Chapter 158 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (17)
After defeating the demon Maharis, Shadow Mastery was strengthened.
【Skill: Shadow Mastery (D)】
【The shadow leaves no trace.】
【One. Shadow Craft: Materializes shadows.】
【2. Shadow Armor: Protects the body by condensing shadows.】
【3. Shadow Dive: You can assimilate with a shadow and jump a certain distance.】
Ability that is useful when tracking an enemy or escaping from a position during an assassination mission has been released.
There is a bit of time it takes to assimilate and unassimilate the shadow, but when there is no shadow, the options I can choose from have increased.
Should I try using it to escape from this cavity? I walked slowly towards the entrance I had blocked.
When I thought I was using Shadow Dive, I started disappearing.
‘Ordinary clothes fall to the ground when you shadow dive.’
There was a reason why the coats and clothes of the Raven family were made of special materials.
It would be difficult to get naked every time you use Shadow Dive, so there must be a solution in place for that.
I released Shadow Dive and burned the clothes on the floor using the heat of the Yeonyeom Shingong.
Although it was a waste of the 2 silver that fell on the floor, I decided to leave it because I couldn’t get out quietly without making a big fuss by throwing the shadow lance.
And once again, I used Shadow Dive to turn my body into a shadow.
My mind tried to become slightly blurred as I followed the body scattered with mana, but thanks to the effect of self-establishment, I was able to maintain ‘me’ intact, and I passed over the collapsed stones like flowing water and formed my body again.
After using a spirit mask to cover my body with a shadow and walking a little, I saw the bodies of Bergen’s dead subordinates.
There was no one with the same body type as me, but I roughly took off the clothes of the bigger guy and put them on.
And instead of the hole I dug earlier, I walked looking for the entrance where these guys came in.
As I was walking with presence detection in place, I decided to respond with skills to any other intruders who might not have known it and brought up the status window.
【2】
【Cyan Raven-(90%)+(EX15%)】
【Level: 4】
【Combat power: 756+(73)】
【Holding skills: Shadow Mastery (D), Dark Spirit Sword (D)】
【Awaiting Quest (5/5)】
The assimilation rate was not 100%?
I fought with the thought that I would raise the assimilation rate to 100%, but it seems that I did not reach 100%.
In the case of Lee Sian, I was able to easily reach 100%, but I think it’s because there are parts of Sian Raven that I don’t understand yet.
And the rank of the Black Spirit Slayer Sword, which I had not even thought of, went up two levels.
【Skill: Black Death Sword (C)】
【The necessary abilities for assassination were refined through swordsmanship.】
【One. Yeongtu (影套): Cover your shadow and make it difficult for others to find you.】
【2. Yeonggeom (影劍): Hides the blade in the shadows.】
【3. Shaded Sword (陰影劍): Hides negative energy inside the blade. (Skill link required.)】
The shadow sword used through the skill link was included in the abilities of the Black Spirit Sword.
Since Black Spirit Sword is a skill that Cian Raven personally prepared, it seems that it can grow like this.
There is still a skill link in the usage conditions, but won’t it be needed someday?
However, I linked the skills between Shadow Mastery and Spirit Sword, thinking they would work, but aren’t the two powers Cian Raven’s?
I thought that the skill link, which is said to connect powers with different origins, may be connecting skills.
Anyway, since it is a sword that can cut through mana, I think it will be useful in fighting strong enemies.
‘The mana consumption is enormous, though.’
Mana was recovered to the maximum through Yeonyeong Shingong.
And I only used three skills in succession using the skill link, and the last of them consumed nearly half of the total remaining mana to create the shadow sword.
With that amount of negative attribute mana, it would have been able to cut down Maharis’ red suit.
As I was walking while organizing the status window and skills, I saw in the sky the hole that I had used when I entered the basement.
People had probably picked up and thrown stones to check the depth, so they were piled up quite a bit, and a short rope was visible that had fallen to the ground.
Even if I used Shadow Dive, I couldn’t go out, so I ignored the hole and kept walking.
Then I found the rotating stairs at the end, went up slowly, opened the door, and was able to come out of a building a little away from the gambling house.
“Who are you?!”
Is this another of Bergan’s subordinates? After opening the door and coming out, the man lifted the mace next to him.
I stabbed him in the neck with a dagger made using Shadow Craft.
The man lost his life before he could even swing the mace at me.
I put the body back in its seat and went out.
There were quite a few people gathered in the hole in front of the gambling house, but now there is no need to worry.
They tried to target him for assassination, but Bergen, who was subtle, was in cahoots with the devil and died.
Since I also killed the demon Maharis, my business in Sparda is no different.
The thought of returning to the Raven family suddenly occurred to me, but it was overshadowed by the thought that it had not yet been restored.
‘I need to reduce it a bit.’
With an assimilation rate of 90%, Cian Raven had completed his mission and all he wanted to do was return to his family.
Because you like home so much? That’s not it.
All he thought was that he should go back and rest for the next mission.
Also, killing all enemies in the way is not Cyan Raven’s style, but by mixing in with me, it has become slightly more violent.
The hesitation in eliminating obstacles for assassination has completely disappeared.
Is it because they recognize it as a being from the underworld rather than the same person?
A subtle twist was stopping me from getting my assimilation rate to 100%, and I felt like I wouldn’t get to 100% until I fixed that problem.
The assimilation rate was lowered to 60%.
“Whoa… I made a lunch appointment, but I think I’ll be late.”
There is no one around me in particular to talk to, but I felt like I had to say something like this.
I should have talked to Maharis more to find out more information, but I think I watched too quietly.
‘The devil is real.’
In fact, that’s the only thing I found out, and that’s what I heard from Law Travis.
No, it would be correct to say, ‘It has been confirmed that it is real.’
Since it was still broad daylight, I had to be quite careful using my spirit skill to get out of the slums, but fortunately I escaped without being caught by anyone.
And the place I was heading to was the Crow family’s safe house. When I opened the presence detection and checked, there were two people inside.
He said while knocking on the door.
“This is Xian.”
“Cyan? Is it really Cyan?”
As Princess Rosette asked back, she felt a door standing in front of her.
“White Dove… Should I continue?”
Except for the pigeon, I forgot the password.
Strangely, when you’re possessed, you can’t remember things like passwords.
“No, I’ll open it for you.”
So I defeated the demon and returned to the Crow family’s safe house.
*
“The devil sealed underground was using his alter ego to secretly influence Bergen. The devil discovered that he was preparing for resurrection by Xian and used the holy relics from the two temples to break the seal and resurrect. And the devil Is that true?”
Princess Rosette asked me, reciting the brief explanation I gave her.
“Yes, that’s right. The problem is that, other than the skeleton and the corpses of Bergen’s gang, no traces remain.”
“It’s hard to call that evidence. I found out that the northeastern slum was originally a graveyard. If a skeleton is found in the basement of a place built on top of a graveyard, it can be assumed to be where it originally was.”
“The only trace left is the corpse of Bergen’s gang.”
“Those people… At least they can be recognized as having not stolen the sacred relics of this temple in Xian.”
“I’ll be satisfied with just killing the demon.”
It did not include topics such as the resurrection of the devil.
Since he has killed many people as an assassin for the Raven family, an assassin family, he has no intention of becoming a hero.
I am satisfied with just having developed Shadow Mastery and the Dark Spirit Sword.
I fought against strong opponents and killed quite a few people who deserved to be killed, so I thought I could rest for a while.
‘This must be the difference between Cyan Raven and me.’
Unlike people who can be said to be addicted to missions, it is better to take a long break when doing something big.
Unless you live in the world of Lee Sian, where accidents are constant, it is important to spend the remaining time leisurely.
Just then, I felt Georun Crow, who had gone to buy something to wear instead of the clothes I had roughly picked up, return near the safe house.
Georun Crow came in through the door and said as he handed me new clothes.
“It seems like a person named Blaze has become quite famous, but isn’t he Sian?”
“Blaze? Someone?”
Princess Rosette, who has been in the safe house since this morning and has been slow to acquire information, asked Georun Crow.
“They say a black orc came pouring out of the warp gate, and it is said to be the knight who defeated it. They say it is Blaze of the Fire Fist, and it is a young man with orange hair.”
Instead of answering, I created a dagger made of shadows in the palm of my hand.
“Is that so? How does a member of the Raven family learn something other than shadows? I just did it because I heard he has orange hair.”
I went out of the bedroom in the safe house and changed into the clothes I received from the smiling Jiorun Crow.
“Then why don’t you go back now? Esther will be looking for her father.”
“My daughter is not a complete child. Still, she gets into accidents if left alone, so I have to go back.”
When he said he was okay and went home because he was worried, Georun Crow walked the fastest.
*
We returned to Georun Crow’s house a little after lunchtime.
When I turned on the presence detection, it seemed like Ada was sleeping upstairs and Esther was in the kitchen.
When Georun Crow opened the door, he was holding both hands full of bread. When he saw me, he held out the bread.
“Oppa, please make the bread warm!”
“Your dad will heat it for you.”
“Oppa, you can do it with your hands!”
The two people who heard that looked at me with eyes full of suspicion.
“That. Haha…”
“Xian? I have a story you want to hear?”
I didn’t think Princess Rosette would let me go until she got the answer she wanted.
