Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 299

Part 2 Episode 39

Inspection Bureau

『In the end, it turned out just as you expected.』

[Humans are originally creatures that think and live.]

Elric patted his head and boasted.

Mephisto frowned, probably because he didn’t like the sight, but Elric was confident.

Actually, if you think about it, this was a very natural thing.

The Inspection Bureau had no choice but to assassinate Chen Shih in order to silence him.

Still, since Chen Shi was the Deputy Director of the Inspection Bureau, he thought that a half-baked person would not have set out to assassinate him.

And the result.

‘The big fish of Deputy Director of the 1st Bureau was caught. It’s a big hit, but it’s a big hit.’

That was the reason why I called the Nameless and the Red Lion.

At the very least, you may have to deal with the Deputy Director, and at worst, the Director of the Inspector General.

In the end, Black moved on his own from the beginning to the end on the board that Elric had laid out.

『Still, you’re using someone like that who even surrendered to actively help you. Anyway, Mervinger’s personality is… tsk tsk!』

[Huh? Why him? After all, that guy was trying to kill people on holidays. Why should I even care about that?]

If Elric hadn’t stopped him, he would have participated in the massacre ahead of anyone else.

Elric wasn’t particularly sad about Chen’s death.

“So what are you going to do now, Director 1 of Inspection?”

Elric turned his gaze to Black with an evil smile.

“….”

His face was already looking like he was about to die.

The fact that he was abandoned by his owner made him even more miserable.

But there was something else that bothered me more than that.

‘Family… If things continue like this, even my wife and children will be in danger…!’

Collusion with demons is a serious matter that can lead to immediate execution as well as guilt by association.

No matter how cold-blooded he was, his family was extremely important to him.

“Why aren’t you saying anything? “Then I take it you gave permission?”

Elric took out the scroll from his arms and tried to place it on his sword.

“…weekend.”

“what? “It’s so thick I can’t hear it very well.”

Black’s voice muttering lowly entered Elric’s ears.

Startle!

A black energy began to stir in his body. Some people who were alert to the unusual energy were trying to leave the hearing room.

His eyes were bloodshot.

“I’ll kill you Mervinger!”

Quaaaaa!

With a short cry, energy exploded from Black’s body.

Knock knock!

His body began to change rapidly. It was an attempt to turn it into a demon.

This is what happened anyway.

They want to see it all to an end.

‘Once we get rid of Mervinger, who is holding us back at every turn… the 4th prince might look after us! ‘It’s the only way to save my family!’

Black had decided to throw his life on the last gamble.

It is several times larger than before.

Multiple arms and legs that grew malformed.

The human figure was nowhere to be found in Black.

“Aaaah!”

“Run away!”

The lawmakers and reporters inside tried to leave the assembly hall.

Kwakwakwak!

Black broke the central platform he was standing on and rushed at Elric at once.

“I’ll trample you like that!”

At the same time, he swung his huge claws.

Kaang!

“…!”

The Nameless sword next to Elric and the Red Lion’s sword in the audience crossed each other and their claws were blocked.

As if he had expected this, Elric was standing still with his back turned.

There was no emotion anymore in the way he looked at me.

Even ridicule.

“You guys…!”

Let’s go!

Sparks fly as Black’s claws and the two swords engage in a struggle.

Red Lion Andre Winds smiled coldly as he looked at Black frowning.

“I can finally repay the past humiliation I received from you guys.”

In the past, it was the Inspection Bureau that framed him for colluding with demons and carried out political manipulation as a rebel.

Considering that it was the first country that stood at the center, there was no clearer place for revenge.

“I will definitely take your head.”

Teuong!

Andre punched Black’s arm away and lunged at him. Black’s eyebrows

twitched

.

“bouncer! “How dare you cut off someone’s head when you’re such a nuisance?”

The Red Lion, known as the ‘Pillar of the East’ that supported the empire, has long since lost its reputation.

Wasn’t the varied swordsmanship using both hands alternately his specialty?

But now that one arm was gone, no one in the world believed that Andre would function properly.

At least the newly added arm is nothing more than a prosthetic arm given by Elric.

“Why is there so much talk?”

But Andre just moved with a calm expression.

Shhh!

A fast-running swordsmanship.

Black had to make an impression by bouncing them off one by one.

‘How can the power of a one-armed swordsman…!’

A stronger force than expected.

Black narrowed his eyes at the pain throbbing in his arm. That moment when you wonder how to fight back.

Startle!

Black had to quickly pull back.

This was because Andre’s sword immediately cut deeply where he was standing.

Huh-!

The sword energy was separated into dozens of pieces and flew wildly in all directions.

What would have happened if that happened?

Just imagining it sent shivers down my spine.

‘I’m back to where I was before I lost my arm! No, maybe it’s more than that…!’

The directors of the other 13 bureaus, excluding Inspection Bureau 0, are often compared well with the Eight Lions.

Although the stages on which they operate are different, they rarely clash, but it is still symbolic because they are the heads of one force.

However, Black was confident that the Inspection Bureau, which was active on the front line, was superior to the Sajagongga.

The directors also thought that because they lived in the shadows, there was little chance of this name becoming known, and that they could easily trample on such a messenger.

How much more outrageous would it be now that we have become several times more incompetent by attempting to transform ourselves into demons?

however.

For the first time, it occurred to me that maybe that wasn’t everything.

The offensive did not stop there.

Whoo whoo whoo-

“Damn it!”

Black, who had been walking backwards, stopped.

Squeeze!

No matter how wild he runs, the red lion only has one arm.

If it’s difficult to handle with one hand, wouldn’t it be possible to handle it with a lot more hands?

Magical energy burst out like thunderbolts from Black’s many arms.

And before he knew it, he extended his fist towards Andre, who had already reached his nose.

Magi thunderbolts flying from all directions.

But Andre didn’t even try to avoid it.

“Huh!”

Instead, he tightly grasped the sword, twisted his body in place, and swung the sword in a large circle.

Kwakwakwakwa –

Black’s arms were all thrown away by the tremendous wind pressure and force.

“Oops!”

“It’s because I lost to a guy who got caught by a demon.”

Squirt!

Andre’s sword became a beam of light.

“How can we call it a lion?”

Whoa!

The beam of light hit Black right between the eyes.

“not…!”

Jeok, Jeok, Jeok –

The crack that started between the eyebrows spread to the face, neck, and upper body.

“…Okay!”

Black seemed to be struggling to survive somehow.

Wow!

Fass….

It was broken into small pieces and scattered on the floor.

Andre quietly withdrew his sword and put it back in its sheath, turning his gaze elsewhere.

Where the golden lion and black lion Cromhel sit.

-How can I be considered a lion if I lose to someone like the one who was eaten by the demons?

What Andre said was not actually addressed to Black.

Claiming to be the leader of the lions. And then it was a question posed to those sitting in the seats.

Of course, Cromhel’s face couldn’t help but stiffen slightly.

Only the Golden Lion answered with a slight smile.

“You’ve grown up a lot.”

“….”

Andre gave a light nod to his former master and then turned to his current master, Elric.

Now, only Black’s fragmented body was visible on the floor.

People who saw that scene thought.

As of today, the Red Lion, which was thought to have fallen, has been perfectly revived.

Like the blue lion, he succeeded in making a comeback.

Andre stared at Elric, who had given him new powers and opportunities.

Elric grinned at his servant, who had treated him better than expected.

* * *

The headquarters of the Liberty Revolutionary Army.

The atmosphere in the main barracks was at its peak.

This was because the Battle of Holiday, which the revolutionary army had begun to mobilize in earnest, ended in a crushing defeat.

In particular, the death of Jeff, one of the pillars of the revolutionary army, seemed to indicate that their future path would not be so easy.

“Should I reconsider my plan?”

The leader of the Free Revolutionary Army glanced over the uploaded report and let out a short sigh.

“It’s not good. not good.”

He remembered the morale of the soldiers he had seen today.

The appearance is full of military discipline, but there is also a hint of bitterness.

The impact of Jeff’s death on the revolutionary army was so great.

What can we do to revive this lost momentum?

That alone gave me a headache.

It was right then.

“I will report to you.”

A spy wearing a black mask appeared out of nowhere and knelt down on one knee in front of him.

“Is there still anything left to report? Is something happening?”

“It’s related to the hearing.”

“Hearing?”

The leader extended his hand to the spy.

The man quickly took out a newspaper and a wad of paper from his pocket and handed them to the head.

Why on earth are things that can be found everywhere?

However, the moment the leader looked at the newspaper, he could see why the spy had brought it.

A third-rate trash newspaper that relays events that occurred in the Imperial Capital in real time using a magic communication network.

However, the content published this time was by no means just trash.

‘The way was not far away.’

As his eyes turned downward while reading the newspaper, the corners of his mouth rose little by little.

And when he reached the end, there was a satisfied smile on his face.

Tuk!

The leader folded the newspaper in half and leaned back in his chair.

“You may go.”

“yes.”

With a short answer, the spy disappeared without a trace.

“….”

The head’s gaze, who was tapping his fingers on the desk as if contemplating something, was still fixed on the newspaper headline. The content of

“Inspection Bureau in collusion with demons!”

was very simple.

Evidence of the Inspection Bureau’s collusion with demons emerged, leading to the greatest crisis.

Of course, Elric Mervinger was at the center of it all.

〈Duke Chanseong, along with his vassal Red Lion, asked the Director of the Inspection Bureau to discredit him….〉

〈The Elric and Magic Tower alliance announced that they plan to continue to pressure the Inspection Bureau using this incident as a starting point….〉

“That’s enough. .”

The tide changed in a completely unexpected place.

‘You can’t fool blood after all. They just attacked the imperial family.’

Mervinger, who was hostile to the Inspection Bureau in the holiday section.

If he was brought to the fore like this, it was clear that Hyo-Ri’s incident would also spread throughout the country.

That means the revolutionary army has a wider range of maneuver.

The leader got up from his seat, leaned back, and fell into a deep sleep.

“The Inspection Bureau will be tied up tightly for a while and will not be able to pay attention to the outside world…”

The Inspection Bureau was the one that had the biggest hold on the Free Revolutionary Army, which often moved in the shadows due to the nature of the organization.

However, unexpectedly, thanks to Mervinger, the scope of movement became free.

And if this matter is actively escalated and distrust is buried even in the imperial family behind the inspection bureau…

‘The revolution will go even more smoothly.’

I had no intention of making a mistake like the one during the holiday again.

There is only one surefire way to do this.

“It’s been a while since I went on a field trip.”

A smile appeared on his lips.

“First of all, Gility. Should I meet that friend first?”

Wizard who swallowed talent