Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Episode 2＞

“You won’t last long.”

Kazen bit his lip with a darkened face as the calm voice of Yukain, a knight of the Heibern family’s royal guard, resounded.

Soon, his glowing eyes turned to the bed.

Ruin is unable to regain consciousness with bandages wrapped around his chest.

‘how… … .’

It was only possible for a high-ranking knight of at least 7 stars to have the sensitivity to detect blood flow and mana stones in the body.

However, Ruin was just a sickly boy who did not even have the skills of a trainee knight, let alone a 7-star knight.

“My lord. Now you have to make a decision.”

“stop.”

“Kazen!”

Intense fighting spirit burned like an active volcano in the body of Royal Guard Knight Yucain.

After deciding to become a knight of the Heibern family’s royal guard, he was a Yukain who had never once summoned the family head out of personal feelings.

Knowing his upright and upright mind better than anyone else, Kazen was staring at Yukain with a somewhat puzzled feeling.

“Can’t you see that! Kazen!”

Yucain’s gaze points to the blood flow mana stone that Ruin is still holding tightly in his hand.

“The archduke cut his entire vein! You really don’t know what that means!”

Between the thin threads hanging from the Blood Mana Stone, a golden string with a complex magic circuit was hidden.

The tip of the gold line was strongly adsorbed with Ruin’s thick blood vessels.

Since it was a medium connected by magical authority, if it was forcibly removed, the mana of the blood flow mana stone would have to be completely dissipated.

“If he had just taken it off, there would have been a glimmer of hope for the Archduke! However, the Archduke even cut out his own blood vessels in order to protect the remaining mana in the Blood Mana Stone!”

To recreate the forbidden ancient procedure called blood flow mana stone, a huge amount of mana was required.

That absolute amount was enough to take away all the skills of Kazen, who was called the standard bearer of the kingdom.

In order to return such precious mana to his father, Ruin even cut off his own veins.

“It is true chivalry that does not fear death, and filial piety that does not wish for the death of the father! Don’t turn away from the Archduke’s heart, Kazen!”

I didn’t have much time.

If you delay any longer, you will lose all remaining mana in your Blood Mana Stone.

Even at this moment, due to the flowing mana, the blood flow mana stones were gradually losing their light.

“Kazen!”

A friend who had been with her all her life was resolutely demanding a decision, but Kazen was unable to make a decision easily.

“If I take mana now, that fool will never have another chance.”

Even if he took the mana remaining in the bloodstream mana stone again, he could achieve half of his prime level.

Even if he was able to acquire the best skills, it was unimaginable to Kazen to trade his son’s life for it.

“after… … .”

Kazen looks at the dying Ruin again with a sorrowful heart.

The so-called ‘Curse of the Heibern House’, in which vitality is slowly depleted from the moment it manifests, is a cursed disease of the family that has been randomly manifested over a long generation.

“Aren’t you well aware that even if the old men of the Mage Tower come running right away, there is no hope!”

When the curse of the Hibern family, which had been silent for hundreds of years, appeared on Ruin.

Kazen headed for the Kingdom’s Mage Tower with the magic diagram of the Blood Mana Stone in his family that had been passed down from long ago.

The wizards of the Mage Tower who saw the magic diagram were astonished and said that it was not the knowledge of this world.

Even though all the high-ranking wizards, centered on the sage, clung to it, it was only after three long years had passed that they were able to recreate the ancient Blood Mana Stone.

“The whole artery has been cut! I don’t know why I’m still breathing, but how can I endure that long time again!”

The artery had already been cut and the blood flow mana stone could not be reconnected to Ruin’s body.

From a rational point of view, it was definitely the best way to take mana from the Blood Mana Stone.

However, Kazen did not waver no matter what he said.

A messenger has already been sent to the Mage Tower.

He would always stand here like a stone statue, waiting for news from the Mage Tower.

In the end, Yukain made a decision.

Serureung-

The place where Yucain’s ghastly blade was heading was not towards Kazen.

Chikang-

Divided exactly diagonally with a light pagong sound.

It was none other than the ‘Vision of Jericho’, an enchanting artifact that concealed Kazen’s weakened skills.

“Yu, Yucain! What is this!”

He was shaken by the collar, but in Yukain’s eyes, there was only a calmness that did not show a single wave of agitation.

A Yukain who carries out a long sword with a calm face, following the manners of a knight.

“If you ask for disrespect, I will repay you with death. house owner.”

“you… … You bastard!”

Kazen trembles with anger.

His eyes were constantly shaking as he gazed at the fragmented artifact.

The artifact ‘Vision of Jericho’ has disappeared.

It was like letting the whole kingdom know that Kazen, the horseman of Lemadel and the head of the Hibern family, was in a situation where he couldn’t recover.

A serious matter that could change the power landscape of the kingdom as well as the agitation of the aristocratic society.

There would be chaos incomparable to the rumors of the archduke who had fallen into a curse.

Now Kazen had no alternative.

Without Jericho’s welcome, any activities as the family head would have been meaningless.

In the end, Kazen couldn’t turn away from the decision of an old friend who even neglected his life.

“I hope he survives, Yucain.”

Kazen glared at Yukain for a long time with burning eyes.

Soon after, he barely suppressed his emotions, took the blood flow mana stone that Ruin was holding in his hand, and walked away from the place of confinement.

Yukain looked behind his big back and smiled bitterly.

“I really might die.”

Seeing Kazen warmed up with anger again.

It was indeed a welcome thrill for Yucain.

* * *

Inside the dark wasteland.

A faint purple aura was rising from the top of Ruin’s head, which was drooping like a corpse.

ssssss-

The purple aura soon turned bloody and surprisingly began to take on a certain shape.

That existence, stained with dark red blood, was swaying with a grotesque expression that was terribly cruel and terrifying, and it was impossible to think of it as something from this world.

＜Such a madman… … !＞

Until now, no Bernie had done such a crazy thing as splitting his own heart and cutting out the mana stones in his bloodstream.

The feeling of emptiness in which the pleasure of gluttony, to be enjoyed forever, disappeared in an instant was indescribably devastating.

It was not possible to transfer the host directly to another Bernum.

No matter how much he was called a demon, he couldn’t ignore the ‘oath of beings’.

A host that is rapidly dying as soon as it escapes.

＜I can’t help it.＞

Sorry, so far.

Anyway, time is infinite for him, so according to the oath, he would have to descend again in the distant future.

But then.

– Gyrobel.

An infinitely cold sound.

It must have been the will that came from the spirit of that madman lying down, the host.

＜You know me?＞

I’m more embarrassed now than when he split my heart.

A name of horror that even the cruel demons of the demon realm are afraid to say.

It was the first time in thousands of years that another being mentioned his true name.

Above all, humans can never know their true name, no, there is no way to know.

＜It is impossible. Why would a lowly human dare to tell me my true name?＞

Aside from knowing the true name, the very act of a human being even mentioning their own name was foolish self-harm.

A shuddering horror that the frail spirit of man could not bear.

However, that crazy host was talking even more clearly than it would be normal for the ego to collapse just by recalling the name.

– Sick.

For a moment, Gyrobel doubted the human language system she knew.

However, no matter how much he checked his knowledge, the language he used was words that insulted his limp body, in other words, human abuse.

But he drank.

If he lost his composure at the provocation of a nonsensical human, he wouldn’t even be called a demon.

＜Crazy. Even seeing this powerful energy, are you laughing at it as a sick body?＞

-uh. A bastard who runs away all his life because he is afraid of ‘Mudra’.

＜What, what!＞

The great drink god Medra.

In the demon realm, he was a demon of the same class as himself, but he has one more description, Dae (大), at the beginning of his true name.

＜Dare! Are mere mortals scorning the demons they saw!＞

-hahahaha! Ask the opposite. Who was the one who lost his Advent body to such a mortal back then?

＜Hut!＞

-What did you drink? Just Marzol… … no, that’s too much After all, the monster is tightly wrapped around the mouth.

＜Quaaa!＞

The cursed bloody aura rises violently and wraps around the wasteland.

But Ruin.

He did not forget to laugh at Gyrobel to the fullest, even in a situation where he was no better than a dead body.

-Ah, because I have to die. I’m going to play well.

Gyrobel, the absolute ruler of the demon realm, who was aloof under any circumstances, was cut off from reason.

It wasn’t even this far when his true horse body was ripped off by the great demon god Mudra.

＜The bastard! Do you dare to let me die!＞

An authority incomparable to human vitality, the demon god’s pure magic power wrapped around Ruin’s body.

No matter how much it is a created thing, to revive human life is to go against the providence.

Gyrobell was able to restore Ruin’s damaged body only after mobilizing his energy to the limit he could raise.

＜I will make you taste the pain of eons! You will regret living and breathing for all eternity!＞

Ruin slowly opens his eyes.

As if it had been repeated for a long time, Gyrobel felt a strange sense of déjà vu at that expression and gesture that were so calm.

＜The demon god’s promise is that you don’t care?＞

food.

What lingered on Ruin’s lips was a delight rather than ridicule.

At first, it was hostility toward each other, and it was revenge.

but at the last moment.

He is a soul mate who died for himself, sacrificing everything.

＜Go, why are you crying all of a sudden?＞

followed by a bright smile.

infinitely dark tears.

Ruin, who slowly stood up, faced Gyrobell’s descending body, which was swaying bloody.

“What are you doing? Since I used so much divinity magic in this world, I must have attracted enough attention.”

＜What are you talking about!＞

“Are you not coming? Where else can you hide now other than the host’s soul? Aren’t the oaths of beings scary?”

Gyrobel was at a loss for words.

Ruin had never done it before, but there was something he really wanted to do.

Wow!

The blood-red expression on his face is grotesquely distorted.

“Nice to meet you, demon. I really missed you.”