128 – The Assassination King and Reina
The avatar of the blue flame has fallen. On the spot, the majestic man’s body, like an old giant tree that had been guarded for hundreds of years, collapsed like a sapling swept away by a typhoon. A groan-like groan flowed from the man’s mouth. He died like that
“My, did I win?”
Sierra exclaimed, looking at her own hands.
I couldn’t believe it. Obviously, during that time, I practiced with all my might. To be John’s strength.
Furthermore, the item Yohan gave me as a gift had great performance. It was the perfect equipment for him as a thief. Not only did they have excellent performance, but they were able to naturally draw out the power of the equipment as if it were their own equipment from the beginning.
But even so, that man was so strong that one wondered if he could win. If John hadn’t informed him of his tactics, he would never have won.
Not only that, he was conscious of John throughout the battle. Johann didn’t launch any attacks at him, but his mere presence distracted him and helped him in the fight. More than half of this victory was made by John’s hand.
“John! I won! It’s all thanks to John!”
The body was drenched in sweat, but Sierra didn’t care and went into John’s arms. He knew from experience that John didn’t care about these things.
John smiled brightly and took himself into his arms. As he closely adhered to John, the fatigue accumulated from the battle melted away like snow.
“I can’t believe I beat a master like that! Of course, I had a lot of help from John!”
“No. Sierra, this victory is entirely yours.”
It wasn’t empty talk. Obviously, it was helpful to tell Ignis about his pattern and to make him care about himself. Even so, it was Sierra’s power that took down Ignis without her direct intervention.
‘With this victory, Sierra’s stats and skill levels will also increase significantly.’
As in all games, in the ‘Legend Route’, if you beat an opponent with a big difference in skill, you will increase your speed. That was one of the main reasons for not intervening in Sierra’s fight.
Sierra, who took down a nihilist cadre with only the slightest help of his own. Considering his growth from this victory, in the next fight, he might really take down the executive level without his help.
‘Sierra’s rapid growth is thanks to the synergy with her items.’
‘Twilight Dew’ used by Sierra in the original work.
If it wasn’t for the synergistic effect of wearing it, I wouldn’t have won this fight so easily.
Johan also thought that he might have to intervene in the latter part of the battle, but when he saw Sierra perfectly handle Twilight Dew, he gave up.
“Hey! Are you all right!? Just now, the blue flames were overflowing tremendously!”
Shazan appeared late.
“Shazan! Where have you been!?”
“hehehe! In preparation for such an occasion, I built a shelter in the basement of the mansion. I manipulated the trap underground and took out all the henchmen that followed him. A lot of the traps were damaged by the strange blue flame, so I had a hard time.”
Shazan thumped her chest. He was a first-class fugitive who had evaded the nihilist’s pursuit for several years. It has the ability to deal with the general raid members.
The haunted mansion Shazan used as a temporary refuge has been ruined. However, it is a place that I used to feel like I stopped by anyway. It hurts that most of the reusable traps were destroyed, but the fact that the buildings were destroyed was not very exciting.
“By the way, Mr. Shazan. Mr. Shazan, why are you being pursued by nihilists?”
Sierra belatedly asked a question. Shazan replied to her with a wry smile.
“Those nihilists. In fact, it’s a group that started in the area where I was, that is, in the east.”
“Yes? Are they from the East?”
Sierra asked in surprise. When you think about it, it’s not particularly strange. I thought maybe that’s why there is so little information about them.
“Yes. People here don’t know much about them. However, in the East, it is a secretly known group.”
“I see. They were in the same position as Angra Mainyu in the East.”
“That’s an amazing metaphor. It means that crazy people exist regardless of East or West. The world is so nasty.”
Shazan slapped his forehead and continued.
“As a trainer in my hometown, I worked to take care of spirits and beasts. To be precise, our family was the family that did those things.”
“Oh. There are jobs like that in the East.”
“A kind of priest. Anyway, I took over the family business from my father and carried it out. But in the eyes of a nihilist, that must have been a bit silly.”
The nihilist’s ideal is the extinction of all mana in the world. Spiritual creatures with much more powerful mana than humans were the object of rejection by nihilists.
“Ah. So they took Mr. Shazan….”
“My family was shattered and I barely escaped alone. To be honest, I stopped thinking about fighting them early. He risked his life and fled to the West Continent, but I never thought he would come after him. Ha…. I mean, they’re really stubborn. Originally, it’s a scary law when such insane people have faith.”
“hahahaha. That’s right.”
To destroy a well-to-do family because of their beliefs.
Sierra didn’t know much about the nihilists, but it was clear that they weren’t a proper group.
“I can’t forgive you. Guys like that.”
“Ummm…. As I said, I’ve already given up on revenge. My parents don’t want me to lose my life for foolish revenge.”
Shazan said with a bitter smile. The horse said he had given up on revenge, but his voice was hoarse.
Of course. He is the opponent who destroyed a normal family. It is common for people to not be able to forgive unless they have immortality that leads to nirvana.
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Shazan literally gave up on revenge. I gave up on it because it wasn’t possible.
“We will fulfill that revenge.”
To Shazan, Johan held out his hand and said.
“What?”
“They are not just Mr. Shazan’s enemies. Their false ideals will ruin the world. That is unacceptable, even if I am an ordinary petit bourgeois.”
“Do you know what that means? They are not normal Maybe better than that Angra Mainyu..”
“It doesn’t matter.”
John cut off Shazan’s tongue. His sparkling blue eyes contained Shazan.
“Because we are strong too.”
John turned his gaze to Sierra.
“Isn’t it?”
“No, of course! Here, you knocked this guy down too! Leave the vengeance to us!”
Come to think of it, yes. Two people who were mere academy students defeated Ignis, the leader of the blue raid. I didn’t notice because I wasn’t in a hurry, but this was a story that couldn’t be possible with common sense.
‘If these guys… ?’
I thought so. Shazan swallowed her saliva and nodded at her.
“Okay! The revenge I gave up a long time ago…. I’ll leave it up to you guys!”
“Please leave it to me. Then Mr. Shazan, please do what we asked for as soon as possible.”
“You mean Cloud Wing hatching!? Don’t worry! I will do it in 5 or 3 days!”
They defeated Ignis. If that’s the case, you’ll have to pay for it yourself.
“Oh no. Shazan-san, you’d better move to Leoris Mansion. I’ll tell them. In that place, even a nihilist would not be able to keep an eye on Mr. Shazan.”
“Le, Leoris Mansion? Really? The Leoris I know?”
“Because there is only one family with the surname Leoris in the capital.”
“You…. What is your true identity!?”
“That sounds like a bit of an overtime question.”
So Shazan joined the party.
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“……”
It was quite some time ago that I received an assassination request. However, it was recently that I began to follow the expression. I couldn’t help it. Because the work of the organization was more important than the assassination request.
Of course, immediately after receiving the request, an order fell from the organization. It was an order to assassinate those who noticed the existence of the organization. I wasted my time because of it.
After taking care of the organization’s work like that, I returned to the assassination request. As with all her commissions, she carefully analyzed her target’s life patterns.
The Assassination King.
Her world called her that. She is the highest peak of all assassins, and even the great nobles cannot escape her witchcraft, she said. Indeed it was. The quest that brought her the title of Assassination King was her quest to assassinate a great noble.
The target for her this time is Izumi Reina.
He is an academy professor from the East and the head of the thief department.
“Reina.”
She rolled her name on her tongue. It is not an unfamiliar name.
It has long since lost its light. The day she was excommunicated from her clan, she lost both eyes. However, her eyes still remembered the girl named Reina Izumi. Her wide eyes full of dark circles in her hair that was flowing like seaweed.
Ten years have passed since then, but Reina Izumi must still be like that.
She couldn’t recall the mature image of Reina at all.
“A duel that didn’t end then. I can finally finish it.”
I don’t even know what the wheel of fate is. The Assassination King embarked on a new killing spree in order to finish the old task he had buried in his hometown in the past. This murder will be different from the previous murders.