A wet day after the rain.
A night when the moon is as narrow as the tip of a fingernail.
Even in the capital of the empire, which is said to shine brightly in a thousand years, it is the darkest place.
In a small clearing located among wet woods, there was a log chair made from splitting damp trees and a small bonfire, carrying a kettle full of water on its back, burning the thick darkness.
outskirts of the outskirts. Someone walked to the spot where they were digging up the twilight.
“It wouldn’t be too late.”
“It came just right.”
“no. You called me to think about the past, what is it? Such an outskirts.”
Their faces and races were not revealed thanks to their black robes, but six men and women sat around a log with a small bonfire between them.
Along with the acrid smell of burnt at the tip of the nose, the smell of damp woods after rain and the distinctive wood scent of split trees were fragrant in the air.
“Some of these people know each other and some have never met, but everyone knows why we are here today.”
“This is off to a pretty bad start.”
“Who would guess. That the six of us gathered here originally ruled over the night of the Empire.”
“You have to speak right. I wasn’t dominating it, I was trying to dominate it.”
After throwing a word at each one, they laughed. Not too long ago, those who held hands with powerful nobles or ruled the back alleys of the empire with their own strength.
No matter how powerful a country is, it cannot shine light everywhere.
Rather, just as a strong light creates a bigger shadow, the shadow cast on the other side of the huge country called Tateria was as thick as that.
Not to mention the slave trade now, drugs for pleasure and illegal dumping grounds for greater stimulation. Dangerous monsters are considered an elegant hobby for some nobles, so the monster market, which started with taxidermy, has grown to breeding medium-sized monsters.
Who can do that dirty thing openly? Of course, they needed a hand to do it secretly, and they were all in charge of it, and their power was growing day by day.
Some of them had more organization members and more Aura users than even a few viscount enlisted men.
But that was a while ago.
“You still don’t know who it is?”
“After the heads of the largest forces were all beheaded overnight, everyone was suspicious of each other at first, but now everyone knows.”
that a new group was formed.
The central figures of the greatest power were wiped out overnight, and the back alleys of the capital suddenly turned into lawless places.
They pick up the dregs and fight, kill, and assassinate each other to become the largest organization, and then at some point, one force that was holding its breath for only that moment rapidly grabbed the limbs of all the forces and ate them up.
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“Did you say Lapis? that force.”
“Not much is known about this guy named Lazuli, other than that he’s the boss.”
Blue hair and eyes. It is said that the body has a subtle woody scent.
A man who doesn’t even circulate rumors about what kind of abilities he has at most in his 20s.
An emerging organization that has a clearer strength than an organization that is funded by aristocrats and that prioritizes individual strength as well as rich financial power.
At one point, Lapis swallowed almost all of Tateria’s back alleys. In addition, they took over by force how they originally knew how to deal with drug farms and slave traders.
“Those guys, what the hell were they supposed to get in return, the appeasement didn’t work.”
“It didn’t seem like brainwashing or blackmail. You can tell by looking into those eyes.”
Someone threw another piece of firewood into the crackling bonfire, and sparks spread in the air.
“It is cold after the rain. Have one drink at a time.”
The person who put firewood in the campfire removed the kettle that was boiling over it from the wooden rack, put a handful of herbs inside, and started turning them into wooden cups one by one.
Sensing that the humid air grew colder as the night passed, they all took a sip of the hot tea and opened their mouths again.
“Look at us after all. Leading dozens or hundreds of subordinates, he tried to reach all over Tateria in less than half a year, but he was on the verge of collapse.”
It wasn’t completely broken. No matter how much Lapis dug into it with unpredictable money and force, among them, the people who ruled the back alleys of Tateria for over a hundred years.
There is no way that potential can be pulled out at once.
However, it was only natural that Lapis would eat all of the foundations if he left his hands alone.
“So it’s not like we got together. To bow down under an organization that does not even know the fundamentals like this.”
It’s only right that everyone use their remaining strength to hit Lapis.
Even if the force was absorbed by Lapis anyway, they who were the boss were dead, so why would they contribute to increasing their size?
It would look good to destroy each other.
“The easiest thing to do is find Lazuli’s place and hit it.”
“That bastard, there are rumors that he hides somewhere and gives instructions only with sirens.”
“Anyway, that guy has no choice but to come out if his limbs are cut off. I will start by burning the narcotic plantation that I originally had.”
“I will be using the slave shed I had. If you release the poison and kill it all at once, the loss will be pretty big.”
“And we’ll wipe out the confirmed Lapis branch. I checked the places where there were only small fish.”
“This is to burn down the slums. If it’s not a noble’s residence, the elemental spirits won’t be dispatched to put out the fire for three hours, so we can blow up all the secret bases there.”
At that time, as each of them said one word, a man threw another piece of firewood into the bonfire and ignited it and stood up slowly.
“It’s all good, I mean. You guys are getting some things wrong.”
At his words, four heads in black robes turned toward him.
“What are you talking about?”
“What are you misunderstanding?”
“Then what are you going to do, so arrogant?”
“Since you can’t immediately guess who it is, it must have been a small organization among us. Hey, I mean.”
The moment each of them said a word, the man stood up and slowly raised his hand and took off the robe he was wearing.
The bonfire glowed orange, but the blue-gold hair and blue-gold eyes were unmistakable.
A man with a face so beautiful that it looks like a woman at first glance. In addition, the light wood scent spreads with the wind when the hood is removed.
Forest after rain The alluring scent that I finally noticed because it was a place where firewood was cut from raw trees.
At that moment, those who recognized him immediately rushed to attack. As if his body was paralyzed, his movements stopped and he began to procrastinate slowly.
“ah… That car?”
“It wasn’t the poison of the combination I knew!”
He stood up at the sight and smiled slowly, raising one finger.
“first. Lazuli is not a man.”
that guy No, the woman named Lazuli smiled and spread another finger.
“second. I am not the boss of Lapis.”
Then, spreading out one more and waving a total of three fingers, Lazuli raised the corners of her mouth wide.
“third. It’s not like you were hiding because you were scared.”
Do you know what an undercover job is? working undercover?
Lazuli, no, Payyan, brushed her short blue-gold hair and looked down coldly at the black robes.
“Thank you for coming here. Let them all die.”
The figure of the last robe, who had been sitting silently at Payyan’s words, did not even bend to stand up, but closed the distance to them and swung his sword.
“crazy!”
“Did you know you would die alone!”
And at the same time, the strongest man, who had organized an organization based on force, pulled out a dagger with terrifyingly fast reflexes as if he had somehow lifted his paralysis.
And the moment he was decapitated, he inserted it into the chest of In-young wearing a robe, and the others were relieved to see it.
He moved as if he had a dagger inserted into his chest, and cut off the necks of others who had not yet been paralyzed with the overlaid sword.
“Anyway, the boss is great.”
Seeing that figure, Payyan approached with a single smile and slowly took off the robe and began to pull out the dagger stuck in the figure’s chest.
A girl whose clothes were cut but not a drop of blood was spilled.
Looking at the expressionless girl, Piyan opened her mouth.
“A sergeant of a top-notch golem. Right, Lizzie?”
‘The manager is always great.’
A golem that answers in a sign language he has just learned. Lizzie looked at Fayan and nodded.
* * *
In fact, don’t pirates have a rough corner? I can feel the scent of something lawless.
There’s no way. The things I grew up watching fill me up, but no matter how cool a pirate is, in the end, it’s not a thief.
So I was a little worried too. To be honest, none of our party members have a bad impression, and the average age is at least a few thousand years old, but on the outside, at most, they are in their mid-twenties.
Since everyone has reached the level, most mana users will only be able to scan as ordinary people.
I’m a real normal person
‘It’s annoying.’
So honestly, I thought there might be friction once or twice. what
“Ah, Gongja. Is there anything lacking?”
“We ate a lot. Yes? Kane senior, Adelian-sama?”
“Ladies. Today’s drink is Dragon Breath!”
“Oh, I’m good at that!”
I said yes to Rachel’s words? Are you saying you drink well? He giggled at the bewildered pirate and waved his hand as if he didn’t need anything more.
“Maritime monsters appear more often than I thought.”
“Even so, everything is below standard.”
As Kane, Luna, Zero, Leaf, and Rachel all block the attack of marine monsters, which gradually increase as they approach the mermaid’s realm, everyone’s eyes are sparkling and they are anxious to entertain them.
Well, no matter how pirates are, unless they are mermaids, underwater battles are inevitably difficult, and medium-sized or larger monsters must use mana cannons, so the cost of the magic crystals must have made their backs break.
But thanks to our party, isn’t it safe? I didn’t want to worry about the little things, so I handed over the disposal of monster corpses to the pirates, so the extra income would be good.
‘Basically, I have a lot of money, but it’s better if I hand over one or two monsters and buy favors.’
Anyone who has pampered someone will know. Anyone who has ever entered a guild in a game, not at work or at work, knows.
At first, you may not know what to do without benefit, but the more you do it, the more you feel repulsive.
Even the gains that I don’t need right away are far away. Rather than what I’m trying to embrace, I have to share them in moderation so that my morale goes up and there are fewer gossips.
To be honest, no matter how pirates you are, receiving a large amount of money and entering the mermaid territory is quite risky, even with Alice’s orders.
Even if you get a lot of money, didn’t you put it in your hands right away?
“I’m going to grind the teeth of the sea serpent pup I received this time to make a dagger!”
“Why don’t you make a hook to pull out and throw at another ship?”
“Ah, I know that because I plan to sell and share the rest.”
I opened my mouth as I looked at the scenery of catching big fish and roasting it every day.
“Surely great.”
A boat the size of a modest mansion moves smoothly like a luxury car.
It is said that the bigger the boat, the less shaking it is, so it is more comfortable, but if you turn your eyes a little, the waves blowing are not unusual, and there are many reefs hidden in the dark water.
It flows as if it were swimming in this great ship,
“Zero virtue.”
“Actually, isn’t it precisely thanks to Alkaido-sama?”
Not really. Well, I guessed that the man was like that.
Since he was loyal to the Kruger family itself, not to Caiman or Guardian or me, he must have wanted to use his doppelgangers in some way to gain more advantage.
‘But I didn’t know that I would say to eat one force like this openly.’
It’s not particularly disadvantageous to me, and in fact, the identity of the doppelganger is not known to Caiman or Guardia other than me.
It’s not a nobleman who will stab me in the back and devour my family anyway, only the direction of his loyalty is different, so the moment I thought I’d ignore it for now, the boat slowly started to slow down.
“arrived.”
Curly purple hair and purple eyes. Elise came over and pointed her finger at the sea.
And dozens of whirlpools visible.
“It’s a whirlpool area.”
And on a small island over there is our healer, Levinia.