The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 18



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Episode 18 Part 5. Baron Belus (3)

5.

Following the skeletons, enemies begin to appear from all over the mountain.

They surround Charon’s party with their bows aimed and their retreat route has disappeared.

Squeak!

The entrance to the mountain village they had entered through was sealed with a solid iron door, and soon a man wearing a black cloak and plate armor appeared from the highest building of the mountain village.

“If you had told me in advance that you were coming, I would have prepared more grandly. I am so flustered that you came so suddenly.”

A man’s voice echoes throughout the mountain village.

Caron looked at the man with a smile.

‘He’s the leader of this place. Where is the warlock?’

The leader that Urhan was talking about must be that guy. I’ve confirmed the leader with my own eyes, so the next thing I need to do is find the warlock.

A black magician who uses skeletons to turn this mountain into a fortress.

Killing that guy will completely end the situation.

But no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find the black magician. He must have been hiding somewhere, casting a spell.

‘It’s still as gloomy now as it was in the past.’

If you can’t see it, you can find it and kill it. Of course, before that, you should first deal with the leader of the enemies talking up there.

“Welcome to my mountain village, dear noble young men. The big fish have come to the fishing grounds on their own.”

“Do you know where we come from?”

“That’s a problem we’ll figure out little by little. Now, if you disarm meekly, I’ll let you in without a scratch. We don’t want any damage to our precious goods.”

Children of noble families make excellent hostages.

The price charged was incomparably high compared to that of the slave trade.

Charon smirked as he looked into the captain’s eyes that were gleaming with greed. And then, Leo, who was frowning next to him, spoke to Charon.

“It’s all because of you who came in without a plan.”

“Don’t be scared. We told you we won’t kill you.”

“so?”

“We have to do something. Urhan. Come here.”

“Yes, yes?”

Urhan’s face brightened as soon as his colleagues appeared. However, Urhan had no choice but to follow Charon’s words.

“Kneel before me.”

“Understood, Master… … . Master, Master?”

As soon as Urhan knelt down, Charon put the guillotine to Urhan’s neck and shouted in a very loud voice.

“If you guys move even one step, this little shit’s head will fly off. Do you understand?”

A hostage crisis that started suddenly.

Leo stared blankly at Charon, his mouth wide open at Charon’s sudden action.

‘… … crazy… … guy.’

A noble child commits a hostage crisis?

This is ridiculous.

But the crazy guy in front of me holds a knife to the hostage’s neck as if nothing happened.

It would have been normal for a child of a noble family that valued honor to feel embarrassed, but there was no sign of shame on Caron’s face.

Rather, isn’t he smiling broadly as if he finds this situation amusing?

The enemy’s reaction was the same as Leo’s.

“What kind of family do you come from to do such a foolish thing? Aren’t you the kind of people who live off honor?”

“So what? There’s no law that says you can’t do it.”

“You’re funny. But you’re wrong. You’re only useful when you take someone valuable as a hostage, and that person is worthless.”

“As expected, experts are different. Thanks for the advice.”

Charon clicked his tongue and took back the guillotine he had pointed at Urhan’s neck. Then he spoke to Urhan with annoyance.

“You are really useless.”

“sorry.”

“You just keep kneeling like that.”

Charon struck Urhan on the head with the back of his guillotine’s sword, then glanced back at Leo.

“Even taking a hostage doesn’t work? I didn’t know he could be this disloyal. That guy is really vicious. He doesn’t even bat an eye when he says he’ll kill his subordinates.”

“What are we really going to do now?”

“What else can we do? There’s only one way to do it when we’re outnumbered. We just have to catch that leader.”

“Way?”

“We break through the skeletons and bandits. And we capture the leader. That’s it. How about that? Simple.”

It’s not simple at all.

All directions, including the retreat route, were blocked by skeletons, and the enemy was aiming their bows from a high place.

Moreover, the enemies are highly trained.

It means that they are not a bunch of idiots that can be taken lightly.

Common sense would have it that the odds of winning were low, but Leo still couldn’t easily refute Charon’s words.

Because it seemed like this monster could break through this siege and capture that leader.

Leo lifted Sylphid with a sigh. He glanced at Charon and sighed.

“It’s annoying, so just tell me what I need to do.”

He already knew that Charon was several times stronger than him. But that didn’t mean he would just sit back and receive Charon’s help.

The front cover must be done by oneself. This was not just Caron’s mission, but Caron’s and his mission.

That’s why I absolutely had to do my part.

‘It’s pretty good.’

Charon caught a glimpse of the determined will on Leo’s face. Leo’s appearance seemed quite admirable.

“Just deal with the skeletons, brother. That alone is enough for one person.”

Woof woof woof.

The magic of clarity began to flow out from Charon’s body, and in an instant, the magic spread throughout the surroundings.

The power of blue.

There was no way the captain wouldn’t know the color that symbolized Restonga.

The captain’s face crumpled as he saw the magical power flowing out of Charon’s body.

“… …The Duke of Reston?”

“You wouldn’t have thought of letting something like this happen right next to our territory. You must have been prepared for it.”

“Clearly, Cheonghae-seong is not in a position to care about other territories… … .”

“I’ll hear from whom soon. I think it would make a great gift for Grandpa.”

Caron was well aware that something unusual was happening.

Whose orders did this guy get, and who did he have behind him?

You will find out naturally after the battle is over.

Charon smiled brightly and lifted the guillotine lightly. Then, he opened the magical channels throughout his body and swung the sword.

Sea Sword Type 3, Wave.

A sword technique that creates a huge wave with magical power and sweeps away everything in front of your eyes.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaahh …

A dark blue wave extended from the guillotine and swept away the skeletons.

The angry waves roughly swallowed up the army of skeletons, and soon the path to the top of the mountain opened up.

Charon stepped forward without hesitation and waved lightly at the captain who was looking down at him.

“I’ll be going soon.”

The captain frowned at the sight and shouted.

“Shoot me right now, regardless of the ransom or anything! I said shoot!”

Phew, phew, phew.

Arrows fired from all over pour down towards Charon. But.

“It’s late, you punk.”

A blue light pierced through the rain of arrows. And a moment later.

Boohoo.

“Kwaaaaah!”

The captain’s right wrist, which was wearing armor, was blown off, causing blood to spurt out.

“If you were going to shoot, you should have shot it a long time ago.”

It happened in just 10 seconds.

Charon smirked as he looked at the captain with his wrist cut off.

6.

In war, magicians and knights are asymmetrical forces from the beginning.

The wizard changes the course of the battle with his powerful firepower, and the knight changes the course of the battle with his reckless breakthrough.

The general rule of thumb is for a wizard to respond as a wizard, and a knight to respond as a knight.

A kind of special power. What happens if you don’t have the means to counter special power? This is what happens.

Caron smiled and said to the captain who was struggling in front of him.

“You must have had a strong belief in warlocks, but that’s just how warlocks are. If they feel like they’re in danger, they run away. My grandfather used to say this often. The only good warlock is a dead warlock. Heuk-heuk-juk-heuk. Have you ever heard of it?”

“Do you… … think you can… … get out of here… … alive… and do this?”

“Of course. Oh, don’t worry. I’ll take you alive too. You’ll be interrogated in the dungeon of Cheonghae Castle.”

Charon looked down as he firmly stepped on the captain’s back.

The battle was still raging below.

The deserters stopped attacking, but the skeletons, being nothing more than undead, had no intelligence to perceive the situation.

Nevertheless, Leo consistently showed overwhelming superiority against the skeletons.

‘You fight well.’

It was pretty good for a first real match.

The Haerang Sword starts with power and ends with power. That’s why it’s extremely effective in one-on-one battles with multiple people.

In particular, the power of the Haerang Sword, which is developed through the magic of the Reston family’s clarity, is doubled.

The power that was spread based on the magical power like the ocean was too much for low-level skeletons to handle.

Charon nodded in satisfaction and turned his gaze to the captain lying at his feet.

“What is your name?”

“Michael… … . Michael Knox.”

“Okay, Michael. Tell your men to disarm right now. If they obey me, I’ll spare their lives.”

Michael couldn’t easily answer Charon’s words.

Indeed, would it be to his advantage to go to Cheonghae Castle alive? It might be better for him to die here.

But Charon didn’t give Michael time to think.

Phew.

“Ughhhhhhhhh.”

The guillotine pierced Michael’s left thigh. The severed arm and the stabbed thigh sent a pain so severe that he lost consciousness.

Michael flailed his body and shouted.

“All arms disarmed! Disarm… … all arms.”

At Michael’s words, the deserters who had been aiming their bows at Charon put down their bows one by one.

Caron watched the scene and smiled with satisfaction.

“You listen well, our captain.”

This little boy in front of me was dangerous, too dangerous. It was hard to believe that he was a young boy.

That’s why he decided to avoid this situation for the time being.

If you wait, support will surely come. Even if the children in front of you are part of the Reston family, if only ‘they’ come… … .

“Looking at his lively expression, I guess he must have some kind of belief. Of course, he wouldn’t have been here committing banditry without any belief. He’s a deserter from the Southern Kingdom, right? But what can we do about this?”

That was when.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaahh …

A loud noise, incomparable to anything I’ve ever heard before, shook the entire mountain.

A loud noise is heard outside the mountain.

Charon nodded slightly at the loud noise and said.

“Actually, we didn’t come here alone. Hey, even if it was our family, would we have sent just two children into this mountain? Of course, we would have had a guardian.”

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

Kwaaaaang!

A loud explosion rang out, and soon, changes began to appear in the mountain scenery.

Saaaaah.

As the magic circle was lifted, the black magic that had covered the entire mountain began to disappear.

Charon stared blankly into the fading darkness.

The magic circle has been lifted, that’s one thing.

That the drinker has lost consciousness or is dead.

“If only I had my way, I could have captured the warlock myself, but you guys ruined everything. What are you going to do about my first mission?”

“Caron!”

Leo, who had finished the battle, ran up to where Charon was, out of breath.

Leo’s body was covered in scars from the skeletons.

Still, Leo’s expression remained flushed.

“Is this enough for one person?”

The innocent eyes of a boy longing for praise.

‘It’s definitely not normal.’

Caron nodded with a smirk.

“You’re great, my brother.”

“… … Be sure to tell your father. I also did one serving.”

“I know you’ll hate it if I tell you, so let’s ask Sabina.”

“But was it you who disarmed the magic circle? The black magician… … .”

“Oh, that wasn’t me.”

Leo frowned slightly at Caron’s words and asked.

“then?”

“There you are.”

Caron nodded and pointed to the entrance of the mountain village.

The entrance is still tightly blocked by an iron gate. However.

Kaaaaah!

Soon the iron gate was cut in half with sparks, and a woman walked out through the gap in the gate.

In the woman’s right hand was someone’s neck.

“Caron Reston. Leo Reston. The bottom line is that this is a failed mission. You have missed the most important piece of evidence. What a disappointment.”

The moment Sabina entered the mountain fortress, the deserters around her all groaned and fell to their knees.

Because I couldn’t handle the wild magic that Sabina was emitting.

Sabina’s body radiated an overwhelming sense of intimidation, but Caron didn’t really care. Instead, he shamelessly shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“But you liked the method, right?”

“You’re just like your brother when it comes to hitting people in the head. I’ll give you bonus points for that. If you’re a member of the Reston family, you should push through firmly. However, the fact that you attempted a hostage crisis is a negative factor. Why did you attempt such a useless hostage crisis?”

“It was fresh.”

“I agree with that part. You are the first person I’ve ever met in my life. You’re such a crazy person.”

Sabina, who had reached Charon without realizing it, roughly threw the head of the person she was holding onto the floor. Then she looked at Charon and Leo and said.

“Things have become complicated. Let’s talk about it once we return to Lord Belus’ castle.”

It didn’t seem like their first mission would end cleanly.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house