Chapter 257: Surprise Attack (1) (1/2)

It was well past midnight, but Argon Port was noisy as if it were daytime.

“This way!”

“We need more lights!”

“There! Over there!”

The knights and guards roamed the streets to search for any remaining Black Hand Mercenaries and demons.

“Don’t go around thoughtlessly!”

“Lock your doors and windows!”

“Those whose walls have already fallen, gather in the square! That side is safe!”

Most of the fighting took place in the central square, but the Vorgs and demons scattered everywhere caused civilian damage.

The fact that there were only injuries and no deaths when such a commotion had happened was truly surprising though.

“Send someone to Count Kagehama as well.”

Two of the seven southern families were attacked this night.

Unlike the Ophands who defended themselves well, the Kagehamas suffered so much damage that not only the mansion burned down and all the walls collapsed, but many employees died too.

“How is Count Kagehama?”

The adjutant narrowed his brows at the question of Sir Marcus, head of the Knights of the Sea Lion that were in charge of Argon Port’s security, and answered.

“It’s not life-threatening, but I think there’s a problem with his head. The doctors say that it’s short-term memory loss.”

“Memory loss?”

“Yes. He said that he completely forgot on what happened tonight.”

“Ha, seriously… Any other complications?”

“They say that there are no visible complications right now.”

“I see.”

His mansion had been destroyed overnight, but apart from his injuries, he only received a mental shock.

“Commander, the guards have arrested seven dwarven artisans in the central square.”

“Dwarves? Why all of a sudden? Did they get into a fight with the people around them?”

“Yes, they were caught trying to steal a part of the Black Dragons’ corpse and got into an argument with the Guardians of the Holy Cross.”

Sir Marcus frowned at the report of his subordinate knight.

“They really are dwarves.”

They were a race that he couldn’t like even if he wanted to because they were not only stubborn, but were also greedy and highly prideful.

As the common prejudice on dwarves strengthened on Sir Marcus, the adjutant standing next to him added cautiously.

“For the dwarves, it’s like a gold treasure… no, it’s like having a sumptuous feast spread out in front of you but you’re forbidden from eating any of it.”

“Really? So if you’re forbidden from partaking in that sumptuous feast, you’re going to steal it?”

“Uh… well…”

The adjutant who got admonished was crushed when his efforts to defend them ended up in vain and even backfired, and Sir Marcus clicked his tongue at the pitiful sight before asking the knight who reported the arrest.

“What about the key people in this incident?”

“They said that they’ll tell us about the circumstances once they’ve treated their injuries.”

“Tsk.”

Upon hearing the knight’s report, Sir Marcus clicked his tongue again, revealing his displeasure.

Because he was annoyed at the fact that they had yet to tell them of the full situation despite an incident that shook the security of the entire Argon Port.

‘I am thankful if they should be thanked, but f*cking pissed if they’re the ones who f*cked things up.’

He was grateful that the incident which could have turned into a huge disaster was prevented, but the circumstances regarding the incident had yet to be clarified.

Perhaps it was their fault that the port was put into danger in the first place.

‘Of course, I don’t think that’s the case considering the circumstances.’

In any case, Sir Marcus wanted to hear about the incident’s details by detaining the key people involved, but he couldn’t actually do that.

Because his opponents were really big.

‘It would have been better if was from the 7 southern families.’

The heroes of Paragon.

How in the world could he detain those people?

“Okay. Just tell them that I’ll meet them tomorrow morning.”

“Eh? Morning?”

“It’s almost dawn anyway. It’s better to let them rest properly than just taking a short break.”

“I understand.”

When the knight withdrew, Sir Marcus looked back at the central square.

Thinking about the dozens of wyvern corpses lying there as well as the dragon corpses that he had only seen in storybooks gave him the chills again.

‘It’s only for today.’

All these unbelievable things will only be for today.

Sir Marcus slowly nodded as he tried to calm himself down.

Without knowing on what was going to happen in the future.

***

“Disciple, how many doors have you opened?”

“Six doors.”

“F*ck.”

Scarlet flinched when a curse word came out of Landius’ mouth.

She had heard that he was strong, but upon seeing for herself the power of Landius that was beyond the limits of a human, she was blown away and became somehow afraid.

But unlike Scarlet, Kajsa was examining Landius’ entire body with sparkling eyes.

She had such a desirous gaze that it seemed like she wanted to stroke it affectionately.

As for another person.

Sitting next to Lena who had a gentle smile, Cordelia thought with a big smile.

‘As I thought, f*ck is an exclamation!’

She had always said that it was an exclamation.

Moreover, Landius’ reaction made Cordelia very happy.

‘This is my Jude.’

He’s amazing, right? He’s cool, right? He managed to do 50 kills alone in the fighting competition in the royal capital, okay?

Lena smiled again while Scarlet coldly looked at the excited Cordelia who had snorted in pride.

As for the people being talked about.

Landius and Jude were repeating their previous conversation.

“Six doors? Are you really saying that you’ve opened six doors?”

“Yes, six doors. You’ve seen it yourself.”

“What an unfair world.”

He had worked so hard to open six doors.

He obviously welcomed his disciple’s quick achievements though.

The fact that Jude had opened the sixth door made him really happy.

But still, it hadn’t been that long since they separated at the temple, and his disciple was already in the sixth door.

At this rate, he was worried that the next time he saw Jude, his disciple would have caught up to him.

‘No, it’s better that way.’

He wasn’t just talking about his disciple’s achievements.

Because Landius himself had been stuck in the seventh door and was unable to proceed to the eight door for a long time.

If Jude was able to open the eight door with the help of his Cheonmujiche, Landius thought that he might get a clue on how to open the eight door.

‘Ninth Heaven’s Nine Doors was suited for those with Cheonmujiche in the first place.’

Having cleared his thoughts by nodding his head once, Landius began to see Jude from a different perspective.

“By the way, Jude.”

“Yes, Master.”

“You look quite good.”

“It’s all thanks to Master’s teachings.”

When they had first met, Jude was skinny, frail, and small, but now, Jude had grown up to 186-190 centimeters, and even had quite a bit of muscles in his body.

He was definitely still small and little when compared to Landius though.

“Anyway, Landy, shouldn’t we go back to our previous topic?”

Landius nodded at Lena’s gentle voice, and Cordelia’s eyes sparkled in a different sense.

‘Landy? She said Landy, right?’

Not Landius but Landy.

It’s a shortened version of his name, but is this his pet name too?

‘Hmm… Landius and Lena-nim.’