TAPGB - Chapter 140
The Abandoned Prince's Ghost Bride
"Shit... There are too many warlocks.”
“We can’t subdue it alone.”
Harry, Dio, and James hid behind the building and looked at the Knights' training hall in the distance.
It was a place where warlocks gathered people within the imperial palace.
Those who resisted strongly were killed, and those who surrendered were gathered here. Among them were the Emperor and his wife.
“... Sir Albert.”
A seriously injured Albert could be seen behind the warlock standing guard. Beside him were several knights under Albert.
He gathered the knights according to his own advice, but it seems he didn't have the resources to defeat the warlock.
“Thanks to Age, we weren’t captured, but we can’t save them all on our own.”
Harry drooled and shook his head. Dio couldn't overcome his anger and clenched his fists.
‘Even if I weren’t injured...’
If that were the case, he would have at least been able to divert their attention and save the people.
“If only Caesar was there...”
“Did you call me?”
Someone answered James' muttering. The three people turned around with rabbit eyes.
Caesar was sticking his face between them.
"Ah..!”
When Dio, who was startled, tried to scream without realizing it, James and Harry quickly covered his mouth.
But since the sound had already leaked out, some of the warlocks looked this way.
"Brother!"
Still, Dio was so happy that Caesar had come that he didn't know what to do. Seeing the eyes full of hope, Caesar snorted.
“After all, wouldn’t it be better to rescue those people?”
"Sure! Once we save the people, it will be faster to deal with the warlocks.”
"Wait here. I’ll take care of it and come back.”
Caesar tapped Harry on the shoulder and entered the enemy lines with his bare body. Harry stared blankly at the sight and clutched his heaving chest.
“... I thought it was a lot for a while.”
“After all, since he is a dragon, he is the type of person who does what needs to be done. For your information, no matter how many times he became my practice partner, I never stepped on his shadow.”
Argh!
Stop it! Stop it now!
The warlocks were helpless against Caesar. In less than 5 minutes, the entrance was cleared.
Dio, Harry, and James looked at Caesar with blank faces. Caesar was waving his hand, telling them to come quickly. They approached him in a daze.
“Whoop!”
At the sight of several gruesomely dead warlocks, Harry tried to calm down the pout that rose up in his stomach, and Dio swallowed his saliva.
“I’m going to go see Lucian, so I’ll leave this to you.”
“Thank you, brother.”
The moment Caesar was about to leave...
"Wait!"
Albert staggered out of his seat and called him over.
When he turned his head, the people who had watched Caesar's fight against the warlock from beginning to end were looking at him with a mixture of anxiety and anticipation.
It seemed like he wanted Caesar to remain here.
“You seem to be an outstanding person, but if you don’t mind, could you protect His Majesty the Emperor?”
Caesar's eyebrows twitched.
“I ask you this. I cannot leave the two in a dangerous place when there may still be remnants of the enemy remaining.”
“There is no need for that. I’m thinking of going right now to check if Leopold is okay.”
“No, Your Majesty! It’s too dangerous!”
“Isn’t that danger perhaps also facing Leopold? I have to go and check it out right now! It hasn't been long since he woke up... !”
Ruber was strong despite Albert's dissuasion, and Serena also helped from his side.
“I’m sure your name was Caesar. If it’s okay, please lend me some strength.”
Because they had already seen Caesar's military power, they respected him to a certain extent, but her tone was mixed with the arrogant tone typical of the royal family.
Caesar, who was shocked by that, let out a laugh.
“This is why I hate humans.”
Caesar's voice suddenly lowered. Serena trembled not only because the atmosphere had changed, but also when she felt threatened.
“You only care about the first and not the second, right?”
Serena pursed her lips. But her eyes were already shaking.
They kept calling Lucian ‘Leopold’ because of people’s attention.
However, the Leopold they mentioned a moment ago did not seem to call Lucian at all.
“Do you know who caused this situation and are you saying things like that?”
“Be careful what you say and do! In front of anyone... !”
“Do you guys know who I am now and hold your head high?”
Albert was in tears and tried to argue, but Caesar glared at him with pupils that had suddenly become like reptiles.
Googoo googung!
They felt the ground shaking slightly and the heavy gravity and death pressing down on their whole body. Except for Harry and Dio, who were behind Caesar, all the humans were on their knees, unable to raise their heads.
“What is this...?”
Ruber was embarrassed and barely raised his head as if he was about to fall down. Soon his eyes got so big that they seemed like they were going to fall out.
This is because huge red wings spread out behind Caesar.
“...Red dragon.”
A red dragon that also appears in the founding myth of the empire.
They love red dragons the most among all dragons, to the extent that they have a red dragon depicted on their national flag.
Still, they thought it was something that only appeared in mythology, but when the real thing appeared before their eyes, other humans, including Ruber, couldn't help but be embarrassed.
“If you weren’t Lucian’s biological parents, you would have been torn to pieces by my hands a long time ago. But what about me? You want me to help you find Leopold, not Lucian?”
"Ahhh...”
Serena fell flat on her floor in fear.
“It was Leopold who caused this situation. Lucian has now gone to stop it. But you're talking carelessly just because your mouth is open. Do you want me to keep that mouth shut forever?”
Red scales rose on Caesar's face, and dragon fear erupted without hesitation.
When he lowered his upper body and glared at Ruber and Serena, who were lying on the floor, Serena looked like she was going to faint at any moment.
"Brother!"
Caesar's eyes, which had been facing forward, turned back. Dio stood nervously, hiding a shaking Harry behind him.
“Now is not the time. We must quickly save Lucian and Leah.”
“..."
Coo coo coo...
As K? Caesar withdrew his fierce gaze, the rumbling of the ground subsided and the force weighing down his entire body disappeared.
Only then did Ruber and Serena exhale. When they looked up, Caesar was already far away.
“Dio, if those bastards talk bullshit one more time, tell me. At that time, I will really tear them to death.”
“...Haha."
All Dio could do was smile awkwardly. Caesar took out his wings from his back and disappeared in an instant towards where Lucian was.
It was only after he disappeared that people stood up and started talking.
“...Lord Dio.”
Dio, who was looking at the place where Caesar had disappeared, closed his eyes tightly when he heard words coming from a short distance away. He swallowed his saliva and turned his head.
Ruber and Serena were looking at him with confused eyes.
“How did Lucian.. Are you friendly with the red dragon?”
“And what do you mean by Leopold causing this situation?”
The three people looked at each other with troubled expressions. However, when the situation had reached this point, it was impossible to hide the truth any longer.
“We have a lot to talk about. Can we talk somewhere else?”
Ruber and Serena nodded with stern faces.
* * *
“Lucian!”
“... Caesar?”
Caesar arrived at Lucian's location and found Lucian in complete disrepair and under a strict barrier.
Lucian's fingertips were charred, there were scorch marks here and there, and there were dark blood stains on his philtrum and around his mouth, probably from a nosebleed.
Caesar clicked his tongue and used a proverb at him.
Be healed.
As the light enveloped Lucian, his condition improved. Lucian caught his breath as soon as he could breathe.
"Thank you."
“What happened?”
“There’s Leah beyond here. I'm trying to break the barrier now... It’s not working out at all.”
If you attempt to disarm it, it will attack the person trying to disarm it due to its repulsive force.
Because of that, Lucian's appearance was not perfect.
"Look."
Caesar switched places with Lucian and looked at the magic barrier. However, it was a magic of such high difficulty that even the dragon Caesar was confused.
“First of all, you must not touch here or here. And this place is also a trap.”
Lucian advised, pointing to the traps he had found. Caesar took his advice and shook his head.
“Hmm...”
Caesar, who had been staring at the magic circle for a minute, finally made his move.
Depending on his touch, the arrangement of the magic circle changed and began to unravel one by one.
As expected, even though the dragons were different, there was something different about them. Just when they thought it would be resolved soon.
Squeeze!
The magic circle turned red and failed to be released. And as a strong electric current flowed through his body due to the repulsive force, Caesar let out a groan.
“...How many times have you managed to endure this?”
It was a pain that even a dragon could not bear, but it was hard to believe that Lucian had been hit this many times.
‘Is it that desperate?’
He saw a pale-faced Lucian. Caesar refocused on the idea that he couldn't hesitate here either.
And when he failed to disarm it once more, Caesar spewed fire out of his mouth.
“Now that it’s like this, the only thing I can do is go back to the main body and destroy it... !”
- Stop. Then, even Arya inside gets hurt.
At that moment, a third voice was heard. Since they didn't feel like they were being recognized, both Caesar and Lucian turned around with wide eyes.
"Ah! You...!”
“... Carserine?”
Caesar was startled and pointed, and Lucian blurted out his name without realizing it.
What appeared behind them was the afterimage of Carcerine. Carcerine's dragon heart was shining in Caesar's pocket.
Carcerine and Lucian's eyes met for a moment.
"Great! You solve this!”
-Tsk. That too is my reincarnation.
However, at Caesar's words, the two's gazes fell and Carserine clicked him tongue and came in front of him.
- That's right. Habits don't disappear easily.
Carserin chuckled and quickly lifted his barrier as if it was funny.
It was much faster than the speed at which Caesar solved it. Caesar glared at him for a moment, feeling like he was losing for some reason.
Click-
“It’s resolved.”
With the sound of the lock being released, the huge barrier surrounding the diamond hall slowly disappeared.
Lucian and Caesar looked at Carcerine in surprise.
- You shouldn't be surprised by this. Because it starts now.
He is right. This is just the beginning. Now when they go inside...
Because the last opponent is waiting.
Leah and Leon were seen beyond the door that opened by itself.
For some reason, Leah was sitting on the throne, wearing a pure white dress and a crown.
And Leon, who was sitting very close to her, stood up from his seat with a pouty expression and turned his head to them.
“I never thought I would solve that.”
Lucian, Caesar, and even Carcerin, whose new type is unclear. The three entered the hall side by side.
Bang!
Soon the door closed, and there was silence in the hallway.
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