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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟕: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
Siwoo headed for the mansion after Crow disappeared.
He could still sense a lot of magic gathering in the mansion.
Some of them had a stronger energy than the rest.
As strong as the Hunters who survived.
‘𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙.’
The Dullahan, revived by a crazy half-demon.
If a strong monster had appeared from the beginning, the Hunters might have already taken care of it.
Because the Dullahan wasn’t a high-ranking monster, despite being strong.
However, the timing was terrible.
The reinforcements that appeared while they were exhausted turned out to be stronger enemies.
Most of the Hunters must have fought without any energy left.
‘𝙄𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨.’
Siwoo recalled once more the danger posed by the being called Ivan.
Endless magic that seemed bottomless, and a personality filled with evil.
His cheat-like skill, Necromancy, increased the danger even more.
‘𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩. . . 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧.’
The surroundings of the mansion, where he arrived before he knew it.
It was reminiscent of a battlefield, with the blood of ghouls and corpses resembling a scene from hell.
Siwoo took in the entire battle situation in less than 0.1 seconds.
‘𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚𝙙. . . 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙣?’
He could sense a fierce movement of magic from a little further away.
Siwoo instantly killed the ghouls around him and ran to where the magic was strong.
Layla and Gunner, who had become a Dullahan, were there.
The moment twelve spears circled in the air,
Siwoo grabbed the Dullahan’s core and tore it out, then ran, hugging Layla’s body to avoid the attack.
By the way, the core is a kind of nucleus that is the center of a monster, which Ivan had inserted into the Dullahan’s heart.
The Dullahan, whose skill had missed, stopped moving and looked at Siwoo.
He didn’t know if it was really ‘looking’ since he didn’t have a face, but Siwoo could tell by the feeling.
“. . . . . . . .”
━. . . . . . .
Indescribable, immense fury.
And in the midst of it, jealousy toward ‘Layla’
As all of this spread like ink, the Dullahan returned to being a corpse.
Layla was astounded by what had happened in the blink of an eye.
She had certainly expected to die.
That’s why she had given up and had not resisted.
“Si. . . Siwoo?”
However, she survived.
She couldn’t tell properly because she was exhausted, but it seemed that he had subdued the Dullahan in an instant and had held her in his arms.
‘𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚?’
Layla felt her strength drain away as a sense of relief washed over her.
His arms were so comfortable, and so warm.
‘𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. . .’
Her eyes were closing as fatigue poured over her.
A sense of stability spread through her body, as though she were in the arms of her uncle.
However, the battle was not over yet.
A gentle voice softly woke her.
“Are you badly hurt?”
Siwoo asked, smiling gently.
He was relieved that he seemed to have saved her just in time, as he would have been ashamed to face Hans otherwise.
“Tha, thanks to you. . . Thank you. . . Be, before anything else, could you put me down. . . .”
Layla said hurriedly, her face bright red.
It was the first time in her life that a man had carried her ‘princess-style.’
“Oh, I’m sorry. Excuse me.”
She stumbled slightly as she put her feet on the ground.
Her body, which had been tense, was now relaxed, and it wouldn’t listen to her.
“Oh dear.”
Siwoo quickly grabbed her under the armpits.
Her face flushed even redder at his touch, as she almost fell over again.
“We need to recover first.”
“I don’t have any potions left. By the way, where have you been? I was worried because I thought you were dead.”
“Thank you for worrying about me. I went to meet a necromancer.”
“A-A necromancer. . .? Wa, wait a minute, whㅡ whㅡ??”
Siwoo put his hand on Layla’s head.
She didn’t know how to react, and just opened and closed her mouth with her face red.
Before Layla’s question was even finished, Siwoo created a golden magic circle.
A golden halo wrapped around her body, following the warm touch.
The wounds, damage, and fatigue from the long battle began to heal, and her body started to feel lighter.
“Wh, what’s thisㅡ?”
“It’s nothing special. I’ll tell you about the situation later. Let’s finish the battle first.”
Siwoo stroked Layla’s hair and scanned the battlefield.
Layla nodded slightly, her face still flushed.
“There are a lot of them, damn.”
He confirmed the remaining Dullahans and the horde of ghouls, and gripped his Bastard Sword tightly.
The dawn twilight was stained with rain.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
𝘢𝐰ė̇ʙṡ̇𝕥𝘰𝙧𝚒ė̇𝕤.𝘤𝕠𝚖
“. . .created ghouls with Necromancy?”
Rolf Bangenhelm, the president of the [𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧], frowned deeply.
“Yes, that is correct.”
“But according to the report, there were over a thousand ghouls.”
“That is correct.”
Rolf stroked his long mustache.
“Do you think humans can control that amount of magic?”
“That. . . I’m not sure.”
Layla shook her head.
The ghoul surprise attack incident was over.
There were no casualties among the HSIU branch managers, and the other German politicians were safe as well.
However, the Hunters were not so lucky.
Twelve Hunters in total, including the Hunters who accompanied each branch manager, the Hunters from the [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝], and the Hunters hired by the politicians, had died, and over twenty were hospitalized.
And that was only because Siwoo had treated their critical injuries.
If he hadn’t, the number of deaths would have been much higher.
‘𝙎𝙞𝙬𝙤𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙.’
Layla was in charge of security this time, and if security had failed, all responsibility would have fallen on her.
If there had been any more damage, punishment would have been unavoidable, and she could have been imprisoned in a Hunter’s prison, not to mention losing her position as Guild Leader.
However, thanks to Siwoo, she had saved her life,
the other Hunters were able to avoid serious injuries,
and she was able to complete the subjugation of the Dullahans and ghouls.
Moreover, thanks to Siwoo’s detailed explanation of the situation, she was able to wrap up the incident and the report smoothly.
However,
she had no way of dealing with the information about the enemy.