The Duke’s Madness - The Duke’s Madness chapter 115

Blood Chalice.

They were on their way north to retrieve the artifacts Dormund had collected a long time ago.

The family warlock told you a completely unexpected story.

‘Ian. It seems that they are being pursued.’

Along with that story, the Warlock made an ingenious suggestion.

‘I think I can use this tracking in reverse if I do well.’

I have accepted the offer now.

Ian was able to get to the fanatics’ stronghold very easily.

Looking at the huge underground city built in the middle of the snowfield, he burst out laughing.

“… For fanatics, the technology is quite good.”

It could not have been an interesting sight.

It’s strange that a religion made up of vampires has the technology to build such a huge city in the middle of the underground.

Just then, his adjutant came over and bowed his head.

“kyung. Preparations are nearing completion.”

At his words, Ian stroked his chin.

The original plan was to launch an indiscriminate bombardment of the fanatics’ stronghold, killing every single one of them.

However, Ian’s heart was shaken when he saw this underground city.

With the precious lineage of vampires, the technology to create such a structure in the snowfield underground.

To be honest, I was very coveted.

So Ian decided to [plunder] them.

“Change the plan.”

“… … ?”

“Destroy buildings, but try not to kill fanatics.”

At his words, the corner of the adjutant’s mouth went up.

“All right. I will tell the soldiers not to kill the ‘slaves’ at all costs.”

The adjutant bowed down and disappeared from his seat.

It was when Ian looked back at the underground city.

Something slid up from his shadow.

It was a monkey, one of Dormund’s 12 demons.

“Ian… Do you have any reason to enslave them?”

Ian answered the monkey’s question.

“Do you see anything good, what’s wrong with wanting it and trying to take it away?”

The monkey hesitated for a moment before answering.

“… Looting and looting are symbols of Dormund, but now the timing is not very good.”

“The reason is?”

“The monster I cursed is still alive.”

At the monkey’s words, Ian burst into laughter.

“You sure killed him, didn’t you boast?”

“… I thought I killed it, but someone stopped it and someone else brought it back to life.”

“It’s a long story without making excuses.”

“… sorry. It is assumed that the death was stopped by the necromancer, but I never expected that he would even bring it back to life.”

The story of the monkey reminded Ian.

‘That monster is alive… .’

A swordsman, no warrior, who never flinched against his own sword.

While facing him, Ian could feel the tension for the first time in a while.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve been able to deal with higher-level spirits.’

However, it was really fresh and new to feel that feeling for an unknown warrior on the periphery.

Because of that, Ian decided to be greedy.

“Wouldn’t it be enough if we took in even that monster?’

“… yes?”

“Even wild beasts can eventually be tamed, so why can’t a monster be tamed?”

The black magician of Dormund, the monkey, replied in bewilderment.

“Ha, but Mr. Ian… I don’t think such a warrior would listen to anyone… .”

“Tame it.”

“yes?”

“Isn’t this your duty? So don’t make any excuses, research a way to tame the monster and bring it to me.”

The monkey blinked and let out a sigh.

‘Even this stubbornness resembles His Excellency Kane Dormund.’

But Ian Dormund’s orders were, in short, Kane Dormund’s orders.

The monkey, who gave his all to Dormund, soon bowed and withdrew.

Left alone like that, Ian looked at the underground city again and murmured.

“We have lost an outstanding knight named Harbin, so we can bring it instead of that monster.”

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Not only that, but I was thinking of taking everything in this underground city.

The Holy Grail, the vampires, the technology that built this underground city.

I was thinking of getting the price as much as I had walked far.

After organizing his thoughts, Ian turned around and ordered.

“Prepare your troops. We will start looting now.”

* * *

The first thing Arthur heard after exiting the church was a scream.

“Ahh-!”

“help me!”

“Oh, Mom—!”

The screams that started from the outskirts of the city were gradually spreading throughout the city.

Arthur, who listened closely to the sound, immediately turned around and jumped up.

Arthur, who had come up to the top floor of the church where he had been before, exclaimed.

“and… What is this?”

The Dormund army was visible in the distance.

They were breaking into the city and kidnapping the villagers.

Because of that, Arthur couldn’t help but tremble.

The fact that the Dormund army is here is a man who always ran away.

Ian Dormund came to find himself on his own feet.

“Ian… What the hell is going on? Why did you come to me first?”

With these words, the world turned upside down in an instant.

Thinking of Ian, my mental illness, which had been quiet, began to flare up again.

‘It’s hard to go crazy yet… .’

At least, if I was going to go crazy, I wanted to go crazy in front of Ian.

It was time to take a deep breath to forcefully calm the excitement that had risen because of that.

Carpe, who came out of the church belatedly, shouted.

“What a mess this is!”

At his cry, Arthur answered, shaking off the last remaining excitement.

“Mr. Carpe? Did the Dormund army come?”

“Do, Dormund?”

“yes. Isn’t that what you meant?”

Carpe frowned at Arthur’s question.

“Hey you crazy bastard! Would you have intended this!! sh*t! Where did my magic go wrong? I think it came from backtracking… .”

With Carpe’s murmur, Arthur jumped up again and came down to the ground.

Ginny and Leon, who came out just in time, stiffened their faces and asked.

“Looking at the commotion, Ian… Doesn’t he look like he’s here?”

Arthur nodded.

“I guess so.”

“Whoa… It wasn’t in my plan to come in like this all of a sudden.”

Arthur laughed softly.

“Am I good? It saved me the trouble of finding it.”

“… Are you going straight to him?”

“yes. Your precious body has been looking for you for a long time, so I have to go out to meet you.”

After thinking about Arthur’s answer for a while, Leon suggested it.

“Come with me. I don’t know anything else, but the warlock next to me is bothering me.”

“hmm… Dormund’s pardon for black magic, isn’t there only ‘monkey’?”

“that’s right. A monkey, one of the 13 ghosts who brought Dormund to his present position. I think he came here.”

Leon’s explanation reminded Arthur of old memories.

‘Dormund Ghost… I thought they would be here too.’

For Dormund’s sake, the 13 vassals will carry out the order by any means necessary.

However, they were shadows called thirteen ghosts because no one had ever seen them in their true form.

‘Previous… These are the people I bumped into a lot when I was crazy, I never thought they would be here.’

Arthur smiled along with the thought.

I had already received a present that I was satisfied with, but it felt like another gift was hidden inside.

At that time, Carpe approached me with a blushing face.

“crazy… no dun.”

“Yes, Mr. Carpe.”

“Are you going to kill Ian?”

“yes. I guess so.”

Carpe hesitated, then handed the necklace hanging around his neck to Arthur.

Arthur asked, tilting his head.

“What’s this?”

“It’s a token to enter the temple over there.”

“Temple… What?”

“okay. It is also the place where the princess currently resides.”

Arthur’s eyes widened.

In the meantime, Carpe bit his lip and said.

“Since they’ve come all the way here, the first thing they’ll be targeting is the princess.”

“hmm… But I have no intention of protecting Yenika?”

“I’m not asking you to protect me. As promised, Ian, I want you to stop him.”

Arthur exclaimed.

“Is the only place Ian is going to be where Jenika is?”

“that’s right. And now without Taken, the only one who can deal with him is you.”

Arthur nodded.

“all right. Thank you for the necklace, Carpe.”

At Arthur’s answer, Carpe sighed.

‘This is the best for now… I have to save the followers.’

As Carpe came to that conclusion and was about to turn around, Ginny raised her hand.

“I’ll go with you, mister.”

“… why? You bastard, you should go that way.”

“Even if I am over there, there is nothing to do. And personally, I prefer this job rather than that one.”

At Ginny’s words, Carpe looked at Arthur.

Arthur nodded.

“You do it, Ginny. Then see you later.”

Ginny muttered, pricking up her ears.

“… take care.”

“Genie too.”

Ginny and Carpe, who had said goodbye like that, disappeared.

Arthur, who was watching the scene, stretched and said.

“Then shall we go too?”

Leon nodded.

“How about finding Ian’s location first?”

“I still think so.”

“It’s difficult to have a monkey attached… As long as he’s there, we can’t hastily pursue him.”

At Leon’s words of concern, Arthur smiled brightly.

“Oh, don’t worry about that, Ian. There is a good way.”

“huh? A good way?”

“yes. So trust me and follow me.”

Leon’s eyes widened at Arthur’s words.

‘… what?’

Speaking with confidence like that, rather than feeling confident, Leon felt somewhat uneasy.

However, Arthur had already taken the lead and walked away, so he could not hesitate any longer.

‘hmm… okay. No matter what accident happens now, will there be a problem?’

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No matter what accidents Arthur Bayern caused in this mess, there was nothing to fear anymore.

After thinking that way, Leon followed Arthur.

* * *

Sergeant Dormund.

Shrek let out an eerie laugh.

“Do not kill as much as possible, but those who rebel may be cut off.”

The looting started with the command of the superior.

He couldn’t stand the itching of his hands and immediately stormed into a house.

“Muh, what are you guys!”

“What is it? He’s your new master!”

The reason he joined Dormund’s army was because Dormund was the most brutal.

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Once recognized as an enemy, Dormund had no mercy in his hands.

looting, arson, rape.

It gave the greatest pain to the enemy who had succumbed to anything.

Since childhood, Shrek, who suffered from a deformed mental illness, did not have an army like this.

Because he also enjoyed them.

Because of that, Shrek shouted in happiness at the looting he had started after a long time.

‘Dormund is the best! Long live Ian Dormund!’

Unlike other soldiers, he preferred to harass the prisoners he captured rather than plunder and rape.

The sight of the captives making faces of fear as they looked at them was more thrilling than looting and raping.

It was no different now.

“I, please… Please save my daughter. Only my daughter, please!”

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A daughter with a cute face to benevolent-looking parents.

Shrek smiled as he knelt down at his feet, a happy family no matter who saw it.

“Can you save my daughter?”

“Oh, yes! Only my daughter, please!”

At the words of the man who seemed to be the father, Shrek thrust a knife at the girl who was less than 10 years old.

The startled girl burst into tears.

The expression of the man who seemed to be the daughter’s father was stained with contemplation.

“Hey, look! Why! I only want to save my daughter!”

Shrek giggled.

“You asked me to save my daughter, so I only wanted to kill her.”

“… what?”

“No, it is. It’s human psychology to want to do what you are told not to do.”

At Shrek’s words, the daughter’s father opened his mouth.

‘That crazy guy!’

The daughter’s father, with a frown on his face, bit his lip.

Seeing that, Shrek trembled with joy.

‘Ah, that’s great… best. That expression full of anguish.’

Shrek nodded in satisfaction and began torturing his family again.

The most effective was the daughter of the family.

At the slightest touch, both parents had seizures.

“Ahhhhh Dad!”

A middle-aged man who appeared to be the child’s father could not stand it and attacked Shrek.

But Shrek, who overpowered the middle-aged man with just one punch, laughed.

“It’s just the beginning, why are you in a hurry?”

The middle-aged man said with tears streaming down his face.

“… Kut! You better kill me!”

“What do you kill? I’m doing this now to see your expression.”

“… what?”

“You’re doing this just to see that expression. Didn’t you understand?”

The middle-aged man opened his mouth in amazement.

‘This crazy… Where did such a demon suddenly… .’

Shrek snorted in excitement at that expression.

‘What kind of expression would I show if I killed my daughter here?’

It was when the corner of Shrek’s mouth went up gently along with the thought.

widely-!

The door, which had been firmly locked, burst open.

Shocked by surprise, Shrek turned his head and saw a man with a blank expression standing in front of the door.

Shrek asked, narrowing his eyes.

“… What are you?”

The man looked around and answered.

“Me? Are you a person?”

“… … .”

A faint silence fell for a moment.

Shrek, who came to his senses belatedly, asked a question in bewilderment.

“That, that’s not it, what are you?”

The young man burst into exclamation at Shrek’s words.

“Ah, did you mean that?”

“… That’s what it means.”

“My name is Dawn, I’m an Arcane mercenary.”

Shrek tilted his head.

“mercenary? Not a fanatic?”

“yes. What is your name, what is it?”

“Shrek… hey.”

“Oh, it was Mr. Shrek. Nice to meet you, Mr. Shrek.”

With these words, the man who moved forward and reached out reached out his hand.

“… … ?”

Suddenly, Shrek, who held his hand, became a confused expression.

what is this guy?

You show up out of nowhere and ask for a handshake?

In the meantime, the man who let go of the hand he was holding raised his finger.

“From now on, I will count to three. If you know where Ian Dormund is on the count of three, tell me.”

Shrek’s eyes widened.

“Ian Dormund?”

“yes. If you tell me, I will save you… .”

The speechless man laughed.

“Otherwise I will kill you. Do you understand what I mean, Mr. Shrek?”