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48 Floating City(3)
City Hall, the supreme decision-making body of the wealthy city of Adegripa.
The city hall’s deputy mayor’s office was already lit up well past midnight.
And in that deputy mayor’s office, Archendelt was looking out the window with complicated eyes.
“ I really don’t know.”
The voice that flowed out as if expressing his feelings was full of confusion.
It was Prince Zion Agnes, who was alone in the huge mansion that he looked out of the window, to confuse him like this.
“ What the hell is that power?”
With that muttering, Archendelt recalled the proxy battle of Prince Zion he had seen before.
The scene where Grimel’s magic vanishes without a trace as soon as it touches Prince Zion’s power brings goosebumps even thinking about it now.
‘ It was definitely the first time I saw it.’
Is it the hidden power of the Agnes family?
Or he denied it because he did not feel the flow of mana at that time, but there was a possibility that it was a new kind of magic that no one had ever discovered.
Truly a veiled ability.
However, there was another reason why Archendelt looked at the mansion where Prince Zion was staying with such complex eyes.
“ The last words and gestures… … It was definitely a signal to ‘us’.”
The ‘we’ he refers to here does not refer to the city hall to which he belongs or any other official wizarding organization.
An organization that was founded together when this floating city was created and that secretly protects the city.
Archendelt was a member of that organization, so he was able to recognize Prince Zion’s signal.
“ The question is, how does Prince Zion know the signal?”
It was a signal that could only be known by becoming a member of the organization to which he belonged.
However, he could not understand how Prince Zion, who had no contact points, knew the signal.
‘ If not, maybe it’s the ‘shadow’ side?’
Arkendelt thought about that and shook his head.
Because it was too much of a leap.
at that time.
‘ Still, I have to discuss it with the top… … Well?’
A strange sight entered his eyes.
A group of people permeating the mansion where Prince Zion is staying.
The movement was so stealthy and swift that even Archendelt would not have noticed if he had not been constantly looking at him.
“ These guys… … !”
Akendelt’s eyes began to flutter.
soon after
“Your Majesty Zion is in danger! Prepare your troops now!”
An urgent cry came out of his mouth as he left the deputy mayor’s office.
* * *
A group of hordes were moving rapidly in the dark.
Even though there are close to twenty people, the sound is not audible at all.
The reason was simple.
Because they had all kinds of blocking magic, such as blocking the presence, blocking the sound, blocking the sight.
And the level of such blocking magic was so high that even the same wizard could not notice it at all.
Shrek.
A group of guards guarding the front of the mansion without making any noise quickly enters inside.
“ It goes all the way up. Kill everyone in the mansion, including Prince Zion.”
At the same time, a chilling voice came out of the mouth of the man who seemed to be the captain.
Following these words, the scattered assassins begin to head upstairs, eliminating all the guard wizards they encounter.
Still, the sight of no sound coming out was very foreign and at the same time showed how excellent their skills were.
Some of the assassins who reached the top floor of the mansion in less than five minutes opened the last remaining door without hesitation.
What catches their eyes are the large bed and the futon that rises above the bed.
Suga Gak!
All the lives in the mansion had to be erased anyway, so the assassins who did not confirm it immediately fired cutting magic at the bed.
The bed splits into dozens of pieces by that magic.
But no parts of the body that had been cut out protrude from the bed or blood gushed out.
Because no one was lying in bed from the beginning.
‘ If not here, where… … .’
It was a moment of little doubt in the eyes of the assassins who were looking at them because they knew that there was only one room left.
“ I was wondering where you would come from first.”
With a low voice coming from behind them.
Whoops!
The head of one of the assassins is missing.
“ Was it this way?”
Darkness shimmers behind the corpse of an assassin who falls with his head missing.
A man emerges from such darkness.
It was Zion.
Shion’s eyes were curved as if he already knew the identity of the assassins who attacked the mansion.
‘ Shadow Veil.’
Two secret societies existed in this wealthy city.
A ‘watcher of light’ who protects the city from the dark.
And such a ‘watcher of light’ and a ‘shadow nest’ that wants to overthrow the entire city.
The reason why Shion dared to participate in the magic proxy war was to attract the attention of these two secret organizations.
Because there was nothing more radical and capable of drawing people’s attention than participating in a proxy war.
Therefore, when the battle was over and people’s concentration reached its peak, Zion sent a signal that only them could recognize, and the first to react was ‘Shadow’s Nest’.
‘ I knew it wasn’t fair, but I didn’t know that he was going to kill him in such a hurry.’
Do you not think about the aftermath of the assassination of the imperial family?
‘ No, I know, but it’s probably right to say that I don’t care.’
Thinking like that, when Shion turned his head toward the other assassins.
“ A target can negate magic. Be prepared to respond.”
With the words of the man who looked like a superior, the assassins who were there took out the weapons they had prepared from their arms.
A horse gun that has been treated with dozens of magic, such as noise magic, enhancement magic, speed magic, and hit magic.
“ Did you think you couldn’t dispel objects I had enchanted?”
Shion looked at the horse guns aimed at him with curious eyes.
“ Well, you are right, but… … .”
Shush shoot!
Because of the noise magic, the guns emit fire with minimal noise.
It was the moment when the magic bullets fired from him broke through the speed of sound in an instant and reached right in front of Zion.
“ That doesn’t mean you guys can hit me.”
one step.
With Zion’s step forward lightly.
Tuquaah!
The wave that exploded from under the feet of such Shion smashed all the magic bullets that were being shot.
Even that wasn’t enough, the shockwaves that continued to spread out create spider web-like gold on the walls in all directions.
The moment when the emotions of agitation were young for the first time in the eyes of the assassins who looked at him.
Whoops!
A new form of Shion, who disappeared on the spot, appeared in front of the nearest assassin.
Is it still the highest level of assassin with extreme training?
In response, the assassin applied speed magic to his body to widen the distance, and at the same time pulled the trigger of the gun aimed at Sion.
However, no magic bullet was fired from such a gun.
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Much faster than that.
Aww!
Because Shion’s extended hand grabbed the barrel of the gun and collapsed as it was.
As a result, Shion, who had thrown the gun that had become a lump of scrap metal to the side, digs further inward and punched the opposite fist.
“… … !”
To defend against such a strike from Shion, the assassin quickly deployed several layers of defense magic.
blatantly!
Shion’s fist shattered them so easily that it went in and exploded right up to the assassin’s head.
A new type of Shion that shoots directly at another assassin before the head of the assassin’s body staggers and falls to the floor.
“ Walk from weakness!”
Rather, the debuff magic began to unfold towards Zion along with the cry of the leader assassin, who became impatient in a situation as if they were being hunted.
Weight gain, slowing, blindness, paralysis, etc.
As if such magic worked, Zion’s speed gradually slowed down.
When the wizards who lit up their eyes quickly aimed their guns at him.
aah!
With a sound like a scream, the darkness that covered Shion’s whole body in an instant destroyed all the debuff magic that was hanging on it.
It was just a wedding band.
Doo doo doo!
With him, the new type of Shion, which avoided all the magic bullets by looking at the direction of the muzzle, moves as if disappearing and arrives in front of the next target assassin.
Quad Duck!
An assassin who gave his life without even reacting properly to Shion’s movement, which was much faster than before.
Shion, who had killed two other assassins around him at once, looked at the last remaining leader assassin in the room.
“ How… … .”
The battle itself cannot be completed at all.
The assassin seemed to have already lost his will to the overwhelming appearance, and the assassin stepped back and uttered a stupid voice.
Kwajik!
Shion, who smashed the assassin’s head without hesitation, immediately opened the door and went outside.
As soon as I stepped out like that, I saw many other assassins approaching this way.
“ It reminds me of the past.”
Looking at them, Shion smiled.
Because this composition now was similar to when Zion himself first met the attack at Chimseonggung.
Of course, the enemies of today were much stronger than they were back then, but it didn’t matter.
Because Shion himself was also stronger than it was back then.
‘It would be better to keep at least one man alive.’
Thinking like that, darkness began to tremble in Zion’s whole body.
* * *
“ Hurry up!”
An urgent voice came out of the mouth of Archendelt, who was moving at almost full speed while leading the ‘3rd Guardian Battalion’, a force that could move right now.
Usually, he devoted himself to maintaining his dignity to the extent that he hardly showed any running or rushing, but now he had no time to worry about such things.
‘It must be stopped. No matter what happens, we must prevent Prince Zion from dying!’
What would happen if the imperial family who participated in the exchange meeting as an envoy, and also one of the members of the imperial family closest to the next emperor, were assassinated in a wealthy city?
Obviously, the Empire would be held accountable, and it could escalate into a war.
‘ I was stupid. I should have paid more attention to your guard!’
Why didn’t you think of it?
It was only natural that the ‘Shadow’s Nest’, always desperate to destroy the floating city, would aim for Prince Zion.
“ Hold on until we arrive, Your Majesty.”
With those wind-like words, Archendelt accelerated even more.
Of course, he knew that Prince Zion’s power was very good.
And I also witnessed some of that power during the proxy war.
But I was still not reassured.
‘ Shadow’s Nest’ were beyond imagination.
In the past, even if it wasn’t a face-to-face confrontation, even the 5th highest magician had a history of being killed by them.
Therefore, his anxiety was bound to increase.
“ Please… … .”
But is it fortunate in the midst of misfortune?
The mansion where Prince Zion was staying was not far from the city hall, so Archendelt was able to arrive in front of the main gate of the mansion in a short time.
Originally, I had to use the search magic to look inside in advance, but it seems there is no time to do that.
“ Sir Zion!!!”
bang!
Archendelt broke the closed front door and went straight inside.
And that moment.
“… … uh?”
His eyes turned dull.
A large hall as soon as you enter inside.
There were already numerous corpses in such a hall.
It wasn’t the corpses of the guards protecting the mansion.
The assassins of ‘Shadow’s Nest’ who infiltrated the mansion a while ago.
All those assassins were scattered in the hall with their heads and hearts missing.
At the completely unexpected sight, the silence that flows between the Archendelt and the guardian battalion that follows.
at that time.
Druck! Druck!
Breaking the silence, someone appeared from the darkness behind the hall.
One assassin approaching this way with one immobile leg forcibly dragged.
One eye of such an assassin had already disappeared, and the other eye was tired of great fear.
It was as if he had witnessed a nightmare from which he could never escape.
“… … Sah, save me.”
As if his reason to judge the situation had already disappeared, the assassin was approaching and begging for the archendelt, who was nothing less than an enemy.
Archendelt stared blankly at such an assassin in a situation that he did not understand at all.
“ Please save me… … !”
In the meantime, it was the moment when the assassin, who had finally reached just before, reached out towards him.
Kwajik!
Something protruding from the darkness behind bit the assassin’s head and disappeared back into the darkness.
soon after
Kwaduk, Kwaduk, Kwaduk!
A terrifying shattering sound emanating from it.
How long did that sound last?
Finally with the sound of stopping.
jerk, jerk
Slowly a figure emerged from the darkness.
“ It’s a little late.”
Akendelt and the guardian battalion, who are still looking at this with a bewildered face, are smiling white.
It was Zion.