The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

34 – Owner of the Tower Dreaming of Beyond (10)

As soon as Orléans’ head fell to the floor, he immediately twisted Nightrand and cut Orléans’ arms and legs off.

The fragmented limbs of Orléans tumbled across the flower field. Strangely, no blood came out.

“Oh, I’m going to die.”

As the Night Rend dropped, I collapsed as well.

The Blade of Scream is a skill that is rarely used even when dealing with advanced demons.

This is because the energy consumption is so extreme and the durability of the last bastion is temporarily severely reduced.

I wouldn’t have dared to use it if it wasn’t for Celestine’s divine blessing.

In addition, it is difficult to use skills without the hound’s mark.

“Secretary!!”

Celestine came running and slid beside me on his knees.

Perhaps because of her heavy body, Celestine could not stop and slid all the way towards me, scattering petals, and collided with me.

I collided with Celestine in a weak state, and I collapsed backwards.

It feels like being beaten straight up by a heavy rice bag.

Was he originally this heavy… ?

“Oops, sorry!”

Celestine, who was lying face down on me, hurriedly stepped aside.

Celestine’s face turned white when she came within range of the screaming blade, and her lips were dry.

While her hand was shaking violently, Celestine hurriedly released her divine power and began to heal me.

Celestine’s mental strength is in the top 10% just by being able to move like this even after hearing Nightrend’s screams.

Isn’t Captain Vivian still suffering with his head on the ground like that?

It seems like an idiot in the world to come up with this, but it’s surprisingly strong.

In addition, Celestine intervened at just the right time to break Orléans’ magic.

As expected, picking up Celestine was the best thing I did this year.

Receiving divine healing, I soon regained my energy and slowly raised my upper body.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes. Thank you. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. I’ve dropped a knife here… Uhhhhh!!!!!”

Fearlessly gripping the hilt of the age trend, Celestine let go of her hand with a scream.

“Ugh…”

“You can’t take this carelessly.”

A pale, pale Celestine clenched her teeth and looked at age trends with her fearful eyes.

Unless you are a max level demon hunter like me, you cannot use Nightrend.

“Leonard…”

At that time, I heard a voice calling me from the other side.

Turning around, Orléans’ head fell to the floor and was gnashing at his lips.

“Sah, secretary…! The head speaks!!”

Celestine hid behind my back, shaking her body.

“Come for a while… I have something to tell you…”

As I got up and walked towards it, Orléans smiled with sea-blue eyes.

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“It’s too high…”

Kneeling beside him, Orléans seemed to be nodding his head in satisfaction.

But it was meaningless when the head was already cut off.

“Leonard… You’re the one… You’re the only swordsman in the world who can kill a high wizard…”

“I am a demon hunter, not a swordsman.”

“hahahaha, yes… All the villagers went back to normal…. The moment my head was cut off, the experiment stopped…”

That’s good.

Actually, the villagers were going to kill him even if they couldn’t come back.

No matter how much I say it, no one will listen to me anyway, and if I don’t stop it here, there will be more victims.

Good thing.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I can receive the request fee, so I won’t starve to death.”

At my words, Orléans’ eye smile grew wider.

“I like that about you, Leonard…”

“What the hell is that?”

“That’s what you always say, but… You cut my head off because of the request fee, right?”

“Okay.”

Orléans laughed softly.

However, it did not last long and changed into something like the sound of a flute.

“If… even without a request… if you found out about my experiments… you would have killed me the same way to stop it…. Because you… are not people driven by money…”

“I guess you don’t know me yet. I’m not interested in something shiny.”

“No…. I know you well…. I don’t admit it myself… But your soul is noble… Even if I gave you 10 million won… The result would have been the same…”

“Well, let’s say so.”

That’s not entirely wrong.

Orléans is a mad wizard.

Most of the high level wizards who have reached a certain level are eccentrics and have broken personalities, but this one is special.

Orléans, who has a more beautiful face than a woman and a gentle personality, looks different from the eccentric wizards on the outside.

But he is also a wizard.

He had one big, crazy, impossible dream.

It is to create a flawless, peaceful and perfect world where all conflicts are eliminated.

Orléans thought that proper ‘control’ was necessary to create a perfect world, and that control was a kind of ‘duty’ that a high-level magician like himself had to do.

And he thought that he had to endure some ‘sacrifice’ that occurred in the process.

To that end, Orléans has been conducting all kinds of bizarre experiments for a very long time.

Experiments as crazy as this one to remove emotion and will from humans.

Me and Orléans met when we asked for materials needed for an experiment.

Orleans commissioned me several times, and each time I paid a considerable amount of money.

But he soon cut off business with him.

After I realized that whenever I carry out a request, there is a ‘slight sacrifice’ that Orléans said somewhere.

I like money, but there are things that are more important than money.

“In the end… This is how it ends… I really wanted to realize a perfect world where all conflicts disappeared…”

“No such world exists.”

Orléans turned to me with a questioning gaze.

“No world can be perfect only through someone’s intervention. Everyone’s standard for perfection is different.”

“I see…”

“Yes. The world you want is nothing more than a doll play with people who have castrated everything.”

“Playing with dolls… It’s fun…”

Looking away from me, Orléans looked up at the sky and whispered.

“Leonard… Before I die, I will give you a present…”

“What is it?”

“The jewels hanging on my body… You have the farewell at dawn…”

When he turned his head, he saw a sapphire decorated near the chest of Orléans lying over there.

“Just leaving it in the guild… It will help in many ways…”

Orléans smiled faintly.

“Put it in a conspicuous place like your desk… That’s the essence of my magical power…”

His eyes lost their deep, solitary light and stared into space.

You’re dead.

“Okay. I’ll keep it.”

As Orléans closed his eyes, Celestine came over and whispered.

“Are you dead…?”

“Yes.”

“How can you talk with a severed head…”

“It’s a wizard. Let’s go back now.”

When I woke up, Celestine fidgeted and grabbed my arm.

“Shouldn’t we bury him?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Orléans’ head crumbled like dirt.

“Huh?! What?!”

“It’s because I’ve lived too long.”

The corpse disappeared, and the jewels were ripped from Orléans’ clothes that remained.

The sapphire, only the size of a quail egg, shone very brightly as if it had trapped light inside.

The name of this jewel is Parting of the Dawn.

“Captain Vivian. Wake up.”

Celestine supported Captain Vivian, who was still on her knees and had her head on the ground.

Vivian staggered to her feet with a pale face full of blood.

It’s normal to react like this when you hear Nightrend’s screams.

I am not doing this because Captain Vivian is a coward.

“Leonard…”

The emaciated Vivian asked.

“Haa… What was that…?”

“This is the knife’s scream.”

When I heard the age trend, Vivian tilted her head incomprehensibly.

“Did the sword scream? Maybe the soul was bound or something…?”

“It’s not like that. But it’s too long to explain here. Celestine, let’s go!”

We approached the door that appeared in the middle of the flower field and turned the knob.

Opening the door reveals the place where we first found the mark.

“Investigation chief!”

The crew guarding the horses below shouted and waved their arms in this direction.

“The villagers are awake!”

“This solved the problem.”

Coming down the slope, Vivian opened his mouth.

“It’s all thanks to Mr. Leonard and Miss Celestine. If it weren’t for you two, we would never have been able to stop that wizard.”

“Thank you.”

“But what exactly does Mr. Leonard do?”

Vivien looked straight at me and asked.

“You said you knew the wizard earlier, fought with him, and killed the Great Devil?”

“I’m just an ordinary demon hunter. But the Prime Evil is a secret. If you talk about it here and there, the Imperial assassins might come.”

“It was just a personal curiosity. I’m glad I did.”

“What is it?”

“That there is a great guild like Lucas’s guild in Schlesi.”

“If you need it at any time, please entrust me with another request. I will handle it neatly.”

As they mounted the horse, Vivien said.

“You two should return first. I have to sort things out here. I’ll go to the guild and pay the request in cash within three days.”

“Do as you please. Thank you for your hard work today, chief.”

“Goodbye, Captain!”

After saying goodbye to Vivien, Celestine and I left the village and ran towards Schlesi.

“Secretary! Secretary!”

As we ran side by side, Celestine called me.

“Why?”

“Aren’t you sad?”

“What? Could it be that Orléans died?”

“Although they fought, they were close friends. It seems that the wizard thinks of you as a really good friend.”

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel anything.

Although he was a madman, he still talked to me quite a bit.

He was a completely different person from the leader of the Dog Garbage Knights and the former party members.

If it wasn’t for that crazy experiment this time, we might have parted ways over tea and chatting.

But I know Orleans well.

He is gentle and kind, but he has an indescribably deep madness inside.

“He’s an obsessive maniac. I couldn’t stop this experiment unless I killed him. It started out as a small town, but later Schlesi might have been the target.”

“Why did that wizard try to create such a perfect world?”

“I don’t know. Originally, wizards are not normal in one place.”

“I see…”

Celestine shook her head and laughed stupidly.

“Honestly, what the wizard and the secretary are saying, I can’t understand a single thing.”

“Probably hard to understand.”

“But one thing’s for sure. You’re a really great demon hunter!”

“Thank you. You did a great job today too. It was the best.”

My praise made Celestine’s ears turn red.

“If you hadn’t spread the shield and blessed me then, I probably wouldn’t have lost a leg and stopped Orléans. I’m glad you’re here, Celestine.”

“Thank you…!”

“As expected, bringing you to the guild was the best thing I did this year.”

Suddenly, the halo above Celestine’s head began to flicker madly.

That’s really weak for praise.

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Returning to the guild, Celestine greeted Leanna and she jumped up and down the floor.

Celestine ran into the room slamming the door and threw herself onto the bed, hugging her pillow tightly.

Then she buried her face in her pillow and started screaming with happiness.