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.”

map

of the western part of the

to see the edge villages of the

see the areas of the Empire that had turned black as

are the

of the candidates

including precinct 9, had red

the regions where the dead mana

Clunk. Clunk.

window was

the entire

rain cloud started in precinct 9 but has

looked out

well because they were in a high

that the black

cloud appeared half

Plop. Plop.

were

this when it

Princess's

is a

was

Church didn't tell you about this

slightly nodded his head so that it would not be noticed by others after hearing Eruhaben's

but nobody in the Empire’s capital knows about

look

looking at the Second Imperial Princess as she

Imperial Palace on a regular basis, your

Palace already knows about

“Yes ma’am.”

the First Imperial Prince and

Cale did the same.

First Imperial Prince was still standing there without any expression on his face as if he was an ice sculpture while the Fourth Imperial Prince had his fists clenched and was avoiding the

“Ha!”

Imperial Princess scoffed in

guess there are a lot of people

mumbled before looking back at the

rain clouds to appear

have not left the ten precincts so

then heard Mary’s

“...That’s odd.”

does it only rain in these precincts

in a

sounds like someone is controlling

people heard his voice as

why it

after hearing a

Margrave was coming back

Plop. Plop.

ended and the wind was

blue sky that was slightly

separate from each other but

a year ago that the rain clouds

in charge of

was a

people multiple times past the wall to investigate the

Marquis Helson.

started to recall information about this man he

part of the Empire for generations. He has a strong Knights

deep not to the Emperor but to the

that he would not treat

‘He’s a fitting character.’

perfect as a test

priest Durst had sent a

member, his grandfather the former Marquis, met his death fighting against dead mana.

past his mid-thirties but did not marry despite being a

another family to feel the pain he felt losing his family and is determined to give his life fighting against

was said to be known

‘Mm.’

a groan after

< P.S. >

had added something as

Margrave's grandfather had a

a

Margrave was a

current Margrave is aware of

the Margrave is not a

He is just keeping his grandfather's secret tightly

being called heretics and treated as a cult, but it seemed to

Human, why are

watched

“Is that our mission?”

peeked toward Zero after hearing the loosely asked

with four members will

is a success if we simply find the

“That’s right.”

smile appeared

the Margrave another

get rid of the cause? Do

“Pffft.”

The Margrave scoffed.

be first

the room instantly

had been anxious because of the rain cloud

each other warily or deep in

calmly spoke

don’t die,

sank cold

You all have that great and

Marquis pointed out the

finger was pointing

you can survive through just because you are familiar with dead

appeared

that if you wish to

Boom.

Marquis stomped

to their lodgings! You will be given areas to strategize with your teams

eyes clouded over as he looked at the aide

aide who had stepped up was

name is

Imperial Prince

aides

did

up toward

was only

looking at Mary but turned away after noticing

Mary with such

opened his mouth once

mission will start tomorrow! You will have

more like a soldier or

all of the candidates equally as if they were

“You are dismissed!”

area first without

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

his shoulders

“Hyung-nim, this is impossible!”

this is going

grumbled as

“Tsk.”

if they were foolish before giving the

“To our lodging.”

“Yes, candidate-nim.”

was at

Clunk--!

Imperial Prince turned

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