189. Extermination Cannon (1)
‘The body is too light.’
As he slashed and slashed the zealots rushing at him, the Heart Locker felt a strange feeling.
He felt like he was stronger than ever.
With the sensation of mana gathering in his hand, a black spear appeared in an instant and flew through the front.
Immediately after that, the disintegrated Heukgang gathered into Heart Locker’s hands in the form of mana.
It was the realization of the perfect mana decomposition technique he had been dreaming of.
‘Why is it today?’
It was a day without anything special.
An ordinary day, like any other day, where you fight against multiple enemies under adverse conditions, and precious comrades die one after another.
Why did I wake up on such an ordinary day?
After thinking and thinking, the conclusion Hurt Locker came to was ‘I don’t know’.
There was no way to know if the reason was coincidence or inevitability, but one thing was certain.
It was that Hurt Locker was feeling the pressure.
“How about you? Can you help me?”
“That’s it!”
Every time a blue flash flashed, fanatics swept away from behind.
Even if there were suicide bombers in there, they would have all died before they even got close.
As a temporary alliance, it should be reliable, but Hurt Locker was feeling nervous for some reason.
It wasn’t because I was worried that Schluss Heinkel would suddenly betray me and stab me in the back.
If that was the case, I wouldn’t have done such a troublesome thing and would have beaten you earlier.
The reason was none other than impatience.
Anxiety about catching up with Schluss Heinkel.
I felt like if I allowed him to play solo here, I would become an unstoppable monster forever.
‘But why do I feel impatient?’
When I thought about it, it was a strange thing.
Schluss Heinkel was originally a statue of a rebel, so let’s say that.
But why am I, just a mere spy in a small country, making a fuss to keep up with his growth?
If Schluss Heinkel’s solo drinking was to be stopped, the subject would have to be the Imperial First Sword or the Demon.
Even if I say I’m following, isn’t it the equivalent of a crow trying to follow a stork and tearing its leg?
I had to separate the monsters from the world of monsters and see them, but that didn’t work out.
Schluss Heinkel was obviously a monster, but he somehow got the impression that he was not too far away.
I used to think that it was like a delusion that I could catch up if I only got a little stronger.
‘Damn it. Am I crazy?’
Did he develop a magic that no one uses, so his nose got taller?
Seeing that he couldn’t properly grasp the gap with the monsters that the imperial family acknowledged, this might be a form of mental illness.
I was wielding the black river with such thoughts.
“Huh…
A mountain of corpses piled up in front of me before I knew it, blocking the road.
I have never crossed the mountain again.
For now, the situation was over.
Hurlocker was out of breath and leaned against the wall, collapsing and sitting down.
“Whoa…”
Shortly, Schluss Heinkel, who stumbled over, sat down next to him.
Exhaling exhaustedly, Schluss pressed his palms together.
As Hurtlocker stepped back slightly, wondering what he was doing, Schluss clicked his tongue and withdrew his hand.
Anyway, something was strange about today’s Schluss Heinkel.
“You son of a b*tch… That you implanted a spell in Emilia’s heart. Why did you lie to me?”
“Are you asking because you really don’t know? I did it to pamper you.”
“What?!”
Hurt Locker sighed and clenched his fists.
However, looking at Schluse sitting comfortably, my pulse went down.
I couldn’t find the slightest will to fight on Schlus’ face.
It wasn’t based on the composure that he usually showed, that he could win no matter who came at him.
The current Schluse really seemed like he wouldn’t fight back no matter what Hurt Locker did.
Annoyed by this, Hurtlocker lowered his fist.
His desire to beat Schluse was the same as before and now, but he couldn’t call it a fight if he beat a guy who didn’t resist.
“I want to borrow the power of the Secret Service, Heart Locker. Now that Eric Faust is dead, no one will be dissatisfied with you if you take over as head of the Secret Service. Even if it does happen, you can calm it down.”
“·······.”
He was suspiciously familiar with the structure of the Secret Service.
Even then, it was clear that he had looked through the list of secret service agents in the sewers.
So, even though Schluss knew everything, he pretended not to know, he was being watched by Emilia and using the intelligence service.
“You want to borrow our power? If so, let me tell you a better way. Accuse us, arrest them all, and hand them over to the emperor. You will immediately regain the emperor’s trust and have supreme power. You’ll get a lot more power than all of them put together.”
“Did I look like an idiot. Couldn’t you think of such a simple and easy way?”
Yes. Looks like an idiot
Why refuse the easy path and choose the hard path?
Why on earth did he choose a dangerous path that could lead to being accused of being a spy?
“There is no need to covet the power of the empire. Most of the power of the empire is going to be in my hands anyway.”
“Huh!”
Hurlocker laughed out loud.
But he decided not to argue further than that.
I decided to let Schluss continue talking.
He said that this was an opportunity to answer a long-standing question he had had.
“To be precise, I don’t need the intelligence service’s power, I need your power, Heartlocker.”
“My strength? Then wouldn’t it be enough to maintain the status quo? Why did you bother to tell Emilia about the Intelligence Agency?”
I didn’t understand at first.
Hasn’t Schluss been treating me like a slave for a while now?
She planted an explosive spell in Emilia’s heart, so if you don’t want to see her die, listen to her ······.
But what if you let go of that weakness yourself?
“That’s because I need your voluntary cooperation. I thought there was a limit to making you hate me and follow me.”
“What are you aiming for?”
“Me? Peace on the Continent.”
“·······.”
Heart Locker was at a loss for words at Schluse’s unhesitating reply.
Isn’t this the kind of line that a third-rate villain would hit?
I’ve never seen such a sane guy talking about such absurd things.
He might be a psychopath who mistakenly thought that what he was doing was really for peace on the continent.
“Ha! Are you going to stop wars all over the world? You’re going to solve the food crisis and end the gap between the rich and the poor!”
“No. Am I a god? Let’s do that.”
“Well then…”
“I meant to prevent the physical destruction of the continent.”
“What…!”
“I can’t tell you the details right now, but the continent will soon perish. Due to the birth of a force this world can’t handle. To stop it, your strength is needed, Heart Locker.”
“Isn’t it actually a crisis of the empire, not the world?”
“Does it look like I’m still fighting for the empire? I will kill your king or the emperor without hesitation in order to protect the continent.”
“·······.”
Schluss Heinkel held out his hand while saying that.
I didn’t know whether to believe it or not.
To believe without telling me any details…
“Where is Emilia now?”
“She will be at the Imperial College. Don’t worry.”
But if you don’t trust this guy, who should you trust?
It didn’t seem like Schluss was stupid enough to have chosen the stupidly troublesome, difficult, difficult, and dangerous path.
There was no way that all of Emilia’s personality that she had grasped by staying with him almost 24 hours a day was a lie.
Since this happened, there were only two possibilities.
Schlus is good and strong, but there is a possibility that he is a crazy idiot.
And the possibility that everything Schluss says is true.
‘There is no basis to judge the possibility at this point. I’ll have to believe which of the two I want to be true.’
Then it was clear which one to believe.
Eyes flashed open, Hurt Locker raised his hand and blew it at Schluse.
His blown hand made a clattering sound as it gripped Schluse’s hand roughly.
Clapping and waving his hand, Schluss smiled contentedly.
“Damn it. Let me fool you.”
Which of the two you want to be true.
A normal person would have chosen the former.
Well, if the latter is true, then it also becomes true that there is a threat looming that could destroy the world.
Things like that shouldn’t happen.
But Hurt Locker’s instincts steered his body toward the latter.
The reason was obvious.
Because someone needs a heart locker.
In his life of being used and consumed all the time, Hurt Locker was receiving an offer on an equal footing for the first time.
So Hurt Locker decided to try being tricked.
If this was all a bluff, I would be a fool myself, but if it were true, wouldn’t it really be possible to save the continent from danger?
If I could be of any help with my feeble power, if I could protect the peace in the world Emilia would live in, I would have been able to deceive her many times.
“Congratulations on your return, Heart Locker.”
“What return?”
“A return to the story.”
“What else is that-.”
It was a moment when I clicked my tongue, thinking that he was still talking about something I don’t understand.
From behind Schluss’ back, I could see a hand and a head protruding silently through the pile of his dead bodies.
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His face turned red in an instant, his eyes rolled up, and blood flowed from his eyes and nose.
“Damn it!”
It was self-destruction.
A startled rush of Hurtlocker and Schluse’s magic shattered his head.
But his heart, buried in a pile of corpses, was intact.
Quang!
Its body swelled up in an instant and then exploded.
.
.
.
“Ha·······.”
Scorched marks were clearly visible on the floor.
Except for the Hurt Locker and me, everything was burnt to white ash.
Blocking technique.
But this wasn’t me or the Hurt Locker.
I felt a presence and looked up.
Then we found a boy crouching on the roof looking down at us.
[Jin]
[Real name: Jane Watson]
[Gender: Female]
[I am a member of the crows. He is good at disguise.]
Unsurprisingly, it was Jin.
“Jin······.”
“How do you find out every time, really?”
“I figured it out thanks to your barrier this time, you damn b*tch.”
“Ahahahaha! Are you still mad? Please don’t be so mean. At that time, I couldn’t help it. As a result, the child didn’t die, and I gave up a kidney in return? Besides, I even saved his life this time, so I didn’t have any. As a matter of-“
“Do you really want to die?”
“Oh, that won’t work…”
Jin ran her palm over her face and returned to her default form, a red-haired woman.
She gritted her teeth and stared at her, and Jin was embarrassed by her quick mischief.
Are you really scared, or are you pretending to be scared to appease my heart?
In any case, my desire to strangle Jin right now has not changed.
But I had to put up with it for now.
Because it is true that she saved her life thanks to Jin.
She is also true that then she did not lose her Emilia as a result.
Because she couldn’t control her emotions, she couldn’t turn all her crows into enemies.
“What? You were with Kingheart anyway? It’s strange. Kingheart definitely didn’t respond to the call. Why did he refuse to respond to the call from the Empire when he was in the system, Heart Locker?”
“That, that’s…”
“I’ll explain that. Kingheart was hired by me the whole time, carrying out the commission. It was a classified mission, so interrogation of Kingheart is prohibited.”
“Oops. By what authority?”
“By the authority of a knight under the direct command of the emperor.”
“sh*t. Okay. There’s no way there’s a spy among crows. Anyway, nice to meet you, Schluse Heinkel. Next time we meet, will you reap your grudge?”
“·······.”
Jin had been looking at him with a suspicious expression all along and then left.
The Hurt Locker’s face was stained with bewilderment as he looked at me, as if it was surprising that I defended him.
“Why. Do you want to see her sister? Bring her out?”
“No! I don’t want to be with you anymore.”
Hurlocker fell down in anger, closed Eric’s eyes, and stood up.
You can’t retrieve that body.
Heart Locker is now protected by a knight under the direct command of the emperor.
I won’t be able to do anything that would raise suspicion.
“I will wait for your call.”
After those words, Hurt Locker walked away and disappeared past the corner.
The surroundings were completely quiet before I knew it.
It seemed that the ruckus of the crows was coming to an end.
Anyway, this job was so much easier than I thought.
It’s hard to say that I’ve completely convinced Hurtlocker, but at least I’ve succeeded in making him voluntarily cooperate with me.
I have already passed all the death hurdles.
[Quest: Survive for 5 minutes.]
[Difficulty: ★★★★★]
[Reward: 20 Shop Coins]
No matter how you think about it, it seems that the difficulty of this quest was set incorrectly.
What used to be 1 hour has already been reduced to 5 minutes, and now all remaining threats are gone.
I stepped on a mountain of corpses and came out of the alley.
Watching out that something might break through the pile of corpses and jump out.
When I came out, I was standing on the edge of the island.
It was a quiet residential area with a view of the green plains in the distance.
Now that I am here, the explosions and screams that have been erupting from a while ago seemed like lies.
I wish it was always this peaceful…
Woooooh
“Kuh?!”
At that moment, I was suddenly pulled to the ground and fell face down.
Damn it. Is it gravity magic?
My body was so heavy that I didn’t even listen.
I was able to stand on my own two feet only after activating the internal circuit, but that was the limit.
If I moved even one step, I felt like I would lose my balance and collapse.
‘Where is the spell?’
However, strangely, the spell was not detected at all.
First of all, it wasn’t 100 meters from here.
It would be impossible to produce such an output by activating the formula from so far away.
Mine wouldn’t be able to do that, and even if I used ‘Selection and Concentration’ on my magic, it wouldn’t be possible.
This would only be possible with a specially designed giant weapon type artifact…
‘Oh.’
At that moment, goose bumps broke out all over my body.
I turned my gaze toward the direction of the magic wave.
Then I was able to find a huge shape floating in the sky.
A flying ship bearing the Imperial Army flag. Airship.
This tremendous power of magic was what that airship was shooting out.
“What a piece of sh*t…!”
To make matters worse, the airship’s gun doors were slowly opening and glowing.
I could tell just by looking at that ominous light.
The greatest and strongest weapon on earth that destroys everything.
The sniper cannon was aiming at me.
Wow, the king really has gone crazyyyyy