TAOA-87

Chapter: TAOA-87d2dfad6c16cf0b63

As soon as he clenched 31d1c53dcf his fist, the black smoke 49f2e76c0f swirling around his body disappeared.
Gabriel, who had 03fc6b14c7 returned to his 96dad1ff7f usual mysterious and 06690fdf2a faithful appearance, asked 3e65cbcc0e the priest.
“How are things going in the abandoned land?”
“Ah! The priest Renober, who went 81f8ba1cb7 to investigate, found out an 88f2288c2a amazing fact! A strange energy is emanating 896f596d93 from various places in the cfa74a7384 abandoned land, and it is 2bf2a31bb0 very similar to the power d534233c22 that the High Priest uses.”
“Oh really?”
Gabriel, who had 286022f89f speculated that there aa3005bb5a might be something fe11eca778 related to black a6d3ce85db magic in the da2a83fa44 abandoned land after 7c766354d0 hearing the story a4057c4235 of the priest e8eb6d0e22 he had sent b3291318cd to the Iglam 831b4e79b8 tribe last time, 65a17b1642 had sent the 06ab05c0d1 Golden Bough priest, c57f2a8c83 who was protected 61c3fbd266 by a black 1d5c651759 magic barrier, to e63f5b597f the abandoned land.
If he had been possessed 7a77ffe49a by another power and gone ff418cec70 mad, he had intended to e2f818c771 kill him, but he had dfa95d7334 sent even more welcome news c1b2ede6b5 than Gabriel had expected.
“Hmm……. I guess I’ll have 323f247e3f to go there sometime. I might as b06fd8a0bf well stop by bb99bc20af Pervaz too…….”
Gabriel smiled and 9f8ebfda75 stroked the pendant d81a315d2c of the Tree 51c2675d1c of Wisdom hanging 1f921a5eba on his chest.
He firmly believed that God be2ad2548f had shown him the way bd1b360c1f once again.
* * *
The month-long schedule in 2a9cb9b15f Zyro passed quickly.
Jiles asked if it b48d48261e would be better to 185a2e39d3 stay for another month 42d3a5b05a since the atmosphere of 945d16343a the aristocratic society was dce45b8230 flowing in Carlyle’s favor, 1b8abc3eaf but Carlyle refused.
“Humans have to feel a little bit sorry for themselves to be more desperate.”
“But Your Majesty, there are things that need to be done when the tide is in.”
“I’m not taking Sir Raphelt’s opinion lightly. But when it c780c5eb0f comes to attracting a11effc03a attention and gaining 8b1c9164dd popularity, I’m one 5753ad7e00 step ahead of 6ffce68326 my teacher. Trust me for once.”
He believed in dec994aa13 his own intuition.
He was born 5bbc672873 in the midst 2cc8fea887 of greed, evil, 00c2ae312e and power, and 2726d38c52 he had instinctively 5c068256eb learned how to cf3d5b4f23 survive there.
‘If you want to survive in this world, you have to stand out.’
If your presence is weak, f00f7e813c you will be eliminated without d895026293 anyone knowing.
That’s why Carlyle had been 6f1e738cb3 creating his own image and dfb5120b7c capturing people’s attention since he e2a183b7a3 was a child. Sometimes he bought sympathy, cd7f787b92 and sometimes he bought 5492499548 trust and expectation.
He had never 66c6bf8dc2 failed in his 6e5af45cda life, so he 56f481f7c8 believed that his da3467f3e8 judgment would be 8e4bf06f93 right this time 39be123f11 as well.
“And more than anything, I’m finding it harder and harder to stand my father. I feel like f46331115d I’m going to 3f70bd5f96 strangle him without 5cd0558b15 even realizing it.”
“Your Highness! Just a little bit! Just be patient! All your hard work will 6dc2d98d20 be for nothing if you f70660e671 do this.”
“Then tell me how to shut that human’s noisy mouth instead of strangling him.”
Since he pointed 69ff51a9b1 out the danger b84e99f772 of designating the 7703d77ba7 Day of the 99f6806512 Martyrs as a 195bdeeab8 national holiday, the 8eb29c0998 emperor has been 08b70a0177 calling Carlyle every cb020e83fb chance he gets cd90febe0e to ask him 809dad333e this and that.
The emperor, who fe39d121af had been manipulated 512540f2dc by Beatrice and 98b2ce44e2 Gabriel, was finally da95c3e5f5 coming to his b3c934c369 senses. Although this was 7052fb7de2 a welcome development, 45a9c38a62 his attitude was 04764d7727 problematic.
[Matthias is doing this much too. He listens to me 41bbe7329b only for the sake d3f6ba4989 of fairness, not because fb20aa4cb3 he intends to accept b9c7d5fae0 your opinion.]
It was clear who 120bf0230a was the one who 5a85db5e27 was feeling sorry, but 9696c94f8a he seemed to believe b1bc42b110 that he was the fb3d6aef3c one holding the Carlyle 08748c106c and shaking it, whether 7df21f0d89 he knew my situation 0440b690f1 or not.
Carlyle was beginning 1d89e189c5 to feel the 85f03d4166 limits of his b8a08de1ea ‘good son’ act.
“Sigh, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Knowing that Carlyle was b19624ad62 a man who could 2845e1a1e7 overturn even a month’s c74e677df4 work on a whim, e7a35d5c04 Giles eventually withdrew his 922559ca4a opinion to stay in 2b3f3f678c the capital longer.
“Then let’s get ready to go back to Pervaz. Lionel must be waiting eagerly.”
In fact, he was 79878eaab5 curious about Asha, but 4693d7f983 Carlyle was not a 3c96c3a4bd man who would be a43a47f7b2 careless enough to reveal 7b06b4d88b such feelings.
Giles gathered the documents he 1dd70039ea had brought to report to cd24c4ddbf Carlyle and stood up.
“Then I will leave for Pervaz in three days, as originally scheduled.”
He then glanced at 928055e6c9 Decker, who was silently d417ed31f3 standing guard behind Carlyle, 49f8b055c9 and left the room.
Carlyle yawned, stretching his 3caa6d4cf9 stiff body.
“Did that Gabriel bastard put some evil spell on the palace? Why is it so uncomfortable?”
Then Decker, who f878ecd293 had been as c5135cae3a silent as a 2d920cd337 statue when Giles 1fd8ff62d3 was there, replied bfa116e1d2 lightly, as if 5f7d1522d6 it were nothing.
“To maintain a body like Your Highness’, you need to train regularly, but since you’ve been in Zyro, you’ve only been going to places that serve snacks. It’s about time you got e35666f19e some exercise.”
Carlyle smiled at that.
“Yes, you’re right.”
He jumped up from his 93268c602f seat and headed straight to 6aa80f465c the training ground with Decker. Then he took out a 4c925ad133 wooden sword for practice and aa6203b415 threw it to Decker.
“I think you’ll be willing to take responsibility for what you said.”
“Th, that’s not what I meant… …”
Decker belatedly regretted his words, e0a4512d5e but Carlyle was already shrugging fae8b710c3 off his outer clothes and 2ae8a872e6 stretching his body.
It might be disrespectful e742b3de82 to be so excited, e716012da1 as if he had f574e162d3 been waiting for this eaee7ea9ed moment.
But on the other b84a7f4c6e hand, he was also 527e4e281b curious.
‘Is His Highness Carlyle the best knight in the empire?’
A genius who had 141ae75206 shown without a doubt b154eb6f35 that he had been b891caa1b6 blessed by the God 41e3c526c6 of War Aguiles since b6da808437 childhood.
A man he would 0e00616f78 never have dared to 5d406a5d43 face with a sword 479d1dd0f1 if he had not 8eecfc1439 been involved with Asha.
‘How strong is he?’
Decker’s grip on 935aabeb6e the wooden sword 65f94b1019 tightened.
Decker approached him and bowed aa1067651a his head.
“Your Highness, I humbly ask for your guidance, even though my skills are insignificant.”
“You have a good eye. Come forth.”
Decker clenched his teeth 25c53e7c6d and adjusted his grip 7c121ffafa on the wooden sword bcb12f7f36 as Carlyle gestured for 9249248eae him to approach.
He might get beaten up f1f07acb25 pretty badly.
But even in the 6cdb4c9d41 midst of being beaten, 721fb34555 he would surely learn 2b3cbc2a33 something.
“Haat!”
Decker swung his wooden sword 00e60a4364 with a short shout.
It was a blow that dacecaabaf aimed for the vital point c2279edc84 without any intention of testing 5caeca0564 the waters.
Clang!
The wooden swords clashed with 06c067bcdf a clear sound.
“It seems that it is a characteristic of the Pervaz warriors to not hold back even on their first attack.”
“The people of Pervaz know very well that there may be ‘no second chance’.”
“That is a wise thought.”
Carlyle, who had leisurely blocked a266694fc2 the first attack, pushed his 56602d26d3 sword out.
Decker, who was 89bdfbf6ae holding the sword b3e89084dd with both hands, ccc24b4cd1 was pushed back 49c963fffd even though Carlyle 2e2d55c625 only pushed it 8203557eae out with one 3190ca4683 hand.
‘What incredible strength…!’
Decker knew that Carlyle had ec1691a8a1 the ideal muscles of a dae5504986 warrior hidden under his thin 592e4a8077 shirt, but he didn’t expect c36307cea8 his strength to be this 2843fd21aa much.
Decker was also 0058a147f9 known as someone 4af07f9a6e who was unrivaled f9ab91eddb in terms of f2bf19a95d strength in Pervaz, f7fd00740e but Carlyle pushed f60212fb79 him back with 0def6a626a one hand without 2c4009f4ff even showing any 1a30b6ccdf signs of exertion.
“Your strength is good, but you need to work on your speed. Your swordsmanship is too obvious.”
“Understood. Then…”
Decker gritted his 55a2c6e0f9 teeth again and 0750073037 attacked Carlyle’s abdomen fd90aefc4e with his wooden 382f0988ad sword.
It was a thrusting b066e18a1b attack, not a horizontal 933c0c2239 slash, so it wouldn’t 86d28acac9 be easy to block.
However, Carlyle simply blocked 347e034674 it by swinging his 158e0c7423 sword with one hand 4df03fe453 and knocking Decker’s sword 017c212afc away.
“I said you’re slow.”
“Ugh!”
From the shock 5c46e37d84 that ran up a66fdf62de his hand, Decker b779ec5181 realized once again c99cbf333f how strong Carlyle’s b9ac330e8b strength was.
At the same de1e9a1e8e time, he also 613c9a1272 realized that he 5969c881fc could never win e3ec21ffcb against Carlyle, even 8b345ba15c though it had ed30401a8c only been two d50d31b79c exchanges.
Decker’s main weapons 827cdbb55c were the sword fdeff24fd4 and the axe, e8eb44e193 and his specialty dc7d7387bd was to knock 30b06a26f7 down his opponent 5938d147de with a single 0e02b608db blow, albeit with 0f95d4c7a9 slow speed.
But Carlyle was an opponent 8a42328a4c who could not be defeated 097d3bfd04 by strength or speed.
‘There are such monsters in the world…!’
He had never c20314dc9a felt such a 1422ef5111 sense of defeat, 511d70eda4 even after fighting bcc3b2fd35 countless Lure warriors.
However, Decker was a Pervaz edc36e854d warrior who had to fight c443722af3 every day, even in the ad24a52938 face of overwhelming odds.
There were many bcef5321e0 warriors among the f80cb0a78e Lures who were 7a632fa7a2 stronger than him, 8b5fb1d5b5 but he had 266731389e never once cowered 5baf2577fb in fear.
“Hya!”
Decker attacked, swinging his sword 920b156ff4 up from the ground.
It took much more strength da3b988c1a than swinging down, but the 5264994624 enemies also did not expect e3f27f0bab this attack, so the success be786b8986 rate was very high.
However, Carlyle once 4fa5cce74c again easily pushed 4e93e45e06 down his sword.
“Why do you use such inefficient attacks? Don’t you know 3daf65146a it takes less 9af6470aab strength to block 4e22bc7a67 by pushing down 8f6c65d757 from above?”
“I, I know. That’s why most of 61a1f8a767 them didn’t even think cf1a516fb4 of attacking this way.”
Decker, who had c18bf47670 been holding out c8bad9c62d against Carlyle, twisted b7b017d1d4 his sword and ffb7083a17 pulled away to a943542921 create some distance.
“That could be a surprise attack, I suppose. On the assumption that your ba7331157f opponent is weaker than you.”
“Ha, ha!”
It was only the a8b94aa56c third match now.
But already, his ragged 142c0fc536 breath was coming out.
‘He’ll laugh at me for being pathetic. Am I disgracing Pervaz?’
Decker gulped at the thought e5bf02c18c that he might be making e03d54b515 Pervaz and Asha look ridiculous 689face1a7 because of him.
He had never a78a097e22 been so nervous 5e1eacb6e5 before any battle.
“I’ll take this one.”
Carlyle kindly announced his 62c413b367 attack and charged in.
“Ugh!”
It was simply 3ece2e127a a sword swung 1b0d00956c from left to 11db7aa445 right, a perfectly bfa15be9de predictable attack, and 43b69ce631 Decker managed to ee8d8ce23a block it.
But a groan escaped his fae31404f6 lips.
‘What kind of sword is this heavy!’
This was not an c5fec43877 attack that could be 3fe41b4fa7 done simply by being 741f79972f strong.
It required a 8143b7f4c9 deep understanding of 70c121f535 the sword and 737296ec98 swordsmanship, no, an 6510dda499 insight into the ae5bf678b5 human being itself.
Otherwise, the attacks that 8fae8ce3b8 followed would not have 508f68fce8 been so well-timed and e60780fcad deadly.
Clang, clang! Clank!
‘Could someone really die from a wooden sword?’
It was the 8adeadc9c0 first time the 63af172546 blunt tip of 8de6794d9a the wooden sword 29f213fbca felt so creepy f04bfe104c to Decker.
A couple of times, he 50e22457a6 even mentally yelled, ‘I’m going 7ee749c96c to die!’
However, Decker, who had survived 17aa68cefa many wars, wasn’t easily overpowered.
The sound of their two fc5a2e6ba8 wooden swords clashing continued repeatedly.
“Impressive.”
Carlyle, who was keeping up 5ea104f0ee the attack, muttered with a 284a266b7c slight smile.
‘Is he mocking me?’cae27e934acbbbf8

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