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

had a map of the western part

to see the edge villages of the ten

that had turned black as well as the current

are the red

of the

precinct 9, had

the regions where the dead mana rain clouds

Clunk. Clunk.

window was still

recorded the entire map

in precinct 9 but has started

out

were in a high spot in the castle. The half-transparent black shield was

proof that the black mages

first rain cloud appeared half a

Plop. Plop.

were

this when it

Princess's voice was louder

is

was

didn't tell you

would not

six months ago but nobody in the Empire’s capital

look at the

looking at the Second Imperial Princess

reporting the issue to the Imperial

Palace already

“Yes ma’am.”

Imperial Princess looked at the First Imperial Prince and then the Fourth

Cale did the same.

was an ice sculpture while the Fourth Imperial Prince had his fists clenched and was avoiding the Second Imperial Princess's

“Ha!”

Princess scoffed in

there are a lot of people who

looking back at

not be weird for the rain clouds

Highness. However, the rain clouds thankfully have not left the

heard Mary’s

“...That’s odd.”

is weird as Mary mentioned! Why does it only rain

in

like someone is

his voice as he spoke during

why it is

hearing a voice

Margrave was coming

Plop. Plop.

rain had almost ended and the wind was

blue sky that was slightly grey beyond the

The two colors started separate from each other but the blue sky was slowly dyed by the grey color

half a year ago that the rain clouds were not a

charge

a

times past the wall

Marquis Helson.

to recall information about this man he received from the

western part of the

to the Emperor

he would not

‘He’s a fitting character.’

perfect as

Durst had sent a letter through

The current Margrave does not have a family. His only family member, his grandfather

mid-thirties but did not marry

Margrave didn't want another family to feel the pain he felt losing his family and is determined to give his life fighting

said to be known by everybody

‘Mm.’

a groan after recalling a

< P.S. >

priest had

a secret relationship with our Fire

He was a hidden

Margrave was a secret

is aware of that fact

Of course, the Margrave is

is just keeping his grandfather's secret

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

Human, why are you smiling

comment and watched as Zero took

“Is that our mission?”

Marquis peeked toward Zero after hearing the loosely

with three members and one team with four members will all put finding the source of this dead mana rain

a success if we simply

“That’s right.”

appeared

the

if we also get rid of the cause? Do we

“Pffft.”

The Margrave scoffed.

sure you’ll be

in the room

been anxious because of the rain

each other warily or deep

Marquis calmly spoke

don’t die,

air sank cold once

mana. You all have that great

pointed out

pointing past

somewhere you can survive through just because you are familiar with dead

thick smile appeared

that if you

Boom.

Marquis stomped his

areas to strategize with your teams and all necessary information will be delivered

eyes clouded over as he looked at the

aide who had stepped up

everyone. My name is

Prince

aides for

did so,

looked up toward the

was only

Mary

That Margrave was looking at Mary with such a fierce gaze

his mouth

start tomorrow! You will have one

a soldier or a knight

all of the candidates equally as if they were his subordinates who needed to complete the

“You are dismissed!”

left the area first without any

They couldn’t even find any clue in half a year and

shrugged his

“Hyung-nim, this is impossible!”

this is going to be

grumbled as

“Tsk.”

Imperial Prince Noi looked at them as if they were

“To our lodging.”

“Yes, candidate-nim.”

was at that

Clunk--!

Prince turned his gaze and

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