CH 34.1

Chapter 34 Falling leaves(2)

Translator: BaeBae Editor: BaeBae

“Kato!”

Sina barged into Kato’s tent. Kato, who’d already been briefed by the scout, was busy packing and getting ready to leave.

The other Blue rose knights were the same.

Kato had recovered enough that he could move around. However his appearance was still eerie from all the puss and blood that soaked the bandage wrapped around him.

“What’s going on. Top knight.”

“Did you really give the instruction to commence the cleansing operation!”

Sina went right up to his face and screamed.

Kato’s skin was decaying from the moisty air around them and not receiving proper treatment.

For more,

“You came out and announced your location. Why?”

The boy that ridiculed her skills after dueling her in the middle of a night.

‘Would it be wishful thinking, that he didn’t want innocent people to die.’

The boy that self proclaimed himself as the emperor in the middle of a fire.

‘Maybe he’s calling me, telling me to come.’

The boy was calling for his enemies.

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Holding his breath, a Laus mountain scout had his bow pointed towards the village square. A whisky morning fog made things blurry but they saw a silhouette clearly rise.

In this moment, the scout’s finger pulled back the string instinctively.

The arrow flew and pierced the silhouette. The silhouette slowly toppled to the ground.

But even before he could celebrate his kill, something had cut across his throat.

Not a scream was heard. As he tried crawling away desperately, he heard his comrade’s scream.

‘He’ll kill us all. Every single one of us.’

Juan stepped on the crawling scout’s neck, breaking it. Then grabbing the horn, he pulled it across the village square, dumping it in the middle of nowhere.

Fresh blood flowed and drenched the town’s square.

The entire square had corpses laid out in a pattern.

As if the floor was being dyed.

There was a realisation to be earned within every experience. Although it wasn’t one that Juan should replicate, he decided to use it here once, but never again.

Messages from those who fled from the village flowed into the Laus scout force’s ears before it got to the Blue rose and White crow knights.

A small contingent tried an ambush at first, but failed. A considerable amount of bodies were strewn dead across the plaza.

Juan hoped more would have come but it looked as if this was it.

The scouts that he’d just killed seemed like the third and final team to arrive.

Through the fog and rain, scout archers couldn’t maximize their talents. And plus, Juan was proficient in close combat.

‘They’ll likely join up with Blue rose or the White crow knights.’

Juan had no intentions of escaping his village so he was happy to wait inside their surroundings.

Juan sat on the edge of a stacked pile of corpses in the middle of the square. He felt the pouring rain fall down and soak his body.

A long time had already passed since Anya had left the village.

The only people arriving were surprised travellers who didn’t know about the situation and turned back. Them and Laus scouts.

The sound of rain falling was the only sound heard at the village. By now, the thunderous rain had calmed and only a light drizzle was faintly dropping.

Juan stretched his grey cloak.

The dim figured cloak thinly spread itself across the town plaza floor.

And through the cloak, Juan started to slowly reclaim the mana that he’d thrown into the sky.

It was a wet and shady energy, but the grey cloak absorbed it like cotton.

“Welcome.”

Juan whispered quietly.

I wish my enemies would arrive soon. I want to fight. The chance to break the silence in this village. Rip apart flesh. Break bones.

And in the end after I’ve killed everyone, I want to hear the silence of death.

Inside the flames, I want to share my hatred toward them.

Tell them I’m still thirsty after drinking all their blood.

Juan was anxiously waiting for his enemies.