Epilogue Episode 11. Private Sanctions
“It’s a waste of time. Let’s all just attack together.”
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A long sword was slowly pulled out of Trier’s scabbard.
The sword with a red gem on the end of its handle was suddenly being held in both Trier’s hands, reflecting the sunlight.
The knights of the kingdom, who were speechless for a moment and looked at Trier blankly, opened their mouths one by one.
“What on earth is that called?”
“What? Were we fooled by the Empire?”
“It’s ridiculous, really…”
“I didn’t know you were that newbie!”
The knights who were looking at Trier’s body burst out in laughter and began to jeer.
The full body armor made me look like a beginner.
Everyone had to take off their full body armor even if they stayed in a battlefield full of mud for just three days.
It seems that the girl only fought in luxurious battlefields equipped with personnel to help maintain the armor, against enemies who wore full body armor and waited for her to take it off.
The sword had a large jewel encrusted on it, and it seemed as if he was asking the assassin to remember this sword and come back for an attack at night.
It was clear that I had only experienced battlefields where there were no assassins who penetrated through the boundaries of barriers and guards and cut off the heads of commanders.
“No, this is really…Ha…It’s not true.”
In addition, the posture is so far from the norm that it even looks strange.
The knights clicked their tongues, thinking they had made a mistake.
It was true that I had some expectations because I heard that all the knights of the empire had given up on the duel, but it seemed like it was a deception to discourage the kingdom’s army.
“Hey! But it’s not like you’re completely lacking in skills! Please give our newbie some practice!”
“Okay! Newbie! You go out!”
The knights surrounded Trier in a circle, creating another small amphitheater within the stadium.
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And then a large man came out from among them holding a one-handed sword and stood in front of Trie.
Trier sighed, picked up his scabbard and put the sword back.
You couldn’t use Judgment Day against a kid wearing leather armor and armed with a one-handed sword.
Of course, it was said to be a fake that only imitated the appearance, but there was no way for others to know whether it was Baffe or the real Judgment Day.
Even if I won against 200 knights, it wouldn’t be as disappointing if they said it was thanks to the legendary sword.
“What? Are you scared?”
“I will fight with my bare hands. Come on.”
“What…?”
“There are only two rules. One. Magic power is not used at all. You cannot destroy the arena. And two. Inability to fight is judged only on whether the opponent is conscious or not and whether he or she has surrendered.”
“Uh huh…?”
The bare-handed girl walked with long strides and approached the large man.
The man who faced those sharp eyes froze with his sword pointed at him.
With reason, I thought I could not attack a defenseless opponent, but my instincts were different.
The adrenaline secreted to the point of boiling over filled the man’s mind, stimulating higher instincts that went beyond his will to fight.
We must run away immediately.
Without knowing the reason, the man was overcome with such fear that he broke into a cold sweat.
“Hey! What are you doing, newbie? Where does it hurt?”
“Now, wait…Those…Those eyes!”
“What happened to your eyes? Hurry up, newbie!”
“How did you do that…!”
And at that moment, Triet’s new model disappeared from people’s sight.
Tree reappeared after moving about 10 meters and was already grabbing the new knight by the neck and lightly carrying him.
Cow!
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The moment the man’s back hit the ground, the audience suddenly became quiet.
Before I knew it, the man had passed out with foam at the mouth.
The blow to the back definitely hurt, but it probably wasn’t enough to cause fainting.
The knights looked down at the newcomer in bewilderment, then slowly raised their gaze to look at Triet’s face.
The girl who ran through space without using any magical power was breathing calmly and showing a relaxed expression as if nothing had happened.
The moment they met those eyes, all the knights froze in an instant.
“Are you still planning on attacking them one by one?”
Trie noticed this and deliberately lowered his eyes slightly and provoked him.
Then, as if they had been released from a spell, the knights could breathe again and their bodies began to move.
“Ugh, wow!!!”
Starting with the one who lost his temper and rushed from behind Triet, the knights rushed in, narrowing the siege in an instant.
Amid shouts to forget his fears from all around him, Trier leisurely picked up the one-handed sword that had fallen on the ground.
From now on, he had no intention of accelerating as fast as just now.
If you move at an invisible speed like a candle flickering and take down knights one by one, it would be unpleasant for the audience to watch.
Of course, I believe they won’t, but they may not give in, saying they can’t use these movements without using magical power.
In that case, you have to deal with 200 people coming from all directions at a speed that you can only follow with your eyes.
‘You have to do this to be a swordsman!’
It is worth doing.
Thinking of that, a smile spread across Triet’s lips.
The moment spear knives flew in from all directions, Trie’s body bent strangely and all sword blades were struck away, and a melee began.
“Wow. It’s just overwhelming.”
Jin, who was chewing corn snacks until the bottom of the container was exposed, let out an exclamation.
The crowd was still cheering for the knights at the top of their lungs, as if they had not yet fully grasped the situation, but it was clearly visible in Jin’s eyes.
An instinctive fear settled deep inside the knights.
Win or lose was already decided from the start of the fight.
Looking out at the knights falling helplessly one by one as they were struck in the back of the neck by the blade and sword handle, Jin lifted the empty can to his mouth and shook it out.
“It looks like it’s coming to an end soon.”
“That’s right.”
“······?”
At that time, something heavy landed on Jin’s head.
It was a familiar voice and a familiar hand.
It seemed like he knew who he was even without looking back, so Jin shivered and gritted his teeth.
“Gumshin. I’m sure I’ll be recognized with ease.”
“Ah······. Ugh······.”
Sure.
A man wearing a mat sat down on the seat next to him while patting Jin, who looked like a child, on the head.
They deployed detection magic and barrier magic, but how on earth did they find it?
Questions like that were meaningless.
The question ‘how’ was meaningless to this man.
Still, if you ask him too hard, he will definitely snort and answer like this.
‘Is it okay if I just do it?’
This man had such great power that thoughts were unnecessary.
“But where on earth are you wandering around like that? You took all the money out of the account. Did you run away?”
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Jin closed his eyes tightly and slowly nodded his head.
She also felt that she had become a little, just a little, close to him after carrying out several of Schlus’s requests.
At least she stopped growling with a kill force as soon as she made eye contact.
However, Jin knew well that it would be a big mistake to think that this relationship would be maintained even after the war ended.
Schulus could not possibly turn Jin into an enemy during the war with the Demons, so he was only hired for a short period of time.
When the war ends and peace comes, Schlus will definitely try to dispose of Jin.
He had threatened people around Schlus, and Lee Sang-jin, who still had the ability to threaten people, was someone who had to disappear for Schlus.
“If you’re going to run away, go far away. Somewhere like a deserted island.”
“Trees say to hide in the forest…”
“So you’re hiding in this Kingdom of Trud? You’re not just living in the city because you feel like the money you’ve earned so far is a waste?”
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I hit the nail on the head.
Schlus knew me very well.
I became omniscient and omnipotent, and now it felt like I could see into my heart.
Jin was already crying and sobbing.
“I… First of all… Before I die… Please let me leave a will…”
Her teeth chattered and she barely continued speaking.
There was no way begging for his life would work against this cruel man.
If he was the one who slaughtered all the demons, left only one alive, and enjoyed torturing them by locking them in a dungeon, he might not hesitate to twist his neck and kill him right now.
So, the only thing I could do was to ask him to at least deliver a will to his hometown, which he had not been able to visit for decades.
“I think there’s some misunderstanding.”
“What is the misunderstanding…?”
“Ah. The game is over. Let’s go out now.”
Suddenly, the stadium was full of knights crawling on the ground, groaning as if they were dying.
Trier, who stood in the middle, was smiling brightly at Schlus and waving his hand, as if he had somehow recognized him.
Schluss, who smiled and waved his hand, patted the back of Jin, who was whimpering next to him, and urged him to go out into the hallway.
‘I die. I’m really dying…’
The two people had already left the stadium and were walking along a deserted forest path for a long time.
Shluss’s steps stopped only when he reached a fairly large lake.
Jin’s legs suddenly gave out and he collapsed in front of the lake.
You are planning to execute me here.
Resistance was meaningless.
Rather, it would be better to die with a single sword than to be locked in a dungeon and tortured every day like a demon who offends someone.
Jin quietly accepted her death even as her tears fell.
No, she struggled to accept it.
Tuk······
“Ugh.”
Schlus’ hand touched the back of his neck, sending goosebumps all over his body.
Now all I could do was pray for a painless death.
At that moment, I felt as if something was being sucked out of my body.
Is it sucking out her life force?
“It’s done.”
“Huh? Huh?”
At that time, Schlus’ hand dropped and a relieved voice was heard.
He did not die.
There was no pain anywhere.
Jin, who was confused, started shaking her body once before noticing the change in her body.
“No matter how much I think about trying to kill Emilia, it’s shameful, so I have to punish you. I just took away your ability to disguise. You can’t play that damn prank anymore.”
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Schlus recited firmly, savoring the strange ability he had absorbed from Jin.
Although Emilia’s assassination was an attempt, and there was no way to punish her by law, private sanctions were possible.
That’s why Schlus decided to take away Jin’s means of livelihood.
It destroyed her career, which she had built over decades as a master of disguise, and made her no longer able to work as a spy.
I thought this would be enough revenge for her.
“Ah… Ah… Ah…”
Jean slowly crawled across her lawn towards the lake.
And then, the moment I put my face on the calm surface of the lake, I felt like I was suffocating.
An unfamiliar face was there.
It was an unfamiliar face, but it felt like I had seen it somewhere before.
Jin unconsciously reached out her hand and touched the surface of the water, then carefully raised her hand and caressed her face.
Then, the woman on the other side of the room also touched my face.
“Ah······. Ugh······.”
Tears flowed down my cheeks.
Only then did Jin recognize the identity of this unfamiliar yet familiar, familiar yet unfamiliar face.
It was none other than her true bare face.
Compared to when he was young, he was a little bigger and had wrinkles, but it was unmistakable.
Jin’s true appearance, which she had forgotten at some point after repeatedly using her disguise ability, was visible through the surface of the water in front of her eyes.
“Ahhhhh…”
Now I can return to my hometown.
You can go back and see her parents.
You won’t get suspicious looks like who are you impersonating my daughter?
After 20 years of running away from my parents, I can finally do my duty of filial piety.
I made a lot of money…
As those thoughts kept coming to mind, Jin held onto her chest and could no longer control her cries that were boiling deep inside her.
Looking down at her camp and sighing deeply, Schlus left the lakeside, leaving her wailing behind.