Becoming a Hunter in a Dark Fantasy - Chapter 97
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Episode 98: The Royal Family of Batevil (1)
The Kingdom of Batevil, outside the capital city of Skaia.
Four new figures descended from the sky and landed like flying squirrels.
“It’s quiet, maybe because it’s night.”
Sercia wrapped her arms around me in the chilly night air. It wasn’t cold.
This is because the Sphero Cloak naturally maintains a comfortable temperature depending on the environment.
‘just…….’
A subtle sense that only a wizard can perceive. The flow of magical energy floating around was vibrating at an unusually large rate.
As if something ominous had happened.
‘no way.’
I thought it was a mistake. Something was going to happen.
I didn’t want to undermine Elwin’s trust by citing uncertainties as an excuse.
“Before you leave, everyone take one.”
“Elwin, what is this?”
Elwin took out a few robes from the subspace and distributed them to the Sphero members.
“It’s a robe. Cover your clothes and cloak with this. It might be okay in the palace, but it would be bad if you draw attention on the way out.”
“I guess so.”
“Because the aftereffects of the Clover Company incident will still linger.”
I had forgotten about it for a moment because I had left for the tunnel and heard the shocking truth.
The Clover Company incident was not a minor incident that could be forgotten after only a few days.
Four people wearing long robes headed towards the Bateville castle.
They strengthened their bodies with magic and ran quickly, and before they knew it, they had entered the capital city of Skya.
It wasn’t far to the castle of Batavi.
Just go a little further.
“Lord Elwin. Are you going to the Bateville Castle to seek… cooperation?”
Sersia asked. It was a reasonable question.
A group of villains called Deficio are plotting to overthrow the country.
While wrapping up the crazy goal of destroying the foundations of one country and building a new country on top of it as a ‘cause.’
“Miss. Isn’t that obvious? The people involved should also be aware of issues that affect the fate of the country.”
“I agree. The Kingdom of Batevils is said to have the weakest military power among the countries of the Northern Continent… … but it’s better than nothing.”
“Well, that’s true.”
This was a very serious problem.
No matter how notorious Depicio was as an assassination guild, they were linked with the dubious title of ‘The Five Great Villain Organizations’.
“Because they were trying to do something truly absurd, like overthrowing the state… … No, they are currently attempting to do so.”
Even so, Depicio was a group of worms that lived off the darkness. They were at the bottom of the five major organizations.
“If we rank the other four major organizations, excluding Deficio.”
Sercia slowly listed the information about the organizations I had analyzed.
“The Romantic Pirates… … always drift around the sea, and they don’t have a solid foundation to attempt to overthrow the country.”
Familia, a mafia organization that is extremely vertical and whose members do not even dare to attempt betrayal.
Desire, a secret organization where everything about the organization is shrouded in secrecy.
“Familia and Desire may have a higher chance of success, but… … If those two organizations were to seek to overthrow the nation, I don’t think they would target a powerful country, but rather a small country like the Kingdom of Bateville.”
and.
“It would be understandable if the Revolutionary Army of the Ruins had done this. They hate the monarchy and commit all kinds of terrorism.”
A widespread terrorist organization that advocates the abolition of the monarchy and carries out terrorism around the world, a revolutionary army from the ruins, could easily attempt to overthrow the country.
But ironically, the one who had been dreaming of such a crazy thing for a long time was the assassination group Depicchio.
“Well, I am well aware of the discrimination and hatred against other races. Their ambition to establish their own kingdom… … I may not sympathize with it, but I understand it to some extent.”
Clover Trading Company and Magpie Group have been at odds for a long time, and perhaps that was the essential trigger between the two groups.
Sersia, like other members of the Sphero unit, is a pure Rampasian, so she has never really felt the discrimination or hatred until now.
-So that we can know and understand each other better, and no longer be afraid of each other.
-So please give us a chance to forgive each other someday.
That day, there was something about the conversation between Azen Clover and Enaka Magpie that made even the unrelated other, Sercia, feel moved.
‘… … Coexistence and harmony.’
Just roll the grains of the word around in your mouth without making a sound.
But unlike those beautiful, resonant words that Aajen had spoken with all his heart at that time.
The words Sersia pronounced were rough and harsh, even though they meant the same thing.
Sersia Odelweiss cannot understand such lofty values.
-Sercia, promise me.
Because she was an avenger who swore to exact brutal retribution on the scars etched deep into her heart.
Sercia opened her mouth, burying the bitter memories of the past with a faint, familiar smile.
“Why the Kingdom of Batavil? Why did they need the Clover Company for their cause?”
Sercia nodded, raising the question that had been nagging at a corner of her mind.
Elwin looked back at Sercia with an ambiguous expression, but she was too lost in her thoughts to notice.
“Is it because Batevil is a weak country? If Clover Trading Company disappears, it will quickly fall apart?”
“Ah~ Now that I think about it, when I went to Skya Royal Hospital to rescue that guy, Nonoen Clover.”
As she raised her question, a forgotten memory suddenly came back to Gale.
“Weren’t there also guards wearing the royal emblem? Ugh… …! This old man doesn’t know what’s going on.”
“You’ll find out soon enough.”
Elwin snickered at Gale’s groaning.
“If you go to the Bateville Castle… …!!”
It was at that moment. Elwin’s mood, which had been faintly smiling, changed.
The other Sphero members expressed their doubts at the expression that had become terrifyingly murderous.
“Why, why are you doing that, kid? With such a scary expression on your face.”
“… …Lord Elwin?”
“What’s wrong?”
As they got closer to the castle of Batavil, the surrounding area became deserted.
Now that we have reached the ‘Via Renion’, a huge road that divides the area where the royal family lives from the area where ordinary citizens live.
Only then was Elwin able to sense the change.
‘… … The smell of blood!’
Elwin’s heightened senses picked up the faint scent of blood mixed with the ominous wind.
Now that I know about it, the smell of blood is so strong that I wonder why I only found out about it now.
“shit!”
The three people looked surprised at Elwin who was swearing. It was the first time they had seen Elwin swear.
“You know how to swear too?”
When I saw Elwin up until now, he acted as if he had good living habits and dignified speech and behavior.
They used to speculate that Elwin might be a noble or royal like the other specials.
Unlike the three people who were still unaware of the change and were at peace, Elwin’s voice was quiet.
“… …Everyone, step behind me.”
The three people who sensed the seriousness of the situation stopped talking and stepped back behind Elwin.
The Via Renion was a large road that separated the two areas where the royal family and the commoners resided, and was the pride of the Kingdom of Bateville, where commerce and transportation were well developed.
But at night, the Renion Way is transformed from a road to a wall.
A thick and solid road stands up vertically with an unknown and powerful magic, blocking the entrance to the castle and preventing even a single ant from entering.
Made of Adamas metal, known as the hardest material in the world, it boasted ironclad protection, but… … .
It doesn’t matter.
It’s not like I trained so sloppily that I couldn’t even cut something like that.
“……after.”
Elwin, who had already drawn his sword, exhaled deeply. With that one breath, magical power exploded into the sword.
A golden slash shot from the tip of the sword collided with Renion Road. A brilliant light flashed.
Kukwaaaaang!
A deafening noise rang out, and a huge hole opened up in the Renion Road!
“Huh? Wait a minute. What is this…?”
“… … The smell of blood?”
Before they could even be shocked, the three of them sensed the sticky smell of blood from afar. They had not noticed it until then due to the powerful magic that had been placed on the Renion Road.
“Kid, what’s going on… … Hey? Hey! Where are you going alone?!”
Before they could even begin to say anything, Elwin charged forward at a furious pace.
My breath dispersed as the scenery changed in an instant, and the rushing wind hit my face hard.
‘Another variable.’
Elwin bit his lip hard. Perhaps he had let his guard down because the situation was going smoothly.
‘I knew I would be aiming for the castle of Batavil right away.’
It was a befitting action by the crazy guys who invaded Mediale for a just cause from the original.
In fact, Elwin did not expect them to attack the castle so immediately.
because.
‘You haven’t even secured the White Moon or Yana yet. Are you going ahead with your plan?’
Because Deficio’s cause, the resurrection of King Suin, required a white moon.
To be exact, it is not Yana’s existence, but the life she is currently ‘holding’.
The real culprit, Yana, was unable to notice this due to her anger and despair.
Rather, it is Deficchio who knows more about this than she does.
‘That’s why Yana, the only woman on the ‘Moon’, was sent on an undercover mission in the first place. To get Oridion Batwell’s bloodline under his control.’
In “Rampas”, Yana runs away from Deficio just like now and hides in the Batevil tunnels. Not knowing about the relationship between Candela and Deficio, she just wants to avoid their gaze for a moment.
Candela captures Yana and tries to negotiate with Depicio, but ends up being defeated instead…
The Batevil Tunnels are lost to history.
Afterwards, Yana is captured by Depicio and becomes the cornerstone for the revival of the King of Water.
Candela loses her tunnel and becomes a fugitive, later becoming a wandering information dealer NPC.
This was the original flow.
-The most important thing is to figure out where Depicio is at this point.
So Elwin made a decision.
-First, let’s look at the tall forest.
Because in the original, it was where Deficio resided before he invaded the Kingdom of Batevil.
To confirm this, Elwin instructed Narhan, who remained on the surface, to look around the area of the high forest while Gale and his party infiltrated the tunnel.
But the result that came back was.
-There was no one there. There were faint traces of a large number of people staying there, but it must have been built a long time ago…
Narhan Perdik was a top-class hunter with excellent sensing abilities. If he had confirmed it, it would have been true.
“Unless it is a tall forest.”
Now all that remains is… … .
“Is that all?”
Elwin had a feeling where Deficio was.
Their invasion of the Batevils Castle probably meant that they were nearing the final stage of preparations for the resurrection of King Suin.
“… … I hope you are both safe. Your Majesty.”
Elwin muttered, glancing up at the Batevill castle right in front of him.
That was it!
Shhhhh!
As soon as he reached the castle entrance, dark dragons flew in from afar.
Elwin neutralized the dark creatures by simply emitting his magical power, and looked in the direction they had come from.
“Intruder-!”
“Who are you!”
A race of aliens dressed entirely in black. They were Deficio’s assassins.
“That was great. It was just the moment I needed a sandbag.”
Elwin let out a sigh-like laugh and soon raised his lips.
“I just wanted to vent some anger.”
Elwin, his eyes flashing fiercely, gripped his sword tightly and swung it with a great swing.