Episode 37. Followers of the Black Mist (1)
“How is life at the academy?”
The boy did not respond to the instructor’s animated question.
“I don’t think it was a very difficult question, but I can’t answer it. “If you like it, you like it. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. You just have to be honest.”
“It’s just like that… … .”
The boy answered dryly.
“Judging by the expression on his face, it looks like he wants to end this boring consultation quickly. I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. Quarterly personal counseling for students is essential as an academy instructor, so it is something I must do.”
Know.
Therefore, no matter how reputable a Silica instructor she is, she will not treat herself sincerely, even though she is the incompetent child of the family.
The boy had been thinking very negatively until then.
“It’s bad to see the youngest of the Continent’s guardians, Duke Berthe, showing such helplessness. His brother Kranz seems to have adjusted very well. Why not ask for help?”
cruel.
You never know how the devil you call your brother treats you, but he casually tells you cruel things to get help.
The boy was so overcome with emotion that he clenched his fists.
“sorry. “I didn’t mean to make you angry, but it seems I unintentionally offended you.”
I felt like I was being ridiculed rather than an apology.
“Do you think this is enough? I don’t think you need to devote any more of your busy time to me. “Let me get up.”
“What do you mean? “The story starts now, right?”
She stopped the boy who was trying to get up from his seat.
“I’m actually very interested in Xi’an students.”
“Are you talking about me?”
“Sure! “He is a student with the highest attribute score of 84% for the dark attribute, so wouldn’t it be strange for an instructor not to be interested in it?”
Until then, the boy thought the instructor was making fun of him.
“Isn’t it a worthless attribute that has no real purpose anyway?”
“Are you talking about big trouble? There is nothing worthless in the world. Moreover, even a stone fallen on the roadside has its own value.”
“… … yes?”
The boy had a face that he did not understand.
“Do you think your attributes are worthless? It can happen. Because no research on the properties of darkness has been properly explored yet. But you know what? The fact that nothing has been discovered means, on the other hand, that there are infinite possibilities that have not been revealed… … .”
These words may seem superficial at first glance, but the 11-year-old boy, who was still soft-hearted, was quickly captivated by her eloquence.
That means there was no one around the boy who could say something like this.
In addition, I felt something different from the usual instructor Silica.
“Why are you telling me this?”
“As an instructor, it is natural to want students to grow.”
I hope for growth.
The boy was abandoned by his family after a swordsmanship sparring with his brother.
When I told him that I wanted him to grow again, the boy couldn’t help but be overcome with complicated emotions.
“I look forward to your infinite growth in the future, student Xian~!”
Instructor Silica encouraged the boy with a bright smile. But the boy didn’t know until then.
The infinite growth she spoke of was not as a naive student, but as a cruel assassin… … .
* * *
The streets of Luwen at sunset were no different from other cities.
As I walked, thinking about my relationship with her in my past life, I found myself getting closer to my destination.
A quiet street with a few lights on but no people in sight.
In places where that light is turned on, there will be scholars studying magic, there will be merchants preparing for tomorrow’s business, and there will also be places where the light is just turned on for no reason.
However, the place she and I had reached now was filled with gloom and darkness instead of light.
In addition to the gloomy chill, damp water was soaking my entire body.
-Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesss
Scilica created a small mana sphere in her hand and placed it on the doorknob.
The blue mana sphere turned black the moment it touched the doorknob, and soon a ‘clunking’ sound was heard.
-Squeak
“Go in.”
She opened the door herself and instructed me to go in first.
-Hwiiing
The moment you take your first step, you feel the eerie feeling of life ahead.
I didn’t care and continued walking deeper into the depths.
Silica didn’t say anything and just silently followed me as I walked ahead.
They’re probably trying to block the escape route so they can’t escape.
They didn’t kidnap her by forcibly knocking her out, nor did they put an eye patch on her to block her vision.
She literally just brought me here.
There were really no restrictions, so I could find it even if I came back later on my own.
It’s not because you trust me.
Whatever the intention, it is to end my existence in this place.
And as if that wasn’t entirely benign, the more I stepped forward, the more deadly the surroundings became.
-Shoo!
A sharp blade flew out of the darkness.
As I swiped and dodged, multiple blades flew in from all directions, as if I expected that to happen.
I rotated my body once to create a spiral sword.
-visor!
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The generated sword energy flew in all directions, striking all the blades, and all the blades that lost their strength fell headlong to the floor.
A thick green liquid was flowing from the blade.
“You’re not saying anything.”
she told me
Maintaining silence even after destroying the trap meant that he knew from the beginning.
“Isn’t it too light to be a trap for invaders?”
She chuckled when she heard that it was light.
At that moment, I encountered a number of murderous figures approaching from the front at an alarming speed.
A total of six people.
Without waiting, I went ahead and greeted them.
All six assassins had poison-covered dual swords in each hand.
-wedge
The assassin coming from the front swung his sword at me.
I lowered my head to lightly dodge, and then swung my sword at the two assassins who were following rather than the leader.
-visor!
The assassins who could not withstand the sword attack lost their daggers and struck them in the stomach with their fists, knocking them out.
“… … !”
The three assassins who followed one after another hesitated in surprise.
For assassins who cannot afford even a second of space, hesitation is tantamount to suicide.
Without mercy, I ran towards the guys and hit their heads with the end of the hilt, not the blade.
-Soak
They fell down helplessly, and when I showed my back, the leading assassin, who had missed me a moment ago, rushed at me once again.
-visor!
The curiously crossed blades were blocked meaninglessly by the tip of Kayram’s sword.
-puck!
As my clenched fist hit the guy’s abdomen, all six assassins fell to the ground without even making a proper attack.
“… … .”
Scilica watched this entire situation from behind, but did not say anything.
I also continued along the path without any further questions.
Did you walk for about 5 minutes?
The narrow hallway suddenly widened and an open square appeared.
I kept going without hesitation, and the moment I arrived at the center of the square.
-Paba Park!
Four directions, to be exact, north, south, east and west.
Four assassins with even more lethality than before appeared and ran towards me.
The difference is that this time, instead of carrying a dagger, he was carrying a curved sword, or scimitar, with the tip curved like a crescent moon.
They maintained exactly the same speed, with no one showing any signs of being faster or slower, and each took different postures as if they were performing a prepared ceremony.
The truth of blindness.
One of Mist’s secret techniques that creates an inevitable death angle and cuts the opponent’s body into four pieces.
It was a technique that could only be used by high-level assassins who had selected and trained intensively those with quick movements and natural senses among the Mist members.
In other words, the level itself is different from the members we saw earlier.
This time, Silica stayed away from afar and watched how I reacted.
Unlike the situation that was becoming urgent, I stood with a calm face and waited until I was completely close to them.
-wedge
Just as the four curved blades were about to cut right through my abdomen, a strong wave of red light erupted beneath my feet.
“… … !”
-Tung!
The wave hit the four assassins at the same time, and the square formation that was about to be completed collapsed.
“Ugh!”
The assassins who could not withstand the wave were blown away, and some even lost their swords.
They hurriedly gathered themselves and took up camp again, but they looked different from before, with their wrists shaking as they held their swords.
-Sigh
Silica, who was watching, moved her arm to stop him.
The assassins who accepted the instructions continued on their way without any questions.
she asked me
“Did you use Life Wave?”
A wave of life.
An assassin’s unique secret technique that embodies the poisonous energy that seeks to kill the opponent, so-called death, and releases it from the body.
Those who approached it with half-hearted determination were bound to be thrown away before they could even touch it, and even lost their original fighting spirit. It was literally a technique of subduing the enemy without swinging the sword even once.
Unlike the other secret techniques of Mist with the name ‘Ammu’, this was a secret technique that I had learned directly from her, the head of the clan, in my past life.
“It wasn’t a specifically defined technology, but it’s a good name. “I will call you that from now on.”
I answered with a sly smile.
“… … .”
Although it was only for a moment, I felt her lips lift slightly.
After passing through the square, another hallway continues for about 5 minutes.
In the blowing wind, this time I felt a different level of life than the assassins who had stopped me before.
Soon, two assassins appeared at the end of the hallway.
There was neither a dagger nor a scimitar in their hands.
It was holding a ‘claw’, a glove-shaped hook reminiscent of the sharp claws of an animal.
For example, knights who have reached the highest level say that the purpose of a sword is not to subdue an opponent, but to protect others and themselves from danger.
But not that weapon.
A weapon that exists solely for the purpose of injuring and killing.
A weapon that inflicts the greatest pain on the opponent by pouring everything it can into it, rather than secretly killing the opponent with minimal movement.
In addition, it was a weapon that could only be used by executives, not by regular or senior members of Mist.
In other words, those two are not just operators, but experts who have acquired a lot of assassination experience.
They were the most capable people just below the head of the family.
-Shook
Without any delay, the two people who made eye contact with me rushed towards me at high speed.
Chloe was covered in light and fog at the same time, as if she was trying to use her secret powers, including mana.
As if reacting to this, I also adjusted my sword and awakened the sleeping power of the fog.
-sssss
The mist that came out of my mouth like a dragon exhaling its breath soon enveloped my entire body.
A year ago, it was a technique that could only be used with the help of Kayram’s power, but not anymore.
Since I have been training my body by drinking the blood of a demonic beast, I will now be able to freely use the secret techniques of the martial sword without the power of the demonic sword.
I muttered softly to the two assassins who were running at me at speed.
“Mugeom (霧劍): The root of a strong part… … !”
-visor!
The moment when I was about to recite Geomsik’s last word,
What the hastily raised sword made contact with was not a claw.
A dagger of blood wrapped in a black mist.
It was the sword of the head of the family.
“I can’t take it anymore!”
She ascended to heaven as if she were a madman who had lost her mind.
All of the calm appearance he had seen before had disappeared.
“Show me your true power! Sian Berth!”
There was joy in her eyes, as if she was truly happy, not alive.
(Continued in the next part)
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