How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 110

“The prize is one of the B-class artifacts. Bring something.”

At those words, Yuseol and Erze’s eyes lit up and then quickly scattered.

The two immediately disappeared, but Xian did not move immediately.

When Zerech was puzzled by that, Xian asked him.

“How is the search for Pamela Drake going?”

“Actually, it is still sluggish. We try as hard as we can, but we can’t see a single hair.”

Zerech shook his head with a bitter face.

The search for Pamela, who disappeared riding a wyvern that day. I tried to find it with all my strength, but I couldn’t find it.

Because she flew away, there were no traces left, and since then, no sightings of her have come in anywhere.

“Looks like you’re hiding well.”

“I think it’s highly likely that he’s hiding in the Dark Magic Tower somewhere.”

“Then, if you search for the Dark Magic Towers, you will find traces of her.”

“maybe.”

Apostle of the Demon Dragon King. Perhaps you are aiming for yourself in many ways.

As much as the Demon Dragon King wants to make him an apostle, he doesn’t seem to come to Hakoji, but that doesn’t mean he’s not someone he can put his mind at ease.

It’s an opponent who doesn’t know what tricks he’ll pull off.

“How about Shamilla?”

“You mean Pamela’s brother?”

“yes. I heard that you entered the church well.”

“There is no problem with your body. However, she said that she suffered greatly because of what happened to her sister.”

It will have no choice but to be.

I heard that Pamela and Shamilla lost their parents when they were young and are only the two of them.

However, it would be heartbreaking to find out that the only family member was a member of a vicious group.

Not only that, but there will also be suspicious glances around her pouring down on her.

Even so, there was nothing Xian could do.

He has no regrets about catching Pamela. Even if he goes back to that time, he will catch Pamela.

Rather, I will prepare much more thoroughly and try to catch it perfectly.

“Hmm… … .”

Zerech stroked his beard and looked at Xian as he brought up the story of Shamilla.

He made a complex and subtle expression on what he was thinking about, and soon tapped Xian on the shoulder.

“What is it?”

“Will you follow me for a moment?”

Saying that, Zerech headed somewhere.

Sian tilted his head at his unusual mood and followed him.

The place Zerech was heading to was the deepest among all the inner Vigos. It was a place with stricter security than anywhere else.

The huge iron door opened slowly, very slowly.

Waiting for that, Zerech spoke.

“You seem to be attracting the attention of the Demon Dragon King in a strange way.”

Is it because they caught Andras? Zerech could feel the Demon Dragon King paying attention to Xian.

No one else in Cheon Do-Meng thought so, but he thought it was because of Xian that Pamela was hanging around in Agrid’s estate.

However, he does not know the real reason why the Dragon King is aiming for Xian. The reason why they were keeping an eye on him in order to make him an apostle.

Because of this, Zerech was thinking differently.

The Dragon King wants to kill Xian. Pamela’s search for Agrid’s estate was for the assassination of Xian.

“You might as well take a look at it.”

“no way… … .”

A place where hundreds of magic circles and dozens of artifacts piled up. what is placed there.

“It’s something the Demon Dragon King claimed to be mine and tried to take. As far as I know, the two of them are the ones the Demon Dragon King is obsessed with, just like you.”

Primitive magic.

It looked like a faded bronze mirror.

But, of course, it is not an ordinary mirror. It’s not even made of bronze.

“Looking at the past records… … They say it is made of a material that cannot be found anywhere else on the continent.”

“… … .”

“I’m showing it because I think you’ll be helpful in avoiding the Demon Dragon King’s clutches.”

It is no different from favoritism toward students. It was not a position that the president of an educational institution could take.

Zerech was now dealing with Xian as a member of the Cheondo-maeng, not as the president.

Towards the pitiful child who unfortunately caught the attention of the Dragon King.

“I’ve heard about it.”

Xian moved closer to it.

His own face was reflected on the still smooth surface.

My eyes met with myself in the mirror.

“I never thought it would be in this form.”

“So what do you think?”

“hmm… … I thought it was a flame that could not be extinguished no matter how much I tried, or a mass of magical energy that changed without a specific shape or something.”

“hehehehe, I thought that too until I saw the real thing.”

Xian smiled bitterly and asked. He still hadn’t taken his eyes off the mirror.

“So what function does it have?”

“I don’t know either.”

“yes?”

“It’s not listed on the record, and I touched it here and there, but there was no response. In fact, until the Demon Dragon King appeared in person, I wasn’t even sure if it was really primitive magic.”

Xian smiled dejectedly.

But why did you bring it?

There was no way he could know something that the oldest High Master in existence couldn’t.

“I know for sure that the mana the object itself contains is unusual.”

“Well, I know there won’t be any reaction, so I’m showing you. Be aware, though, that this is what primitive magic looks like. This information alone might be useful to the Demon Dragon King.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

Certainly, this was Zerech’s consideration. Thinking of that, Xian imprinted the image of the bronze mirror deep into his eyes.

Not just the look, but the energy it carries.

‘I don’t know if it’s similar to the Demon Dragon King.’

At that time, I don’t know if it resembles the energy of the demon dragon king that I felt when I went to the boundary between the present world and hell with Andras’ trick.

While thinking that, Xian touched the bronze mirror.

In the meantime.

“!”

For a moment, I felt a dreadful feeling.

‘Ugh!’

Ravi’s voice is heard. But the voice that had always been in my ears was getting farther and farther away.

Xi’an’s eyes widened.

All that was reflected in his eyes was an all-black sight.

* * *

“Are you really going to do this?”

Imperial family of Somer Empire. Princess Helene frowned and spoke.

There is only one person listening to the story. An old man staring at the princess with sunken eyes with his arms crossed.

It was General Roderic Balzac, sitting at the pinnacle of the Imperial military.

“I have already received Your Majesty’s Yun Heo. I came not to get the princess’s approval, but to inform you in advance.”

“… … .”

“I believe the princess will know too. The competition between the two of you is absolutely necessary for the empire, but it should never lead to internal conflict.”

“… … Of course I know. But because of that.”

“Princess.”

Click.

Roderick set down his teacup and stood up slowly.

“There has been no direct confrontation yet, but the war has already happened. As the head of the military, I have an obligation to save the lives of the soldiers who are dedicated to serving the Empire.”

“I know.”

“Not only that, but this is also His Majesty’s mandate. Be sure to visit there as soon as the war begins. He told me to bring a mirror that should be hidden deep inside.”

Suddenly, I don’t know what kind of mirror it is, but I can’t help but follow His Majesty’s Master.

Roderick said so.

Helen laughed bitterly. She and her brother are said to be fighting over the position of the next emperor, but both are still children.

Compared to that old serpent sitting deep in the Great War.

“Whoa, I get it. If that’s His Majesty’s order, I’ll gladly support the mages.”

“Thank you.”

The conversation between the two ended there.

On that path, the princess talked to the owner of the flame mage tower and decided to send the wizard to a detached unit led by Roderick himself.

It was agreed that the flame mage tower owner himself would go.

Roderick also said that he would participate in the detached unit himself, so he wanted to balance it out even a little bit.

Tapping the desk with her fingers, Helene thought of the two men.

Damian, her fiancé, and Xian, who danced together that day.

“Maybe we’ll see each other again soon.”

I didn’t want to meet again like this.

Helen smiled bitterly and raised her teacup. The tea in the cup was already cold.

* * *

What Xian was looking at was an entirely black space.

However, if you look closely, you can see a small light. It was such a weak light that reminded me of stars dotted in the black night sky.

A situation in which only a small ray of light can be seen in a black space where one cannot see an inch ahead.

Xian had something that came to mind in this landscape.

‘There was Ravi.’

The world of his own image, glimpsed through the artifact.

It was very similar to the scene at that time.

‘There are no walls.’

But there were no walls like back then. There was nothing that got caught around, and no matter how far I walked, there was nothing that I could get my hands on.

In that vast universe-like space, Xian was more comfortable than he thought.

Is it because this space expresses his own image world?

Rather than negative emotions such as fear or tension, I felt a sense of security as if I was in a cradle.

‘At that time, when I climbed the cliff and found the light, it cleared.’

If this place is also the same place as then, wouldn’t it be possible to reach the stars above?

But there is nothing to catch and nothing to catch. what the hell how

‘… … If you can’t climb.’

The answer was not far away.

Since everything was contained in his image, it was right to seek the answer inside, not outside.

‘If I can’t reach it after climbing up, I can drop it.’

At that moment, a sword appeared in Xian’s hand.

It’s not Ravi’s black sword, it’s just a single iron sword. When I heard the nothingness sword in my hand, I felt like I could do anything.

Even dropping the stars from the sky.

In the next moment, he was back in front of the bronze mirror.

Xian took one step away from the mirror.

“Did you see it?”

Zerech didn’t notice at all what had just happened to Xian.

Only Xian knows everything.

“yes. Thank you for bringing me.”

“What is gratitude? It’s not going to be that much of a help.”

No, it really helped me a lot.

Xian looked into the bronze mirror and stuck out his tongue.

primitive magic.

Age of Old Myths. Humanity’s first magic, said to have enabled humans without sharp teeth, claws, or huge bodies to face mighty monsters.

Its effect was actually really simple.

As can be seen from the mirror, magic that shows itself, the world of its own image.

Xian looked at his own hand.

The scenery I had just seen and the answer I had thought of in it did not come out of my head. At the same time, I also got a suspicion of whether the answer was really the answer.

He has acquired a topic that he will have to agonize over and struggle with throughout his life.

Those who walk the path of seeking for the rest of their lives.

That meant that he had stepped into the realm of a master soon.

The thin wall that stood in his way in the past was overcome by primitive magic.

‘It was an absurd thing.’

I still don’t know why it only activated on myself, unlike the president and other researchers, but it’s really ridiculous.

It’s something that engraves the world of imagination.

As long as you know how to use it properly, it will be there soon.

‘Isn’t it something that prints out the master?’

It was far more distant than I had imagined.