Chapter 331: 331
The White Bone Dragon was slowly revealing itself in the night sky .
“…D, Dragon-”
The Cat Knight Sir Rex looked toward Cale with shock .
‘Is it really a Dragon's bones?
Where did you find a Dragon's bones?’
He had not heard about this .
Of course, he too had seen the footage of the Bone Dragon during the battle at the Henituse territory, however, that was a Black Bone Dragon .
Furthermore, that Dragon had been destroyed .
‘He had another set of Dragon bones?’
Cale looked at Rex's shocked gaze for a moment before turning away . He could see the anxious and shocked citizens of the Empire .
He heard Raon's voice at that moment . It’s a fake! Everybody is getting shocked by this fake!
‘I know, right?’
The corners of Cale's lips went up underneath the hood .
These were all wyvern bones .
However, they were put together like a Dragon by Mary, who had the most knowledge in the world about bones and bodies and had controlled a set of true Dragon bones in the pastonce before .
That was why it looked like a Dragon to everyone .
That was the important part .
“Ha, hah”
Sir Bernard, no, Tower Master Bernard, started to laugh .
“How entertaining . "
The only things he was focusing on right now were the white things in front of him: the necromancer in the white robe, the White Bone Dragon, the priests, wyverns, and the Holy Knights .
His gaze turned back toward Mary at the end .
“You've gotten a bit stronger than last time . ”
‘What?’
Cale's expression turned odd .
Mary had absorbed a significant amount of dead mana in Section 7 and became stronger .
She was strong enough to defeat Choi Han six out of ten times .
But getting that much stronger was just getting, ‘a bit,’ stronger?
He heard Mary's response .
“I am aware of it . I did get a bit stronger . ”
Cale started to frown .
Mary herself was referring to her growth as, ‘a bit . ’ Her gaze was directed toward Tower Master Bernard .
“It is only a bit compared to you . ”
People looked up at the sky at that moment .
Screeeech-
The White Bone Dragon started to move its wings .
“However, I will be the winner . ”
Mary’s confident voice reached Bernard’s ears . The Tower Master started to laugh as he responded back .
“Hahaha, hah these necromancers are always, hah”
He then stopped laughing .
“Such idiots . ”
He recalled the final necromancer, the Queen of Death, from long ago .
The corners of Bernard’s lips started to twist .
Necromancers were weaker than black mages .
That was the truth .
However, there had been someone who had destroyed that truth and proclaimed that a place for lifeforms with the darkness attributes to live needed to be created .
She had been traveling through the Western continent by herself and reaching out to different races with the darkness attribute while saying that darkness was a part of nature as well .
She had openly moved around the Western continent while telling people to mix in with the world and to not live in hiding .
‘Bernard, you need to lead the way for the black mages . Come with me . I'm sure there is a way for black magic to intermingle with nature as well . ’
‘There is a reason for everything that exists in the world . There has to be a way for black magic to not be evil . ’
She had said those to him with her wrinkled old face that was covered in disgusting spiderweb-like black veins .
Her body was extremely skinny from living in pain all of her life and her back had bent forward from all sorts of different illnesses .
The Queen of Death was probably the shabbiest looking person in the world .
That shabby old woman had said the following .
‘Bernard, return to nature once you take care of all of that . ’
‘Let's get rid of your obsession with life now . ’
Bernard could see Hannah, who was covered in those same black veins, shouting toward him .
“Not only did you become a Lich, but you want to control people as well now?!”
He also heard the Queen of Death's voice in his mind .
‘Get rid of your obsession . Stop living as a Lich . Give yourself the means to end your life on your own terms . If not, I will have to kill you myself, Bernard . ’”
Bernard started to smile before it turned into a loud laughter .
“Hahahah!”
In the end, the final necromancer who claimed that she could defeat black mages had died .
The one to live was Bernard himself .
The living are the victorious .
Tower Master Bernard slowly raised his hand .
Baaaaang!
The black and gold aura smashed into Bernard’s black mana orb and caused an explosion .
Bernard easily brushed Hannah’s aura away before sneering at the person who attacked him .
“You seem to be angry . ”
Bernard had been nervous about Hannah's stealth attack just now, however, there was no need to be nervous aboutfor any frontal confrontation .
“Why are you angry?”
Tower Master Bernard looked toward Hannah who was breathing heavily and glaring at him .
“You really don't know why?”
Her angry eyes moved past Bernard to the people gathering behind him .
These people who were gathering together in Bernard’s army had black eyes and no visible emotions on their faces as if they had lost all free will .
They were being controlled .
They were being used .
This was one of the things that Hannah hated the most .
She had to live a fake life when she was younger because she was used by the Church of the Sun God and the Pope .
She was then tricked by Arm and stabbed in the back .
“I may be a bad person, however…”
Screeech, screeech .
Hannah’s arms slumped down without any strength . Her sword was dragging on the ground .
Her brother and Cale's group here were all good people .
However, she was a bad person .
No, she was beyond bad, she was a terrible person .
She was evil .
“‘No . I’m not just bad, I'm extremely terrible . ”
Screeeeech-
The sword quickly moved across the ground .
Hannah’s sword swung once again .
“That’s why I only feel good when bastards like you are dead!”
Her aura clashed with the dead mana and caused another explosion .
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Baaaaaang-
She heard Bernard’s voice as the dust from the explosion covered up the area .
“Sometimes, the side with less people can win a battle if they have more strong individuals . ”
Mary had a bad feeling and made black aura roam around her fingers .
Hannah approached Mary and put some strength into her feet .
It was at that moment .
Bang! Bang! Bang!
They heard some noises .
It was the sound of some things hitting each other and breaking .
“Shit!”
Cale turned his head and started to frown .
He looked toward the open main entrance of the Alchemists’ Bell Tower .
He could see a shocked Tasha, the Dark Elves, and Choi Han standing there .
There were other people as well .
There were black mages who were tied up, alchemists who had not become black mages, and even people who were responsible for odd tasks within the Alchemist Bell Tower .
Finally, there were the people who were kidnapped and brought into the Empire as slaves .
He could see all of them .
“Uuuuuuuugh . ”
“Ugh!”
They all had black eyes and were flailing around in an attempt to get outside the Bell Tower even as the Dark Elves tried to hold them back .
Some of them didn’t even care about their arms being twisted oddly from the Dark Elves holding them back .
They wanted to get out and head toward Tower Master Bernard .
They would do anything to get to him .
“…This! Those people look like they are being controlled as well!”
Cale could hear an anxious Rex’s voice .
He also heard Bernard's voice at the same time .
“However, there is a way to defeat the smaller side with the strong individuals . ”
They could see Bernard again as the explosion subsided and the dust cloud dispersed .
Bernard was smiling toward Cale . It was a beautiful smile that seemed to come right out of a painting .
“You just have to become cruel and evil . It is hard to win a battle when you are trying to be good . ”
It was at that moment . Human! Cale! It is a large presence .
It was the moment he heard two Dragons speaking in his mind .
“Cough!”
TheA person standing next to Tower Master Bernard started to choke himself with both hands . It was the person who had been pretending to be the Tower Master, the person who had called Bernard his master .
Bernard started to laugh as people stared at him because ofat the sudden situation .
“They can even kill themselves when I control them . ”
It was at that moment .
“N, nooooo!”
People turned their heads toward the desperate shout .
“D, dad!”
One of the knights who had been heading toward Bernard after preventing citizens from leaving the capital was dragging a child by his wrist .
“Knight-nim! No! You ca, ugh!”
The child's father, who was trying to stop the knight, was pushed away by the knight . As everyone became anxious at this sudden development…
“People I control can even kill innocent people without any issues . ”
Bernard laughed as he continued to speak .
“I don't attack the strong . I attack the innocent . That is the way to defeat the stupidly good strong people . ”
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“Ugh! Cough!”
Bernard gently caressed his dying disciple's head .
“Isn’t this a great method of destruction?”
Just killing would not count as destruction .
Destruction was watching a person's mind fading away in pain .
That was the only way for the dead mana that flowed out of them to be full of despair .
It would be beneficial to his liege .
“Well?”
Bernard looked toward the strong individuals who had been frozen stiff .
It was at that moment .
“It is total nonsense . My ears have become dirty from hearing such nonsense . ”
‘What?’
It was the moment Mary's mechanical and stiff voice responded back .
Clang!
“Ugh! Ugh!”
Something white flew through the air and smashed into the knight’s armor .
“Daddy!”
“Ah, ah-”
The dad was shaking as he ran toward the child and hugged him .
He could see the knight with black eyes heading toward his child again .
Bang!
However, he was blocked .
“Sam!”
“Heh, boss . ”
The dad of the child who was a shopkeeper could see Sam, his employee from the slums, defending against the knight with a small shield .
One of the people from the slums grabbed something that was rolling on the ground and threw it .
Clack!
Someone caught that item .
It was a shield .
It was a large silver shield .
The person holding the shield started to shout .
“Protect the citizens of the Empire!”
The people from the slums with bags quickly took out small shields after hearing Rex's shout .
This was the only, ‘weapon,’ in their bags .
Rex shouted once againmore .
“Everybody, run!”
Rex’s eyes headed toward Cale .
Rex made eye contact with Cale's eyes that were hidden under the robe .
Protection .
That was the task for Rex and his friends .
“I’m going . ”
Someone else started to shout as Rex rushed past Cale and told him he was moving to do his job .
“Protect Sir Rex!”
The middle-aged woman wearing the white priestess robe removed her hood and took out some weapons from her sleeves as she shouted .
“You crazy bastard, you dare to harm the children?”
This was Freesia, the leader of Cale's information network .
The assassin who had killed her former leader who had told her to kidnap a child in the past,, started to move away from the plaza with her subordinates .
“Make all of the knights unable to fight!”
“Yes ma'am!”
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The assassin who were pretending to be priests all started to move .
The shields and the weapons of the operation started to move to perform their roles . Human!
“I know . ”
Cale started to speak after thinking about the remaining roles .
“Saint-nim . ”
Cale patted Jack who was constantly muttering, ‘purify, purify,’ on the shoulder . He looked into Jack’s shaking pupils and started to speak .
“The people here are all determined . They are also extremely strong . They are strong enough to make sure the innocent do not get harmed . ”
“Ah . ”
Jack let out a gasp .
He could see the people rushing past Cale and himself .
Choi Han and the Dark Elves .
These people who were wearing white robes were darting out of the darkness inside the Alchemists’ Bell Tower .
Jack heard someone laugh as well .
“Pwahahahaha, good? Who is good?”
The person was laughing with their shoulders moving up and down like a crazy person .
‘My little sister . ’
Jack could see his little sister, Hannah .
Hannah, whose eyes were full of anger, continued to speak .
“Good? You think I'm a good person? Pwaha, hahahahaha!”
She started to laugh again as she added on .
“Bernard, won’t it all end if we kill you?”
All of this would end if they killed the person that was controlling the others .
Hannah continued to laugh as she casually asked a question .
“He's mine, right?”
The person next to her answered back .
“That is correct . ”
It was a stiff and mechanical voice .
However, it was the voice of the person who knew Hannah the best after Saint Jack .
It was Mary, who had to face the same pain for the rest of her life . Her calm voice reached Hannah’s ears .
‘It hurts . ’
Hannah was hurting from small pains throughout her body .
She still put some strength into her feet as she commented to Mary .
“I really like the White Bone Dragon better than the black one . ”
She then started to run .
Her feet kicked off the ground in a moment .
She had jumped up into the air .
Her feet soon had a place to land .
It was the head of the White Bone Dragon .
Hannah landed on the White Bone Dragon's head as she gave the order .
“Let’s go . ”
The white bone wyverns and the Holy Knights followed behind Hannah in the air .
Choi Han and the Dark Elves rushed past Mary toward Bernard on the ground .
Cale started to speak to Saint Jack again .
“It's time . ”
Jack started to think about what he needed to do .
He could now feel the rumbling by his chest . There was something in his inner pocket that was rumbling .
Cale whispered in Jack’s ear as Jack's eyes stopped shaking .
“Condemn the evil . ”
Saint Jack grabbed the small compact mirror that was rumbling in his pocket .
The divine item of the Sun God, the Condemnation of the Sun .
It was crying .