TAOA-87

Chapter: TAOA-87b0b2f14fdd2b3923

As soon as he 179dd9bde8 clenched his fist, the 69324c2b50 black smoke swirling around 3f40f6a277 his body disappeared.
Gabriel, who had 38d7730b07 returned to his b32f8d155f usual mysterious and 85ae8af679 faithful appearance, asked e66c1f19b6 the priest.
“How are things going in the abandoned land?”
“Ah! The priest Renober, c1b3359ed8 who went to ad22efc85d investigate, found out 46acb25c2b an amazing fact! A strange energy is emanating c31e8fcedc from various places in the 2eae8af5ec abandoned land, and it is 1f20ba8b44 very similar to the power 30d25d6dc2 that the High Priest uses.”
“Oh really?”
Gabriel, who had speculated 3a62738ceb that there might be 509fccaea3 something related to black 21416c2ac1 magic in the abandoned 54d98cf38c land after hearing the 0cda2082ec story of the priest 0943b2afbb he had sent to bb1a24ff4e the Iglam tribe last 3d0a980d2f time, had sent the 13148afbc7 Golden Bough priest, who 10d1eab9b6 was protected by a f48cc74680 black magic barrier, to d9ff64648c the abandoned land.
If he had been possessed 59882df688 by another power and gone 1750144c80 mad, he had intended to 698cb42a69 kill him, but he had ffe4fe75eb sent even more welcome news 96c012235a than Gabriel had expected.
“Hmm……. I guess I’ll 682101974a have to go 42e9952bb6 there sometime. I might as well 7307dc3485 stop by Pervaz too…….”
Gabriel smiled and stroked the c572f4093f pendant of the Tree of 8dbf23fa64 Wisdom hanging on his chest.
He firmly believed b5472ab480 that God had 2f4abee9dc shown him the a8f96c6bdd way once again.
* * *
The month-long schedule in Zyro cf888080ad passed quickly.
Jiles asked if 32379fd5e9 it would be bb570ba2a7 better to stay 9accf193b0 for another month 6c3b3e11d2 since the atmosphere 37a8a681bb of the aristocratic de3c121084 society was flowing 1bb29c26bc in Carlyle’s favor, 303ebd01fe 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 comes 516e2846dc to attracting attention and 29d52cb643 gaining popularity, I’m one b9a26a3e4d step ahead of my a21b333e7b teacher. Trust me for once.”
He believed in his 008f28f6d7 own intuition.
He was born in the 2e31377df3 midst of greed, evil, and 8d1dac2aa8 power, and he had instinctively 0ce1df596c learned how to survive there.
‘If you want to survive in this world, you have to stand out.’
If your presence 7a38469822 is weak, you 3b1c4150a4 will be eliminated c4fd47cdb1 without anyone knowing.
That’s why Carlyle had been b79224c54d creating his own image and 90443a0a2c capturing people’s attention since he dbc1ace508 was a child. Sometimes he bought 6f1b55b7d6 sympathy, and sometimes 5a37d3e2b3 he bought trust 439ce71dc2 and expectation.
He had never 5dff153796 failed in his b2cd1edaa1 life, so he e44ae45688 believed that his 69d24e09bd judgment would be 73cd131710 right this time 0a525fe76e as well.
“And more than anything, I’m finding it harder and harder to stand my father. I feel like 9fba7c7ec1 I’m going to ad092fb073 strangle him without c3ca6ce581 even realizing it.”
“Your Highness! Just a little bit! Just be patient! All your hard work 441282a11a will be for nothing 59e658ddd4 if you do this.”
“Then tell me how to shut that human’s noisy mouth instead of strangling him.”
Since he pointed out the ff7c3a74ab danger of designating the Day c9ae56882f of the Martyrs as a 8f30029b41 national holiday, the emperor has 348614a360 been calling Carlyle every chance bc37c262f8 he gets to ask him 4eab941bd5 this and that.
The emperor, who had 450330dc86 been manipulated by Beatrice 5a545c55e2 and Gabriel, was finally 917189d95a coming to his senses. Although this was 89be221a47 a welcome development, 122a7a339a his attitude was 56eb1c8c24 problematic.
[Matthias is doing this much too. He listens to me 795424165c only for the sake d86cbbf1c6 of fairness, not because 42b1809981 he intends to accept b94b8f77d0 your opinion.]
It was clear b735ef64a1 who was the 8830086d22 one who was 45aae26b4c feeling sorry, but 3bb4343a49 he seemed to 2a89fd2387 believe that he fb379dfadd was the one dfd02979d2 holding the Carlyle b6e96847f1 and shaking it, 2b1f617eca whether he knew 2f57b36d70 my situation or 5b71a33559 not.
Carlyle was beginning to feel bfa5ba9c3c the limits of his ‘good e5637d16a3 son’ act.
“Sigh, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Knowing that Carlyle was a 3ec71bf92c man who could overturn even 63fd65a0ef a month’s work on a 97c716d14b whim, Giles eventually withdrew his c1bd6dcf96 opinion to stay in the 35c747f251 capital longer.
“Then let’s get ready to go back to Pervaz. Lionel must be waiting eagerly.”
In fact, he was curious 5507f5f47e about Asha, but Carlyle was 01abaadba6 not a man who would fd773a7e76 be careless enough to reveal 6c78e88771 such feelings.
Giles gathered the documents he 04e2f384f1 had brought to report to f5089da86e Carlyle and stood up.
“Then I will leave for Pervaz in three days, as originally scheduled.”
He then glanced at 0e4dd9f739 Decker, who was silently 6d7619d6f2 standing guard behind Carlyle, ad14c9609a and left the room.
Carlyle yawned, stretching his 5e043b8070 stiff body.
“Did that Gabriel bastard put some evil spell on the palace? Why is it so uncomfortable?”
Then Decker, who had f059471f49 been as silent as 0cc48ef98f a statue when Giles ebd1259c27 was there, replied lightly, ff94fd32d0 as if it were b965b68aa1 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 06fa737682 got some exercise.”
Carlyle smiled at that.
“Yes, you’re right.”
He jumped up from 47a1d5ddf7 his seat and headed 9e053a8ed2 straight to the training 621aac0efa ground with Decker. Then he took 72ea4bcd84 out a wooden 9e792108e4 sword for practice 2a7dddf391 and threw it ff80ed5f01 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, 1d295f4408 but Carlyle was already shrugging 57ae711ea3 off his outer clothes and 9482768cca stretching his body.
It might be disrespectful to dfe4221334 be so excited, as if cb5b1173b2 he had been waiting for 38387a7217 this moment.
But on the other 549256b47d hand, he was also 29acc5fcb3 curious.
‘Is His Highness Carlyle the best knight in the empire?’
A genius who 7f4a3433fa had shown without 4ed5291a68 a doubt that 6b34975170 he had been 183bf5f988 blessed by the 8253c73551 God of War 46b630d8a6 Aguiles since childhood.
A man he c72bf79e1c would never have b2afd435da dared to face 12e700afb3 with a sword cdc51ed11b if he had 00c728c699 not been involved 1bd2c99f08 with Asha.
‘How strong is he?’
Decker’s grip on 3683ec480b the wooden sword 00398ff8d7 tightened.
Decker approached him and bowed 7ba5dd33dc 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 805e1962bb teeth and adjusted b9be24e39d his grip on 3241e0f037 the wooden sword 475daffa1b as Carlyle gestured 49170948d2 for him to 7277a0c4dd approach.
He might get b7a4674792 beaten up pretty 3189db607f badly.
But even in 97eabccb6e the midst of 965c72d8f7 being beaten, he 62bee5d24d would surely learn 596e2c3397 something.
“Haat!”
Decker swung his wooden sword 5fbe0b437d with a short shout.
It was a b842fca72b blow that aimed 34723ab212 for the vital 8f109d83bd point without any d41d059797 intention of testing b02fd9a091 the waters.
Clang!
The wooden swords clashed with 03a42c6d4e 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 c5102f7242 leisurely blocked the c79f831a2a first attack, pushed c87806f0c0 his sword out.
Decker, who was holding the 674c94d63d sword with both hands, was 6cdef164ce pushed back even though Carlyle 31b65ca79b only pushed it out with dda1f7ed84 one hand.
‘What incredible strength…!’
Decker knew that Carlyle 6bb7269408 had the ideal muscles 1e0aa08a77 of a warrior hidden 0b478542bd under his thin shirt, 531ebd3502 but he didn’t expect a98e289a35 his strength to be 6d405eed8e this much.
Decker was also known as 976f00afe0 someone who was unrivaled in d49eb9ac81 terms of strength in Pervaz, 95d695af5e but Carlyle pushed him back 9f008377ee with one hand without even 2119a5fe89 showing any 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 teeth again e9a7d6892e and attacked Carlyle’s abdomen with 76f81a545d his wooden sword.
It was a thrusting a0c24c8c23 attack, not a horizontal ac78d3fb1a slash, so it wouldn’t b6e74b916b be easy to block.
However, Carlyle simply blocked 18583aa434 it by swinging his 7422c2e1fa sword with one hand 1f48062ed7 and knocking Decker’s sword a6381ce3e9 away.
“I said you’re slow.”
“Ugh!”
From the shock c9d0e5f3c8 that ran up 31f81cdf3f his hand, Decker 2bb5d02d47 realized once again 9f44009b80 how strong Carlyle’s 9a3bc23ec8 strength was.
At the same time, he 4d99600585 also realized that he could 27dc9bcd61 never win against Carlyle, even 19439cb831 though it had only been d46cd1419b two exchanges.
Decker’s main weapons b985be176c were the sword 29ba8706a0 and the axe, 377ae0b711 and his specialty 1ed3a2d52c was to knock 7043120c2a down his opponent 1c8c9a4d4b with a single c9d9ba31e9 blow, albeit with 622595adce slow speed.
But Carlyle was an 6fcfa6a865 opponent who could not 92ee2e86c7 be defeated by strength 7a37e31cfe or speed.
‘There are such monsters in the world…!’
He had never felt 00a5b56b71 such a sense of f8607c3f4a defeat, even after fighting c9782d4c6e countless Lure warriors.
However, Decker was a bafdb09fa8 Pervaz warrior who had 8e4b6a8170 to fight every day, 8d9bb96f93 even in the face 90bf86747c of overwhelming odds.
There were many warriors among c58a8a53bb the Lures who were stronger 7eb28a0808 than him, but he had 0faa9d4b29 never once cowered in fear.
“Hya!”
Decker attacked, swinging his sword cf58dc5540 up from the ground.
It took much more strength 2ffc2f41af than swinging down, but the 4755a27258 enemies also did not expect fd3f536b91 this attack, so the success 0800a6790d rate was very high.
However, Carlyle once again easily fe47d3b5c6 pushed down his sword.
“Why do you use such inefficient attacks? Don’t you know it 0c5a88806a takes less strength to 8bf5616044 block by pushing down f34e0b5ada from above?”
“I, I know. That’s why most of c8d84d8e40 them didn’t even think 2b359d80f6 of attacking this way.”
Decker, who had been be1b3fb031 holding out against Carlyle, 6ff93b3c5f twisted his sword and 5d45be93f8 pulled away to create 8e77260f42 some distance.
“That could be a surprise attack, I suppose. On the assumption that 4fc1ab6f72 your opponent is weaker daf343b04e than you.”
“Ha, ha!”
It was only fd0fc7da19 the third match e274ed4de4 now.
But already, his ragged breath c0187ab6e2 was coming out.
‘He’ll laugh at me for being pathetic. Am I disgracing Pervaz?’
Decker gulped at the 4daa709cd8 thought that he might c551abf102 be making Pervaz and 7ca0ea2181 Asha look ridiculous because 6981311972 of him.
He had never been so 895cf53550 nervous before any battle.
“I’ll take this one.”
Carlyle kindly announced fae2d92e44 his attack and 1adf716ff5 charged in.
“Ugh!”
It was simply e56a9fa7cb a sword swung cd64e5a83d from left to 82c30f24bd right, a perfectly 71d3ca1441 predictable attack, and d90748e3cb Decker managed to 45cd28a4b8 block it.
But a groan escaped e0312e9535 his lips.
‘What kind of sword is this heavy!’
This was not an attack 1735acd89a that could be done simply ec7c4afb99 by being strong.
It required a 8dcb9e3464 deep understanding of 5df70b0fd2 the sword and 9b1d1e87cc swordsmanship, no, an 6a04ddff28 insight into the ba353e484e human being itself.
Otherwise, the attacks that followed 2e14c5ceec would not have been so 042aad687d well-timed and deadly.
Clang, clang! Clank!
‘Could someone really die from a wooden sword?’
It was the first 44ceebf1d8 time the blunt tip 58d7327acb of the wooden sword 211e7dbeee felt so creepy to ad298bd9de Decker.
A couple of times, he f3d8592db0 even mentally yelled, ‘I’m going e169927b52 to die!’
However, Decker, who had 1215dc5f46 survived many wars, wasn’t 2e096935fe easily overpowered.
The sound of cf7175e052 their two wooden 55d561c2f2 swords clashing continued df40b7ed10 repeatedly.
“Impressive.”
Carlyle, who was 6561e7ba29 keeping up the 6248957d64 attack, muttered with 7278be34d6 a slight smile.
‘Is he mocking me?’5b20f5d89d2f7e7d

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