◈ 166. [Side Story] Elizabeth
Chae Ae-Aeng!
In the back alley of the night, swords collided with swords, spilling ugly metallic sounds.
The serrated sword that Elizabeth wields, and the three swords of magical power that I wield.
A total of four blades cut through the darkness and became tangled, and dazzling sparks flew every time.
It was mainly the mana particles emitted when the magic sword on my side split.
‘strong!’
I broke out in a cold sweat as I frantically stretched out my cane and fired a magical three-sword.
I had almost no PVP experience, but I stood on the front line with my heroes and killed many named monsters.
I was able to intuit just by dividing a few sums.
This woman, Elizabeth- inexhaustible strength!
“After going to the monster front, it was quite… … You are fine.”
Elizabeth, who lightly swung the serrated sword and sharpened my three swords of magical power, murmured emotionlessly.
“Now I will go with all my heart.”
I groaned as I walked on my forearm and mended my glove.
“No, it’s really hard right now, but can we stop right here?!”
Of course, Elizabeth pretended not to hear.
“Swordsman, eject.”
As Elizabeth uttered the starter word, the swordsman standing in the corner of the back alley radiated magic light as if the power was turned on.
Whoops!
“Sword No. 3.”
Tuhak-!
Then, among the swords stored in the swordsman, the long sword inserted in the third compartment rose like a rocket, spun and fell on top of Elizabeth’s head.
widely!
Without turning around, Elizabeth reached up with her left hand and grabbed the handle of the longsword.
I’m already fed up with this scene alone.
Clutching a serrated sword in her right hand and a long sword in her left, Elizabeth slightly bowed her waist.
“Then again.”
It looks like they are saying hello before dancing.
“Wait, wait! Elizabeth!”
I put my hand forward and cried out desperately.
“If you really kill me, your entire Wintersilver corps will be decapitated! Do you know?!”
If Elizabeth commits the murder of the royal family, of course her master, Serenade, and the Wintersilver Merchant will all be punished. Would you know that much?
But Elizabeth said something nonsensical.
“This is Elise.”
“uh?”
“It’s not Elizabeth, it’s Elise. Please don’t call me Elizabeth.”
No Elizabeth or Elizena! Isn’t that the difference between a full name and a nickname?
“When I was taken to the top of Wintersilver, I abandoned the murderous name of Elizabeth. Instead, I decided to live under the name Elise, whom the lady called me.”
Kwak.
Both of her hands gripped with two swords were full of strength.
“And I will die in the name of Elise. After killing you, I will also commit suicide here.”
“What?!”
“I made it look like I was attacked by another thief. It will appear that you and I were attacked and killed while riding in a carriage. We’re going to set the corpse and the wagon on fire… … I’ve done this kind of work a lot in the past, so I’m good at fabricating evidence. You don’t have to worry.”
No, I have a lot of other worries besides that one?!
“No matter how things go from now on, as long as you’re gone… … Your life will change.”
Elizabeth closed and opened her eyes… … No, a terrifying anticipation flashed in Elise’s deep blue eyes.
“For the Serenade Lady, please die with me.”
Those were the eyes of a person who was prepared for death.
The eyes of a person full of determination to make friends with the person in front of him.
I gritted my teeth. this idiot!
“Does the imperial family look so complacent?! I will uncover all of my whereabouts tonight, and somehow hold your superiors accountable!”
“… … .”
“Your behavior is not loyalty! Foolish! Stop for the sake of your master, Elise!”
However, no matter what she said, Elise showed no signs of stopping. She seems to think that since things have already come this far, there is no turning back.
‘shit!’
I grabbed my cane.
For my own survival, and also Serenade and Wintersilver… … And for Elise too.
don’t die here We must survive somehow to calm the situation and prevent unnecessary damage from spreading.
Taat-!
The problem was that Elise was too strong.
visor! Chae Chae Chae!
The serrated sword and long sword in her hands radiated a smooth light and danced the Bon Dance.
Every time the sword light was distorted in her hand, my three swords of magical power shattered.
The fortunate thing is that I know all of Elise’s skill sets.
‘Of course not! He was my one-pick character among line dealers!’
When I played <Protect the Empire>, as a performance buff to the bone, of course, I enjoyed using Elizabeth, a super performance canine.
The original fighting style was gorgeous, so viewers liked it.
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Thanks to that, I knew all of Elise’s skills, and was able to parry her double-wielding swords.
But even that came to its limit. When I did not fall easily, Elise came up with the next move.
“Coroner, ejection. 8 sword. Sword No. 11.”
Tuhak! Tuhak-!
A sword and a greatsword rose from the swordsman in succession.
At the same time, Elise threw the serrated sword and long sword in her hand at me.
“Whoa!”
I lowered my stance as if I was almost rolling to avoid it, and the serrated sword and longsword slammed into the wall of the abandoned building behind me.
Right after that, Elise smoothly snatched the sword and greatsword that had fallen from the sky and spun at me.
Boooooong!
Elise swung her sword and greatsword with terrifying momentum, and when I barely escaped, she drove the two swords into the wall of the abandoned building one after another, then took out the sawblade and longsword from the wall and swung it again.
visor! Chaeeng! Chae Chae Chaeng-!
The onslaught strikes without a chance to breathe.
She swung back and forth, swinging her four knives, driving them into the wall, retrieving them, and swinging them again. It could be called a storm of swords.
‘really… … .’
The speed at which my magic sword is destroyed is faster than it is regenerated. I thought as I felt the MP sinking to the floor.
‘I really want to recruit them as our Crossroads, Shipper!’
How nice it would be to have such a strong kid join our party! In the future, dungeon raids as well as defense battles will be much easier!
But no matter how I feel as a wire operator, Elise is trying to kill me right now.
‘How can I suppress it effectively? What if I use the [Mystic Eye of Command]?’
However, among swordsman class characters, Elise has a particularly high magic stat.
There is a high possibility that my 1st skill [Evil Eye of Command] will not work.
‘Then what should I do… … ?!’
I roll my head to find a way out,
“Coroner, ejection. No. 1 sword.”
Elise’s emotionless voice rang out softly.
Tuhak-!
The thing that flew out of the sword tube was a dark blue dagger that was the same color as Elise’s eyes and hair.
And Elise, the flying dagger,
Quack!
I grabbed it with my teeth.
I caught the dagger flying from behind with my mouth accurately. It was a movement that made it believable even if it was not a person but a fighting dog.
Elise slammed the dagger in her mouth at me.
My magic sword was all broken while blocking Elise’s other four swords. There was no magical sword to block the dagger.
Victory flashed in Elise’s eyes.
right at that moment.
Whiik-!
I extended my right fist forward as if in surprise. My fist was covered with the glove I had taken out of my inventory and repaired a while ago.
[Lucky Strike].
It is a rare lucky weapon that I have!
“… … ?!”
Elysee was taken aback for a moment, as if she hadn’t expected that I would suddenly come to Baktu.
Elise’s navy blue eyes quickly scanned my fist.
She is a sword mortician who holds the funeral of the person she killed and then steals the weapon for the funeral cost.
It has the characteristic [Identification Eye] that differentiates the item grade. You must have noticed that the gloves on my hands are SSR grade weapons.
Therefore, surely
“Kuk!”
She dodges my attack.
Because I don’t know the identity of this weapon. Because I don’t know what secrets are hidden.
In order to kill me with certainty, you will have no choice but to step back from here.
Taat!
Elise reversed the body she had been charging at and threw her upper body backwards. My fist narrowly grazed her upper body and missed.
I grinned.
‘I believed in avoiding it, Elise!’
From the beginning, my fist wasn’t aiming at Elise.
I didn’t expect to defeat a strong man like her with a lucky weapon like [Lucky Strike].
What I was aiming for was the wall of the abandoned building next to which Elise had stabbed a lot of swords and dangerously cracked it!
Took.
My fist swung sideways hit the wall,
Tring!
Right after that, a slot window started spinning in a corner of my field of vision. It was the damage judgment slot of [Lucky Strike].
The rapidly rotating slot window eventually stopped one by one and made a three-digit number.
0. 1. 6.
16 damage. A figure like a fly.
But it’s a weak shame for a monster, and it’s enough to break down a wall that’s already cracked!
Kwakwawang!
The walls of the abandoned building burst out along the crack and began to collapse.
Under the pouring rubble of the building, Elise tried to dodge quickly. But at that moment
“Elise!”
I activated skill 1 [Mystic Eye of Command].
[Use the Mystic Eye of Command.]
[Target capture: 1 body]
[Please tell me the command.]
“Stay where you are… … Just one second!”
[Command Difficulty: Very Easy]
[Contrast the user’s intelligence stat with the target’s magic stat.]
[Determines the success rate. Initiate the saving throw… … .]
Elise is a character with high magic stats for a swordsman.
So I gave her a very easy command on an extremely low difficulty level to prevent her from resisting my skill.
and thanks to that,
[Judgment complete!]
>Success: 1 body
[Execute compulsory command.]
Skill judgment is successful.
“… … ?!”
tall.
Elise looked down at her body, which had completely hardened in an instant, with an incomprehensible gaze,
Warrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
In the next moment, I couldn’t avoid the collapsed ruins of the abandoned building and was crushed as it was.
***
Patter, Patter… … .
Trapped under the rubble of an abandoned building, Elise was unable to move.
The whole body of the maid’s uniform is covered in blood. It must have been quite painful since she couldn’t even evade, let alone defend herself, and was swept away by the rubble of the building.
“Whoa… … .”
Confirming her knockdown, I let out a sigh of relief. It was really dangerous.
I cautiously walked toward Elise. Elise looked up at me as she breathed heavily.
“completely… … I got hit, dude. I hope this number… … You must have been hiding it, Jul.”
“You won with pure fighting skills. Elise.”
It is true that I relied on luck to some extent when I used [Lucky Strike].
Look, even a 000 fumble popped up there. just died
“To draw out and use a trump card at the best time, to bet on a match when necessary… … It’s a skill. Cool! I’m completely lost… … .”
Elise lowered her eyes.
“Kill him.”
“… … .”
“But Your Highness, please be merciful to my master… … .”
Elise prayed in a trembling voice.
“This is something I did on my own. please… … Warmth to the serenade lady… … .”
“Did you think you could be forgiven for saying that?”
I sighed coldly.
“Elise. Your actions driven by emotion could cost the Wintersilver Merchant, as well as your master’s life.”
“… … .”
“You must have been confident in your skills, but you should have thought about what to do in case of failure.”
A bitter smile crept across Elise’s lips.
“Your predecessor’s words were right… … .”
“hmm?”
“I’m stupid and short-tempered, so I’ll mess things up someday… … As long as you washed your hands once in the underworld, you always warned me to stay calm… … .”
Elise raised her sunken eyes and looked up at the night sky.
“When I saw the lady crying, I couldn’t stop and did this… … haha. I didn’t think what I did would make her more sad.”
“… … .”
“Sorry, lady… … really… … .”
I was looking down at Elise, who was muttering sadly, and was about to open my mouth to say something.
that buck! that buck! that buck!
Suddenly, the orderly sound of military boots began to ring around the back alley.
Lights flashed everywhere, and soon expressionless soldiers with lanterns held high came pouring into the alley.
I looked at them with a frown. This… … .
“Ash, my beloved troublemaker sister.”
At that moment, a young man’s soft voice rang out.
“Your brother told me to stay calm in the palace. Where are you shooting in the middle of the night? I don’t know if you know how hard I struggled to find it.”
A man appeared through the soldiers.
There was a subtle red aura in the coveted black hair tied at the back of the neck, and intelligent red eyes gleamed in the frameless glasses hanging over the bridge of the nose.
It’s the first time I’ve seen the face, but the voice is familiar. It’s probably because they’ve already had a fight on their tongues.
Grinding my teeth, I spit out the other person’s name.
“Fernandez… … !”
Second Prince of the Empire, Minister of Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Aegis Special Forces.
Fernandez ‘AmberKeeper’ Everblack clicked his tongue.
“You should put ‘brother’ at the end. I am the youngest.”
