The Prince Wants To Retire

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The moment the eyes of the giant demon and Kariel met, a wall of flame was created, blocking Kariel from the others.

The Witchbeast tilted his head as if he was amazed at the strange wavelength.

His curiosity soared to the point of suppressing his anger, so he thrust his face into the insignificant human.

Kariel, who flinched as she lowered her posture and thrust her huge face in, approached the wolf without fear.

– Kreung!

The resonating wolf turned his head and looked at Marquis Sicario.

Then, Kariel hurriedly shook her head.

“Oh, I’m not on the same side as him.”

– Kreung!

“Well… … That bastard is right.”

As if Kariel was in a bad mood, she accused Marquis Sicario of being a bad guy in order to appease the witch who was crying softly.

From the Witchbeast’s point of view, since he was a human attacking himself, he had no choice but to be bad.

If he was in a state where his head was spinning, he would try to convince him, but it wasn’t like that, and Marquis Sicario had no choice but to become a villain.

– Kreung! Kreung!

“ah! The worst one is down there.”

When I said it while pointing to the bottom of the labyrinth, the demon only nodded slightly, but did not react strongly.

Then, Kariel tilted her head.

I thought he would chase after the pope who hit him far more than Marquis Sicario, but the magic beast only laughed slightly.

‘I’m going to have a hard time.’

If the demons reacted like this, it meant that the preparations of the black magicians under the labyrinth were quite powerful.

– Kreung!

The way the wolf raised the corner of his mouth while smiling was bizarre, but knowing that it was a sign of happiness, he eagerly sided with him and soothed his heart.

Kariel continued to communicate with the Witchbeast while talking as if she were soothing a baby, but unlike in the Northwest, it progressed quite slowly.

‘I’m sure it will take a long time.’

It took a long time in the Northwest as well, but it seemed like it would take much longer this time.

Although he lost most of his strength and only his body remained, he was a beast with a higher rank than a full-fledged spirit king.

That’s why they had no choice but to sympathize and resonate for a much longer time than the fragments of the Spirit King.

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Just then, a ball of fire jumped out to help Kariel.

“ah! Don’t be scared. My friend.”

– Long time no see, Red Wolf.

The Witchbeast tilted its head at Surt’s greeting.

It was obviously something he didn’t remember, but it was because he felt like he had met him a long time ago.

– Most of the soul has been destroyed.

Surt had a sad expression on her face.

Originally, the soul should have been destroyed along with the body, but it was forcibly bound and corrupted.

Because of that, even the existing dignity was lost and it was in this state.

At least the present soul was maintained because the mighty body was completely preserved.

-If it weren’t for the necklace, I’d be here too.

If he hadn’t fallen asleep under the protection of the Empire’s magic, all souls of Surt would have perished.

Originally, that would have been in line with the law, but unfortunately, both himself and the Witchbeast ended up going against the law.

– I’ll talk about it, so focus on resonance.

At Surtur’s words, Kariel looked at him for a moment and then nodded.

– You too come out and help!

As Surt swelled up his small arms and stirred the air, a very small magma golem appeared.

The small golem floated in the air while dripping lava and looked at the huge wolf while tilting its head.

Is it because we are of similar mental age?

The beast and the golem, who had been tilting their heads, started chatting hard in an unknown conversation.

– tt!

Surt clicked his tongue and sighed as he listened to their conversation.

The spirit king’s fragments were originally in an unstable state of mind, but as they absorbed the torn fragments, they became a little weirder.

Since the power of the debris in the southeast was running rampant, it was difficult to simply resonate to block the power.

So I had no choice but to forcibly take out the golem, which was no different from a baby spirit.

Then, as if they were one body, all of the runaway power was absorbed into the golem, but the problem was that it had a bad effect on the golem, perhaps because the power went from being torn to runaway.

-I’m going crazy.

Surt, who was hesitant while watching the giant wolf and the magma golem having a strange conversation while tilting his head, also jumped into the conversation.

Then, the spirit of the demonic beast, which was full of anger, gradually stabilized, and his strength also stabilized.

As the resonance became stronger, the color of the surrounding fire gradually changed to a pure color.

Marquis Sicario, who looked at him from the outside, muttered blankly.

“Is it a cradle of fire?”

The form of fire that surrounded the huge beast was like a cradle.

The power of fire, which felt warm and cozy even if it was barely felt, made even Marquis Sicario’s expression soften.

However, the cool-headed Marquis Sicario’s time to indulge in that warmth was short.

“Everyone wake up! You must keep the low!”

As Marquis Sicario shouted with all his magic, the knights who hurriedly came to their senses regained their composure.

When the Northern Margrave urged them to wake up, the Imperial Army, who had been in a hazy state, grabbed their weapons and took up their posture again.

A square formed in layers around Kariel and the Witchbeast.

Inside the square that no one could approach Kariel, there was a video unit that filmed this situation intact.

“this… … Are you really okay?”

“Your Majesty ordered it yourself, so it should be fine.”

Great Cradle of Fire.

They doubted whether it was okay to recklessly film this wonderful scene, but they just followed orders.

However, they were not the only wizards who filmed amazing scenes with a fairly large video tool.

Wizards shooting from different angles all over the place.

In fact, these were the people who had all been talked about with the Marquis Sicario beforehand.

“Your Majesty has sent a push, so I’ll follow you… … .”

Marquis Sicario looked at the Cradle of Fire with a worried expression.

It wasn’t filmed from a distance like the volcanic eruption, but all the footage was recorded from when Kariel interacted with the giant wolf, so there was a high possibility that it would become a big problem later.

A former prince who communicates with the Demon Beast that even the two Masters could not completely block.

There was no way to capture the chaos in the capital as reliably as this.

The secret affair of the emperor must have been planned by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the two princes, but anyway, the emperor himself ordered it, so he had no choice but to follow it.

“How should I release the anger of the lower people later… … .”

Already worried about what Kariel would do, Marquis Sicario sighed and gripped his sword tightly.

I was worried about the future, but now was the time to think only about protecting Kariel perfectly.

“Everyone stay tight and stay vigilant. You won’t let a single rat in!”

“Yes!”

All the knights bowed their heads in response to the command that the empire’s strongest master shouted.

* * *

While the imperial army was encircling the Demonic Beast, the Seongguk, who had entered the Labyrinth, was fighting a difficult battle.

Even when I first entered the basement, there was not much difference from the past.

Although it has been sealed off for a long time, it is still a holy kingdom that has sometimes been explored underground.

However, the lowest layer did not explore to avoid provoking the demonic beast.

That’s why even the lowest level of the Holy Kingdom had been exploring for a long time.

It was certainly not different from what was reported until the bottom floor, but when they arrived at the bottom floor where the beasts were, they were greeted by a landscape completely different from the previous records.

“These crazy things… … .”

One of the cardinals trembled in anger, unleashing a divine magic.

Countless monsters from the undead were flocking from the bottom floor.

“Not to provoke the demon beast, so it was the result of neglecting the monitoring.”

Everyone lowered their heads when the Pope said with a frown.

Even if they didn’t intend to, in the end it was as if they had created a large-scale research facility for the warlock.

“It’s a corrupted energy… … .”

“It looks like they researched a way to spread this energy on a large scale.”

There were traces of research on how to condense the corrupted energy and spread it in the form of smoke.

As if to prove it, the monsters on the lowest floor were contaminated with corrupt energy and their entire bodies were mutated.

The problem was not only that.

Unlike before, many things had changed in the underground structure of the labyrinth, and several underground passages were created, leading to the Giant Mountains.

“… … There are traces of something being moved to the Mountains of Giants.”

The Pope made a serious expression at the paladin’s report.

“What would happen if the contaminated energy here was released into the Mountains of Giants?”

At the Pope’s question, the high-ranking priest who was familiar with monsters was silent for a moment.

Then he opened his mouth with difficulty.

“… … The monsters who inhaled the corrupted energy will go mad.”

“then… … .”

“The monster wave will be artificially created. It will create the highest level of monster wave that has never been seen before in history.”

Breathing in smoke containing corrupted energy will make you go crazy.

You don’t necessarily have to spread the smoke all over the mountain range to go berserk.

Even if only high-ranking monsters go crazy, a monster wave will be created on their own.

In addition, as it was in the form of smoke, it was enough to climb up the mountain range and spread it.

“His Holiness! this!”

Hearing the words of the paladin urgently calling the pope, the pope hurriedly ran there and his face hardened when he saw the map drawn on one side.

“Isn’t this the only research facility here?”

“Yes, there seem to be research facilities like this all over the Eastern Region.”

Warlocks were preparing to go berserk all over the Mountains of Giants.

Seeing that, the pope gnashed his teeth.

“This fact should not be known outside. First, we have to erase all traces of this place… … .”

“His Holiness! I’m in trouble!”

“What’s going on!”

The cardinal next to him shouted at the paladin’s words.

“Looks like the Imperial Special Forces are following you!”

“What! Didn’t I tell you to keep an eye on your back!”

As the sun sword said with a surprised expression, the paladin lowered his head.

“Because of the fighting going on all over the underground, it was difficult to be vigilant. I apologize!”

“under!”

I put my hand on my head, where the sun sword was pounding, and looked at the pope.

“Have they entered the bottom floor?”

“I couldn’t be sure. However, I found this trail near the entrance to the lowest floor.”

A piece of cloth depicting a half-cut crow.

Seeing that, the Pope sighed.

The special forces of the cursed beings who keep themselves tied up in the North.

they came all the way here

“It will be difficult to cover.”

The Pope sighed.

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Just as they tried to kill Kariel under the guise of an accident, Marquis Sicario did not allow them to attack the labyrinth on their own.

Because they were suspicious of each other, the crows were infiltrated into the basement of the labyrinth, and this was discovered.

“This may not necessarily be a bad thing.”

“What do you mean by that, His Holiness?”

The Pope, who had been pondering for a moment, smiled and said, and the Sunblade tilted his head and asked.

“Perhaps using this event will open up room for Seongguk to intervene in earnest in the events that are taking place in the Giant Mountains and in the East.”

“ah… … .”

At the pope’s words, admiration was built on the faces of the Sunsword and other cardinals.

“We should search for the secret base of the warlocks hidden in the Mountains of Giants.”

“Shouldn’t we help the Principality as well?”

Even though the pope didn’t say much, the cardinals figured out what was going to happen next.

But it was clear that this operation would not be easy.

‘The Empire will interfere… … I’ll have to stop it.’

While thinking so, the Pope promised himself that he would definitely win against Kariel this time.

* * *

As things in the labyrinth progressed slowly, great confusion arose in the capital.

The confusion that started with Derek mixed with other things and led to protests.

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Just then, a scene from the northeast was reflected in the huge video sphere in the plaza.