Chapter 180 - The Skeleton King's Body (2)
At Isaac’s mockery, the Black Angel felt unbearable shame.
‘This Eshua priest brat?’
Even if he’s the junior family head, he’s only about 16 years old.
This kid whose hair is barely dry dares to mock him?
But looking at his eyes, it wasn’t a cheap provocation. This guy was really telling him to use the
So he was rather bewildered.
‘What on earth is he thinking?’
Does he think I can’t use
‘Or does he have something he’s relying on?’
At that moment, the Black Angel had a realization.
His gaze briefly turned to Leia.
‘Could he be relying on the Saintess?’
Indeed, Leia’s blue eyes were glaring at him as if to kill. Of course, her hand was just lightly resting on the sword hilt, but the Black Angel intuitively knew.
Even though she hadn’t taken any drawing stance yet, the moment he attacked Isaac, that sword would be drawn in the blink of an eye and blow off his head.
He had heard that a Sainess’s swordsmanship skills, even excluding divine techniques and considering only swordsmanship, were at the level of a sword master.
‘Right, it would be troublesome to turn a Sainess into an enemy.’
Well aware of this fact, the Black Angel held back for now. Instead, he threatened Isaac with words.
“Young priest. Are you saying it’s alright for me to kill the people here?”
As soon as those words fell, the palace people went into an uproar. They had already seen with their own eyes what happened with
“Paris! Because you brought people from the Holy Empire of all places!”
“Brother!”
“What sight did you want to see by bringing enemies of magicians, bringing them!”
“And of all people, Eshua!”
“Right, if you were going to bring someone through royal connections, you should have brought the famous Kina Berit! The Pope’s family is reliable!”
“Please watch your words, brother, sister! What rude things are you saying to those who came as special envoys of the Imperial Family! It’s a disgrace to the Kingdom!”
The 4th Prince Paris was very sorry to Isaac’s group, but Isaac didn’t mind at all.
Rather, he looked at the Black Angel as if pitying him, as if he couldn’t understand.
“How much have you been bluffing for these kids to be throwing such a fit over that mere
Shuri inwardly screamed.
‘Isaaaaac!’
Throwing a fit?!
No, the Blue was disrespected so Isaac’s foul-mouthed speech is secretly satisfying at times like this, but… still!
‘The opponent is a high-ranking magician!’
“Making the kids pathetically terrified. You need to get hit.”
‘Isaac! You really have a plan, right?!’
The Skeleton King’s
If that magician gets angry and uses
But the Black Angel couldn’t even use magic because of Isaac’s attitude.
‘What’s going on?’
Why is he so confident?
Is it because he’s Eshua who can face the Skeleton King? So he’s not afraid of blood sucking, the symbol of the Skeleton King?
Even the palace people who were terrified had to swallow and look at Isaac.
They had already experienced the terror and despair of
‘…I heard rumors that Eshua has changed a lot recently.’
‘I heard rumors that the vision was revived… Is it to that extent?’
They looked at Isaac with hope, but soon shook their heads.
‘No. That’s impossible. Let’s not have false expectations.’
Although they respected the Blue, still.
‘The Skeleton King is too strong.’
Not just an ordinary demon, the Skeleton King was a demon on a completely different level. It’s not for nothing that he was the absolute demon king who ruled the human world for hundreds of years.
‘Isn’t he an opponent that even Saintesses who surpassed human limits couldn’t handle?’
At best, the Pope might be able to suppress him with divine power.
They turned pale, fearing that the berserk magician might kill Isaac, but-
‘Phew, calm down. This is that guy’s scheme.’
The Black Angel rather looked at Isaac warily.
‘To provoke me like this. Could he be planning to deliberately get hurt and draw out even the Pope?!’
If the Pope intervenes, a war between priests and magicians is inevitable.
“It seems you’re planning to stay in bed until the Papacy’s envoys arrive. I won’t fall for that trick!”
Isaac tilted his head as if asking what nonsense he was talking about.
‘What Papacy envoys?’
They can’t come to Julius anyway?
‘Because my slaves will be stripping them.’
In reality, the slaves who received Isaac’s order would be happily licking their swords while stripping those guys. As such, Isaac rubbed his ear as if telling him to stop talking nonsense.
“Anyway, I said use blood sucking?”
But the Black Angel laughed.
“I admit, you’re amazing. You’re a strategist. Kid. Truly meticulous and thorough.”
No. That’s not it.
“It’s impossible for you guys from the start. Only I can take His body.”
This bastard, why is he so confident?
‘Where is my body?’
The answer could be known soon.
Soon, Isaac’s eyes widened as he went to the place Prince Paris guided him to.
“The Skeleton King’s body is there?”
“Yes…”
Isaac looked at the ‘place’ in front of him.
“Ah, hello. Nice to meet you…”
Even Leia and Shuri couldn’t hide their bewilderment.
Because what was at the place Prince Paris guided them to was none other than a young Princess who looked about 9 years old.
Shuri’s face turned pale white.
“D-Don’t tell me the Skeleton King’s body is in the Princess’s body?!”
“Yes… That’s right. Selene.”
At Paris’s call, the Princess who seemed very shy fidgeted with her fingers. Then she slowly brushed back her hair and showed her back.
When the maid slightly lowered her dress, everyone let out a groan. Because a terrible sight and evil magical energy gushed out.
Something like a stone chunk emitting black aura was half embedded in her back.
‘Is this the Skeleton King’s body?’
‘What tremendous magical power!’
“We were passing through a nearby mountain with my brother, when suddenly with a flash of light, as if a meteorite had flown in…”
Even Leia and Shuri were shocked at the sight of the stone chunk tangled with flesh.
What on earth is this situation? Isn’t this a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if it was spewing curses?
The whispering of distant maids could be heard.
“…What a hideous sight. How can she be fine with such a thing embedded?”
“It’s disgusting…”
The Princess lowered her head as if used to the maids’ gazes.
Isaac asked about the patient’s condition first.
“Are you in pain?”
“What?”
“I asked if you’re in pain.”
“Ah… What? Yes, yes!”
As if hearing such words for the first time from Isaac, the Princess who was startled slightly whimpered.
“Um… It doesn’t hurt, but…”
The Princess looked around as if watching for something. Come to think of it, the Princess’s room was too empty with no items or plants to be called a Princess’s room.
“Because of the magical power coming out of here, everything around is rotting…”
“Hmm, if left alone, it would affect the people around too.”
“…Isaac!”
It was a surprised reaction as to how he could be so calm seeing such a hideous thing, but Isaac examined the Princess’s back with interest.
Whisper couldn’t hide his excitement.
[Mamamamaster! It seems to be Master’s bone fragment!]
Right. It’s small, but it’s definitely the Skeleton King’s bone fragment.
Of course, the bone wasn’t just embedded as it was, but was in a state of being contained in a stone like a magic stone. It looked like a mosquito trapped in amber.
‘Because it’s a sealed object, the human didn’t die and was fine.’
Lucky if lucky.
‘The part… The magic stone color is so dark that I can’t judge with the naked eye yet.’
What’s certain is that the concentration of magical power is incomparably higher than the finger bone he ate before.
‘Is it a part close to the magic core?’
At that thought, Isaac inwardly couldn’t hold back his laughter.
‘I was half in doubt. With this, I’ll gain unimaginable power!’
At the same time, he seemed to understand why other guys couldn’t take it until now.
‘Because it was embedded in the Princess’s back.’
[The moment it’s removed, won’t the Princess die?]
That would probably be the case.
‘It’s embedded in her back, but it’s already connected to her heart.’
And there’s no way something like that would be naturally embedded. I don’t know whose doing it is yet, but…
‘Tsk, if it was in the state of an ordinary bone, I could just eat and run.’
[For Master, separation work like this is a piece of cake, right?]
You, do you know how delicate this work is? Do you know how troublesome it is to remove it without hurting the Princess?
‘Haah, I’ve ended up doing unnecessary charity work.’
At that moment, perhaps thinking that Isaac was flustered because he was silent, the Black Angel burst into laughter.
“Look, do you think priests can solve this?”
“…!”
“Priests can only reject and annihilate evil. The moment that’s removed, the Princess dies. Am I wrong? Even if the Pope or the Cardinals called the heads of the Five Great Faiths come, they can’t save the Princess.”
“…Kuk!”
Because it was correct, even Shuri and Leia were at a loss for words. No, in fact, not only priests but even magicians wouldn’t be able to do much.
‘The magic stone sealing the Skeleton King’s body has a will.’
‘The magic stone is trying not to separate from the Princess.’
It needs to be removed or annihilated, but if that’s done, the Princess will die.
The Black Angel chuckled while looking at Prince Paris.
“The 4th Prince has made a wasted effort. Calling useless priests. As expected, let the clergy step back and leave it to me.”
The Black Angel looked at Isaac with very wary eyes.
‘I have to prevent them from touching the Princess’s body.’
If he wasn’t careful, his plan could be exposed. There was only one action he should take now.
“These priest bastards are madmen obsessed with achievements! They’re madmen obsessed with fame! Something like the Skeleton King’s body would be an enormous achievement, so they won’t care about the Princess’s life and will just take the item!”
“…What?!”
“In the first place, asking Eshua? You’re entrusting the Skeleton King’s body to those who couldn’t even catch the Skeleton King? It would be fortunate if she doesn’t die from having all her vitality sucked out.”
Shuri’s eyes widened.
“Shut up, Isaac was fine even after eat… no, touching the Skeleton King’s body, you know?”
Isaac glared at Shuri subtly.
This bastard, you were about to say ‘ate’ just now, weren’t you?
“Anyway, the only one who can save the Princess is me, an 8th-rank magician, so I…”
“Don’t touch my sister!”
“!”
Prince Paris pushed away the Black Angel with disgust.
“I believe in young master Isaac. At least a million times more trustworthy than someone who threatens with
“Prince…!”
“Young masterIsaac is someone who, even as an infant in the Saintess’s treasure vault, didn’t betray trust and protected everyone from traps! I believe he will protect my sister too!”
At the mention of the Saintess’s treasure vault, Shuri felt pangs of conscience, and Isaac laughed.
At the Prince’s rejection, the Black Angel gritted his teeth as if ashamed.
“Yes, then do as you please! When you see the Princess die… no, when you see the kingdom ruined by the Skeleton King’s energy, you’ll realize your choice was wrong!”
“Paris…!”
“You, what are you doing!”
At the palace people’s worried sighs, Isaac chuckled.
“Well, don’t worry.”
Isaac approached the Princess. At that sight, the Black Angel frowned with displeasure.
‘Right, either that platinum blonde brat dies from the demon king’s magical power, or the magic stone is pulled out and the Princess dies, one of the two.’
Even if the Princess dies, it will become a national issue.
‘Either way, it’s beneficial to me…’
But then.
The moment Isaac placed his hand on the Princess’s back, something amazing happened.