14. Role sharing (2)
A few days later, the supply of materials resumed.
However, there was one thing that had changed, and it was unusual that a lower-level student, not an intermediate-level student, took charge of the work.
The reason was the efficiency of production according to the short delivery date and the improvement of responsibility and ability training by expanding the duties of subordinates.
The lower-ranking disciples who had been living on this floor in their own way knew that it was only an illusion.
It must have been that the burden was passed on to the lower-level students to save the relatively valuable intermediate students. If you’re going to replace it, it’s already out there.
However, there was nothing a lower-level disciple could do just because he knew the truth.
As the warlock said, if your superiors are black, do it.
They had to bow their heads to express their gratitude for the increased mission, and to practice untimely handover and extracting emotions in a short-term attribute.
Oh, except for one. Oliver.
Shuhuahahahak–!
“it’s over.”
As Oliver said so, he closed the test tube containing the vitality.
After handed over the test tube, Peter puts it in his bag, pulls out a few bundles of round money from his sling bag, and gives it to the man with his gold teeth and sunglasses on.
what was that Did I say loan shark? In any case, he smiled an eerie smile, took a few bundles of money in the name of a fee, and handed three or four bills to the person whose vitality was drained.
“Let’s just go.”
“Ugh. Good luck in. I hope to see you again next time.”
The moneylender waved his hand to see off. Peter felt uncomfortable with such a loan shark, so he took Oliver and hurried his steps further.
After leaving the shabby building and walking for a while, Peter sighed and looked at the contents of the list.
“under·····. this.”
“Why?”
“After eating, I go out in the morning and walk around all day, but there is no sign of any reduction in work.”
It was. That was true. It was also quite natural that Oliver and Peter did almost several times as much work as others, unlike the other lower-class disciples.
The reason for this was that none other than Oliver was the only one of the lesser pupils to be able to draw life force.
Oliver was okay with the job itself, but Peter was never an assistant by his side.
It’s only a few days ago that I didn’t know when it was going to end, so I urged you to hurry up from above and, above all, saw blood from the assailant. It was really unsettling.
The range of movement was wide, so the possibility of being attacked was high. More than anything···.
Crackle….
Peter looked at the ringing ship and checked the time. 1:20 p.m. I missed lunch time because I was working.
Peter took Oliver out of the back alley and into the main road.
The once bustling street had noticeably fewer people, but more than half of the buildings were empty, and there were many houses with paneled windows.
Still, the hot dog booth in the plaza was still in place to see if there was anything that didn’t change.
“Wait for a moment.”
After Peter spoke to Oliver, he went to the hot dog booth.
After a while, I returned with a hot dog topped with mustard and pickles.
“Eat one of these.”
Oliver ate a hot dog as Peter said, and Peter also filled his stomach with hot dogs.
While eating, there was no conversation between the two of them, but Peter looked at Oliver silent and wondered if this was the original genius.
After entering as a temporary disciple, he became a full-time disciple in less than ten days, and easily surpassed us who had been here for several years.
But the thing that bothered me the most was that I didn’t know what was going on inside me at all.
He was gloomy and sometimes even stupid, and he usually wanted to look like his temporary disciples, but he was active at odd times, causing tension around him.
It is outstanding among intermediate students, and it is enough to make even Andrew Rhine’s Rasso nervous.
still remembered As soon as Oliver drew his life force, his face was astonished.
He always kept a poker face, so it left a lot of impression on me.
Maybe it was a conspiracy that Oliver took on this job… To meet the raider and suffer unexpected misfortune.
There was nothing strange about it. It is a warlock’s rule to cut off large buds that threaten their place before they grow.
That’s why Peter acts as the late chief.
However, despite such efforts, he became involved with Oliver and it became dangerous.
If he really pushed him into this job with the intention of killing Oliver, Peter would die with him as a bonus… Yes, as a bonus.
I thought for a moment that life was so damn good. Just like a boat being swept away by the waves.
“What is that?”
Suddenly Oliver asked.
Oliver, as innocent and stupid as a child, pointed in one direction, where workers in shabby clothes were protesting, shuffling their worn out shoes.
“Factory relocation is death!”
“It is death!”
“It is death!”
“Give us a job!!”
“A job!”
“A job!”
The protests of the forty or fifty-year-old workers seemed somehow sad and difficult, but Peter frowned and shook his head.
“Do you remember what Rasso-sama said a few days ago?”
“What is it?”
“·····. That this city factory is escaping to Landa.”
“Uh, yes.”
“I’m protesting not to do that. Then you will lose your job.”
Oliver nodded impatiently, whether he really understood.
Its appearance made people uncomfortable by making it difficult to understand what was inside even though it was strangely unfamiliar.
“I do not know well but····. So, can’t we go to Landa? Are you looking for a job?”
Peter opened his mouth after an unusual silence.
“It’s not that easy.”
“is that so?”
“Oh, yes. First of all, it is not easy to leave the place you used to live. There are people like that, but there are people who are not. Above all else, going to Landa doesn’t really make things any better.”
“·····. Can you explain a bit more?”
Peter thought for a moment.
It was enough to tell him, and it was enough not to say it, but seeing the curious expression on his face, it was not easy to refuse.
In the end, he thought he was crazy and opened his mouth.
“Landa has been growing ever since, but now it’s growing even faster. The map changes every day. It’s like a monster. A monster that preys on surrounding cities, towns, and fishing villages. Do you think people who are eaten by such a monster will be happy?”
“Well···. no?”
“right. 12 hours a day is the norm and sometimes you work 18 hours. It’s no different with kids. On the other hand, the money is not even the tail of a rat, and the people who pay the rent are all thieves, and they live with it every day.”
“Are you familiar?”
“I used to live there.”
said Peter. Even though I don’t have to say it.
“I used to live in a small fishing village above Landa, but when a fishing factory came in, I was eventually kicked out. The whole family went to Landa to find a job, and then hell began.”
Peter’s eyes widened sharply as he remembered that moment. Poverty was like that. In particular, the level of poverty in Landa was extraordinary.
“Then did you follow the master?”
Peter’s eyebrows twitched. It wasn’t that I felt bad for interrupting, it was because it was interesting. I thought I knew how to talk like this.
“uh···? oh yeah The master said he was looking for a talented child… I offered my father money he couldn’t refuse, and he eventually gave me to his master. But don’t get me wrong. It’s nice to come here too. Life is much better, and there is hope. If I learn black magic here, one day I will be able to run my own business and make fun of it.”
In fact, the last statement was a lie. I once dreamed of becoming independent as a warlock, but now it’s all a thing of the past.
The reason is none other than internal competition.
The warlock organization’s competition was fierce and gloomy, and in particular, promotion was virtually impossible due to the faction centered on Andrew, the second leader of the organization.
Realizing this, Peter practically gave up on his dream.
For now, I just want to spend each day peacefully. So that I don’t die from food poisoning outside someone’s eyes.
Peter suddenly felt disgusted. I didn’t know that my hatred of this situation, or maybe it was my hatred of myself.
About himself, who can’t do anything and live swaying around.
“Now, let’s go back to work.”
Peter said to shake off the depression.
work started again.
Peter entered the multi-family house with Oliver and paid the rent for the overdue people, and took life instead.
After that, I went to the small loan shark’s office in the basement to settle the debts of the debtors, and I drew that much vitality.
Oliver spoke to me while I was constantly moving around and working.
“Well, can I ask you one thing?”
I wanted to tell him not to do it because it felt difficult, but he was still afraid of Oliver, so Peter asked what he was curious about. However, a more shocking question arose than I expected.
“Am I in danger?”
Peter stopped in the dark alley.
“What is that…”
“Someone did that to me. Don’t act too conspicuously, be careful, it’s dangerous… Really?”
“·················ogue.”
Peter shut his mouth. The reason was that he didn’t know what to answer.
How should I answer? Should I be ignorant? Or should I lie that it’s safe?
It seemed that it would be okay to pretend to be a normal fool, but when I remembered a sharp figure that popped out from time to time, I couldn’t answer easily.
What if you react clumsily, and what if he starts to attack you? Can’t you just win?
That was then. All of a sudden, Oliver approached.
Peter raises his hand to calm him down in embarrassment, but Oliver doesn’t mind and grabs Peter’s shoulder.
The strength itself was not very good, but he could not resist because he had already lost his spirit, and Peter was dragged away as it was, and he was thrown between a huge trash can and the protruding cement wall.
“Come on, go to sleep.”
Oliver opened the lid of the test tube without listening to Peter.
For a moment, the word death flashed through my mind. To die doing nothing like this and swept away in vain…
At that time, Oliver extracted his emotions and sang.
[Black Shield]×2
Black shield spread out front and back. Then gunshots rang out.
👌👌👌👌👌👌
👌👌👌👌👌👌
A heavy sound like a smashing.
Time passed, but it was a familiar sound.
A sound often heard in the slums. It was a shotgun. It is also a modified shotgun mainly used in gang struggles.
As if he was ready to kill him, pressure came from both sides, but Oliver also stopped it. Don’t blink an eye.
“Is this an attack?”
“·····. uh!”
Peter replied in a panicked voice.
Before answering, Oliver condensed the black shield deployed behind him in an instant and blew it away.
[Hat Bullet]
A crashing sound was heard with a brief flurry.
Peter poked out his face and saw the assailant in a mask that wasn’t even funny.
Although he couldn’t see his face, he knew he was puzzled.
Peter screamed involuntarily.
“It’s just that powerful. Can’t shoot a few shots. have to catch Alive!”
With those words, the assailant began to run away.
I was about to run straight into the alley, but Oliver shot a Hat Bullet precisely and blocked the way.
bang-! Kwagwang–!
“Oh my gosh…!”
The assailant pauses and panics.
Oliver asked.
“Should I catch you alive?”
“yes! Live!”
“Stay alive….”
Oliver mumbled, then extracted emotions from the test tube and started fiddling with them.
However, the assailant did not wait still, and he had no place to escape, so he pulled out a scroll from his arms. Yes, scroll.
Peter knew instinctively. I hope he escapes now using the teleport scroll!
“this····!”
“late. Goodbye, ill, huh?”
The assailant opens the scroll and is about to escape. Oliver shot something half a beat faster.
It was the first black magic that Peter had ever seen in his life, but to put it bluntly, it was a spider’s web.
A spider’s web that flies like a net and catches people.
“Uh, is this happening?”
Oliver says it’s nothing.
Peter looked up at him and asked.
“I, is that…?”
“Well····. Is it a cling spider web?”