Episode 76. The Elderly Assassin (5)
‘Did I go too far?’
Rubin looked down at the hand holding the dagger. The black lacquer aura was howling, and a dull pressure was being applied to his hand accordingly.
While dealing with Bone Bear, Rubin took a gamble. He attempted to use an unskilled 1-star Auror at the 2-star level.
It wasn’t a reckless gamble. After all, it paid off in the end.
When he had just activated Brion Aura, Rubin had felt the song of the sword.
To be more precise, it was not a singing sound resonating from the material entity of the sword, but a singing sound originating from the aura.
Jumping straight to 2-star was obviously impossible for anyone. But Auror seemed to be telling you that it was possible, and that it would help you grow faster.
– It’s an ambiguous operation that is neither successful nor a failure. It’s still unstable.
Haneke’s voice rang out. But having watched the whole brawl, he thought Rubin had made the right choice in the end.
-That was the limit for you right now. You jumped up to the highest position you could in one breath.
‘I feel it too.’
-How much longer do you think you can last like that?
‘Fifteen minutes. Maybe less.’
So I have to finish it before then. But my stamina is depleted and my aura is at its limit.
However, Aura’s vision was clearer than ever. It was as if Rubin was being further weakened when he felt his limits.
-Rubin, I won’t lie. Even you can’t guarantee that you can beat the author. At least not right now.
It was Haneke’s honest and cool-headed judgment.
Rubin also did not deny it. There was only one enemy that his dark thoughts were directed at. It was the man wearing the lion’s head.
The reason I raised my Aura level to the level of gambling was not just because of Bone Bear. There was no need to use Aura to deal with that guy.
‘What on earth is it?’
The brawl has already reached its final stages.
However, there had been no clash between Rubin and Lionhead up to this point. Of course, Rubin had been conscious of Lionhead the whole time, even though there had been no clashes.
Even from a distance on the other side, his power was clearly felt. It was an overwhelming power that resonated with Rubin’s darkness.
As Rubin released the dark smoke, the lion’s instincts and senses immediately sharpened.
‘Is this a warning to avoid? Or is this a warning? This is the first time something like this has happened since the regression.’
Now, the refined senses were telling him only one thing. He was going to get out of this place. He was ringing the bell of evasion towards Rubin.
Of course, there have been moments of crisis before. I almost lost consciousness while being injected with pure dark smoke at Gillyfield Arboretum.
But back then, it was Rubin’s dark side that he had moved forward without fear. But why now?
-Still, that lion head, your aura was unexpected. You’re looking at me with great interest.
The double-layered black lacquer aura spits out black ash. As Haneke said, the lion’s head could not take its eyes off Rubin’s aura.
“Dead!”
At that moment, the axe man rushed towards the lion head. The lion head belatedly noticed this and reacted immediately. It was a leisurely yet quick movement.
“Huh?”
The lion’s sword was too fast. Too fast to react. In the blink of an eye, the axe man found the sword embedded in his collarbone.
“Kwaaak!”
It didn’t end there. The lion’s head lifted the axe man up with only its strength, with its sword still embedded in it. Then it kicked the ground and jumped up.
The second target was Bone Bear. The lionhead chose one of Bone Bear’s three heads and stabbed the axe man straight in. The axe man was chewed alive without even a single scream.
Next was Bone Bear’s lower body. With a squeak, Bone Bear’s lower body was split in two in an instant.
The lion head didn’t stop there and continued its graceful movements. Soon, all three of Bone Bear’s heads were cut off and rolled around on the floor.
Thud thud thud…
The bone bear just collapses.
The axe man has been dead for a long time.
“after.”
The lionhead strolled leisurely over the rubble and corpses, looking at Rubin. You’re next, his eyes seemed to say.
‘The darkness of my past life… I can still control only about 60% of it.’
Rubin looked at Kuze with that thought in his mind. He had just finished dealing with the last Bone Bear. Kuze brushed away the debris and walked out into the middle of the stadium.
“master.”
Kuze didn’t know either. He was the weakest of the three survivors.
And that monstrous opponent was beyond the power of Rubin and himself to combine their forces.
But I had to do it anyway. So I asked on purpose.
“Can you beat that monster?”
“You are the best person I have ever met. After my mother.”
“It’s not an aura, nor is it magic… maybe it’s a giant bloodsucker?”
Rubin shook his head at Kuze’s words. There’s no chance of that happening. However, it’s an undeniable fact that he’s neither an Aura manifester nor a wizard.
“Coming… … !”
As expected, the lion head was experienced. Rather than giving more time to talk, he chose to end it quickly.
A lion’s head rushes forward, its mane fluttering.
Rubin aggressively concentrated his dark smoke and tracked his opponent’s movements. He awakened all his senses again to grab the lion’s windpipe.
‘Right. No… left!’
The lion-headed sword quickly changes direction. Rubin, who noticed the change, deflects the attack and wraps his arms around the lion-headed sword.
A unique method of assassination that targets joints and blocks movement.
At the same moment, Kuze aimed for the rear of the lion head.
Rubin and Kuze were able to gauge each other’s next moves because they were coordinating their dark smoke. Close cooperation through dark smoke was the method of the assassination squad.
That was when.
The clear sound of laughter brushed past Rubin and Kuze’s ears. A smile was drawn on the lips of the lion head they were facing.
“… … !”
Without even knowing how he escaped, the pressure on Rubin was lifted.
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Shake, shake, shake.
It was at that moment that a sharp sword slashed into Kuze’s thigh.
Wow… … .
The cheers of the crowd become distant.
Rubin, who was watching Kuze’s expression filled with pain, had no choice but to make a decision. Should he give up Kuze and survive alone, or should he save Kuze and allow the attack?
I gathered the dark smoke and focused it on my body. I felt as if all the senses in my body were piercing through my body.
Rubin hugged Kuze like that. He flew his body so that the lion-headed sword would not touch Kuze’s heart.
however.
‘Did you take out the sword?’
It wasn’t Rubin who dodged. It was the lion’s head that missed its chance to slice Rubin’s thigh.
…Wow wow wow!
The shouts that had seemed distant now belatedly came rushing back.
It was a short fight, but the outcome was clear. Now there was nothing left to do.
The lion’s head sword was at Rubin’s neck.
The surface of the sword touching my skin was cold.
‘Why don’t you cut it?’
A heavy breath escaped his body. Rubin looked up at his enemy, who had given up his final blow, his body shaking. A few strands of the lion’s mane fluttered before his eyes.
“Ah, this is not fun. Let’s stop now.”
The lion’s head raised its sword and stepped back. Then it took out the water bottle on its waist and poured its contents into the lion’s mouth.
A unique smell of alcohol spread.
A familiar scent of wine.
“He was always half-drunk. He said that alcohol strengthened his darkness.”
The words my mother had said in my past life flashed through my mind.
A half-drunk assassin.
Roinenser, who had reached the 6th level.
Rubin looked into the lion’s eyes. It was the moment when the lion’s head that had hidden his face until then was lifted off.
With a flushed face and bleary eyes, the old man looked down at Rubin with a grin.
Phew. Phew.
The black lacquer aura that had surrounded Rubin’s dagger crumbled, and Kuze stared blankly at his face, forgetting his pain.
“Killian?”
Rubin asked in a small voice.
In fact, there was no need to ask. The dark smoke that had never been properly caught until now was filling the stadium with wild momentum.
“Little one. Get up now. It’s not over yet.”
“what?”
Killian gestured behind him. He saw Yorick approaching him, laughing so hard he arched his upper body.
“It was fun! Killian, why did you quit? You should have killed one and left one alive!”
Yorick arrived in front of Killian. He made his and Killian’s voices resonate throughout the room.
“I changed my mind.”
Killian shrugged and answered.
“I want to relax for the first time in a while!”
“I’ve warmed up enough. These two are too good to kill. So I’m going to make them my servants. Is that okay?”
Killian was not crushed by Yorick’s authority.
Moreover, the residents of the Black Tower, who should have been surprised at the sight of Killian rivaling the emperor, instead began to call out Killian’s name.
“Killian! Killian!”
This was all a joke Killian was playing with Yorick. Of course, Yorick didn’t know that Killian’s real intention was to take Rubin and Kuze away as his servants.
“Well, I admit that those two are too good to kill. Especially the kid. If you killed them, I was going to turn you into a Death Knight.”
“I’m sorry, but from now on you are my errand boys. Oh, and I killed the lion you were raising last night. Sorry about that too.”
Killian playfully kicked the lion’s head on the floor.
Yorick chuckled as he looked down at the lion head rolling towards him.
He snapped his fingers, and some of the scattered bone fragments of the Bone Bear flew out and landed on the lion’s head.
Kwaaaaah.
The lion roared as he raised his completed body of bones.
“Anyway, I said you’re a fox cub. Why are you suddenly suggesting we bring in thirty people?”
“Thanks to you, it was more fun. We were able to see how skilled these two guys are.”
Rubin’s eyes met Killian’s for a moment, and only then did he understand why he had suddenly brought in thirty villagers.
In order to take him out as a servant, Yorick had to be convinced. To do that, Rubin and Kuze had to show an overwhelming presence.
Thanks to the laid out plan, Rubin and Kuze were able to be accepted as Killian’s attendants without suspicion.
Knock knock.
Yorick tapped Rubin’s head with his long, extended fingernail.
“Yeah, you take these two. You brought me a kid a few days ago… I didn’t know you had that kind of taste, Killian?”
“Okay, I’ll be going now.”
Killian waved his arms and left the stadium. Rubin and Kuze followed him. Behind them, Killian’s name was being called out from everywhere.
“Captain Beheading! Killian!”
“Captain Beheading! Killian!”
It seemed like he was popular within the Black Tower.
“… … .”
Killian didn’t open his mouth until he reached his home.
His home was a large mansion located on an alley three blocks from the amphitheater.
Killian opened the front door, crossed the garden, and went up to the second floor before turning around to look at Rubin and Kuze.
Gulp gulp.
And then he took another sip of his drink.
“Cough!”
He quickly reached out and grabbed Kuze by the neck. His eyes were dim from the alcohol, but they were filled with murderous intent.
“Hey, rookie. I was wondering if I should spare you. It would be better for Siren to send a new guy than to keep a worthless Roynenser like you alive. If the brat hadn’t protected you, you would have died then!”
Finally, he released his hand and Kuze touched the floor.
Killian’s cold gaze turned to Rubin this time. He went to the chair in the living room, sat down, and chose one of the bottles of alcohol lined up on the table. He took another sip.
“Don’t even think about treating me like a master, kid.”
“Oh, how can you act so rudely! And yet, you are of the Roinen bloodline… … .”
Kuze stood up and glared at Killian.
“Really? Then you should have guarded it properly earlier. You’re not even qualified to be a Roynenser.”
“Okay, Kuze. And… Killian.”
Rubin took a step towards Killian.
“You’re more eccentric than I thought, but that doesn’t matter. You’re a servant who serves only your mother.”
“Okay, you know it, kid.”
Killian stretched with sleepy eyes.
“By the way, why did you come to me?”
The letter Amret had asked me to deliver reached my hands. But I didn’t hand it over to Killian right away. I had something to ask him.
“Before that, I have a question. Why didn’t I sense your dark side? When we fought.”
Killian laughed lightly.
“You’re curious about that? I was wondering how you could use Aura. You can explain it to each other.”
