Chapter 168 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (27)
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A week has passed since the Holy Knights of the Holy Kingdom caused a warp gate mutation in the imperial city of Spada and the theft of holy relics from the Celestial Church and the Goddess Church.
A considerable number of people from the Holy Kingdom arrived in Spada, including those with tracking abilities who prepared temporary holy relics to be delivered to the two temples, as well as the volunteer priest Yui and guard Roman from the village who had stopped by before arriving.
The people of the Celestial Church and the Goddess Church were divided into three groups.
A person who goes to the temple to determine the damage that occurred during the theft incident and brings a new temporary relic, a person who joins the magic tower wizards to investigate the mutation of the warp gate, and a person who searches for the stolen relic.
Those in charge of finding the holy relic obtained information from the villagers and the lord of Sparda.
There were many testimonies that the guys who took the stolen holy relics headed to the slums northeast of Sparda, so the Holy Knights decided to head there.
“Yui, aren’t you excited because it feels like an adventure?”
Roman said to Yui, who seemed to be getting more serious, perhaps because the other people were in a serious mood.
“Roman, it is quite important that the temple lost its sacred relic.”
“Well, I know, but I don’t think everyone’s energy is normal. I think we’ll fight.”
“That’s right. They’re all kind people, but I feel like they don’t have enough time.”
While working at the temple, I was able to see how powerful and good-natured the Holy Knights were.
Paladins, who have the power to punish evil while following the will of the gods, seem like quite scary people, but they are scary to those who have committed sins, and are usually kind people who protect the weak.
‘I can’t help it, Mr. Xian.’
Yui thought of those Holy Knights and one person who had completely turned around.
Cian Raven, a person who killed the high priest of the Holy Kingdom, escaped the pursuit of the Holy Knights, and came to the village of Teib.
The story of that person saving women from being raped by goblins was truly amazing.
And he even delivered a new contraceptive magic circle in the form of a lock on his side.
‘With General Gwen… I did.’
Just by hearing it, I found out that they didn’t have any bad feelings towards each other, and I also heard that it was to test the effectiveness of the contraceptive magic circle.
So I engraved it on my body to help, and every time I thought of this magic circle, the deep relationship between a man and a woman came to mind, and my face heated up.
“Yui? Are you okay? Does this often happen?”
Roman fanned Yui’s face and helped her cool down.
“Yeah. It’s okay. I guess we’ll be leaving soon. Let’s go.”
Paladins wearing shining silver armor moved toward the northeast.
The guide assigned by the lord of Spada led the way, and unlike other streets, they passed through a slightly less well-maintained slum, but no one came close to the group.
Should we say that we are on guard with only our two eyes exposed?
“Paladins are people who are difficult to approach.”
“I’m sure none of those people are sick, right?”
When Roman and Yui arrived at the center of the slums, expressing different feelings after seeing the people in the slums, they were able to see that there was a hole in front of a fairly large building.
At that time, the guide sent by the lord of Sparda told the paladins the information he had obtained first.
“The person who created this hole is said to be a man with black hair. He is said to have thrown a black spear, and it made a loud sound that brought all the people in the slum together.”
“Black window?”
At those words, the Holy Knights naturally thought of one person.
Less than a month ago, Cian Raven, an assassin of the Raven family, was a person who used shadows as weapons to fight.
However, since the weapon he mainly used was a sword, most people assumed that he had similar powers.
Because there are four more people in the Raven family with the same power.
“You can go down through the hole here, but there’s a secret staircase in the building inside. Let’s go that way.”
“Is it pretty deep?”
“Yes. It’s easily taller than two people.”
It would be difficult for even a paladin to jump from that height while wearing heavy armor, so I calmly went down to the basement through the secret staircase inside the gambling house.
The underground passage had already been inspected by the lord’s people, and there were magic tools placed here and there on torch racks, so the path was not dark.
Yui walked along the gloomy passageway closely next to Roman.
As I walked down the street, I saw a corpse that looked like it had been killed by someone who had been magically preserved.
Among them, the body of one man was taking off his clothes.
“Have these people been identified?”
“These are Bergan’s subordinates who are believed to be the main culprits in the theft of sacred items. I have already completed identification, but I do not know why one person is taking off his clothes.”
“You needed clothes?”
Roman muttered softly, but it sounded quite loud because the surroundings were quiet.
Of all the corpses, he was the largest, so if anyone needed big clothes, he was the only one.
“That might be possible. From an adventurer’s perspective, you can take off the clothes and wear them if you need them.”
One of the paladins said that that was not the reasoning, drawing a slight line that paladins and adventurers were different.
Roman smiled bitterly, thinking that it was incomprehensible for people who risked their lives on brilliant silver armor to take off the clothes of corpses and wear them.
And as we walked a little further, we found a cave with piles of skeletons.
“This was originally a cemetery. It was filled up, and a slum was built above.”
“Damn… I think it’s true that the holy relic was destroyed here. I can feel the sacred power very weakly.”
The most experienced Paladin among the Paladins looked around and said.
“A little time has passed, can you feel it? Even the priests of Spada said that.”
The paladin who listened to the guide’s words slowly walked to the center of the common.
“There are strong traces left here. It appears that the sacred relics of both the Heavenly God Church and the Goddess Church were destroyed at the same time.”
“Why are you doing that here…?”
“There must have been something. Something that could only be stimulated by destroying the two relics.”
At that time, Roman discovered something else and walked with Yui.
2 silver pieces on the floor.
“Hey, what is this? It’s not like someone spilled it, right?”
“Yes. They say it was there after I cleared out the blocked entrance.”
“Does it mean something?”
When Yui asked Roman, Roman said.
“From an adventurer’s perspective, it’s strange that you took off the clothes of someone outside and put them on, but you left 2 silver behind. Could it be that you couldn’t take it for some reason?”
“I think I’m too obsessed with money…”
“Is that so? The person who took the holy relic and the person who opened the way are different people…”
Roman looked at the road that was blocked.
The traces on the ceiling were similar to the traces seen on the ground earlier.
“Someone came down from the ground through a hole and stopped something from leaving here. I don’t know what happened after that, but someone had no choice but to leave 2 silver behind when they left? No. You mean they couldn’t take their clothes? With this much power, Isn’t it strange that you can’t open the entrance?”
Roman tried hard to connect the strangely disconnected information, but it did not connect smoothly.
The paladins also dispersed and began searching for other traces, but they were unable to find out anything other than vague information, such as that two holy relics were destroyed here and what happened as a result.
The assassin instinctively fought without leaving a trace when fighting the devil.
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I woke up in the morning and went to the safe house.
When I asked him to use the communication magic tool to bring the Raven family’s clothes to Taib Village, a person from the Crow family came to the warp gate that morning.
“Sian. I’m here.”
I received two sets of black woven clothes, including a black coat.
“I had a hard time coming. Is there anything else I should do?”
“Yes. I can rest comfortably today.”
“I will pay the necessary expenses.”
“I brought that too, to pay for Terry Crow’s activities.”
Terry Crow, who I used when I went on the path of revenge, gave me 50 silver, so it might not be enough for activity expenses.
A person from the family gave money to Terry Crow.
“Thank you. I will use it sparingly.”
“If you use it sparingly, you won’t be able to spend even 1 gold. Use it sparingly. Then I will go out. If there are this many superiors, Terry Crow will be uncomfortable.”
“I’m fine.”
“You two are seniors, too.”
“Ah.”
Terry Crow nodded his head in understanding.
“Terry, did I make you uncomfortable…?”
“No! That’s not true, it’s true that he is a superior…”
As Princess Rosette spoke with a pitiful expression on her face, Terry Crow waved her hand and said.
Princess Rosette is said to be a superior now, so she feels like she has fallen apart as her connection with the imperial family has been severed.
So are you a hostage? Distinguished guest?
I put the clothes I received back in my bag and left the safe house with a member of the Crow family.
“Sian.”
“Speak.”
“The head of the house told me to check if Xian learned Shadow Dive before coming.”
“Yes, I learned it. So I need these clothes.”
“Okay, I’ll pass it on that way.”
The person from the Crow family who said that began to infiltrate the village like an ordinary person with light steps.
Should we go to the inn and prepare to go home?
I felt like I had done everything I needed to do with this possession.
Because the quest didn’t involve anything other than defeating the demon Maharis.
I went back to the inn, packed up my luggage, and lay down on the bed.
The return of possession.
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I had one thought to return to Yusian.
‘Am I crazy? Why do you go around violating women without hesitation?’
When I thought about how Cyan Raven originally acted like that, it occurred to me that she could be like that.
Instead, Sian Raven intentionally avoided forming deep relationships or becoming close friends, but now that I’m in the mix, I feel like she’s just hitting on women.
Terry Crow also secretly wanted one more time, but it felt like Princess Rosette was a breakwater, and Shrine Gwen was really difficult to understand.
Are they treated as tools or are they truly seen as collaborators?
‘I need to be sure.’
While I was thinking that, a quest suddenly appeared before my eyes.
『Quest』
〈Achieve 100% assimilation rate with the possessed body (0/2).〉
-Upon completion: Reinforcement of Summer Possession (A)
“Can we finally strengthen it?”
It can be said to be a very important quest because it is the strengthening of summer possession, which can be said to be the foundation and basic skill of my growth.
In the case of Lee Sian, I was able to reach 100%, but when I saw that it wasn’t counting, I thought I should go in and finish it.
Since Cian Raven seems difficult right now, I think I can do Han Xian if I want to do it?
Still, let’s organize our thoughts by having the school opening ceremony tomorrow and attending the Global Academy.
There’s a lot to do here now.
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【Yusian】
【Level: 3】
【Combat Power: 502】
【Skills: Underworld Possession (A), Establishment of Self (A+2), Survival Rules (A+2), Skill Link (C), Shadow Mastery (D), Smoke Flame Magic (5 stars)】
【Quest in progress (8/9)】
