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"I need to find her.

" Tristan raised his head with eyes full of determination, he stood up reaching out his hand to take duke Jellal's hand.

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"How did you get here, Tristan??

" duke Jellal stood tall asked Tristan in a worried voice.

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"I have no idea. But I have to confirm something...I need to find her.

"

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"Papa...

" Tristan was taken aback when a random kid ran to hug duke Jellal's leg and called him like that.

nTristan stared at duke Jellal, it was very awkward.

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"This is the kid I adopted.

"duke Jellal replied in a nervous tone.

nTristan had no idea what was going on, but still accepted that and patted Garu's head.

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"By the way, where are Marinette and Diana??

"

nDuke Jellal flinched but he kinda expected that as the house seemed to be quiet and Tristan wasn't at the house when the explosion took place.

nHe avoided Tristan's eyes and told him all the truth.

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"What??? How can I not know anything about this?!!!

"

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"They're still alive, don't worry.

"

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"I need to search for them too!!

" Tristan left the house but did not go to search for his sisters, he went to the group of armies that Herod saved.

nHe ran and ran searching for her, but no one looked like her. She was nowhere to be found. Not a single soldier among the two hundred was missing. But why was Eun-Kyung the only one missing??

nHe was panicked as he was the only one who saw Eun-Kyung go inside the portal with the demon. He had no idea what happened to her.

nHe was scared, his heart couldn't calm down until he saw her and hear her voice again. He already missed her rude tone already.

nHe ran back to the duchy.

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"I'll go back to the north. She isn't here...

" Tristan told duke Jellal in a thick voice.

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"No, you stay here. I can't afford to lose you, Tristan.

"

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"But father, she...

"

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"Did you already forget who you are right now?? You're the duke of this dukedom.

"

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"...I--I...

" Jellal put Garu who was sleeping on the couch and walked to Tristan.

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"Just tell me who she is, I'll be the one to go.

"

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"But father, it's dangerous there!!!

"

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"Marinette is also in the north...I'll bring them all back here.

" duke Jellal finally be able to push off his works to someone capable so that he could do what he intended to do.

nTristan turned his head down in disappointment as he knew for sure he won't be able to leave the house to go find Eun-Kyung no matter how much he tried to persuade his father.

nHe told duke Jellal all about Aurora's appearance. Duke Jellal put his hand on his son's solder and smiled as he will be able to perform his final duty as a father to all his children.

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"Tristan...I know you will be a great leader.

" duke Jellal hugged Tristan and walked out of the house, Tristan had no idea at that time what duke Jellal was going to do.

nCough cough

n'I'll see you soon, Anette...my wife...'

nAs Herod was unconscious, it was duke Jellal's opportunity to get out from his sight. He felt sorry for the woman who carried Herod as he wouldn't be able to do the plan she told him.

nThe ceremony was approaching, as long as Tristan, the new duke came back, the plan will be able to work.

nDuke Jellal didn't spare any time running to the magic tower, the nostalgic place he once entered in the past. He used teleportation with the destination set to the north.

nBack to the Mortel manor,

nTristan sat on the desk of duke Jellal with many piles of paper, he couldn't shake off the ominous feeling he had in his heart.

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"I won't forgive you if you die...Eun-Kyung...

" he shoved his face into the piles of paper as he took a deep breath.

nMeow meow (help...Eun-Kyung...)

nTristan was started by the sound of the cat on the edge of the window, he immediately opened the window to let the white cat in.

nIt was the same cat he saw in Eun-Kyung's illusion, but the cat had wound everywhere on its body.

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"Are you alright??!!

" he ran to grab the first-aid kit to stop the bleeding.

nHe felt the chill when he slid his finger through the cat's fur, there were so many wounds on the cat. He was furious for some reason at the bastard who hit the adorable cat.

nMeow... (...will die...)

nMeow...meow...meow... (Father...'s treasure...is behind...the...portrait...)

nMeow!!! (Please...)

nMeow meow meow!! (Understand!! Please, Tristan...)

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"What're you trying to say???

" the cat groaned in pain with the disappointment appearing on its face.

nKnock knock

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"Your grace, sir Armando is asking for you.

" the butler talked from the other side of the locked door. The cat flinched in fear and went to hide inside the desk.

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"Isn't he Aurora's brother??

" Tristan gave the cat to the butler and walked down the stair to greet the heir of Madeline's family.

nArmando upon seeing Tristan went from a smirk to a face full of worry and then ran to Tristan and whined in front of him.

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"Commander...I mean your grace, where is my sister??? Is she alright?? Is she well??? I'm worried about her.

" he put his hand on his chest and kneeled in front of Tristan with the fake tears rolling down on his cheek.

nThere was a stain of blood at the edge of his pant but Tristan didn't notice it as he felt guilty toward Armando for such a thing to happen to Aurora (Eun-Kyung).

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"I'm really sorry...

"

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"No...I don't want your sorry...I want my beloved sister back...

" he cried getting up as Tristan helped him. He suddenly hugged Tristan crying his eyes out loudly with the slight grin on the corner of his lip.

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"I'm sorry...

"

n'You do something useful for once...my stupid sister...'

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nTwo hours earlier,

nAurora's POV

nArghhh...

nSh*t...f*ck...arghhh...

nThis motherf*cker...is cheating...

nIt went well as I summoned the hero from the comic book to fight the demon until that moment when he summoned the demon king to wipe out all of my armies.

nThe fight went on and on without any side losing with the world set in Korea.

nThe gun in my hand, I used it from the point I was an amateur till the point I became an expert.

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"Come out, come out, wherever you are...the time flows the same to the outside world, remember??

"

nIt was a warning, if I delayed for some time, he would kill all the armies including Tristan. And that was something I won't allow to happen.

nHe could only summon a figure once at a time as the rule was set, I wanted to summon goddess Anastasia, but I didn't have enough info about her.

nThat bastard also didn't have all the info about the demon king, so the demon king could only use one spell but that spell was the reason one of my arms was lost taking one of the demon king's spells head-on.

nThe pain was real...I wasn't even sure if I would have a hand to write a letter when I come out of this illusion.

nWhat...who...I should summon???

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"Come out now.

" my back was against the corner of the wall inside the supermarket was full of my sweat as a result of my fear from those two monsters walking toward where I hid.

nThe blood of the demon inside of me was boiling to the point my blood vein was transparent to my eyes.

nWho should I...summon????

nHmm...

nThere were many people inside the supermarket, and the world was still living normally. The number of people, could I use them??

nBut what would get me to control them all at once??

n!!

nSummoning: Zombie

nA zombie with a green skin tone appeared in front of me, it was murmuring random nonsense. It was a relief it didn't see me as its enemy.

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"Those two are your enemy.

"

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"Enemy target locked.

"

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"Good. Now go on, bite all those humans...wait...wait...bite me first.

"

nAhhh...

nMy skin turned green, my hair turned from pink to white.

nI was panting in agony as the zombie virus got inside my body, but as the power as the summoner, I didn't lose my humanity.

nThe demon Lucas didn't notice what I was planning in the shadow. As he was searching for me, my force was spreading everywhere inside Seoul.

nI sneaked into the zombie group blending in as a zombie.

nAn hour passed, the zombie which I summoned came back to me and nodded.

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"It's time.

"

nThe ground was shaking as I ran alongside all those uncountable zombies, they were climbing the building to where the demon was.

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"What's this?? Demon king, wipe them all out.

"

nDemon Art: Light of Darkness

nA part of zombies vanished to ashes from that one beam of light.

nAs I thought, he could only use one spell at a time, and it had to be charged for a while before using the spell again.

nHe destroyed the demon king and then summoned the other demon, all of the zombies became headless, even I wasn't be able to dodge it on time. My necklace was the one who took the attack, the necklace cracked a little.

nI panted couldn't believe he would summon that demon, it was none other than Valencia. She didn't need to use any spell, with her one sword, she continued cutting the zombies.

nBut unfortunately, my group of zombies didn't die from that kind of attack as it had a random core inside its body.

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"You're a cheater!!!

"

nSay it all you want, but this is my card to fight against you.

nI stood from my hiding place to get the full view of Lucas running from those zombies, I thought I was really going to win until he summoned that creature.

nWith its one breath, all my zombies burnt to ashes, one flap of its wing blow the buildings to the point we couldn't recognize it was the city anymore with all the dirt.

nIt was a massive dragon.

nWell, the zombies were all gone, but my hope didn't vanish with that attack. I took that opportunity to bring the doom to my enemy.

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"HAHAHAHA, I still have more knowledge than you, bring it on--

"

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"Oh...I'll bring it on...hehe...checkmate.

" I came out of my hiding place, the place where I hid as I predicted where Lucas would run. As he was arrogant, with the teeth of the zombies, I rushed to bite him in the neck.

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"What are you--

" his flesh turned green, the dragon behind us disappeared. I wiped the demon's blood off my lip and then grabbed him tight and shut his mouth with my hand to cover him from using another spell to summon another being.

nBut I hadn't yet realized he already did. The demon king appeared again behind me and grabbed my face, he slid his own arm and poured all his blood inside me.

nArghhhhhhhhhh

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"HAHAHA...let's see who will become a demon...who will become a monster...

"

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"You...you...bastard...

" my skin turned black, the demon king vanished again, my eyes went blurry as I could no longer suppress the power of the blood of the demon inside my body. I held onto my consciousness to witness who died before whom in this realm.

nIf he died before me, I'll win...the minute of him turning into a zombie felt like an eternity to me.

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"...I won't lose...

"

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"I won't...either...

"

nUrgh...

nTo be continued....!

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