Became the Son-in-Law of the Traitorous Family

8. Star of Extinction – 01

A wasteland located a short distance from the center of the Grand Duchy of Yohrha.

In the middle of an empty field where no traces of life, let alone people around, could be found, the Marquis of Illivatus was looking down at the envoys following him with an awe-inspiring gaze.

“… Is this the right place?”

“Yes, Your Excellency, Marquis. I’m sure.”

A death god who bowed his head excessively to answer the Marquis’ question. It would not be an exaggeration to say that, in a way, it was even more excessive than the courtesy to the emperor, but he did not think that his attitude towards the marquis was servile.

Because the Marquis was not only the owner of enough power to receive such treatment from him, but also because he was no different from the absolute possessing his body and soul in the first place.

There is no shame in paying respect to the master of his own soul. Rather, the one who barks like a mad dog without even recognizing the power gap is more problematic.

“By the way, did you manage to find this place? Grand Duchess, that girl must have been paranoid about maintaining security.”

In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Marquis Illivatus also tried every trick to find ‘this place’.

He even tried to capture some of the Grand Duchess’ subordinates and sell her brains, but it didn’t make much money.

The Grand Duchess had trained her subordinates so thoroughly that nine out of 10 of the people captured here committed suicide as soon as they were captured. .

I don’t know, but the Grand Duchess must have messed up something beforehand.

“Since she is such a cruel woman, even I thought there was no other way.”

At Ilibatus’ question, he stretched out his chest as if he was very proud.

“Actually, I was lucky too. Due to the Grand Duchess’ thorough defense, it’s not easy to dig up information, so I would never have found this place if I hadn’t caught a human in the eyes of the familiars I had sowed when I was about to give up everything.”

“Which one? Who is he?”

“I am Reiner Kreuzse, the husband of the Grand Duchess and the Grand Duke of Yohrha.”

“… Reiner Kreuzze?”

When the unexpected name came out of his mouth, Marquis Illivatus’ face contorted at once.

Isn’t Reiner Kreuze the name of the damn kid who insulted himself in front of the Grand Duchess and other humans a while ago? But now, why the hell is the kid’s name popping up here?

“To be honest, I also didn’t pay much attention to Grand Duke YoRHa at first. As His Excellency knows, the general opinion is that the Archduke of Yohrha, Reiner Kreuzse, has the status of a Grand Duke only in pattern, but in fact is in a position similar to the pet dog raised by the Grand Duchess.”

“… Hmm.”

“However, even if it is the same as the position of a pet dog, if it is a relationship between a man and a woman, the story will be a little different. Doesn’t His Excellency know that too? The fact that any monarch in the world will be a little lighter in front of his beloved concubine.”

From that point of view, after three days of monitoring Reiner Kreuzze’s every move, I was finally able to catch useful information coming out of his mouth.

“You mean that information was the location of this place?”

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“Yes, sir.”

“Hmm.”

Illivatus raised the corners of his mouth upwards at his unhindered reply.

“Yes, Karin von Charlotte Johrha. After pretending to be so proud, you are saying that you were also the child of a person after all.”

Ilibatus knows. Grand Duchess of Yohrha, Karin von Charlotte Yohrha, knows that a man named Rainer Kreuzse is not a simple target of an arranged marriage.

People in the world saw that marriage between them was a kind of political union that could not be found even after washing their eyes, but the fact that it is not that simple when you look at the reality is also true.

‘On that day, at the party, the eyes the Grand Duchess looked at the youngster. Those eyes were not simply the eyes she looked at her pet dog.’

As he sees it, the eyes of the Grand Duchess looking at her goddamn child… It was the eyes of a b*tch. Her girlish eyes looking at her own ‘man’ and longing for her love towards him.

It was really funny. The fact that a girl who until recently had been cold-heartedly determining everything in the world as if she had become a machine, with only insensitivity, has changed so much because of just one man.

As expected, humans are an inferior species who are swayed by fleeting emotions. A race that commits the folly of recklessly exposing its emotions in front of its enemies.

With that thought in mind, Illivatus carefully caressed the barriers set up around here.

Wow.

The moment Ilibatus’ touch touched the barrier, a low vibrating sound leaked out. As if desperately rejecting his hand towards her.

“Oh, looking at it now, this is a very elaborate barrier. Indeed, I understand why you did not take any action even after noticing the existence of this barrier.”

Illivatus, who has reached a level of magic that is different from that of humans, was able to comment that the barrier covering this wasteland was very well made.

“Amplification of holy power, suppression of demonic energy, and space confinement via another dimension due to dimensional separation. It seems like this is a barrier created for the purpose of restraining and hunting us demons. Amazing.”

As Illivatus smiled, the other low-level demons who were prostrated in front of Illivatus opened their mouths with a cautious voice.

“Sir, my opinion is a little different. No matter how you think about it, things tend to come off too easily. There is a possibility that all of this is a trap on the part of the Grand Duchess, so it’s better to approach it a little more carefully… “

“A trap?”

Hearing the word trap, Ilibatus’ mouth grotesquely splits on both sides.

“It’s a trap, ha ha ha! Your words are really funny. Yeah, it could be a trap. No, as you said, it’s very likely to be a trap. After all, among the functions of the barrier, the ability to blatantly suppress demonic energy was included.”

“Yes? If this is the case, refraining from entering the trap is the right choice…”

“Why do I have to act like a rat? Our demons are predators. Are there hunters who are afraid to enter their stronghold for mere prey? Crucially, even a grand duchess would need a great deal of effort and cost to establish and maintain this type of barrier. In other words, it must be proof that there is something the Grand Duchess wants to hide from me, even at such a price.”

“Even if this place was made to trap me from the beginning, what was the problem? No, I’d rather be a trap. Rather, if the Grand Duchess were bold enough to give me such a cute present, the boredom surrounding me would be lessened a little.”

Kwajik!

Frighteningly after those words were finished, a part of the barrier installed here shattered like pieces of glass. The magi led by Illivatus responded to his will and exercised physical force in the nearby space and time.

Illivatus moves without hesitation into the fragments of the barrier that have been shattered like cookies. As he enters the inner boundary, the envoys who follow him inevitably follow him into the inner boundary.

“Oh, was it structured like this on the inside?”

Until just a moment ago, they were clearly in an empty field, but as they entered the barrier, the ruins of the ancient past were all around them.

Perhaps, I don’t know, but this must be something the Grand Duchess wanted to hide so much.

“… There are still many traces left. Although it does not exist now, it seems certain that there were several people who lived here not long ago.”

One of the demons who touched the floor once using magic muttered with conviction.

Surprisingly, he was able to use magic without any resistance even though he was inside the barrier that had the ability to suppress his demonic energy.

The reason was nothing other than the fact that the demonic energy that Illivatus was raising was directly opposing this barrier and protecting their bodies.

‘As expected… He must be a great man.’

The demons were once again convinced that choosing to follow Illivatus was the best decision they had ever made.

Ilibatus was right. What was he afraid of?

Humans are nothing more than lower lifeforms that are much inferior to the demons, but for a moment, I feel so pitiful for fearing that this place is a trap set by them.

Just as the owner of a butcher shop never hesitates to wield a sword out of fear of a mere beast, he had no need to fear humans, who were merely prey and plaything for the demons.

‘I found it!’

And at that moment, the demons found it. Among the countless traces of humans entangled in this place, the footsteps of a woman they should prioritize.

“I found it, sir! I found it!”

“What did you mean?”

“The Grand Duchess, these are the traces of that woman. Right here, there are clear traces of the Grand Duchess being here a while ago… !”

And at that moment, I can clearly hear someone muttering softly somewhere.

“Heaven is in his heaven, nothing happens in the world. At the top of the sky, and at the bottom of the earth.”

At first glance, that voice has no pitch to the point of being inorganic.

But at that low voice, everyone in the room instinctively felt fear.

Because he is a demon who can feel and handle mana more sensitively than anyone else in the world, he has an intuition about the ‘phenomenon’ that will be derived from that chant.

Ugh-

In the next moment, the energy compressed to a very high density begins to be concentrated in the air.

The concentrated energy crossed the critical point at some point and began to distort the surrounding space, transforming everything on the ground into the pure light of destruction.

“Burn it. The light of the Seven Heavens.”

In the next moment, a pure white flash engulfs the Demons and Illivatus who were at the forefront.

Quaaagh!

With a huge explosion that trembled everywhere, the demon’s upper body literally disappeared.

The part of the earth’s axis directly hit by the flash collapsed as it was, and the ancient ruins around it evaporated as if they had been erased with an eraser.

Amidst the horrors of destruction where the aftermath seems to blow away everything in all directions, the man and woman who can be said to be responsible for the destruction converse in a calm voice.

“Look, I told you. Those bastards are idiots who crawl in even though they know this is a trap.”

“I was proud that I had learned enough about the demons, but I think I should reflect on this. I never thought I’d be so stupid.”

“Originally, the longer the demons live, the more arrogant they are in most cases. As usual, I was careless and got hit once this time, well.”

Liner… No, in the form of ‘Ran’, he was watching the scene of destruction caused by Cirilla with a tired expression.

No matter how much I received the help of Sei’s support and the barrier around here, it’s possible to bring about this level of destruction even though I’ve only been learning magic for about two months.

If the flow of the original work is Cirilla… So, when you think of the possibility of Sistina appearing as an enemy, she is simply terrifying.

“At this rate, there’s a chance that Illivatus bastard has gone after him…”

“No matter how hard it is, it’s not. As you said, it’s likely a trap, but don’t you think you’re careless enough to crawl into this place without thinking?”

The smoke clears. There, looking at Reiner and holding out his one arm, Illivatus and the others were sitting there.

“…Could it be that he was unharmed even after being hit from the front?”

“Strictly speaking, I didn’t receive the magic safely. Anyway, the flash from before… It’s a very interesting magic.”

Illivatus gazes in wonder at his left arm, whose bones are completely twisted and shattered.

Originally, the regeneration should have been completed a long time ago, but the wound caused by the flash just before was not easily healed, as if it interfered with Ilibatus’ ability to regenerate.

Interesting. Isn’t this magic created from the root to function as the natural enemy of the demons?

“It’s fun. And it’s unpleasant. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this kind of feeling.”

Illivatus raises his head and looks at the pair of men and women in front of him. At this moment, he perfectly recognizes the two of them as prey.

“It’s been a long time, so let’s keep it in. You guys seem to be related to the Grand Duchess. What are your identities?”

Looking casually at Illivatus, who was exuding terrible demonic energy from his body, Reiner took one step forward towards him.

“The Hunter.”