“Still can’t connect?”
“Calm down, Abel. We’ve been trying to connect for a while now.”
“Damn it!”
What on earth is going on...
Abel embraced Geneon, deflecting all the attacks from the ghosts he could see.
The ghost attack happened in an instant.
While Simone was running away from the horde of ghosts, Abel was hiding in a distant place where he could see the director and was watching the situation.
Then, the director muttered something and suddenly turned around and started heading somewhere.
Abel and Geneon naturally tried to chase after her, but they couldn't.
Black smoke rose from the ground, and spirits in the shape of beasts began to crawl out.
Sharp fangs, fierce eyes, and sharp claws. At first glance, there seemed to be at least twenty black smoke beasts that looked like giant mammals.
At first, he thought it was nothing special.
Who is Abel? He is a sword master who has reached the realm of swordsmanship. He is a person who is skilled in combat, so he was planning to quickly defeat them and follow the director.
“Mr. Geneon, that woman seems to be heading towards Simone. Let’s sweep her away and follow her.”
Abel put a communication stone around Geneon's neck.
“I can’t protect you, so step back and explain the situation to Simone. The battle broke out and I lost the director, but I’ll catch up soon.”
“Yeah. Normal attacks won’t work.”
“I know.”
Abel attached the amulets Simone had given him to his sword and charged at the beasts.
With just one swing, the sharp blade tore through huge beasts without a trace.
However.
“...The communication device is not connected.”
It was when he heard Geneon's serious muttering that he realized that things were not going as smoothly as he had thought.
“What did you say...”
Just as Abel was about to ask Geneon a question, the beasts Abel had carved up began to melt into black smoke and then began to take shape again.
“Damn...”
Abel glared at the recreated beasts with annoyance.
And he swung his sword again. This time, the beasts were cut apart in one fell swoop, but before Abel could take a step, they had re-formed and surrounded the two of them.
“Why doesn’t it disappear?”
It was strange because he had fought ghosts with Simone several times up until now, but usually, the ghosts disappeared after being swept away with the sword attached to Simone's amulet.
Then Geneon said.
“It’s not that they don’t disappear. When they disappear, another soul takes their place. It seems like the owner of these souls has quite a large amount of souls.”
“I guess that girl Tiera noticed us. So we have to keep doing this until we devour every last soul she has?”
Of course, it doesn't matter what you do...
Abel swung his sword again and looked anxiously in the direction the director was headed.
The director who was quietly watching wouldn't have gone to sleep, and she must have made some move to do something. Can we delay here?
“Abel, I think we should finish quickly!”
Then Geneon shouted urgently.
“No matter how hard I try to connect to the telecommunications device, it won’t work! Something must have happened to Simone. Quick!”
When Geneon noticed something strange happening to Simone, he became lost in thought, and from then on, Abel swung his sword in silence.
And the current situation.
An endless stream of black beasts appeared, preventing anyone from moving even a single step.
“Fuck... Damn it.”
Abel exhaled heavily and wiped the sweat away.
Even Abel would have to get tired after swinging his sword with dark energy several times.
Besides, he doesn't know how long he'll have to do this, and he's getting anxious because they've lost contact with Simone.
Abel's patience was running out.
'What a cowardly method.'
It's cowardly and annoying.
The culprit is hiding behind the scenes, playing around, and only grinding her soul. How many people has she sent to the goal like this? How many people have she tormented?
“These lowly bastards... How dare they.”
Even Geneon, who was usually calm no matter what seemed to be increasingly unable to control his anger as the situation of not knowing the condition of his disciple continued for a long time.
New beasts are crawling out again, little by little.
Abel, who had been biting his lips and suppressing his anger, gripped his sword tightly.
'It won't end like this.'
Simone, his colleague is in danger.
That alone was reason enough for Abel to be resolute.
He spoke in a voice that seemed to suppress his emotions.
“...Please connect me to Louis instead of Simone.”
"What?"
“Communication connection. You said we can’t connect Simone. Please connect it to Louis.”
Why would you suddenly ask the Crown Prince, who was sleeping after a busy day in the late morning? After all, the Crown Prince would not be able to enter the institution where entry by outsiders was prohibited.
Although he was skeptical, Geneon said nothing more and connected the communication with Louis.
The situation was what it was, and Abel's expression was so cold that it was difficult to even talk to him.
“What should I say?”
Abel took a deep breath and said in response to Geneon's question.
“Simone is in danger. To resolve the situation... I will kill one of Serk’s noble necromancers. It is self-defense, so prepare to respond.”
“...”
Geneon had no time to say anything to him.
"Yes, Mr. Geneon. What's the matter?"
Louis's sleepy voice was heard from the communications device, and at that moment, Abel's head turned somewhere in the main building far away.
The master of these spirit beasts, Tiera, was hiding there.
She tried to hide her presence, but Abel had noticed from the beginning that she was watching the situation from somewhere.
He pretended not to notice because he didn't have any countermeasures.
It would have been impossible to control his power delicately to stop Tiera directly from this distance. In other words, it wouldn't end with just stunning her.
If he had the luxury of taking even one step forward, he could approach her and just give her a light blow.
He has to use all his might to get the attack from here to there.
If he does that, that woman who can't even hide her presence will definitely die without having time to defend herself.
So, until now, he had never even thought about hitting the owner directly.
But Abel couldn't delay any longer. If he continued like this, he felt like he would only be dealing with beasts until morning.
Is there anything in this world more important than the safety of one's comrades? Therefore, Abel decided. To kill the villain Tiera who played with people's lives and secure Simone's safety.
Without hesitation, Abel swung his sword towards the place where he felt Tiera's presence.
Kwaaang!
The sound of a building collapsing in the dark was heard, and after a while, the black beasts began to melt.
“...That’s how it is. The work has already been done, so prepare to respond to the protests of the Serk Empire. That, that’s been hard.”
"Wait a minute. Mr. Geneon? Now, wait! Don't hang up. I'll explain..."
“I don’t have time now, so I’ll explain later.”
"Gene..."
Stop.
Geneon cut off the communication as if avoiding questioning.
It's a huge burden to the already busy Louis, but what can I do! My disciple is in danger!
Since the battle that Abel, the Sword Master, would have to endure took place here, it is highly likely that Simone, who would have to face the director, would also be in a difficult situation.
“Abel! It seems like everything is clear here, so let’s go quickly!”
“Gene...”
"Hurry!"
"Yes!"
Abel started running as if he were flying while holding Geneon in his arms.
Geneon's eyes were on the verge of rolling back. He felt he had to show Simone his face quickly before he lost control of his anger and fell backward.
But Geneon arrived at the morgue where Simone was and eventually rolled his eyes.
“My, my, why is my disciple over there... Oh my! Are you okay! Simone! Can you hear me?”
“Lord Geneon!”
Abel placed the shocked Geneon on the ground and sighed.
'As expected, it's late.'
If they were going to kill Tiera, they should have acted sooner. By the time the two of them got here, everything was over and Simone was locked in the morgue.
The director was looking at the morgue with a blank expression, and the morgue door was shaking loudly.
As if someone was desperately knocking on the door from inside.
Furthermore, although Abel did not hear it, Geneon, the cat, heard Simone's voice full of pain, so anyone could tell that the person trapped there, knocking on the door, was Simone.
“You, you...!”
The director turned around at the sound of footsteps and was startled to find Abel.
“How did you escape from the trap?”
“Ah, so you were the one who made her do it. I thought that Tiera didn’t do it on her own.”
Abel drew his sword.
“...I asked how you got out. It was a trap you could never escape from.”
“How did it come out? It would be solved if the owner disappeared.”
“Dead, are you saying?”
The director took a step back in thought at the sight of Abel speaking as if it were no big deal.
Abel approached her with a cold expression.
“No matter what, it’s like that. What if you make your own student do something like that? You're the head of the organization.”
"Gor a moment..."
At that moment, Abel quickly rushed forward and punched the director in the stomach.
“Ugh!”
The director immediately fainted, and Abel threw the director next to the unconscious Geneon before heading to the morgue.
“...Should I call Orkan for this?”
A ferocious aura that even Abel could sense. In addition, several layers of barriers were placed to block access to the storage.
A barrier magic technique that is excessively engraved as if to never reveal one's true colors.
“Lord Geneon, please calm down and if you haven’t passed out, please contact Orkan... I don’t know if he’ll be able to enter the facility.”
“Oh, okay...”
What if it doesn't work?
Abel raised his sword again.
I'll just destroy everything.
Abel charged towards the barrier.
“Calm down, Abel. We’ve been trying to connect for a while now.”
“Damn it!”
What on earth is going on...
Abel embraced Geneon, deflecting all the attacks from the ghosts he could see.
The ghost attack happened in an instant.
While Simone was running away from the horde of ghosts, Abel was hiding in a distant place where he could see the director and was watching the situation.
Then, the director muttered something and suddenly turned around and started heading somewhere.
Abel and Geneon naturally tried to chase after her, but they couldn't.
Black smoke rose from the ground, and spirits in the shape of beasts began to crawl out.
Sharp fangs, fierce eyes, and sharp claws. At first glance, there seemed to be at least twenty black smoke beasts that looked like giant mammals.
At first, he thought it was nothing special.
Who is Abel? He is a sword master who has reached the realm of swordsmanship. He is a person who is skilled in combat, so he was planning to quickly defeat them and follow the director.
“Mr. Geneon, that woman seems to be heading towards Simone. Let’s sweep her away and follow her.”
Abel put a communication stone around Geneon's neck.
“I can’t protect you, so step back and explain the situation to Simone. The battle broke out and I lost the director, but I’ll catch up soon.”
“Yeah. Normal attacks won’t work.”
“I know.”
Abel attached the amulets Simone had given him to his sword and charged at the beasts.
With just one swing, the sharp blade tore through huge beasts without a trace.
However.
“...The communication device is not connected.”
It was when he heard Geneon's serious muttering that he realized that things were not going as smoothly as he had thought.
“What did you say...”
Just as Abel was about to ask Geneon a question, the beasts Abel had carved up began to melt into black smoke and then began to take shape again.
“Damn...”
Abel glared at the recreated beasts with annoyance.
And he swung his sword again. This time, the beasts were cut apart in one fell swoop, but before Abel could take a step, they had re-formed and surrounded the two of them.
“Why doesn’t it disappear?”
It was strange because he had fought ghosts with Simone several times up until now, but usually, the ghosts disappeared after being swept away with the sword attached to Simone's amulet.
Then Geneon said.
“It’s not that they don’t disappear. When they disappear, another soul takes their place. It seems like the owner of these souls has quite a large amount of souls.”
“I guess that girl Tiera noticed us. So we have to keep doing this until we devour every last soul she has?”
Of course, it doesn't matter what you do...
Abel swung his sword again and looked anxiously in the direction the director was headed.
The director who was quietly watching wouldn't have gone to sleep, and she must have made some move to do something. Can we delay here?
“Abel, I think we should finish quickly!”
Then Geneon shouted urgently.
“No matter how hard I try to connect to the telecommunications device, it won’t work! Something must have happened to Simone. Quick!”
When Geneon noticed something strange happening to Simone, he became lost in thought, and from then on, Abel swung his sword in silence.
And the current situation.
An endless stream of black beasts appeared, preventing anyone from moving even a single step.
“Fuck... Damn it.”
Abel exhaled heavily and wiped the sweat away.
Even Abel would have to get tired after swinging his sword with dark energy several times.
Besides, he doesn't know how long he'll have to do this, and he's getting anxious because they've lost contact with Simone.
Abel's patience was running out.
'What a cowardly method.'
It's cowardly and annoying.
The culprit is hiding behind the scenes, playing around, and only grinding her soul. How many people has she sent to the goal like this? How many people have she tormented?
“These lowly bastards... How dare they.”
Even Geneon, who was usually calm no matter what seemed to be increasingly unable to control his anger as the situation of not knowing the condition of his disciple continued for a long time.
New beasts are crawling out again, little by little.
Abel, who had been biting his lips and suppressing his anger, gripped his sword tightly.
'It won't end like this.'
Simone, his colleague is in danger.
That alone was reason enough for Abel to be resolute.
He spoke in a voice that seemed to suppress his emotions.
“...Please connect me to Louis instead of Simone.”
"What?"
“Communication connection. You said we can’t connect Simone. Please connect it to Louis.”
Why would you suddenly ask the Crown Prince, who was sleeping after a busy day in the late morning? After all, the Crown Prince would not be able to enter the institution where entry by outsiders was prohibited.
Although he was skeptical, Geneon said nothing more and connected the communication with Louis.
The situation was what it was, and Abel's expression was so cold that it was difficult to even talk to him.
“What should I say?”
Abel took a deep breath and said in response to Geneon's question.
“Simone is in danger. To resolve the situation... I will kill one of Serk’s noble necromancers. It is self-defense, so prepare to respond.”
“...”
Geneon had no time to say anything to him.
"Yes, Mr. Geneon. What's the matter?"
Louis's sleepy voice was heard from the communications device, and at that moment, Abel's head turned somewhere in the main building far away.
The master of these spirit beasts, Tiera, was hiding there.
She tried to hide her presence, but Abel had noticed from the beginning that she was watching the situation from somewhere.
He pretended not to notice because he didn't have any countermeasures.
It would have been impossible to control his power delicately to stop Tiera directly from this distance. In other words, it wouldn't end with just stunning her.
If he had the luxury of taking even one step forward, he could approach her and just give her a light blow.
He has to use all his might to get the attack from here to there.
If he does that, that woman who can't even hide her presence will definitely die without having time to defend herself.
So, until now, he had never even thought about hitting the owner directly.
But Abel couldn't delay any longer. If he continued like this, he felt like he would only be dealing with beasts until morning.
Is there anything in this world more important than the safety of one's comrades? Therefore, Abel decided. To kill the villain Tiera who played with people's lives and secure Simone's safety.
Without hesitation, Abel swung his sword towards the place where he felt Tiera's presence.
Kwaaang!
The sound of a building collapsing in the dark was heard, and after a while, the black beasts began to melt.
“...That’s how it is. The work has already been done, so prepare to respond to the protests of the Serk Empire. That, that’s been hard.”
"Wait a minute. Mr. Geneon? Now, wait! Don't hang up. I'll explain..."
“I don’t have time now, so I’ll explain later.”
"Gene..."
Stop.
Geneon cut off the communication as if avoiding questioning.
It's a huge burden to the already busy Louis, but what can I do! My disciple is in danger!
Since the battle that Abel, the Sword Master, would have to endure took place here, it is highly likely that Simone, who would have to face the director, would also be in a difficult situation.
“Abel! It seems like everything is clear here, so let’s go quickly!”
“Gene...”
"Hurry!"
"Yes!"
Abel started running as if he were flying while holding Geneon in his arms.
Geneon's eyes were on the verge of rolling back. He felt he had to show Simone his face quickly before he lost control of his anger and fell backward.
***
But Geneon arrived at the morgue where Simone was and eventually rolled his eyes.
“My, my, why is my disciple over there... Oh my! Are you okay! Simone! Can you hear me?”
“Lord Geneon!”
Abel placed the shocked Geneon on the ground and sighed.
'As expected, it's late.'
If they were going to kill Tiera, they should have acted sooner. By the time the two of them got here, everything was over and Simone was locked in the morgue.
The director was looking at the morgue with a blank expression, and the morgue door was shaking loudly.
As if someone was desperately knocking on the door from inside.
Furthermore, although Abel did not hear it, Geneon, the cat, heard Simone's voice full of pain, so anyone could tell that the person trapped there, knocking on the door, was Simone.
“You, you...!”
The director turned around at the sound of footsteps and was startled to find Abel.
“How did you escape from the trap?”
“Ah, so you were the one who made her do it. I thought that Tiera didn’t do it on her own.”
Abel drew his sword.
“...I asked how you got out. It was a trap you could never escape from.”
“How did it come out? It would be solved if the owner disappeared.”
“Dead, are you saying?”
The director took a step back in thought at the sight of Abel speaking as if it were no big deal.
Abel approached her with a cold expression.
“No matter what, it’s like that. What if you make your own student do something like that? You're the head of the organization.”
"Gor a moment..."
At that moment, Abel quickly rushed forward and punched the director in the stomach.
“Ugh!”
The director immediately fainted, and Abel threw the director next to the unconscious Geneon before heading to the morgue.
“...Should I call Orkan for this?”
A ferocious aura that even Abel could sense. In addition, several layers of barriers were placed to block access to the storage.
A barrier magic technique that is excessively engraved as if to never reveal one's true colors.
“Lord Geneon, please calm down and if you haven’t passed out, please contact Orkan... I don’t know if he’ll be able to enter the facility.”
“Oh, okay...”
What if it doesn't work?
Abel raised his sword again.
I'll just destroy everything.
Abel charged towards the barrier.
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