Chapter 746 – 746. The Severed Connection (2)
“Save me…”
Eunhyeon pondered Lana’s request.
Originally, the members of Heilangdan, including her, were not in a position to ask themselves such a favor.
He intervened in factions and political battles within the Kingdom of Pernias, and helped put the duke’s family on a false charge and brought them to trial.
And he provided the information to have Eleanor kidnapped by mercenaries, and tried to kill Erin, who was a commoner girl at the time.
In several incidents, Eleanor was gang-raped by numerous men and almost had a child with them that she did not want, and in that case, Erin may have died.
No, in the case of Erin, there was another future in which she became a fallen divine beast by having her mind eaten by a nine-tailed fox, so she may have been the cornerstone that led to the destruction of the kingdom of Pernias.
So, this was their first and last chance.
Instead of killing them, he put a leash around their necks and used them like hounds for the rest of their lives, making Eleanor and Erin aware of their sins.
“…”
Lana didn’t say anything and waited for Eunhyun’s answer.
As she got down on one knee and bowed her head, she couldn’t control the heartbeat in her mighty beating chest.
Even if she asked her to disappear right away, let alone do her own favor, she could not express any dissatisfaction.
Such was the situation of her and her Black Wands.
“Actually, it was strange from the beginning.”
From the moment Lana sent her signal that she wanted to make contact by sending her gaze to them, Eun-hyeon had vaguely guessed.
The only one who reported to himself in this way was always Runan, the leader of the Heilangdan.
However, the fact that Lana, not Runan, came looking for him meant that something had happened to him.
Eun-hyeon knelt down on one knee and looked down at Lana, who was lowering her head, and asked her.
“Is your request now the ‘will’ of the entire Heilangdan?”
“… !”
Lana flinched at her Eunhyun’s question.
His question contained the intention of deciding how to deal with Heilangdan depending on the answer.
I bit my lip and thought about what answer to give, carefully putting it in my mouth.
“… It is my opinion.”
It wasn’t a lie, it was true.
As soon as Runan left the position and the leader’s position became vacant, another executive like himself, Deran, took command of the Heilangdan.
“Deran said he shouldn’t visit you. This is a problem we have to solve amongst ourselves…”
“However?”
Still, Lana came to Eunhyeon.
“Because I thought this was the surest way to save the leader.”
It’s not that you don’t trust the judgment your colleague made after much thought.
Deran was a man who was wise and knew how to take responsibility.
Everyone had no doubt and accepted that if Runan retired from the position of leader, he would be the only one who would take over the position.
‘Listen well. Lana. It is not because of our efforts that we are able to preserve our lives and receive warm beds, clothes, and food. Don’t forget that this treatment we receive includes our ‘life price’.’
Someone in Heilangdan is in danger and no information about Heilangdan should be leaked because someone was tortured by others.
It is all the more so that information about Eun-hyeon is leaked.
Therefore, when the situation occurred, it also included the meaning of taking one’s own life and fulfilling its role.
So, they paid proper wages and expenses, and treated them so that they could live properly like human beings.
Originally, if a member of the Heilangdan is kidnapped or captured by the enemy, it is a principle that he should clean up and cut off the tail without any regrets.
For an information guild that handles information, this is a natural procedure.
Even if the target is the leader of a group.
Lana has now broken this principle.
“If I had been captured by the enemy… I must have decided to commit suicide. But… Captain, you can’t. He… You are my, our benefactor.”
Lana has followed Runan since she was a child.
When he was starving and wandering aimlessly in a slum without his parents, the man who reached out to him was Runan.
So as she gradually grew up, Lana wanted to somehow help Runan who had saved her.
Runaan, who lived her own life by taking the lives of others for her pay, could teach her Lana only the assassination skills that she earned her own living.
Not only Lana, but many orphans from other slums were saved by Runaan and passed on her assassination skills.
That is the starting point of the group they belong to, Heilangdan.
Lana couldn’t abandon her own benefactor, her Runan.
That’s why I broke the rule that her tail had to be cut off.
“This is my opinion, not the whole of Black Wand. If only you could save the captain… I’ll do anything. If you want my head for breaking the rules, I can offer it.”
Lana’s eyes were determined.
She really would choose the option of slitting her own throat and killing herself without hesitation.
“…”
Eunhyun met her eyes squarely and didn’t reply.
Lana, who conveyed her own intentions to her front, caught a glimpse of her insensitivity in Eun-hyeon’s eyes.
Even after hearing her own request, she is not worried or agitated.
As if she had already made her conclusions from the beginning.
‘Not… Will it…’
She was the only hope he had in his heart.
Without Eun-hyeon’s help, Runan’s rescue would be almost impossible.
So, as her heart gradually leaned toward giving up, Eun-hyeon opened her mouth.
“Eleanor. Erin.”
“Yes.”
“Huh?”
The two of them, who had been silently listening to Eunhyeon and Lana’s conversation on both sides, answered almost simultaneously.
“What do you think about it?”
“… !”
Lana stiffened her body once more.
The reason Eun-hyeon heard her own story, let alone worried, was not even shaken, because she realized that from the beginning she had intended to leave the choice to the two of them.
Will the girls really save the leader of Heilangdan, who has a history of directly harming them?
I didn’t think so.
If they do, it’s not because they forgave Black Wand.
“Save it.”
It was Eleanor who came to the conclusion first of the two.
“Uh? Miss Eleanor. Really?”
Erin, who was worried about her, looked surprised.
“Huh. I think there must have been a reason why he touched Heilangdan himself, and that leader himself.”
And the reason must be to find out Eunhyeon’s weakness.
No matter how old you are and gradually moving away from active duty, it would never have been easy to subdue and kidnap the head of a group.
That formidable opponent would not have done this just to destroy an information guild.
Especially if you know that Eunhyun is behind you.
“Um… Then I agree.”
Eleanor prioritized eliminating enemies who might be targeting her grace over her own personal feelings, but it was surprising that Erin accepted this as well.
In fact, it didn’t matter much whether Erin saved Runan or not.
They were a group that tried to kill themselves in the past, but now they are stronger than anyone else in Heilang.
Even if you pay attention to the emotions of the past, it will only add to the consumption of emotions, what else is there to do?
Rather than such things, he preferred to spend more enjoyable time with Eunhyeon and her other family members.
But now, I was very nervous and uncomfortable with the intervention of the interrupters who ruined this good time.
“Let’s go get mad. Hyuna.”
Eunhyun smiled and nodded her head.
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Chew!
Runaan reawakened her distraught spirit as the water splashed over her face as if hitting her.
Runan, who opened her heavy eyelids again and looked ahead of her, belatedly grasped her situation.
‘Okay. I am…’
She herself was gathering information about demons in a foreign country with the members of the Heilangdan.
The information about the conspiracy with the devil in the county of Ephrate was true.
If so, she speculated that there might be other demons involved, so she bit her tail and went outside the borders of Fernias Kingdom to gather information, but there was no noticeable result.
She was attacked when the sudden appearance of mercenaries started an ambush on her way back.
She hastily ordered her men to retreat, but it was not easy for all of them to successfully pull her out.
That’s why Runan took on the role of bait himself.
He didn’t hesitate because he had already marked Deran as the person who would take on the role of leader in case he wasn’t there.
He struggled with many mercenaries, but in the end he reached the limit with his aging body, and fainting was his last memory.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“…”
Runan watched the man who spoke to him and surveyed the situation.
The body sitting in his chair is in a state where both arms and legs are restrained and cannot move.
He tried to use magic to strengthen his body, but for some reason, not even a bit of magic was expressed in his body.
This is because the handcuffs on both hands are the magic-blocking handcuffs worn by criminals.
“You… Who is it?”
“Is that important?”
The man who forcibly awakened his spirit by spraying water on Runan spoke again.
“The important thing for you right now is how to get out of this situation.”
“…”
“The man behind you. Tell me your weakness.”
“… I don’t know what you mean.”
Runan realized that this man was talking about Eunhyun.
Who is he
Not all of these mercenaries have a grudge against Eun-hyeon.
There must be someone who wants to get these mercenaries to move from behind and get revenge on Eun-hyeon.
Could it be the fallen aristocracy of Pernias Kingdom, which was purged after corruption was discovered?
Or maybe he’s a survivor of the mafia organization he destroyed.
Other than that, various speculations ran through my head, but the information was too scarce.
If you think about it, there were too many villains who could hold a grudge against Eunhyeon.
‘It’s my mistake.’
In a situation where the entire continent was in chaos, including the destruction of the kingdom of Rendir, there was even a case of actually colluding with the devil in the Countess of Eprate.
He focused so much on the clues about the demons that he didn’t even think that someone who had a grudge against Eun-hyeon would take action.
If it was Eun-hyeon, she might have been thinking optimistically that she would be fine.
“Haha. I know everything, so let’s not waste time in vain. Otherwise, how could we have attacked you and your men?”
“…”
“Well, I used the radical method of raiding, but your comrades are still safe. If you tell us all the information about that man, we’ll save his life and let him go. But…”
In the opposite case, the threat to kill everyone is a natural flow.
“Let’s go nice and good. Wouldn’t it be better for you and your subordinates to see that man perish in the first place?”
After hearing his story, Runan was convinced.
This man knows the relationship between Heilangdan and Eunhyeon, including himself.
When I realized that, I laughed out loud.
“Keuk, kukkeuk…”
“… What’s funny?”
The man frowned, perhaps not expecting him to burst out laughing in this situation.
“You know about my relationship with him, did you think I would tell you his information?”
“…”
The man hardened his impression for the first time.
He thought he wouldn’t be easily persuaded, but he never expected that he wouldn’t be so agitated.
“Okay. Then you should make me want to talk.”
The man took a dagger from his waistband and swung it at Runan.
The place he was aiming for was Runan’s right hand, which was restrained by his armrest.
As it was swung in a smooth and precise curve, Runan’s right thumb was severed and fell to the floor.
