The Youngest Hides a Lot - Chapter 246

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Chapter 246
“Don’t interfere!”
A cerulean magical formation materialized at the Mage’s fingertips. The earth trembled faintly. It mattered not.
Liam advanced with deliberate steps. The damnable Mage’s face filled his entire vision.
The reason I wandered aimlessly even with my destination in sight was that my mind perpetually overflowed with brilliant thoughts.
One thought led to another, and before long, I would lose track of where I stood, wandering astray.
But now, for once, my mind felt crystalline and empty.
I wanted to kill that man.
I wanted to kill him with these hands without fail.
I would show you a hell that surpassed all the suffering my sibling and parents endured.
My perpetually cold reason vanished entirely as my blood ignited like molten steel. The moment the Mage sensed this change and hastily moved to cast his spell—
“Don’t come any closer…!”
A fountain of blood erupted. Something that had been his arm fell to the ground with a dull thud.
“Krrgh! You, insane, bastard…!”
“Don’t worry. It’s merely your bones, flesh, muscles, blood vessels, and vital nerves separated from your body. There’s so much more to come.”
At that chillingly low voice, the Mage clutched his severed arm and stumbled backward endlessly.
The moment he, consumed by madness, raised his sword, the Mage who had been retreating stepped on something with a sharp crack.
“…!”
The earth that had trembled faintly now convulsed violently beyond control.
I recognized this omen. I knew what that bastard had just stepped on.
‘He’d planted a dark creature stone in advance.’
The sealed dark creature awakened. A tremendous roar tore through the air, and the density of the atmosphere inverted.
Black blood dripped from the monster, easily ten times my size. Given its magnitude and power exceeded ordinary dark creatures, it appeared to be a successfully mutated one.
“I cannot control it through dark magic as I would wish, but I can make it attack you.”
The Mage gasped out the words.
“A sealed dark creature awakens ravenous and with eyes wide open.”
Then he conjured a sphere of mana and hurled it toward Liam.
True to its nature as a creature that consumed both mana and human blood, the dark creature’s crimson eyes blazed as it charged toward Liam.
Though I was certainly a knight with considerable swordsmanship, I was not equipped to face a superior-tier dark creature of that magnitude alone.
“Ah….”
I adjusted my glasses.
I need to kill that bastard first.
Damn it.
“I should have brought the weapon Asha gave me….”
Indeed, I should have heeded my parents’ and teacher’s counsel from the start. The youngest fairy was right once again.
I took a deep breath and looked up at the sky.
“But then again….”
I’d inflicted a mortal wound on that bastard, so I could endure this for now.
With that thought, I glanced toward somewhere in the Dark Forest.
“Hurry up and get here.”
It happened then.
Something heavy traced a long arc through the air, slicing through the void with a sharp whistle.
Whoooosh!
A cerulean blade pierced the beast’s chest dead center, just as it began to move.
“Gasp, huff. No… Brother. I really did run at full speed, ugh.”
“Shameful, Void. We still have enemies ahead.”
“Tch.”
Void’s face, panting heavily beside me.
Liam pushed his glasses up toward the bewildered Mage—naturally, with his middle finger.
Rubian hadn’t arrived too late after all.
My beloved fairy had saved me once again.
“Don’t tell Grandfather! Or Rubian!”
Void seized Liam’s blade and widened his round eyes with delight. With a mischievous grin, he licked the blood spattered around his mouth before dashing forward like a gale. Simultaneously, countless footsteps echoed from afar.
“Prince Liam! You’ve finally returned!”
“Why did you bring Allen? He’s just Kalid’s lackey.”
“I don’t know. Guess he’s gotten attached to this place!”
Void split the staggering beast from head to toe, shouting.
“Ah! I love sword fighting the most!”
Boom! Thud thud thud! Boom, thud thud thud!
There was no dignity in it whatsoever.
‘As expected, it doesn’t suit him.’
“Right, I’ll save your favorite parts, Brother!”
My younger brother is the best.
Liam gazed fondly at the beast being methodically dismembered by region and at Void.
Then, turning alongside the Knights who had approached, I faced First.
“So the portal… has finally been breached.”
The Mage clenched his fist and ground his teeth, drawing a magical formation beneath his feet.
“Seize him!”
Liam shouted, and the Knights, led by Allen, charged toward him.
“Tsk.”
The magical formation flared with light and vanished.
A single stroke of Leviathan’s blade scattered hundreds of golems.
‘The numbers are overwhelming.’
I’d need to sever every Senior Mage’s neck to end this, yet these slippery creatures kept fleeing in all directions, casting spells cunningly.
“How irritating…”
Was there no way to overturn this all at once?
Then, I spotted a Mage hidden among the clay golems, channeling mana.
Focused on reinforcing their power to ambush Licht, their back was completely exposed.
Leviathan, like a predator spotting prey, did not miss this opportunity.
“Damn!”
Upon spotting the man charging toward me, the Mage hastily redirected his magical power, but it was already too late. The hero’s blade reached for his throat….
“…?”
Wait?
The Mage’s tightly shut eyes snapped open.
Leviathan’s movement, which had closed to within arm’s reach, had come to an abrupt halt.
‘Has he sustained an injury?’
Just as the Mage, his mouth split wide in a grotesque grin, was about to unleash magic upon him.
Whoosh.
The man suddenly crouched low.
Before I could even comprehend what was happening.
Whirrrrr—thunk!
An arrow from someone’s bow struck true through the Mage’s heart. The puppets he had been controlling all collapsed at once.
Leviathan ground his heel against the crimson embroidery stitched upon the Mage’s vestments, muttering beneath his breath.
“I thought you’d abandoned the habit of targeting the back of my head.”
“Well, old habits die hard, as they say.”
“…Where did you pick up such a saying?”
“From our daughter, naturally.”
Watching Rosetta respond with such ease, he couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh.
As if they had been waiting for this moment, a thunderous shout erupted as knights came charging down from the hill where the Temple had stood. They bore the emblem of the Zebert Knight Order upon their chests.
Not a great number had yet emerged from the portal, but all were elite soldiers.
They joined forces with Licht and Kalid respectively, cutting through the swarming monsters.
In the distance, I could see Hazel darting about like a fish in water, leaving only afterimages in her wake.
“Let’s finish this.”
Another Senior Mage came into Rosetta’s line of sight. She brushed her husband’s jaw with an enchanting smile.
“Allow me to demonstrate the fundamentals of my assassination technique.”
“Hah.”
Leviathan’s expression brightened with genuine anticipation as he gripped his blade tightly.
“To have such a capable wife—my heart can scarcely contain itself.”
With the arrival of the reinforcements, the battle swiftly drew to a close.
Though I had been confident in victory, the pace had concerned me; yet with the support troops added to our ranks, everything resolved as though we sailed with the wind at our backs.
The assault upon the Temple’s barrier ceased, and Leviathan severed the necks of the remaining Senior Mages.
The Temple’s people watching erupted in cheers. Simultaneously, I caught sight of Rubian rushing forward, clinging to Ballock for protection.
All were safe.
“Your Grace.”
An apprentice knight came running and presented him with a cloak bearing the Zebert emblem. From the supply contingent that had passed through the portal last, a black warhorse was brought forth, its reins offered to him.
He donned the cloak and leaped onto the horse without hesitation. As if they had been waiting for this very moment, the Empire’s banners rose from various points throughout the knight order.
His face now bore the complete visage of a heroic Duke as he gazed toward the distant horizon.
The final advance awaited.

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