Hunter of the Perished World

Next to Saladin approaching Mr.Shran Talarida, Lajon is also approaching with a guard.

Salahadin pulls him under the table and throws him to the ground.

“Ugh, ahhhh! ”

“The days of the Maester seem to be over, but a different era of hunters doesn't make you forget your enemies. ”

“Sa, save me. Help me. Help me. I'll give you whatever chips you want. Uh, whatever... ”

“I like chips. That's right."

Saladin grins and pulls the rebound back. With a hiss, Shuran Talarida's complexion turned white.

“But if a hunter pays anything other than his life for his enemies, it is dishonorable. ”

Bang!

“Huff!”

Shran Tallarida's head was punctured, and his rich and noble life was duly finished. Rachen said dry.

“That's three now. ”

“Then there are four left. ”

The escaped masters had a place to go. They had a lot of Nodes in the city, and there were also guards there. In the civil unrest, they were fortifying their defenses to avoid casualties, and the escaped Mysters headed to their respective strongholds.

They clearly had secret shelters, and the soldiers were ready to die at the end of the Noble Age anyway, so they had to live as servants of the Mysters even if things were like this.

Salahadin was raiding and destroying the Nodes along with Lajon and taking Myster's head. Lajon was also surprised that Saladin, who was always on the prowl, had such formidable skills.

Shran Talarida. Schizuma Schundarin, Abec Soramir.

Three masters have lost their lives to Salahadin.

Shudha was not enough to heat up the pursuit of Mysters, so half of his hunt was left in the hands of Saladin and Raqen.

Raqen wasn't just wandering around the city, so most of his movements had to use the underground tunnels. Raqen had built an exit into the underground tunnels to remove the bomb, and was able to use it to travel unobstructed.

“Just four Windyl, Regent, Lamberg, and Alchemy will be the end. ”

Salahadin mutters, reloading the Riflever's ammunition. Saladin glances at Raqen.

“What do you want, by the way? Technically, you're the enemy of the hunters, because you practically moved the guards. ”

Now Raqen was also quite useful to Saladin. Clearly all the power and power to use as Raven is gone, but Lajon had knowledge.

Without Rachen's knowledge, I couldn't have uncovered the secret Node of Mysters hidden everywhere. Raqen knew all the secret shelter locations for each of the Mysters already in the city because he had assumed enough of these situations where they were running away.

That's why Raqen guides the way, and the way Saladin hunts goes on.

But he also did not change as much as the fact that he was an enemy of the hunter. Rachen smiles deeply at Saladin's question.

“None of your business. ”

“I know he's got a pretty nasty corner than he looks. But just because the masters are cleaned up, you don't want people treating you like a hero, do you? ”

Rachael is the public face of a city with even greater notoriety than the Masters. That's why Salahadin was going to put a hole in his head right now if Raqen was delusional.

“Do I look that stupid? ”

“Then you're an idiot in a completely different direction. ”

At Salahadin's words, Rachen smiles bloody. It's stupid to expect people to forgive you. But what if it's not?

That doesn't change being stupid, either. Raqen doesn't deny it, and Saladin shakes his head with a shivering look.

“Yeah, well, whatever your life is, it's your job now. Guide me.”

“Who do you want next? ”

“Millike Alcamil. ”

“When will you deal with Windell? ”

Saladin grins.

“Big Boss is usually the last to go. ”

Shimach Windil, once the pinnacle of the city. If you don't take care of that opponent the last time, it's not polite. Lajon and Saladin cross the corpses and head for the Node.

Three masters are already dead, and the remaining four are somewhere in this city.

A hunter is on the move to find them.

Jean's group decides not to leave the city until Leona's wounds are completely healed, so they stay in the Caravan Hall. The upper part was quiet even though it was in the northern hemisphere, and no one could interfere because it was followed by a marathon meeting of Shuhua executives.

Leona's strength has recovered soon. After restoring the power of the psychic wave, Leona felt relieved, but also felt a strange sadness. After a slight psychic surge, Leona checks to see if she can sense the surroundings properly, and is stunned for a moment.

“ ……. ”

I wish that power had gone away completely. Wouldn't you rather be? It was because I thought about it for a while.

But Leona thought that power was also a part of her. It has always helped itself in times of crisis.

You're lucky to have your strength back, not to settle down.

Leona got rid of the distraction by thinking that she could do more.

Jean, Leona, Ramfil, Frey, Elizabeth.

Each of them had a different path, but they all had a very long journey. That's why I was happy to take this rest until Leona's wounds healed.

The Caravan Hall has become a sacred place, terribly sacred, with people provoking people to pray around it as if they were on a pilgrimage.

As the memories of the Twilight Bridge overlapped, Leona had no choice but to face the scene from a tall window and make a bitter smile.

Worshiped, despised.

The witch's power was forced to choose a path between the two.

And out of all the people looking out the window, Leona had to open her eyes wide as if she saw someone walking towards the hall.

“That person.... ”

“Why, is there anything? ”

Jean comes to see Leona frozen. Leona mutters dazed.

“Jodnak Ruegent...? ”

The person who should never have come here is approaching here without an escort.

When I think about it, it was not that difficult. Unlike other masters, Jodnak Ruegent was only involved in legal matters inside the tower, and there was no force or node outside the tower to do so.

That's why it was extremely rare for anyone who knew Jodnak Ruegent's face. When he was dressed like that, he looked like a stubborn old man, but none of them could notice he was a nobleman.

Of course, the whole of Shudha was surprised to see Jodnak Ruegent come alone. It was tight, but Wirinhill, the current General Manager of Shudha, called him into the upper conference room.

And by his side, Rudrey Windille, Leona came to see what the hell is going on. He looks at Rudrey and Leona and smiles.

“Things have changed. ”

Not long ago, Leona and Rudrey had to be imprisoned by him. Even Jodnak has ordered you to kill Rudred.

But now, Jodnak Ruegent is tied up, and now Rudrey is interrogating him.

“Why are you here? ”

“Why else would I come to the heart of the wavelengths? ”

The Reugent family's dishes were also trapped here. Some died on the way out, but others of his family survived.

However, there were not many other masters, but there were not many soldiers. It was true that the Regent who escaped the Tower was utterly helpless compared to other noble families.

Rudy assumed that he might be trying to save the lives of his family in exchange for his own.

“I've come to a place to die. ”

Jodnak simply said as if there was no need for any price.

“… Is that all? ”

Jodnak Ruegent nods at the words of Wirinhill.

“All my life I've lived to keep the rules and laws of the tower. ”

That's what Mr.Rorgent was for.

“But the tower will fall, and there will be no rules that naturally ruled it. There's no army to enforce that law, nothing. ”

That's why Jodnak Ruegent lost all his life's work in one moment. However, the expression was not anger or agony.

“The days of the tower are over, and the days of nobles are over. I've done my part. ”

It's not about resignation and frustration. I really thought he was saying that.

“I don't think I've ever experienced freedom like this in my life. ”

He did not hesitate to call this situation freedom. He was bound by the law just as he told others to keep it.

Now that it's all gone. Now that he's lost everything, he feels free for the first time in his life.

“Isn't that a good thing? If you're free, you can run away. Why are you here? ”

It was Leona's question that she couldn't understand. Leona defies everything that restricts her freedom. That's why it was impossible for Leona to understand Jodnak Ruegent to come here to redeem himself when he spoke of freedom.

Jodnak wrinkles his stubborn lips and smiles at Leona.

“… Humans each have their own way of life. if domination suits someone, if domination suits someone, if freedom suits someone, if freedom suits someone, if restraint suits someone. ”

It was the only word anyone could say, knowing that the truth of life could not end up as one.

Only someone who could understand humans could say such things. Jodnak Ruegent frowns and looks at Leona.

“I'm a human being who doesn't deserve freedom. ”

He was one of the seven masters and ruler of the tower, and he lived his whole life in obsession with guarding the law and his imprisonment. There was no reason for him to accept that life now and then, just because he came out with a free tag.

He has lived his whole life in the freedom of restraint and imprisonment by law.

Freedom is a blessing to all men.

Some feel the loss of freedom, and lose the meaning of life.

Leona looks at Jodnak Ruegent and realizes that there are so many people in the world. Rudrey asked Jodnak that.

“Can you give up the laws and rules you've been following so easily? ”

“Laws and rules are only observed when you have the capacity to do and enforce them. ”

He was not someone who could insist on obeying the rules in this situation when the laws of the tower were no more. That's why he understood the nature of the law better than anyone else.

“Law is an accessory to power. ”

Rudy's eyes widen as if torn, not by a lifetime of strength, but from the mouth of Jodnak Ruegent who had lived to defend the law.

He didn't give up on his beliefs.

I just accept it.

“Laws are not great, but only when they have the power to enforce them. ”

The law is not great.

Power is neither great nor great.

It is only when there is a force to uphold the law that the law has power and greatness. Now that he knew that the law, which was an accessory to power, was meaningless, Jodnak accepted it.

“House Regent has always served in the law. So did I. Of course, it wasn't fair. Now I won't say it's not my fault because I didn't make the law. ”

It was only good for the nobles.

“But where is there law and order except in the city of this tower? ”

“ ……. ”

“I thought it was not justice, but Maginot. ”

The law is based on the value of a minimum of morality. Jodnak Ruegent has lived by his own beliefs to keep it to a minimum. Even though he was confident and proud, he did not hesitate to play his part quietly.

“I have only one favor to ask of you. ”

Survival of the family,

It is not the maintenance of the family.

That's not what I want.

“I hope you have the strength to uphold the new laws and rules you are about to enact, even if they are not fair. so that we don't have to give up everything in the next era because we failed. ”

Jodnak Rogert looks at Wirinhill, Rudrey, and Leona alternately.

“Kill me. ”

That's what they say.

“Show off that you have the power to hang your necks in the square. ”

The old man admits defeat.

“We want to use that power to set new laws and order straight. ”

Leona stares blankly at Jodnak Reugent's bold expression.

After all, he also lived a life of slavery in a different sense.

Leona had no choice but to read and shudder the power and conviction that only time could possess in that expression.

The old man, who had lived his whole life under the law, was free.

But the old man, even that freedom, is used to set right the order of the next age.