The Duke’s Madness - The Duke’s Madness chapter 123

Two men were having a conversation.

‘Kane Dormund. Cannes Madrid.’

Enemies that must be killed in this life.

They were facing each other side by side.

The moment Arthur’s eyes widened because of that, Cain Dormund opened his mouth.

[Prince. Why the hell are you obsessed with Bayern?]

Kane Madrid opened his mouth to Kane’s question.

[Why are you obsessed with Bayern?]

[Those families didn’t join us, but there’s no need to go that far, right?]

Can Madrid burst out laughing.

[hahahaha… You know only one sutra, but you don’t know the other two.]

[yes… ?]

[It’s not because there are other reasons. Bayern is Bayern, so we’re aiming for it.]

Kane tilted his head.

[Because it’s Bavaria… Are you aiming for Bayern?]

[What are we aiming for?]

Can Madrid pointed to the ceiling.

[‘God’s lineage’. Isn’t it to gain that omnipotent power?]

[…] … !]

[In order to obtain the lineage of that god, Bavaria… .]

The afterimage is broken.

Arthur, who had been blankly watching the scene in front of his eyes, was startled and shook his shoulders.

‘ah… It’s a fantasy.’

The sight in front of you is not reality, but a miracle accomplished by the Bavarian lineage.

However, the two people in front of me were so vivid that I forgot about it.

‘But why does the fantasy break at this time?’

When I was about to say the most important thing, the afterimage stopped.

‘The most annoying thing is that it cuts off in the middle of talking… Isn’t that too much?’

After grumbling for a moment, Arthur recalled the reason without difficulty.

‘It’s because I ate the blood of the dead Ian, not the blood of the living Ian.’

Arthur let out a sigh.

‘Whoa… If I had known this would happen, I would have eaten Ian’s blood while he was still alive.’

However, he soon shook his head and brushed off his regret.

It was foolish to dwell on the past.

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Now is the time to focus on the present.

‘The afterimage hasn’t stopped yet.’

In the meantime, we moved on to another scene.

This time it was a huge laboratory.

Arthur’s eyes widened as he looked around.

‘uh? This… It’s similar to the lab where Julie was locked up.’

Julie Prosky, a lunatic murderer with a lightning bloodline.

But now, a 10-year-old kid who is only a little precocious than his peers.

The scene she was seeing now was very similar to the laboratory where Julie was imprisoned.

Then someone walked out.

[Research?]

The protagonist of this memory was Ian Dormund.

[…] It is progressing, but there is no great result, Mr. Ian.]

[I must have given you plenty of time.]

[Joe, sorry… However, the direction of Project L is too broad… .]

Ian burst out in anger.

[I thought I came here to hear that excuse!]

[…] !]

[Submit definite results by this month! In order to find God’s lineage, ‘copy lineage!’ Because that order is absolutely necessary!]

Arthur’s mouth fell open at Ian’s cry.

‘Copies of lineage? Project L?’

Some familiar words.

Arthur recalled the memory of seeing these words without difficulty.

‘oh my god… Isn’t that what was written in the papers of the laboratory where Julie was imprisoned?’

I could understand it at the same time.

Why was Ian, who was not even a vampire, able to steal the Holy Grail’s power?

‘Project L… You used a spell called lineage copying.’

When you learn the hidden inside story, everything around you changes.

The afterimage in front of my eyes is broken, and I return to the original world again.

Arthur murmured as he looked around the square he returned to.

“Hmm… copy the bloodline Is that why Kane and Khan are so obsessed with bloodlines?”

Both now and in the future, the two men were tenaciously obsessed with bloodlines.

Arthur had always been curious about the reason, and now, through Ian’s memory, he was able to get a glimpse of the secret.

‘Project L… You were making a spell called bloodline copying.’

The corner of Arthur’s mouth went up slightly at the important fact that he had not known even in his previous life.

At the same time, I also had questions.

“By the way, what you’re looking for with that lineage copying spell is the lineage of a god?”

Arthur tilted his head.

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No matter how mysterious the ability called lineage is, is there such a thing as a bloodline of a god?

“no way. Could it be?”

Arthur burst into laughter.

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No matter how mysterious the ability of lineage is, there was no such thing as a bloodline of a god.

‘It must be a figurative expression or something like that.’

The moment Arthur was about to come to a conclusion, an old man’s voice rang in his head.

‘I’ll trust you. Little Angel of Bavaria.’

At that voice, Arthur’s eyes slowly widened.

“what?”

Arthur, who shuddered for a moment, murmured.

“… was there? God’s lineage?”

angel.

If there was a lineage of God in this world, it was only in Bavaria that the lineage of angels was inherited.

* * *

Arthur couldn’t help but admire his new knowledge.

‘and… what? I’m of the lineage of God?’

To be precise, it is the lineage of an angel, but in a broader context, it is also the lineage of a god.

Aren’t God’s children angels in the first place?

‘So Kane and Khan are aiming for Bayern?”

Aiming for this angelic lineage?

Arthur, who was worried, tilted his head.

‘hmm… I don’t think so. There’s nothing grandiose about a god’s lineage, right?’

Awakening can make people go a little crazy, get an abnormal memory, and copy someone else’s lineage.

The reason why those two are aiming for Bayern was meager.

In the first place, didn’t those two already have much better things than what I just listed?

‘Looking at it now, they’re not aiming for Bavarian lineage, but lineage seems to be one of the reasons… .’

It was when Arthur fell into trouble again with his thoughts.

The gnome, who was cleaning up, shouted.

[Arthur is over!]

Arthur, who escaped from his thoughts at the gnome’s words, turned his head.

From the Dormund knight to Ian’s corpse.

I saw an altar that had been cleaned up to the point where the previous battle felt like a lie.

Arthur, watching the scene, shrugged his shoulders.

‘Won’t worry about it later. What remains is time.’

Arthur, who had put aside his thoughts like that, lifted Yenika up and said.

“Gnome. Blow up this place.”

At Arthur’s words, the gnome silently nodded.

Cuckoo-!

At that moment, the altar collapsed.

The lake of blood next to it also began to stir.

Finally, the four pillars supporting the altar also slowly crumbled.

Arthur, who had been watching him, looked away.

I saw Ian lying in the pit dug by the gnomes.

After looking at him for a moment, Arthur gently raised the corner of his mouth.

‘Thank you, Ian. I get a lot because of you.’

Vampire Lord is a very grandiose lineage, and the newly realized ability of the Bavarian lineage.

Finally, to one of Kane’s and Khan’s purposes.

It was the first time in this life and the last life that I had achieved so many achievements.

‘You, who always interrupted me, became helpful for the first time.’

Arthur lowered his head slightly and turned around.

‘So now we really break up. It was fun, Ian.’

The altar collapsed along with the final greeting to Ian.

everything fell into darkness

That was the man the empire called a genius.

Ian Dormund was no different.

Cuckoo-!

His dead body fell into a deep abyss.

I fell into a deep sleep from which I would never wake up again.

For a knight who was called an undisputed genius, it was a very disappointing ending.

* * *

After raiding the vampire city, the Dormund army was quickly cleared.

“aaagh!”

“Sah, save me!”

“It’s a monster, a monster!”

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No matter how high the level of the Dormund army is, in the end they are ordinary soldiers.

Having lost their commander as a knight, they did not have the courage to withstand the vampire’s counterattack.

In the meantime, the warrior of the snow field.

The moment Taken lifted the head of the Dormund warlock, the monkey, the remaining Dormund soldiers lost their morale completely.

“Surrender, surrender! Surrender unconditionally!”

Dormund soldiers who threw down their weapons and raised their hands.

However, the berserker Taken did not let them live.

“If you have been fighting, you have to see the end.”

With these words, Taken raised his thick greatsword.

As Carpe enjoyed watching the scene, a fact that he had forgotten belatedly came to mind.

“… Ian! Why can’t I see that child!”

Ginny’s eyes widened at his words.

“Gongja-nim too… Can’t you see?”

It was when Ginny and Carpe remembered the two people they had forgotten about.

The largest temple in this underground city collapsed without warning.

bang-!!!

The ceiling was pierced with an explosion, and the bright dawn hit the underground city.

While the vampires around them were startled, Ginny and Carpe murmured.

“Stop, please… .”

“Oh, isn’t it?”

Ginny and Carpe’s necks swayed at the same time.

“… Confucius!”

“princess!”

It was the moment when Carpe and Genie ran towards the temple with a cry that was a beat late.

Someone was walking from far away.

“uh? everyone!”

It was Arthur Bayern, who was smiling brightly, and Jennica Hazel, who was riding on his back.

Ginny, who had been lost in her mind, belatedly shouted in surprise.

“Go, Gongja-nim, are you okay!?”

At her words, Arthur waved his hand.

“are you okay. Do you have it?”

“I-I’m fine too!”

Arthur smiled at Ginny’s answer.

At that time, Carpe, who was next to Ginny, ran out and shouted.

“Go, princess!”

At his cry, Arthur put down the Jennica he was carrying.

Carpe looked at her like that and didn’t know what to do.

“Go, why is the princess like this!”

“I fainted for a moment. shocked.”

“… Shock?”

“yes. Because Ian stole the Holy Grail’s power, Jenika’s soul was also stolen.”

Arthur’s explanation raised Carpe’s eyes.

“The power of the Holy Grail… Dormund stole it? How is that possible?”

“well? Wouldn’t it be better to ask dead Ian?’

At Arthur’s words, Carpe flinched.

“dead… Ian?”

“yes. Dead Ian.”

“You killed him… Say?”

“I killed it. So I came back alive like this.”

Carpe’s mouth opened slowly.

‘Huh? Is it real or is it a lie?’

I saw Dawn who came back alive and well with my own eyes, but it was hard to believe.

In fact, the reason I entrusted this request to a mercenary named Dawn was not to kill Ian, but to pass the time.

‘Even if he’s crazy… I thought he would act as a meat shield until Taken wakes up because he has excellent skills.’

But the meat shield took care of Ian directly?

When Carpe’s expression became complicated, Arthur pointed to Yenika.

“But just in case, see a doctor, Carpe.”

“… !”

Carpe escaped from his thoughts and nodded hurriedly.

“Oh, yes! Wait here for a moment!”

Carpe, who picked up Yenica, hurriedly left.

Arthur, who had been watching him, slowly looked away.

“Do it, sunlight!”

“Oh, no! Come, children!”

“Never come close!”

collapsed ceiling.

I saw vampires struggling in the bright sunlight pouring down from the ceiling.

A look of horror, fear and resentment appeared on their faces.

After watching them for a while, I remembered Carpe’s words.

[The princess… He wants to break the curse on the vampire. That’s her lifelong dream.]

As Arthur pondered those words for a moment, he saw a familiar face.

She was a girl who was bullied by a Dormund soldier named Shrek.

Arthur found the girl and smiled.

“Hello, little girl?”

“uh? mister… no brother?”

“I am your brother. Where are your parents?”

At Arthur’s question, the girl pursed her lips.

“I was away for a while to see the house.”

“aha. okay. hmm… little girl?”

“yes?”

“Do you see the sunlight for the first time?”

At Arthur’s question, the girl turned her head.

“… … .”

The sunlight shining brightly through the open ceiling was warm.

It was the first time she had ever felt such warmth since she was born and has been growing up in this city.

“I see you first.”

Arthur asked the girl’s answer.

“Do you want to bask in the sunlight?”

“… … .”

The girl didn’t answer.

The sunshine that was natural to someone seemed not natural to this girl.

‘It must have been a vampire, this child too.’

Arthur stroked his chin for a moment and closed his eyes.

At that moment, two fangs protruded from Arthur’s bright red lips.

Ginny’s eyes, which had been secretly peeping at Arthur, widened at the change.

“Hey, Gongja-nim? Why did the fangs suddenly… .”

But her words did not follow through.

Dig-!

It was because at some point, the white light that soared from Arthur’s body went beyond the beating sun and headed for the sky.

‘Muh, what is that!!’

Ginny opened her mouth in amazement and looked around.

However, it seemed that everyone followed the fainting Jenika and did not see the change.

Because of that, while Genie couldn’t do this or that, one vampire’s eyes widened.

“uh… ?”

It was the vampire kid who had been talking with Arthur a while ago.

With her eyes wide open, she stared blankly at the beating sunlight.

“and… sunlight?”

At her words, Arthur lowered his head and said.

“From now on, you will be able to see it every day.”

“… … ?”

“You need to get a lot of sunlight to grow taller, so keep that in mind. You know?”

The girl couldn’t answer Arthur’s words.

But Arthur didn’t want an answer, so he only stroked the girl’s head once.

After that, Arthur turned his gaze and looked up at the sky.

The darkness lifted, and I saw the bright dawn.

Looking at the majestic scene, Arthur murmured.

“ah… It’s over.”

All cases are over.

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* * *

pitch black night.

The old man muttered, looking at the full moon that rose in the middle of the night and the tens of thousands of stars beside it with empty eyes.

“The ban is broken.”

A laugh escaped the old man’s mouth.

A curse directly placed on vampires by the emperor of the empire.

The curse that no one could break was broken after a thousand years.

However, what the old man paid attention to was not the curse that had been broken in the first thousand years.

‘Finally… You have awakened your true ability. My little angel.’

The duke’s mute.

A genius at Arcane University.

A legendary mercenary from the back streets.

A strange being who lives three lives with one name.

The old man thought for a moment about the first time he met the being and stroked his empty eye socket.

“The time has come.”

With these words, the old man rose from his seat and opened the safe he had been holding dear.

Surprisingly, what was in the safe were two eyes.

The old man took out the two eyes and inserted them directly into the empty eye sockets.

At that moment, an exclamation escaped from the old man’s mouth.

“Ahh… How long has it been since I’ve seen you this night?”

The night sky seen for the first time in 100 years was very beautiful.

The old man stared at the scenery for a while, then shook his head.

“But not as good as a mad angel who has fallen from the sky… .”

The speechless old man laughed.

With that smile, to some, a legendary black magician.

To some, a monster who has lived for a thousand years.

Also, the transcendant of the world, nicknamed [Whitebeard] by someone, trembled.

“The time has come. Arthur Bayern.”

[Worst black magic] The white beard stood up.

“A deal with you. I’m going to get paid for the deal now.”

The promised time has come.