Coo coo coo coo!
As Raon and Irond clashed with each other, the soft ground where the moisture had settled was crushed, and bubbles began to form, like a boiling lake.
Gooooooo.
Gwangpungdae and Baekryundae also stood behind their respective lords and placed their hands on their waists so that they could draw their swords at any time.
Their energy waves were also extremely cold, as if they were facing an enemy.
In an imminent situation where it seemed as if a civil war would break out in Sieghardt as soon as someone pulled out a sword and swung it, Irond placed his thick finger on the swordsman.
“Why do you dislike it?”
Irond continued, knitting his eyebrows as if he couldn’t understand.
“The situation is urgent. “You know that spreading out and investigating more places is the fastest way to find the Iron Squadron, right?”
His discomfort turned into a ferocious energy wave that attacked Raon’s whole body.
“Of course it will be fast. But isn’t that a plan based on the sacrifices of prosecutors?”
Raon was not intimidated by Irond’s gradually becoming stronger. He raised his cold gaze and shook his head.
“The entire Iron Squadron disappeared without even the slightest resistance, so we deploy people one by one to disperse them? “Isn’t this like taking apples one by one and offering them to a thief? It’s like throwing the prosecutors to their deaths.”
“We can get enough before then.”
Irond rolls his cool eyes. He shook his head, saying that he could fully understand the situation before the prosecutors disappeared or were harmed.
“If you, me, and each leader stand in the right position, we can save our subordinates before a problem arises. Even better if you get kidnapped. “We might be able to use that situation to determine the location of the iron squadron.”
“You seem to be overconfident in the abilities of yourself and your subordinates.”
“what?”
“To detect this entire area, it would be impossible even if there were 100 High Lords. If you are at the level of a unit owner, it will not be easy for the leaders to notice even if a kidnapping occurs nearby. This is the worst way to increase unnecessary sacrifices. and… .”
Raon sighed briefly as he looked at Baekryeondae chewing his lips behind Irond.
“The enemy is not an idiot.”
“… … .”
“The Black Tower guys probably know that we’re looking for the Iron Squadron, so there’s no way they’d risk kidnapping us again. I will kill you on the spot and disappear. It seems like the High Lord wants at least a trace of it, but even if he gets it, it won’t mean anything.”
The demons of the Black Tower have already kidnapped the entire Iron Squadron in a special way. I had already achieved the purpose of coming here, or was probably in the process of achieving it, so there was no reason to take risks again, even though I knew there was a pursuer.
“Instead of kidnapping, kill. “It’s the sea you want.”
Irond did not refute, but took a heavy step with his right foot.
“Baekryeondae and Cheoljeondae are different. My minions are not weak enough to be defeated by something like the Black Tower. “Because all those sloppy bastards are already dead.”
With those words, this time, extend your left foot forward.
Irond’s tower-like body looked even larger. At the same time, his momentum curled up, creating a barrier that prevented sound from escaping.
Wooooow.
Natural movement of mana. No one will know that a trick has been set up now. It was a skill worthy of a monster who had risen to the top of the Great Lord for a long time.
‘Unleashing a miracle is… .’
It means you’re saying things that other people shouldn’t hear.
“And it doesn’t matter if I die.”
It’s as expected. Irond said something he couldn’t say a moment ago.
“Anyway, there are only a certain number of people who can become strong, and most warriors have a role to play on the ground for them. “Dying a little sooner won’t change anything.”
“But isn’t he your subordinate?”
As Raon asked that question, a very light flow of mana was created behind him.
“follower?”
Irond’s sneer grew thicker. As he was about to begin his speech, Mana twisted and punched a tiny hole in the solid membrane.
“If you are a faithful servant, you must bring clues about the mission, even if it means sacrificing your life. Most of them are bait anyway. I don’t care if a few die as long as only the ones I personally took care of remain. All I have to do is hold on until I reach Jeonju… hmm?”
He glared at me as if I was pitiful and then stopped tall as if he felt something was strange.
“You can’t believe it… .”
Even though I used my mana as carefully as possible, the fact that I was able to figure it out so quickly is indeed a skill worthy of a great lord.
‘but… .’
I already heard everything.
Raon smiled slightly and turned his eyes towards Baekryundae. The words Irond said a moment ago pierced through the darkness and reached their ears. You will never be able to maintain composure.
“Umm… .”
“Great, great lord?”
“Now that… .”
The White Lotus swordsmen bit their lips or had bloodshot eyes as they looked at Irond’s back.
“… … .”
Strangely, there were quite a few prosecutors who were not embarrassed at all. It was like the self-cultivated dancers that Irond had mentioned. His skills and eyes were definitely unusual.
-Yaaaa!
Lars, who had been hanging off his shoulder like wet laundry, suddenly stood up.
-What do you know about that guy’s subordinate? Screw it right now!
Lars shouted that he should pull out his sword if he had to crush the heads of all those who did not value their subordinates.
-no! Hand over yourself to the main king! I will make you see your body frozen for over 10,000 years!
Even though it wasn’t his fault, the guy’s face turned red as if he was so angry. His personality of valuing his subordinates was genuine.
“You’re doing something dirty.”
Irond didn’t even look back. As if he had just pulled off a surprise, he proudly straightened his back and gave me a dry look. He honestly didn’t expect to be embarrassed.
“well. “Aren’t you lacking in skill, Lord?”
Raon maintained a calm expression and pursed his lips.
“It may have been an attempt to cause a rift in the White Regiment, but it was meaningless.”
He turned around, looked at Baekryeondae, and snapped his finger.
“Anyone who is dissatisfied with my remarks, come out. “I will get you out of the group right now.”
Irond went out more confidently, as if he wasn’t embarrassed. It seemed as if some of his emotions had been cut off and he was a human being who felt no shame at all.
“… … .”
The Baekryun University prosecutors could not answer and bit their lips.
“Did you not hear my question?”
“doesn’t exist!”
When Irond asked for the second time, he shouted that the unit leader, leader, assistant leader, and the talented people he personally raised were not behind him.
“Is this a threat now? “I don’t know which is uglier.”
Raon sneered at Irond.
“I remember what the Great Lord said during the selection ceremony. He told me to come to Baekryundae because he would elevate me to a higher place. I guess that was the underworld? “It is indeed a high place.”
“you… .”
A thick tendon appeared on Irond’s forehead, and the White Regiment’s face turned pale.
“Neither then nor now, I have any intention of becoming your foothold.”
“Are you saying you’re going to stay like this until the end? “Would you regret it?”
“Usually the people who said that to me regret it.”
Raon shrugged his shoulders and said he didn’t really care.
“You keep arguing that you can’t fight. “It seems like your skills have improved a bit, but there’s nothing visible, right?”
“It’s not a fight. “I was talking about the lines that we as people must follow.”
Since coming here, I have never said or done anything embarrassing to myself. No matter how busy or urgent you were, you had to keep what you had to protect.
“and… .”
Raon tapped the scabbard of the Jecheon Sword and gave an angular smile.
“It’s true that I can’t fight right now, but I’m not particularly afraid of the Great Lord, so you don’t have to worry.”
“Can you take responsibility for that?”
Irond’s momentum soars like an exploding volcano. In an instant, the area around the lake was covered with his energy, as if it was just a joke.
“of course.”
Raon nodded and released the momentum he had been suppressing. A magnificent energy wave rose like wildfire, pushing away Irond’s energy and beginning to engulf the space.
Coo coo coo coo!
As aura collided with aura, the sky darkened, and a grand tremor occurred as if the axis of the earth had collapsed. The prosecutors, who would be called expert, lost their balance and fell.
“If you don’t believe me… .”
Raon smiled, gently smoothing the sheath of the sword.
“Would you like to hang out once this is over?”
He gestured lightly as if Irond’s momentum had no meaning.
“… … .”
Irond nodded with a chillingly dry gaze without answering.
“Remember those words. “Don’t forget.”
He glared at Raon with a clearly crumpled expression and then turned his back as if to leave.
“wait a minute. I still have more to say… .”
“We will move as we please, so you can take care of it among yourselves.”
I was going to tell him what he learned from the collision a little while ago, but Irond said there was no need for it and left the lake.
“Umm… .”
The White Lotus swordsmen bit their lips and followed Irond. Some of them bowed their heads as if they were grateful. It seemed like they would soon leave Baekryeondae.
“Whoa… .”
“What is this?”
“How on earth does this work?”
The Gwangpungdae approached with a deep sigh. Sweat ran down everyone’s foreheads as if they had no idea this would happen.
“Are you going to be okay?”
There was concern in Burren’s sharp eyes.
“I can’t help it. “I can’t stand seeing something like that.”
If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t know. My stomach wasn’t strong enough to put up with a guy who was openly trying to use people as bait.
“good job! “That bastard was trying to use us all as bait!”
Martha gave me a pat on the back, saying she felt refreshed as if her stomach had gone down.
“It was amazing Raon.”
Runan also came over and nodded loudly, as if he had done well.
“How did a guy like that get to the top?”
“That’s probably why he got promoted to Daeju at such a young age.”
“For some reason, the number of members of the White Regiment changed too often… .”
Raon whetted his appetite while listening to the story of Gwangpungdae. Unfortunately, the world is one where dirty people are more prevalent than good people.
“For some reason, every time I encounter the White Lotus Lord, I feel a strange stomachache. “I couldn’t believe my insides were so dark.”
Dorian said that he felt anxious every time he saw Irond, and his shoulders trembled humorously.
“It feels good to have embarrassed that person, but what do we do now?”
Crane laughed and then sighed.
“I need to find the iron pole, but there’s no way.”
He shook his head, saying he had no idea how to find Cheoljeondae.
“Luchen.”
Buren waved his hand at Lutzen.
“Ah yes!”
Lu Chen stood in a daze at the unexpected situation, then quickly nodded.
“Have you investigated this lake as well?”
“yes. “Informants with the ability to breathe underwater went in, but there were no corpses or signs of fighting here either.”
He sighed, saying that he couldn’t check too deep, but nothing came out around him.
“Ha, then where on earth should we go!”
When Marta couldn’t control her anger and stamped her feet, Raon raised his hand.
“We have to go to the other side, not here.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because I got the clue a little while ago.”
Raon touched his lips as he looked at the lake, which was becoming less turbulent.
“uh… ?”
“Poetry, clue?”
“Really?”
The Gwangpungdae prosecutors were astonished and raised their heads like meerkats, as if they hadn’t even thought about it.
“W-where on earth… .”
Lu Chen also gaped, as if he didn’t know where he found the clue.
“It was a little while ago.”
Raon quenched his appetite by looking at the ice lake on the other side, not the clear lake.
“When Baekryundaeju and I collided at the peak, I felt a faint trace from the direction of the ice lake.”
What provoked the Lord of the White Lotus was not just that she did not like his words and actions.
It was thought that if a huge auror collided, the Black Tower’s main body that might be hiding nearby might reveal itself, but as intended, a person’s movement was felt on the ice lake on the other side.
“her… .”
Lu Chen looked at Raon and sighed.
“Are you saying that you even thought of that while receiving Irond’s momentum?”
He purred his chin as if it was absurd.
“You can’t show common sense to that guy.”
“that’s right. “Only our heads hurt.”
“An unspeakable monster.”
Burren, Marta, and Runaan shook their heads, telling them to think they were different species.
The other prosecutors were also surprised, but Raon muttered that it was worth it.
“Well, then… .”
“Are they Black Tower?”
“That’s not right.”
Raon shook his head resolutely.
“I didn’t feel any magic.”
The way those in hiding used mana was no different from ordinary warriors.
It seemed like they were using something like a special artifact, but it was clearly mana that was being used.
“Follow me, pretending to look at the ice lake.”
Raon shook his hands after telling him the tree where the warriors were hiding.
“Because you can’t miss it. “Slowly surround it.”
* * *
Raon walked across the frozen lake calmly, like someone on a sightseeing trip.
Unlike the clear lake I saw a moment ago, the ice lake had a cloudy appearance, as if it were mixed with ink.
However, when I looked at it through my senses, I could not feel any foreign energy. It was clear that the color of the lake was a little different from when I visited before, but it didn’t seem to mean much.
“Search.”
“yes!”
As soon as the Gwangpungdae received the instructions, they divided into two groups and dispersed throughout the lake.
Although they seemed to be moving without a plan, they all surrounded the snow-covered zelkova tree outside the ice lake, just as they had ordered in advance.
I slowly surveyed the lake, approached the tree I had sensed when the siege was established, and raised my gaze.
Whoa!
The branches of the trees sway in the cold north wind. It was a snow-covered tree that no one would see as strange, but there were five guys hiding up there.
Even though he was right in front of me, seeing his presence dispersed, it seemed like he was not only skilled, but also wearing something special.
“Come down.”
Raon continued speaking, pointing his finger at the tree.
“Because I can see everything. “Don’t do anything nonsense.”
As soon as the words were finished, a fierce force rose from the tree.
The space above the tree, which was filled with only dry branches, fluttered like a curtain, and five people in black appeared with a bright yellow light.
“Ugh… .”
The middle-aged man standing in the middle frowned. A sword mark was carved diagonally above his left eyelid. Judging by the force and force felt, it seemed like that man was their leader.
“Is it the Black Tower?”
Raon looked at the middle-aged man’s embarrassed eyes and relaxed his fingers so that he could pull out the Jecheon Sword at any time.
“Oh, no.”
The answer came not from the tree, but from Lu Chen behind him.
“The author is Hyeol Woon-gyeom, a subordinate of the Emperor Huigeuk.”
Lu Chen seemed to have seen the middle-aged man’s face before and told him that he was a subordinate of the Emperor of Comedy who established Moby Dick among the five spirits of the New Zhou.
“You heard it. We are not a black tower. Don’t start a fight for no reason… .”
“Why was the Emperor of Comedy’s subordinate hiding like a rat?”
“That’s for you to know…” .”
“That’s right.”
He sneered and raised a comic ball. The heat burning like hellfire melted the cold on the ground and enveloped Hyeol Woon-gyeom and his subordinates.
Their complexions turned pale from the fierce heat.
“Ugh… .”
“What are you doing? Even after hearing who we are, why… .”
“Spit out what you know before your head flies off.”
Raon tilted his chin as he looked at Hyeolwoongyeom, who had stepped back. A razor-sharp life shined above his eyes.
“Because it’s a god, a comedy, and has no value to me.”
