The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 215



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Episode 215 68. Doppelganger’s Dungeon (3)

5.

There is a legend that if you encounter your doppelganger, you will die.

That’s not actually an unfounded rumor.

There are only a very small number of doppelgangers who can disguise themselves as someone else just by observing them without killing them, and they are all beings with incredible power.

But this time, it was a little different.

“Sir Luke, did you see it clearly?”

Caron asked Luke quietly.

Cain Lathor’s doppelganger.

If Cain Rathor’s body is in the North Sea as Halo said, then Cain’s doppelganger cannot exist in the first place.

So, Caron thought that Luke had just seen something wrong. But Luke shook his head firmly.

“He wielded a more perfect Imperial swordsmanship than any of the current Imperial Guard, and most of all, he had the unmistakable face of Lord Cain.”

“King Cain is a person from 50 years ago. Is it possible that King Luke saw it wrong?”

“… … In the basement of the Imperial Guard headquarters, there is a portrait of Lord Cain. I have seen that face countless times. It was the face in the portrait.”

“This is really fun.”

A doppelganger walking around with Cain Lathor’s face? The mere thought makes me laugh.

Being reincarnated is an incredible experience, but encountering your doppelganger from your previous life after reincarnation is not an easy experience.

“He was holding a rigor in his hand.”

“Based on the circumstances, that guy is the leader here?”

“I guess so.”

“hmm.”

I don’t know how the guy disguised himself as Cain.

I guess I’ll have to see it with my own eyes to believe it, but if what Luke says is true…

‘Has my grave been robbed?’

It could not be ruled out that Cain’s tomb in the North Sea had been robbed.

No matter how excellent a doppelganger is, unless it perfectly absorbs the corpse, its perfection is bound to be lacking.

If, as Luke said, the doppelganger had mastered the Imperial sword perfectly, he might have absorbed the corpse as well.

While Caron was laughing as if he couldn’t believe it, Amy, who was behind Caron, muttered in a cold voice.

“… … You dare to insult the honor of Lord Cain Rathor?”

Amy had admired Cain since childhood.

The fact that the doppelganger was imitating Cain was enough to arouse her anger.

But the person involved, Caron, shrugged his shoulders.

“What does it matter whose face it is?”

In any case, it would have been over if I had just cut off his head myself.

Charon took two vials of elixir out of his subspace pouch and handed them to Amy, saying:

“Amy. Take care of the injured.”

Leaving the dead behind, we must first take care of the living.

The condition of the Imperial Guards trapped in the banquet hall was dire.

It was brave to be alive.

“Thank you, Caron.”

After receiving the elixir from Amy, Luke drank it without hesitation. Then he collapsed to the floor weakly.

“I think I need to take a break to calm my core.”

“We’ll be standing guard, so make yourself comfortable. The same goes for the other knights.”

The surviving Imperial Guards nodded silently, then each took a stance and began practicing their magical powers.

Phew.

Caron drove the guillotine into the floor, then clenched and unclenched his fist.

Leo asked in a low voice at that sight.

“Are you okay? You seem a little upset.”

“No, rather than being angry… … Honestly, I’m a bit excited.”

“what.”

“You said you had the face of Cain Rathor. Our grandfather killed Cain, so if we kill Cain again, wouldn’t it be like we’ve been punished for three generations? That would be funny.”

Leo stuck his tongue out and shook his head at the joke that only Charon could make in this world.

“This crazy kid.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

The Doppelganger’s fighting power is affected by the Doppelganger’s black magic, but is also proportional to the abilities of the corpse it has absorbed.

What if it was true that the doppelganger had absorbed Cain Lathor’s body?

‘… … It seems dangerous.’

It’s an opponent that can never be ignored.

It was clear that even Luke, who had reached 7 stars, was defeated unilaterally.

Cain Rathor is an 8-star knight. If he uses the legendary sword Ligor, there will be countless variables that even Charon himself cannot predict.

“Brother Leo.”

After much thought, Caron opened his mouth.

“If possible, take Amy and the Imperial Guards and escape first.”

“you.”

“I have something to check.”

Leo looked at Charon with a complicated expression.

I have no idea what he’s thinking.

Is he angry or is he really interested?

‘… … Charon has been particularly interested in Lord Cain since he was young.’

I couldn’t understand that at all.

Cain Rathor was a knight who eventually died protecting the evil emperor.

Although he was re-evaluated by his grandfather, he was an enemy of the Duke of Reston.

I don’t know why Charon was so obsessed with that name, but one thing was certain.

‘If I leave it alone, it looks like it’s going to do something crazy again.’

Grandfather had asked me to stop Caron from doing anything crazy, so I couldn’t just leave him like that.

Leo let out a small sigh and slowly shook his head.

“If you’re going to kill me, kill me too. I can help now. If that bastard is the leader of the doppelgangers, you might be a burden on your own.”

“So, you’re staying, hyung?”

“We are a community of shared destiny, you punk. If you leave me alone and run away, I’ll use that as an excuse to torture you for three years. I don’t like that.”

“Oh, is that because you don’t like what I’m doing? I won’t do it this time.”

“……really?”

“I’ll only ask for one year. I’ll understand, given the circumstances.”

The two cousins ​​relaxed by joking around as they always did.

Ugly guys would have fun just looking at each other’s faces.

‘Guillotine.’

-Don’t complain. I’m still transmitting magic power.

I killed many doppelgangers on my way here, and thanks to that I absorbed a considerable amount of black magic.

Charon closed his eyes slowly and absorbed the magical powers that Guillotine was giving him.

Jeong Hae-sik boasts the best efficiency in this situation.

Jeong Hae-sik quickly spreads the magical power transmitted by the guillotine throughout his body.

Woohoo.

Charon closed his eyes tightly and focused on the flow of magic.

How much time has passed like that?

-master.

Guillotine warned in a low voice, and Charon slowly opened his eyes.

“Are you coming because you thought it might be hard to find me? You’re a kinder kid than I thought.”

Just in case, I spread Pluto’s magic power throughout the passage.

Someone has entered Pluto’s detection range.

A being possessed of black magic, and pure black magic at that.

The guy was approaching the banquet hall with steps that were neither fast nor slow.

Charon pulled the guillotine out of the ground and walked forward, laughing bitterly.

“nice to meet.”

The hallway in front of the banquet hall.

A gust of wind blows from the end of the smoke-filled hallway.

Paaaaat-!

A sharp sword made of black magic.

A black blast of light cut through the space.

The moon, a giant crescent moon, surges forward, devouring all the light around it.

The invisible moon.

I couldn’t even keep track of how many moons were up or where they were flying from.

But Charon knew about that moon.

‘There’s no way I wouldn’t know.’

infuse.

It is the moon that was raised in numerous battlefields over 50 years ago.

The Moon of Cain Rathor.

The moon that belonged to Caron Reston.

On the surface, it was a perfect swordsmanship. The moon was not visible, and the person hiding behind it was not visible.

Charon’s eyes lit up.

“If you’re going to imitate, you might as well do it right.”

But the moon is not perfect.

Fifty years ago, I wouldn’t have noticed the loophole, but now, after so many years have passed, I can see it.

Woohoo.

The magic power of Cheongmyeong gathers in the guillotine’s blade.

An ominous, dark blue glow and an eerie fear were felt at the tip of the sword.

“He was just a kid who imitated. What am I going to say?”

The dim lights inside the castle were all swallowed up by the moon, but the light from the guillotine shone leisurely.

Kwaaaaaaaah-!

The moon of Cain Lathor was a moon that only Cain Lathor could complete.

But that guy is not Cain Lathor.

In that month, there was no hatred that Cain’s moonlight should have harbored. It was just an outward imitation.

The eerie hatred that Charon had acquired from living his entire life as a slave.

The doppelganger couldn’t even mimic Cain’s emotions.

That’s why Caron.

Phew!

“Did you think anything would change if you tried to sell your emotions with that face? You fake brat.”

He just smirked and brought down his sword.

A wave split the corridor, and the wave split the shapeless moon in half.

Then the doppelganger’s appearance is revealed.

A face of confusion.

It was a familiar face.

Black hair and dark black eyes.

“Did I look like that?”

I don’t even remember what I looked like in my past life.

Even though the face from back then was still flashing before his eyes, Caron shook his head slightly and smiled.

It’s a face you don’t need to remember.

Because no matter what it was like in your past life, now is more important.

“Did you imitate my memories?

“My name is…….”

“I don’t care if you’re Cain or whatever. You’re just a doppelganger, you piece of shit.”

The guillotine shines.

And the pure white sword that the doppelganger was holding also turned black.

Flower petals flowed from the sword and cut through Charon’s skin, but Charon only smiled more deeply.

“It’s a bumper crop. Isn’t it?”

A gap.

He thrust his sword into the gap that was clearly visible.

The pure white sword pierced Charon’s side, but Charon only laughed even more bitterly.

“I heard that among the Suin tribe’s punishments, there is one called Lingchi-mutilation. It is a punishment where they strip all the flesh from a person’s body while they are still alive. From now on, I will Lingchi-mutilate you.”

“I… … I… … .”

“Before we get started, I have one thing to say.”

Charon’s eyes sparkled with madness.

“It really looks like ×.”

6.

“Coolook.”

Charon snickered as he spat blood onto his doppelganger’s face.

“Do you like it?”

“Oh, you crazy… … bird… … bastard.”

A pure white sword was stuck in Charon’s abdomen. Blood was dripping from the tip of the sword, but Charon’s smile grew even deeper.

“Caron.”

“Ah, Leo, I’m fine. Just stay back. I still have work to do with this kid.”

Caron waved his hand and pushed Leo away.

Just then, Guillotine’s voice rang in my head.

-Master. Are you okay?

“Hey, Guillotine. Why is this kid so ugly?”

-Master, that’s your old face. He was definitely ugly. That’s right, Master. I have something to tell you.

Woohoo.

The guillotine was stuck in the doppelganger’s chest.

-This kid, this is the Doppelganger Lord. The demon who leads the Doppelgangers.

“Lord? Why is Lord so weak?”

– It’s a doppelganger. How strong can a mere imitator of another be? And the clone… … wasn’t exactly perfect. It seems like they cloned only a small part of the body. No, that’s not what’s important right now.

Wooooow-!

Once again light burst out from the guillotine.

An eerie blue-black glow.

The light that had been stretching out took shape in an instant.

-I ate an interesting ability. I took it from you thanks to the Power of Slaughter I absorbed last time… … .

“Let me get to the point.”

-It doesn’t last long, but it’s possible now.

Paaaaat-!

A dark blue magical power formed in the air.

And after a while.

Bam.

A man appeared in the dark blue light.

It was exactly like Caron.

Charon blinked as he gazed at the rare sight. While he was trying to figure out what kind of ability it was, Guillotine continued his explanation.

-The Doppelganger Lord’s ability is replication. You could call it a clone? Thanks to the master’s careful planning, he was able to steal the ability. Hehe.

Charon smiled with amusement as he looked at his own clone.

The clone also followed him, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, but it didn’t matter.

“How does this perform?”

-It may take some time to get used to, but it’s very simple. Basically, it follows its owner’s actions… … and you can give it autonomy if you want. That’s all I know for now.

That explanation alone was enough.

“oh.”

A short, thick exclamation escaped Charon’s mouth.

And Leo, who was watching such a Charon, muttered while trembling.

“… …There are two Charons?”

I can’t explain it in detail, but this much was certain.

Something hellish happened.

… … Without a doubt.

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