Children of the Holy Emperor - Chapter 459



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459. Kaya’s Breath (8)

“Don’t be surprised, Mores. I mean, he comes to visit you often.”

“Well, I’m careful these days. I might get caught by you or Red.”

“I was originally planning to just see your face for a bit tonight.”

“You’re all wrong. Then why can’t you just sit still for even a single day?”

eww?.

The man placed Dasha on the floor and relaxed his shoulders, rotating his arms in unison. It was a strange movement, as if each arm was controlled by a separate person.

Despite his excitement, Sungjin’s head began to roll quickly to figure out the situation.

‘Come to think of it… … .’

Hasn’t this happened before? One time when I visited Jonathan MacAlpin, the twins were briefly possessed by Ashlee Batcher, whose head had been ruined by the Grey Plague.

‘Ashley also had an imperfect salt crystal on her head. That means these guys can control human bodies as much as they want using the salt crystal!’

So what is the extent of that ability? At the time, it seemed like the guy who was controlling Ashley and Red were on equal footing, showing off their equal level of control… … .

‘This time, it seems like the twins have the clear upper hand.’

When I glanced at her real eyebrows, she had a look of despair on her face, and her mouth kept twitching. She was flustered by the unexpected situation, and ended up handing over Dasha too easily.

‘But you don’t seem that desperate. You probably think you can easily wipe us out with your remaining forces anyway.’

Seongjin, who had judged it to that extent, motioned to No. 21 to take care of Dasha. Then he looked straight at the man with shining eyes and opened his mouth.

“Herna. Gades.”

“huh”

“huh.”

“good job.”

The man who heard the short compliment gave a faint smile that didn’t match his rough appearance. It would have felt disgusting if it were normal, but when you think of the twins inside him, it somehow seems a little cute?

“First of all, there’s something I want to know. Do you have to be together to control someone? If you’re going to take over a body, wouldn’t it be better if you each control different people?”

“Hmm.”

“Hmm.”

Then the man rolled his eyes and let out similar groans repeatedly.

“Mores is formidable. I thought he would surprise me this time.”

“It’s not easy. They’re already planning to take advantage of this situation.”

Herna and Gades, who had been grumbling like that, soon answered Sungjin’s questions obediently.

“Mores is right in most cases. It might be a bit less controllable, but controlling both at the same time isn’t a problem.”

“But this time, I thought it would be better for the two of us to be together. The current situation is quite special.”

…special cases?

As I looked at him in wonder, the twins… no, Marcos’ eyes lit up with a strange light.

“Mores. It’s harder than you think to completely take control of a human body. There are a lot of restrictions, and there are a lot of things to prepare in advance.”

“Think of that wicked puppeteer. In order to create a docile doll, he first tries to completely destroy the original personality.”

“Because humans have unconscious defense mechanisms.”

“Because if we judge something to be a threat, we try to eliminate it or avoid it.”

“It is a natural and automatic phenomenon.”

“The mechanism is simple, but it is difficult to handle.”

“So we agreed that the two of us should work together to properly take control of the body.”

“Because in order to control the defense mechanism, you have to completely dominate the unconscious realm.”

Seongjin took a deep breath after hearing that. As he listened to what the guys were saying, the bad feeling that had been creeping up on him since a while ago seemed to be gradually turning into a clearer picture.

“Wait a minute, you guys… … !”

But before he could even finish his words-

Phew!

Marcos raised his arm like lightning and drove the stiletto deep into his own neck.

“… … !”

Chaaaaah!

As everyone froze in shock at the sudden turn of events, a body with a completely severed carotid artery slowly collapsed to the floor, blood spraying out.

dump!

“omg?!”

The chin of Minjja Eyebrow, who suddenly lost his subordinate in an absurd way, drops down.

But it was still too early to be surprised. Behind the group of still expressionless assassins, a woman suddenly raised her hand and smiled strangely.

“Ta-da!”

“how is it?”

“… … !”

Amidst everyone’s astonished gaze-

Squeak, squeak.

The woman slowly walked out of the gap between the assassins, her gait not quite in sync, mumbling strange words as if she were talking to herself, just as Marcos had done when he had just died.

“Do you understand now? Even if we each fight against each other, we’ll only be able to take over two of their bodies and interfere with the other two.”

“You probably know, Mores. This is the surest way to reduce the number of enemies.”

So the woman pulled out her stilettos from her waist as naturally as water flowing –

Chomp!

Once again, a fountain of excited blood sprayed in all directions.

“What, what the heck is this… … !”

For the first time, a deep sense of fear appears in the round eyes of the real eyebrows.

But that wasn’t the end of it. Right behind her, another assassin tilted his head and opened his mouth.

“See? This is how to truly dominate the game, the surefire way to win.”

“They know full well, but they will never be able to stop us.”

“Simple math, huh?”

“The results are not clear.”

“If we continue to narrow it down like this, eventually only that woman without a salt crystal will remain.”

“It looks pretty tough, but it’s okay. I’m sure Mores can handle it.”

And the stiletto is swung again, mercilessly and without fail.

Choaaaak!

Blood poured down like a waterfall over the head of the real eyebrow that was nearby.

* * *

‘Is this… a dream?’

Olivier was dazed as she was hit by the hot fountain of blood. She couldn’t quite comprehend what was happening.

The tower I had painstakingly built was destroyed, and half of the force I had brought with me was lost. When I finally returned with the remaining personnel, the base had already been reduced to ashes.

And now, unidentified evil spirits appear and start killing the remaining subordinates one by one!

‘Everything… … .’

Olivier stared blankly at the prince in front of him. The boy was looking down at all these mysterious sights with a cold gaze as if nothing had happened.

A moment of intuitive realization came over me.

‘Yes, all these things are moving according to the convenience of that prince.’

How on earth can that be? How can the whole world move for just one person?

“How many have you killed? How many are left now?”

“There are only three. There’s still a long way to go.”

Olivier suddenly came to his senses at the ominous voice heard from beside him again.

‘If things continue like this, we’ll all be wiped out in the blink of an eye!’

She cried out, gritting her teeth.

“What the hell! They can only control one person at a time! Everyone, calm down and let’s stop them for good this time!”

But it was nothing more than an empty command. Even Olivier himself could not help but be skeptical.

‘How do you stop it? You never know who it will possess, and the evil spirit that appears and immediately commits suicide?’

But a helping hand came from an unexpected place.

“Stop it.”

Prince Mores’s cool voice is heard-

Towering.

The newly possessed assassin stopped moving as if by magic. He held his stiletto high and looked at the prince with a puzzled expression.

“huh?”

“why?”

What was curious was the same for Olivier.

They just failed to properly respond to the sudden situation, but they still have the upper hand. They need to increase their momentum to have a chance of winning, so why on earth are they stopping there?

But Prince Mores’ expression was more serious than expected.

“You little brats who are just leaving! What are you doing?”

“Huh? What?”

“what’s the matter?”

“Young people are harming themselves without fear right now! Are you out of your minds? Aren’t you in pain?”

Then the man lowered his arms and tilted his head with a squeak.

“But it’s okay, Mores. It doesn’t hurt that much.”

“Yes, Mores. This is nothing.”

“Don’t make me laugh! Is that something you would do in front of this hyung? Or do you guys want to get really hurt by me?”

The prince, who had been grumbling and shouting, immediately began to give a long speech to the evil spirits.

A nagging warning that we shouldn’t try to overcome the adversities and hardships that come with life in extreme ways. A nagging warning about the ethical and emotional problems that can arise when we consider self-harm as an easy solution.

And finally, after much urging to tell his family first before doing anything extreme in the future, the long nagging finally ended.

“… … .”

The evil spirits seemed momentarily lost in the torrent of nagging.

“Do you see now? How ridiculous you have just now committed this act?”

“Well, I think I know a little bit?”

“I think you still don’t know?”

“These guys are still here!”

The prince shouted.

“You are still children! You are little rats! You have no responsibility or duty to make such an extreme choice!”

“responsibility…….”

“duty…….”

“Just leave that to me or my father!”

The prince, having said that, continued speaking, his agitated mood slightly calming down.

“And by the way, how do you think your father will feel if he finds out about this later? Huh? Or if your mother finds out!”

“Your father Seonghwang?”

“Your Majesty, Father… … .”

“Light?”

“Joe… … .”

“Yes! Please, use that sane brain of yours that plays chess so well to think!”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Then, the man who had been staring at the prince with a blank expression for a moment, soon grinned and muttered.

“Haha, he’s overly toxic, but sometimes he becomes soft in strange places.”

“That’s right. I don’t know who said that, but I guess I’ll just give it back to them.”

“That could be true. Mores is Mores.”

“That’s right. Mores is none other than Mores.”

Fortunately for Olivier, that conversation seemed to have brought about some change in the demons’ minds.

Chaenggrang!

The man threw his stilettos on the ground and walked towards Prince Mores with staggering steps.

“But you know what? Actually, Mores might be right.”

“Well, I guess we were trying too hard for nothing.”

“Because on my way here, I saw something really interesting.”

“Yeah, well, wouldn’t there be a bunch of really strong looking demons lying side by side on the floor?”

“I came back after looking around for a while because it was so interesting.”

“I think it’s time to wake up.”

…what does that all mean?

Olivier listened with great tension, but Prince Mores gave him a puzzled look.

“Ah, those guys… … .”

Then, the man who had been staring at the prince let out an inappropriately innocent laugh.

“Haha, look at this! You already knew that, right? Mores had it all figured out from the beginning, right?”

“That’s right. I guess I was worried for nothing. If you look closely, he’s actually a very systematic and sinister guy.”

“But still, did we help you?”

“Right. When you get back, should I play chess with you?”

As their conversation became more and more cheerful, Olivier became more and more anxious.

‘What the hell are you talking about? What are you talking about?’

Unfortunately, Olivier quickly found out the answer.

Swaaaah… … .

I felt a chill down my spine for no reason, and before I knew it, a black aura began to thicken on the basement floor.

Olivier looked around in confusion.

‘Hey, is that smoke? Or is it magic? Where are you coming from all of a sudden?’

Kieeeeeeeeee!

Then, along with an eerie, haunting sound, a desperate scream, as if wrenching the soul, rang out.

[Ahhhhh! Master of my soul!]

[Master! Did you call this Belinda?]

The shock would have been enough to make a poorly possessed soul fly away in an instant.

Thud! Thud!

As the assassins under the control of the headquarters all fell helplessly, Olivier’s face turned pale.

This was the beginning of a true nightmare.