Chapter 771 – 762 Elwydris, the Arboreal City
Hwanin’s gaze was fixed on the figure of a red soul that was quietly swaying in the middle of the ruins of the mansion that had been destroyed as if it had been bombed, in the shadow of a tall tree.
The form itself is different from the hybrids we have seen so far.
Yulkam’s mix, Ouling’s half mix, Bijalux’s mix, Hraslind’s mix.
The concoction seen so far was just a soul dyed in red, and that soul was suspended in the air about 50cm from the ground, shimmering in an ominous red aura like a banshee.
Her long, white hair was entwined in a red aura and waving ominously in red, as if it were being eroded.
Her torn and frayed skin was red as if a red aura had permeated into it, and the dress she was wearing was shimmering like it was burning in black flames, and there were bloodstains all over the white blouse, giving a vague idea of what had happened to her during her lifetime.
Especially the two eyes.
One has bright red eyes pointing this way, as if reason is still there, but the other eyes, as if eaten by madness and evil, are stained bloody and emit an ominous light like the dark sun.
=…=
=…=
Even though Hwanin did not release energy to visualize the spirit, Anne and Baek Ryeo-gang’s stiff faces made it known that the mixture had already achieved arbitrary visualization.
Even though it has been made visible to the general public, the reason why it is still unknown… It must be because of the current atmosphere of the city and that no one wants to come here.
=Lee, Nameria… !=
‘That woman was Myeongria.’
Hearing the head butler panting from behind, Hwanin, who recognized Honjae’s identity, quietly opened his mouth.
“You are Princess Myeonglia, who sent Finleselden.”
“… Seongseongje-nim, are you a Lee?”
A cool voice resounding like an echo lowers the temperature around you.
It’s not because of my mood, but the temperature actually dropped rapidly, and white breath came out.
Confusion has progressed enough to affect reality. If it was a little later, it would have reliquefied and wiped out Elwidris.
“That’s right.”
“It’s a pity that we have such a chance to meet each other…” …」
“Is that so. I have no idea.”
While the other half of the face was fixed as if it were occupied by the instrument, the relatively intact half lowered its gaze as if it were self-deprecating.
The appearance is so bizarre that there is a sound of sucking and swallowing moans from behind.
“That’s… I’m so sorry that I didn’t hit you.”
“Are you saying that a civil war broke out due to cheating and the family collapsed? Or are you talking about accepting the prophecy, but ruining the family line with a stupid response?”
“Listen to the youngsters who betrayed the family family, the old elders, and the young pigs and pigs… The one thing I couldn’t be firm with was this…」
As the screams burning with resentment spread, the temperature gradually dropped and frost began to form around them.
Not only that, but a bright red haze that seemed to burn blood soared under Namelia, as if the mixture was rapidly progressing.
Her well-groomed hair flutters wildly, losing its outline and shape, and the shape of the half of her body, stained with madness, blurs, shattering to cracks as if space is tearing apart.
Hwan-in calmly warned her madness, as if it would explode at any moment and spill ash.
『Calm down.』
“… !”
The bloody aura loses its momentum and shrinks greatly at the prophesying of coercion.
She sobbed like a banshee, with her voice that somehow sounded like a sigh, and somehow she sounded like a growl.
“… Really, really resentful. If the pigs hadn’t stepped forward, the family wouldn’t have fallen this far…」
“…”
“Destroying the family, escaping to the capital and enjoying good fortune… If only those pigs and pigs hadn’t been there… !!」
Myeongria’s voice echoed as if her madness soared again.
Hwanin still calmly opened her mouth.
“I heard that the senate piglets were all slaughtered at the hands of the lord,” She said. Those entrusted to the leadership are known as family prophets.”
“…」
Name Lia, who lowered her head, looks at her Hwanin as if she is really in love with her face that shows her suffering.
“My informants found traces of the elders who were killed in the Mystery Palace of Lord Pshud. The time is right before you are about to be bombed.”
“Is it so… Her indecisive father finally took his hand. If you’re going to write it, it would have been nice if you wrote it a little earlier…」
She seemed to have calmed down even more, and Lia, who straightened her body, approached her phantom, literally blinking like a ghost.
Anne tries to block her with her hard expression, but her phantom restrains her and stares at Lia, who is close to her and earnestly begs for her name.
“Sir Sungjae… Seongje-nim, surrounded by dazzling golden light… I beg you to listen to the girl’s request…」
“It’s a coincidence. I also have a request for you.”
“Such an ominous existence… Are you saying that you have a request for me who has become… ?」
“This is a request that only you, who have become such a sinister being, can grant.”
Even though she couldn’t get into the painful place, her name was not painful, but instead she responded with an ominous red aura as if she were glad.
“Would you like to honor my request for a couple…?” … ! … So, my request, kill those who abandoned the city and betrayed their family… Please share… !”
“Great. The contract is done. You will make a contract with me and help me achieve my purpose by mixing. In return, I will allow you to personally strike down and kill the Elwidris traitors attached to the Passage.”
“Ahhh! It’s a perfect condition… ! I, Mymilia Wilden L.L. Widris, longed for that day, and said that the Holy Father… I swear to serve… !”
The contract between Seongje, who became an assin, and Myeonglia, who became mixed.
Miria, who watched it all from close range, couldn’t even blink in fear and horror as if her blood was freezing.
Hwan-in, who signed a more detailed contract with the mixed name Lia and retrieved it from her red prison, looked around the city a little more, but could not feel the mixed energy that touched her soul.
Instead, there were a lot of white and blue souls. The level of 70 people alone.
Hwanin, of course, tried to sign a contract with all the cheongyeongs, but he was able to get only twenty-four.
Upon hearing the true identity and purpose of Hwanin, the twenty-three said in a determined manner, “We will actively cooperate with the Holy Emperor…” …” And accepted the contract, but the others said “Sacred Emperor!? The enemy of this Elwidris!!” I was forcibly attained Buddhahood at his hands while venting my fierce anger.
= To say that Doryeong is an enemy, it’s not like he’s against the law…=
When Anne, who was walking out of an empty back alley, expressed her dissatisfaction in a small way, she expressed the noble lady’s displeasure with her expression and said,
= Really. I’m so stupid, I’m rather glad the contract didn’t work out. If it had been contracted, it would have been a hindrance to my brother with that stupidity!=
=Oh, Belle knows how to be so angry?=
“Baekryeogang is also a very aristocratic lady. It happened in the Labyrinth of Wayford…”
He tried to capture the raiders alive as evidence of the Bloodhide Clan’s raid, but when he mentioned that he was trying to deal with all the raiders with an extremely aristocratic remark, ‘What I saw is proof, and what I heard is proof’, Baeknyeogang’s face turned red. It was hot.
= Oh, ah. Oh my, that’s… !=
“At that time, Baek Ryogang was really like a noble lady. I even felt the spirit.”
= Ahahaha! What an aristocratic attitude! Bell, did you see your sister again?=
= Oh…=
Anne, who was teasing Baek Ryogang with it, only stopped when her face turned red like a tomato, and asked her Hwanin with a serious face.
= Doryeong, are you okay? Will there be any effect on the surroundings if I make a mixture into beads and carry it around?
“Seeing that the spirits, who were afraid of dark spirits and kept their distance, are doing fine as marbles, I don’t think there will be any, but just in case, you should be polite.”
It is written that if Honjae is stuck like an underground spirit for a long time, the corruption is transmitted to the surrounding souls and turns into Honjae one after another.
If sapphire and black jade are influenced by red jade and turn into red jade, it will be difficult, so care must be taken in handling them.
After that, Hwan-in, who returned to Yeongju Castle with no sexual misfortunes, called Mymria and asked what had happened before the civil war broke out.
Name Leah, who has been more stable since signing her contract with Hwanin, calmly continues her story.
“The reason why the senate stubbornly insisted on the assassination of the Holy Priestess is that the visionary poem that prophesied the disappearance of Elwidris came from Elkata.”
“You thought I would join hands with Elkata and return to Elwidris to push them out.”
“That’s right. It’s because it was told through the Watcher that the relationship between Elkata and the Holy Priest began in Wayford.”
It was at Wayford Cemetery that I first met Elkata. El Kata, who was quietly dying as a grave keeper there, became a soul sage by combining with her Hwanin…
At the time, she was just starting out as a spirit hunter.
“Did you know? Elkata’s mother was killed by the elders. She considered it a high treason to harbor the noble blood of the Wisdom Blood System. Elkata may have known about it, but he would have thought that it would only be a matter of time before it would become known if the holy priest entered the city. The elders wouldn’t have had a choice.”
= It’s a story that she eventually moved for her own power. =
At Yurpa’s summary, Myriaa’s one fine eye blurs.
“It was garbage. If she had admitted her mistakes before choosing the worst and was prepared to ask for forgiveness, she would have been able to keep her power and damage to a minimum. It was a prophecy, right? For what didn’t happen, those pigs…」
The women shut their mouths at the sound of upset and resentment.
The disappearance of Elwidris was foretold, but if you think about it, Eunwon is clear.
It was something that could have been prevented with a hoe, but since the appearance of a person in power who is ugly enough to vomit, whose power is the most important thing in terms of family and lineage, the matter has grown, so I wonder if resentment soared.
Moreover, as Lee Myung-Ria tried to give up her position as head of household to El Kata, her resentment would double.
In the ensuing silence, Hwanin opened his mouth.
“What caused the civil war? To an outsider, the near-total civil war at Elwydris was odd.”
“The Senate Pigs thought the lord was trying to drive them out by attracting foreign powers. It makes no sense. What kind of person is your father… I wished those piglets would do it if they brought in foreign powers, but my father would never do that.”
“It’s just that you don’t know, isn’t it possible that the inside story is the other way around?”
When Hwanyeon put forward a hypothesis, Myeonglia shook her head in the belief that it could never happen.
“My father really loved Ionis. He suffered for a few days after her death, forgetting about erosion. Even after learning that the culprit of her murder was her senate, the one who covered her case by ordering only a few of her officers to lay down her one logic for the reason that her family could not be divided. Please.”
“It’s a story that if he had the personality to bring in foreign powers, he would have wiped out all the Senators at that time.”
“Yes. Also, my father’s popularity was such that he was loyal to all the knights in the family. The Senate Pigs were not enemies even without attracting foreign powers. Please don’t doubt that.”
Don’t do it, it’s different, but women had no choice but to do it.
Anne points out that
=The reason Doryeong and we came here is not to forgive the lord or to promote friendship. Why would It’s because he’s the head of the people who tried to assassinate our lord, and he hasn’t sent a single message of apology since that incident.=
“… !”
=If you have a really bad and upright personality, you should have contacted Doryeong and apologized after the incident in front of the Giant Forest Labyrinth by any means.=
“That… I don’t know either. It seems to be a story after my death, but why…」
=Isn’t it because the symbolic tree was burned and the family was smashed to the level of ruining the wind, and the mentality went out? I even forgot to send an apology message to my brother.=
Anne slightly furrowed her eyebrows as if she did not understand Ah-yeong’s assumption.
= No matter how crazy you are, will you forget that? =
= Um~ Maybe you think that the council in the capital delivered an apology instead. ‘You guys stay still. We’ll send an apology on our own,’ he said, blocking the action.
=Yul’s hypothesis is more credible than Ayeong’s hypothesis.=
=Well, I guess.=
While the women were thinking of their own valid reasons, Hwanin, who had been quiet, opened his mouth.
“Or it could be that there is a traitor planted inside by the council or the delinquent side, and all the apologies to come to us have been cut off. Since El Widris is nearing the end, I want to make El Widris her sacrifice and inflict a fatal wound on the reputation of this side.”
= Oh, um…=
= Oh, that’s really…=
= Fufu…=
Between the women’s complicated sighs, Hwanin said to Hwanyeon.
She said, “I said that the lord’s castle wasn’t shielded by the spirits. She spreads the spirit and keep an eye out for anyone acting suspiciously. If a spy or a spy acts, they will move in earnest after the lord returns.”
“Okay.”
He also summoned the five souls of the Argentea Scout Corps and the twenty-three Elwidris Knights who were harvested today.
The living room of the VIP room is over 50 pyeong, but with over 30 people gathered, it feels cramped.
As soon as the twenty-three summoned El Widris Knight Spirit saw the first name Leah, her expression half collapsed, and she knelt down in front of her.
“The ball and the princess are mixed up… !”
「Keugh…」
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you…」
「Ah, princess…」
“…」
“…」
Knowingly or knowingly being reluctant, she is compared to the soul of the Argentea scout who keeps her distance from Milia.
「Carls, Erewhon, Finkeutin, Arnen, Golene, Imys, Rasserie, Modeli, Atiel, Querta, Elon, Lefear…」
As if she remembered all the knights, the name of twenty-three came out of Lia’s mouth, and her knights shed tears, revealing her bitterness at not being able to protect her princess.
Even after becoming a soul, she is a princess who remembers and soothes those who have chivalry.
Even Isilite and Baeknyeogang, who had nothing to do with the Fleurs, were moved, but Hwanin calmly waited for their marriage and mobilized them to search for a spy who might be in the castle.
“… So, there could be people who are monitoring his activities and disrupting information by Lord Elwidris’ side. Let each of you scatter to find and pursue those who are in doubt.”
“Everyone, please. Please lend your strength to the search for those who betrayed the family and made it collapse…」
“”Yes!!!””
After the Elwidris knights, who seemed to pierce the sky with enthusiasm at Mymilia’s request, went out, Hwanin next called the Argentea scouts.
“You seek the secret of the senate. Means of contact, secret places, and safe houses are all over the city. Go through all the places and gather things that can be information.”
“Yes, Seongje-nim.”
“Yes~.”
Heroic painting was excluded because of visualization, and Hwanin, who was able to mobilize physical force to some extent by injecting spiritual energy, walked to the sofa and sat down only after sending out the scouting party.
The only thing left now is to hear the whole story from Lord Elwidris.
If he lies, that’s okay too. If he cuts his throat and pushes El Widris castle away, then goes to Passage and tramples those who are related to El Widris, and that’s it.
=Brother, I have a question.=
“What.”
When Hwan-in, who was waking her head while drinking bitter black coffee from Isilite, asked Ah-yeong, looking sideways at her name, Lia.
= Why are you bothering to die? That princess’s request is to kill the prophets attached to the passage. Wouldn’t it be more convenient to kill or possess a few suspicious people, ask their souls, condemn the lord according to the weight of their faults, and then leave?=
“It should be comfortable that way.”
=But why?=
“It’s for Elcata. You don’t know what will happen later, so you should organize it in advance when you can, so it will be convenient later.”
= Uh…=
“Have you contacted Elmine?”
= Yes? Not yet. I’m waiting to see how the lord comes out tomorrow and proceed.=
“Then get ready to call in a few people you can trust and trust. Instead of infiltrating it as a spy, I openly attach it to Lord Elwidris.”
= Huh? … Ex. Wow, wow. The lord can’t even afford to protect the information of the castle right now, so he protects it with the help of the white wolves, while at the same time receiving the lord’s protection and cooperation, as well as inside information…=
How much profit can you get from this one move?
The women also notice the meaning of the number and put on a shocked expression when Ah-young mumbles in surprise.
Just listening, this side has a lot to gain, but there is almost no danger.
The story of Hwanin continues.
“If the successor of the head of the household, from the Spiritual Temple, who can see it, returns with the protection of the great saintess of Yeongdo, even if nothing can be done about the sense of loss caused by the disappearance of the symbolic tree, the identity of Elwidris will be preserved. Citizens who have lost their minds will come to their senses to some extent.”
After Passage’s work is finished, I’ll have to ask Elcata’s intentions, but given that she still uses the surname Elwidris, she won’t refuse.
If El Kathar comes to El Widris, her escort of her spirit, her soul knights, and her white wolves will protect her, so she will be in no danger.
The next lord of Elwidris will be his child.
Of course, it’s a story when everything went well, but it’s a plan that doesn’t seem to go wrong.
“Your brother is really great… You have to be able to do that level to become a god…”
“Hey, I think I’ll go halfway if I just do as my older brother tells me. If you agree, I’ll give it a go.”
“Dog choo, dog choo… !”
It was the quiet whispers of the two Kims, who watched everything Hwanin did from a corner of the living room.
