novelraw Chapter 106 : Chapter 106
Chapter 106 : Chapter 106
Chapter 106 : Shh. Let's Go Quietly.
“Poison master Chamber?”
“Yes, I just found out this time as well.”
Muno frowned at Rauel’s words.
“Who’s that?”
“……You don’t know? The terrorist who made a huge stir in the world by poisoning the three direct descendants of the Deus Empire's Northern King, along with their entire families, and is now wanted? I thought you would know, Sir Muno.”
She asked back as if surprised, but Muno was just indifferent.
“I don't know. I don't know much about the kingdom’s affairs, let alone the empire's. It's none of my business.”
Rauel looked at him with a dumbfounded expression at those words, but Muno was unabashed.
‘It’s not a crime not to know.’
In fact, until six months ago, he was fighting the demon within him, making it difficult to even carry on with daily life.
It hadn't been long since he had awakened and come to his senses, so how could he possibly know about a wanted criminal from the empire?
The only problem was.
“A wanted criminal from the empire……”
Something that had been bothering him from before had become even more ambiguous.
The Demon Cult. He had assumed that the evil cult group, which was presumed to have a Seven-Star magician behind it, was ultimately connected to the empire.
But if the enemy of one of the empire's Four Directional Kings was a member of that organization, that assumption seemed to be wrong.
“……Is it not, after all?”
“Pardon?”
“No, it's nothing. Just an annoying thought.”
He swallowed his inner thoughts since he couldn't completely trust Rauel yet.
That wasn't what was important right now.
“So, how are we going to catch that bastard?”
When he asked in a voice tinged with interest, Rauel's gaze grew cold.
“……He won't even have a chance to use his poison.”
“You alone? He’s a famous terrorist from the empire, you said?”
“Yes. He is a 5-Star Corporeal Arts user, but most of his abilities are specialized in handling poison. His actual combat power is around the 4-Star level. It's also questionable how long it's been since he's had a direct battle.”
“So?”
“If I get a chance to snipe him, he will die at my hands.”
Rauel's words seemed overly confident, but Muno couldn't help but be convinced.
While that poison master something's physical abilities were inferior to his evolution grade, her sniping ability was above her grade.
It was just that her compatibility with him was terrible; she was also a top-class assassin, no, a sniper.
“Well, that’s fitting enough.”
“Pardon?”
“If you say you'll defect after catching such a famous terrorist, I can't not believe you. To be honest, a guy who uses poison would have been dangerous for me too.”
If a knight or a magician attacked him head-on, he could at least fight with a clear mind, but he had never even considered the threat of poisoning.
“A disaster could have happened at the 3rd Prince’s palace, you know.”
Even though he was openly saying he still couldn't trust her, Rauel obediently nodded her head.
She even added her own opinion.
“……It’s just my groundless speculation, but may I speak?”
“Speculation? Go ahead.”
“Ian, no, Chamber, for some reason, didn’t seem to want a major disturbance at the 3rd Prince’s palace.”
“Hm?”
“It was a feeling that he was trying to restrain himself as much as possible, aside from the commotion that would arise from dealing with you, Sir Muno.”
“Why is that……?”
“He is the one who massacred the Northern King's direct descendants, their entire family, and everyone in the annex. It is a bit strange for such a person to try to restrain himself in another country.”
Now that he heard it, that was true.
But.
“If he causes a big massacre here too, he'll be wanted again, won't he?”
“Even if he succeeds in assassinating you, Sir Muno, he will be wanted all the same.”
“Still, the degree would be different, wouldn't it?”
“Actually, what bothers me more is his habit.”
“Habit?”
“Among assassins, there are sometimes those with terrible habits. Usually, the worse the habit, the harder it is to break, and it would be even more so for a crazy massacre method like Chamber's, where he feels satisfied only after devastating the surroundings. And yet, he's trying to restrain himself this time, which bothers me.”
“Hmm. Is that so……”
If Rauel's speculation was true, there was only one possible reason.
“……He was ordered to do so. But why?”
It was bothering him for no reason.
After a moment of silence, Muno, who had been lost in thought, opened his mouth again.
“No, that's not it.”
“Pardon?”
“In any case, there's only one answer. It ends if we kill him. There's no need for useless worries. Honestly, this isn't a problem that can be solved by worrying about it.”
He had no intention of wasting time on a problem with no answer.
Therefore.
“You just catch him as planned.”
“……I understand.”
“The plan?”
“First, they will have to scatter to execute the plan. When that happens……”
As Rauel's words continued, Muno slowly nodded his head with an interested look.
Then.
“……Alright. I’ll take care of the miscellaneous guys.”
“Pardon?”
“If that Chamber guy is that dangerous, you just focus on him. I'll be able to trust you only when you kill him. Got it?”
“I will keep that in mind.”
* * *
“Ahahaha. Sir Muno, you’ve arrived quite early. It’s just lunchtime now. You haven’t forgotten that the party is in the evening, have you?”
As soon as he arrived at the 3rd Prince’s palace, Orlando immediately ran out to greet him with a smile.
“Of course not. But I had some business to attend to, so I came a little early.”
“Business?”
Looking at the tilting-headed Orlando, Muno organized his thoughts again.
‘The 3rd Prince’s steward. A quasi-baron. And if Prince Christopher becomes king, he will become an honorary viscount and the Chamberlain.’
Moreover, for some reason, he was acting like a civil official with no martial power, and in fact, he was sweating just from running to the front of the palace right now, but.
His sensitive senses could gauge that the condensed mass in this handsome young man's slender body was quite large, more than it appeared.
“A 2-Star Corporeal Arts user……aren’t you?”
Muno smirked, seeing Orlando flinch for a moment, and patted his shoulder.
“Um, Sir Muno……. Right now…….”
- He is to His Highness what my Sir Karin is to me.
Since ‘that’ Grand Princess Roanna had said so.
There was no way Orlando could be an enemy spy or something.
Therefore.
“Ah, of course, I don’t plan on blabbing about it. It seems you’ve had a rather unique evolution, so I should just recognize it as the 3rd Prince’s hidden card……right?”
“……Amazing. How on earth.”
“I know, right? I'm surprised too.”
He could roughly guess the stage of his opponent’s evolution just from the mass he felt at close range.
Why couldn't others do it?
Upon closer look, it seemed that no matter how strong they were, their senses in this regard were inferior to his own.
Especially if the target was someone who perfectly acted like an ordinary person, like Orlando.
Well, aside from being particularly sensitive to smells, it wasn’t a bad thing.
“My senses are just exceptionally keen. You know, don't you? How I easily catch the servants of evil.”
Of course, he wasn't sure if these sensitive senses were related to the Demon Devourer.
“Ah……. That is true, but about me, really……”
Orlando’s expression, which had always been smiling and showing a good-natured side, hardened for the first time.
And.
“I said I’ll keep it a secret. In that sense, I have a small favor to ask. Ah, of course, I’m not asking for a price to keep the secret. This is also related to His Highness the 3rd Prince.”
“Pardon?”
“I happened to receive a tip.”
As Muno's words continued, Orlando's face grew even stiffer.
* * *
‘Just secure the escape route. Just secure the escape route…….’
Tenon, a Magic Knight and one of Chamber’s gang, a minion of the Demon Cult, carefully scanned his surroundings while carrying ingredients in the party hall.
Of course, doing so made him feel a little pathetic.
‘How did I end up like this?’
When such thoughts came to mind, the past naturally came back to him.
He, a promising 2-Star knight, had become a wanted criminal in the Deus Empire because of a single trivial mistake.
‘That fucking bitch.’
A mere commoner woman, if a knight of his stature had set his eyes on her, she should have just given in, but that bitch had to be defiant and show her reluctance.
He had properly educated that ill-mannered bitch in bed, but he had never imagined that she was the hidden illegitimate child of the knight commander.
‘That damn commander.’
Thanks to that, he became a wanted man.
To survive, he had no choice but to join the organization and accept a contract with an Outer God.
Honestly, he had been feeling the limits of his growth around that time, but sometimes he still had such thoughts.
If he had accepted the contract with the Outer God after becoming a 3-Star on his own, he would have formed a bond with a higher-level magician and would have been given a more important role in the organization.
But reality was miserable.
He, a proud knight, was mobilized to assassinate a brat who was so young he still smelled of milk, and even then, he was only tasked with finding an escape route.
But he couldn't refuse.
- Follow the organization's instructions.
The command of the magician who had presided over the contract with the Outer God was already deeply accepted in his soul.
This was the only treatment a 3-Star Magic Knight, who could be called the lowest of the Magic Knights, received in the organization.
‘Damn it.’
But he couldn't even complain.
A wanted criminal from the empire had become a Magic Knight, so he couldn't live in another country.
He had no choice but to remain in the organization that could provide him with the 'Veil'.
Just as he was feeling sorry for his own situation.
‘Hup!?’
He saw a knight in black armor walking with the 3rd Prince’s steward in the distance and had to quickly hide.
‘Why now? The party is still a long way off.’
An unexpected situation had occurred.
- The Black Knight can easily see through a 1st stage Veil. Never show yourself in front of him.
A monster of the same 3-Star, but known to be only sixteen years old.
And he even used Spirit Arts?
He was even the owner of the artifact that was said to have contributed the most to killing a 6-Circle magician.
Seeing him in person, he looked big, but his face still seemed to have a childish look.
Looking at such a target, something boiled up in his chest for some reason.
‘If I had trained in a good family with the support of an artifact like him…….’
The truth that the world was unfair came to mind anew.
Suddenly, it felt like the bastard's gaze was directed towards him.
He quickly hid again.
‘Did he see me? From that distance? No, that’s impossible. It’s over a hundred meters.’
His heart began to pound, but Tenon tried to calm his anxious heart.
It was true that the bastard had become famous recently, but he was still just a 3-Star.
If it came down to it, it wouldn't be difficult to just run away.
‘Yes, that's right.’
He temporarily ignored the fact that a 4-Star assassin had attacked the bastard with her comrades and was defeated.
And the presence of that ferocious armor, which seemed like no ordinary sword could even scratch it.
And the fact that he was in the middle of enemy territory. He controlled himself like that.
“Huuuu…….”
Then his reason began to function properly again.
I have to let them know.
Chamber and the other comrades.
He started to back away slowly, trying to leave the place.
Suddenly.
Just as he felt a cold sensation on his ankle, something wrapped around it with a chwareureuk sound.
“Ut!?”
The moment he was about to scream without realizing it.
A black and uniquely designed gauntlet covered his mouth tightly.
“Huup!?”
“Quiet.”
With an incredibly heavy feeling that allowed no resistance.
Swaaaa.
The thick demonic energy that had settled in his heart was drained away.
‘Aack!?’
He felt his level dropping in real time amidst a pain like his soul was being torn apart.
And belatedly.
“Shh. Let's go quietly. You're the first.”
A cold voice pierced his fading consciousness.