How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 61

old orc. The last remaining High Orc chief Gulish.

He looked up at the sky with eyes full of remorse.

His body was lying on the ground, with large wounds already in place, and his intestines were leaking.

he was dying

―Check it one last time and go back!

-yes!

It wasn’t just him who fell.

The last compatriots left in the citadel. They, too, lay with their throats cut and their hearts pierced.

Gulish looked at the sky.

A group of stars that looked as if they would pour down at any moment stretched out in full view.

“This far… … .”

Perhaps, Harksh also suffered.

Originally, it was a plan to turn around and surprise the enemy with the warp magic of the ruins.

But until now it hasn’t come. No news.

It means that it is blocked in the middle.

“Close… … Clack!”

It wasn’t that I didn’t have any regrets at all, but I still think it wasn’t bad in the end.

A human warrior who used a red aura. Because I was able to mix swords with such a powerful person.

Other compatriots will do the same.

Falling on the battlefield was the only way to ascend to the High Orc’s long-cherished wish, the warrior’s holy war.

If there’s just one thing that bothers you.

His son, Haqsh, who was sent to the rear following the plan of a strange guy.

Was that child on the same battlefield as he was?

Could it be that he fell into the trap of humans and suffered from a cowardly trick instead of an honorable duel?

If I hadn’t sent him away and just had him guard the citadel, that child would have been able to deal with the warrior of the red aura.

‘I hope your last battlefield was with honor.’

But now I can’t do anything about it.

While praying, Gulish closed his eyes.

―All subdued!

-good. Return to the garrison!

Inside the fortress on a lonely winter night, only the voices of Isaac and the mercenaries resonated loudly.

* * *

“draft! Are you okay!”

Instructor Tail approached while struggling to shake off the glaives of the high orcs.

The high orc that Xian was dealing with, the warrior leader Haqshi.

He was an unusual looking guy.

“it’s okay.”

Sian stood up, leaning on his shoulders dripping with blood.

Instructor Tail looked at him.

Haqsh was obviously a great guy. Then, who was Xian who killed that guy?

‘Come.’

I saw it clearly.

Seeing Xian using her aura.

Instructor Tail wanted to ask about this and that right away, but he couldn’t.

Because the battle with the high orcs is not over yet.

‘Still, he’s winning.’

Xian looked at the situation on the battlefield and thought.

Until we had a proper confrontation with Harksh, this side was quite inferior.

But now it was rather overwhelming.

A few wolves fell, and the high orcs were also in a hurry to block the students’ attack.

There was only one reason.

‘My morale has gone down.’

Haqsh’s defeat.

With that, the high orcs’ morale dropped noticeably.

They were still the top in terms of objective strength, but the flow of the battlefield had already turned this way.

If this was the case, there was nothing to worry about.

“Instructor Tail.”

“what?”

“This seat please.”

Instructor Tail nodded.

“okay. Thanks to you slitting the captain’s throat, it’s much easier. you will be missing I also need to treat the wound on my shoulder.”

“no.”

Xian shook his head.

The reason he said that to Instructor Tail was not because he wanted to rest.

Bu-wook-

He tore off his coat and tied it tightly around his shoulders.

It didn’t stop the bleeding, but it did stop the bleeding a bit.

He said while tying the coat that tied his shoulders.

“I have a place to go.”

“what? Where?”

Instructor Tail opened his eyes wide.

Where are you going to go with that injury?

Leaving behind Instructor Tail, who held him back, Xian kicked the ground.

I don’t know where to go or the destination.

But the way was visible.

‘Ravi, Erje. Will he be all right?’

All I had to do was follow Ravi’s energy, which is faintly connected.

Concernedly frowning, he chased Ravi’s energy.

* * *

Pujik! Pujijijik!

[Quaaah

One wing was torn off.

The baby orc let out a scream in pain like tearing a nerve.

And that pain inevitably led to anger.

[This human bastard!]

aaang!

He sent a sound wave out behind him. Kwaaang! The wreckage of the once collapsed building was further pulverized.

However, blood and meat fragments were not present.

The baby orc gritted his teeth and shook his head to look around.

[Don’t hide, come out, human!]

It was strange.

I knew long ago that I was a human who could hide like a cockroach.

But even so, he couldn’t fool his eyes.

there wouldn’t have been

‘Where are you!?’

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Just now, I couldn’t catch the sign at all.

No trace could be found anywhere in the collapsed cavity.

I didn’t even leave this place.

That will be too.

[Quaaah

Because the wings were torn off like this.

With the current one, another wing fell off.

Now he only had one pair of wings left.

If one more fell, you wouldn’t be able to float in the air.

‘no!’

If that happens, it’s over.

The body of this baby orc that he descended from was literally a baby. The same level as having no physical ability.

If the wings fall, there is no chance of winning.

[Kuh!]

bang! bang! bang! bang!

Can’t help it if you can’t see it

He randomly fired sound waves. Praying for a chance to get hit.

right after that.

rustle.

A presence was felt from behind.

[Is there!]

It took!

The baby orc turned around with a gleeful expression.

In fact, it was Fake that sent out the sound waves. The real purpose was to read the killing spirit that was revealed the moment it attacked.

however.

[uh?]

Looking back, there was nothing.

The baby orc, who was dumbfounded for a moment, flinched greatly and then turned back again.

there.

[Oops!]

Ergé’s two eyes were shining red.

Before the baby orc could even react, Erze pressed the boy’s head.

thud!

Then, spinning the dagger, holding it in reverse, cut off one of the wings.

[aaah!

A desperate scream echoed through the subterranean space.

However, Ergé’s expression did not change at all.

No sympathy for the painful screams, no aversion to the grotesque appearance, no excitement at seeing blood.

He just calmly moved his arms as if he were working.

Awesome!

[Quaaagh!]

That’s how I cut off all the wings until the last one.

All that was left was the main body of the baby orc wriggling on the floor like a bug.

Looking at the red eyes coldly looking down at him, the baby orc covered his mouth.

Fear slowly grew in his eyes.

[how… … .]

It is impossible.

It was nothing else.

Even though she was clearly standing right in front of me, I couldn’t feel her momentum at all.

The reverberation of magic that should be taken for granted, and even the life that no one can hide.

Except for sight, there was not a single sense that could capture the current Ergé.

But whether or not he was astonished had nothing to do with her.

Erze raised the dagger.

Ravi climbed onto her arm and wrapped the dagger in black energy.

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Just for that moment, her eyes widened slightly.

soon returned to normal.

[The prisoner of the mountain of garbage is terrified.]

[for a moment! Wait a minute!]

The baby orc waved a small hand and took a step back.

If it was Xi’an, he could have heard that and sarcastically said something like ‘I can’t hear you well’.

But she didn’t have that kind of eloquence.

“sorry.”

So I just took the dagger.

It was an expression of no regret.

[Chehehehe… … !]

There is no baby orc that can live with its head cut off.

It was the same for the guy.

If it was just a normal stab, he could have released the descent and escaped to the hell world, but even that was impossible.

‘Ugh!’

Because Ergé’s sword was entangled with Ravi’s energy.

Ravi grabbed the guy who was trying to escape and absorbed his power.

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Just like when he drained all of the Dark Eater’s power, he didn’t leave even a single drop.

The energy gained from doing so was similar to that of Dark Eater.

Compared to Haeryunggungju, it is still at the same level as the new blood.

But those details were irrelevant now.

“Ugh!”

Ravi was in a very good mood just by absorbing the energy of hell again.

“Whoa.”

Herze stood up and pulled the dagger from the baby orc’s head.

She was completely unaware of the process of absorbing Ravi’s powers.

She wasn’t Ravi’s contractor, and she was an outsider who didn’t know anything about Hell.

“… … .”

She stared down at the bloody dagger.

She was covered in not only the dagger, but also the blood that splattered from the baby orc all over her body.

“I won.”

She muttered as she looked at the dripping dagger.

won

Xian said never to fight and just watch, but somehow we ended up fighting.

But I managed to kill him.

It was completely different from the time of the Goblin King, who only carried a small check and was carried away.

accomplished by one’s own strength.

he was helpful

“aha.”

A big smile bloomed on her face.

* * *

Following the energy of the connected Ravi, Xian immediately entered the underground ruins.

The wound on his shoulder opened and throbbed, but he didn’t care.

Healing wounds is possible later.

Underground ruins collapsed here and there.

A message was reflected in his retinas as he quickly followed the trail that Erze had dug up.

[The Black Spirit is delighted with the new ability.]

‘Did I win?’

He opened his eyes wide.

A message that Ravi has acquired a new ability. Doesn’t that mean that Ravi absorbed all of his energy?

It means Erze won.

A heavy burden was lifted from his heart.

It was purely his own greed that asked him to keep an eye on him.

Greed not to want to miss the black magician.

Erze accepted it without a single complaint.

So, if Erze died or was seriously injured here, he would have felt a great sense of guilt.

With some relief, but without slowing down at all, he went deeper underground.

I’m worried about the new ability that Ravi got, but that’s something to check after everything is over.

And the underground cavity that arrived.

There, he could see Erze, covered in blood, standing there, staring at the dagger.

“You’re all right, Erje.”

Xian approached her.

Hearing that, she turned to look at him.

It looks like there is blood all over the body.

The head and face were no exception.

Seeing her looking back, Xian’s steps stopped for a moment.

Somehow, the atmosphere was completely different from before.

“draft.”

Her eyes bent like a bow.

Inside that smile, red eyes were shining brightly.