The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace - The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace chapter 169

168 witch vs witch

Everywhere is noisy with crows crowing. At first glance, it seems that there are well over a hundred.

It’s only close, so if you compare watching it from a tree far away and floating in the sky, there may be hundreds, no, thousands.

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Deborah knows of no witch other than the Witch of the West who can serve so many animals. Of course, you can’t do it yourself either. The number of ravens commanded by the Witch of the West was beyond abnormal and impossible.

‘The girl I really hate.’

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Deborah’s lips twisted unsightly.

I don’t know if he came after me because he wanted to kill the Witch of the West, or if he received an order from the Empire, but his luck seems to have ended here. The skill gap was too stark.

A long time ago, Deborah went to the realm of the Witch of the West. Is it to the extent that it has slightly entered the boundary? It probably wasn’t even close to a witch.

At that time, it was in its heyday.

His ability to command toads was at its peak, and his body was full of magic power. It was arrogance. He thought he could defeat the Witch of the West with his own abilities. The Witch of the West was jealous of her fame.

But it wasn’t even a match.

The crow of the Western Witch mercilessly drives out and kills other witches’ servant animals when they come into their territory.

So did Deborah’s toad. They all died before her eyes. I couldn’t even see the witch of the west. Maybe the Witch of the West doesn’t even know about it.

As the toads died one by one, Deborah managed to escape alone.

As with the Witch of the West, it takes a long time to re-tame an animal.

At the time, due to the crows of the Witch of the West, the reduced number of working animals has barely caught up with the previous number only recently.

Even when he was in his prime, he wasn’t an opponent, so even running away won’t be easy now that he’s old.

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Deborah pursed her lips.

Still, I have no intention of sitting still and suffering.

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Deborah pulled out a pocket she had hidden under her clothes.

Inside the pouch made of thick cloth, there is powder used to confine mana inside the body.

If you are a small animal like a crow, you will be able to deal with quite a lot of numbers with just one pouch.

but did not attack. The crows just looked this way and crowed noisily.

‘what?’

I was a little perplexed. Didn’t you come here to kill yourself? Then what the hell are you here for?

No, there is no time to think.

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Deborah turned around. He calls the toad close to him and keeps him by his side, then walks away.

At that moment, the crow flapped its wings and cried loudly. Caw, cack, the sound hurts my ears.

‘Are you trying to hold me here?’

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Deborah’s mind went blank. I realized that someone was coming here. Do not be ridiculous. Do you think you would just sit still and die?

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Deborah started running, throwing powder at the approaching crow.

***

Communication with several crows was lost.

It must be because of the powder Deborah sprinkled.

‘Did you use that on me?’

She heard from the secretary that Deborah was the witch who had imprisoned her magical powers. I’m a little upset, but I don’t mind too much.

If it wasn’t for her, he might have never known that the emperor of the empire was the founder. Rather, I am grateful.

‘What will happen if she gets caught this time?’

I heard that they are sent to Eina Kingdom. The country wants Deborah, the witch. I wouldn’t kill him, but it wouldn’t be a good thing.

I felt very little guilty.

But I can’t let go. It was only the emperor’s help.

The Witch of the West sighed slightly as she blocked Deborah from running away.

***

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Deborah’s trail was cut off in the middle.

Witches are hard to track if you go to the mountains.

The same was true of witches who used working animals and witches who did not.

They use their magical powers to confuse people’s attention. It is to create traps here and there.

When a person encounters such a thing, they immediately stray from their path. I thought I was going in the right direction, but when I woke up later, I was heading in the wrong direction.

Witches use such tricks in cities, but in the mountains their cunning is intensified.

There was also a case where I got off the normal road in an instant and came to my senses and was on the verge of falling off a cliff.

Again, the clown got lost as soon as he entered the mountain. By the time I came to my senses, I had already lost my traces.

Without the sorcerer and crow sent by the empire, Deborah’s pursuit would have ended there.

The place the spy told me was a mountain completely different from the one the clown had entered. If witches are women too, I don’t know how they got so far.

‘I thought I might have missed it again.’

Anyway, good luck.

He doesn’t know if Deborah is the witch he was looking for. I thought it was possible, but memories are easily distorted when I was young. I feel like I saw a toad when I was a kid, but I wasn’t sure.

cack, cack.

The crow that was guiding them circled the sky. and flies away In the distance, at one point, crows are flying. There were many. There are dozens, maybe hundreds.

“It looks like it’s over there.”

After estimating the direction and distance of the crow, the clown looked at the soldiers.

“I think it’ll take about an hour. Be careful not to let go of the rope you’re holding on to. If you take just one step away from the person in front of you, you’ll fall into the witch’s trap. If you can’t see the person in front of you even though you’re holding on to the rope, you’re hallucinating. Shout out right away. .”

“I knew.”

The soldiers nodded.

The number of soldiers accompanying him to Eina Kingdom this time was about twenty. They all said it was magic disease.

The three are said to be heavy duty soldiers, and they have a large box waiting for them at the base of the mountain.

The clown has been working as an agent for the Empire for several years, but he has never seen a sorcerer. This is because they mainly study and track witches without going close to the battlefield of the empire.

Previously, I worked alone. However, it was difficult to obtain information with it. He worked as a clown because he thought it was the easiest way to approach royalty, but it was difficult to make a living because he didn’t make enough money.

With the support of the Empire, there was no need to worry about making a living, but the work became much easier. Everywhere you go, there are spies of the empire and connections are made. Tracking has become incomparably faster than when working alone.

‘But those soldiers look too weak.’

The clown’s eyebrows furrowed on their own.

What the hell was the empire thinking, all the soldiers sent as magical soldiers looked young and inexperienced.

They all seem to be in their early twenties.

There was no one who looked like he was in his 30s.

Weapons are mediocre except for a long stick stuck in his waist.

No one has a long sword or spear, and seems to have only one small sword besides a stick.

The body is also thin.

I don’t want a shabby giant. However, it must be a problem that the body looks weaker than a clown.

We walked a lot to see if we were used to the mountains, but when we saw each other joking around or giggling, we couldn’t even tell if the soldiers had been hit.

‘Witches are never easy opponents.’

At this level, Levin would be much better.

Even if he only smiled on the outside, Levin knew how to fight properly. But these soldiers.

‘I hope it doesn’t get in the way when I catch the witch.’

The clown muttered to himself and continued walking.

I touched the witch’s trap once, but a crow suddenly appeared and I got out of my hallucination.

There are more and more crows.

And finally, suddenly, an open space appeared.

It was obviously in the mountains just a moment ago, but when I moved, it widened considerably. The trees that were densely filling the four sides are not found only in this space.

I thought it was a bit odd that there was a well in one corner.

But after a while, that thought also disappeared. It must have been made by a person living in the mountains, I thought.

‘Where is Deborah?’

Looking up at the sky, crows are circling the center of this place. Apparently this is the destination, but Deborah is nowhere to be seen.

Then something hit him hard.

When I came to my senses, Deborah ran to this place and bumped into me like a headbutt, then I fell over from the recoil.

“!”

Only then did I come to my senses.

God, this is an illusion.

When I hurriedly looked around, all the soldiers could be seen properly. He is also holding on to the rope.

There was nothing unnatural anywhere.

No, there is one thing.

The clown’s gaze turned to the well.

A crow pops out of a well.

One, two, ten, a hundred, countless crows soared up, cawing, cawing, and cawing.

And at some point, the wide space disappeared.

The clown stood in a densely wooded area similar to the ones he had walked so far.

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Deborah looked around and murmured.

“My God, I thought he was running away, but he’s been hanging around here all along.”

Even Deborah, the witch, seems to have been hallucinating. What the hell is the Witch of the West doing to create a trap like this without coming in person? The clown involuntarily rubbed his arm with his palm.

The carefree ones are magicians.

They surrounded Deborah without a hint of fear.

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Deborah is exhausted and seems to have no more energy to run or fight. He collided with the clown and collapsed, gasping for breath and distorting his face.

When I suddenly looked away, I saw several large toads lying on the floor. They all lie dead on their stomachs. That it did not die of natural causes was evidenced by the fact that its stomach had been ripped to pieces and its intestines spilled out.

The sorcerer ties Deborah with a rope.

Looking closely, it seems that magic letters are written on the rope. Something difficult to see was drawn.

Realizing that the clown was watching closely, one magician smiled.

“Our Majesty wrote it down. They say even witches can’t use their power if you have this.”

what, is that possible?

When the clown made an expression of disbelief, the sorcerer held out his chest proudly.

“My Majesty is the one who makes magic weapons. It’s easy to do things like this.”

“…”

“It’s true.”

“No, I know. I’ve been hearing various rumors as well.”

Whether the words of the sorcerer were true would be known soon.

The clown laughed awkwardly and moved closer to the witch Deborah.

“I have one thing to check. Hold on.”

When the sorcerer stepped aside, the clown flung the hem of the witch’s skirt over and looked at the back of her knee.

There was a spot as large as a fingernail.

There was strength in the hand that gripped the leg. Deborah twists as if in pain. The clown gritted his teeth and glared at her.

“I found it, you damned hag!”

I finally found my mother.

The clown’s eyes suddenly became grim.

The words I wanted to say for a long time poured out like a dam.

“Do you know what happened to the daughter you gave birth to? Huh? Have you ever thought about it? Did you know what kind of pain she must be going through!”

Grabbing Deborah by the collar and shouting, the witch looked at him with a surprised face and muttered:

“Could it be, Eden?”

“Yes, damn it! It’s Eden. Your son. He’s the son you abandoned in Eina Kingdom.”

“…”

“Doesn’t sound ridiculous? Well, it doesn’t matter. But just be aware of this. Your daughter lived and died as a tool that gave birth to magical possession.”

The clown laughed with a twisted face.

“That child, every year without rest, gives birth to a child, and if the child born does not possess magical powers, he is beaten to the point of death. Shall we tell you what the end of that child was like? Only his stomach came out round and his whole body was stained black with bruises.”

The same was true of himself. He lived as a seed-bearing seed. He lived as a tool that gave birth to magical possession, and barely escaped after his younger brother died. After that, he searched for the mother who gave birth to them and abandoned them in the country.

“Since you gave birth to us, in Eina, we knew that using witches was the most effective way to increase magical possession. They are obsessed with finding witches.”

The clown pressed his face close to Deborah’s ear.

“You’ll be just like my brother. The medicine you made worked for you too. Eina knew that and had been buying it for years. Much of the medicine you sold was bought behind the scenes by Eina.”

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Deborah’s face darkened.

It seems to be trying to use power somehow, but the flow of magic power seems to have stopped.

Nothing happened.

Even her work animals don’t come. Maybe it was after all the crows of the Witch of the West had killed them.

hahahaha, laughing, the clown rose from his seat.

“let’s go.”

As the clown said, the sorcerers dragged Deborah and moved.

At the bottom of the mountain is a wagon to pick up Deborah.

The clown forcibly poured Deborah’s medicine he had prepared in advance into her mouth.

You cannot confine your mana all at once. You will have to feed them for several days. I was a little worried about that part, but the sorcerer told me not to worry and showed me the inside of the wagon door.

“If you lock it inside, you won’t be able to use magic. This is also written by our Majesty.”

“…”

I know that the Emperor of the Empire is great. I also heard that they have creatures of light that normal people can’t even imagine.

Some of them will be true. Contrary to other rumors, the credibility is high because magic weapons are actually being used in war.

However, the clown is a person who has seen how spies create rumors by mixing truth with fakes. Most of the emperor’s rumors will be false.

However, isn’t it a gross exaggeration to say that you can still write magic spells that can suppress witches on ropes and wagons?

The clown laughed awkwardly without saying such a thing to the sorcerer who was proud of the emperor while sticking out his chest.