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 the

had a map of the western part

able to see the edge villages

had turned black as well as the current boundary

the red

the

precinct

where the dead mana

Clunk. Clunk.

was still shaking

the entire map

has started to

out

pretty well because they were in a high spot

was proof that the black mages were

first rain cloud appeared half

Plop. Plop.

raindrops were

this when it

Imperial Princess's voice was

This is a

was a pretty

the Church didn't tell you

it would not be noticed by others after

this big happened six months ago but nobody in the Empire’s capital

turned to look

the Second Imperial Princess as

the Imperial Palace on a

Palace already

“Yes ma’am.”

Second Imperial Princess looked at the First Imperial Prince and

Cale did the same.

was an ice sculpture while the Fourth

“Ha!”

Imperial Princess scoffed in

a lot of people who knew

mumbled before looking back at

be weird for the rain clouds

the ten precincts so far and the

then heard

“...That’s odd.”

weird as Mary mentioned! Why does

in a nonchalant

someone is controlling the rain

voice as he spoke during a silent

is why it

hearing

Margrave was

Plop. Plop.

rain had almost ended and the wind was no longer

see the blue sky that was

from each other but the blue

determined half a year ago that the rain

Margrave in charge

was a Marquis of

wall

Marquis Helson.

information about this man

a Margrave family that has been protecting the western part of the Empire for generations. He has a strong Knights Brigade and his loyalty to the Empire

loyalty was deep not to the Emperor

not treat

‘He’s a fitting character.’

perfect as a test

a letter through the

a family. His only family member, his grandfather the

current Margrave was past his mid-thirties but

feel the pain he felt losing his family and

to be known by everybody in

‘Mm.’

back a groan after recalling

< P.S. >

had added something

had a secret relationship with our Fire

He was a

former Margrave was

For reference, the current Margrave is aware of

Of course, the Margrave is not

is just keeping his grandfather's secret

a lot of power despite being called heretics and treated as a cult, but it

Human, why are you smiling like

comment and watched as

“Is that our mission?”

toward Zero after hearing the loosely asked

four members will all put finding the

mean the mission is a success if we simply

“That’s right.”

twisted smile appeared on

asked the Margrave another

if we also get rid of the cause? Do

“Pffft.”

The Margrave scoffed.

sure you’ll be first

the room

been anxious because of

candidates were looking at each other warily or deep

Marquis calmly

don’t

air sank cold once

all have that great and mighty power. However, it will benefit you to

pointed out

finger was pointing past the

you can survive through just because

smile appeared on

you wish

Boom.

Marquis stomped

candidates to their lodgings! You will be given areas to strategize

eyes clouded over as he looked at the aide heading

stepped up

you, everyone. My name is Eaen

Imperial Prince

determined the aides

did

up toward

was only for

looking at Mary

at Mary with such

his mouth

will start tomorrow! You

soldier or a knight

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

“You are dismissed!”

left the area first without any

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

his

“Hyung-nim, this is impossible!”

is going to

subordinates grumbled as

“Tsk.”

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

“To our lodging.”

“Yes, candidate-nim.”

was at that

Clunk--!

Imperial Prince turned his gaze and then

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