The Duke’s Madness - The Duke’s Madness chapter 130

there was a boy

The boy spoke at the age of 3, at the age of 5 he knew how to speak three languages, including the imperial language, and at the age of 7 he was smart enough to come to the village chief and borrow his wisdom.

A wandering wizard who heard the rumor came to the boy and proposed.

‘I will tell you the truth of the world. Would you like to go with me?’

The boy pondered, nodding his head.

This is because there was nothing more to learn or to be interested in in this small rural town.

The boy who became the sorcerer’s apprentice wandered the continent.

At the end of that long wandering, what the boy saw the most was ‘death’ and ‘war’.

human and human.

monster to monster.

humans and monsters.

Fighting and strife continued everywhere, and the smell of rotting corpses and the cries of children resounded throughout the night.

The boy was frightened as he watched the horrific scene.

‘What if I die like that?’

People who die without even knowing why they die.

The boy felt a deep sense of fear from their desolate expressions.

Because he had a superior brain than others, the boy felt extreme fear in the realm of death, and eventually suffered from insomnia and could not sleep.

That’s how the boy was afraid of death, and when he was close to death, a man came to him.

‘Are you afraid of death? Let me run away from death.’

The boy was surprised and asked.

‘Who are you to say that you can escape from death?’

The man with the hood pressed down deeply answered.

‘devil.’

‘… … !’

‘Or called an angel. Was the answer enough?’

The boy nodded his head in the greatest shock after he was born.

‘yes. Enough. Let me flee from death.’

The man wearing a hooded hood raised an eyebrow.

‘Kill your master and bring his head.’

‘… … !’

‘Then I’ll give you the strength to escape from death.’

The man’s suggestion troubled the boy.

However, the worry did not exceed 3 days.

The day it’s been exactly 10 years since I’ve been with the teacher who made me a wizard.

The boy strangled his sleeping master and made a deal with the devil.

* * *

Whitebeard was able to feel the emotion of fear for the first time in a long time thanks to Arthur Bayern in front of him.

‘Even if you have angelic lineage, how can you not be afraid to see this?’

I’ve lived for a thousand years, but I’ve never seen anything like this.

The sword master who grabbed the sword and escaped his mortal destiny, and the great mage who realized the truth and became a star in the night sky felt fear when they saw this.

However, the pit that had only lived for 17 years was laughing at this sight.

“Mr. Whitebeard. Are you afraid of shaking hands?’

Seeing that innocent look, Whitebeard was frightened once again.

I even felt that one of the truths I believed in for a long time was at odds.

Whitebeard did not hide his feelings.

“… You are truly amazing.”

“Mr. Whitebeard, who transformed into such a figure, is more surprising. however… .”

Arthur tilted his head.

“Did you really become a demon?”

Whitebeard did not answer.

Instead, he burst into laughter.

At that laugh, Arthur shrugged.

“I have no heart to answer. hmm… Shall we continue then?”

With these words Arthur Bayern disappeared.

At the same time, Arthur Bayern appeared behind me and swung his sword.

Kwajik-!

As magic and sword energy clashed, parts of the world were distorted for a moment.

Whitebeard, who had been watching the incident, waved his hand.

“what?”

Arthur Bayern’s exclaiming body floated in the air.

At the same time, his right leg was blown off.

“… !”

Arthur’s eyes widened and his mouth opened.

Seeing that, Whitebeard felt the composure that had disappeared just a moment ago return.

‘Warlocks are inherently fear-eating beings.’

And the greater the fear, the stronger the power of magic.

It was time for Whitebeard to use the fear shown in Arthur Bayern’s expression to cast the spell again.

cried Arthur Bayern, who had lost a leg.

“yap!”

A new leg sprouted from the cut end with an unidentified scream.

“… ”

Whitebeard felt the bewilderment that had just disappeared come back.

In the meantime, Arthur, who had landed on the ground, trembled.

“Is it dangerous? Cutting off a man’s leg without any warning.”

With these words, Beast’s bullets rained down.

Whitebeard, who came to his senses, waved his hand to block the bullet.

As Arthur watched the bizarre acrobatics, he thought.

‘It’s scary, Mr. Whitebeard. Is that a real wizard?’

It’s a warlock to be exact, but that didn’t matter in the current situation.

‘After that appearance changed, there is no sign of manifesting magic.’

All the wizards I’ve seen so far had preparations for manifesting magic.

It was no different with the Black Mage.

However, he, who had turned into a demon, had no prior action in manifesting his magic.

‘I cut off my leg with just a glance, and blocked a bullet with a gesture. Is this real magic?’

Arthur felt a chill run down his spine and raised the corner of his mouth.

In the midst of that thrilling sensation he hadn’t felt in a long time, Arthur jumped toward Whitebeard again.

At that moment, wings sprouted from behind Whitebeard’s back and fluttered.

Dig-!

Whitebeard fled into the air, and Arthur chased after him.

In the middle of the chase in the air, Arthur opened the beast.

Whitebeard blocked the bullet just like before.

Arthur, who judged that regular bullets could not hit him, loaded the black bullets he had kept in reserve.

The white beard muttered, his eyes twinkling.

“… That is dangerous.”

With these words, Arthur’s left wrist, which was holding the beast, flew off.

Surprised by the welling blood fountain, Arthur stepped back.

widely-!

Arthur, who landed on the wall of the building opposite, regenerated his left wrist with the troll bloodline.

Then, using the wall she was standing on as a stepping stone, she jumped in again.

White beard murmured at Arthur, who was not even embarrassed even though his wrist was blown off.

“… yes that’s right You don’t know what fear is.”

The white beard shook his head and spread his palms.

“In a sense, you are my nemesis. For a warlock, there is no opponent as difficult as a fearless one.”

With these words, a black beam of light shot out from Whitebeard’s palm and aimed at Arthur.

“… !”

Surprised Arthur thought.

‘It’s too late to avoid it.’

Along with that decision, Arthur swung a demonic sword surrounded by swordsmanship.

bang-!

The sword known to be able to cut through anything cut the black beam into two pieces.

However, it was only cut down, and the aftermath could not be prevented.

“what?”

Unidentified air bubbles bubbled from the skin, and pus burst out.

Hard-!

Between the pus, a strange insect began to eat away at the skin.

Arthur held his breath as he looked at the bugs passing under his eyes.

phut-!

At that moment, drops of blood gushed up and swallowed the bugs that were crawling on the skin.

Whitebeard’s gaze narrowed.

‘Troll lineage, vampire lord lineage… When those two are combined, they are almost immortal.’

At that time, Arthur raised his sword again and said.

“You look great, Mr. Whitebeard. To activate magic like that.”

“… Do you know anything about magic?”

“I don’t know, but I know you can’t trigger it that way.”

The white beard burst out laughing.

“that’s right. Normal magic cannot be cast this way. But black magic is different. With enough fear, anything is possible with black magic.”

Arthur tilted his head.

“Come out of fear?”

“okay. No warlock can escape this bondage. What kind of fear does the other person feel, what kind of fear does he feel? Depending on it, the power of magic changes.”

Arthur burst into laughter.

“aha. That’s why Mr. Whitebeard’s magic wasn’t as great as I thought.”

Whitebeard did not deny it.

“that’s right. Right now, I’m pretty embarrassed. It’s the first time there’s a being like you who doesn’t feel fear and fear.”

With these words, Whitebeard laughed.

“So from now on, I decided to make myself fearful.”

“… ?”

“I am very afraid right now. Arthur Bayern.”

Arthur’s eyes widened at the words of the white beard.

At the same time, Whitebeard’s right arm cut off my left hand.

Dig-!

Along with the blood gushing out, I raised my left hand with the white beard cut off.

At that moment, his left hand was torn apart in pieces of flesh, turning red and drawing a huge circle.

At that moment when Arthur’s mouth opened slightly at that foreign sight, tears of blood flowed from the white beard’s eyes.

“I am afraid of you who have not felt fear, and I am afraid that my arm is gone.”

“… ”

“My heart trembles at this situation I am meeting for the first time, and it seems that my heart will stop at this absurd moment.”

Arthur felt uneasy for the first time at the words of the white beard pouring out as if he was confessing.

‘Dangerous. This is really dangerous.’

Arthur did not ignore the warning.

Arthur immediately jumped up from his seat and swung his magic sword.

Whitebeard, who had been watching the scene, let out a sob.

“I am afraid I am going to die, Arthur Bayern. So please die.”

With Whitebeard’s cry, Arthur’s sword touched his neck.

It felt like it had been touched.

“… !”

Arthur’s mouth opened slightly.

‘This time… Did you stop?’

This wasn’t the concept of slowing down time.

Time literally stopped.

When Arthur blinked his eyes in that bizarre sensation, Whitebeard reached out his hand.

The hand of the white beard, which was nothing but bones, gently touched Arthur’s cheek.

The moment Arthur’s eyes narrowed at that unpleasant sensation, Whitebeard opened his mouth.

“Some of the rumors about me are like that.”

“… Rumors?”

“You must have heard of it. Rumor has it that a warlock who lived for a thousand years destroyed a country.”

Arthur’s eyes widened.

“uh… Was that real?”

The white beard smiled.

With that smile, the white beard’s hand that was touching Arthur’s cheek slowly moved away.

“Legends and oral traditions are sometimes right.”

Arthur shuddered.

An eardrum-shattering noise suddenly vibrated from all directions.

Arthur frowned and lifted his head.

and burst out screaming.

“what?”

Above the ceiling of the underground city.

An unidentified meteorite was descending from above.

Cuckoo-!

As the meteorite got closer to the ground, everything around it was burning up.

The moment Arthur opened his eyes at that sight, the white beard lowered his head and whispered.

“It’s magic that destroyed a country. Please don’t die, Arthur Bayern.”

With these words, the white beard disappeared.

Arthur, who regained consciousness, struggled, but his still body did not intend to move.

In the meantime, the meteorite that had fallen from the air was now almost right in front of me.

Arthur stopped struggling and sighed as he looked at the meteorite.

“… her. It’s the first time I’ve been crushed by a meteorite.”

At that moment, Arthur’s expression showed a little fear.

bang-!

A meteorite fell and swallowed everything.

* * *

The white beard stroked my white beard and let out a dejected laugh.

“hahahaha… Everything is back to square one.”

The underground city of Arcane, which had been invested for about 100 years, disappeared without a trace.

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Not empty words, everything real is gone.

Of course, looking at the magic cast, it was worth it.

‘I never dreamed that this magic would be cast here.’

Meteor Strike used to destroy a country.

That magic, which has now become a legend, was used against a single human being.

But I had no regrets.

As much as that, the existence of Arthur Bavaria came as a foreign existence to Whitebeard.

‘You don’t feel fear… There will never be another crazy person like that in my life.’

At that moment, blood gushed out of Whitebeard’s mouth.

The rotten blood that spilled out dyed the white beard red.

Whitebeard muttered, barely holding on to his bewildered mind.

“… I don’t have time. Death hangs over me.”

A thousand years ago, he was able to escape death by making a deal with the devil.

However, he only ran away from death, and in the end did not completely escape death.

He had the power to shake the world, but in the end he was also human.

He was slowly dying, unable to break free from his mortal bondage.

Whitebeard moved on, trembling with the horror he had tasted a thousand years ago.

how long did it take

widely-!

huge crater.

A wormhole was seen, a meteorite had landed in the center.

Whitebeard leaped lightly toward the wormhole.

Chow ah-!

After going down for a while, I was able to reach the ground.

Whitebeard raised his head and looked straight into the wormhole.

The naked man was fast asleep.

‘No matter how much time retrograde was set, it’s still alive like that.’

Trolls and Vampire Lords.

It was a power that was called a lineage close to immortality for nothing.

At that moment, rain began to pour down from the open ceiling.

Chow ah-!

In the heavy rain, whether it was a shower or a heavy rain, Whitebeard walked toward Arthur Bayern.

Arthur Bayern, who had been rampaging like a madman a while ago, showed no movement.

Because of that, the white beard approached Arthur with ease and smiled brightly.

“thank you for this food.”

With a low prayer, the white beard’s mouth opened.

As it was, the white beard swallowed Arthur’s fainting head.

Beep beep!

His neck and stomach chugged.

Arthur’s size was so large that it took him a long time to swallow it.

However, he did not care about the white beard and focused on eating Arthur until the end.

In the pouring rain, Whitebeard, who had finally swallowed Arthur, rose from his seat.

Tuck, Tuck, Tuck.

In the pouring rain, the white beard raised his head and opened his mouth.

“… Off.”

The trumpeted white beard laughed.

“I really enjoyed the meal.”