Chapter 13 – 013. The Ghost of the Divine Tree (6)
The assassin’s intuition, which had been nurtured after numerous experiences, could not erase the feeling that the appearance of the man in front of him was too artificial and reluctant.
While watching the situation, a man appeared in the car while an assassin was contemplating how to deal with it, and after about 5 seconds, the confrontation became longer.
Soon, the assassin holding the dagger made up his mind and rushed towards Eunhyeon.
It was because he predicted that the magical barrier surrounding the girl behind could not exist permanently, and that the magical barrier would naturally disappear over time.
Priorities were changed due to the appearance of a man who seemed to be more dangerous at the moment.
Eunhyeon also reacted to the assassin’s movement and walked straight forward.
The moment the distance between each other was getting closer, the assassin’s figure was spinning in the air, and the sight of the assassin who ran into it was reversed up and down.
‘Under?’
In an instant, the assassin’s vision was reversed upside down and looked upside down, and the assassin was taken aback.
Before the man who had taken down four of his comrades could do anything, he was trying to gain the upper hand by attacking first.
His legs were pointing toward the sky, and his head was pointing toward the ground.
Although he was aware of his current situation with his body floating in the air, he could not understand what had happened to him.
Later, the pain in his leg caused the assassin to look at his leg in the air and see that his left leg had bent outward and was broken.
He was horrified to realize that the man in front of him had kicked his leg.
I couldn’t see the man’s attack itself, but how fast and strong did he kick his leg?
Eun-hyeon reached out and grabbed the face of the astonished assassin in mid-air and slammed it on the floor with all her might.
“Cheak!”
The assassin screamed as his head hit the floor, but soon his body limp and stopped moving.
His fellow Assassin, seeing the sight, was sure that his comrade, who had lunged forward with his dagger in hand, had just been knocked out with a single shot.
Even though he was worried while watching the situation, he hadn’t been aware of Eun-hyeon’s attack at all, and it hadn’t taken him a few seconds to subdue him.
He thought that if he tried to attack, he would only suffer himself.
In a situation where five out of six team members were killed, the magical barrier surrounding the girl was still intact.
In this way, it is impossible to kill the girl even if he is prepared to be captured.
It took less than 10 seconds to conclude that this request could never succeed.
Then, in this situation, there was only one possible choice for the remaining assassins.
“Stop.”
A chilling voice entered the assassin’s ears as he tried to climb up the building to escape, and it became lodged in his mind.
It was just a single word, nothing special, but it bound the body of the last assassin as if it contained force that could never be resisted.
Eunhyeon confirmed that the last assassin had stopped moving and walked slowly.
Then he approached the assassin, who stood tall as a stone, and spoke to him.
“Tell the prince. The client who commissioned the assassination of that child said he found Erin Hersha. Three hours later, she told the client that she would be waiting for her at the abandoned warehouse in Glare No. 3. This is prepaid. When the matter is resolved, I will send you 100 gold coins.”
“… !”
The assassin gasped in horror.
Saying that they knew their identity, they even showed the action of putting 10 gold coins into the hand of the assassin.
And the assassin could not hide his anxiety when he saw the act of letting go of himself and Eun-hyeon’s unknown smile.
“Go quickly.”
Watching Eun-hyeon waving his hand as if to drive away flies, the assassin stood still, motionless.
Noticing that her eyes were already on the fallen colleagues, Eun-hyeon smiled and talked again.
“Are you worried about your colleagues? Don’t worry. I’ll keep it well hidden. When you wake up, you’ll be back on your own. By the way, a guy whose job is to kill people knows how to care for his colleagues again? Abominably.”
“Kuh…”
The assassin covered his face with a mask, leaving only his eyes to see.
It was easy to recognize that the assassin had narrowed his eyes and frowned at the small moan and the gathered eyes.
“Go quickly. Before he changes his mind and kills them all. Should I work if I get paid? Isn’t that your credo?”
The assassin gnashed his teeth and fled from the spot, unable to hide his anger.
Eun-hyeon sensed that the assassin was far away and turned around to help Eira, who was still sitting, to her feet.
“Great job.”
It was a compliment to reward her hard work, but the experience of actually receiving an assassination threat was so intense that Eira smiled bitterly.
“If you join the Knights, there must be a greater risk than this, right?”
“Of course. In the first place, Leo wanted to tell you that too, so he entrusted you to me.”
“Okay…”
She still had no strength in her body, but her aira didn’t look too bad.
Her slightly trembling body still seemed fearless, but Leo de’s wish to realize her reality and dissuade her daughter from becoming a knight seemed unfulfilled.
“Hmm…”
“What is your next plan?”
“Now that I caught the catch, I spread a bigger bait.”
Eunhyun smiled and said.
“I’m going to have to catch some big fish this time.”
Eira was sure that now she was enjoying this hunt with Eunhyun.
Looking at Eun-hyeon, who looked very happy, I couldn’t help but feel that he was an old man who had been with his father on the battlefield.
Eun-hyeon had to move, thinking about the ground rice he had sprinkled.
“I will follow.”
“Are you done? It could be dangerous.”
“Just… I’m just curious how this case ends. And will you protect me?”
In this aspect, Eunhyeon thought that Eira resembled her own father in her strangely aggressive appearance.
Maybe if I got these words out of her mouth, she would put on a very complicated expression.
“No extra allowance?”
“What I received this time is enough.”
Even though Aira had that much money, she wasn’t the type to be extravagant.
It was true that even if she only had one, her emergency fund would give her some reassurance.
“Okay. Then let’s go.”
Eunhyeon smiled and agreed to Eira’s request.
The two of them moved straight away and arrived at the abandoned warehouse, the place they told the assassin.
“Here…”
Kirik!
Eun-hyeon hadn’t opened it for a long time and forced the rusty iron door open.
I went straight into the abandoned warehouse, but Eira refused to go inside with a reluctant expression on her face.
Eunhyeon looked back at Eira, who didn’t come in, and tilted her head.
“It’s a little creepy.”
“Are you scared?”
“Yeah, that can’t be.”
If his father, Riod, had seen this, he would have given him a face, saying that he was no match for a knight with that spirit.
Eyra patted her cheeks with her palms to clear her mind and thrust her foot into her shed.
Inside her dark warehouse and the dust was thick, the cold wind blowing in her turbid air made Eira’s body tremble even more.
“Are you waiting for someone here?”
“Huh.”
“Does Eunhyeon know who is coming?”
“Well. I don’t know either.”
“Yes? Then…”
“It didn’t matter who. I was just throwing bait. Again, it doesn’t matter much whether you catch it or not, but I threw it after seeing the possibility to some extent. I wish I could ask.”
Eira didn’t understand Eunhyun’s muttering words.
However, as if someone had granted him his wish, the iron door at the entrance to the warehouse where the two entered began to move again.
Kirik!
“Come.”
Aira opened the door and looked at the two people entering, making a nervous expression.
I couldn’t see their faces properly in the dark shadows, but when the moonlight shined on the faces of the two people entering the warehouse and I was able to identify who they were, Aira opened her eyes wide and showed a surprised face.
An impressive man with a tall stature and a flashy sword wrapped around his waist.
She is a simple but aristocratic woman who wears a bright silver color and simple design for going out.
She thought that Eira was a beauty that made her think that her blonde hair, which was lighter in color than Eira, and her fair skin and graceful features were so beautiful.
“Princess Armitas… ?”
“The lady of the Marquis of Olivion?”
The two women recognized each other and both looked puzzled, probably because they had met someone unexpected.
“Why is Princess… ?”
“Why is a young lady like that here?”
“I will explain that to you.”
When the conversation didn’t proceed with each other’s embarrassed expressions, Eun-hyeon intervened in the conversation between the two women.
“Who are you then?”
“My name is Eunhyun. I am here at the order of Illyana-sama, the head of the Mervis Magic Library.”
To be precise, she had never given her orders at all, but Eunhyeon sold Illyana’s name so confidently.
“Mervis… The Black Witch… Could it be you?”
Princess Armitas looked at Eun-hyeon with her eyebrows raised, as if she had heard rumors about Eun-hyeon.
Soon after, the princess turned her head and looked inside her lungs, and she confirmed that there was nothing but Eunhyeon and Eira.
“Did you cheat on me?”
“Please. It’s real that we know the whereabouts of Erin Hersha. Only… It’s just not here.”
“A cheeky bastard, how dare you mock the princess!”
A red-haired man who appeared to be an escort next to the princess pulled out the sword she was wearing around her waist, and glared at Eun-hyeon with a flushed face and an angry expression.
‘Oh, it doesn’t work out as expected. No, I expected this too.’
“Leno… !”
Before the princess had time to stop her escort’s sudden action, the sword of a man named Reno was slammed straight into Eun-hyeon’s head.
Eunhyun easily avoided Leno’s attack by taking a step back and pulling his body backwards.
Leno, who had not been able to cut his throat by a narrow margin, was momentarily taken aback, but did not show his agitation on his face.
I tried the next attack while glaring at Eunhyun.
Eun-hyeon moved his body and continued to dodge Leno’s sword with a narrow margin.
“Hey, did you see it?”
“Yes… ?”
“This is self-defense from now on.”
“Under… ?”
Eira, who had become contemplative, noticed what she was saying and hurriedly shook her head and tried to stop Eunhyun.
Leno’s quicksword that had cut through the air hesitated for a moment and he was taken aback for a moment, but when Eunhyeon looked at her Eira and even allowed herself to speak her words, Leno became even more angry.
Leno raised his sword upwards and cut it down with force.
With the current attack, he planned to completely cut Eunhyun’s body in half.
However, Eunhyeon twisted her body sideways to avoid the vertical cut.
He thrust his fist into Leno’s stomach, where there was a gap.
“Keugh… !”
Even though he was wearing casual clothes instead of knightly armor because he was required to act secretly.
No matter how much I lost my senses and lost my guard.
It was a great shock to Leno to be neatly attacked by a man who looked like an unknown commoner.
Leno groaned at the blow to the abdomen that was aimed at an opening.
He forced himself to swallow the gastric juices that were trying to rise up his throat.
Eun-hyeon’s skill at accurately targeting gaps and delivering strong blows quickly and neatly is at least not for ordinary people.
My pride as a knight was hurt by the fact that I was using magical power against ordinary people, so I planned to kill them using only my sword.
Leno thought he had made a mistake in judging the man in front of him, and was determined to fight seriously by strengthening his body with his magic.
“You should have fought with all your might from the start. It’s too late.”
I couldn’t win though.
When Eunhyeon sensed the magic flowing from Leno’s body and showed signs of strengthening his body even belatedly, he smirked.
Eun-hyeon’s fist had already entered Leno’s stomach and was dealing his second blow.
“Cuck!”
Reno, hit by a vital point, let out a loud moan and stumbled.
Proper thinking became impossible due to the pain complaining from the damaged pit.
Taking advantage of the staggering gap, Eun-hyun hit Leno’s chin with the palm of his hand and hit it with all his might.
Leno, who was attacked on the chin, had his pupils dilated and pulled out the whites of his eyes, and fell to the ground in front of Eun-hyeon.
The princess trembled as she clenched her fists.
In a situation where the escort is down, what action should he take?
I was breaking out in a cold sweat and thinking desperately.
And it was the moment when Gongnyeo was about to tell Eunhyeon something about her.
“Kuhh… Black!”
Something black slowly climbed up the princess’s clothes, wrapped around her neck, and strangled her.
Even though he struggled and tried to resist, his body couldn’t move as if he was tied to something.
When Eleanor, who was unable to breathe properly because her airway was blocked, tried to cut off her fading consciousness.
“This… I didn’t expect it either.”
As if seeing something very unexpected, Eunhyun muttered in a small voice.
“There were two great fish.”
“Shadow… ?”
Ayra confirmed again that she might have misunderstood.
She realized that the shadow of the princess, created by the moonlight, moved as if it were alive, and that she was trying to devour her.
Looking at the scene, Eunhyeon was convinced.
In an instant, I guessed a result by combining the information I heard from Erin and many clues.
“Alvin Hersha.”
The shadow that was strangling the princess stopped moving.
“I wondered where he was hiding, so he was hiding in the shadows of the people of the duchy?”
No one responded to Eunhyun’s words.
He continued talking regardless of the answer that didn’t come back.
“Let’s make a deal with me.”
