Chapter 479
My Villains Episode 479
66. silver prince(34)
When Prince Silver and his party left the emperor's military camp, they were confused when they discovered a wyvern that appeared out of nowhere..
A group of fishing boats located some distance to the northwest also discovered this..
“……“Is this the beginning?” The person at the head of the group muttered. The middle-aged man had a stately physique and was wearing richly decorated plate armor, and his skin was dull and puffy under his eyes, which did not match his noble appearance..
He looked up at the sky with red, blood-lined eyes. A faint mist billowed behind the wings of the wyvern that cut through the sky alone..
The fog also became thicker in proportion to the speed at which the dark, humid airflow that filled the surrounding area thickened. The bright sunlight met the fog and shook and scattered. Every time that happens, another wyvern pops out from the fog..
“ majesty." Captain Buakan, a confidant, approached the Duke of Avilambus, a middle-aged man looking up at the sky..
“You'd better hurry. There is nothing to gain by staying here..”
“……okay. I guess I should go home now.”
The duke answered in a cracked voice, blinked and rubbed his temples. Then he slowly turned his head and looked up at the flag the rider was holding. This is the family crest, embroidered with a picture of three wyverns flying into the sky..
“I can't believe Strom abandoned the wyvern. What a shame this is.”
“Don't be discouraged, Your Majesty. Half of them were already corpses, and most of the rest were unable to return to their mission..”
The duke's bloodshot eyes passed by Captain Buacán and turned to an imperial knight. Girgion was a knight from the Hanmihan family who won the position of vice-captain of the Dragon Knights solely through his skills..
“How many wyverns are left in the family??”
“Yes, your Majesty..”
8Even as he watched his wyvern, with whom he had lived and died for years, turning into a corpse and flying away, the dragon knight's face was no different from usual. He even erased the dark traces from his eyes and reported to his master..
“Although there are sufficient numbers of subadults and young, it is difficult to restore full strength in the near future. If you allow it, I will focus on searching the mountains and cliffs for a while to collect eggs..”
“……No, that won’t happen.” "yes? Yes, Your Highness,”
“it's okay. As this war proved, the era of dragon knights is over..”
In response to Duke Avilambus's assertion, Girgyon hastened to plead..
“It is true that the Dragoons did not make a decisive performance, but their mobility and reconnaissance abilities are beyond doubt..”
“I know. But isn’t it inefficient to raise fifty or sixty wyverns just to deliver a few letters? In that case, it would be cheaper to hire more wizards.” "majesty. Isn't the situation at all different from the time when we couldn't even escape the Topal region because we had to rely only on Wyvern Stone??”
The Wyvern Stone is a huge crystal ball embedded in the center of the Hundred Years Castle and is a relic of an ancient empire that fell over 700 years ago..
No one knows exactly what magic is contained in that mysterious, old crystal ball, but bringing a wyvern nearby has the effect of making it docile. However, the effect was not permanent, so you had to contact the Wyvern Stone once every two days to handle the Wyvern reliably..
“Now that we have the support of Yeonggeummun, we can use the Dragon Knight much more usefully and broadly. You also confirmed it in this war, right?.”
By using Yeonggeummun's magic, especially the kind that suppresses the mind, the effectiveness of the Wyvern Stone could be dramatically increased. An example is the fact that the brave knights, who could not even escape Topal, the province to which Baeknyeonseong belongs, performed their missions in the High Castle and Plateau areas..
Despite Girgion's earnest persuasion, Duke Avilambus firmly shook his head..
“There is no support from Yeonggeummun anymore..”
“Your Majesty, what is that?.”
“It may be true that Yeonggeummun is orthodox, but you can't join hands with the apostle's gang, right?.”
“Apostle-”
Puuk.
“Huh,”
Gir Gion swallowed his breath and fell from his horse due to the sharp pain he felt at the back of his neck. His hands holding his neck were instantly stained with blood..
“I'm sorry.”
Duke Avilambus pulled the reins and turned around. Captain Buakan, mage Go Sein, and senior military officer Vermillo followed him. All that was left in front of Gir Gion, who was lying down and croaking, were a few knights and a priest..
“Tsk. I shouldn't have crossed the line like that.”
Geyer, an old knight who serves as the duke's diplomatic advisor, clicked his tongue while holding a bloody sword..
“No matter how much you wanted to increase the effectiveness of the wyvern, you dared to join hands with a necromancer. Can you still call yourself a Gwangmyeong believer??”
“……Go, river. necromancy, magic?”
The reason Girgion was still alive was because he managed to twist his body the moment a knife flew at him from behind. However, as if his reflexes and luck weren't enough, the blood flowing from the nape of his neck was already beyond what he could stop with his hands..
“Huh... … . her.”
The dying dragon knight had a general idea of the situation and sighed..
“I have nothing. Your Majesty,”
““It’s ugly until the end.” At Geier's glance, a middle-aged man wearing a purple priest's robe took a step forward..
“Lord who shines alone.”
“Daero, Daeropios, nim. I am.”
The evil dragon that borrowed the power of the necromancer wriggled and scratched the ground like a bug. Facing his pleading eyes, the duke's loyal priest recited a low prayer..
“The poor servant walked through the dark valley and ended up falling. Lord, guide him with your mercy.” “My son. Only my son.”
“The blind servant stretched out his hand, covered in filth. Wash it..”
The priest placed his hand as if laying hands on the top of the head of the dragon knight who wriggled and crawled over. Immediately after, white flames poured out and covered his entire body..
Despite the terrible screams coming from behind, Duke Avilambus never turned around..
“Sir Ozanne?”
““We are waiting at the border of Bühls-Rue and Angst with about 300 cavalry.” Unlike his lord, Captain Buakan, who had his eyes on the end of his long-time comrade, cleared his throat and answered..
“As soon as the sun rises tomorrow, I will run to the Emperor..”
“The policy must have been communicated well.?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Rest assured, we've explained it to you several times./
“You shouldn't overdo it..”
“Sir Ozanne is a knight who is not only a dancer, but also has excellent judgment. You can't miss it.”
“I hope so.”
Duke Avilambus' gaze turned to the sky again..
The magical power of the dark world shrouded like a fog, and this time the number increased to about twenty in a short period of time. It was a squadron of dead wyverns..
The duke prayed earnestly in his heart..
I hope they kill Prince Silver. I hope you kill all of Ulkar's men, including the Red Knight..
‘It wouldn't be any better if they even cleaned up the emperor.……
Of course, this is an excessive expectation. However, considering the risk the duke himself had to bear, it would not be such an absurd wish..
but. Didn't he borrow the power of a necromancer called the King of Death and join hands with the being who inherited that name?.
At some point, the undead that formed an alliance started to get more and more tasteful, and recently even began to spill demonic energy. The duke, who formed an alliance with a being from the underworld, has also become entangled with the dark world..
If this unholy regiment becomes known to the world, that will be the end of Duke Avilambus. The same goes for his family..
‘Since it's such a risk, at least Prince Silver... … . Or even if you kill the bandit, it would be right to die..’
In fact, the emperor's death is not entirely beneficial to the duke. It would be much better for the emperor to be alive in order to drive out the great army of the Kingdom of Milan who is messing with the border..
On the other hand, the more the silver prince's blood flows, the better. If you just eliminate the enemy knights, you will be able to breathe much easier. He was confident that if Prince Eun himself died, he would regain his lost territory within a few years..
“Lord.”
The Duke of Avilambus muttered this and tightly held the crucifix around his neck. As if in response, Girgion, who had been dancing in the distance, engulfed in sacred flames, fell down..
“••••••let's go.”
The terrible screams stopped and the duke picked up his spurs..
“What the heck is this?” As if black yellow dust was blowing in, something similar to a cloudy, hazy fog was coloring the sky..
The being flapping its wings in the middle of it all was none other than a wyvern. When I first discovered it, it was only one, but as it got closer, the number slowly increased and quickly became dozens..
“Undead.”
The one who muttered in disbelief was Princess Theodora, riding the white horse Brightmere..
Her voice gave me strength again. Most of them looked fine, but some wyverns had scales and flesh falling off, exposing bones, were torn somewhere and were shaking, or had dark red liquid stuck to their heads or chests..
“It's true. Why suddenly go undead?……
“It's similar to what happened in Asag..”
During the war, Princess Theodora helped Lord Ankir and others create a detour for cavalry through the vast wetlands of Asag. At that time, she sensed demon energy and searched for Asag, encountering a large number of undead hordes in the process. After defeating them, I found a bone disk containing demonic energy..
Now that I think about it, the situation was somewhat similar to that time. Not long after the demonic energy was felt, undead Wyverns appeared in droves.…….
“It's suspicious..”
Prince Ulkar glared at the wyverns and the magical fog surrounding them with narrowed eyes..
“Spread out and prepare for battle..”
Doubts aside, the undead are beings that cannot be understood in general. The reason the prince prepared for the fight first was extremely
It was a natural decision.
“spread out!”
“All members, be on guard.!”
At the shouts of the two knights, Lyam and Hülter, the seventy cavalrymen who had left the imperial army's garrison and advanced toward the plain dispersed at an appropriate distance..
“The light that stands alone-”
Meanwhile, Princess Theodora took out a spear from the saddle, lifted the reins, and leapt forward. Then, he raised the spear high with his right hand and held the pendant around his neck with his left hand..
“Rest in peace to the dead!”
The moment I shouted, a flash of light erupted from the ‘Savior’s Pendant’. The light flowed through the princess's body and onto the spear, and finally reached its peak of brightness at the spear blade..
Jang!
‘It was the ‘divine sun’.
The small sun rising above the princess's window was so bright that the son-in-law felt like it was dark for a moment. The sacred rays showed off their powerful presence like pinpoint lighting on a darkened stage in the theme of the blue sky in broad daylight..
“oh lord……
“Ugh.”
Witnessing the power exercised by Princess Theodora, some cried out in awe and admiration, while others covered their eyes. I fixed my eyes with frowning eyes to enjoy the sight of a group of wyverns exposed to the sacred sun being reduced to ash..
however.
“uh?”
Gooooooooo! A roar like a fierce waterfall hitting a huge rock filled the field..
The scene unfolding before my eyes was not much different from that. The divine radiance that stretched out to cover one side of the sky was blocked by a black wall..
“This it-”
As the princess groaned and gritted her teeth, a jagged ring-shaped light appeared on the top of her head. It was a ‘crown of light’, a power that doubled the efficiency of divine power..
Guung, Kugu Gugung!
The sacred sun became brighter. However, the wall, which felt strong magical energy, did not break in the end, even though it vibrated as if it would shatter at any moment..
Only after the princess's spear lost its light did the white wall floating in the air disperse like fine sand. No, it took the form of road fog.
As the light faded and it became dark for a moment, the number of corpse Wyverns seeping out of the unidentified fog exceeded fifty..
And as the distance between them shortened, my observations became more accurate. It was thanks to him that I noticed that there was a figure riding on the lead corpse wyvern..
“……death knight?”
I quickly had to correct my thoughts..
The two-handed sword that oozed evil energy, the cloak that resembled bat wings, the white and black plate armor, and the black smoke that filled it were clearly the appearance of a death knight..
But there was something strange about his head..
It didn't look like a strange metal helmet with black smoke coming out of it like the body did. Where the guy's head should be, a black flame instead of a helmet flickered in the shape of a sphere..
Other people may not notice any discomfort, but to me, who played Dark World for a long time, it looked bizarre, like a stag beetle's head on a praying mantis' body..
“That one……
I immediately recognized the identity of that head..
According to the original scenario, it was the head of the 'Messenger of the Dark World' who should have appeared as the boss of Longville in the third chapter.…….
‘I gaped at the sight of the death knight left behind by Luke, the 'King of Death', and the messenger of the dark world who should have appeared as the chapter boss all together..
“……Fuck, what on earth is so screwed up?.”
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