Chapter 473 – Subjugation
I planned to visit the places marked on the map in chronological order.
Darkwoods has no special desire for revenge.
If I hadn’t seen them, I might have forgotten them for the rest of my life. However, he was not a person who pretended not to notice even though it was clearly in front of his eyes.
The destination I arrived at as my next goal was a warehouse-like place.
“There isn’t one?”
I didn’t feel like I was popular.
Things are placed in a pile.
When I opened one of the boxes, I found things that looked like alcohol bottles.
It was a somewhat frustrating situation.
I scratched my head.
It didn’t occur to me that the information might be wrong.
This is because being empty like this in itself is suspicious.
‘Did it jump out?’
There is a possibility.
Still, since it is an assassination organization, the importance of information goes without saying. They probably have their own contact network.
It could have been that he had already noticed that I had caused a scene at the general store and jumped out.
‘Should I just look around to the next place and go back if it’s not there?’
I wasn’t passionate enough to look for people who didn’t exist.
I think you can go back and hand over the map to Karia, and tell her to investigate the remaining locations.
In the first place, troublesome things have to be done by others.
I took my time and headed to my next destination.
The dark sky had become completely dark.
I walked down a dark alley.
The light from the often illuminated building dimly illuminates the gloomy alley.
These alleys are dangerous hotbeds of crime even during the day. So, walking in places like this when it’s dark can be quite dangerous.
I can feel your gaze.
But no one approached me.
I think the large sword on my back and my relaxed appearance would have raised awareness.
Robbery is not easy either.
In a world like this, even robbery requires risking your life.
This is because there were quite a few swordsmen with scary skills.
If you touched it wrongly, you were headed straight to the netherworld.
Even the soldiers in charge of security are not interested in these back alley murders.
As I was walking down that dark alley, I saw an unusually bright-looking building on one side.
I think that building is my destination.
The closer you get, the louder chatter can be heard outside.
‘Is it a bar?’
The noise that could be felt from outside made me realize that this was a pretty good bar, even though it was such a remote place.
Are there a lot of regulars?
It seems to be a place that also serves as an inn.
It is not a good place to do business.
There is no way the owner doing business in a place like this is an ordinary human being.
I opened the door of the bar and went inside.
As I expected, there were rough-looking men sitting inside, taking up more than half of the tables, drinking and talking.
A new customer comes in, but he doesn’t even pay attention to me.
I approached the bartender who seemed to be the owner.
“Is this the Dark Woods?”
The bartender who was cleaning the cup glanced at me and said.
“… Why are you looking for Darkwoods?”
There is no denial.
“Are you asking because you don’t know? You tried to assassinate me?”
“… Why don’t we end it here?”
I slowly become angry at the bartender’s words.
“Finish whatever you want. You started first.”
“I know you are a great knight. Still, it will be difficult to stay safe against this many people.”
The once noisy hall suddenly became quiet.
All the people sitting at the table were staring at me with cold eyes.
Were these guys really guests?
It seems like he knew I would come here and prepared.
My behavior was within a predictable range.
This was because it moved in the order of nearby places displayed on the map.
“Was it a trap…”
“It’s not a trap. If you quietly back away, nothing will happen.”
“…”
I am not a person who has trouble communicating.
I was born and lived in a civilized society that was considerate of the weak. He was the kind of person who could give extenuating circumstances if he acknowledged his mistakes and bowed down to ask for forgiveness.
… But these guys make threats without any sense when even kneeling down and begging isn’t enough.
-Grumbling…
I slowly pulled out the great sword that was on my back.
The bartender’s face hardened.
“… Are you saying you’re going to go to the end? The members here are only a small part of the Dark Woods. Don’t think we’ll be the end. If you turn the Dark Woods into an enemy, you won’t be able to sleep or eat comfortably. It’s impossible. Do you want to live like that?”
I put the bayonet into the floor.
– Push!
The great sword lightly dug into the wooden floor.
I can feel the feeling of tearing the fabric at my fingertips.
-Kruk…
The guy hiding on the floor lost his breath.
I can’t avoid my heightened senses, which have already entered combat mode. I was completely aware of their every move… Even the hidden ones.
From that, they rushed in.
“Hmm?”
The movements of the rushing guys were unusual.
It is a movement that is out of the ordinary, as if knights were using rigid body techniques.
There is no way an Auror user would mess around in a place like this…
It’s not magic… Is it also medicine?
I know there is a drug that allows you to unleash something like latent power. If you use it, you may suffer for a while… Or, if you are unlucky, you may die.
In short, this is something only ignorant people who put their lives as collateral do.
‘Well… Whether I die after taking the medicine or not is none of my business.’
He tightly grasped the handle of the great sword and swung it at the charging guys.
Raise and cut.
Cut to the side.
Every time it was struck, two or three people’s limbs were blown away.
It was impossible to avoid all the attacks of those who had received a weak buff in this narrow place.
The strategy was to hit back at attacks that deserved to be hit.
It is a strategy that no human can do.
But I was overflowing with potions.
A human life force potion that boasts amazing effects.
The skin was cracked by the sword blade that often brushed against it, but at the same time, the wound healed.
But the leather armor I was wearing couldn’t hold up. As numerous sword blades passed by, it became tattered in an instant.
-Pow!
A green fog rises.
My skin feels numb.
‘Aloof?’
It can be said to be a medieval biochemical weapon.
It is a powerful attack that can cause damage and block vision. But… You explode even when your own side is there?
As expected, bubbles appeared on the faces of those who were running towards me.
Even though the pain must be quite severe, there is no change in the expression.
There was an unknown madness in his eyes.
Is this something that can be done through training?
It may be a weak shot.
Crazy guys.
It wasn’t that poisonous smoke didn’t affect me.
However, in the end, it was the handshake with the guys that caused him to explode.
To me, sight is just a part of the sense of being able to see.
And since there were so many human potions for the damage caused by poisonous smoke, unlike those guys, I was able to maintain perfectly white skin.
I carelessly swung the knife and ended their lives.
Their evil attacks became more intense.
Has that desperation reached the sky?
The sharp blade cut deeply into my side.
I took a quick look at the injured area.
The wound was quite deep.
Previously, I was once again punched in the side by a beautiful assassin.
It was the bartender’s doing.
“Huh! Huh!!”
The taste of the hand was good, and the look of success appeared on the man’s face as he was breathing heavily.
It wasn’t a good look to see the ugly face bubbling with poisonous smoke.
However, it didn’t take long for his eyes to change to one of astonishment. This is because the wound on my side healed quickly.
“What on earth are you?! No way…”
A secret I didn’t want to be revealed was revealed.
Was this just enough for them to realize that I was a demon?
– Push!
The great sword split the bartender’s head.
Fortunately, the secret was kept.
There was no human standing in the hall.
The smell of blood was strong.
I headed to the second floor.
It was to find the remaining ones.
The wooden barrel placed at the corner of the stairs going up was struck with a large sword.
The person hiding inside was torn apart and died without even making a sound.
It seems like they were trying to catch me off guard and ambush me… But rather, it was me who carried out the surprise attack.
It seemed like he was hiding because he thought he wouldn’t be caught, but it was meaningless because my cognitive ability right now wasn’t limited to seeing.
This guy wasn’t the only one like this.
I walked around the building and took out the guys who were hiding and looking for an opportunity to sneak attack.
“Hmm…”
Among the Dark Woods guys who attacked me this time, there was no beautiful assassin in sight.
‘Was she a woman of high status?’
If it was the lowest level, shouldn’t it have been included in this attack? There is a possibility that he died taking responsibility for the failure of the mission, but…
I somehow felt like she was alive.
Anyway, thanks to these guys, I gained some sweet experience.
Originally, I wanted to work as a mercenary and level up by catching monsters…
Somehow, it turned out to be a method of capturing humans and leveling up, similar to other demons.
I didn’t feel any remorse.
They are assassins, so they are far from normal civilians.
The avatar has reached level 20.
“…”
… Blood magic.
This was a complete joke.
There is no need to live in a city like this with so many people.
Moreover, the sealing skill is ambiguous.
If you keep raising it, it could become an advanced sealing skill… But I don’t think it will be of much use.
Skill enhancement points are still saved.
Still, I decided to take comfort in the fact that I gained stat points.
After the bar attack, I looked around two more places, but they didn’t even have their noses removed.
Thinking that other places would be similar, I returned to Saren’s residence.
