Chapter 17. Throw out some tasty bait. (4)
“Bait…?”
Jack’s face clouded. He looked like he couldn’t understand what he was hearing.
“What are you talking about now….”
“well.”
I had no intention of explaining it in detail to this guy anyway. The smile on my face did not disappear even as I looked at the messed up room.
‘I didn’t know you’d take the bait so quickly.’
When attacking a group of thieves, they deliberately left behind survivors and left a loud trace as if to show off. He went in and out of the Vendetta Guild in the same form as when using Requiem, and even distributed jewels.
The eyes planted here and there at the Mare Guild seemed to have caught me like that.
‘Even so, it’s very fast.’
As if I had prepared in advance.
Anyway, everything was going smoothly as planned. Jack standing in front of me didn’t seem to be doing well at all.
“What is that?”
He pointed to the bulge in the guy’s pocket.
“ah.”
Tears welled up in Jack’s eyes again.
“My sister… secretly entrusted this to me.”
He took out a necklace from his pocket and held it out to me.
“They said it was precious and that I should never lose it until I met its owner.”
The necklace sparkled brightly and swayed.
This is what Elise has been searching for for over a dozen years. And, something that will serve as decisive evidence when she one day reveals her identity.
“I entrusted this to you.”
I can’t believe I entrusted something so precious to Jack.
I could see that trust had sprouted between the two. Additionally, this was also a message Elice was sending to me.
Come save yourself.
“Anyway, she’s a bold woman.”
I was going to go anyway, but it felt strange to actually have expectations(?).
Finally, I looked around the room and found a snake cage in the corner.
It was made of solid glass so it did not break. However, there was a crack in the front, and rocks and tree branches inside were scattered here and there.
“-!”
Jack was startled when he saw my cold face.
“Why, why are you doing that?”
“that.”
He pointed to the snake enclosure with his hand.
“Who did that?”
Jack looked at my fingertips and remembered.
“I don’t know… I didn’t have time to look because I was hiding.”
I approached the kennel and checked inside.
The Gold Star was hanging helplessly, stuck between the branches. There were no external injuries, but the condition looked very bad.
“…The temperature controller is broken.”
My stomach was boiling. I previously contributed to Gold Star.
[If something goes wrong with his body, I plan to make him look exactly like that.]
I felt like it was time to make this statement come true.
“Ouch.”
Jack started gagging behind him.
It was because I sensed my life spreading like a fog. But when I sensed my discomfort, I quickly silenced my voice.
“……Hey, master.”
Jack suppressed his nausea and slowly approached me. His face was completely earthy.
“Are you going to… save me…?”
A tone of doubt, perhaps.
He looked like he was tired of me caring for gold stars more than my guild members.
“…….”
There was no response to Jack for a moment.
‘one two… … six.’
Several humans were forming a formation and approaching this building. With clear murderous intent.
‘You had a hidden ambush.’
Jack asked again with an anxious face.
“Master? Why are you doing this?”
“that.”
He pointed with his finger to the kennel containing the gold star.
“Move it to the container.”
“Oh, yes.”
I turned around after seeing Jack taking care of the kennel.
“Wait here until I tell you to come out.”
“Why, why? Could it be… again?”
I ignored Jack’s question and walked out of the room.
bang.
After closing, the absolute domain was unleashed in the tavern hall.
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‘Two people outside the door.’
And a total of six people, including four hiding on the way out, were narrowing the siege.
‘Are they trying to surprise me when I leave the building?’
Here, Requiem’s power shined again. Perfect human detection function that does not allow any surprise attacks.
‘good.’
I stood quietly inside the tavern, pretending not to notice anything.
As time passed, the four people who were approaching came to stand in front of the door. I could feel them exchanging signals at the door.
bang!
The door burst open and six men burst in.
“-!”
When they checked my face, I was confused for a moment.
“Who is it?”
“Is this different from what we were looking for?”
Seeing as they didn’t recognize me, it seemed like I was at the bottom of the Mare Guild. The guild’s elite agents naturally know the list of nobles.
Eventually, the person who seemed to be the leader among them stepped forward.
“What business do you have here?”
“I came here for a drink.”
He shrugged his shoulders and answered in a relaxed voice.
“The owner here brings high-quality alcohol. But there’s no one there.”
“hmm.”
The men lowered their voices and whispered among themselves.
“It looks like you’re a tavern customer.”
“They said there were three guild members in total, and they all were captured.”
“There’s no need to make a fuss, so I’ll just let it go.”
The man I spoke to first looked at me again. After examining her thoroughly from head to toe, he pointed her chin toward the outside.
“Forget what you saw today and leave quietly.”
Are you really saying that you won’t touch innocent people?
I trudged along, pretending to follow their instructions. I had no choice but to pass by them to get out the door.
“…….”
The men tensed for a moment as I approached, but soon regained their composure.
It was probably because I had nothing hanging around my waist and was vastly superior in numbers.
“But weren’t you here looking for someone?”
The man snorted at my question.
“Just shut up and get out.”
I grinned at him. Her man’s face frowned at my smile.
“Why are you smiling?”
“It’s fun.”
“what?”
I took a step closer to the man who was glaring at me suspiciously.
“Weren’t you looking for black hair and black eyes?”
“How can that…!”
The man widened his eyes and asked back in a harsh tone.
“Did you see it? Where did you see it?”
“That means it’s fun.”
I giggled and swung my arms down.
With tea!
The Requiem that appeared like a shadow wrapped around my hand.
“It’s right in front of you, but you don’t know.”
At the same time, the hair and eyes turned black, like ink spreading. The men were startled and took a step back.
“This is him!”
“We have to catch it!”
Six people drew their swords at the same time. The man acting as the leader shouted.
“He told me to capture him alive!”
“Captured alive?”
I sneered, a sneer creeping across my lips.
“Capture him alive.”
He said confidently, holding the Requiem tightly.
“Do it if you can.”
“You bastard!”
The men growled and rushed at me.
“Aim for the limbs!”
I could feel his sincere determination to captivate me.
“haha.”
It was just ridiculous. I can’t believe I have this mindset when targeting the heart or vital points isn’t enough.
“Even if you step back, you’re too far back.”
He started a counterattack with a faint smile.
‘Both shoulders!’
Swords flew at me from both sides, targeting my arms thoroughly. It was a fairly sharp cooperative attack.
Wow!
Just by touching the swords once, he stabbed exactly at the point where the two swords intersected.
“?!”
The two guys opened their eyes wide at the same time, as if they had made a promise.
This type of attack was familiar to me. It was thanks to the memory of facing attacks that were much sharper and heavier than those they were receiving now.
‘Should I be thankful to Mikel?’
He chuckled and twisted his wrist. After changing the direction of Requiem, he pushed it hard in a straight line.
At the end of the trajectory were the heads of two people who were unable to remove the tangled sword.
Empty! Wow!
The two men’s heads rolled on the floor like watermelons.
“-!”
The expressions of the rest of the men changed.
“Do you still think we should capture him alive?”
They couldn’t get angry even with my blatant provocation. I just looked at the head with bewildered eyes.
Saaa-
The head, which was gradually turning black, gave off a gloomy chill in itself.
“What is that……?”
Their eyes turned to the body lying on the floor. To be exact, a cross section of a severed neck.
“What is this….”
When witnessing incomprehensible horror, there are not many options for humans to choose from. Among them, the one they chose was a way to eliminate the object of fear.
“Ugh!”
One of them screamed and swung his sword at me. It was an attack aimed at his legs, which he still couldn’t let go of.
Hung!
I jumped up, dodged the sword, and struck the back of the guy’s hand with my foot.
“Ugh!”
I grabbed his hand and stuck the Requiem into the retreating guy.
“Ugh.”
The guy who got stabbed in the solar plexus let out a choking sound. The skin began to shrivel rapidly from the point where Requiem was pierced.
Grumble, purr-
The ecstatic moans of Requiem lingered in my head. But his voice no longer affected me.
It felt like there was an invisible wall completely separating me from him.
I maintained my composure and looked straight ahead. Like slowly gnawing away at prey caught in a spider’s web.
“You bastard!”
Huh!
A cracking sound was heard from behind. The weapon cut through the air harshly and flew toward my back.
“Tsk.”
After waiting until the end without removing the Requiem,
“Huh?!”
The sword slipped out just before it touched my body.
Phew!
The guy was unable to slow down his running speed and pierced his colleague’s neck with his sword.
“!”
The guy’s face turned white. The guy hastily stepped back to remove his sword.
“Oh my.”
But the sword didn’t budge. It was because my hand was holding his wrist tightly.
“What should I do about this?”
I hummed happily, like I was singing.
“Your colleague is dead?”
I looked into the eyes of the guy who was wide open in shock.
“Because of you.”
“Uh, uh….”
He looked at the sword and then at me. No matter how hard he tried, the sword wouldn’t move at all.
“Ugh, ugh.”
In the end, the guy put down his sword and staggered back. The guy’s face was filled with shock that he had killed his comrade with his own hands and fear for me.
‘It’s a lie.’
I grinned as I looked at his pale face.
In fact, his colleague had already died before he was pierced by the sword. This is because Requiem sucked all of its life force.
‘You wouldn’t know it because there was no sound when the sword was inserted.’
Well, I guess there’s no time to judge that in this urgent situation.
[more… … .]
Requiem let out a sound that sounded like it was in pain.
‘Stay quiet.’
After scolding him coldly, he turned around.
“Uh, Matthew….”
Towards the man who was looking at me with his chin shaking.
Crash!
I kicked the ground and rushed at the guy. He pierced the guy’s body with Requiem at the same speed he was running at.
Phew!
Requiem passed through its heart and splashed onto its back.
“Turn it off!”
The guy’s eyes got so big that they felt like they were going to explode. It didn’t take long for him to shrink like a deflated balloon.
“Uh, uhh.”
“What happened?”
The faces of the remaining two people were twisted in fear. He seemed to have completely lost his will to fight.
Of course, I didn’t accept it because my opponent didn’t have the will to fight.
Clap.
One man’s body was cut diagonally and spilled on the floor. The limbs, twisted in different directions, twitched painfully, but eventually subsided.
“Uh, uh….”
They intentionally left behind a man who looked like a leader. Because he had something to ask the guy.
“that that…….”
The guy anxiously adjusted his grip on his sword. As soon as he was left alone, he just rolled his eyes, not knowing what to do.
“Do you think we still have a chance to win?”
He shrugged his shoulders and pointed around. He was devastated when he saw his comrades who had already turned into black corpses.
“that is…….”
Shoo!
Requiem stretched out like a beam of light and aimed at the guy’s neck.
“-!”
The guy took a step back as if he had been stabbed by that.
“Where did they take the people?”
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