In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 152

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 152

An indescribable ominous premonition engulfed Peres.

Leaving the Aivan clan head behind, he rushed out of the study and frantically searched the manor, calling Pirenthia’s name.

“Tia! Where are you, Tia!”

The people of the manor and the imperial administrators also sensed something was seriously wrong upon seeing him and began murmuring.

Some even lent a hand in searching for Pirenthia.

Peres ran toward Pirenthia’s bedroom.

And he flung open the door and shouted.

“Tia!”

However, what greeted Peres was maid Beki, who happened to be organizing clothes.

“The, the Lombardi young lady is at the bridge construction site…”

Peres clenched his teeth to keep from screaming.

Instead, he gripped his sword so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

Peres flew down the manor stairs and immediately mounted a horse, heading toward the guards stationed at the castle gate.

As if they were in an emergency meeting, the startled guard captain looked at Peres who had suddenly burst in.

“The place where the bridge collapsed. Which way is the road that leads from there?”

The guard captain silently pointed toward the collapsed mountain.

At that moment, the Aivan clan head also urgently arrived at the guard post.

“Gather personnel to go to where the landslide occurred. We’re going to check if there are any casualties.”

It was when the Aivan clan head gave orders with a stern face.

The guard captain spoke with a grim expression.

“Just before the landslide occurred, we saw a carriage that happened to be on the road get swept into it.”

“A carriage, who was it?”

“It was a carriage bearing the Lombardi… emblem.”

“Gasp!”

People were horrified.

In Aivan, there was only one person who rode in a carriage bearing the Lombardi emblem.

Pirenthia Lombardi.

To think that Pirenthia Lombardi was buried under that pile of rocks and earth.

“That, that can’t be.”

The Aivan clan head’s face turned pale.

The last thread of reason remaining in Peres also snapped.

“Kuk!”

Peres’s rough hands grabbed the Aivan clan head by the collar as if to tear his clothes.

“Cl, clan head!”

The guards approached in surprise, but none dared to interfere.

Everyone knew that the northern reconstruction project was being delayed because the Aivan clan head was refusing relief funds.

And now the Lombardi young lady had an accident in Aivan territory.

Moreover, Peres’s menacing aura warned that anyone who dared approach should be prepared to offer their neck.

The Aivan clan head also knew the sin he had committed, so even while gasping, he didn’t dare try to escape.

Peres spoke in a low voice, growling like a beast along with the sound of grinding teeth.

“Do you now understand what kind of deed you’ve done, Aivan clan head?”

“…”

The Aivan clan head only kept his mouth tightly shut and didn’t answer.

Crash-!

Peres pushed away the Aivan clan head as if throwing him and kicked open the door with a thunderous sound.

The horse he mounted cut through the increasingly fierce rain and wind to arrive at the collapsed slope.

The guards and the Aivan clan head followed behind, but when they reached their destination, no one could speak.

The road was completely cut off by the landslide, and huge rocks that had rolled down from the mountainside were heavily pressing down on it.

“Of, of all things, rocks…”

To dig out the earth, they would first have to clear away these massive rocks.

But that task alone would probably take several days.

And there was no one who could survive buried in the earth for such a long time.

But they couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

This was none other than Pirenthia Lombardi.

The Aivan clan head strained his neck veins as he commanded the guards.

“All personnel should first move the rocks that can be moved by force! And you, hurry back to the castle and bring tools that can break the rocks!”

Pirenthia Lombardi must not die here.

If that happened, something would occur that couldn’t be resolved by him simply stepping down from his position as Aivan clan head.

The Aivan clan head loudly gave orders to various people, not even noticing that his gray hair was completely soaked by the rain.

“Move quickly, quickly!”

“Yes!”

It was when several strong men rolled up their sleeves and approached the topmost rock.

Peres, who had been standing still and staring at the pile of rocks, pushed aside a soldier who was blocking his path.

“Move aside.”

Peres spat out a single phrase in a low voice.

And.

Clang-!

Along with a sharp metallic sound, a blue flash gleamed.

A brilliant blue aura sword rose from the sword Peres had quickly drawn from its sheath.

Crash!

When Peres swung his sword for the second time, the massive rock split in half and rolled down.

Even so, Peres didn’t stop.

He just madly swung his aura sword, cutting through the huge rocks.

If a rock didn’t split with one swing, he struck it five times, ten times with his sword.

Clang! Crash!

“Uh, uhh…”

The Aivan clan head’s angry shout fell upon the soldiers who were standing there blankly watching.

“What are you doing! Quickly move the cut rocks!”

“Ah, yes! I, I understand!”

After confirming the soldiers were moving, the Aivan clan head looked at Peres’s back.

Aura is powerful.

But no one can draw out aura indefinitely.

Especially when cutting through hard objects like rocks, an enormous amount of mana is consumed.

Sure enough.

The blue aura sword was already flickering weakly several times.

But Peres silently continued swinging his sword.

Sometimes even his bare sword without aura would strike the rocks.

Drip drip.

Eventually, red blood from Peres’s torn grip began spattering onto the rocks along the swinging blade.

But Peres’s movements, with his teeth clenched, did not stop.

Clang-! Crash!

Amid the noise of rocks splitting, only the number of blood drops quietly wetting the ground increased.

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“Ugh…”

My head hurts as if it’s splitting.

What happened.

As I moved my arm to grab my throbbing head, I heard a strange sound.

Thud thud.

When I opened my heavy eyelids, I saw the dark interior of the carriage with barely any light coming in.

I was collapsed on the carriage floor where I had last crouched down.

“Ugh, blood…”

The hand that touched my forehead came away soaked with blood.

And I could see Migente Aivan collapsed at my feet.

“Ah, Lord Aivan…!”

“Uugh…”

Migente Aivan, who had fallen unconscious like me, responded to my voice but couldn’t open his eyes.

“So we’re trapped after all?”

I carefully sat up.

My head throbbed unbearably with every movement, but I couldn’t just sit here doing nothing.

After a long while, I finally managed to sit on the carriage seat and looked around.

“Fortunately, it seems like air is coming in from up there…”

Fortunately or unfortunately, thanks to the small rock that had pierced through the carriage ceiling, I could at least breathe.

Of course, it seemed like that very stone now rolling around on the carriage floor had struck my forehead.

As I adjusted my eyes to the darkness and looked up, the top was covered with wet soil and loosely tangled rocks.

So when I moved my body significantly, soil would fall with a thudding sound, but at the same time, a small breeze was gently flowing in through the hole.

“I’m lucky we took a large, sturdy carriage. If I had known this would happen, I would have packed a survival bag in the carriage…”

No, if I had known this would happen, I probably wouldn’t have left my blankets.

I tried to ease my tension with such trivial thoughts, but the throbbing headache and thick darkness kept making me scared.

Even though I knew air was circulating and wind was coming in, I felt like I couldn’t breathe.

“Uugh, where is this…”

Then Migente Aivan opened his eyes.

At the same time, a strange sense of relief washed over me.

Ah, I’m not alone here.

Taking a short breath, I spoke to Migente Aivan.

“Are you feeling a bit better? It seems we were caught in a landslide.”

“Ah… I see… Are you alright, my lady?”

“I’m injured a little, but I’m fine.”

“That’s a relief. I should get up now too… Ugh!”

“You might be injured somewhere. Don’t push yourself and stay lying down.”

At my words, Migente Aivan frowned and nodded.

“I’m sorry, Lady Lombardi.”

“For what?”

“Because my father was being stubborn… This mountain slope was originally scheduled for construction work to prepare for additional landslides. I should have pushed more forcefully.”

I said nothing.

I couldn’t even say ‘it’s okay’ as empty words.

As if understanding my feelings, Migente Aivan smiled bitterly.

“Because of my indecisiveness, my lady had to go through this… Ugh.”

Muttering like that, Migente Aivan finally managed to sit up.

Then he looked up at the hole in the ceiling with despairing eyes.

“The day we see light again will never come. Here like this…”

“We just need to hold out for a few days.”

“…What?”

“If we endure, there will come a day when sunlight shines into this carriage again.”

“But…”

“I know. Usually when people get caught in landslides, they’re trapped helplessly and die. But this time will be different.”

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