Chapter 483
blackout hunting (4)
Hongshan Province, located along the Red Mountains, rich in rare resources.
And the Cheonghae Kingdom has large ports bordering the blue sea..
Even decades after the end of the war, the animosity toward each other had not disappeared and the two countries were no better than enemies, but there was no room for disagreement on the fact that they were the leading powers of Sabacheon..
Naturally... there was no need to explain in detail how tight the security of the imperial palace where the ruler of that powerful nation resided would be..
Weeing—! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee—!
As such, this situation was usually not a big deal..
A loud alarm sounds continuously from the imperial palace of the Qinghai Kingdom, which is competing for world supremacy..
That sound meant that not only the outskirts of the imperial palace, where officials relatively easily entered and left for work, but also the boundary of the Blue Dragon Palace, where the emperor and other members of the imperial family reside, were breached..
‘···It's definitely not unusual..’
An office located near the Blue Dragon Palace.
Kursi, the Prime Minister of Qinghai Province, who turned 80 this year, looked out the window with a wrinkled face..
“Hurry up, you slugs.!”
“All routes must be blocked as quickly as possible!”
Outside, many warriors, including the guards, were running around busily, but he, who was also a practitioner of the depths, could only stare quietly at the sky beyond the window..
“How did this happen??”
The imperial palace was already covered with a purple sky..
Even he, who has lived a short life, has seen this for the first time in his life..
The problem was that it wasn't just an unusual phenomenon..
‘What is this creepy energy?···.’
The Prime Minister frowned as he lightly brushed his swollen arm..
Because he had reached the high level of depth, I was able to feel it more keenly..
‘How horribly pure magic resides in ‘that’..
Would it be like that if the devil, who brings trouble only in stories, appeared??
I felt an eerie magical power that made me immerse myself in the mind just by encountering it..
A practitioner who lacks basic skills will become helplessly incapacitated just by coming into contact with it..
‘Is this the Black King's masterpiece? ···No, no. That can't be possible. There is no benefit in doing something crazy like this, and no matter how bad you are, it is impossible to do something like this..’
something unplanned.
My mind became dizzy due to the unexpected variables..
I couldn't even guess why this happened..
No matter how many things have not worked out according to plan recently, I would never have guessed that he, who possesses insight chakra, would not even feel anything.···.
“Prime Minister!”
That moment when he was in the thick of it..
The secretary, who had gone outside to check on the situation, opened the office door harshly, as if breaking it down, with a pale face..
“It is said that General Yongseol personally led the royal guard to deal with the invasion that broke through the defenses of the Blue Dragon Palace! However, immediately after that, the terrible demonic energy began to encroach on the surroundings, so the outcome is unknown.···.”
I could understand it well.
The center where the abnormal phenomenon occurred was so deep that even the prime minister at the end of the depths could not see through..
He who has the chakra of insight is like that, so how can other people do it?.
“I heard that the Emperor is already moving to a safe place just in case. Your Excellency, please leave quickly.!”
The Prime Minister nodded heavily at the secretary's words and turned away from the window..
Since the only superior, the emperor, left first, there was no need to pay attention to those around him..
‘It doesn't seem like Daejanggun, the best general of the Cheonghae Kingdom, will be defeated so easily... The ominous feeling from earlier doesn't seem to be stopping. It would be best to stay as safe as possible for the time being..’
Something incomprehensible was happening here in the imperial palace..
The intuition that brought him to this position rang a loud alarm..
In times like this, it is best to take care of your safety by moving away from the scene of the problem as soon as possible, rather than trying to do something for no reason..
“In a crisis like this, it would be the duty of a subject to help the monarch he serves. I will go to where the Emperor is..”
After making an excuse, he quickly left the office with his attendants in tow..
No matter how much he boasts of his omnipotent power, the safest place in the palace is by the emperor's side..
By now, most of the imperial palace's forces would have flocked to the emperor's side to protect him..
‘The first thing to do is to understand the detailed circumstances. This didn't just happen. What to do after collecting information···.’
But very unfortunately.
He couldn't go very far and had no choice but to stop in place..
“Wow~?”
Suddenly, I heard a woman's voice that seemed sticky and languid..
“Where are you going in such a hurry??”
At the same time, the attendants' actions suddenly stopped..
Then, regardless of gender, they opened their mouths blankly with a dazed expression as if they were possessed by something..
‘Pfft, this is?’
A shiver ran down the Prime Minister's spine as he was the only one who was able to maintain his sanity thanks to his strong mental strength..
His crisis detection radar screamed, and the creeping ominousness quickly soared and began to suffocate him..
“Hmm, it looks like you're very busy. Still, I had a hard time coming here... Won't you give me just a moment??”
His face hardened, he slowly raised his head..
On the roof of the building next to me that I was just passing by.
The owner of the unfamiliar voice was looking down at him from the eaves, smiling and sitting with his legs crossed and his chin resting on his head..
‘···It's a monster.’
A pair of high-rising horns, black wings folded neatly behind the back, and playful eyes that sparkle like jewels..
The moment I faced the other person, I instinctively felt it..
That's something that shouldn't exist in this world.
“If you stare at me like that, I feel embarrassed..”
Hella smiled humorously despite her words and winked..
It was a familiar gesture, as if it were something that had passed through my body..
“···What happened to the general??”
The Prime Minister, who tried to ignore it, barely opened his mouth..
Immediately after recognizing the other person, a strange pressure was constantly flooding in..
If you let go of your mind even for a moment, you will be swept away by that intangible storm..
Now was the time to somehow hold on to reason tightly..
“huh? Ah, that lively old man.?”
Hela's eyes widened at the Prime Minister's question..
As if I didn't know you were going to ask that..
“don't worry. Because I'm not that bad of a person. You wouldn't carelessly harm someone who is trying hard to do their job.?”
The Demon King who came from another world and invaded the imperial palace of a country without permission made a loud statement..
He seemed very trustworthy..
“Well... I got hurt a little from holding on for no reason, but I'm so strong that I should be able to fully recover after resting for about a month.?”
However, he also kindly answered my questions..
There was nothing I couldn't tell you, even if it was such a trivial thing..
“···Heh, heh... Is that so?.”
The prime minister made a strange expression..
There were complex emotions intertwined there, such as happiness and regret..
Hela smiled meaningfully at him and continued speaking..
“Anyway, you are the Prime Minister of Qinghai Province, right??”
“I think I already know everything, but what more can I say now?.”
“That's right. I was going to scold you in a bit of a pain when you put out your flippers while resisting needlessly here. So it's about my business.···.”
The moment she was about to say something serious,.
The Prime Minister, who seemed to accept the conversation obediently, made a handshake and pulled out a secretly prepared trick..
“Mujin (無瞋), open (open))!”
The chakra he learned, ‘insight’, is the power to see through the truth..
On its own, it could hardly be considered a very offensive ability, but the story changes if a special vision is added..
Quad deuk—!
A wall of stone rose from the ground separating them..
No, not only that, but the walls rising up around the area began to resonate with each other as if they were drawing a specific pattern..
Ugh—
The tremendous pressure that hit Hella's body with a slight trembling vibration..
In an instant, gold, overlapping and amplifying, poured down on her..
“This is···.”
As soon as something went wrong, Hela, who was about to grab the other person by the collar, stopped..
Because the principles of the world were distorted and errors were created, it became difficult to control my body..
It was not a level of oppression that could be ignored simply because of power..
She could immediately tell what the Prime Minister had done..
‘The imperial palace itself was used as a medium for magic..’
The imperial palace of the Qinghai Kingdom, which has been a powerful nation for a long time and has been repeatedly renovated and reinforced, was itself the crystallization of Sabacheon's mysteries..
To put it simply, he hacked the imperial palace's security system and used its resources to twist the laws of a certain range..
Just to hold on to Hella's ankles for a moment..
‘The opponent is a powerful enemy that not even the general can defeat. Even if you fight from the front, you have no chance of winning..’
I don't know why, but it seemed clear that what she was after was him and nothing else..
In times like this, the best thing to do was to hide as much as possible rather than trying to fight..
‘It's a waste of everything I've prepared so far, but there's nothing I can do about it. First of all, you have to be alive to be able to do anything. It's not that difficult to just win the lottery later..’
the plan was perfect.
Now all that's left is to take advantage of the chaos and use the open passage to get the body out..
“···You know, I told you?”
But as always.
At first, everyone had a good plan..
How did I get there before it collapsed without me having time to do anything?.
“If you resist needlessly, it will hurt you..”
When did we get here?.
The Prime Minister stiffened his body as he looked at the odd eyes of different colors coming right in front of him..
‘···how?’
I don't understand.
But that was natural.
No matter how insightful the chakra is, there is a limit to what it can see through..
And if it was the Demon King's "Seven Colored Demon Eyes", it was definitely not strange if he couldn't recognize it..
White Eye of Extinction and Blue Eye of Stillness.
Hela used it to easily tear through the narrowing intangible net and stretched out her hand..
“Got it.”
A faint smile spread across the face of the hunter who had finally obtained the prey he had been aiming for..
***
In the middle of the imperial palace grounds, which were in shambles due to a fierce battle, with buildings collapsing and the ground turning over..
“Umm.”
General Yongseol, lying on the floor, held his head with one hand and groaned..
My overloaded head was constantly radiating heat along with a throbbing headache..
If he had not been the best general of the Qinghai Kingdom, it would not be surprising if he had died long ago..
‘Now it's just a meaningless assumption.’
He frowned and slowly looked around, sighing softly when he saw the guardsmen strewn about like trash on the messy floor..
Although they came together, most of them were not very helpful in dealing with the intruders..
Actually, that couldn't be helped either..
In order to properly demonstrate your capabilities while facing that existence, you had to be at least at a deep level..
It wasn't even that much, and if you tried to get close to it, you couldn't hold on for long and fell over, only becoming a hindrance to your allies..
···Just like they did a little while ago.
“General! Are you okay??”
When General Yongseol was taking a breath and reviewing the past battle,.
His subordinates, who had just arrived to provide support, ran over and helped him up..
Although he frowned, he didn't refuse help and got up..
“To the Emperor?”
“You are safe. This is because we completed proper defense preparations while the general bought us time. Even if a Heavenly Gate practitioner were to come in, they would be able to repel it..”
He nodded at those words and thought of the beast again..
Why on earth did she invade this Blue Dragon Palace??
One thing that was certain right now was that the emperor, the most powerful person in the country, was not her goal..
Of course, there was one thing I had an idea about..
“Pleural effusion?”
“···that is.”
The evil spirit that suddenly stormed into the imperial palace and forced its way in before revealing its true colors..
Her target was Kursi, the Prime Minister of the Qinghai Kingdom..
“The prime minister was kidnapped and disappeared.?”
“yes.”
It could be said that it was a very serious problem..
Because his position was practically the top, he was familiar with all kinds of state secrets..
Every time he opened a word about such confidential information, the Qinghai Empire would have to suffer an astronomical amount of damage..
‘But now something else bothers me more. This guy was aiming for the Prime Minister from the beginning. and he···.’
Unlike General Yongseol, who represented military officers, the prime minister boasted of great power by acting as regent as the pinnacle of bureaucrats who controlled the country's policy..
To be honest, the general had been suspicious of him all along..
Although there was no evidence, they were keeping a close eye on him to see if he was plotting treason or something similar..
So, while he was acting according to the emperor's will, he was implicitly keeping the prime minister in check.···.
‘This is how it goes. Kidnap me···.’
It was definitely unfortunate, but it was also true that I had a strange feeling about it..
Of course, it was clear that this kidnapping of the Prime Minister would be bad news for him and other military officers..
Anyway, the security of the imperial palace was the duty of their military attachés..
‘Moreover, if this fact became known to Hongsan State,···.’
A situation in which the most powerful person next to the emperor was kidnapped from the imperial palace, the heart of the country..
This was a huge disgrace to the country for which there is no room for excuses..
My eyesight darkened as to what kind of ridicule I would receive..
As the commotion was so loud, it was difficult to hide the fact..
Hongsan-guk must have at least a spy planted here..
They did the same, so this news will soon reach their ears as well..
‘Whoa, my head hurts. We need to plan a rescue plan as quickly as possible..’
General Yongseol sighed deeply..
Then, he received a piece of news from a spy on Hongsan-guk's side..
It was not long after that.
“Wait, what? What happened to that viper-like woman??”
Intelligence that Hongsan-guk's proud astronomy practitioner, General Ju-ryeong, was beaten and kidnapped by a mysterious person..
‘What on earth is happening now??’
The situation is heading toward chaos with no way to predict the future..
But even then, one thing was clear.
That's right, he was very lucky the other day..
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