The Duke’s Madness

Ginny thought.

‘Am I still drunk?’

Since being caught here, it was rare to wake up properly.

I was always distracted by some drug, and that was no different now.

Under the colorful lights in such a situation.

The blurry-looking man was smiling.

It was a small relationship, but it was a human face that left a stronger impression than anyone else.

Because of that, Ginny couldn’t believe it.

‘Why is that man here? yes right… . This is a dream.’

Thinking so, Ginny was about to close her eyes.

The collar that had been filled was cut off.

The iron bars that restrained freedom were also split in half.

My eyes, which were about to close at that incident, open on their own.

“You left in search of your dream, why are you doing this? Did you buy a house?”

My mind, which had been drifting away from the question, returned again.

“Yeah, why don’t you be careful. How many scams are there in the world these days?”

Ginny asked with her lips quivering.

“Dawn… that’s right?”

The man smiled and replied.

“yes that’s right. Long time no see, Ginny.”

“… .”

“By the way, were you an elf? pointed ears… what? Are you sharper?”

Ginny didn’t respond.

Arthur, who was watching him, stroked his chin.

‘You must have been addicted to drugs.’

Eyes that are out of focus, mouth that is stupidly opened.

And most of all, seeing the eyes leaking tears, it was not normal.

After thinking this far, Arthur called Undine.

“… !”

With an exclamation, the aphrodisiac remaining in Genie’s body disappeared.

Arthur covered the cloak over his shoulders and said.

“Wait a moment.”

With these words, Arthur turned his gaze and looked at the audience.

“hmm… .”

Arthur, who was speechless, raised a corner of his mouth.

‘It’s dangerous. Only five swordsmen of the 5th circle knight class. There are wizards, and snipers like Genies are aiming at dangerous things… .’

However, I didn’t regret it at all.

In any case, the targeted Hamburg was killed.

It’s a pity that I couldn’t kill him more painfully, but even if I had plenty of time anyway, it didn’t really matter because I didn’t enjoy torturing him.

Thinking this far, Arthur drew his sword and muttered.

“ruler… So, shall we try to escape now?”

* * *

A heavy silence falls in the auction house.

Shock and awe.

In the midst of those swirling emotions, someone muttered.

“Hamburg… Are you dead?”

A scream breaks out with these words.

“What, what is that madman!”

“who is this! Who is that guy!”

“Could it be the Imperial Police?! What kind of person are you to kill Hamburg!!!”

Amidst the ensuing chaos, the audience rushed out of the auction house.

In addition, the escort troops guarding them escaped, but Arthur, who was watching, nodded.

‘Not bad. It will be easier if they leave.’

At that moment, gunshots rang out.

As if Arthur had waited, the gnome’s ability was awakened.

Cuckoo-!

A rising wall blocks a barrage of bullets pouring down.

Arthur glanced away and looked at dozens of clown men pointing their guns at him.

‘The other side is a fighting gang following Hamburg… I guess I’ll have to look at it.’

At the same time, Arthur loaded the Beast.

Then, after cleverly opening a gap in the wall, he pushed the gun into the gap.

Quaang-!

A cannon-like echo spread through the auction house.

At the same time, the bodies of the men wearing clown masks are compressed.

“… !”

Just like in Hamburg, men wearing clown masks turn into black marbles and fall to the ground.

Arthur, who was watching the scene, exclaimed.

“and… . What is this gun?”

The ability is also an ability, but the shooting range in my head was adjusted freely.

This was far better than I had been told by the gunsmith.

“Once passed. In that sense, I want to see you for a long time… .”

As if in response to these words, Beast sent a faint vibration.

“what? Can you hear me?”

“… .”

“is not it? Is it an illusion?”

Arthur tilted his head and shook the beast, but it didn’t send the same vibration as before.

Arthur, who was stroking his chin, burst out laughing and murmured.

“no way. How can a gun understand people?”

“… .”

“Isn’t it, Beast?”

Beast showed no response to the question.

Arthur, who lost his appetite, grabbed the waist of Ginny who was next to him.

“100 million?”

With Ginny’s exclamation, Arthur jumped up.

Arthur, who arrived in front of Leon with a single leap, smiled brightly.

“Now let’s escape, Leon.”

“… .”

“I killed the target, and it looks dangerous to stay here any longer.”

Leon, who was lost in the question, comes to his senses.

“Hey, are you sleeping?”

“yes?”

“This, this… . Did you think and act?”

“What do you think?”

“Didn’t you think Hamburg was killed?”

Arthur nodded confidently.

“sure. Of course I thought about it and killed it.”

“… .”

“But it’s a bit difficult to explain that here, so why don’t we escape?”

Leon’s eyes widened at the question.

“Why are you telling me to escape?”

“Prince, you have the ability. That teleport-like ability.”

“… Are you trying to get away with it?”

“what? Wasn’t it okay?”

Leon murmured in amazement.

“Oh God… . Why are you putting me through this ordeal?”

Leon sighed and closed his eyes.

Dig-!

At that moment, a flashing light hit Arthur and Ginny, and when they opened their eyes again, they were back in the room they had stayed before leaving for the auction house.

While Ginny opened her mouth in surprise at the incident, Arthur muttered.

‘Looks like you can’t move to the place you want at once.’

Apparently, there was a restriction on the distance he could move.

Arthur, who looked away with his thoughts, was startled.

Leon’s complexion was pale blue.

“Are you okay, Leon?”

“… It tastes like death, but it’s okay.”

Arthur lowered his head in response.

“You’re bleeding from your eyes. Is that okay?”

“It’s a side effect of my ability. It will get better with time.”

Arthur stroked his chin.

‘It has great ability, but does it have side effects?’

It was time for Arthur to put his new findings into his head along with his thoughts.

Leon, who wiped the blood from his eyes, asked Arthur a question.

“ruler… . Now, please explain. Why did you kill Hamburg, and what is your relationship with this elf girl?”

Arthur raised his head and snapped his fingers.

“What do you want to hear first?”

“… First of all, the relationship with this elf lady.”

“It was a colleague. When I was working as a mercenary.”

Leon tilted his head.

“Did you have a relationship? When doing mercenary work?”

“yes. I didn’t know you were an elf back then.”

“… So you killed Hamburg to save an old colleague?”

“no?”

“… ?”

“Why would I do something stupid like that?”

Leon narrowed his eyes.

Ginny, who was next to her, was no different.

“So, then?”

“The reason I saved Ginny was because he was by my side, so I saved him, and I killed Hamburg for a different reason.”

“… What is the reason?”

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

“If I can’t kill him here, I don’t think another chance will come easily.”

“… .”

“The troops stationed here, and the size of the sector. If I focused only on running away, I thought the assassination might fail, and in that case, I thought let’s strike first.”

Leon muttered with a confused expression.

“So you shot yourself in the middle of enemy lines?”

“As a result, it was.”

“that… Didn’t you just kill me because you couldn’t stand it?”

“No. I killed it when the obvious opportunity presented itself.”

At Arthur’s confident answer, Leon shook his head.

‘… It doesn’t make sense, but in a way it seems to be true.’

In fact, Leon also thought that assassination would not be easy at the time Hamburg appeared.

His escort troops were also a problem, but the unidentified auction participants sitting in the audience.

It was because the level of escort troops guarding them was abnormally high.

‘Even if we succeed in assassinating them, if they join us in chasing us… In fact, it might be impossible to escape.’

But when Arthur Bavaria killed Hamburg out of the blue, chaos arose.

Even himself, who was on the same side, was surprised, so it must have been a shocking scene from the perspective of others.

If you try to escape in this chaos, your chances will be higher than if you did an assassination.

‘no way… Did you aim for that and suddenly kill Hamburg?’

Leon’s brow narrowed.

“… no it can’t be I guess I just killed him.”

“What?”

Leon didn’t answer.

Instead, he took out a map from somewhere and spread it out on the desk.

“This?”

“Here is a map of the interior of Area D-52.”

“oh… ? Where did you get this?”

“Of course I stole it. Martial gave it to you.”

Along with the answer, Leon pointed to the front door leading to Area D-52.

“If you think about escape routes… It’s going through this front door, but it must be blocked, right?”

“… .”

“So the only realistic choices we have are a sewer or a dog hole.”

Arthur questioned Leon’s explanation.

“Can’t we use that ability again?”

“If you can’t mark, you can’t move. And the place I currently marked is this room.”

“hmm… . Then you have to walk or break through.”

“yes. But in reality, it is not easy.”

Leon tapped his fingers.

“Perhaps you know that this is where we are going. They probably drove their troops this way. So I need something to turn my attention to.”

“What does it mean to look away?”

“Time to secure a retreat… . To put it simply, it means that we have to carry out diversionary operations.”

Arthur groaned.

“While one side creates a commotion and draws attention, the other side finds a way out?”

“yes. There is no answer if you move to a hole or a sewer like this and get blocked back and forth.”

Arthur stroked his chin.

‘Can’t I just use hypnosis?’

To be honest, Leon’s hallucinations at that time were at a high level.

In fact, with that ability, it would be very easy to escape from this place no matter how many people came.

‘in other words… It means that I can’t use that ability right now, is there a special condition?’

Concerned, Arthur nodded.

It certainly didn’t make sense to use such hypnosis freely.

In the meantime, Leon gets up from his seat and closes his eyes.

“… Martial says he’s found a suitable way out. But they say troops are moving in that direction as well.”

“It sounds like you don’t have time.”

“yes. We need to move right now. Hamburg forces will try to attack us this way as well.”

Arthur got up from his seat.

“I’ll do anything that draws attention.”

“Are you confident?”

“Then is there anyone who would do otherwise?”

Leon shook his head.

“Certainly you are more comfortable there than me. But there must be some means of getting out, right?”

“Don’t worry about that. Then we will meet in this aisle.”

With these words, Arthur turned his gaze and looked at Ginny.

Ginny, who was staring blankly at the prince and Arthur, unable to participate in the conversation, flinched at his gaze.

“Ginny, please follow this person.”

“… .”

“Then see you later, Ginny.”

Ginny pursed her lips, but couldn’t say anything.

Instead, Leon, who was next to him, said goodbye.

“… Just make a fuss and join us.”

Instead of answering Arthur, he climbed onto the window sill.

And aroused the gnome’s ability.

Tak, Tak Tak-!

Climbing to the top of the roof using a scaffolding in the air, Arthur skimmed through area D-52.

“It’s an intruder–!!! intruder!!!”

“Some madman murdered the owner of the auction!”

“Never leave me alone! Be sure to hold onto it!”

Screams and moans abounded in the tumultuous streets.

Arthur, who had been watching it quietly, muttered to the Beast.

“hmm… . How can I get attention?”

The best way is to create a thought that will inevitably attract attention.

But that method didn’t come easily.

Shooting Beasts and destroying buildings would only give them an excuse to besiege them.

‘Something bang… I hope there will be an explosion that will shake the whole area.’

Arthur, who was looking here and there with his thoughts, shook his shoulders.

“Hoo… ?”

A magic power plant that returns to magic stones.

A power device with nearly 1 ton of magic stones gathered was emitting a desirable smoke.