I'm A Villainess, Can I Die? - Chapter 111
Translator and Editor: Effe and Tea
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Chapter 111
Standing at the outskirts of the base, Aaron was reading a report from Lucas. Judging by the date written, it was sent two days ago.
At the beginning of the report he stated that their arrival at the base was delayed by three days. Monsters appeared more frequently than expected and blocked the way.
Then, the numbers and specific details of the monsters that appeared at each path were listed.
[‘Two in the square. One in the form of a wolf and the other in the form of a snake. The situation was resolved relatively quickly, but there were many collapsed stores and victims. Left first aid to the temple side.
Three enroute from the plaza.
A wolf, snake and bear. The bears took some time. There’s nothing special about it, but those three appear every day.
Just before the midway point – two. A dog and a snake. They appeared separately, one hour apart. They were easily dispatched. Maybe it’s because they sent out monsters in a row for a few days, these seemed weaker than the previous ones.
Midway – A bear and a boar on the way to the outskirts base. Their momentum was strong, but they were still weaker than the bear I faced before. Presumably, the magic behind it is rapidly being exhausted because we are eliminating all monsters with the red marble. Probably by now, a new sacrifice will be needed.]
“A new sacrifice… … Is the investigation going well, Sir Alogen?”
“Yes. First of all, we are monitoring mainly noble families and merchants who look suspicious.”
“According to the report, at least two days ago, the monsters’ power was declining. They say they will need a sacrifice soon. From about ten days ago to now, please increase the surveillance network, especially for families with external contacts. The lack of manpower will be supported by the Duke’s residence.”
“I see. Thank you for your generous help.”
“It’s something that benefits both of us.”
Alogen and Aaron looked each other in the eyes.
The two were using the office together. They were better partners than expected, and it was easier to understand the situation and share opinions if they shared an office.
The two smiled at each other, turned their respective gazes to the desk at once and began to move their hands briskly.
“Damn it, damn it!”
Crash. The Marquis looked at the mad man in front of him with a tired face.
He knew he was crazy. He always smiled pretending to be nice, but every time he faced those eyes that turned red, a danger signal sounded instinctively.
However, it had been well hidden until that moment. A good-looking packaging and a perfect impression to attract prey.
“Those guys are destroying the red orbs! I’m sure those damn magic tower guys have another black magic book!”
Anger, whether he was talking to himself or spluttering it at someone, emanated from him. The Marquis continued to look at the vase the man had tossed and shattered to pieces and finally spoke in a low voice.
“First, calm down. It won’t change anything if you go wild like that.”
The High Priest had been swearing at the air while shaking his hands together and then slowly turned his head and looked at the Marquis. Red, bloodshot eyes.
Evil in the Bible might have looked like that face, the Marquis thought.
The High Priest tilted his head to the side and approached the Marquis deliberately. When someone who was so agitated quietly approached, his fear only increased.
The Marquis sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and watched the approaching person with a nonchalant look.
“It is your fault. I shouldn’t have joined hands with the likes of you.”
The High Priest recited words of resentment.
“Ha, what?”
“It’s your fault that things go wrong! You worthless noble bastard. There is nothing you know how to do while you’re being needlessly greedy!”
The High Priest’s wrath was soon directed at the Marquis.
In fact, it wasn’t headed for the Marquis, but rather for anyone in this place.
The Marquis jumped up at the accusation.
The high priest was the one who had appeared and offered his hand. Wasn’t he the one who boasted that if the Marquis held his hand, he would make the Marquis’ wish come true?
Now he said he joined the wrong hand, being greedy……. The Marquis couldn’t stand to listen to such accusations.
“You’re the one who doesn’t know how to do anything but is greedy! How many wizards and priests do you think you slaughtered? But still running out of strength? Acting as if you were the god of this world! At least who was the one who caught them and who locked them in? But, what? Come now, this is all my fault? Ha, I’m dumbfounded, I don’t know what to say.”
Objectively speaking, the Marquis was right.
The High Priest had committed countless killings. For the ‘sacrifice.’ Nevertheless, monsters, the product of his power, were dying too easily at the hands of humans.
There were many people who were killed or injured by the monsters. However, in terms of relative damage, the damage on the monsters’ side was far greater.
If the high priest had acted like a god who would hold the world, should he have had much greater abilities?
The Marquis sighed heavily and placed his hands on his sides. The more he thought about it, the dizzier he felt.
“Shut up! If you were just a little more competent, would I have lost so much power just because a few marbles were destroyed? At most, you’re just catching small-fries! Fine. Now I do the work myself. A useless ally becomes a burden.”
The two of them lashed out at each other. A ridiculous passing of responsibility that stemmed from emotion.
The High Priest was currently half-crazy. Although he is a human…… If he has turned crazy around 90 degrees so far, it is about 120 degrees now?
The red marble magic is the power to manipulate something.
Thus, the red marble and the caster’s magic are connected without breaking. As the marbles were destroyed, the High Priest’s power was gradually fading.
In fact, this was the result of variables they had overlooked.
First, the number of people in the subjugation was higher than anticipated. Although the dignity of the Duchy was great, the number of troops recruited from here and there far exceeded their expectations.
The second Lucas. They were well aware of his existence, but the problem was that they underestimated his abilities too much.
A young genius knight. They thought how much could he do? Such complacency caused them to overlook Lucas’ skills.
He defeated monsters by himself, when others could barely manage to do so only when they clung to each other as a group. And further, he succeeded in less than half the time of the others.
Besides, he was a great commanding officer.
The duke was also outstanding, but there is an unavoidable wall between being outstanding and a genius.
When Lucas took the lead and started leading his men, things would end in a flash.
The last variable was the existence of another dark magic book.
As it is a banned book, they thought that all of them would have disappeared a long time ago and only this one would remain……. But it was not the case.
After the wizards arrived at the mansion, they found the marbles and started breaking them.
Those who originally gathered marbles, suddenly and steadily started to crush them.
The feeling of losing power was the worst. His overflowing energy was slowly getting exhausted.
Crack.
The High Priest covered his ears at the rupture that only he could hear. Again, marbles were destroyed.
“Damn…… shit!”
“Ha. Look. That’s ridiculous. In the first place, the plan was pushed forward so quickly, so the plan is full of holes. You can’t calculate one variable like this and go ahead with the plan?”
The Marquis said with a small sneer as he looked at the high priest covering his ears
The High Priest had been trembling while facing the air, but now his eyes turned to the Marquis again.
“…… yes. When a person who knows so well makes a plan, you would just snicker because you like it, don’t you?”
“Yes. Because you acted like a god. My mistake would be trusting you, you incompetent bastard?”
The High Priest grit his teeth. The muscles in his trembling jaw joint stood firm.
The High Priest turned his eyes at the mention of the word ‘God’ and looked into the air again.
Yeah, he thought he was God, too. He thought he would become a god.
He pretended to do justice by using Arianna’s name, but in his heart, he wondered if he could become god…… He couldn’t stop thinking about it. To stand in the same position as the god Arianna.
In the first place, how likely was a priest to receive magic and use magic?
Isn’t it like a miracle, just like the myth of the birth of God?
So, there was no doubt that he met enough conditions to become his own god.
He thought that one day, after building a temple, he would name it ‘Vanessa,’ and it could become the only religion of all the people.
‘That’s right. It’s all because the plan went too fast. And this is it…….’
“Because of that bitch…….”
The high priest looked into the air and murmured. Then he slowly walked toward the closet. The Marquis watched the High Priest disappear into the closet like a ghost and collapsed into place.
He had dealt with many madmen in positions of nobility. Judging from his experiences, the most troublesome person was that person.
The one who has power, but has lost his mind.
“…… It’s like making a pact with the real devil.”
Holding his head, the Marquis uttered in a low voice. The voice mixed with a sigh was only heavy.
The high priest returned to the collapsed temple. The temple that he himself had destroyed. In order to approach the Duchy with an excuse that there was no place to stay because the temple had collapsed.
The High Priest sat on a collapsed pillar nervously biting his nails.
Crack, crack. Only the crackling sound resonated in the quiet space.
Several corpses were strewn around him.
Now, there are very few wizards without skills who live outside the Magic Tower. Because everyone had become his sacrifice.
He needed a sacrifice…… but there was no sacrifice left.
In addition, the Magic Tower, who were puzzled by the wizards’ disappearance, had even spoken to the wizards outside and hidden the few remaining ones.
So, the corpses lying beside him now belonged to priests.
The priests who followed him. He remembered the bloodshot eyes that looked at him the moment they met their death. However, the high priest did not care much.
Small things are often sacrificed for big things.
“I’m done with the Marquisate. They can’t help me any more. A useless ally is just a burden……. First…… First, all I have to do is place the blame on the Marquis. Cover it, and if things go wrong…… Yes, I can use the maid planted in the Duchy or the portal and use the girl as a hostage to escape from the empire…….”
Everything is fine. Not all plans have gone wrong yet.
His repeated monologue showed how restless his mind was. A rupture rang again in the High Priest’s ears, and he nervously shook his legs and bit his nails.
Somewhere else, his marbles were destroyed.
The High Priest plugged his ears at the pain and noise that seemed to tear apart his head.
“…… First of all, I have to stop the monsters from dying helplessly…….”
An image of someone appeared in his mind. A tall, handsome man with flowing silver hair wielding a sword.
“Lucas.”
The high priest whispered his name in a small voice.
While staying at the Duchy for a while, he encountered the young knight over and over again.
That man whose eyes were alive always had a loose smile. As if laughing at him.
Gradually, blood flowed from the fingernails bitten by the High Priest.
However, as if he couldn’t feel the pain, the high priest’s red eyes did not budge as he faced the dark sky.
“If I destroy the biggest axis in the monster subjugation…… The army will falter. If I want to destroy anything, I have to break the pillar first.”
The high priest stood.
Glaring triumphantly into the dark sky, he eyes were shining with murderous energy.
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