Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 263

☆ 263 ☆

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Luatisha’s figure was projected largely on the screen.

Her hair was tied high up, and she rode a massive black warhorse, which was impressive, but most people weren’t even looking at the screen.

“What did it feel like when you received the revelation? Please tell us in detail.”

“Do you have any sense of what this oracle means?”

“Prepare for despair to come… What on earth is going to happen? I’m so scared.”

Everyone gathered around Liriel, eager to hear even a little more of her voice.

Liriel chuckled inwardly.

She regretted that Luatisha wasn’t here.

‘I really wanted to see what kind of expression you’d make, Lulu, when the tables were turned.’

Oh, of course.

‘For the sake of saving humanity, I should endure this much disappointment.’

To go knowing it’s a trap.

She acts like she’s so smart, but she’s incredibly foolish.

Just then.

콰쾅!

“Ah, geez!”

The sudden loud explosion turned people’s attention to the video.

Rocks were rolling down the mountain along the riverbank where Luatisha was riding.

Luatisha calmly loosened the reins and leaned forward, despite the sudden situation that would have been startling.

The warhorse, keenly aware of Luatisha’s intentions, relentlessly increased its speed.

“I-Is she speeding up there?”

The rocks rolling down weren’t just one.

Whether it was a landslide from above, large and small rocks were falling.

The slightest hit from even a small pebble could be an irreversible, critical moment.

Luatisha’s upper body tilted completely, sticking close to the warhorse.

Her tightly clenched thighs gripped the horse’s back.

The pink hair, scattering this way and that as the warhorse changed direction, looked like the horse’s mane.

Luatisha dodged all the falling rocks with a narrow time difference.

A feat as if by divine skill.

The people who had been watching the breathtaking sight, holding their breath, burst into exclamations.

“Wow, what amazing horsemanship?”

“I thought the Paeraton Duchess didn’t have skills like that, unlike the young masters.”

“As expected of Paeraton? That warhorse is also His Excellency the Duke’s, right? I heard he doesn’t let just anyone ride him.”

“Anyway, it’s a relief. If it had been someone other than the Paeraton Duchess, they would have undoubtedly fallen and been injured.”

“Indeed, the Duchess is versatile.”

It was when people were relieved.

Jasmine stepped forward with an agitated expression.

“This isn’t something to just admire and end, is it? It was a close call; she could have died on the spot!”

Raphael rushed at Liriel with a very excited face.

“You said you felt like we had to send that girl? Did you know this would happen and send her on purpose?”

The priests were trying to pull Raphael away in embarrassment, but there was no way they could overcome the power of a Sword Master.

Only after Claudia placed her hand on Raphael’s shoulder and said, “The essence will be blurred if you act like this,” did Raphael release his grip on Liriel.

“You said you had a feeling, and made it sound like God’s will, but isn’t preventing such danger God’s will?”

“Is that so-called divine revelation even trustworthy in the first place? I don’t know.”

“Revelations like that only happened in the Bible, and it’s not historically proven.”

The Asheltein twins added a word each.

Then, others also began to nod, saying they felt uneasy.

“Certainly. The saintess, who even the family members could feel the ominousness, didn’t feel it at all…”

“Are you doubting the saintess even after seeing that miracle earlier?”

“In the first place, the miracle itself… The temple doesn’t even have proper healing power these days.”

“What, are you saying it’s a trick?”

As the argument went back and forth, Luatisha arrived safely at the water source.

It was the spring where the tributaries of the Asheltein Mountains first gathered.

Luatisha jumped off the warhorse and took out the sacred object from her arms, holding it up high.

The silver sacred object sparkled in the sunlight.

Luatisha’s sweat-soaked face shone brightly in the light.

The Paraiba-colored [a shade of blue-green] eyes, filled with will, were clearer than the water source.

“Oh…”

“I thought the Duchess was just a socialite, but she looks good in that kind of role too.”

“She’s like a hero from a book…”

The young ladies sparkled their eyes.

At the same time as Luatisha recited the prayer, the hazy gem of the sacred object began to turn golden.

The moment Luatisha floated the sacred object in the spring with neat and elegant movements.

쿵.

A low sound was heard.

The shock from the sound itself was not great.

But.

“T-The screen is shaking too much?”

쿠구구구웅!

콰과광!

It wasn’t the screen that was shaking.

The water source where Luatisha was was vibrating!

The ground cracked, rocks bounced, trees fell, and water scattered everywhere.

In the midst of it, Luatisha staggered, unable to maintain her balance properly.

“Heeheeheeing!”

The huge warhorse jumped and cried desperately.

쾅!

A large rock that bounced from somewhere completely covered the screen.

And when that rock disappeared—

“Wh-What?!”

“Luatisha!”

Luatisha’s figure had disappeared without a trace.

The eyes of the Paeraton Duke, who had captured the scene, were empty.

Like a celestial body that had lost its light.

‘A defense barrier has been formed.’

The defense barrier he had placed on his daughter again.

The Duke’s tightly closed lips burst, and red blood flowed down.

That it was activated meant—

That Luatisha’s life was in danger.

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“Wh-What? Is it an earthquake?”

People were milling about, buzzing.

But it was strange to call it an earthquake.

If there was such a commotion, the damage should have clearly reached here, but it was fine.

“Your Highness the Prince! No! It’s dangerous!”

The guards blocked Sidrian, who was running straight out.

Sidrian didn’t even say to move.

Ice flowers that bloomed from the floor froze the guards’ movements.

They could only watch Sidrian leave the ceremonial hall like the wind.

A very chaotic situation.

“Y-Your Majesty!”

In the midst of it, Count Chesia ran to the Emperor with a pale face.

“There’s an urgent report that a gas explosion occurred in the Giberta swamp!”

“What?”

“Not only that! A large fire has broken out in the Dian Forest!”

At that, the noisy hall became quiet at once.

Something is wrong.

How could all these things happen suddenly?

Then someone shouted.

“It’s the prophecy! The prophecy has come true!”

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The origin of the highest place.

The mire of the lowest place.

The forest of the most common place.

The abyss of the most exclusive place.

After the crises in three places, the demon that swallows the world and reverses it will be born in the last.

“The origin of the highest place refers to the origin of the Silant River, the lifeline of the empire—that is, the Raichel Mountains, the highest of the headwaters.”

“The mire of the lowest place means the Giberta swamp, and the forest of the most common place means the Dian Forest, a forest near the capital.”

“Then, the abyss of the most exclusive place is…?”

When it comes to the most exclusive place, there is a place that comes to mind.

The Paeraton Duchy.

Of course, the duchy is vast and well-developed in commerce and tourism.

An estate that can never be called closed and exclusive.

But.

“There is no place that is said to be as exclusive as Paeraton.”

The very nature of the Paeraton ducal family made such modifiers stick.

“Is there any word that there is a problem in the Paeraton territory?”

“The abyss… Is there a place in the Paeraton territory that can be called that? Are you talking about something like a hollow?”

But there was no answer.

That’s because the Paeraton ducal family, including their retainers, were not here.

“I don’t have time to interpret such prophecies.”

The Paeraton Duke left the ceremonial hall, leaving only those words.

No one could stop him with the momentum that he would cut anyone who blocked his way in half on the spot.

“Let’s wait for now. If there was such an accident, news would come.”

“If there was an accident, news would have come. The Giberta swamp is also Pabnel territory, and a report came in immediately, didn’t it?”

“Then, if it’s not the Paeraton territory, it’s another place—”

“No. Even if it was another place, a report would have already come. My opinion is a little different.”

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The collapsed water source was immediately subjected to a massive search.

Paeraton and Tarenka manpower, and imperial manpower were mobilized to dig up the land.

“Your Excellency.”

Baron Erkel covered the Paeraton Duke’s shoulders with a blanket.

The Duke’s condition was a mess.

The neat hair was mixed with sweat and dust and was disheveled, and the silk shirt was already worn out and could not be found in its original form.

It was better now.

When Baron Erkel led the manpower and arrived here late, it was an indescribably terrible situation.

Black magic covered the sky and the earth, and it was as if the sun had disappeared.

The ground was turned upside down, and the water soared backwards.

It was a scene as if a disaster that humans could not do anything about had struck.

He couldn’t even approach properly because of the murderous spirit that pressed down on the cells of his whole body.

It was a situation that even Baron Erkel, who had served the Paeraton Duke at close range for decades, would shudder in fear.

The same was true of the young masters as well as the Duke.

I thought that they had become somewhat socialized and had a softer side while living with Luatisha, but I was wrong.

A beast is still a beast even if it is handled by humans.

They were just hiding the cruelty that had been sharpened much more sharply and acutely than when they were young.

‘And Sidrian the Prince as well…’

Baron Erkel’s gaze turned to Sidrian.

The sparkling blonde hair had long lost its color.

His hands were already covered in blood.

‘I really thought I was going to die like this earlier.’

The sight of the grass and trees around Sidrian turning black and dying was eerie even when I thought about it again.

Baron Erkel thought he would die from the poison like this.

It was absurd to have toxicity as an ability in the first place, but the range and power were that much?

Even Sidrian removed the toxicity again.

The ability momentarily exploded due to intense emotions, but soon he realized that this toxicity could also adversely affect Luatisha.

Is that possible with one person’s ability?

Even the ability that Sidrian possessed was not only toxicity.

“I should have gone with her.”

Then, Sidrian muttered.

Even if she said it was okay, that there would be no problem, he should have gone with Luatisha.

That kid always says that.

She pretends to rely on the person next to her, but she tries to go alone in the most dangerous moments.

Trying to block the rushing waves with her whole body with that small back.

As if that was her share.

‘If something happens to that child.’

콰드득

A rock fell apart in Sidrian’s hand.

The purple eyes shone brightly.

As someone who had experienced the Demon World once, the human world would experience exactly what hell is like.

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“Hoo.”

I finally stopped.

I checked that the earth and sand that had been pouring down had completely stopped and looked around.

Even if I looked around, I couldn’t see well because it was dark.

‘Thanks to Dad’s defense barrier, I avoided being buried alive…’

It didn’t seem like the defense barrier would collapse even if I stayed like this.

The problem was something else.

‘I can hardly feel the wind.’

If the air doesn’t circulate well, I could suffocate and die.

And the bigger problem is—

“I don’t have any abilities to use.”

Only traces remained of summoning books and drawing out abilities haphazardly to bring Sid back from the Demon World.

‘Or it’s [referring to the possibility of having useless abilities].’

I really don’t need this kind of ability.

“Cash also has a 2000 cash 뽑기 [gacha] ticket.”

I was practically penniless because I made a fuss about summoning a 15 금 [rated 15+] novel for nothing.

‘The heroine 언니 [older sister/term of endearment] of is not particularly capable.’

Of course, she’s good at kissing.

‘It’s okay. The spring is close. Since there’s no risk of being buried or hit anyway, I can dig the ground and move to the spring to get out easily.’

If I panic in times like this, that’s a bigger problem.

I patted myself and took out Akitoos.

I was thinking of turning at least a 2000 cash 뽑기 [gacha] ticket to summon a helpful ability.

But.

파사삭—.

A sound of something breaking was heard.

‘No way… Is it not [the defense barrier]?’

The moment I looked up in anxiety.

콰르르르르—.

The earth and sand collapsed.