TCF2-22

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

The black rain was as thick as the unexpected rainfall in the middle of summer.

Clunk. Clunk.

It also brought gusts of wind with it.

“The edge precinct black mages truly are skilled~”

Cale turned his head after hearing the melodious mumbling.

‘He’s smiling?’

The mercenary with disheveled hair was smiling while looking out the window. That made Cale think about his suspicions.

‘Is this bastard really a member of the Agents of Destruction?’

There were not many reasons to send a subordinate out of the capital no matter how many times Cale thought about it.

‘Hmm?’

Cale turned toward the Fourth Imperial Prince who was standing past Zero.

‘As expected, the trash demeanor is just an act.’

The Fourth Imperial Prince, who was looking out the window with quite a serious gaze, had both of his fists clenched. It was only for an instant, but he even cursed under his breath as if he was holding back his anger.

- Human! Will our team be okay? One was smiling like a fool before turning serious while the other was angry but suddenly chuckles and pretends to laugh!

As Raon mentioned, the two candidates had quickly hid their emotions.

‘The two of their emotions aren't the issue right now.’

Cale looked away from the two of them and looked outside.

Swooooooosh-

The black rain mixed with the wind and turned into something like a small storm.

And that storm-

Baaaaaang!

Slammed into the shield.

Crack.

A portion of the shield broke.

"Will this be okay?!”

One of the candidates became shocked and almost shouted to an aide to ask.

One of the aides stepped forward.

‘That person is the one who was speaking to the Margrave.’

Cale recalled that this was the last aide to speak to the Margrave before the Margrave left.

“Please don’t worry. There are over one hundred black mages in Precinct 9. In addition, they are all at least at the middle-grade level.”

The aide’s face was stiff despite telling them not to worry.

“This level of rain cloud is not enough to destroy it.”

The candidate who asked the question seemed a bit relieved after hearing the aide’s confident remarks, but Cale had a thought after hearing the answer.

‘What if it gets past this level of rain cloud?

Then what happens?

Will the shield break?’

Cale heard someone who had the same question as himself.

“Are there instances where it gets worse than this level of rain cloud?”

It was the Second Imperial Princess.

‘Hmm.’

The Second Imperial Princess had formed a team with two candidates who did not stand out much.

‘The team is set up so that the Second Imperial Princess would shine the most if they do their mission well.’

The aide closed her mouth for a moment at the Second Imperial Princess as Cale quickly came up with that assessment.

The rest of the candidates and their subordinates all turned toward her.

Clunk. Clunk.

The wind that seemed to be getting worse was slamming against the window.

Thankfully, there was no black rain hitting the window.

“Currently.”

The aide pushed up her glasses a bit as she responded.

“Currently, there are no rain clouds stronger than this.”

“...It sounds like there will be in the future?”

The aide sighed at the Second Imperial Princess's scary gaze.

“The rain clouds have slowly gotten stronger since the dead mana rain clouds first appeared, your Royal Highness.”

“Mm.”

Someone groaned.

"And the amount of time in between each instance of rain cloud has been getting shorter.”

“Is it impossible to determine the cycle of the rain cloud?”

“Yes, your Royal Highness.”

The Second Imperial Princess looked up at the ceiling for a bit before asking.

“What exactly is this rain? I've never seen something like this before.”

This was also Cale’s first time hearing about this.

‘This is different from the erosion methods the Church told me about.’

There were multiple methods of dead mana erosion spreading throughout Xiaolen, but there were some common symptoms.

‘The ground slowly turns black.

Or liquefied dead mana shoots up from underground in places where the foundation has lost strength.

Finally, river water polluted by dead mana flows down and erodes other pieces of land.

I’ve never heard of it being through rain clouds.’

The eroded lands did have dead mana fog but it was not something that moved.

“The Margrave should be explaining this for all of you, but I will give a short explanation because of the current situation.”

The aide walked toward a wall without a window.

Cale could see a long cloth that resembled a curtain on the wall.

The aide pulled at the cloth.

Chhhhhh-

“It's a map.”

a map of

a map of the

the edge villages of the ten precincts of

that had turned

the red

the candidates

precinct 9, had red marks

regions where the dead mana rain clouds

Clunk. Clunk.

was still shaking

entire map

cloud started in precinct 9 but has started to appear

out

the shield in the sky pretty well because they were in a high spot in the castle. The half-transparent black

proof that the black

appeared half

Plop. Plop.

were slowly

about this when it happened half a year

Princess's voice was louder

This is a bit

was a pretty long

Cale, the Church didn't tell you

so that it would not be

happened six months ago but

look at the

Second Imperial Princess as she

the issue to the Imperial Palace

already knows about

“Yes ma’am.”

First Imperial

Cale did the same.

on his face as if he was an ice

“Ha!”

Second Imperial Princess scoffed

guess there are a lot of

looking back at the

not be weird for the rain clouds to appear anywhere on

Highness. However, the rain clouds thankfully have not left the ten precincts so far and the rain only falls in these areas before

then heard

“...That’s odd.”

Mary mentioned! Why does it only rain in

spoke in

sounds like someone is controlling the

his voice

why it is the

turned after hearing a voice

was coming

Plop. Plop.

black rain had almost ended and the wind was

blue sky that was slightly

each other but the blue sky was slowly dyed by

a year ago that the rain clouds

in charge

was a

sent people multiple times past the wall to investigate the cause but we haven't gained any

Marquis Helson.

this man he

loathes politics and is from a Margrave family that has been protecting the western part of

deep not to the Emperor

he would not treat the

‘He’s a fitting character.’

perfect as a test

a letter

His only family member, his grandfather the former Marquis, met his death

current Margrave was past his mid-thirties but did not

family to feel the pain he felt losing his

was said to be known by everybody in

‘Mm.’

groan after

< P.S. >

priest had added something

had a

a hidden believer.

former Margrave was a secret

the current Margrave is aware of

course, the Margrave

just keeping his grandfather's secret tightly hidden.

thinking that the Church had a lot of power despite being called heretics and treated as a cult, but it seemed to be because they had hidden

are

comment and watched as Zero

“Is that our mission?”

hearing the loosely asked question and

four members will all put finding

Does that mean the mission is a success if we

“That’s right.”

appeared on

asked the

rid of the cause? Do

“Pffft.”

The Margrave scoffed.

be

the room

people who had been anxious because of the

looking at each other warily

calmly spoke

don’t

heated air sank cold

You all have that great and

pointed out the

finger was pointing past the

you can survive

appeared on the

if you wish

Boom.

stomped his

their lodgings! You will be given areas to

over as he looked at the

who had stepped

everyone. My name is Eaen and I

Fourth Imperial Prince

determined the aides

did so,

up toward

was only for an

silently looking at Mary

with such a fierce gaze until he turned his

Margrave opened his mouth

will start tomorrow! You

a soldier or a

of the candidates equally as if they were

“You are dismissed!”

the area first

any clue in half a year and they want us to take care of it in a

his

“Hyung-nim, this is impossible!”

is going to be

grumbled as

“Tsk.”

looked at them as if they were foolish before giving the top aide,

“To our lodging.”

“Yes, candidate-nim.”

was at that

Clunk--!

Imperial Prince turned his gaze and then

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