The Shadowed Legacy Of The Soulless Messenger [EN]: Chapter 406

“It’s just that the previous king was a tyrant. It’s not like Azadin did anything that great.”

“Is that so? I think he’s amazing. Indim, have you forgotten how much the Indim and Aragasa were despised? They wouldn’t even call him a proper king.”

“Hmph. Midiam Etar. He abandoned you, yet you still take his side?”

The one called Indim glared at the girl.

“I’m just stating objective facts. And if he had tried to get me back in a hurry, I would have suffered even more, wouldn’t I?”

“Tch. You’re making the best of a bad situation. He was too busy with his own ambitions to care about you. If not, he should have at least asked us to save you.”

“And yet, you’re rescuing me without being asked?”

“Well, it’s an opportunity to put him in our debt.”

“Exactly. If Azadin abandoned me, why are you going out of your way to take me? If you think rescuing me puts Azadin in your debt, doesn’t that mean he’d be happy about my rescue?”

“Ugh. You’re annoying, Midiam Etar. Damn it. Why does everyone like that guy?”

At that moment, a man who had been looking around the other side of the ship approached them.

He was a young minstrel-like figure carrying a lute, with a handsome face and a red-feathered hat pulled down low.

“You’re talking nonsense, Indim. Azadin is the only blood relative of Ara’el and his legacy. To disparage Azadin is an insult to Ara’el, so just admit it.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Who in this world can seize the throne by their own power and be called a king, not a bandit, when their father wasn’t a king? Azadin is indeed an exceptional person.”

“The Relief Knights are behind him, aren’t they? That guy is a Relief Knight believer.”

“Okay, let’s say the Relief Knights pushed the Aragasa without any hesitation because he’s a believer. Why can’t we get such easy support and end up like a kite with a broken string? In the end, gaining support and backing is also a skill.”

“……”

Indim had no retort to that point. In fact, he was already impressed by Azadin’s abilities.

It was just that acknowledging him made him feel too insignificant, so he was being stubborn.

“I’ve checked the rear of the ship. There don’t seem to be any pursuers. Everyone, rest more. I’ll keep watch.”

At that moment, a boy who had been on the east side of the ship walked over.

“Seraph, sir. Over there. There’s a carriage and people chasing it engaged in a fierce chase along the riverbank.”

“Really? Ismail, use your Foresight Bird magic to check it out.”

“Understood.”

The boy called Ismail sent a Foresight Bird towards the carriage to observe the owner of the carriage and the pursuers.

“Hmm. There are nuns and doctors in the carriage. It has the three-wheeled wing symbol of the Relief Knights.”

“The Relief Knights’ Mercy Order? Then who are those guys chasing them?”

“Three light cavalrymen. They’re quite fast. And…”

The boy called Ismail frowned.

“I can’t see their faces with the Foresight Bird. No, this is…”

At that moment, the Foresight Bird magic broke.

“Hmm.”

Seraph, a member of the Ara’el branch of the Aragasa and the leader of the birds among the Flower, Bird, Wind, and Moon [a group of elite warriors], was lost in thought.

A Foresight Bird breaking on its own is possible when facing a powerful mage or a terrible being.

A Foresight Bird is a magic that creates an artificial bird spirit for a very short time.

It is a magic that scouts and monitors the surroundings by flying it while connecting consciousness.

In places full of evil poison or dark magic, the Foresight Bird does not work properly because the telepathic link with the caster is distorted by the magic.

‘The Mercy Order is being chased. The guys chasing them don’t seem like mere bandits.’

Seraph had just told Indim that Azadin was able to become king because he had gained the support of the Relief Knights.

It was as if his words were like a curse, ordering him to save them.

“We have to help them. Hey, captain, can you slow down the ship for a moment? I want to save those people.”

“What? But we’re in the middle of the river right now?”

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll get back on the ship, so just furl the sails for a moment.”

Seraph said that and stood on the ship’s railing.

“Good grief. You’re doing something unnecessary. Do you think those guys will be happy that we saved them? They’ll probably bite their tongues and kill themselves rather than be helped by the Envoy Clan.”

Indim grumbled as he followed. Ismail tried to follow Indim, but Indim stopped him with his hand and pointed at Midiam.

It was a signal to protect Midiam.

“But…”

“Have you forgotten who you’re talking to?”

Indim of the Flower, Bird, Wind, and Moon suppressed Ismail with a sharp tone.

“Why are you scolding the kid like that? Come on, let’s go, Indim. You should be nicer to others.”

Seraph said that to the grumbling Indim and took out a feather from inside his clothes and blew on it.

A shining bird appeared and flew away. Seraph and Indim simultaneously jumped onto the shining bird, and the bird exploded in mid-air, turning into a ring of light.

“Hup!”

“Cha!”

Indim and Seraph ran through the air again and landed on the ice by the river.

It was only thin ice, but they stepped onto the ice as lightly as snowflakes, and then slid to the ground.

“Good heavens! What kind of sorcery is that?”

They jumped from a ship in the middle of the river and ran as if flying for more than ten yards, and then landed safely on the riverbank without breaking the thin ice.

The sailors who were watching felt as if they were under some kind of spell.

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The doctors and nuns of the Mercy Order, wearing plague masks, were riding in a carriage along the road.

Amidst the swirling snow, knights were chasing them from behind.

A high-ranking nun with her face covered by a veil leaned out of the carriage window and looked back.

Three light cavalrymen were running with longswords on their backs.

There were only three pursuers. However, she knew how dangerous they were.

“Stop! Heine, the Guide of Rest! We need to talk!”

The cavalryman’s voice tore through the wind.

It was a distance where it shouldn’t be heard. A sound that shouldn’t be heard due to the noise of the horses and the wind was seeping into her head vividly.

Was it some kind of telepathy, not a voice?

But then, suddenly, arrows flew and accurately struck the heads of the pursuers.

“What?!”

Two Envoy Clan members had fired arrows from the front of the carriage.

They were holding the Envoy Clan’s unique crescent bows, and they fired arrows again, simultaneously shooting the other one who had not yet been hit, and then jumped onto the running carriage.

Before Heine, the Guide of Rest, could even react, they easily moved onto the carriage.

‘They say the Envoy Clan are monsters, and they live up to their reputation. Azadin is a chosen one, so that’s understandable, but even these Envoy Clan members are this outstanding.’

Heine, the Guide of Rest, was once again astonished by the incredible abilities of the Envoy Clan.

Of course, the ones who had boarded the carriage were not nameless soldiers, but the top four of the same training class, the leaders of the young people who would lead the next generation of the Envoy Clan, but Heine could not know such details.

“Hmm. I definitely aimed for the space between the eyebrows, avoiding the helmet.”

“They’re not losing any morale at all.”

Heine was surprised to hear what they were saying.

It was already amazing that they had hit the pursuers with arrows from afar, but they were saying that they had aimed for the space between the eyebrows through the helmet?

Looking back, there were indeed arrows stuck between the helmets.

The pursuers staggered with arrows stuck in them, but then regained their senses and came running again.

It was not a normal knight’s reaction.

“Shall we shoot the horses?”

The two Envoy Clan members took out arrows from their quivers and shot.

The arrows of the sharpshooters who had hit the space between the eyebrows of a person from 60 paces away fell weakly and low.

Isn’t it going between the horse’s legs?

Heine was watching the arrows, thinking that, but….

-Thwack!

The arrows grazed the horse’s legs, the thinnest part of the ankle ligaments. The force was so strong that the horse’s tendons were severed.

The running horse could not bear its own weight, its leg broke, and it fell forward, tumbling to the ground with its rider.

“No!”

The last remaining knight was startled and began to cast a spell.

A faint shield of light that could be seen from afar enveloped him and his horse.

However….

-Swish!

Two arrows flew almost simultaneously.

The arrows fired by the two Envoy Clan members hit the exact same spot at the exact same time.

The first arrow touched the shield of light and bounced off…

The second arrow hit the same spot where the first arrow had hit, piercing the shield and hitting the horse.

However, it seemed that it had used a lot of power to break the shield of light, so the arrow could not break the horse’s bones and just stuck in it.

But it was enough to shake off the pursuers.

‘They shot at the exact same spot?’

Heine was amazed by the performance of the two Envoy Clan members.

“Okay then… hey, nun. Are you the leader of these people?”

“Well, it’s true that I have the highest rank.”

“Hmm. Is that so? Where are you going? Why are you being chased by those things?”

“Thank you for saving us, but it’s not something we can tell outsiders.”

“Really? I was going to protect you and go with you if you were going to Azadin.”

The prickly Envoy Clan member suddenly mentioned Azadin.

“Do you have any relationship with Lord Azadin, the King of Banreung?”

“I’m his senior.”

“I know that the Envoy Clan has designated him as a traitor and is trying to execute him.”

“Not us.”

“How can we believe that?”

“That’s…”

Indim was speechless at Heine’s attitude of questioning him in return.

Then Seraph answered.

“We were vassals of King Azadin’s sister. We are on our way back after rescuing his disciple to help King Azadin, so we would appreciate it if you would believe us.”

“I see.”

The Guide of Rest of the Relief Knights, a title given to the highest-ranking members of the Mercy Order, was a member who was familiar with murder, assassination, and terrorist operations, as the name implies.

As a trained spy, she could tell that the people in front of her were spies who had accumulated considerable training.

And spies are not to be trusted.

But somehow, she could tell that Seraph was telling the truth.

“Thank you for helping us. But they won’t die that easily.”

“I think so too.”

Seraph said that and turned to Indim.

“Why don’t you listen to me, but you understand everything he says? In fact, if you want to doubt his words, there’s no end to it, is there?”

“That’s the difference in rhetoric, Indim.”

“If you say that, I’m more…”

“Yeah. You’re terrible at talking.”

“……”

Indim shut his mouth.