How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 87

The sight of Xian entering the manor with as many as 11 people behind him drew attention in an instant.

The Yeongji’s guards came running with a firm expression, but they couldn’t even hear the fact that the man who brought the horses was the lord’s son.

“Go to the castle and tell them I’m here.”

“Yes, yes!”

They were very taken aback by the sudden instructions, but when they saw the 11 mop mates Xian had brought, they gave up the idea of asking.

“young master!”

Wilfried led the knights and ran at once.

The knights and soldiers, including Wilfried, were all going about their daily routine, thinking that someone was monitoring the territory.

“You’re safe… … Huh!”

Wilfried gasped as he looked at the masks tied to the horses.

It was because I never thought I would catch them like that, regardless of whether things succeeded or failed.

“Sir Wilfried. Arrest these guys and bring them to the lord’s castle, and proceed with the interrogation yourself.”

“Ah, yes. All right.”

Knights and guards arrested them under Wilfried’s direction.

Together with them, Xian and Ran returned to the lord castle.

With this, this problem is now solved.

At one time, I thought it might have been the work of the Dark Magic Tower, but it seems that it was too much of a guess.

I was thinking.

“young master.”

Wilfried, who had imprisoned them in the family prison and went to interrogate them, came up with a serious expression.

Is the interrogation over already? Not that much time has passed.

Wilfried approached Xian, who was puzzled, and spoke quietly so that he could not hear outside the room.

“Brain marks were found on them.”

“Brain scars?”

Xian’s eyebrows twitched.

brain scar.

A thunderbolt-shaped scar that appears as a unique practice of accepting thunderbolts and accumulating brain energy, one of the trainings performed by thunder wizards.

“You mean the Thunder Magic Tower is the culprit?”

“I still don’t know if it is the culprit. However, it seems certain that there is a relationship in some form.”

Xian frowned at the discovery of traces of the Dark Magic Tower, not the Thunder Magic Tower, which he hadn’t even thought of.

“Call Azlet.”

He gave instructions in a low voice.

* * *

“What is it again, Gongja?”

Azlet came to me with a troubled face.

“I caught a group of thieves.”

“Somehow the castle was noisy, but that was it. So why?”

“Brain marks were found on them.”

“What?”

Azlet narrowed his eyes. It was as if he was talking about bullsh*t.

Xian examined the face closely.

“I’m going to see him from now on, but follow me.”

“What nonsense… … .”

Xian accompanied him and Wilfried, who were mumbling, and headed to the prison in the basement of the castle.

Eventually, the three of them arrived in front of the jail where the captain’s mask was being held.

Full of bruises all over his body, he took off his mask and top, and his head was bowed.

But I didn’t come here to see his face.

The three of them turned to the upper body of the guy.

A thunderbolt-shaped scar covering the upper body.

“No, nonsense!”

Only then did Azlet’s eyes widen in astonishment and he screamed.

Xian examined the brain scars with narrow eyes.

brain scar.

Evidence of training for a wizard who has reached the level of the Tower of Thunder to reach the next level.

It is a training method that has been handed down to this day based on the anecdote that the first tower owner who built the Thunder Magic Tower in the past learned the magic of thunder magic after being struck by lightning.

However, only real high-ranking wizards above the master master were trained while receiving real thunderbolts, and mage-level or high-mage-level wizards practiced thunder magic with adjusted power.

It was similar to, no, more ignorant than what knights practice while being beaten to train their mettle.

‘I’m doing this because it’s the Thunder Magic Tower.’

Other magic towers don’t even imitate something similar.

Even if they are the same mage, their tendencies will vary greatly depending on the mage tower.

For example, flame mage towers are maddened by firepower, who only go all-in for one-time destructive power on the battlefield, and steel mage towers are more like artisans than wizards.

And the Thunder Magic Tower values various and flexible responses on the battlefield rather than one-time firepower.

That’s why they do such harsh training in order to get a strong mind and body at the same time as getting brain power.

“It can’t be! That, yes, it’s an epiphany. It must be some guy’s ploy to keep us from fighting the Mage Tower!”

There’s no way our Mage Tower’s apprentice would attack Agrid, why would he want to imitate a thief like this?

He was the one who came up with so many excuses in this instant for the innocence of the Thunder Magic Tower.

“Is this epilepsy?”

“okay! Isn’t the relationship between the Thunder Demon Tower and the Agrid family coexisting since the prewar era! There is no way you would point a knife at the Agrid family who helped you through that difficult time!”

Originally, the Thunder Magic Tower was located elsewhere.

For some reason, the Thunder Demon Tower suffered a crisis to the point of staggering through all kinds of hardships in that area.

It was Louis Agrid, the grandfather of the former lord of the previous era, that is, Werfed Agrid, who helped the Mage Tower.

Louis Agrid gave away part of the territory to allow the Thunder Magic Tower to move in, and in return, the Magic Tower and the family formed a close alliance.

The alliance was further strengthened by the previous family head, and at that time, Azlet was the one who ran between the Mage Tower and the family.

So he couldn’t accept this situation.

Because all of his youth and life’s achievements were denied.

“Azlet… … Honorary Elder… … .”

However, despite his denial, Captain Mask called Azlet.

The title of honorary elder was the title that Azlet was called in the Mage Tower.

“What, what, you bastard! Who the hell are you to slander the Thunder Demon Tower!”

“Elder, what is a wizard?”

he spoke under his breath. His whole body was already broken and full of wounds from being dragged behind the horse. I couldn’t even breathe well.

“Don’t be fooled by strange sounds, and answer my words! Who are you!?”

“Wizards are… … They are the ones who can do anything to raise their level.”

“What?”

“So that’s just how it is. If you complete this mission… … With his grace, I will rise to a higher level.”

The guy raised his hand. Then he sharpened his fingertips and stabbed himself in the chest.

hooked!

A hole opens in the chest and blood gushes out.

But no blood flowed.

Red blood pooled around the wounded hole, then glistened and hardened in the middle of his chest.

Xian’s expression hardened.

I felt a strong sense of deja vu.

“I can do anything to break through the master’s wall. He said he withdrew from the frontlines, but I think even the elders would sympathize with him if he was a wizard.”

Captain Mask no longer panted while talking.

Energy returns to the whole body. No, on the contrary, I feel more powerful than before.

The blood circulated tightly to the capillaries throughout the body, and the veins stood out brightly. Blood rushed to his eyes and they were stained red.

But the biggest change was inside him.

I see mana scattered in the air. It looks like a very small string.

I see them wriggling, I hear them whispering, I feel their touch.

Feel mana with all five senses.

It was the greatest pleasure a magician could get.

“Have you ever seen Mana with your own eyes, Elder? Have you ever heard of it? Have you ever touched it?”

The guy giggled and collected mana.

I could see all the electromagnetic waves moving between the strings and the strings.

Above all, a delicate and detailed flow that you would never have felt in your usual physical condition.

“I am!”

Pajijijijik-!

He fired a spear of lightning. It seemed that there was nothing in the world that the lightning that had been piled up with a higher purity than ever could not be pierced.

Even if it was a master, even if it was a high master, it seemed like it would be able to penetrate all of them.

The spear was shot at Xian.

Toward the heart of Xian, who had been coldly looking down at him from earlier.

‘I didn’t want to see you, that kid!’

His eyes firmly caught Cyan Agrid. And the spear of lightning that was shot at him came through clearly.

right after that.

Awesome!

My vision began to shift diagonally.

“… … ?”

His eyes are questioning.

However, his brilliant mind comprehended everything in an instant.

Xian drew his sword from the seal and swung it.

His black captain’s mask cut through the spear of lightning, which he risked his life for, so easily.

Not only the iron bars, but even the torso of the prisoner inside the prison.

He was full of confidence that he had surpassed even the High Master, but the reality was that he couldn’t even receive a single sword from Xian.

“Thunder Magic Tower, it seems that something went wrong while I was blind.”

Xian looked down at the captain’s mask, cut in half, with eyes like the cold winter sky.

‘yes!’

Ravi was humming in his head.

Xian replied.

‘Yes, I know.’

A dark jewel that has now split in half and has lost its luster, embedded in his chest.

It looked exactly like the bloodstone that Professor Derek had.

* * *

After the work with Professor Derek was over and Allen went to Kraha Mansion with Instructor Jung.

After that, Xian had discussed the identity of the bloodstone with Allen.

‘Even Allen himself said he didn’t know the exact identity.’

Allen said he didn’t know what it was. They only knew that it was something that allowed them to gain demonic powers.

I didn’t know it at the time, but Allen belonged to Chon Do-maeng.

If Allen said he didn’t know, it would mean that Chun Do-maeng also didn’t know.

There was nothing I could do but speculate on, whether it was a medium that connects hell and the real world, or a jewel condensed with demonic power.

‘Did that mask just pick up bloodstone like Professor Derek?’

I thought about it once, but then Xian shook his head.

Not like that.

The guy clearly spoke.

He said he was stealing to raise his level of magic. If you complete this mission, you will rise to a higher level by His grace.

‘There is a guy who gave me a mission.’

He must have been the one who handed the bloodstone to Mask.

And the one who ordered them to raid merchants coming to Agrid using bloodstone as bait.

The Dark Mage of the Dark Mage Tower.

He put on a sword he had taken out of his bingo and came out.

I saw soldiers lined up in front of the castle gate.

“insect!”

Xian talked to Wilfried.

“What about Azlet?”

“As you said, I put it under pension. The wizards belonging to the Magic Corps are also being watched by Lady Chesha.”

It is certain that there is something wrong with the Mage Tower. Then, even the magicians in the territory, including Azlet, could not be trusted.

So I talked to Chesha. Accompany the knights and keep an eye on the mages.

And Xian himself instructed Wilfried to gather soldiers and knights.

“… … .”

All ten masked subordinates were tied to a prisoner cart with bars installed on one side.

As expected, they were thinner and smaller than the captain’s mask, but there were thunder marks.

Xian talked to Wilfried and the soldiers.

“From now on, I’m going to have a ‘conversation’ with the Thunder Demon Tower.”

Xian took 10 prisoners along with his soldiers and headed to the village where the Thunder Demon Tower is located.

I’m not really going to fight. I’m just going to have a conversation.

Of course, I was fully aware of the possibility of an unfriendly situation.