The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 369



369 – The Meteor is Always Right. -4-

The sea roars.

-Kwagagagagagak…!

The vibrations of the beast that ruled the western sea struggling shook the ice sheet we were standing on.

The ice shards broken by Darvav’s meteor were swept onto the ice sheet by the beast’s waves, and the beast’s thrashing was causing cracks in the ice sheet.

Sounds swallowed by fear could be heard.

“…Impossible.”

“How do we catch that monster…”

“We should run away now.”

I almost laughed at the sight of the knights terrified by just seeing one tentacle.

Just one leg.

Seeing them panic over just one octopus leg made me laugh.

The crown prince shouted at me.

Claiming that without the head of the family, the hunt could not succeed.

“Retreat for now!”

What a ridiculous thing to say.

“The hunt is impossible without the duke!!! We will wait for the duke to join and continue the hunt!!”

I wanted to flick the forehead of the outsider who came to watch the subjugation and acted as if he were a general trying to command.

How can he talk about becoming an emperor when he’s so scared?

‘Haa…’

I let out a low sigh as I watched the Crown Prince’s embarrassed expression.

“Retreating now is impossible.”

“The safety of the soldiers comes first…!!!”

“What are you planning to do if the beast lands on the ground? At the very least, we need to tie the beast’s feet to fulfill our minimum duty.”

“Shut up, Ricardo…! It’s not like I don’t know that. I’m saying we need time to reorganize.”

“For someone who knows that, why are you talking about retreating… What’s going on?”

-Crack.

“You’re saying there’s no way!”

I sneered at the Crown Prince and whispered softly in his ear.

“Your thoughts are… quite complicated, aren’t they?”

“…”

“We need to deal with the beast and the head of the Desmond family this time, but some strange guy is making a fuss about catching the beast.”

“…”

“The beast we underestimated is bigger than we thought, so we’re worried, ‘Can we win this…?’”

“…b*stard!”

I lightly pushed the Crown Prince’s shoulder with my finger and said.

“Run away.”

“…”

“If you’re that scared.”

The Crown Prince, who had fallen on the ice, glared at me with wide-open eyes.

“Why? Are you looking at me like that? Scared…”

“…Don’t provoke me.”

“You’re scared too, aren’t you, Your Highness? Isn’t that right?”

“…”

“If you are to become the emperor of the empire and lead the country, shouldn’t you keep your head well attached even now? It’s a neck that the enemy country is always aiming for.”

“…”

The Crown Prince, clenching his fists so hard that the ice seemed to crack, looked like he had a lot to say, but I ignored him and spoke in a leisurely voice.

“It doesn’t matter if the head of the family is absent.”

He leisurely draws the sword strapped to his waist. At the same time, the prince’s retort, having finished his thoughts, is heard.

“A beast that even the head of the Bellian family couldn’t capture!!! Do you think it makes sense that someone like you can catch it?!”

“…”

“This is a mistake in judgment by the duke. He mocked me…. Know that it is the duke’s responsibility for ruining the operation!”

“…”

“Maybe if you brought a Sword Master, the story would be different…. Otherwise, the right decision is to retreat immediately.”

-Hesitation.

I looked at the tip of the sword and fell into silence, pondering. Should I say this or not?

I wanted to live a quiet life without catching the eyes of others, but I no longer wanted to see the arrogant prince.

Interference only has meaning when you have the power to interfere…. It was ridiculous that the prince, who had done nothing, was trying to interfere.

With a gentle smile, I responded to the prince’s sharp voice.

“Isn’t he right here?”

“…”

“The Sword Master.”

“What… did you say?”

I should have shown that face to Shartia.

I sneered at the prince and then smiled slightly as I looked at the current head of the Bellian family.

“Desmond Olivia’s exclusive butler. Ricardo will advance to fulfill the wishes of the Bellian family.”

The prince looked at me with trembling eyes. Even if you become strong, you’re just a mere swordsman.

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

“Haha…! From now on, it’s going to be really fun.”

“…”

Aura rises.

“…”

A cold and eerie red aura settles at the tip of the black sword. The prince, looking at the aura imbued in the sword with a face that didn’t know what would happen, trembled ominously, and the head of the Bellian family also stared at me in disbelief as he looked at the aura.

“How can he have an aura at that age…!”

“It’s different from the usual aura…”

A dark expression began to settle on the prince’s face. He was also a swordsman and a magic swordsman.

You can feel it.

The sword that has reached the realm of the Sword Master.

“What have you done…?”

“…”

“Answer me!!”

The sword trembles slightly.

The ice beneath his feet vibrates. The sound of the beast struck by lightning roars through the waves and reaches his ears.

The Crown Prince quickly thought.

He had to eliminate him here.

If.

If Ricardo truly was a Sword Master, the center of power would shift strongly.

If not the teeth, then even the gums…

Because that was the way to establish his firm reign. The stray dogs blocking the king’s path had to be eliminated.

He had to break the chain of history where the Emperor of the Empire feared Desmond…!

He had to deal with Ricardo here and now.

The Crown Prince signaled Wolfgang, who was afraid of the beast. He signaled that they should deal with Ricardo here and now, or else the Crown Prince’s position and Wolfgang’s advancement to the capital would be in vain. But suddenly, a question arose in the Crown Prince’s mind.

‘How…?’

-Kugugugugu…

The thought that there was no way to kill that monster came to him.

A cold voice echoed quietly in the Crown Prince’s ear, lost in thought.

“If you’re thinking of doing something foolish, you’d better stop.”

The cold voice of the Black Lion.

“Because you’ll die.”

Neither Darvav nor I were easy enough to fall for the Crown Prince’s schemes. In the first place, trust was not something we had, and carelessness was a luxury.

I looked at the giant shadow cast over the sky.

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-Gwooo…!

‘Do you like takoyaki…?’

Always thinking of the lady, I wondered if I should make takoyaki out of the approaching beast’s leg, and at the same time, the beast stepped aside, reducing Wolfgang’s forces.

Revenge had to be taken for what was done.

“,,,?!”

– Uh…uhhh?

– Save me!!!

– Lord!! The plan!!

The crown prince’s eyes, looking at me doing nothing, began to shake violently.

“You…!”

“Hmm?”

– Crackk!!

The beast’s leg, which had come up on the ice in an instant, began to break the ice.

The knights of Wolfgang, who lost their balance on the ice that shattered like an earthquake, began to stagger and slip greatly, and the crown prince ran forward and began to gather his magic.

“Haaa!!!”

Is it aura?

It was faint, but it was indeed aura. It seems that crises awaken people. Still…

“Ha…! Good.”

The crown prince, realizing that he had also awakened his aura, shot a sword energy towards the approaching beast’s leg with a faint smile.

“Haaap…!”

Of course.

“…Uh…?”

It wouldn’t work.

The crown prince’s aura did not leave even a small wound on the beast. When the sword energy he had swung with all his might did not work, the crown prince began to swing his sword madly at the approaching beast’s leg.

“aaa!!!”

It wouldn’t work.

It’s a monster that even a sword master couldn’t defeat.

I sighed as I took care of the trembling lord of Belian.

“There was a reason we couldn’t subdue it all this time.”

The lord of Belian said in a trembling voice.

“Did…my father try to fight that monster alone…?”

“…Yes.”

“My father…went to the battlefield alone. For the peace and safety of the west….”

“…”

“We asked Wolfgang for support, but they didn’t help, and we asked the royal family for help, but they said that what happened in the west should be resolved in the west and didn’t help us.”

“…”

But.

“Father alone against that monster….”

I grasped my sword, nodding at the sad past of Duke Belian. If I delayed any longer, the Crown Prince would die.

It would be unfortunate if the Crown Prince and Wolfgang died here, but it wouldn’t be a bad thing for Desmond. The Emperor probably had some idea of the Crown Prince’s schemes, and it was amusing that he allowed it.

Still.

He is useful. I can’t let him die.

-Guooong!!

As the beast’s leg struck the ice once more, the cracking ice reached right in front of the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince quickly twisted his body to run, as the beast’s leg, struck by the sword, was coming towards him.

The ice was slippery, and his legs kept sliding. Every step he took, his footing slipped, and he couldn’t move forward.

With each misstep, the beast’s leg approached to crush the Crown Prince, and he struggled to survive.

“Damn it…!!!”

The moment the Crown Prince’s eyes squeezed shut.

-Slice.

With a red flash, the approaching beast’s leg fell to the ground. The beast’s wail was heard. The body, writhing in pain from losing its leg, began to move more violently.

Standing in front of the Crown Prince, I smiled slightly and said.

“For now, I will let you live. I still have use for you.”

Whether he heard me or not, the Crown Prince exhaled a hurried breath as he looked at the severed beast’s leg.

“Huff… Huff…”

I spoke calmly to the Crown Prince and Wolfgang.

“Place Wolfgang’s knights on the right side of the beast to act as bait.”

“…”

“Crown Prince, please refreeze the ice so the soldiers can support the ground.”

“How dare a commoner give orders to…!”

As Wolfgang’s fierce retort was directed at me, the Crown Prince gritted his teeth and spoke softly.

“Follow Ricardo’s orders.”

“Crown Prince!”

“If you don’t follow Ricardo’s orders now, we’ll be annihilated.”

Wolfgang glared at me.

As if displeased by the butler, who was nothing, giving orders.

“Just wait and see….”

I thought as I looked at Wolfgang. You are only being kept alive because you are useful.

The knights began to move busily on the ice.

The voice of Wolfgang commanding the formation and the prince urgently freezing the ice on the ground were visible in front of my eyes.

And then.

-BoooM!!!

The beast’s full-fledged struggle was also visible in front of my eyes.

It was of a bizarre size, just as described in the novel.

If it had appeared in the capital, it was so huge and overwhelming that it would have instantly annihilated 80% of the capital.

To inflict effective damage on the creature in the water, the only way would be to pull it up to the ground. But since I am not a magician, that was impossible. Moreover, even if such a giant were pulled up onto the ice, the ice sheet would not be able to withstand it.

Then… it must be that.

I carefully stroked my sword.

‘Caliburn.’

‘Yes, my lord.’

‘I need to borrow your strength.’

A black aura began to form at the tip of the sword.

“…”

A gigantic aura that seemed to swallow the world.

-SLASH!

It wrapped around the sword.

[The blessing of ‘The Pact of Destruction’ is activated.]

*

At the same time.

“Huh?”

Olivia was looking at the northern sea while eating a western specialty, octopus skewers.

“Mom.”

-THUD!

“Not mom, but mother.”

“Eeeek!!!”

Olivia pointed to the western sea and said to Rosanna.

“I want to shoot a meteor over there.”

“No.”

“Eeeeeek!”

Olivia wanted to launch a meteor even though she couldn’t use magic.