The Duke’s Madness - The Duke’s Madness chapter 116

At Arthur’s words, Shrek’s expression crumpled.

“Ian… Dormund?”

A boss you don’t respect.

And it was because Arthur had mentioned the man’s name.

Shrek gnashed his teeth after violently throwing the girl he was holding onto.

“You want to die!? How dare you mention Ian!?”

Arthur laughed softly.

“one.”

“This bastard!”

Shrek swung his sword in anger.

Arthur, who lightly dodged the blow, opened his mouth again.

“two.”

“die!”

Shrek swung the knife again.

Arthur, who had dodged the blow again, folded his last remaining finger.

“three.”

Shrek laughed.

“You fool! Kill me!”

Arthur burst into exclamation at Shrek’s provocation.

“oh? all right. I’ll kill you then.”

With these words, Arthur swung his sword without warning.

At that moment, Shrek’s laughing face flew through the sky as it was.

“… … !”

The eyes of the family who watched with bated breath widened.

At the same time, Arthur, who caught Shrek’s face floating in the air, clicked his tongue.

“Uh. You shouldn’t get blood on someone else’s house, but I made a mistake.”

Arthur took Shrek’s face and threw it out the window.

The sight of the three families opened their mouths.

‘Gee, I threw it! A human face!’

At that time, Arthur looked away and kindly asked a question.

“Are you all right, everyone?”

At Arthur’s question, the three families fell silent.

“… … .”

It was the moment when the madman died and a more madman appeared.

* * *

Leon, who came into the house belatedly, clicked his tongue.

“Did you kill him again?”

“You didn’t answer, so I killed you. What is it?”

“As promised, count to three and ask, right?”

“sure. I counted to three and gave him time to answer clearly.”

Arthur spoke confidently, but Leon’s doubts were seldom resolved.

‘Did you give me the time? Didn’t they just do one, two, three?’

In the meantime, Arthur lowered his head toward the shivering family.

“hello everyone? Are you hurt by anything?”

At Arthur’s question, the middle-aged man only pursed his lips.

Arthur clicked his tongue at his terrified expression.

‘Ugh… How much I wish I had suffered from a man named Shrek.’

From the looks of it, it looks like he was threatening with his daughter, but if that’s the case, it’s not unreasonable to make such an expression.

Arthur shook his head and said.

“everyone. Then I’ll go. Hide in case someone else comes.”

With these words, Arthur was about to leave.

The girl in the middle-aged woman’s arms suddenly shouted.

“Thank you for saving me, mister!”

Arthur turned his head to the girl’s answer and replied.

“Uh huh. It’s not the uncle, it’s the brother.”

“… brother?”

“sure. I am only 17 years old.”

“… ?”

“what? What expression is that, cute little girl?”

The girl narrowed her eyes and answered.

“uh… I’m sorry brother. I thought you were older.”

Arthur replied with a smile.

“He is a good boy. I made a mistake, but I apologize right away.”

“… … .”

“Then I will go for real. Good job everyone.”

Arthur left the house with a farewell.

As if waiting, a scream was heard.

“aaagh-!”

Arthur turned his gaze and looked around.

Acrid smoke rose from everywhere in the peaceful village, fear and madness.

Two emotions weighed heavily on the air.

‘It reminds me of the past, this.’

when I was crazy.

It was time to awaken the Bavarian lineage and stop by the Bavarian manor to seek revenge.

Arthur had seen a scene similar to the present one in that estate.

‘Bavarian territories being overrun by Dormund soldiers.’

Memories of that time overlap now in this town.

So Arthur couldn’t help but laugh.

At that time, unfortunately, he could not save the suffering Bavarian territories.

‘But now?’

He had the power to save them, and he could have killed the Dormund soldiers.

Arthur nodded and was about to move toward the next target.

At some point, Leon came out of the house and grabbed Arthur by the shoulder.

“Arthur, stop for a moment.”

“why?”

“I guess I’ll have to change my method.”

At Leon’s words, Arthur turned his head.

“Isn’t this the surest way to locate Ian?”

Leon let out a sigh.

“Yes, but it takes up too much time. Sometimes the Dormund soldiers don’t reveal Ian’s location, and if Ian steals the holy relic from Miss Jenika and runs away, everything will go to waste.”

Arthur stroked his chin.

“So let’s go to where Jenika is?”

“Anyway, the place Ian is going to is where Miss Jenika is.”

“… … .”

“There is no need to waste time here knowing where to go. there..”

Leon, speechless, pointed to the necklace hanging around Arthur’s neck.

“It looks like Mr. Carpe gave you a necklace as well.”

Arthur was troubled by Leon’s exact point.

‘hmm… It sounds right, but.’

For some reason, I didn’t want to leave.

‘I want to kill Ian, and I also want to kill the Dormund soldiers who are rampaging right now.’

I couldn’t make a decision easily because the appearances of the Bavarian territories had overlapped a little while ago.

Because of that, just as Arthur was about to fall into trouble, a huge explosion rang out.

bang-!

At the same time, a monster’s roar echoed from the other side.

Wow wow wow-!

At that terrifying cry filled with anger, Arthur raised his eyes and murmured.

“oh… Mr. Taken is awake.”

With these words, Arthur fell into trouble.

However, he soon burst into laughter and concluded.

‘Anyway, it doesn’t seem like it’s my job to save the followers of the Black Cross.’

The Black Cross already had a reliable savior other than itself.

Arthur nodded and turned around.

“Okay, Leon. We go to the temple and catch Ian.”

* * *

Arthur and Leon quickly crossed the middle of town.

For a long time running like that, unlike an ordinary soldier from afar, armor and helmet.

And those on horseback were caught in Arthur’s sight.

Dormund was proud of the red rose cavalry.

“Looking at those people around, I think Leon’s prediction is correct?”

Leon’s expression hardened at Arthur’s question.

“It seems so. The red-equipped cavalrymen are the direct subordinates of Kane Dormund and his blood relatives.”

“hmm… How amazing. I thought I’d observe a little more from the rear, but to see you’re moving yourself.”

“Doesn’t that mean the Blood Chalice is so important?”

“Why is the Holy Grail so important to Dormund?”

“I don’t know… So what are you going to do?”

Arthur tilted his head at Leon’s question.

“How are you doing?”

“Are you going to break through like this? Or turn around?”

The corner of Arthur’s mouth went up.

“Of course I have to break through.”

Arthur, who had been running along with this horse, disappeared.

space jump.

The lineage ability to teleport a short distance was activated.

Leon clicked his tongue at the new and rare ability.

At the same time, I woke up my sleeping power.

pounding.

Leon’s eyes changed into star-shaped with his heart beating wildly once.

Leon, who had finished preparing, shouted.

“Arthur! I caught you, so kill me right away!”

At that cry, Arthur, who appeared above the heads of the cavalrymen by leaping into space, took out his beast.

bang-!

The eldest cavalryman’s head flew off with a roar of gunfire.

Whoop!

At the same time, he also slashed the necks of the two horsemen next to him with his sword.

The sudden death raised the eyes of the two remaining cavalrymen.

“… What is this guy!”

Arthur landed on the ground with their astonishment and swung his magic sword.

The two horsemen who came to their senses belatedly tried to raise their spears, but their bodies wouldn’t listen.

“… … !”

They opened their mouths and looked away.

I saw a man running from far away.

‘Wizard?’

With these words, Arthur cut the necks of the two remaining cavalrymen neatly.

Arthur, who had killed five horsemen in an instant, got on top of one of the horses they were riding.

“Woo-jju-jju, aren’t you nice?”

At Arthur’s words, the sophisticated black horse writhed roughly.

hing hing!

But when I pulled the reins tight, I quickly calmed down.

In the meantime, Leon, who had approached, jumped on top of the dark horse and said.

“If I didn’t have the token, I wouldn’t have entered the temple yet! Arthur, let’s go right away!”

“Okay, let’s go-!”

With this horse, Arthur pulled the reins, and the dark horse galloped forward.

hing hing-!

After running for about 10 minutes, the temple that was far away came right in front of us.

Arthur muttered as he tugged at the reins and slowed down.

“what? The temple door is open?’

Leon, who belatedly checked the temple at Arthur’s words, raised his eyes.

Just as Arthur had said earlier, the gate, the only entrance to the temple, was wide open.

“… what? Didn’t Mr. Carpe say you couldn’t get in without that necklace?”

Arthur’s gaze narrowed at Leon’s words.

‘hmm… I don’t think Mr. Carpe lied, but who opened it from the inside?’

Then, who was it that opened the door?

It was when Arthur smiled softly without knowing it.

An unpleasant voice, similar to grinding iron, sounded in my ears.

“… What kind of guys are they?”

Arthur took the black horse’s reins.

The dark horse, who had been fighting once, stopped.

“oh?”

Arthur’s eyes sparkled.

I saw six knights guarding the entrance of the temple and a wizard wearing a hood.

All of them had a red rose symbolizing Dormund.

‘Looking at the article… Ian really came here.’

At that time, the man wearing the hood asked the question again.

“I asked who they were.”

Arthur raised his eyes.

It was because the man’s harsh voice was familiar.

After thinking for a while, Arthur asked.

“… Are you a monkey by any chance?”

“monkey? Are you talking about me?”

“yes. Aren’t you a monkey?’

At these words, the man called the monkey startled and trembled.

“you. how do you know me… .”

The speechless monkey bowed in surprise.

bang-!

At the same time, the beast’s bullets were fired and blocked by the knights next to them.

The monkey, slumped in its seat, shouted harshly.

“Hey… You crazy bastard!! Why are you suddenly shooting!”

Arthur said as he swung the Beast around to grab it.

“Isn’t there anything good about having a long talk with a warlock?”

“… what? You know I’m a warlock too?”

“yes. You are a very dangerous warlock.”

The monkey’s mouth opened at Arthur’s words.

‘What is that guy? I’m seeing you for the first time today, so you know who I am?’

Of course, it wasn’t that there weren’t people who knew my name.

Acting as the shadow of Dormund, thanks to the reputation that spread softly, the alias of Dormund’s monkey was quite famous.

But like that man, it wasn’t common for people to be convinced that he was a monkey just by looking at his voice.

‘what? Is he the one who bumped into me before?’

But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t remember that blurry face.

The monkey narrowed its gaze and murmured.

“You’re suspicious.”

“Shall we only do warlocks?”

“… I’ll have to catch him alive and do some torture. Just wait.”

At the threat of the monkey, Arthur burst into laughter.

In the meantime, one of the knights next to the monkey’s words walked out.

Armed with thick iron armor, he said as he drew a sword from his waist.

“If caught obediently, there will be no pain.”

Arthur shrugged at the words of the unknown Dormund Knight.

“That is what I want to say. If you obediently get out of the way, I will kill you painlessly.”

The knight’s eyebrows twitched.

“Insulting a knight on the subject of fanaticism?”

With these words, the knight rushed without warning.

However, Arthur lightly twisted his body and easily avoided the surprise.

Confusion appeared on the expression of the knight who did not know that his blow would miss.

“… Aren’t you an ordinary fanatic?”

“I’m sorry, but I’m not fanatic.”

“Not a fanatic? Then why did you come here?”

Arthur smiled brightly and drew out his magic sword.

“Why are you here? I’m here to kill you.”

With these words, Arthur swung his magic sword.

The knight was startled by the blow that had been fired like a whip, and raised his sword to block it.

Kang-!

The pressure on his shoulders made the knight’s eyes widen.

‘As a knight, I’m out of power?’

The knight, whose expression hardened with that astonishment, was about to unleash his swordsmanship.

Arthur’s beast touched the knight’s forehead.

bang-!

Along with the resounding gunfire, the nameless knight died without even drawing a sword.

The monkey blinked at the sight.

“huh?”

“… … ?”

A thin silence fell over the scene.

Inside, the monkey opened its mouth, and other people were no different.

Then the monkey broke the silence and murmured.

“… what? is it over already? Are you really dead?”

A knight who is a swordsman who has reached the level of the 5th circle.

That a Dormund knight died in just two hits?

It was a time when the monkey could not hide its embarrassment in an unbelievable situation.

Leon clicked his tongue as he watched Arthur brush off the blood on his magic sword.

‘… It looked like a monster when I first saw it, but now it’s just a monster.’

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No matter how careless the Dormund knight was, it reached the point where he could kill the knight in just two shots.

At that time, Arthur raised his sword and asked a question.

“Shall I go? Will Mr. Monkey come?”

The monkey, who came to his senses at these words, narrowed his gaze.

“You guys… What is identity? You will never see it with an ordinary fanatic.”

“I’m not even a fanatic.”

“Then what! Why is a non-fanatic come here!”

Arthur laughed at the monkey’s words.

“The Bavarian madman.”

“… ?”

“Do you understand when I say this?”

The monkey narrowed its eyes.

“What nonsense is that? Are you saying you’re crazy?”

“Look. You can’t understand.”

Arthur said raising his sword.

“So don’t ask me about my identity. It was the same with Mr. Frakil, but I don’t know why warlocks ask me about my identity like this.”