505 139. Threat (4)

Just a second. Or a shorter time.

If only it were that late, the ship's design would have been irreparably damaged.

All of them, who confirmed that Jin's fire had died down, could not budge for a while even after seeing that the design was safe.

"Maybe."

Jean put the schematic and the machine back into the inside pocket of the coat with a blank face.

"You'd better not think about breaking the promise or hitting the back of your head. If you want to leave room for negotiation with me on future plans and machines."

"......I'm very pleased for someone concerned about that, Lord Qin. It won't happen, so relax. Only."

Zephyrn showed a strong life that made her feel numb.

"In the future, you'll have to negotiate with us on those goods in any way. If I just gulp down and wash my mouth, I don't know what will happen to me then. I'm going to tear you into a thousand pieces."

"You're trying to set the tone of the atmosphere down to the end. If you kill Jin, I'll tear you into ten thousand, not thousand."

"Life Golem, humans have a short life span, so don't rush death too much. Do you want me to tell you how many times I've sent the existence of anti-Buddhist to hell?"

Jean poked Sandra's shoulder slightly with her finger. It meant no more stimulating Zephyrin.

"I was going to negotiate with Kinselo anyway, even if you stopped him. We've got a blueprint, but we don't have the technology to decipher or realize it anyway."

It was a weakness that didn't have to be hidden or wrapped.

Looncandel has endured a thousand years only with a sword.

The extreme ostracized magic, of course, has contributed little to the development of civilization derived from the study.

Other big powers have made all kinds of technological advances and innovations in the meantime. Not to mention the Jipple, neither the imperial family nor the Kinselo, which has only recently made its mark.

"It's a miracle that the family has survived just by force. On the other hand......the phenomenon of the Looncandel may have been so great.'

The thousand-year grace period, which was maintained by the overwhelming force of individuals called Looncandel, is ending.

The present-day Looncandels were all feeling keenly.

Now Looncandel needed something else. In fact, for the first time since Themeer, Chang-seong, which was paradoxically proving that fact.

Even though a new creative article has finally appeared, Looncandel is not preventing its essential decline.

It's time to change.

And even now, little by little, it was changing. Among the riders, there were certainly people who tried or thought of change.

Jin, who declared his return to Magum, and Joshua, who believes in the power of prophecy, were representative of Dipus, who was convinced of the need for innovation.

They each had this idea.

'We must take as long as possible before we get out of the desert and sit at the negotiating table with Kinselo. We need to get some information about the design and the device in there somehow. Otherwise, we have no choice but to make a losing deal.’

'Negotiation? That's not necessary, the youngest. Even without the technology of the Kinselo, we already have the means to produce ships.’

"Joshua and her mother, and the existence of the Prophet......may have the means of producing ships. To keep the design from the family, to choose between the family and the Kinselo. It's not going to be an easy fight. Even Joshua will have to take care of it before he goes back.’

Dipus hasn't given up killing Joshua yet.

'If possible, shoot them before they escape the Sota desert. Even if you can't kill him this time, you can go back to your family and create opportunities By all means. That's the way for the family.’

Zephyrn smiled brightly. She was hiding her exasperated feelings again.

"Yes, for Looncandel, they're actually pearls around the neck of a pig. The next round of negotiations won't be as good as this. So enjoy today's little victory, Lord Qin."

Jean, Murakhan, Jonah, Joshua, Dipus, Jane, Sandra, and Zephyrin.

That's how strange and inconvenient companionship began.

In the air and on the ground, Jipple and Kinselo were still in a fierce battle, and the dawn of the desert was coming to an end.

It is not very pleasant to be protected by another enemy.

As they walked expressionlessly, the Looncandels felt as if they had a large lump of iron sitting on their chests.

though not yet visible

The party was feeling the fact that the tracking network of the specter was getting narrower.

'Two hours at most. In there they must find us. I hope we don't get caught until we get out of the desert.’

Zephyrin is strong. The confidence that he said he could compete with Murakan in his heyday would not be a lie.

However, Jean thought she was also not as intact as Murakan. It was the same when we first fought in the Heukwangsanchae, and it would not be better because the shock of that time still lingers.

In fact, today's Zephyrn did not have the transcendent force of Hedo. Her strength was drawn from the leader of Kinselo, who needed extreme stability in the aftermath after the sword attack.

'Even though Zephyrn is completely intact, I can't deal with all the ghosts alone.’

It's impossible for Hedo, too.

Anyone who finds a party will fire a flare, and then the whole haunted house will flock.

'And Zephyrin will not protect us even by abandoning her life. In the worst case scenario, we can run away alone, giving up not only our goods but also our own.’

Jean who looks back for a moment.

The intention was to check the war situation between the Jipple and Grnil over the back.

Zeppirin smiled at the sight.

"You must be nervous. Grnil won't be able to push out all the jipples and join this escort, so don't look forward to it."

"It's not a crisis that requires more help from the enemy. You've confirmed once more that your ship's strength is stronger than ever since."

"I think you'll be in the water when you die.”

"You're just a kind of insurance. And insurance doesn't talk. If you don't want to be cursed by Murakhan or Sandra again, just follow me quietly."

"Of course."

When you get out of the Sota Desert in the opposite direction of the Kuta Forest, you get out of the Romin Forest, and through that forest, it was the central border of the Rutero magic federation.

The boundary line is guarded by Jipple, five boroughs, and eight autonomous states. If you go through all of them, you will come to the West Sea by sea and lute, and you will have to go through it for a long time to be neutral.

The federal center of gravity is almost impossible to penetrate and escape from in the first place. The former made it relatively easy through the penetration made by the prophet, but the route could not be used as it was to escape.

The group moved on the assumption that the penetrations and oysters created by the prophet were being revealed one after another. Therefore, the pace was slow and the burden of unforeseen risks was heavy.

Ha, ha, ha, ha...

With only the sound of the sandstorm full, the harsh breathing of one member of the party was growing louder and louder and louder.

It was the breath of Jane, the black knight.

She was most wounded in the battle with Hedo. Even the black knight couldn't bear the constant bleeding and reflux without any sign of it.

"Sir Jane. Are you all right?"

Her whole body, nodding her head, was trembling like an aspen tree.

Stammering. Blood was flowing from Jane's boots every time she took off.

When I carefully removed the cloak covering my body, I could see the ribs showing between the torn underclothes and bandages.

'Ha......!'

Black blood poured through the hollow bones.

She's still walking, because she's a black knight. Had it not been for a black knight, he would have already died in chaos.

"......I need to rewind the bandage."

"Uh."

The bandage with healing magic was only first aid.

She had a hunch of death. Not only she did, but everyone did. This time, I couldn't hide my mixed feelings.

"I followed Joshua, but it's the black pitch of the family.more devoted than anyone else to... Are you saying that you have no choice but to send it like this?'

If you don't leave soon, Jane will surely die.

But by no means, I couldn't escape so quickly. Sandra handed Jane painkillers while the party changed the bandages.

"I eat it every time I get the aftereffects of the experiment, but it'll get better if I swallow it. It's the most effective painkiller in the world. Don't get sick, Jin seems sad. It gets in the way of a date.”

Jean stared at the painkiller.

At the thought of it, I couldn't stand it and hated myself.

"It's a teary scene. Do you happen to have a handkerchief? I'll need it, too. But I think death is inevitable, so wouldn't it be better to let her go comfortably? Even considering the efficiency of the escape, it looks good."

Zephyrin, who said so, pointed her finger at the front.

The entry of the Romin forest was visible.

"That forest has already been surrounded since the start of the construction attack. A tight siege that no one but your youngest sister can sneak out of. You don't think it's possible with a patient, do you?”

There was no need to confirm the authenticity of the story.

Except for teleportation and flight, only the direction of Kuta Forest and Romin Forest could be an escape. There's no way the Zipple would let the place loose.

'It's okay, not yet, because the specter haven't found us while we've come all the way here.'

Jean made eye contact with Zephyrin.

"It would have been difficult without you. That's your role, Zephyrn."

"Ha?"

"From now on, break through to the right first and draw attention. We'll get out of the desert after the siege is assembled on your ass."

"I think it's more reasonable to break through the border as quickly as possible, and from there I'm the bait. If there's a disturbance, the ghost squad will come. You don't think that black knight can live here, and you're gonna use me as bait?”

Jean did not answer.

"You don't know it's too much to go back alive anyway, do you? You're too greedy, Lord Jin. The knight is already half dead."

"Shut up and go. The judgment is not yours, but mine."

It wasn't just a mental problem that Jean didn't give up Jane's life.

I don't know that Sandra, who doesn't express her feelings, is actually sympathetic to that opinion.

"And why are you worried about me? It wouldn't be a big loss for you either."

Zephyrn shrugged at the remark.

"Well, I'll take it. There's nothing wrong with me like that. It's uncomfortable, but he's never going to back down. The black knight's life....I thought you were very cold, but you're a little childish."

For Zephyrin, it was a better picture for Jin and his party to be in crisis while they are now bait.

There would be no chance at all during the escort, but the Jin party was more likely to take away the items in the process of getting out of the Zipple's trail without them.

Kinselo isn't the only one here.

He was also able to return to Jean as much as he could without being caught after being bait. It was the best result for Zephyrin that Jean was in an emergency.

"See you at the borderline. Take care of your stuff."