Chapter 965 – 965. Yggdrasil (7)
Boris.
He is a member of the Red Crescent Moon organization and a direct subordinate of Yang Ji-hyeon, and at the same time…
‘He came?’
He was a red summoner who had a crush on Yang Ji-hyun.
From the beginning, I already knew that people would be sent from the Red Crescent through Armonia.
But…
‘That’s funny. Even if I have to come, he still comes.’
She never expected Boris to come.
The reason we knew this was because of the information Jihyun Yang gave us.
The note Jihyun Yang sent me during the day was simple.
(The Red Crescent Chief has appointed people to watch over the master. Please take care.)
Red crescent moon… It also said that the head of the organization personally stepped forward and began to monitor me.
Yang Ji-hyeon only knew that people were being hired to monitor me, and seemed not to know the exact reason.
If they find out the reason for the surveillance, they will send the information again.
But…
‘There is no need to wait until then.’
I thought like that and closed my eyes again.
However, I had no intention of just attacking.
‘If you move suddenly, it will definitely be noticeable…’
If you try to catch Boris and miss a gang member hiding nearby, things will go wrong.
Losing a member of the organization wasn’t really a big problem.
The real problem was that I could miss the target I wanted.
‘This is why I want to catch the leader…’
In the first place, I wasn’t really interested in the red crescent moon itself.
I just want to catch the head who runs the organization…
While I was thinking deeply, Han Na asked a question.
[Is there really a need to hurry up and catch it?]
‘It would be good to settle the settlement quickly.’
It was safe to say that the relationship between me and Souta was a business relationship.
Souta asked me to catch the current leader who betrayed him in exchange for information and cooperation about the legendary job.
In addition, Niflheim is currently in a chaotic situation as there is no gravekeeper.
I need Souta’s help, and if I get revenge, he will be that cooperative.
In fact, there was one more important reason than revenge.
‘It gets annoying if you stare at it all day.’
[But…]
It’s a situation where you get annoyed even if you worry about it for just a day or two, but imagine if you keep watching it.
It turns my stomach.
Moreover, if you stay here, you will inevitably sleep with different members.
Are you continuing to spy on such situations?
Maybe it’s the middle of summer… We have no desire to have sex with voyeurs who have no relationship with us.
‘Let’s figure out the number of people first.’
I narrowed my eyes and looked around.
As expected, several people other than Boris were hiding outside the window.
‘It’s a good thing I checked on all those who were in hiding.’
When I visited the retreat on the third floor, it seemed like quite a few of the guys who had posted the temperament window were also recruited.
But when I saw that so many people had been deployed, I started to get worried.
‘They say something is going on…’
In fact, there was no problem with safety itself.
The interior of the palace, especially the rooms we stay in, is basically a safe zone.
Even a red summoner would not be able to ignore the safe zone and enter it.
[There are several Red Summoners spying on Hanbom, Hangaeul, and Namgung Yuha.]
‘How many people?’
[Compared to Suho, it is far less.]
There were more than fifteen temperament windows visible to me, but the maximum of temperament windows that stuck to the rest of the members was about two.
If we were to consider the possibility that there were people who couldn’t display the temperament window, there would have been about 3 to 4 people per member.
‘It means I am the target after all.’
As my head turned like that, I started to worry about one thing.
‘… ‘Isn’t it the same for Midwinter?’
The members are less worried because they are in a safe zone, but the situation was a little different in the middle of winter.
Seeing your excitement earlier… I will definitely be training all night long.
And the barracks training center…
‘It’s not a safe zone.’
[Shall we call Lena?]
‘Yes. Please do me a favor.’
As soon as she heard my answer, she immediately called Lena and sent her to Ardia.
Once you talk to Ardia, her doubts about your identity will be completely put to rest.
‘Okay, then let’s leave the midwinter part to Lena for now…’
And she smiled softly with a twinkle in her eye.
‘Now let’s catch those guys.’
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Boris
Hypnosis Gauge: 100%
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Hypnosis Gauge: 100%
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Hypnosis Gauge: 100%
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The time has come to shake off all the hypnosis gauges that had previously built up.
***
A summoner with a red gem on top of her head grumbled.
“I’m so fucking jealous.”
“…”
Originally, Boris would have glared and shouted, but…
“I know… I wish I could sleep with a woman like that…”
“And there’s not just one person there? Fuck…”
“…”
Even though her direct subordinates were talking loudly, she did not open her mouth easily.
Rather, she just continued to listen as if agreeing with what they said.
“If things go well, we might have a chance…”
“Opportunity?”
“The boss is targeting that guy. “If we catch that man, won’t the women be dragged in too?”
“Don’t you know that guy’s skills? Even if we all attack them, we will never be able to catch them.”
“I know, dude. But you never know, the boss might catch you…”
“… Because I think so. I feel motivated.”
Everyone started laughing quietly as if they were delusional.
Boris, seeing her like that, shook his head.
‘Live like that for the rest of your life. You idiots…’
After she criticized herself, she looked at her window again and focused.
But once she lost focus, she started thinking about other things as well.
The target of his delusion was Yang Ji-hyeon.
‘You’ve really changed so much.’
Yang Ji-hyeon acts as if her personality suddenly changed at some point.
In the past, he used to take good care of his subordinates, even if they were cold, but recently he started acting like he didn’t like them.
He didn’t look displeased because he couldn’t do his job.
‘… I feel like I’ve become a different person.’
It seemed as if they were looking at me with disdain, as if they were dealing with a person they couldn’t interact with.
He tried to free her mind somehow, but to no avail.
‘Did I really make a big mistake?’
Boris, like the rest of her group, was unable to focus on her mission.
While everyone was slowly getting bored and spending time chatting…
“I am a woman who is a prophet… Ah…”
“… What? “What’s wrong?”
“…”
“?”
The member of the organization suddenly closed his mouth and bowed down, ignoring the puzzled member.
And at the same time, most of the organization members around them bowed in unison, as if their souls were connected.
Other members of the organization, including Boris, realized the situation later and bowed down.
“What? Could it be that they got caught?”
“I don’t think so? That guy has been on the bed since a while ago… “Wow!”
“!?”
Boris, startled by the sudden scream, checked the source of her voice.
But the scene he saw…
“Radish… What… ?”
It was a scene that could not be understood through common sense.
The gang members who bowed first began to immediately subdue their colleagues who bowed later.
And among colleagues who are so oppressed…
“Oops! W-what are you doing… !”
“…”
Boris was also included.
The moment Boris fainted, he looked up at his colleague who had subdued him.
The colleague who subdued her was a direct subordinate named Benika.
That subordinate…
“You… What…”
“…”
She was looking down at herself with unfocused eyes, as if her soul had been taken from her.
***
While the cleanup was completed outside, I carefully changed my clothes.
When I suddenly changed my clothes, Min Ha-yeon asked me with a dreamy expression.
“Huh? Where are you going?”
Midnight… No, in the first place, it is night here 24 hours a day, but suddenly changing clothes when I was supposed to be sleeping seemed to raise questions.
I spoke in a soft voice to reassure Min Ha-yeon.
“I’m just going for a short walk, so don’t worry too much.”
“… Yes, be careful.”
Min Ha-yeon saw off with a bright smile.
They probably thought I was leaving because I was depressed again.
‘Well, that would be more convenient.’
I smiled bitterly and headed toward the place where the red crescent moon was.
Room in the royal palace.
It is not at all easy to spy on a room provided directly by the successor for guests.
Nevertheless, those guys freely entered this palace and monitored the guest room where I was staying.
And that too as a group…
‘Still, I’m glad it’s a royal palace. It would have been bothersome if it had been the lodging establishment I stayed at before.’
I was so relieved that I arrived at the place where the red crescent moon was.
“…”
The members of the organization are standing blankly under my hypnosis.
And…
“Huh…”
Organization members fainted after being subdued by hypnotized members.
For reference, there were an overwhelming number of gang members who were hypnotized.
In terms of ratio, it is about 3:1.
I began to dig up basic information from the hypnotized gang members.
“What is your mission?”
“… Surveillance of Seongsuho.”
“What are the duties of other organization members?”
“… Surveillance of Seong Su-ho’s party members.”
Up to this point, I already knew what I was talking about.
But what he said after that caught my ear.
“And… Prison raid.”
“Prison raid?”
As soon as I heard that, there was a guy that immediately came to mind.
‘Guild On… ?’
Currently, the Guildon and Elf Cavalry were imprisoned.
From my perspective, there was no reason to raid the prison other than to take those guys out.
But…
“Who are you trying to take out?”
“… “I don’t know.”
Unfortunately, the exact purpose of the prison attack could not be determined.
‘What… These guys probably don’t know everything about the internal situation.’
I thought like that and looked around.
Gang members who fell down after being hit by paralyzing needles…
‘It all looks useless.’
By my standards, there didn’t seem to be anyone with useful abilities.
They all had only ordinary abilities such as swordsmanship and archery.
‘Let’s kill everyone except the ones who are hypnotized.’
I wanted to control the fallen guys by building up their hypnosis gauge, but I didn’t have enough time, and it seemed like it would be a hassle once I started.
The moment I decided to kill the stunned guys, one person caught my eye.
‘What should I do with that guy?’
Boris.
Instead of intentionally hypnotizing her, he used the colleague next to her to knock her out.
‘Let’s save this guy for now.’
For your information, I am not saving Yang Ji-hyeon’s life because I feel pity for him being abandoned.
“He’s the leader here right now, right?”
“… That’s right.”
It was because Boris was the leader of the group assigned to monitor me.
‘It would be best to follow this guy.’
The other guys decided there was no point in following along.
‘Okay then… Erase this guy’s memory, kill the rest…’
So I started making a plan step by step.
***
“Boris!”
“Huh!?”
Boris immediately came to his senses when she heard her yelling, and lifted her up.
And she looked around.
“Female… This place… ?”
The surroundings were covered in darkness, but thanks to my eyes having already adapted to the darkness, I was able to quickly understand the surrounding situation.
An abandoned house in danger of collapsing, and colleagues collapsing and groaning…
“Where am I? And what happened… ?”
“It seems like you don’t remember a thing.”
Boris asked, enduring a strong headache.
“Who are you?”
“This is Benica.”
“Ah!”
Benica was one of Boris’s direct subordinates.
As soon as Boris heard her name…
“Keuuuuu!”
As a headache so strong that it felt like it was going to break her head, a memory came to mind.
Benica’s face looking down at herself coldly.
But I couldn’t recall anything except that memory of her.
Benica supported Boris and asked worriedly.
“Are you okay?”
“Gwae, it’s okay. Report the situation first. Why am I fainting?”
“That is…”
According to Benica, she was ambushed while spying on Seong Su-ho, and only some of her gang members managed to escape.
Fortunately, all members of the organization dispersed during the surprise attack and were able to survive.
“Boris, what should I do?”
“First, figure out the number of people.”
“… Half of them died.
After hearing her report, Boris gritted his teeth and asked cautiously.
“… “You’re probably not caught by the tail, are you?”
“I ran as fast as I could, but I can’t be sure. He was so unusual that he stabbed us in the back while we were watching…”
“…”
I couldn’t bear to blame Benica.
Who would blame a leader who didn’t even realize she had been ambushed?
Boris was worried, blaming himself.
‘If things go on like this, it won’t end with a small reprimand.’
Boris thought about it for a while, and then she sighed and told him what she had decided.
“I will return once. Instead…”
“… ?”
“Divide into five and disperse. And after hiding for about half a day, we return to the gathering place.”
It was just in case someone stepped on her tail.
“I understand.”
“I will act alone. I wish you all good luck!”
With Boris’s words, the red crescent moon scattered into five groups.
Boris felt guilty as he thought about his subordinates after they were scattered.
‘… If you’re smart, you won’t come back.’
A failed situation while monitoring a dangerous person who deviates from common sense.
The members of the organization will be buried the moment they gather at the gathering place, not for responsibility for failure, but for the safety of the organization.
‘Go into hiding for a month or two. Please…’
Those who hide like that and then carefully return will have a much higher chance of survival.
Although he will be suspected of being a spy…
‘… I’m not in a position to sympathize with anyone right now.’
Boris thought so, and she took one of her items out of her inventory and used it right away.
[Coward’s Art].
‘If I use this, I won’t have to worry about being followed.’
Boris, who had become invisible, was convinced of that and quickly ran not to the gathering point, but to the hideout base.
At the place where Boris disappeared…
“As expected, it was a good thing I kept him alive.”
A man appeared with a grin on his face, and like Boris, he also used [Coward’s Art] And disappeared.
