Chapter 155 : Chapter 155

Chapter 155

[The Magic Tower’s mana will crush the intruder.]

The moment the warning sound was heard.

Hwa-aaaaaaak.

The surrounding space changed once again.

The violet mana had reconstructed the space.

A forest submerged in darkness appeared before his eyes.

“……”

The moonlight in the sky illuminated the view.

Black trees stretched high toward the sky, so tall their tops were not visible.

A violet fog, drifting between the trees like a living creature, writhed here and there as if trying to hide something.

“A space manifested by the Magic Tower.”

Killian began to walk, surveying his surroundings.

The ground was rough and uneven.

Layers of blackened fallen leaves were spread out, scattering like they were disappearing with every step he took.

“Orchid.”

The violet mana flickered back and forth between the trees.

Killian stopped in front of a giant, old tree.

He looked up.

Mana scattered around the branches, which were tangled like a spider’s web.

“Orchid Owl.”

Violet mana surged over Killian’s body.

Ssssss.

The violet mana flowed up the old tree for a moment.

Tuk.

A woman wearing an owl mask fell from the tree.

“……Damn it.”

Sweat dripped from the face revealed beneath the mask.

The breaths she exhaled from her open mouth were ragged.

“……”

“Heung… Could you not look so closely? I’m a very shy person~”

“Seeing as you’re talking so much, it doesn’t seem like you’re about to die.”

“Ahahahaha.”

She let out a forced laugh.

“Is this your Mind Image world?”

Her body flinched for a brief moment at the clear designation.

“Yes~ It’s gloomier than it looks, isn’t it? How embarrassing~”

It seemed she had no intention of explaining in detail.

What was important was the situation they were in.

‘Did the pendant’s mana forcibly move us into the intruder’s Mind Image world?’

Judging by her condition, the reflux was still in progress.

Furthermore.

‘She doesn’t seem to know how to get out of here either.’

Even among the mortals who knew of the Mind Image world, those who could enter and exit at will could be counted on one hand.

Being a Night Walker would be no different.

“Did ‘crushing the intruder’ mean breaking the mind first?”

It was a truly mage-like interpretation.

Fortunately, there was someone here who could control the violet mana.

“Is there a way out?”

“Give up the pendant.”

“……!!”

She reflexively gripped the pendant on her neck.

“If this continues, it won’t just end with a reflux. The Mind Image world isn’t a good place to frequent.”

She was a Night Walker.

The head of a guild that held a vast amount of information in its hands.

He said it thinking she would know.

“No.”

She refused flatly.

“This is mine.”

“You’ll be swallowed by the violet mana and die.”

“You’re using it, and you’re not even from the direct line!”

Orchid Owl shouted.

Unlike her usual pretentious demeanor, she blatantly revealed her pure desire.

This was probably her true self.

Kugugugung.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky.

Kwareureung. Kwareung.

Soon, thunder struck.

Swa-aaaaaa.

A downpour began.

“……”

“……”

The two of them stared at each other silently in the downpour.

The Walker’s reddened eyes were trembling slightly.

“Why.”

“……”

“Why can’t I?”

Jureuk.

Just from her emotions being disturbed, blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

It was because the reflux was eating away at her physical body outside.

“Even you, who has no relation to Cornelia, are using it.”

Violet mana surged from Orchid Owl’s body.

The surging mana was sucked into the pendant without a trace.

“Why is it rejecting me?”

Walkak.

This time, she coughed up blackened blood.

Sareureureureu.

The violet mana emanating from the pendant was beyond her control.

“Ptui.”

Orchid Owl spat out red saliva.

The moonlight shone on her, a complete mess.

“I told you. You’re not yet qualified.”

He had said it while they were wandering the Flask Mountain Range.

She gritted her teeth.

“What the hell is that!!”

Anger and frustration were mixed in her voice.

Qualification.

That word came to her as a greater humiliation than any other.

“You would know that better than I do.”

The Violet Magic Tower was a repository of knowledge built up by the successive ancestors of Cornelia.

For security, numerous devices had been inscribed so that only the direct lineage could synchronize with it.

‘She is not from the direct lineage , but a collateral branch .’

It was impossible for a single Night Walker to overturn the will inscribed by countless Arch Mages.

Orchid Owl seemed to have misunderstood the meaning.

“In the end, it’s about marriage, isn’t it?”

“……?”

“If I marry a direct heir, I’ll gain the qualification, right?”

She said she would kidnap a direct heir and force a marriage contract.

She began to speak of a reckless plan.

“Or what about marrying you, who married a direct heir?”

“……”

“Yes. You accept me while maintaining your marriage contract with Sharle Cornelia.”

Kkyareureureureureu.

Orchid Owl let out a crazed laugh.

“Has the reflux made your head dull as well?”

The violet mana was consuming her.

If she stayed here any longer, her mind might completely collapse.

“It would be best to stop now.”

“Stop? By whose authority…”

Kwadeuk.

Orchid Owl caught the scabbard Killian swung a step too late.

Sssssssss.

Aether’s scabbard began to suck in her mana.

“You……”

Orchid Owl’s eyes widened as she looked at Killian.

The flow of mana, which had seemed on the verge of rampaging, slowly began to calm down.

Cornelia’s pendant did not reject Killian.

“Power is not what’s important in handling mana.”

Killian quietly opened his mouth.

“What’s important is the understanding of mana. You have yet to realize that.”

Orchid Owl bit her lip and glared at Killian.

“You say that so arrogantly… are you saying you’ve realized it?”

“Yes. I have never been married to Sharle Cornelia.”

“……”

“Whatever the case was at first, I am now handling the violet mana with the pendant as a medium.”

Sharle was also trying all sorts of methods to synchronize with the Magic Tower again, but she still couldn’t synchronize independently as she used to.

In that respect, Killian’s synchronization had something special about it.

‘It might be a trait that has blossomed in Killian Eurasia’s body.’

To him, the color of mana was nothing special, but it seemed others didn’t think so.

“That so-called realization? Is that all there is to it?”

She asked back as if it were absurd.

“Not all realizations are the same.”

“……”

For a moment, curiosity flickered in her eyes.

“What if you tell me that realization too?”

“You might be able to handle the violet mana as well.”

He deliberately didn’t say the word ‘someday’.

“How about it?”

He cast the bait.

“I could tell you if we make another contract.”

However, he said he didn’t want a half-baked lesson.

He set the condition that if she wanted to learn, she had to consider him her master.

Furthermore.

“A master usually has many things to demand of their disciple.”

“Do you want to sleep with me or something?”

“No. Take care of that on your own.”

“Heung.”

Ignoring her as she licked her lips as if disappointed, Killian continued.

“The Emperor of the Empire.”

“……”

“I need information on Pergisius Heinrich.”

Orchid Owl’s mouth fell slightly open.

“If you serve me as your master and bring me the information.”

A hollow laugh escaped from her open mouth.

“I can teach you how to handle the violet mana.”

“You mean to use me as your hands and feet?”

“If you don’t want to, then forget it.”

Orchid Owl’s eyes sharpened.

“Information on the Emperor is not easy to obtain.”

“Crimson said so too.”

“……”

“You’re a Night Walker, aren’t you? I think the method to use violet mana is worth that much.”

“You…”

Her lips twisted.

She coughed up blood once again due to the surging reflux.

“Th…is… damn…”

A woman who coveted the violet mana.

The answer she could give was already decided.

***

Id’s eyes twitched as he headed for the Annihilation Squad Leader’s Office.

‘Killing intent…?’

His senses were particularly developed even among the members of the Annihilation Squad.

The killing intent he was feeling now was so restrained that others would not have been able to detect it.

‘An intruder of the Superhuman class?’

Ssssss.

Releasing his green mana, he began to scan.

Ironically, the killing intent was flowing from the space used by his commander.

The personal training ground of the Annihilation Squad Leader, Killian Eurasia.

As he reached it, he could see orchid-colored mana scattering in the air.

‘Orchid-colored mana… Orchid Owl?’

The powerhouse of the western continent who had recommended his enlistment colleague, Raven.

He had heard that she had invaded alone in the past and was defeated by Killian.

The amount of mana she was emitting now was considerable enough to envelop the inside of the training ground.

‘Did she deploy Carpe Illusion or something? I can’t feel the Commander’s mana.’

As he quietly entered the training ground, he felt the aforementioned killing intent spreading.

Gulp.

Id swallowed dryly.

The way Walkers used mana, Hyang.

The moment he entered the domain of a Night Walker who had trained it to the extreme, a sense of fear that some part of his body would be severed assailed him.

‘I am also a member of the Annihilation Squad.’

He had the right to know what was happening in the Annihilation Squad Leader’s personal training ground.

One step.

Id stepped deeper into the training ground.

Hwa-aak.

His vision, which had been obscured by the orchid-colored mana, cleared.

‘What is this…’

In the center of the training ground.

Orchid Owl was on her knees, staring into the void.

The violet mana erupting from her body was churning as if it would explode.

Next to her, Killian was supporting Orchid Owl with one hand and whispering something.

A voice so small that even Id’s developed hearing couldn’t pick it up.

A moment later, Orchid Owl let out a scream.

Her body, wrapped in violet mana, began to convulse.

‘A rampage!’

Id hastily retreated.

He couldn’t understand why Orchid Owl was on the verge of a rampage here, or why Killian Eurasia was trying to control the infamous Walker.

What was certain was that getting caught up in the rampage of a Superhuman-class individual would not end with just an injury.

“Haa… haa…”

Id, who had stopped at the edge of the training ground, caught his breath.

His whole body was sticky with cold sweat that he didn’t know when he had shed.

“You should get further away.”

“……!!”

He reflexively turned around at the presence he felt behind him.

There stood Serena Constantine with a pale face.

“Sir Serena? When…”

She was still recovering her body after the incident in Elvenheim.

Such a person stepped onto the training ground and said quietly.

“Even for a half-elf, the senses of the fairy race are different. The others still don’t seem to have a clue what’s going on here.”

“……”

“Sir Serena, I was worried about the Commander, so…”

“Id, I know you came here on the orders of the fairy race.”

Id’s body stiffened at Serena’s calm words.

“It’s not just me. The Commander knows too.”

“Commander Killian too…?”

Serena stared at Id.

“You have a complicated expression.”

“It is true that I joined the Annihilation Squad on the orders of the fairy race. But I have never done anything that would harm Eurasia.”

“Right. And you shouldn’t in the future either.”

Serena lightly lifted Id’s hand, which was clad in green mana.

The two green manas merged as if resonating.

‘No way. Sir Serena’s mana… is even denser than mine, a half-elf?’

This wasn’t simply a matter of level.

‘This is a mana density comparable to at least a High Elf.’

Something a quarter or a half-elf could never possess.

He raised his head and met Serena’s gaze.

“What is it that you want, Sir?”

“What the Commander wants.”

“……”

“That’s what I want.”

Serena’s gaze turned to the center of the training ground.

“What it is that the Commander wants.”

What kind of future Killian Eurasia dreams of.

“I will confirm it myself.”

Even if what awaited at the end was the ruin of Eurasia.

Swallowing the rest of her words, she smiled at the stiff-faced half-elf.

“Id, I won’t tolerate betrayal.”