#When he returned, his family was ruined (70)
Archbishop.
He, wearing a dark-colored robe, frowned.
Eric, the eighth bishop.
Although he was the last person to belong to the kingdom’s bishopric, his potential and talent ranked high among the eight bishops.
It was for this very reason that the Archbishop handed over the Transfer Stone, one of the church’s treasures.
That Eric suddenly turned into an idiot and came back!
“…What was Eric doing?”
“We are still investigating. However, it seems that his recent destination was intentionally hidden.”
“You hid your destination?”
“yes.”
“The reason is?”
“It appears to be because the amount of tribute was not met. “The bishop was intentionally concealing this fact.”
The archbishop looked at the document.
There, everything that had happened recently in the West was written in detail.
Girsten was a rank priest and warlock. In addition, the death of Berstan, the chief priest in charge of the printing shop.
“Hmm…”
The archbishop recalled a rumor that had been going around recently.
He is the legitimate eldest son of a family known as great heroes, and has recently gained fame by being called the Sleeping Dragon of the West.
‘Ethan Ardan.’
All of this was this guy’s work.
This may be one of the reasons for not being able to meet the due date for the tribute.
“The bishop covered up this fact?”
“I’m sure.”
You fool!
The archbishop, thinking of Eric, gave a grim look. A denomination is an organization with clear rewards and punishments.
And Eric was a person who had made numerous achievements in the church so far. So much so that he was never punished.
‘Were you afraid of punishment?’
North, south, east and west.
And all the way to the center.
A bishop is a high-ranking official who oversees each region of the kingdom. It wouldn’t have been that difficult to hide this fact.
“What is the bishop’s condition?”
“It’s to the point where I can’t communicate at all. “It appears that his intelligence has been completely reduced to that of a child.”
“…Who made the bishop like that? Archduke. “Is it this guy?”
“There are two main candidates. One, of course, is the Archduke. Because there was a conflict. However…”
The messenger, who was looking at the archbishop, began cautiously.
“…Perhaps the Kingdom of Heidern directly intervened. In fact, we see this possibility as higher.”
“The kingdom?”
“Although the Archduke’s reputation has increased recently, the bishop is a strong man who has mastered the Strong Dragon style. No matter how highly you rate the Archduke, his chances of winning are less than 30%. This is also the story of when he brought all the knights under his command.”
The archbishop nodded.
Strong dragon style.
It is a vision skill that only a select few in the church can learn.
The power of the bishop who entered the strong dragon state was such that even powerful people called archmages or sword masters could not easily suppress him.
‘I don’t know if they are called superhumans.’
9 star knight.
Or, those who can be called truly capable of level 9 or higher.
These should be enough to easily deal with the bishop.
“However, there is no record of any recent movement of the knights on the Archduke’s side. “If you were to fight a bishop, you would have fought alone… If you look at it that way, your chances of winning would be lowered to less than 10%.”
There was nothing wrong with the messenger’s analysis.
After hearing that story, I suddenly became suspicious of the kingdom.
‘…Are you trying to cause a conflict between the Archduke and our church?’
What will happen if the church retaliates against the Archduke because of this incident? The kingdom that was aiming for it could have made this fact completely public.
In that case, all the foundations built so far in the Kingdom of Heidern could have collapsed overnight.
The Grand Duke was like a splendid flower bud full of public sentiment.
“Hmm…what about the kingdom?”
“The Shadow Knights have been active recently.”
Shadow Knights.
It was a secret knightly order called the King’s Sword.
If they had moved, it would not have been strange for even a bishop to become such an idiot.
“Furthermore, as you know, Archbishop, King Delprion is a person who rejects the church.”
The archbishop’s eyes narrowed.
Does this really mean that the king made the move?
And that too, while throwing in the tempting bait of being an archduke.
‘What a cunning bastard you are.’
If that were the case, he didn’t plan on staying still. The price for killing the bishop will be paid with the blood of the kingdom. An explosive energy flowed from his body.
The messenger flinched at the sight.
archbishop!
Although it was simply one more letter added to the title of bishop, the power of the people holding this position was beyond imagination.
Only the head of the Zeno Empire could control the archbishops that existed in each of the seven kingdoms.
Until his wrath passes.
The messenger quietly bowed down.
Immediately afterwards, the archbishop lost his momentum and spoke.
“Trace the shadows’ movements as much as possible.”
“yes. Just in case, we will also investigate separately from the Archduke.”
The archbishop nodded.
* * *
After returning to Naejeong.
Ilya was continuing his research.
‘It was a strange method.’
From the way the bishop collects mana to turning into a dragon.
It was a sight I could not have imagined when I was in the dungeon.
Three days.
It was the time when she analyzed the bishop’s mana breathing method.
and.
“done!”
She clapped her hands.
Bishop’s breathing method.
Among them, although it is only about 10%, I succeeded in making it my own.
Ilya’s eyes sparkled as she tried the breathing technique.
‘amazing!’
The speed of collecting mana was noticeably different from the past.
‘If we only absorb 10%, this is enough…’
What will happen if we absorb more of the ‘Yongin tribe’s’ methods?
Of course, I had no intention of absorbing all of the bishop’s breathing techniques just because I was collecting mana quickly.
‘Even though the speed is fast.’
This is because he had a weakness in the areas of analyzing and gaining enlightenment, which are most important at the upper level.
Bringing about 30%.
It was the optimal efficiency that Ilya thought. She opened the door and ran out.
The destination was the Archduke’s office.
She arrived at the door and quickly knocked on it.
Knock knock knock knock!
“Ilyana?”
“This body! “Can I come in?”
“Please come in.”
Ilya quickly opened the door and looked at the Archduke.
“why.”
“This body has made an amazing discovery!”
“discovery?”
“Bishop’s breathing method. I remodeled it. Wouldn’t that have greatly increased the efficiency of the breathing method?”
“Is that so?”
Ethan’s reaction was much calmer than I expected.
‘what?’
Shouldn’t it be like this?
It was the moment when Ilya purred. Ethan asked abruptly.
“How much has it been renovated?”
Well then.
As a knight, how could you not be curious about mana breathing?
Ilya, with sparkling eyes, answered quickly.
“Don’t be surprised when you hear this. Just four days! “In just four days, I completely mixed up about 10% of the breathing techniques with the breathing techniques I use!”
Ethan’s eyes widened at those words.
Anyone who saw it seemed surprised.
also!
The Archduke must have recognized his own genius.
“I think this is the first time I’ve seen you so surprised.”
but.
You can’t help but be surprised.
This is what the ‘Grand Wizard’ is. It was the moment when Ilya lifted her face and opened her chest wide.
Ethan said while nodding.
“It took four days to absorb just 10% of the tricks?”
“okay! “In just four days… huh?”
Ilya tilted her head.
It feels like the core of the conversation is missing.
‘…each?’
The tone seemed to convey the meaning of ‘a very, very long time.’
“…What?”
“Hmm.”
That was the moment Ethan moved his hand. The paper and pen flew into the air and landed right in front of Ilya.
“Draw it.”
“What do you mean?”
“How the Bishop moves mana.”
Ilya smiled in remorse. What was the reason for provoking him?
I wanted to find out the bishop’s breathing method, but I didn’t want to ask for it, so I must have been asking in a different way. Isn’t he really a shy child?
This is something that a broad-minded person should understand.
Ilya asked with a smile.
“Hmm. “I’m curious.”
“I need to know so I can remodel it.”
“remodeling?”
“Your mana breathing method.”
“…huh?”
“If we move forward the way we are now, efficiency will drop. “Draw it.”
I couldn’t understand what this person was talking about right now. I was completely dumbfounded.
“hurry.”
Ilya moved Mana at the words of the Archduke. Soon, the essential details of the bishop’s breathing technique were written down on paper.
Once on paper and once on Ilya’s body.
The Archduke, who was shifting his gaze, said as if he was throwing something away.
“It’s inefficient.”
He traced his pen across the paper. The shape of the human body was drawn in an instant.
“Don’t move your mana like this, move it like this.”
A simple word, as if sending a child on an errand.
That was the moment when Ilya, who was tilting her head, thought she was being fooled and moved her mana.
“What…what!”
It was shocking.
At best, I just changed my path a little. But with just this little change, efficiency increases by more than 20%?
What on earth happened?
Ilya, who was shocked for a while, soon looked at the Archduke very intently.
“human.”
“why.”
“What secret are you hiding?”
Even if he had been living in a dungeon for a very long time, he had at least some common sense.
impossible.
The talent, experience, growth rate, way of thinking, and even memories that make up him.
nineteen.
At that age, everything should be impossible.
Ilya’s common sense said so.
No, he was screaming like that.
“Find out for yourself.”
“…Chii.”
“Use this passage mainly.”
Ethan continued, pointing to one of the human body parts.
“Oh. “Let’s make good use of the bishop’s breathing technique.”
“Ahh!”
I certainly didn’t intend to tell you this easily when I came here!
Before I knew it, Illya’s eyes were open and her nose had been cut.
“Didn’t I give you a gift too?”
“….”
It wasn’t wrong.
“Let’s just go out now. busy.”
“…Why are you so busy?”
“Before and after processing.”
Even though he missed the bishop, he killed all of Irdan’s knights.
It means that its base is empty. Of course, I had no intention of leaving him alone.
Earl of Amelton.
Because I planned to absorb the place completely.
‘I got a fortune and got a fortune.’
The place where the third ring was located was the Earl of Amelton.
“Let’s work hard on product development as well.”
“joy! Even if you don’t tell me, you will take care of it!”
It had been less than five minutes since Ilya, who had a lot of horns, came to visit.
Someone knocked on the door.
The person who came in right away was Sylvia. She handed me a document.
“I am ready to enter the White House.”
The document contained detailed information about the Earl of Amelton.
It’s all about how Sylvia is preparing the count’s family.
‘That’s bullshit.’
From conveying information to stimulating public sentiment. The county was playing completely out of her hands.
‘The rumor spread completely.’
He said that the count’s knights attempted to assassinate him. This was a rumor that had already spread to the extent that there was no one who didn’t know about it.
Naturally, public sentiment toward the count could not help but become ugly.
The residents of the territory are desperately hoping for a hero to save them.
It was as if the plate had been completely laid down.
“Good work.”
“no. Oh, I have one more thing to report to you. “The church is sending informants.”
“Hmm.”
It was strange that the bishop had gone away like a fool and stayed still.
“how much?”
“Twelve. Thanks to them, we were able to catch all the existing informants. “All the existing ones have been disposed of.”
“What about the new arrivals?”
“I did about half of it and set aside half. “I think it would be good to cause disruption.”
“Good job.”
Unlike last time, when I barely found traces of a single spy, this time I was tracking them perfectly.
This may be the result of applying the lessons learned last time well.
A tactful person who knows things well without having to say anything. Sylvia was that kind of person.
“When do you plan to leave?”
“tomorrow.”
Five days would be enough to take a break.
“I will prepare the dragon slayer.”
Irdan.
The time to cut off his head was getting closer.