179 – Enemy or Ally (2)
Dugan Elosis was the first to notice the strange change in the Ain Academy dormitory area.
She said that Meloin, who was researching great black magic together in the laboratory, said that she had something to go and went to the dormitory.
-This is…
A black magic showdown unfolded by at least an 8-star black magician.
Dugan immediately recognized the identity of the barrier and the seriousness of the situation.
The dormitory of Ain Academy, which was nowhere else, was attacked by a treasure trove of talent on the continent.
That too by a warlock.
-How did you break through the barriers of the academy… !?
Dugan put his doubts aside and immediately took appropriate action.
It was an ambitious time when the world went to sleep, but in the current situation, that didn’t matter at all.
The emergency contact box, which works only in emergencies, came on several times.
It did not take long for a large force to be summoned to the scene.
Dean Endiagon.
The head of the Gray Mage Tower and the general manager of Ain Academy.
A great mage looking at the realm of 9 stars at the same time.
No one treated him carelessly.
But this time was an exception.
“Endiagon, what is this!”
Argon, the sword of ashes, the knight commander of the Rebringer Knights.
“This is deplorable.”
Ice Jade Qualin, the leader of the Hanahan Knights.
“Ha ha ha. I thought I had heard wrong!”
Taran the Bladewind, leader of the Leolian Knights.
When they received the information that the daughter of the family was exposed to danger from the black magicians inside the academy, not anywhere else, they immediately arrived through Lee Dong-jin and condemned Endiagon in unison.
They deserved it.
From cause, from position, from power.
“I will solve this problem and accept any punishment.”
“If anything goes wrong with the young lady- that’s not something you can afford, Endiagon.”
Ten faculty members who were able to respond to the call immediately.
They looked at Endiagon with his head bowed in confusion.
But at the same time, on the other hand, I found myself feeling lighter.
Dean Endiagon and the three knights. Four 8-star talents.
In addition, there are ten faculty members who are at the minimum 6-star and maximum 7-star level.
With this force, no matter what danger lurks in that battle system, it will be able to deal with it.
“I will start breaking the barrier-“
There was no shortage of words to use the term “Corporate.”
In addition, its momentum is literally a corps that is about to advance.
There was an existence that stood alone in front of such a corps.
“… ! A barrier!?”
Just before the corps broke the barrier, the barrier was destroyed first.
A mysterious man with unusual energy greeted them.
***
“This darkness, you give it to the light.”
The moment the assailant gave a strong greeting.
The two soldiers belonging to the corps immediately understood the situation.
They were Dugan and Sinia, the true members of Harasin.
They exchanged glances with each other.
Again, he, his right-hand man’s arrangement, saved the heroes.
To express it in the true way of God Hara, should I say that he supported the light as a shadow and drove away the darkness?
Soon they burst into laughter and sighs.
‘What the hell is that person… ‘
Every time the light tries to retreat. Whenever the darkness tries to advance.
He is always looking down on everything from the spot.
As if it were really a shadow watching them from the side of light and darkness.
Human beings feel awe of phenomena and beings that their cognition cannot keep up with.
Sinia and Dugan.
And meloin.
The true member of Shin Hara felt awe at the sight of her right arm at this moment.
But that was a story limited to the true members of Harasin.
“That… what?”
The three knight commanders expressed strong caution against the mysterious presence and ominous energy.
“I can feel the negative energy from him.”
And at the dean’s words, that wariness turned into clear hostility.
Negative energy.
Assassin.
“Harasin.”
The three knight commanders aimed their forged hostility at the assailant.
“Professors!”
“Dean!!!”
“Wait, that can’t be… !?”
“It is the knights of the great family!!!”
At that moment, the color of fear was finally removed from the faces of the cadets.
“Tarn!”
The daughter of a great family who was among the students.
Hwibien called the leader of the Leolian Knights by name.
“Lady! You’re all right! Fortunately, the!”
“Taran! Thanks to him!”
“Yes!?”
“That guy saved us from the Black Roots warlock!”
Harasin saved the students from the Black Root Cult?
The Commander of the Knights of Leolian couldn’t keep up with his words, so his expression crumpled.
“Argon!”
“Kualin!”
I then appealed to the Libringer I gave and the knight commanders of the Kasha Hanahand family.
The appearances of the girls who appealed were somewhere desperate beyond urgency.
As if you were worried that someone dear to you might get hurt.
The corps, which marched to expose the enemy who threatened the safety of the young ladies, fell into extreme confusion when the young lady defended the enemy.
No. Was the enemy right in the first place?
Their enemies were warlocks. The assailant subdued the black magician and rescued the students.
But he was an assassin.
Increasing confusion.
Endiagon spoke as a representative.
“Who are you?”
“A specter who has returned to fulfill an unfulfilled duty. A shadow that supports the light and drives away the darkness. I am the true will, right-hand man of Harasin.”
“Really… do you?”
A familiar name is unfamiliar because of its modifier.
Not only Endiagon, but everyone present was at a loss as to how to accept the name.
“Light is not afraid of shadows.”
“If you put a true one in front of it, are you telling us to believe you guys?”
Ceylon was troubled.
Do I have to explain the true Harassin to them here?
‘It’s not even in the mood to believe it anyway.’
After much consideration, Ceylon decided to be satisfied with imprinting the true existence of Harasin on them.
“Regardless of your beliefs, the truth just exists. Likewise, our shadows are just doing their job right there.”
After a while.
“Taran!?”
“Argon!”
“Qualin!”
The young ladies were taken aback by the appearance of the knight commanders who had returned to battle.
But the three knight commanders didn’t care.
Endiagon, who exchanged glances with them, spoke on behalf of them.
“The true leader of God Hara, the right hand. If you really are not our enemy, please take off your mask and surrender.”
“… “
Instead of answering, his right arm turned his gaze toward the black magicians of the Black Roots that he had subdued.
Andy Agon shook his head.
“Harashin. Assassin. They are brutal They’re cunning. It’s not easy to trust them just because they have enemies like us. If your story is true, you know better than anyone. So. If you really want to prove that you are not our enemy, please surrender. And allow me to limit your power. If so, the Great Council will listen to your story.”
At Endiagon’s words, the three knight commanders and several other cadets nodded.
“Maybe Harasin and the Black Roots teamed up to break down the boundaries of the Great Council.”
“The true Harasin… “
“How do you trust an assassin?”
“Did he kill people around him to learn assassination?”
The right arm. It is certainly true that the assassin saved the cadets from the threat of the Warlock.
However, that alone was not enough to erase the deep prejudice and hostility they had toward Harasin and the Assassins.
“… “
“… “
“… “
Of course, not everyone is like that.
There were definitely some people who felt trust in the right-hand man who saved them and believed his story.
However, unlike those who distrust the right arm, they had to thoroughly hide their opinions.
‘You may be stigmatized for defending Harasin and the Assassins… ‘
All of them belonged to society, status, and position, at least as nobles.
Advocating a group similar to Harashin in front of many people?
It was an act of taking a huge risk.
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Most of all-
Endiagon is the president of Ain Academy, the continent’s largest educational institution.
The leader of the Knights of the Great Family.
The size of the responsibility they shouldered was different from others.
I shouldn’t hastily admit the existence of an assassin with such great power.
It was necessary to thoroughly verify.
So-
“The true leader of God Hara, the right hand. Please take off your mask and surrender.”
Endiagon and the three knight commanders stood in front of them as if protecting the cadets.
In the meantime, the faculty evacuate the cadets.
“… “
Endiagon looked in the direction of the cadet.
“… “
“… “
“… “
The direction where the three young ladies were looking at him while leaving their seats.
***
Our heroes leaving the seat looked at me with anxious faces full of worries.
The reason they show their right arm in this situation is like that.
Is it because his right arm saved them?
Is it because he trusts his right arm?
No. It wasn’t.
Those eyes are definitely-
It was the gaze looking at Ceylon.
The heroes were worried that I might be Ceylon.
I’m afraid I’m in danger.
I’m afraid I might make the wrong choice.
‘Black root bastards.’
I never thought I would get my tail stepped on like this.
Dean Endiagon and the three knight commanders are wary of the power of the right arm, an assassin with the power to subdue the Black Root Bishop.
I’ll classify it as a potential threat until it’s completely off the leash.
And the heroes seem to have connected the identity of the right arm with Ceylon.
‘Not good.’
I thought about how to solve this situation.
Once. Taking off the mask and surrendering is, of course, dismissal.
It is right to get out of this place and seek the next opportunity.
That’s the problem now.
How do you get out of this place?
The heroes suspect that the identity of the right arm is Ceylon?
In the long run, it was obvious that it would have a bad effect on me and our heroes.
I had to erase the formula, ‘Ceylon = right arm?’ From the heads of the heroes.
I had to complicate the formula.
Complicated?
Yes. That’s it.
‘… Good.’
I soon got a sense of what to do.
As I was fiddling with the item I kept in my bosom, I remembered a dark magic.
A trace of darkness.
It was black magic that moved to the nearby darkness.
Leaving some kind of ‘trace’ as the name suggests.
I added the Clone Artifact that will be obtained soon.
‘It’s perfect.’
The plan has been sorted out. Now is the time to put it into action.
I pretend to take off my mask-
In order to prevent others from discovering the identity of the ‘trace,’ they used assassination techniques to disrupt their senses.
At the same time, Endiagon and other wizards destroyed the mana force field spread around me to prevent me from using movement magic.
“… !”
The moment their expressions were distorted.
The traces of darkness unfolded.
***
“This is… !”
Endiagon and the three knight commanders trembled.
Disruption of the senses. It was an assassination attempt.
In addition, the mana force field that interferes with movement magic has been destroyed.
“Also-“
Without delay, they opened the mana force field again and tried to attack the right arm at the same time.
“Now, now, everyone. Calm down for now.”
At that time. From somewhere, a voice like a clown laughed at everything in the world.
“What, what!?”
One of the figures popped out of the crowd of cadets who were being evacuated.
He was wrapped in darkness like his right arm, but his body was too small compared to his right arm.
And he was wearing a smiling mask.
Like an actor on stage, he escaped from the crowd of students with a contrived yet stylish movement and showed himself proudly in front of the crowd.
Then he snapped his fingers at his right arm. Like a curtain call.
“Damn it!”
“I missed… !”
At that moment, the body of the right arm turned to darkness and collapsed.
Endiagon and the three knight commanders withdrew their gaze from the place where the right arm stood, and turned to him.
“The first act of the play is over, and the second act has begun. The hero is out, now it’s the clown’s turn. Nice to meet you guys. I am the disciple of the right hand. The true direct line master of God Hara. It is called a smiling face.”
The man who introduced himself as a smiling face greeted them with a cool look like an actor on stage.
And the expressions of the other spectators-
I checked the expressions of the three young ladies.
“???”
“???”
“???”
Question. Doubt. Agony.
The girls’ expressions, which were filled with such emotions, were disheveled.
What is it?
It was as if he was saying that.
Among them, Huivien’s expression was very spectacle.
‘That looks more like that human…!?’
After confirming that the crowd had the reaction they wanted, the smiling face let out a sigh of relief.
‘Yes, this is better than being suspected of being the right hand man.’
Even if you get rid of the suspicion that you are the leader, the instigator of everything, the options you can choose in the future will greatly increase.
Now. Now all we have to do is get out of this place safely without anyone getting hurt-
“…”
Anyway, it didn’t seem that easy.
The heroes who lost their right arm were staring with twin wicks in their eyes.
The force field that interferes with movement magic has become stronger than before, and a siege has been formed.
First of all.
It was a pity.
‘I ran a business with all my feet, even preparing to get caught, but all I did was get noticed by the villains who escaped? Don’t you have If you do business like this, you will be ruined.’
Ceylon wondered if there was anything else to do.
At that time. The figure of Dean Endiagon caught my eye.
I could feel the faint dark magic energy in his body that was hard to notice unless it was himself.