My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 24

Hahoe Mask (2)

Heinz II was moving smoothly with his siblings.

He hid his energy and rarely came forward, and with his overflowing money, he hired mercenaries to provide guidance and escort him.

“Ugh… monster…”

Of course, there were some who transformed into thieves along the way.

It may be something that can’t be helped in a world like this.

“Tsk, I just lost my appetite.”

I removed my mouth from the last mercenary’s neck and threw the skinny corpse aside.

There were already corpses piled up there with the same facial features.

I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth, straightened my clothes, then turned and walked out of the bushes.

“oh! mister! Are you finished?”

“Okay, let’s go now.”

I put my brother and sister, who were waiting next to the carriage, inside, sat in the driver’s seat, and drove the horse.

After learning from Walter, who I first hired as a coachman, I am now able to drive a horse to some degree on my own.

It was the result of practicing whenever I had time.

‘The mercenaries hired this time were a disaster. They say there’s nothing we can do because public order is in shambles.’

Even seemingly normal mercenaries may turn into thieves once they leave the city.

Rather, it was probably lucky that nothing special had happened so far.

‘But thanks to you, I was able to drink blood for the first time in a long time. I can hold out longer, but my strength is limited, so it would be better to suck blood whenever I get the chance.’

In particular, there was no need to be considerate of people like these guys who routinely killed clients and stole their property.

‘First of all, we’re continuing to move east… but we can’t keep doing this forever. I’ll have to think about what to do soon.’

It may be that we are currently in the western edge of the continent, so we were able to move without being detected, but we don’t know when or what will happen in the future.

While I was thinking about it and driving my horse, I glanced behind me.

In the bushes where I was a little while ago.

For a moment, a black shadow flickered.

***

[Hmm, the quality of corpses that have been sucked into blood is very poor.]

This is probably because the energy to transform into undead has been stolen.

Hans looked at the four skeletons standing in front of him, then stored them in subspace and turned around.

Even though it was low-grade, it was better than nothing.

[Now that I have gained time by coming to this world, I should go somewhere quiet and explore the secrets of magic.]

There is no need to eat or sleep.

Since it did not require any metabolism, all time could be spent studying magic.

I launched myself and headed deep into the forest.

In fact, if you were to consider a place with no people, the Monster Forest where you first encountered the warlocks might be better.

But that place….

‘It looks like there will be conflict with vampires and warlocks. I think I can study more quietly if I seclude myself in a nameless mountain far away.’

I chose a deep cave and settled down there.

First, we politely asked for understanding from the residents who had moved in, but they were upset and had no choice but to turn them all into undead.

The goblins, who were reborn as undead, sat down and cleaned the inside of the cave, including their urine.

I don’t have a sense of smell, but it felt good to be clean.

[I guess I need to install a barrier. I always wear a concealment shield, but it would be better to be more secure.]

I used all my newly acquired knowledge, including the concealment barrier that hides dark magic, to hide my hiding place.

It won’t be long, but the vampires who got hurt by Hans will be gnashing their teeth.

If it got to the level of Jinhyeol, there was a possibility that they would come after me using means I didn’t know about.

[…done. [This is enough.]

Outsider detection, dark magic concealment, illusion, cognitive impairment, cognitive distortion, disorientation, etc. were meticulously placed.

You won’t get anywhere near it at any level.

I sat in the middle of the cave and concentrated.

‘Let’s analyze the magic first.’

That’s how full-scale research began.

***

Azantu.

Until recently, the city had belonged to the Vampire Clan Brokoslak, but now it was occupied by the Main Church.

However, the church cannot directly occupy the territory of another kingdom.

We requested the Kingdom of Thalia to station troops there and conducted an investigation with their cooperation.

In the process, the city’s leaders who had been possessed by vampires were arrested one after another.

Of course, back alley organizations were no exception. A paladin wearing

pure

white armor passed through the passage and headed toward the basement.

It was a place where there were traces of battles taking place here and there.

“Archbishop Latius.”

The paladin who arrived in the basement softly called out to a middle-aged man who was standing still inside.

“Come, Lord Tuskin. How is work going?”

“Yes, the hunt for the remnants of the vampires has now reached its final stage. The kingdom soldiers were of great help.”

A conflict with a completely unexpected vampire clan.

They succeeded in killing most of the vampires through the siege, but this side also suffered significant damage and missed some, including Jinhyeol.

After investigating the traces, they found out that they were not on the same side as the descendants of the Immortal King, but since vampires were also clearly evil, it made no difference.

The only problem was their purpose.

“Our goal is to stop the resurrection of the Immortal King. I couldn’t pretend I didn’t see evil when I faced it right in front of me, so I stepped forward, but it was time to move again. “He must be growing stronger even at this very moment.”

They were originally a unit organized to stop the Immortal King.

In the process of following his footsteps and investigating Azantu City, traces of vampires were discovered and the search was in progress with the kingdom’s army, but they could not spend time on this forever.

“of course. But right now, we can’t figure out where he disappeared to. “I have no choice but to wait until the saintess contacts me again.”

A situation where all traces were suddenly cut off.

I had no choice but to wait here.

Of course, that didn’t mean they were only killing the remnants of vampires.

“But fortunately, I have had some income so far. His journey began in a small village in the western monster forest. And even the things that happened in this city.”

Latius has focused on reading the memories left on the earth through the sacred law of the main god in places where the traces of the bastard are dark.

As time passed and it was influenced by magical power, it became fragmented and blurred, making it impossible to understand it perfectly.

However, some parts could be confirmed clearly.

‘My name is Hans.’

‘Remember this. I am Hans of the Oath of the Rebellion!’

A being wearing a bizarre mask and exuding ominous energy from its entire body.

A gloomy voice that seems to echo from hell.

The power to handle undead and spread black magic.

Hans, a descendant of the Immortal King.

‘It won’t work out the way you want. Hans! Even if it means burning this one body to the ground, I will definitely stop it!’

Archbishop Latius clenched his fists and strengthened his resolve.

Woo -woong —

then the denomination’s vibration on his neck vibrated.

“This is… Lord Tuskin, please excuse me for a moment.”

“Don’t worry, Archbishop.”

As Tuskin began to watch his surroundings while holding the hilt of his sword, he immediately knelt down on the spot, held the holy symbol in both hands, closed his eyes, and prayed.

[Archbishop Latius. Can you hear me?]

[Yes, saint.]

The voice of the saint who would be at the main altar rang in my head.

It was an ultra-long-distance communication method using star signs.

[The energy of the Immortal King has been captured again. It’s blurry, but… I think I can figure out the direction.]

[I’m so glad! I also had my own harvest while researching this place.]

The saint and the archbishop exchanged information with each other through communication.

[…okay. Hans. It’s growing faster than expected. As soon as we confirmed their appearance, we formed a punitive force, but it has already gotten that far…]

[I don’t think we should delay any more time. I will start tracking again right now.]

[Then I will ask you a favor, Archbishop. It could disappear again, so I’ll be keeping a close eye on it.]

Woong—

The communication ended with each other saying hello.

He stood up and looked at Tuskin, who was guarding him next to him.

“Prepare to go out Lord Tuskin. “The saint has discovered his whereabouts.”

“…! What a relief! “After all, you are a saint.”

“I still can’t figure out the exact location of what he did, but now that I know the approximate location, I can investigate the surrounding area. “The rest is up to us.”

“I’ll have it ready right away.”

Paladin Tuskin hurriedly left to reorganize his troops.

Latius looked around for a moment.

A place where traces of the bastard remain.

Wow—

‘For sure this time!’

He clenched his fists again and made a promise.

***

A week has passed since Hans was locked away.

Perhaps because it was closer to the process of disassembling and assembling rather than creating magic that didn’t exist, it was showing some results.

He devoted himself to research, sometimes catching wild animals and testing them himself.

Tenth day.

We were thrilled that we had finally completed it, but when we tested it on animals, it was found to be too stealthy.

Not only was the black magic leaking, but the eyes were bright red, so anyone could see that there was something wrong, so work was started on improving it.

This week.

The problem was that the amount of activated horsepower was reduced during the improvement process, so stability was too low.

However, the contagiousness disappeared once stability was achieved, so I had to worry about it for a while.

Third week.

[Pad deuk—pap deuk! Sigh!]

I was grinding my teeth hard.

A black aura bloomed all over his body.

If the barrier had not been set up in advance, the energy erupted to a level that would have been dangerous, but it was finally calmed down by force.

‘I can see why programmers grind their teeth on debugging.’

If you fix this side, a problem will arise there again, and you won’t even touch it, but you’ll be happy that the problem is solved, and then it all explodes when you finish the work.

It was truly a time of hardship.

In the meantime, Heinz passed through various villages and cities and reached the center of the kingdom, but whenever he poured his mental energy into Hans, he often found himself in a daze.

Each time, the siblings were so worried that they had no choice but to moderate Heinz’s share.

‘Anyway, it’s really over now…! It’s really the last time!’

I went out of the cave to test the formula for the commonly known ‘Contagious Work Magic Final_Revised_2nd_FINAL(3)_RealFinal’.

The purpose was to catch an animal and use it directly.

I cast a charm spell on several flying birds to guide them this way, then cast a spell to test them and released them.

‘There’s nothing wrong so far and I’m fine. Now I just have to wait and see the results….’

As I waited, I could feel the links being connected one by one due to the contagion effect.

The number of connected objects could be adjusted appropriately here.

Even if there are several of them gathered in the same place, it is useless and only consumes magical power.

It was during an experiment to maintain magic at appropriate intervals.

I felt something strange.

‘what? ‘I don’t see anything wrong with the detection magic, do you?’

The movements of animals under the ministry spell are strange.

Except when sending information to me, he would move as usual, but his current movements are like…

‘Are you scared? All the animals sent in all directions? ‘For what?’

For the experiment, the trigger that casts a spell on the animals and sends information was set to ‘when encountering a monster.’

However, the information did not come and the animals were scared….

‘No way?’

I quickly changed the trigger.

To ‘When encountering a human being’.

Jijijijing—

information was transmitted simultaneously from all directions.

‘How? The detection magic didn’t detect anything!’

Information passed down by animals.

A group of invisible people surrounded the surrounding area and were slowly approaching.

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