Episode 222 Episode
72. News that has been heard News to be found (3)
“Two or three.”
Casimir said without averting his gaze. Alyssa and Quikantel also felt that they were being followed.
Only Kuzan, who had all his nerves on Veris, calmed himself as if he had just realized it.
“It can’t be helped because it moves to the main street and it even stands out.”
Quikantel shook his head tiredly.
“Fortunately, those guys aren’t Runcandel knights. If it had been a Guardian Knight or an Execution Knight, it would have attacked them openly rather than tailing them.”
This is the land of Hufester Runkandel. There was no reason for the Runcandel knights to follow Jin, the reserve rider.
If it were the Runcandel knights, they would have had to send even Kuzan to Joshua, let alone save Veris, the moment they already met. Such was the power that Runcandel 2nd Horseman had in Hufestor.
Of course, it was possible to fight and win even if ten Guardian Knights came. However, it was obviously burdensome to wage an all-out war with the knights of Runkandel, who were not ‘hunting dogs’ outside the family.
In particular, I wanted to avoid leaving an ‘official history’ of fighting with Runcandel to Alyssa and Casimir Quikantel.
“That means Joshua’s hounds or informants.”
“What would you like to do? Confucius.”
After thinking for a while, Jin opened his mouth.
“They must have reported to the superiors as soon as they saw us. It doesn’t seem like he’s at the level of reporting directly to Joshua, so he must be running sweaty feet right now. It would have been four, not three.”
There are currently three tailings in total.
However, as Jin expected, there were originally four. As soon as Hana found Jin’s party, she was running like crazy.
Directly to the southern transit gateway.
“Alyssa.”
“Your Gongja.”
“We have to go to the southern transit gateway first. If you want to report, you will first have to go to the central or eastern area where the knights are, so one guy must be going to the movement gate unconditionally.”
“I see what you mean.”
I deliberately chose Alisa. There was no one in the current party who was better at searching and tracking than she, who was from the special lease unit.
“What will I do if I find him?”
“It’s Joshua’s man, so we shouldn’t let him live. Please let go without pain.”
“All right.”
Alisa didn’t move right away.
If I move first, the trailing people will sense something, so I had to move after Jin’s full instructions.
“And Kuzan.”
“yes.”
“Looks like the time has come to put your skills to the test. Assassinate the other three.”
“Can we implement it when the forest road comes out?”
“No right now. can you do it?”
It was a busy street in broad daylight.
It was only possible for unknown high-ranking assassins to suddenly assassinate four people in this place silently and without a hitch.
However, Kuzan immediately nodded.
“it’s possible.”
I was surprised to hear the answer.
“okay?”
“Fortunately, I have a suitable poison among the poisons I have.”
Kuzan didn’t just deal with extreme poisons that melted people into unidentified black water. Thousands of poisons could be crafted with just the ingredients, some of which specialized in ‘natural killing’.
“It should never attract attention.”
“All right. I’m going to poison them by pretending to buy drinks from the kiosk over there. And I will join you again, so you can keep going as if nothing happened.”
“Then what about them?”
“I’ll keep an eye on what I’ve missed for a second, then I’ll see you buy a drink and I’ll keep following you. In the meantime, I will continue to walk without knowing that the poison has entered, and I will collapse after about 5 minutes. And if you do not give first aid within 10 minutes, you will die.”
“…what? You can do that level of assassination?”
This time, I couldn’t hide my surprise. Even Quikantel’s eyes were wide open.
“It seems like she’s overdoing it for her life, but it’ll be okay…”
While Quikantel was talking, Kuzan left the group. It was because the most natural route to the beverage stand had begun.
The group looked at each other in silence for a moment. Then Jin deliberately shouted, ‘I taste like apples!’ to Kuzan, and everyone shouted what kind of drink they wanted.
While the stall owner was making four drinks, the group continued on their way and the tailsmen passed Kuzan.
Kuzan then sprayed poison on all three, pretending to spill the drink. The poison absorbed through the skin was the kind that paralyzed the nerves and eventually led to death.
Chew-!
“I’m sorry.”
The trailblazers glared at Kuzan for a while and then followed the party. Kuzan also got a new drink and rejoined the ranks.
“Are you done already?”
“yes. Upon closer inspection, they appeared to be Joshua’s local informants. They were by no means those with exceptional skills, they were faces I did not know. I think we can send Alisa-nim to the transfer gateway now.”
I was going to ask if he was sure, but as Kuzan said, I decided to send Alyssa first. It was the judgment that Veris’ life was at stake, so there was no way he couldn’t have handled it properly.
Also, if I waited five minutes for them to go down, it might be too late.
“Alyssa.”
Alyssa nodded and handed the robe in which Veris was wrapped to Casimir.
Then he jumped on the horse he was pulling and started galloping at full speed. Those who followed immediately reacted to the appearance. One of the three is out again.
Exactly 5 minutes later.
“Kyaaak!”
“Hey here! A person has fallen!”
When the trailing people who were following them suddenly collapsed on the street, the screams of the civilians were heard. They were as stiff as stone statues and couldn’t even move their fingers.
“It is a nervous system poison made using the western desert spider. It doesn’t work on unmanned people who are over 6 stars. In fact, it is a weak poison that can be diluted with just drinking water, but if you don’t know it well, you can get hit so easily.”
Kuzan says nothing.
The one that moved separately for the report must be lying somewhere.
‘…You did a really good job getting the Mandokju.’
It’s okay because I have a pandemonium, but I got goosebumps when I thought that my colleagues who had no tolerance could suffer like that.
‘It would be nice to have at least one poisoner in Tican.’
In addition to the knights, there are many poison magicians in the main house, but they could only be used after becoming a rider.
While the streets became busier in an instant, the party slowly moved towards the moving gateway.
Two hours later, the party was able to reach the southern gateway.
“Here you are, everyone.”
Alisa looked at the group and smiled.
“It was as Confucius expected. It seems that one of them fell through the transport gateway first. It was disposed of and the body was roughly buried. The security forces will find it soon.”
It was possible because of the difference in skills between Alisa and the guy. If Joshua’s local intelligence had been excellent, it would have been difficult to arrive safely.
Thanks to her performance, Joshua hasn’t heard of them yet.
The guide at the moving gateway refused to board as soon as he saw them, but opened the door as soon as he saw the Delki royal family badge.
“You are from the royal family. Welcome. I wish you a comfortable trip.”
The party was able to let go of their worries only after boarding the moving gateway.
“I’ve felt it since before, but it seems that the people’s support for the royal family is skyrocketing in this land.”
Quikantel shrugged.
“Since the defeat of the King’s Faction in the old civil war, the Prince’s faction, which has become a key force in Delki, has always put forward all policies centered on the people. Support has to be high. Those guys were abandoned after the Civil War ended…”
Casimir said, looking at Kuzan and Veris.
“Anyway, Kuzan Marius. Fortunately, your gamble paid off.”
“…Thank you.”
“Thank you, I want a direct reward. Joshua Runcandel. You can’t be with me without valuable information coming out about him. Got it?”
Kuzan nodded heavily.
However, Jin had no intention of abandoning Kuzan. Even if no satisfactory information came out, he was a person with many places to use.
However, since I still can’t completely trust Kuzan, I thought I’d watch it slowly.
“Regardless of the information, I will spare your friend. May the Saints of Bankela not present difficult conditions.”
Then, when the guide announces that the moving gateway is open, the party is enveloped in magical light.
* * *
As soon as he returned, all the best healers in Tikan clung to Veris.
A major surgery unprecedented in Tikan.
Kuzan has been restless since he has not been able to leave the treatment room. Jin didn’t force Kuzan to spit out information about Joshua until the results of the operation came in.
Exactly 32 hours later, the sweaty healers left the treatment room.
“I was able to finish well thanks to Confucius who saved me from time to time the lack of medicinal materials. For the time being, absolute stability is necessary, but we have treated it to the point where it does not interfere with life.”
“However, unless you receive additional treatment from the Saints of Bankela, you won’t be able to use your magic anymore.”
“Okay, everyone has had a hard time.”
“Ah…”
As soon as he heard that Veris was safe, Kuzan sat down on the floor and burst into tears. For a moment, the desperate crying continued until even Jin became silent.
Kuzan silently held onto the handkerchief that Gilly held out and said thank you over and over again. It was a sight that was completely out of sync with what he had been doing under Timune and Joshua.
While waiting for her to stop crying, Enya hurriedly looked for Jin.
“Confucius! Julian just woke up. Alisa went to the basement first.”
“okay? Do you have any leftover Gilli sandwiches?”
“Your son.”
“Good. Let’s go, Kuzan. If Alyssa-sama starts the interrogation, that friend named Julian will be in trouble, so let’s talk while eating before that. You must be quite hungry and haven’t eaten anything for two days.”
“…was Julian here too?”
“I brought it after subduing it in the Blue Bird Islands. Shall I tell you one more surprising fact?”
Jin kept talking behind his back as he brought a sandwich.
“I killed Joshua on the spot. But that means he was alive and showed up at the ordination ceremony in the Kingdom of Sucheron… Either you or Yulian should know something about the phenomenon.”
Yulian was chained in the basement and had a blank face.
Jin put a sandwich in front of him and smiled.
“You slept very well, Faytel’s contractor. Whether or not this will be your last meal is all up to you.”
“…Kuzan? Did you really betray Sir Joshua?”
“The betrayal must be attributed to Joshua. You almost died at Joshua’s hand when you became an incarnation. So, let’s throw away our allegiance to that bastard and get started.”
