, so she let her guard down.

Following it with her eyes, Linne swung the sword she had retrieved at the man's opening.

“Your aura is sharp.”

However, the attack was not successful.

The man who followed filled his colleague's opening and swung the sword he was holding to counterattack.

'It's tricky.'

Linne took a step back.

If it had come down to individual skill, it would have seemed like we could have won narrowly, but there were only two of them.

Even this kind of connection felt like a familiar movement.

“I will take the prince to the ceremonial hall, so leave this to you.”

After saying those words, Edel carried the fallen Yulsis and headed inside the arena.

“Stand there!”

In an attempt to catch up with him as he walked away, Linne swung her sword again, but this time she was only blocked by two men.

“That’s it. Pagan. Your prince only becomes a member of the ‘true’ Sun God Cult through a ‘ritual’.”

"……consciousness?"

"okay."

Looking at the men nodding, Linne bit her lip.

In fact, these are the black guards among the Seven Guardians who were sent by the High Priest Garrot to do dirty work for the Holy Nation.

Although they did not reveal their identities, Linne had a vague idea of them, seeing that they were of roughly the same skill level as her.

I don't know what they're planning to do, but it's certain that something is happening to Yulsis.

We have to stop it. But how?

It is unknown whether he can defeat those two with his own strength at this point.

Furthermore, even if you defeat them, the 'consciousness' I mentioned earlier may already be over.

‘Why at a time like this… … .’

Why isn't Sir Yulian here! No, I guess he was waiting for this moment.

“Oh, I shouldn’t have left my seat.”

But those complaints, and even anxiety, turned into relief when they heard a familiar voice.

“That’s right, because you’re away!”

Linne said with a slightly venomous tone.

I felt relieved that that man could solve anything, but I felt a sense of resistance to that feeling.

“Where did you take His Majesty Yulsis?”

Yurian, who had appeared out of nowhere, was calm.

Even with just this bit of information from the scene, it seems like you have a grasp of what's going on.

“The man that the Master brought was taken away. The location is…….”

“Probably, underground.”

“Are you sure?”

“Haha, I don’t really know. I just took a guess.”

How can you be joking in this situation?

Linne, slightly angry, was about to open her mouth bluntly, but the two black guards who were confronting her flinched at the word underground.

“Still, thanks to my joke, I think I figured out the location.”

Are you saying that it wasn't just a joke?

In this situation, he is a truly absurd man who would dig up information with such nonsense.

“Then, let’s organize these and quickly bring His Highness the Crown Prince…….”

“Leave these to me, and Sir Yurian, go to His Majesty Yulsis.”

In that sense, Linnaeus's judgment was quick.

Here, he believed that if he could capture those two black guards and send Yurian first, he could solve the problem.

“Are you okay? They are the Black Widow, the special forces of the Holy Nation. They could die.”

"anyway."

She put all her strength into the grip of her sword.

“No matter what happens to His Highness, he will still die.”

Yulian laughed briefly at Linne's words. Unlike the usual mockery, it was a smile that was a bit more emotional.

“That is also true.”

As soon as he said that, Yulian kicked the ground.

After kicking the wall at an incredible speed, Heukwi tried to stop him as he was about to cross to the other side, but Linne wouldn't let him.

“Your opponent is me!”

With one swing of the sword imbued with aura, he drove away the black guards, and as a result, he had no choice but to allow Yurian to move.

***

The basement of the Arena of Manjong is home to an absurdly large number of demons and 'triangle demons'.

Knowing that fact, it was quite difficult to climb the circular staircase leading to the basement.

The magic that pricked my skin told me that the triangle demon I had felt through 'Understanding the Demon' a little while ago was real.

'The lower you go, the thicker it gets.'

I wondered why they had brought Yulsis to a place like this.

Don't you know that the triangle demon lives here? If so, then it's like going there to die.

‘… … Ah, that’s it.’

As we went down, the question began to be resolved.

The magic was so thick it made my bones shiver, but I didn't show any hostility as I approached.

The scent of Yurian, known as the 'Demon Slayer', would be so unpleasant and horrifying to demons.

However, the fact that the guys with developed sense of smell don't show any hostility.

‘This place… … was a lonely battle.’

The Hall of Solitude.

A place where poisonous creatures are put together and made to eat each other, creating even stronger poison.

Here, poison refers to the demon's magic.

That means, it is a place where they perform a spell to trap and imprison multiple demons in one place, creating an enormous amount of magic.

To do that, you need to catch a lot of demons, but this place happens to be a place where 'many demon corpses' gather.

“It looks like the demons and their corpses used in the arena are gathered here.”

Finally, I reached the basement and opened my mouth, my feet clanking on the floor.

The demonic magic surrounding my body would have been so terrifying that a normal person would foam at the mouth and faint, but it didn't have much of an effect on me.

Instead, the crazy, squeamish patient frowned at the floor stained with demon blood and slime.

“You noticed without even looking around. You’re really quick-witted.”

Upon reaching the basement, the man who had come to the villa with Kensung, Idel, opened his mouth.

Surrounding the guy were two men who appeared to be priests and Yulsis.

On his drooping, unconscious head was a crown that looked like a laurel wreath.

“Are you thinking of giving a hint to Prince Yulsis?”

One of the dark relics that exists in the Holy Land.

'Carved Lie' is an item that allows you to use 'Mental World' magic, which is the highest level of Yin elemental magic.

“……How about this?”

“This relic is a top secret even within the Holy Nation…….”

“There is a separate document that records that top secret information.”

As he spoke with a slight smile, the color of 'fear' began to appear above the heads of the two priests.

It is already well known that this kind of show of bluff can shake the enemy's spirit.

Even, it's not a lie. The 'setting book' is also a document, right?

'hmm.'

Unlike the two priests, the man named 'Idel' showed little interest in what I had to say.

Rather, unlike the other two, it showed a distinct 'anger'. No, a red emotional color close to 'hatred'.

No, what is this little Yurian doing to other people… …. Ugh, let’s stop talking.

“Don’t listen to that guy. After all, your work has already been decided.”

The two priests nodded to Idel's words and turned their attention back to Yulsis, or more precisely, to the laurel wreath he wore on his head.

As the magical purple light from the priests' hands began to ripple, they began to be sucked into the laurel wreath.

The relic called 'Carved Lie' allows one to use high-level mental magic even without magical knowledge.

It requires a lot of energy. Whether it's mana or magic, it's a huge amount of energy.

In this battle of solitude, the energy called 'magic' was so overflowing that it was like air, so it was obvious that 'mental magic' would be cast unless there were any major problems.

Yeah, if there's no problem.

Srrrrung──!

As I watched the ceremony unfold, the sound of a sword being pulled from its scabbard tickled my ears.

“Don’t even think about interfering with the consciousness. If you do, I will spare your life.”

To lie.

“So, you say you’ll spare my life while still holding onto the will to live? You seem to have thicker skin than me.”

“Not as much as you. But, as you said…….”

He raised his hand to stop Idel from speaking.

There was a look of displeasure on the guy's face, but I didn't pay much attention to it and put my hand in my bosom.

“I don’t know what I did to you, but as a token of my apology, I’m giving you this beautiful bell.”

As he said that, he shook the 'Bell of the Night' that he had just acquired.

Clang──!

A small, soft sound created gentle ripples like a drop of water falling on a lake.

“……What are your intentions in this situation?”

“Doesn’t that sound good?”

Idel's eyes were filled with suspicion at the actions whose intentions were unknown.

I think he's a little nervous because he's confident that this guy wouldn't do something meaningless.

It seems that he is annoyed by the absurd act of 'ringing the bell'.

“Those words and actions always annoy me. But, since today will be the last day, please forgive me for this once…….”

“Huh, huh!?”

“Why is there magic in the laurel wreath…!?”

Edel, who had been speaking, looked in that direction at the confused voices of the priests heard from behind.

The purple glow that the holy relic, the 'engraved lie', held was gradually fading.

“……Could it be that the bell you shook earlier was also a sacred relic?”

“You noticed it without even touching it. You’re really quick-witted.”

I repeated what the guy said earlier.

As Edel said, the reason the light of the 'engraved lie' disappeared is because of this sacred relic, the 'Bell of the Night'.

A relic that allows one to use high-level 'mental magic' without magical knowledge. However, it requires a large amount of 'magic'.

'But what if, even if a lot of magic has gathered, we block its activity so that it cannot resonate?'

The 'magic' that permeates this place becomes nothing more than an air that simply makes you feel bad.

However, demons or humans undergoing demonization can use 'magic'.

The 'Magi' that has become quiet is still powerful, although its activity has decreased.

This 'Bell of the Night' is an effective holy relic targeting inanimate objects, not living creatures.

That is, a holy relic for the holy relic.

Useless in other situations, but in charge of high-grade relics.

Weak with the weak, strong with the strong.

It is said to be a sacred relic of 'Ganggangyakyak'.