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“This way, sir!”
“……!”
When the traitor of Pencil, whom Yujin had been waiting for, entered the secret space, the assassin spoke loudly as if to be heard.
“Intruder!” It seems like an assassin has come out to disrupt Pencil’s mission!
“W-What…!”
Caught between Eugene and the Black Tortoise Knights, the flustered assassin quickly racked his brain.
In the meantime, Yujin casually asked the traitor.
“Are the other drivers coming?”
“Uh, huh?”
“Didn’t you come here because you sensed something strange too, sir?” We need support to deal with this assassin!
“Th-that’s right…?”
The traitor couldn’t figure out what the situation was all about.
The assassin also struggled to determine whether this was a trap or if Eugene was using his wits.
However, the one in the most dangerous position right now could only be the assassin.
“Damn it!”
In an instant, at the speed of light, he reached the Black Tortoise member and swung his dagger. To escape through the entrance, I had to get past this guy first.
The traitor also had to respond to the sudden attack by the assassin.
Caw!
As expected of a Hyeonmu member, the traitor with solid fundamentals fended off the assassin’s attack.
However, even the traitor thought that something was strange about this situation.
“Wait a minute…!”
The assassin interrupted, shouting angrily.
“You’re just trying to stall until your buddies arrive, you cowardly bastard!”
“That’s not it-”
“Shut up!”
Hiss! Hiss! Squeak!
The assassin fiercely attacked the Hyeonmu member in the darkness, his main stage.
Bang! Kyaang!
“Ugh…!” You fool!
The traitor, realizing that even he couldn’t communicate with the assassin, cursed and focused on defense.
They managed to fend off the attack once, but in a situation where no light was shining, even the knights of Pencel found it difficult to counter the assassin.
Peejit!
In the end, a deep scar was left on the traitor’s arm.
“Ugh!”
The betrayer, realizing that the assassin’s skills were higher than expected, had no choice but to gradually retreat towards the entrance.
“You idiot!” You need to explain how the situation is unfolding right now!
“What are you talking about?”
The assassin, seeing an opening towards the entrance, forcefully shoved the traitor aside and lunged at him.
It was then.
Squeee!
From behind them, two sharp arrows flew through the air with a whooshing sound.
It was the two daggers that the assassin had thrown at Yujin, which Yujin had now thrown back.
The assassin and the traitor, who were preoccupied with each other’s battles, could not respond properly to this.
I twisted my body to evade the attack, but I couldn’t avoid getting hurt.
Thanks to the throwing technique learned from Gungwi, it was able to be properly utilized.
Peejit! Thud!
“Yikes…!”
“Ugh!”
One wound sliced through the assassin’s shoulder and the other severely mangled the traitor’s leg.
The traitor felt the pain of their legs being torn apart, grimaced, and took a step back. There was no choice but for the power to drop significantly.
“Caw!” Stop it, you idiot! You still can’t grasp the situation, can you?
The traitor yelled at the assassin.
Did Eugene suddenly attack his olly, the members of Pencil’s Knights?
Only then did the assassin, sensing something strange about the situation, cautiously question Yu-jin and the traitor in a low voice.
“Just tell me what you want to talk about already.”
Pshh!
The traitor pulled the dagger out of his leg and spat out the words as if he were chewing and spitting.
“Damn it, you catch on quickly.” I am not an ally of Eugene Robert.
“……Then?”
“I came to kill that little girl.” You probably came to kill Yujin, but what I’m saying is that we need to join forces.
“……Damn it.”
Only then did the assassin grasp the entire situation, turn his gaze to Yujin, and the traitor spoke.
“You cunning little brat, did you plan all this?”
Julia was sticking closely behind Yujin, and Yujin let out a small laugh.
“It was fun, but it’s a shame.” I was curious to see how far my greed would go, and I’m grateful that you fell for it.
The assassin’s blood boiled at the overly relaxed attitude, and he ground his teeth at the thought that the traitor’s side was now clearly determined.
As expected of a true Penchel knight, his always steadfast and calm expression turned into a sneering and chilling face.
The traitor and the assassin glared at Eugene as if they were about to kill him.
“He was a kid who bothered me from the beginning, but it’s a shame it ended up like this.” “Anyway, it’s not uncommon for an observer to die during a mission… haha.”
The traitor, although severely injured and with their power drastically diminished, thought that they could still easily crush that little brat.
How did Yujin figure it out?
Why is the assassin with the dagger next to him targeting Eugene?
Although I didn’t fully understand the situation, it was a matter of killing the witnesses and getting rid of them.
But.
The assassin could not trust anyone.
‘It seems that the knight of Pencil and I have the same goal, but how can I trust this knight?’
No matter how much I thought about it, the only person I could trust was myself.
The assassin, who was quickly racking his brain, made a decision.
“Now is not the time.” The plan has gone awry. It’s right to aim for the next one.
The assassin, Herkel, who had been alternately glancing at Eugene and the traitor, barely managed to suppress his anger and threw himself into the shadows.
With his vision, he escaped using stealth techniques.
The remaining characters were Yujin, Julia, and the traitor.
While Julia was continuously infusing magic to maintain the mist magic circle.
I gazed at Yujin, who was leading the situation.
“They said an assassin would come soon, and it was true, and they said a knight from Pencil would come too, and that was true as well.”
It was truly astonishing.
It felt as if they were peering into the future.
Yujin endured the traitor’s fierce expression and drew her sword.
The traitor’s physical condition was not good.
There were numerous stab wounds all over his arms and legs, and blood was streaming down from the wound on his leg caused by the dagger thrown by Eugene.
“If they’ve weakened their forces to that extent, a confrontation will be possible.”
Yujin judged it to be a fight worth taking on, and without a word, she dashed out to confront the traitor.
That method was a ghost forecast.
“……!”
The traitor, who had been closely watching Yujin’s movements, momentarily doubted his own eyes.
He is a person who officially joined the Black Tortoise Garrison of Pencil.
As such, not only did he learn the basic swordsmanship of Yureongbo and Pencil, but he also received symbolic swordsmanship through Clark.
As such, the use of the ghostboard was just like his domain.
But.
Tadad, tadad!
CThefootsteps and the movement path were following the standard route of the ghostly step, but sometimes, the eyes were dazzled by Yujin’s bizarre trajectory, as if he were stepping on thin air and soaring.
In simple terms, it was a stance that seemed familiar yet unfamiliar.
“Ugh…!”
At that moment, the traitor, who had missed Yujin’s movement, took the Black Turtle Knights’ signature “full defense” stance.
Yujin, having reached the traitor’s doorstep, deeply plunged the sword into the traitor’s neck.
Caw!
Was it truly Hyeonmu’s defense? Yujin’s attack, which was sharp beyond measure, was blocked.
The traitor sneered and spat as he pushed Yujin back.
“Just like dog food, there’s a lot mixed in with the technology.” I’ll commend you for your ingenuity.
“You’re a scoundrel worse than a dog, yet your mouth sure knows how to run.”
“Arrogant little brat.”
While the betrayer, who couldn’t even break, raised his sword, Yujin let out a faint laugh.
“You can’t beat me.”
“Kid, let’s see if you can still talk like that even after having your head cut off.”
“How can someone who doesn’t even do half the amount of sword training I do possibly defeat me?”
“Yeah, okay, a skirt.”
“There was a knight who didn’t neglect strength training even when out on missions, but on the other hand, I haven’t seen you train even at home.”
“What’s with the lecture?”
The traitor tried to ignore the sudden scolding from the little kid, but strangely, anger welled up inside him.
Along with the right words, Yujin’s incessant chatter is getting on my nerves.
But even the traitor had something to rely on.
Chop!
The betrayer’s eyes, with the sword tip pointed forward, sank deeply.
“I’ll understand because ignoring experience is something a little kid would do.”
Bang!
The traitor who kicked the floor hard was in front of Yujin in the blink of an eye.
Yujin raised her sword at the fastest speed she could defend, but it was still not enough.
Psh!
Yujin, who had been stabbed near the chest, swallowed a groan of pain. As expected of a Pencil knight, it was too fast.
However, despite that, Yujin didn’t just stand there and take a swing.
The traitor, perhaps anticipating even this attack, raised his left arm to protect his vital organ, the liver.
The target Yujin aimed for was not the liver.
Dismissed!
It was the traitor’s injured leg due to the stone thrown by Yujin.
“Ugh…!”
The traitor’s face twisted in anger.
The wound was deep, and Yujin’s punch was much stronger than expected.
Ignoring the wound from the sword, Yujin immediately stabbed the traitor.
The traitor defended against Yujin’s stab even amidst the pain.
However, it seemed that the timing of the defense had strangely been delayed. In simple terms, it seemed like the movements had slowed down.
A kind of distraction formed in the traitor’s mind.
As a member of the Black Tortoise Knights, having gained countless experiences, something seemed suspicious.
However, as if to prevent any further suspicion, Yujin began to draw her sword.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
The stabbing at the liver, the wounded leg, the neck, and the eyeball came one after another.
The traitor deflected the swords and caught a glimpse of Eugene’s eyes. Those eyes were truly the eyes of a beast filled with murderous intent.
A determination to kill and eliminate at all costs.
The traitor sneered and prepared to counterattack, but suddenly, as if the thread had been cut, one of the aura’s passages became completely blocked.
At the same time, I had a gut feeling.
“Damn it, it’s poison!”
But.
‘All I’ve swallowed is my blood and saliva, you know?’
Then?
‘Somehow, the fog was thick……!’
The traitor, realizing that the mist surrounding them was the cause, forcefully struck Eugene with the side of his sword and pushed him back.
Bang!
At the same time, he took out the universal antidote from his inner pocket.
“I’ll admit that you’re smart.” “Poison fog, huh? Somehow, it felt really bad.”
The operation had been uncovered, so it would be natural to be flustered, but Yujin instead wore a strange smile.
“Are you pretending to be relaxed?”
“Think whatever you want.”
“He’s such an annoyingly irritating guy.”
Yujin also didn’t think that this poison mist would work perfectly, considering the opponent was a member of the Black Tortoise.
However, the plan was to at least bring down the power of the one exceeding 6 stars to 5 stars.
Of course, since this poison was specially crafted by the Gungwi, it couldn’t be completely neutralized by any ordinary antidote.
The traitor, convinced that Yujin would die anyway, casually asked Yujin.
“Since this seems like it might be the last time, let me ask you one thing, kid.” You, do you know that girl is a black person and still goes this far?
Yujin nodded calmly.
“Yeah, I know.”
“……Then, if it becomes known that you saved a person from the Black Society in Penchel and that you protected the daughter of the Blue Tower Master, will you be safe?”
Yujin tightly gripped the sword.
“There’s no law that says an innocent kid should be killed just because they’re Black.”
“Sigh… my head is completely a mess.”
As the traitor said, Yujin’s judgment could appear overly naive in the eyes of some.
Of course, the reason for helping Julia, as mentioned earlier, was not purely out of goodwill. Rather, it was wto useher.
However, through the conversation with Julia, I realized that this child is truly innocent and has done nothing wrong.
Yujin’s feelings have changed a bit.
“Having a head full of flowers is better than having a head full of dung like yours, isn’t it?”
“I’ll crush your skull.”
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