Chapter 390: ‘Estimated high-ranking Auror user…’
The man, who had lost his name at some point and was only known as Dark Sword, clicked his tongue as he recalled information about his target. This was because the preliminary investigation seemed to have been exaggerated.
It is a miracle that a young man who is not yet thirty has reached the level of an Auror user.
But is it even a reward?
Among the empire’s corps commanders, those who belong to the strongest ranks at a higher level that they reach only when they reach old age by the standards of an average person. All I could think was that I was being too cautious.
Even if there was Jerome Decade’s testimony, it was difficult to accept it based on common sense. He who was called the god of the empire lost trust by helping a traitor.
Of course, I couldn’t just ignore it. This was because Bigeom, one of the only two superhumans in the Special Investigation Department other than himself, had already been attacked by this target.
‘He’s probably the strongest even among the intermediate ranks.’
That was the limit of what he could imagine.
That alone is a huge achievement for one’s age. It would be safe to call him the genius of the century.
However, this operation was carried out simultaneously by myself, a senior Auror user, and the manager, a mid-level Auror user. Due to the nature of the act of assassination, if you and your manager are risking your life, it is worth targeting even the highest level Auror user. However, overestimating the enemy only brings unnecessary tension to the body.
Armgeom came to that conclusion by combining the information he had received with common sense. He then gave a signal to his deputy, Yeonggeom, who followed him, and ran silently through the corridors of the unfamiliar kingdom.
Neither the servants in the palace nor the soldiers or knights standing guard noticed their movements at all.
This stealth method, which combines the power of the artifact with special force management techniques, was the most powerful weapon that led the Special Investigation Department to be called the Ghost. It was impossible for the troops of a small country to notice their presence.
However, I was a little concerned about the strange mana in the bodies of the knights and soldiers.
‘It’s impossible for all the soldiers to have artifacts, so they say there is a magic circle, but did McLane have that much ability? I guess I should report this too.’
As he was moving around, checking information that he did not have in advance, he had no choice but to stop for a moment on the way to the deepest part of the palace.
‘traps?’
His eyes, double-covered with concealment techniques and a mask, were strange. His senses, honed over decades as an assassin, captured the faint magical power.
Magic traps spread irregularly on the floor, walls, and ceiling of the hallway.
It was a trap that was not mentioned in the information.
‘Quite…’
A trap of such a high level that agents below the special level might have been caught.
It occurred to me that perhaps the previous failure might have been a wake-up call.
‘But that’s okay.’
For him and Younggeom, it was just a little bit of a nuisance.
– Slow down. Move forward to avoid the trap.
They exchange hand signals that only each other can recognize and pass between traps as if performing acrobatics.
It was only natural for them that there was not the slightest noise in the process.
The two soon reached their target location.
‘Drill hall at this time.’
How nice it is to be alone on a regular schedule.
‘It’s perfect because the king died the day before the scheduled expedition.’
As soon as he gave a signal to Yeonggeom, he entered the training hall as silently as ever. The knights who stood guard at the entrance to the royal training hall were like scarecrows to them.
The dark sword thought as the knight’s shadow passed by.
When will the target notice them?
‘Just before I die? Or just before the blade touches?’
He is a superman and the king of a country. Among the assassinations he has committed throughout his life, he is one of the greatest.
A deep smile appeared on the face of Amgeom, who was born a murderer.
‘ghost! ‘Two?’
Logan’s red eyes wavered slightly.
From a vague sense of presence to a secret life.
It was very similar to the dirty feeling of the guys who broke into my bedroom two years ago.
However, now that I was concentrating on the sword and my senses were strained to the limit, their movements felt completely different from those of the previous ones.
To be exact, that level.
‘Is it at the same level as that guy back then?’
Even at a time when I was confident in my super senses, I did not recognize the presence until the protruding blade was visible to my eyes. In the end, his life ended with his wife awakening, but he was clearly a threat.
If he could barely feel his movements even at his current level, he could really be at that level.
‘He’s an assassin and an Auror user.’
If there were two guys like that, it would be very dangerous.
‘If it was two years ago. The Empire…’
A cold smile crossed Logan’s lips.
It was a typical pattern of strategy that became known only after the empire had largely conquered the continent in a previous life.
Just before the start of the war, if the king of the opposing country is an ordinary king or a holy prince, he is assassinated. If in his previous life he was a dark king like Grandia, the king is spared, but the most popular and capable subjects are assassinated.
Leadership that collapses just before war inevitably causes chaos in the military, and in the end, it is unable to properly utilize its original resources and is quickly taken over by the imperial army.
It was around that time that rumors about the Imperial Imperial Special Inspection Department, commonly known as ghosts, began to spread to the private sector.
‘I’m glad this hasn’t changed.’
The officially known number of superhumans in the empire was 32, but now 28, with four dead. Of course, there may be many more hidden superhumans besides them, but no matter how empire it is, superhumans will not be common.
So….
‘If you are an Auror user, especially if you are a ghost, just dealing with these guys here will be of great help.’
Logan slowly sharpened his senses toward the men approaching me, but did not move his sword.
The fact that I was training helped me with my acting.
He lightly used the force and even checked the status of the dedicated artifacts.
Ugh.
The boots of the Wind God and the gauntlets of great strength, the pauldrons of the Guardian, worked in succession, greatly increasing agility and strength durability.
Aside from the additional functions, it was surprising that the effect of the spec increase also applied to Auror users with extremely strengthened bodies. These were treasures that showed such overwhelming efficacy that they were previously evaluated as only class 4 artifacts.
Although he later gave it his own name, I now know the origin of these unique treasures, which seem to have been created by one group or person.
‘Relics from the Geomshin lineage.’
The reason he only responded to Force Core and the reason he came to visit him in different places as if led by fate were the same.
In the record of the sword, it was written that a total of 9 pieces of this artifact helmet, upper body armor, lower body armor, left pauldron, buckler, and sword were a set of weapons.
When they were all put together, the efficacy was eye-popping, but…
‘…it would be too much.’
Just by guessing, almost 2,000 years have passed. It was surprising that even these three things remained and were in his hands after such a long time.
That moment when my nerves are slightly distracted for a moment.
Perhaps sensing the gap, a black dagger protruded from the back of his neck.
At the same time, the sparkling golden light that erupted from Logan’s sword curved elegantly and struck the dagger behind his back.
bang!
A shadow bouncing away with a loud crash sound.
Because of the mask, his expression was not visible, but just by looking at the shaking air waves and the blood flowing through the black gloves, it seemed like he had suffered a serious blow.
‘quite!’
Logan, with a cruel smile, rushed in front of the guy in an instant.
A sword that seems to pierce the neck in one go.
I could feel the shaking of the attacker’s eyes under the mask, and as if he had decided on something, he ignored the sword aimed at his neck and stabbed the dagger to the side.
A gray aura surges at the same time.
The moment when Logan’s eyebrows twitched slightly at the clear intention of wanting to die together.
Another dagger protruded from behind his back.
At the same time, Logan’s sword slashed away at the gray auror, and the golden light that rose from the sword twisted through the air like a living snake and attacked the attacker behind him.
Wow!
The attackers, bouncing back and forth, still had no spirit or screams, but only then did the knights who noticed the incident begin to run into the training hall.
“your majesty!”
“He’s an assassin!”
Pale complexion.
The knights who allowed the assassin’s intrusion while on duty ran desperately, but their loyalty was rejected by the target.
“go back!!”
Along with a loud roar, a golden beam of light began to shoot out like crazy, pushing the two black shadows one-sidedly.
Truly overwhelming force.
In the storm of shining golden auras, gray auras occasionally flashed as if in defiance.
Skag.
bang!
Wow!
It was difficult for the knights to even visually follow the movements of the three people crossing each other frantically.
“Oh my.”
“That can’t be possible…!”
The knights, who felt endless helplessness in the explosion of power created by the clash of powers, soon realized their role and rushed out of the training hall, blowing their whistles.
“It’s an intruder!”
“Form a siege centered around the training ground!”
The moment when everything becomes noisy.
Dark Sword already sensed that the mission had failed.
‘How could this be…’
It was all because the target’s power was at an unexpected level.
I thought the evaluation was exaggerated, but it turned out to be insufficient.
At this level, it is at least the extreme level of an upper-level Auror user, or maybe…
‘Surely it’s the highest level!? ‘At that age?’
An unbelievable monster that only exists in legends and myths was now standing before his eyes.
The moment he realized it, the dark sword made a decision.
And he quickly sent a hand signal towards Yeonggeom, who was busy dodging.
– Mission failed. retreat. Stop them, even if it means self-destruction.
It was clearly visible that Yeonggeom’s momentum was shaking even more after receiving that signal, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Agents of the Special Investigation Department are basically brainwashed and instructed to self-destruct if their mission fails. The ghosts created long ago by the alliance between the imperial family and the Black Snake are ‘resources’ designed from the beginning with the concept of weapons for the annihilation of enemies.
However, among them, those who have reached the peak and reached the level of superhumans are not allowed to commit suicide, even due to the ‘scarce value’ of their resources. Of course, it would have been even more strange for them to fail in their mission, but even if there was a possibility of failure, the policy was to immediately retreat and preserve the value as a resource.
But things were different now.
It is impossible to stop that monster using normal methods. Someone’s sacrifice was needed.
And he had to survive, even if it was for other reasons.
‘Sun of McLane. We must inform the empire of Ija’s state of affairs. You were deceiving the world…’
The information about the current empire’s primary goal was wrong from the beginning.
He had to live to make that fact known.
“Taa!”
The gray auror of the dark sword, who spoke for the first time since the attack, rose up like a flame and hesitantly pushed away the golden snake that was about to bite him.
And at that moment, instead of swinging the sword again, he threw something he had taken out of his chest onto the floor.
Quaaaaaaaaa!
Thick black smoke spreads with heavy drinking.
Inside, the owner of the sparkling golden light could be heard shouting in anger.
“poison!?”
answer.
The Special Investigation Department’s special dark briquette is a paralyzing poison of the highest quality that can paralyze the heart of even the highest-ranking knight in an instant.
However, it does not have much effect on Auror users. Right now, it’s just being used to disrupt vision and senses.
And in that moment, his body escaped the golden light and was once again melting transparently into the air.
“Where!”
The golden aura that felt this attacked the entire space where he existed as if torn apart.
“…for!”
With a loud cry as if his throat was locked, Yeonggeom blocked his path.
The dark sword quickly left the scene as it watched his horribly swollen body absorb the golden aura.
And I ran like crazy towards the outside as best I could while maintaining stealth.
Wow!
Rumbling.
As soon as he left the training hall, there was an eardrum-bursting roar and a tremor that seemed to shake the entire palace.
If that were the case, wouldn’t that monster have suffered quite a bit of damage?
It is said that monsters of the highest level as Auror users can control the power of space, but that young monster did not show such power throughout the attack.
‘Is it still immature? Or is it just something that stands out among the higher class? Then wouldn’t it be possible for him to be dead at all?’
That’s what I thought, but I didn’t think about taking a step back.
Because he was in a situation where he shouldn’t be gambling with his life.
‘Younggeom. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.’
As I raced along, gnashing my teeth inwardly, I soon saw the entrance to the palace.
The moment you try to leave the entrance after passing through a long hallway with what looks like an unidentifiable knife mark.
Wow.
‘100 million!’
Dark Sword fell on the spot without even being able to scream, feeling as if his soul was being torn apart.
dump.
I lost my hiding on my own and couldn’t control my body.
‘What… is this…?’
I didn’t feel any sign of anyone, let alone that monster, following me.
In reality, there is no one around me right now.
‘What happened…’
But he was not given time to answer the question.
“Chi intruder!”
“catch!”
Through his fading consciousness, he could see McLane’s soldiers approaching, but he could no longer continue his thoughts.
