Chapter 403
My Villains Episode 403
63. The Silver Prince's Knights(10)
It was only three words, but it was enough to make me feel this man's stubbornness, sense of authority, or old-fashioned power..
This is going to get a little tiring..
It's not something I would do in front of my father, whom I haven't seen in a long time, but I tried to gauge his strength first..
It is difficult to infer his skills as a knight, to the point where it is close to impossible, but a quick glance at his physical abilities will give you an answer..
According to Phoenix's memories, Count Akele was a little less than sixty years old. However, except for the lines drawn on the face, no traces of time can be found even if you wash your eyes and look..
Even at a glance, it is a rare sight with no bones. Broad shoulders, a flexible waist without any excess fat, and long limbs with just the right amount of muscle. A body that you would envy when you were young, clearly having been trained all your life.…….
but. Where did Phoenix’s superior physical strength come from? There's no way she resembles Lyra, who had a slim waist and wasn't that tall, so she must have inherited it from Count Akele..
Next, I want to look at the horsepower level.
“......dare.”
Before I could gather my energy and senses, the Count jumped up from his seat and attacked me..
visor!
I reflexively pulled out the black ice. At that moment, I thought of the dozens of blood knights I had encountered on the way up here and thought, “Oh my gosh,” but now was not the time to get distracted by such things..
I pulled out the blood test that had frozen for a split second and drew it..
Caen!
A hand with dark red scales grasped the black ice. Before he knew it, both of the Count's arms were clad in 'iron armor'..
“bouncer.”
Cold eyes filled with ferocity and a low growl. Then, a large crack appeared on the bloody blade..
Since the blade held by him didn't budge, I struck Count Permalo straight in the face..
Wow!
Instead of backing down, he headbutted Pummel. The shock from that was so great that I felt like I lost all my strength for a moment..
“Pfft-”
I instinctively leaned my upper body back..
A heavy blast rose from below the field of vision. It was a kick aimed at the groin..
enemy.
The dagger-like claws on the dark red scaled feet grazed its chin. The cut is so deep that you can feel the wind through your bones..
I quickly brought up my blood and stopped the bleeding from the wound. However, Seonhyeolbaek's control over blood quickly eroded that short gap..
Pak!
“Mr. Geese-”
I tried to show off my blood to thwart his trick, but the count ended up bursting with blood flying from my chin. Blood fragments the size of fingernails exploded like bombs, grazing my chin and cheeks and digging into my chest. The temporary leather armor quickly became tatters. Even though it was temporary, it was a pretty good item with a thin iron plate on the inside and rivets.…….
“Off,”
I'm glad I managed to raise my arms, my neck almost became a rag in an instant..
Of course, there was no time to feel relieved that his life had been saved. I gritted my teeth and twisted the hilt of the knife..
Depending on your height-
As a unique long sword, he twisted the incredibly sharp and strong blade with all his might, causing several scales to break off in the count's grasp. As his grip loosened, I quickly retrieved my long sword and rolled back..
“wretched guy
Instead of running after me, the bloodbath stood arrogantly and sneered. While I was pinned against the wall, he was wearing iron armor all over his body except his face..
““He played a trick right in front of me, and now he’s squirming like a frightened salamander.” If Heila's iron-blooded armor was reminiscent of an elegant dragon, Count Akele's seemed to be made of hundreds or thousands of small, sharp pieces of metal in the shape of a human being. My skin feels dizzy from anticipation that I can't dare approach.…….
But strangely enough, the feeling that arose in my heart at this moment was not fear..
It was a fierce fighting spirit..
“…… Ha, X arm. “He’s a man who is old and has a bad temper.” The moment Count Akelle's eyebrows twitched at my swearing, I muttered some starter words in my mouth. It's called 'Aello'.
pop!
The magic boots blew out wind with a cheerful sound. He kicked off the wall, bounced at an angle close to horizontal, and stabbed his long sword like a thunderbolt..
“ O ” •
kacang!
The blade grazed the back of the Count's head. Following a fairly heavy touch, the dark red scales broke apart..
You have to push on without stopping. While balancing in the air, I hit my shoulder. As soon as he put his feet on the ground, he thrust his weight between his arms. I dodged the five claws aimed at my eyes and hit my wrist with the pummel. He swung the long sword above his head and pretended to aim for the neck, then struck the top of his head in one go..
Kyaang!
While blocking the horizontal slash with his scale-covered left forearm, the white blood stretched out his right hand like a thunderbolt and aimed for my neck. I tilted my shoulder to avoid it, and then a low kick was aimed at my knee. I thought it was a good idea to avoid it, so I quickly lowered my sword and defended myself. At that moment, the count twisted his pelvis and changed the path of the kick..
Wow-
“Ugh,”
I barely managed to block it by raising my left arm, but the count's shin shattered my shoulder blade and sent the force of the impact all the way to my neck..
Kkwangwang!
The moment my eyesight darkened, I found myself lying down in a dark hallway. After fainting for a moment, he broke the stone wall of his new room and fell down the stairs..
“……“Hehe, hehe.” I woke up shakily, and before I knew it, fifteen blood knights had appeared and surrounded me..
“step back.”
They quietly dispersed at the words Count Achelé spoke as he leisurely came down the stairs..
“Well, for your age, you're pretty energetic..”
“Only the snout survived..”
As I stagger back, my back touches another stone wall. I immediately got excited. The tip of my right finger snaps! It exploded, and five whips of blood rushed towards the standing bloodbaek..
“Hmm.”
The whip flew, shattering the torch and the wooden spear, and was scattered to pieces before it even reached the count's body. The influence he had on the blood acted like an anti-magic shield, neutralizing the blood energy..
……under. This guy is a pure monster..
The amount of magical power and blood felt is not as strong as Heila's, but its cohesion and strength are incomparable to hers. Is this the power of blood magic that has been honed over fifty years?…….
“……Is fighting spirit still worth using? On the topic of bug babies that eat their mother,.”
A clear darkness is evident in the indifferent tone of voice. The true identity of the emotion that the Count could not hide was none other than hatred..
“Haha.”
I used the momentary gap created by the bloody whip to grab the black ice that was lying on the floor. I let out a low laugh, staining the blade with the blood that seeped from my palm..
“Spit in the face, straight up. If I'm a bug, you're a bug too, you idiot..”
Count Akelle paused for a moment and spoke with his lips parted..
“okay. You look like me, you damned bastard.”
Tsuuu.
Like paint spreading on white paper, red color spread in the air. The blood glow stretched out and took shape..
It was a long spear, no, it was a long glaive made of blood..
“……X arm, really.”
It is a ‘Blood Weapon’ that can only be created by mastering the Blood Knight’s Tier 1 skill, ‘Blood Blade’.…….
I suppressed the feeling of helplessness and brought up my energy..
Grumbling
Dark red scales covered the left shoulder and arm. It wasn't as good as Heyla or Akele in front of me, but it was enough to move the broken joints..
As I raised the black ice with great force, the white blooded man swung his weapon. A long glaive over 3 meters long hangs on the wall and ceiling, cracking the stone wall like soft ice cream..
“This is a mess-!”
Before I could finish speaking, the glaive and black ice collided..
bang!
Count Akele quietly looked down at Phoenix, who was covered in blood and lying down..
Seonhyeolbaek and Poinix looked so similar that even a stranger could immediately tell that they were father and son.…….
A shadow was cast on the face of Count Akelle, who stood alone in the dark hallway. Observing Phoenix's face, the middle-aged count reflected on his youth. Eventually, he found something he missed in his torn and bruised face..
Long eyes, thin nose bridge, thick earlobes and curly hair.
The time when I learned the most precious things in the world from a lowly slave.…….
“dismissal.”
Jang Han walked out from among the blood knights who had retreated from behind the shadows..
“I'll call a priest.”
“……No, it's done..”
“Then take the potion,”
The Count shook his head at the words of Blood Knight Eordan..
“That guy is Zahakar..”
“All right.”
Eordan, who sensed Akelle's intentions, sent a glance behind her..
Of the twenty blood knights waiting, slightly more than half stepped forward. They surrounded the stunned Phoenix, pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the palm of his hand..
The blood shed by the Black Snake Blood Knights slid down the uneven floor. It was towards Phoenix..
The blood that had soaked the floor dried little by little and disappeared without a trace. Poinix, who was covered in blood, was also cleaned up. The dark red stains that had colored the torn armor and pants also disappeared..
The pure-blooded white man who was looking at the scene turned around, scattering the sharp iron armor..
“-Ugh, ugh.!”
I let out a scream that I couldn't tell whether it was a scream or a scream, and suddenly raised my upper body..
“eww… … uh?”
““Did you cough?” an old voice.
When I turned my head, I saw an old man sitting on the bed where I woke up..
“who are you?”
“Hehehe. It's so sad. I guess you don’t remember me??”
“uh……
Seventy, or maybe eighty? Anyway, he was an old man whose age was difficult to estimate..
While I was looking at that wrinkled, flowing face, a vague scene flashed through my mind. Phoenix's childhood
Memories of “… … Mr. Halman?”
The old man's smile added wrinkles.
“You remember..”
“Why is Mr. Halman here?.”
About eleven years old? Phoenix was left alone without a mother in 'Tau's Den', a snake cave where only meat of flesh and blood can be found..
Of course, that doesn't mean I've ever been bullied by my peer group or blood relatives. Just as Zahakar and Baluin are monsters with little to no emotions, the children who inherited their blood also did not invest time and energy into useless things like torturing the count's face..
Of course there were exceptions. Ganix was such a case..
Ganix was Poinix's half-brother, who was three years older than him. He was the eldest son with pure blood and white blood, and was also seen as a likely candidate to become the pregnant woman..
Like Zahakar, he also had no interest in his half-brother, but one day, after losing in a sparring match with Phoenix, he harbored a grudge against him..
Looking back, the hostility and revenge that Ga Nix showed even as a teenager went beyond common sense. Well, it should be said that it is Zahakkar-like, since only negative emotions exploded disproportionately while there were almost no positive emotions..
Anyway, the main method that Ganix used to harass Poinix at that time was to mobilize the servants of the palace..
Ganix was too noble to perform childish and vulgar pranks, such as throwing dirt on the bed, removing wooden windows during a storm, or putting highly acid-spewing ants in his shoes. It was always the servants who put his delightful imaginations into practice..
The harassment continued for over half a year. Zahakar and Baluin did not care about such childish things, and other servants and soldiers did not dare to question what Ganix was doing. Whether it was right or wrong, it was obvious that the moment you rebel against Zaharkar, you will be beheaded..
Although Poynix responded in his own way, Ganix had so many servants that he didn't even bother to ask a couple of people..
Oh, it's not that there was no Phoenix episode at all. Ayla was with you.
She washed the blanket soaked in feces and urine, gave me warm tea on a day when my whole body was soaked, and when my toe was bitten by an ant and swollen to the size of a fist, she wept and applied ointment instead..
But even the kind-hearted Ayla could not finish the task. No one expected that the ugly and talentless girl would become a 'noble maid', so Ayla was simply treated as a defective product of the family..
The person who solved the problem at that time was this old man, Mr. Halman..
He, the butler of 'Serpent Paul', Count Akelle's castle, captured seven servants who had been harassing me and cut off their heads. As if that wasn't enough, he whipped his nanny on Ganix's behalf. It is said to be a sin of wrongly honoring a noble lineage..
It is difficult for Kim Seung-su to understand that only the common people around him died due to Ganix's fault. However, by the standards of this world, it was a very fair and severe punishment. It was enough to give Ganix a warning message and at the same time slightly damage his prestige..
The reason that Mr. Halman, neither Zahakar nor Baluin, was able to take such action was because he was a blood-white butler..
Zahakar and Baluin, who had various defects in areas related to emotions, needed the assistance of 'sane' people to rule over the ordinary people. The title most often held by those who played that role was deacon..
In short, Mr. Halman played a role similar to an interpreter, helping Count Akele understand general emotions. Since he was one of the Count's henchmen, he was able to indirectly punish the Count's legitimate eldest son..
“……Why is someone like that here?.”
“I thought the Count would be away for a long time, so I took the old man and followed him..”
Mr. Halman smiled and added,.
“It's been almost ten years since I last visited Tau's Den, and it's been ten years since I last saw you, Master. I had no idea it would turn out to be such a constitutional book..”
I just woke up after fainting, and I can't come to my senses because the old man I only remember is showing off his familiarity. As I was organizing my complicated thoughts and choosing words, the old man nodded with a smile..
“indeed. It's just as the Count said..”
“……What is it?”
“It's you, Mr..”
“It's me?”
“yes. Master, you are not Zahakar. Never.”
……Ha, really. What the hell did I do wrong, everyone??
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