Chapter 378 - Iron Core 3 (1/2)
Immediately after using the mana and magi, Luke and Hwang Bo-sung moved to the southern continent.
Upon receiving the message from Erwin and Gregory, the Marquis of Rakan was in a mess.
“What? You said that the Lord has gone missing?”
“Yes, I just wanted to know if he went there using teleportation magic.”
At the communication from the wizard, Butler Hans jumped out of his seat.
“No, what the hell is going on?! Please explain it clearly!”
“That was why we wanted to confirm…”
After hearing the story, Hans immediately conveyed it to the retainers.
Otherwise, the retainers would have been in a mess about the absence of their Lord.
In that situation, they got the news that their Lord had gone missing after an explosion.
As the civil war was intensifying and the revenge for the Baroque Imperial family was on the verge, the shock, which the retainers took, was great.
“No, why would he even go to the Volga Republic without telling us?”
“What the hell did the fairy guys even threaten that the Lord had to sneak away from us?”
“It must have been something rather secret. The rumors that were being spread around may be the ones to work. Perhaps, they threatened to spread out more if Lord didn’t listen to them.”
Philip, who heard what the Finance Officer, Bentley, said, was terrified.
Except for the Volga’s old men in Lamer, he was the only retainer who knew about Luke’s dark magic.
In addition, after Luke left, he heard about the situation from Belfair.
“We need to get revenge right away!”
“That is right. Let’s catch every one of them who are still in the lordship!”
As the atmosphere of the retainers were flowing toward one side, Butler Hans, who was listening to it quietly, banged the table.
“Quiet all of you! Don’t you understand that finding our Lord is the first thing we should be doing?”
He looked at all the retainers and opened his mouth once again.
“Aren’t you speaking of a too extreme way? Will the Rakan family sacrifice men without knowing the reason?”
No one could say anything after that.
While the mouths of those who wanted revenge went quiet, Butler Hans looked over at Argo’s head, Hudson.
“Inform the agents all over the continent and the Empire to find out about the whereabouts of our Lord. If the manpower in Argos won’t be sufficient, ask any reliable guild for information.”
“Understood. And, wouldn’t it be nice to ask help from the Pope?”
“They already are coming out of Holy Empire Intelligence agency. It was said that Arch Duke is using them.”
Hans and the retainers decided to find the Lord by using all the intelligence services of Marquis Rakan.
To them, not just the Holy Empire’s men, but also the fairy chiefs in their manor were willing to cooperate in the search.
In addition, Philip sneaked into the Dark Moon Magic Tower to seek help, and Sebastian and Belfair sought out for clues.
A day, two days, three days…
A week had passed in the blink of an eye. However, no news about the whereabouts of Luke was heard.
Luke’s disappearance was unknown.
Since Sebastian had disguised himself as Luke and performed his role as a proxy Lord, neither the executives nor the estate residents knew that the real Lord was missing.
“Is the Master really dead? Henry said that his strength was completely exhausted after he smashed the iron barrier?”
Sebastian’s words made Belfair, who was hanging upside down from the ceiling of the Lord’s office, laugh.
“Are you stupid? If the Master died, the stigma on our necks would have disappeared. That means he is fine and alive somewhere.”
“Tch, really?”
Seeing Sebastian’s expression, Belfair’s eyes flashed.
“You just felt sorry for yourself right now, didn’t you?”
“W-what?”
“You were feeling bad that Master is still alive. Later, when the Master comes back, I am going to let him know.”
“Kuek! You ungrateful kid!”
Sebastian, who picked up the bottle of ink from the table, threw it at Belfair.
But Belfair disappeared in an instant.
It wasn’t that he was trying to avoid Sebastian’s attack; it was because he could feel someone approaching the room.
“This is huge, Lord!”
The door of the office had opened wide with Anna running in.
On the day she was on a guard mission with her colleagues, she knew something was going on.
Seeing her burst in, Sebastian asked with a frown, “Huge? What is going on? Did someone enter the estate?”