The Blood Knight’s Villains

My Villains Episode 479

66. The Silver Prince (34)

Around the time when the Silver Prince and his party, leaving the emperor’s military camp, found a wyvern that appeared out of nowhere and were confused.

A group of fishermen lined up some distance to the northwest also found it.

“…is it the start?” The one at the head of the group murmured. A middle-aged man with a dignified physique wearing ornately decorated plate armor, his eyes were puffy and his skin was flaky, incongruous with his noble appearance.

He looked up at the sky with red, blood-stained eyes. A faint fog shimmered behind the wings of the wyvern that alone split the blue sky.

The fog also thickened in proportion to the speed at which the shady air currents that filled the surroundings thickened. The bright sunlight met the fog and shook and scattered. Each time, another wyvern popped out of the fog.

” majesty.” His confidant, Captain Buakan, approached the middle-aged Duke of Avillambus, who was staring blankly at the sky.

“You had better hurry. There is nothing to be gained by staying here.”

“…okay. You should go home now.”

Answering in a cracked voice, the duke blinked and rubbed his temples. Then he turned his head slightly and looked up at the flag the rider was holding. It is the family crest flag embroidered with a picture of three wyverns soaring into the sky.

“For Strom to abandon the wyvern. What a shame.”

“Don’t be discouraged, Your Highness. Half of them were already corpses, and most of the rest were also unable to return to duty.”

The duke’s bloodshot eyes passed by Captain Buakan and turned to an Imperial Knight. It was Girgion, a knight who came from a Korean-American family and won the position of vice-captain of the Dragon Knights with only his skills.

“How many wyverns are left in the family?”

“Your ki, Your Highness.”

Even as he watched his wyvern, who had gone through life and death for 8 years, become a corpse and fly, the dragon knight’s face was not much different from usual. He even erased the dark traces in his eyes and reported to his master.

“Although the number of adults and young is sufficient, it is difficult to recover power in the near future. If you allow it, for a while, I will focus on sourcing eggs by scouring the mountains and cliffs.”

“…No, that’s not going to happen.” “yes? Haona, Your Highness”

“It’s okay. As proven by this war, the era of dragon knights is over.”

At the assertion of Duke Abillambus, Girghion hurriedly pleaded.

“It is true that the Dragon Knights did not play a decisive role, but there is no doubt about their mobility and reconnaissance capabilities.”

“I know. But isn’t it inefficient to raise 560 wyverns just to deliver a few letters? In that case, it would be cheaper to hire more wizards.” “majesty. Isn’t the situation at all different from the time when you couldn’t even get out of the Topal region because you only depended on the Wyvern Stone?”

The Wyvern Stone is a huge crystal ball embedded in the center of the Centenary Castle, and is a relic of an ancient empire that collapsed seven hundred years ago.

No one knows exactly what magic is in that mysterious old crystal ball, but taking a wyvern nearby has the effect of making it docile. However, since the effect was not permanent, he had to contact the Wyvern Stone every two days to stably handle the Wyvern.

“Now that I have the support of the Younggeummun, I can use the Dragon Knights much more usefully and extensively. Did you confirm this war as well?”

The effect of the Wyvern Stone could be dramatically increased by using the spirit-suppressing technique of the Young Golden Gate, among others. An example is that the dragon knights, who could not escape even from Topal, the province to which Baeknyeon Castle belongs, performed their missions in High Castle and the Highlands.

Despite Girgion’s earnest persuasion, Duke Abilambers firmly shook his head.

“There is no support from Younggeummun anymore.”

“Your Highness, what is that?”

“Even if you’re an expert at the Golden Gate, you can’t join hands with the apostle’s gang.”

“Sadorani-”

Fu-wook. Gir

Gion

gasped for breath and fell off the horse. His hands, which were wrapped around his neck, were stained with blood in an instant.

“I’m sorry.”

Duke Avilambers pulled the reins and turned. Captain Buakhan and the high-ranking military officer Vermilo, the late mage Go Sein, followed him. A few knights and a priest were all that were left in front of Gir Gion, who was lying face down.

“Tsk. That shouldn’t have crossed the line.”

The old knight Geyer, who serves as the duke’s diplomatic advisor, clicked his tongue while holding a bloody sword.

“No matter how much you wanted to increase the utility of the wyvern, you dared to join hands with a necromancer. Can you still call yourself a Kwangmyeong cult?”

“… the river. A necromancer?”

The reason why Girgion’s breath was still stuck was because he barely twisted his body the moment a knife flew from behind. However, as if his reflexes and luck weren’t enough, the blood flowing from the nape of his neck was already beyond the point where he could stop the bleeding with his hands.

“Huh… Huh.”

The dying dragon knight, at least roughly, noticed the situation and gasped.

“I am nothing. Your Highness”

“You’re ugly to the end.” At Gayer’s glance, a middle-aged man in a purple priestly robe took a step forward.

“Lord, who shines alone.”

“Daro Dariopios. I am.”

Borrowing the power of a necromancer, the evil dragon crawled like a worm and scratched the ground. Facing his pleading eyes, the duke’s loyal priest quietly recited a prayer.

“The ungrateful servant walked through the dark valley and at last stumbled. Lord, lead him with mercy.” “My son. Only my son.”

“Your blind servant has stretched out his hand and is covered with filth. Wash it.”

The priest placed his hand on the crown of the dragon knight who had crawled wrigglingly. Right after that, white flames poured out and covered his entire body.

Despite the terrible screams coming from behind, Duke Avillambus never looked back.

“Lord Ozan?”

“I’m waiting at the border between Bühls-Ruhe and Angst with about 300 cavalry.” Unlike his master, Captain Buakan, who had his eyes on the end of his longtime comrade, answered with a cough.

“As soon as the sun rises tomorrow, I will run to the emperor.”

“You must have communicated the policy well, right?”

“Yes, Your Highness. Rest assured that I have explained it several times/

“You shouldn’t overdo it.”

“Sir Ozan is a knight with excellent judgment as well as his martial skills. You won’t be able to.”

“I hope so.”

Duke Avillambus’ gaze turned to the sky again.

Covered in the magic of the Dark World like fog, this time, the number increased to about twenty in a short time. It was a squadron of dead Wyverns.

The duke prayed fervently in his heart.

May they kill the silver prince. Kill all of Ulkar’s men, including the Red Knight.

‘If the emperor is cleaned up, there’s nothing better…

Of course, that’s an excessive expectation. However, considering the risk the duke himself had to bear, it wouldn’t be such an outrageous wish.

but. Didn’t he join hands with a being who inherited the name by borrowing power from a necromancer called the king of death?

Even the undead that formed an alliance like that gradually started to lose their taste at some point, and recently started spilling even the demons. The duke who formed an alliance with the beings of the Underworld was entangled with the Dark World as well.

If this undeniable date were to become known to the world, that day would be the end of Duke Avillambus. The same goes for his family name.

‘Because it’s a risk like this, at least the silver prince… or even the bandit Sara should die.’

In fact, the emperor’s death was not just something that benefited the duke. It is much better for the emperor to be alive in order to drive out the huge army of the Milanol Kingdom that wanders around the borders.

On the other hand, the more the silver prince’s blood flows, the better. Even if I just get rid of the enemy knights, I’ll be able to breathe a lot more. If Prince Eun himself died, he was confident that he would regain the lost territory within a few years.

“Lord.”

The Duke of Avillambus muttered that while gripping the ringed cross tightly around his neck. As if in response, Girgion, who was dancing and engulfed in divine fire in the distance, collapsed.

“……let’s go.”

The terrible screams stopped and the duke spurred on.

What the hell is this again?” As if yellow sand dyed black was blowing in, something cloudy and hazy mist colored the sky.

The one flapping its wings in the middle was none other than a wyvern. Apparently, it was only one when I first found it, but as it got closer and closer, the number gradually increased and quickly became dozens.

“Undead.”

Muttered in disbelief was Princess Theodora, who rode her white horse Brightmere forward.

The sound of her voice raised my eyes again. Most of them looked fine on the outside, but some wyverns had scales and flesh points falling off, bones exposed or torn somewhere, or dark red liquid had dried up on their heads or chests.

“Really. Why did the undead suddenly go…

“It’s similar to what happened in Asag.”

During the war, Princess Theodora assisted Lord Ankir and others in constructing a detour for the cavalrymen in the vast marsh Asag. Then she sensed the magi and searched for Asag, encountering a vast undead horde in the process. After defeating them, he found a bone disc containing demonic energy.

Come to think of it, it was a very similar situation to that time. Not long after I felt the demonic energy, a group of undead Wyvern appeared…

“Suspicious.”

Prince Ulkar glared at the wyverns and the demonic fog surrounding them with narrow eyes.

“Spread out and prepare for battle.”

Putting aside the question, the undead are beings who cannot communicate with words. It was a very natural decision for the prince to prepare for the fight first

.

“Spread!”

“Beware the generals!”

At the shouts of the two knights, Lyam and Filter, the seventy or so cavalrymen, who had left the imperial army’s garrison and advanced to the plain, were scattered at an appropriate distance.

“It’s the light that stands alone-”

Meanwhile, Princess Theodora took out a spear from her saddle, hit the reins, and bounced forward. He held the spear high with his right hand and wrapped the pendant around his neck with his left hand.

“Rest to the dead!”

The moment he shouted, a flash of light exploded from the ‘savior’s pendant’. The light flowed through the princess’s body and rode the spear, reaching its peak of brightness when it finally reached the blade.

Crack!

It was ‘Divine Sun’.

The small sun that rose above the princess’s spear was shining so bright that it made the son-in-law feel dark for a moment. The divine rays showed off their strong presence like pinpoint lighting on a darkened stage against the theme of the blue sky in broad daylight.

“Oh Lord…

“Oops.”

Upon witnessing the authority Princess Theodora exercised, some uttered awe and admiration, while others covered their eyes. I fixed my gaze, frowning, to watch the sight of the group of wyverns exposed to the holy sun turning to ashes.

however.

“uh?”

Whoops! A roar like a raging waterfall hitting a huge rock filled the field.

The scene unfolding in front of him was no different. The divine radiance, which spread with such a force that it covered a whole side of the sky, was blocked by a black wall.

“It-”

the princess groaned and clenched her teeth, and a jagged ring of light appeared on the top of her head. It was the ‘Coffin of Light’, a power that doubled the efficiency of divine power.

Goo-goo-goo-goo!

The Divine Sun grew brighter. However, the wall, where you can feel the intense demonic energy, vibrated as if it would be smashed at any moment, but did not break in the end.

Only after the Gongnyeo’s spear had lost its luster did the black barrier that floated in the air dissipate like fine sand. No road took the form of fog.

While the light faded and it became dark for a while, the number of corpse wyverns that seeped out from the unknown fog exceeded fifty.

And as the distance with them decreased, my observations became more accurate. It was thanks to him that he noticed that there was a certain In-yeong riding on the lead body wyvern.

“…Death Knight?”

I had to correct my thoughts right away.

A two-handed sword that exuded evil energy, a cloak resembling bat wings, white and black plate armor, and the black smoke that filled it were definitely the appearance of a death knight.

But there was something strange about the head.

It didn’t look like black smoke was coming out of the iron helmet, which was made of a strange material like the torso. Instead of the helmet, the black flame shimmered in the form of a sphere where the head was supposed to be.

Other people may not feel a sense of incongruity, but to my eyes, who have played the Dark World for a long time, it looked bizarre, as if a mantis had a stag beetle’s head attached to it.

“That…

I recognized the identity of that head right away. According to the original scenario, it was the head of

the ‘Messenger of the Dark Territory’, which should have appeared as the boss of the third chapter of Longville….

I opened my mouth with a stupid face when the messengers of the dark realm appeared.

“…what the fuck is wrong with it.”