Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

[Lorez Cardelberg]

– Attributes: Devil’s Brand, Recognition and Recognition, Absorber

– Skills: Intermediate Cadelberg Swordsmanship, Intermediate Black Magic

– Strength: 18.6

– Agility: 18.4

– Stamina: 20.1

– Sense: 14.3

– Energy: 10.5

– mana: 16.8

Lorez Cadelberg’s status window was more bizarre than anyone I’d ever seen.

‘This is the first time a human being has both energy and mana. Possessing both swordsmanship and magic… … .’

Basically, stamina and mana are opposing energies that cannot conflict within the body.

That’s why knights couldn’t learn magic and wizards couldn’t use swordsmanship.

‘Jae In Park Myung, Absorber… … .’

I saw two of his traits and understood why.

[Jaein Park Myung (才人薄命)]

Talented people die quickly.

# The more the talent is ignited, the shorter the lifespan.

# The latent talent is outstanding.

[Absorber]

You can innately absorb anything.

# Anything absorbed is merged.

Jae In Park Myung.

The natural talent you have is excellent, but the more that talent pops out, the shorter your lifespan.

Is this really a good feature?

The characteristic of being an absorber is also unusual.

To be able to absorb anything and fuse it.

‘What should I think of this guy?’

If he was in the capital of the Empire or Rosaria Kingdom, he would be at an age where he would be attending the academy diligently.

It was regrettable that he could die soon, but seeing that he was branded with the devil, it didn’t look good again.

“Why?”

Heron asked as I stared at Lorez with a hard expression on my face.

“no. You are younger than I thought.”

“hahahaha, that’s right. In fact, until just two years ago, this guy was lying in a small room and couldn’t even properly learn swordsmanship. But since one day, I wanted to recover, and then I grew up strong.”

Unlike when he was arguing with Alan about reinforcements negotiations earlier, his face was recalled.

Are all parents proud of their children the same?

Or is it a high level of acting?

‘Heron obviously didn’t seem happy about sending reinforcements. Is it related to blackness?’

There was no demonic stigma in Heron’s status window, but as I’ve already experienced, there are actually people belonging to the black castle who have been stigmatized and followers who follow them.

It was unknown whether the Heron was one of its followers.

“It’s amazing. Have you suddenly grown so strong in just two years? Is your swordsmanship skill growing in that short amount of time?”

“exactly. Originally, from a young age, he was a talented boy. It was just because I was naturally weak.”

“Then did you learn the family swordsmanship?”

“Yes.”

“What else?”

“It’s different, um… … . I haven’t learned anything else.”

I carefully observed the change in the heron’s expression, but I didn’t see anything unusual.

Lorez was still looking away, as if covering his face.

‘What is it? From the outside, he is obviously an ordinary boy. But if you look at the ability, it’s the level of a senior knight. Magical power is also a 3-star value.’

It’s impossible to cut this guy’s throat in this place, saying, ‘I’m sure he’s the black castle’s boss, so I’ll have to die right away!’

No, can you cut your throat?

If you were a skilled person who knew how to use both sword and magic to that level, even the current country wouldn’t be able to win easily.

Besides, the method of black magic is unpredictable… … .

“Let’s stick together.”

“Thank you. Lorez, you said you wanted to join the knight who averted the disaster in the north this time, right? This knight is the one who killed the troll warchief who appeared from the north this time.”

“and… … , Great.”

He admired in a thin voice.

Me and Lorez stepped onto the gymnasium.

Will this guy just use swordsmanship? Or should I use black magic?

‘Is the reason he wanted to hang out with me really simple curiosity?’

You won’t know about me.

It was clear that even in Black Castle, they still didn’t know about my existence.

That’s really just the normal curiosity of the knights who said they killed the troll warchief as a knight and want to fight… … .

‘Why are you so uncomfortable?’

Cool black eyes reflected through the bangs long enough to cover the eyes.

The posture of holding the sword is unusual.

“Come first.”

“yes!”

He replied briskly, then twisted his sword and held it out.

At the same time as I lifted his thrust, Lorez’s sword changed its trajectory in the air once more and aimed at my blind spot.

‘Genius is the right word.’

Even between knights of the same realm, the differences in fighting styles are truly varied.

However, if you divide them into two major categories, you can divide them into natural geniuses in front of you and those who have accumulated experience and proficiency for a long time.

‘Such geniuses usually have a habit of reading the other person’s psychology and instinctively trying to force the flow.’

It was a sound I heard from my ancestors.

– Force the flow of battle. Is that the most comfortable way? Usually geniuses instinctively realize this and try to act accordingly.

So is this guy.

As the battle continued, I was gradually reducing my options.

I swung my sword in line with it.

Kang!!

And the last option he made.

The two swords strongly intersected, and at the same time, my sword, which bounced off, was shaken by the sudden strong attraction.

‘Absorber characteristics… … !’

The epicenter of gravity was Lauren’s left hand.

For a moment, I habitually tried to raise my spiritual power, but then I hesitated and used my strength.

Whoa-!

His sword slammed into my throat.

Accelerating with a force strong enough to ignore gravity, he cut off Lorez’s sword.

Caan!!

Surprised by the backlash, Lorez widened her eyes.

I brought the sword to Lorez’s throat as it was.

“I lost.”

clap clap clap!

Heron, who was pouring out applause from behind, praised me in an admiring voice and encouraged Lorez.

“Sir Ren, to stage a match like this! also! You are my son!”

“no. Compared to Sir Ren, he is still a long way off.”

I clicked my tongue at the sight of Lorez speaking without blinking an eye.

A skill that compresses and sucks in the air around Cho-Hon with its Absorber characteristic, interfering with the sword path and aiming for a critical hit in the meantime.

‘That look… … .’

However, it seemed that what Lorez was aiming for at that time was not my gap.

I could clearly feel that feeling of wanting me to show something.

‘A absorber can absorb anything. Even if it’s a conflicting power like energy and magic.’

What would have happened if I had taken out my spiritual power in that situation?

Did his absorber trait absorb my spiritual power as well?

gulp.

My mouth went dry thinking about what would have happened if that was the case.

Swallowing dry saliva, I pretended to be calm and swept the sword.

‘As expected, I shouldn’t be fooled by that appearance.’

What Lorez was aiming at me for.

There was one thing that came to mind right now.

‘Quiet (透气).’

This jealousy that arises from overcoming the limit is the power that is engraved into the power of the soul.

If Lorez knew about this spiritual power.

If only he knew exactly that the troll warchief was a monster that would be hard to kill without fighting.

‘Then what he was aiming for must be speculation that I may have.’

It’s not strange to know the power of the troll warchief if it’s a black castle.

Even more so, it is possible to hear about speculation as long as there is a master-class person.

‘Fortunately, Lorez hasn’t noticed anything yet.’

Spiritual power and envy are distinctly different powers, but they can be seen as having the same root.

No, maybe spiritual power is a bigger concept.

‘Is that why they were aiming for spiritual power?’

Is it an illusion that the more you dig, the more you fall into the labyrinth?

Now that I know that Black Castle has reached this far north, I should be satisfied with that first.

Now it’s time to slowly dig into the inside.

“Sir Lorez’s talent seems exceptional.”

“Does it look like that to Sir Ren?”

“yes. It doesn’t seem like talent is simply limited to swordsmanship.”

“yes? What do you mean?”

Heron shook his head in total disapproval, and I stared at Lorez for you to say.

“… … I have a skill I recently discovered. father.”

“what? Really? What kind of ability is it that Sir Ren is talking about like this?”

“Can I speak to you?”

“of course!”

Are you saying you won’t reveal that secret to me until the end?

Heron replied yes, but from my point of view, it was not particularly pleasant.

“Then I will go.”

“Thank you. By tomorrow morning, we will make arrangements to make our return to the North as comfortable as possible in Proviant.”

“yes.”

Lorez Cardelberg.

It wasn’t the strongest of the black castle characters I’d seen so far, but it looked the most dangerous.

‘Jae In Park Myung and the Absorber… … . Can I let it go like this?’

Even now, turning around and walking away, it was not an easy decision to make.

You never know how much stronger Lorez will be by the time we next meet.

‘Tsk.’

* * *

Woo woo woo woo-!!

A strong beating sound resonated throughout the citadel.

It was a beating sound only in an emergency wartime situation.

“Monsters are coming!”

“Named discovery! Named monsters ahead… … !”

I love you so much!!

hooked!

It stopped only after the long object pierced the soldier’s neck and sprinted through the air.

The soldier was killed by a small piece of bone from which he did not know where it came from.

“sh*t! I can’t guess how big the enemies are.”

“I haven’t heard of monsters moving on such a large scale in the Black Land, have you?”

Late night when darkness has fallen.

Only the light on the castle wall shook slowly, illuminating the surroundings.

“Damn it, I have no idea how big it is!”

“Prepare Mercury! Put your legs up!”

A thick bridge over a deep moat slid up.

Something black flew in while the pulley connected to the castle gate turned wildly.

A thick iron core flew through a small gap between the walls and hit the connecting device inside, stopping the pulley.

“hey! What are you doing!”

“this… … , no um! It’s straight!”

“what?”

“Something is caught in the pulley!”

The soldiers fell into a panic in an instant.

aaa!!

The creepy cries of the monsters lurking in the darkness flowed over the wall, and the bridge that blocked access to the northern wall of Ain Bayer stopped going up.

“Quickly go and get it!”

“All right!”

The moment the soldier hurriedly climbed to the inner pulley and tried to pull out the iron core, another iron core flew through a small hole and smashed the soldier’s head.

thud!

As the soldier who had entered the room was frightened and hesitant at the sight of the soldier who had fallen from above, an officer from behind entered with a thick iron shield.

“Move!”

Stepping up the ladder, he cautiously glanced over his shield at the hole through which the moonlight came in.

Aye ae ae ae!

coo!!

“Gagging!”

No matter how the hell he did it, he aimed precisely at the slightly protruding part of his left foot, and the iron core pierced his thigh.

The pain felt like fainting at the moment, but the officer endured the pain, covered his body with a shield as much as possible, and hit the iron core embedded in the pulley with a hammer.

“Damn it! a little! Get out!”

The iron core had already been pushed inward by the weight of the bridge.

It seemed impossible to pull out this iron core with only the right hand in a situation where the left arm was holding a shield and the left leg had no strength.

“More up! I will stop here.”

Kaaang!!

Another iron core pierced the shield.

Power that is completely different from before.

The shield was bent inwards and there was a round hole. And in the hole lay the corpse of an officer.

pop. pop. pop.

A soldier who climbed up belatedly raised his head, covering his mouth with blood and brain water dripping from above.

Even the executive who had gone up a moment ago was corpse and was lying on the floor.

* * *

A heavy snowstorm blows. A white blizzard completely obscured the forward vision, revealing a faint black silhouette there.

Tap, tap, tap.

With the sound of urgent footsteps, a northern soldier mounted on a white wolf approached.

Seeing the serious look on the soldier’s face, Ren’s party sensed that something had happened in the north.

“Sir Ren! You are coming!”

Seeing the soldier’s haggard appearance, I could feel the urgency of the situation.

A soldier dismounted, dragged his wobbly legs, and grabbed Ren’s arm, weeping.

“Ain Bayer… .”

“what’s the matter?”

“The wall… It is pierced.”