Chapter 44.5

Taylor Stan muttered those words in shock. Any noble who had the slightest knowledge of magic would know that only one item was capable of having such a destructive force. A magic bomb. Even the king and some of the princes, who were retreating, stopped moving. Everybody could not help but think about how those items had shot up from within the crowd before starting to fly toward the mountain. Cale brushed his hair that was a mess from the gust of wind. ‘I guess there were only four bombs.’ Nobody had died. - We saved them all. Cale could hear the Black Dragon’s voice in his head. Cale just quietly listened to the dragon. The once chaotic plaza was now very calm. No, it was almost depressing now. The people were probably thinking about the terrible scene that could have happened in the plaza. They were probably swept up in their emotions of both relief and fear. - I saved them! The Black Dragon sounded very happy and excited. This was the first time that this young Black Dragon, who had been wishing for its own death after living a life of despair, had saved something with its own strength. Cale thought about the Black Dragon’s emotions as he moved his gaze to the location the magic bombs had shot up into the air. The knights and mages were heading to that location. However, Cale’s group had already left the scene. They then used the invisibility magic device Cale had borrowed from Billos to hide in the farthest corner of the plaza. ‘Then Choi Han will chase after the mage to kill him.’ Cale looked toward the top of the Bell Tower. Eric and the rest had already stopped moving. They were able to figure out from what the mages were saying that the magic bombs were supposed to explode in the plaza, but ended up exploding in the mountain far away to the south. How could they not? Redika said it himself from the top of the Bell Tower. ‘Unfortunately, nobody died. Why did they go off over there?’ Redika continued to speak in that metal screeching voice. “Guess this one was a failure.” The King started to shout toward Redika. “What are you doing? Who are you? Do you think you will be fine after attempting to commit such a deed?!” King Zed’s response changed after realizing that it was not just an attack that was planned. The fact that they were trying to detonate magic bombs directly next to the royal family and nobles was no different than declaring war against this kingdom. But Cale had a different thought regarding Redika’s statement. ‘..., ‘This one,’ was a failure?’ Cale’s expression stiffened, worried that there was something else as well. His changed expression made Taylor, who was approaching Cale to speak thinking that things were now okay, stop moving. He then looked toward the top of the Bell Tower like Cale was doing. “Oh well then.” The metal screeching voice rang throughout the plaza. Redika shouted toward the king and the knights without caring about the fact that the mages used levitation magic to approach him. Snap. He snapped his fingers and two people appeared next to him. These two were just wearing black attires without the red star and white star symbol on their chest. They were each wearing a backpack. Cale started to frown. ‘Those are the remaining bombs.’ Those two people were most likely members of the assassin team of the secret organization. They were people whose lives did not matter. Cale now understood the location of the remaining two bombs. The two of them each took out three scrolls and ripped them at the same time. Shield, acceleration, and combustion. “Go.” Redika gave the order and the two people, whose bodies were now burning, rushed toward the citizens below the Bell Tower. Redika shot out two balls of red mana toward the two people. “S, stop them!” Magic bombs were guaranteed to go off if they were not dismantled. Unfortunately, Redika was closer to these two people than anybody else. The red mana reached the backpacks of the two suicide bombers. The bombs were going to detonate soon. The two people, who had used acceleration magic, were rushing toward the plaza at a fast speed. One of the two rushed toward the royal family while the other... ‘He’s coming this way.’ Rushed toward the nobles. All of this happened in less than 10 seconds. - I’m coming! Cale raised his hand as he heard the dragon’s voice. “Aaaaaaah!” “R, run away!” “Dodge!” It was too late to dodge. You were not going to get out of the bomb’s range simply by running for a few seconds. “C, Cale, let’s go!” “Young master Cale, hurry!” Eric, Taylor, Gilbert, and Amiru did not run away right away like the others. They were trying to save Cale as well. However, it was all too late. Cale was extremely annoyed. If he started to run and the bomb went off, he would probably lose an arm. However, the Vitality of the Heart would help him recover his arm. However, the people who were trying to protect him would lose at least a limb no matter how fast they ran. They would also not be able to recover from their injuries as he could. Rather than allowing something like that to happen... “...Sigh.” Cale let out a deep sigh and opened his palm up into the air. It was time to change plans. At that moment, Rosalyn, who was teleported through the Black Dragon’s magic, created a two-layer shield around herself and Cale. At the same time... “Explode!” Redika shouted out with joy. “Huh?” Rosalyn had a blank expression as she stared at what was going on in front of her. The suicide bomber who was headed their way was surrounded by large wings. A silver shield shot up to the sky as if it was protecting the people in the plaza, and the wings of the shield surrounded the bomber. It looked like the shield and the wings were completely swallowing up the bomber. And a strong shield that was not very visible because of the silver light surrounded the silver shield. - I will block it as well. The Black Dragon announced in Cale’s head. A holy looking person with a silver shield was standing underneath the sun. A strand of silver light connected the red-haired man with the shield in the sky. Cale started to curse as his hair fluttered from the gust of wind. “...****!” And then the bomb went off.