Translator: Wan ED/PR: Fan
What was he suddenly talking about?
Lucion plastered his face closer to the contact item.
“What did you say?”
〈I had no idea how tired Hamel-nim is and that only I could sleep comfortably. I apologize.〉
Even after he asked why, Krone said he was really sorry.
‘What are you saying now?’
Lucion shook his leg, which stopped for a moment.
〈The organization is important, but I hope Hamel-nim will take into consideration his body. Please don’t force Yourself.〉
“I’m not forcing myself. I just couldn’t sleep a bit more than usual.”
Lucion spoke factually.
Today, no, yesterday and today, he couldn’t sleep properly.
He was pampered, and his stamina wasn’t very good, so it couldn’t be helped.
Krone was speechless again.
〈I’ll decrease my sleep.〉
Lucion was dumbfounded by the abrupt words.
He ate well and lived well, so why suddenly decrease sleep?
He couldn’t help it, but it wasn’t the case for Krone.
“Why suddenly decrease sleep? Just do what you did before.”
〈I…〉
“So what did you say a moment ago?”
〈… I said I’m sorry for keeping You waiting, I was checking the place where the Ratmen would live.〉
“No. I also made you wait.”
〈I’m fine with waiting.〉
“What about the Ratmen? Are they listening well?”
〈What Hamel-nim told me was a great help.〉
‘Right. There is no way it would go smoothly.’
Lucion yawned deeply.
〈As expected, I should…〉
“Anyway, I ordered the Ratmen to investigate the organization members. That includes you, Krone. If you’re uncomfortable with it, say so. I’ll exclude you.”
〈Then please exclude me, Shutra and Hellon.〉
Krone answered without a hesitation.
Even though his head didn’t work well because of sleepiness, he clearly felt how much Krone hated someone digging into his past.
‘What to do? I already know that Krone is a prince of a ruined kingdom.’
Lucion thought he should for now pretend not to know, and investigate the reason why Krone’s kingdom Ceortia disappeared on its own.
“Got it. It seems I will soon get assassins, so I’ll contact you again. Until then.”
〈Hamel-nim!〉
Lucion was about to hang up, but Krone urgently called out to Lucion.
“What?”
〈I have something to say.〉
“What is it?”
〈There are mercenaries I have my eyes on.〉
“Mercenaries… Those types hate to belong anywhere, so wouldn’t it be difficult?”
〈Yes. That point is a problem, but in my eyes, they are seriously good mercenaries, so I’ll continue to try.〉
“What is their name?”
〈Raint Mercenaries. 〉
‘Raint Mercenaries?’
Lucion blinked.
Didn’t he see this name somewhere before?
‘… Ah!’
《“Speaking of those people Representative-nim brought with Him. It seems they were mercenaries in the past. Am I correct?”
Heint pointed at the escort standing behind Krone and asked. He lightly smiled with a good-natured face.
“You have a good eye. That’s correct. They were mercenaries. The Raint Mercenaries. That was the most unforgettable moment of my life.”
Krone took a sip of tea with a pleased face.
“If I had missed it, I might have not regretted it but despaired. I didn’t expect them to become the most powerful army of my force.”》
Krone mentioned the ‘Raint Mercenaries’ while talking with Heint in the novel.
Weren’t they the people who became the cornerstone of the power Krone built?
‘…Wow.’
Lucion was suddenly startled awake, and felt cold sweat drip down his back.
He almost forgot about the most important people to raise the organization.
‘That’s a really big deal.’
He had little knowledge as to how the organization built by Krone grew and who he met, but the people that were mentioned in the novel had to be with Krone.
〈… Hamel-nim?〉
“I’m listening.”
〈If You perhaps don’t like them, I can find other people…〉
“No!”
Lucion unknowingly raised his voice.
Latta, who was dozing off, opened her eyes and looked at Lucion.
[Do you like those mercenaries that much? Well, a military group that can be pulled into the organization right now naturally must be mercenaries.]
Russell chuckled.
〈… Understood. As Hamel-nim feels so strongly about it, I’ll make sure to take them into the organization.〉
He heard Krone’s serious voice.
“Alright, I’ll take your word for it. I have some things I have to tell you, but I’ll do it after the matter of the assassins is settled.”
The Hand of Void gathered corpses and tried to create undying soldiers.
They were moving those corpses east, but he didn’t know the precise location yet.
He had to tell Krone that after figuring out the location, he planned to tell the Temple and obtain debt for later.
〈Understood, Hamel-nim. I hope You will rest today, and are not in a hurry to speak to me. In the meantime, I hope You will eat a lot of delicious and good things for Your body.〉
“… Okay.”
Lucion replied tremblingly.
He was thankful for Krone’s concern about him, but he thought it was a bit excessive.
“Haa.”
Lucion hung up, took off his mask and put it in the drawer.
His eyes were still tired.
‘I have to go east to destroy the No. 4 point, where the Neavera Kingdom reports my information.’
Lucion’s eyelids gradually became heavy.
‘Destroy the place where the Hand of Void gathers corpses and makes immortal soldiers… ah, I also have to destroy the six branches. I have to go north and south.’
His thoughts grew longer, and Lucion blinked.
‘I don’t know if the assassins succeeded in their miss…’
His eyes completely closed, and Lucion’s breath grew deeper.
— Ssh.
Latta perked up her ears, then soon whispered.
— Hyum said that you have to sleep in bed. Should Latta call Hyum?
[You should. He should sleep comfortably.]
Russell looked at Lucion’s broken left arm.
Because of the necromancy, the wound got worse.
Latta quietly walked up to the door, and soon her eyes opened wide.
She faced her first obstacle.
— What to do! Latta can’t open the door. Look. Latta’s paws don’t reach.
Latta jumped in place, but there was little difference. Her paws couldn’t touch the handle.
— Latta hasn’t grown up enough yet to open the door. Russell has to go to get Hyum.
Latta looked at Russell with a sullen face.
[That won’t do.]
Russell shook his head.
— Right! Latta can’t give up here! Latta can do anything for Lucion!
[Not that.]
Latta, who was about to jump, dropped her ears.
— Latta doesn’t know what Russell means.
[Order Darkness to open it.]
— Latta?
Latta blinked. Russell nodded.
[Yeah. You, Latta.]
Latta already used a technique utilizing Darkness called Shadow Movement.
In addition, couldn’t she call the soul from a corpse right away?
He didn’t know if Latta didn’t want to use Darkness or didn’t think of using it, but he thought that as the Divine Beast of Darkness, she naturally could use Darkness.
— Why? Russell is faster than Latta.
[You want to protect Lucion. What are you going to do in a situation when you’re unable to ask for help?]
— Heup!
Latta’s eyes sparkled, as if she obtained enlightenment.
— Right! Latta has to quickly grow to protect Lucion!
Latta stared at the door with strength in her eyes.
— Good! Latta will move Darkness.
However, unlike her proud words, Latta was busy letting out ‘keung’ sounds.
— Move, Darkness-ah. Listen to Latta. Latta wants to quickly open this door!
Latta was waving her paws as if wiping the door.
‘Strange. She must know how to move Darkness, but there is no reaction. Does Lucion’s Darkness still have to increase even more?’
Russell didn’t wish to push Latta any longer.
He thought that if she did it in front of Lucion, Latta would be even more disappointed, so he deliberately did it when Lucion was sleeping.
[Well done, Latta.]
Russell patted Latta and stealthily stopped her. Latta spoke with tears.
— Latta tried hard, but wasn’t able to do anything.
[No, well done. You were very, very brave!]
— Really?
[Yeah. How brave of you have to be to even try something you’ve never done before?]
— Latta?
At last, Latta’s eyes sparkled and she energetically wagged her tail.
[Yeah. You did well, you deserve to be praised.]
— Ye, Latta is praiseworthy! Latta is kind!
[Then I’ll go.]
Russell petted Lata’s head.
— Kay!
Latta replied powerfully.
After Russell left and Lucion quietly gasped in his sleep, Latta carefully moved to Lucion’s side.
One step, two steps — she suddenly stopped in her tracks and tilted her head.
Darkness was wriggling behind the window.
— Ssh. Lucion is sleeping, don’t come in. If you come in, Latta will bite.
Divine Beast. It’s a Divine Beast.
— No. Latta is not a Divine Beast. Latta is Latta.
Latta frowned.
So very happy. Our Divine Beast was really born, you know? Then now…
Hey. Be quiet. The bastard is listening.
Ah. We don’t know anything. We saw nothing.
Darkness suddenly and urgently disappeared.
Latta tilted her head again and put strength into her eyes.
— Huhu. Latta’s fangs are scary!
Growl.
Latta growled like a beast that appeared in the book Hyum read to her.
***
[It was clean.]
Bethel explained shortly.
What more could she say?
They carried out a textbook assassination without any witnesses.
[The stepping stones’ tyranny must be more serious than what we heard. Such talented assassins are starving?]
“Good.”
Lucion was satisfied and entered the building where the assassins were.
“Welcome.”
The leader of the assassins greeted him.
“You worked hard.”
Lucion slightly nodded and said.
“Did we satisfy the conditions?”
Though the leader of the assassin asked a question, Lucion sat down first.
“I’m a warlock.”
As he introduced himself as a warlock so calmly, the leader almost replied ‘Ah, I see’.
But the leader asked back, wondering if he heard wrongly.
“… What did You say?”
“I’m a warlock. I asked in advance as to whether You were picky about the people you chose, and You said no. You’re not planning to suddenly change Your words, are You?”
Lucion spoke with a low voice, pressuring the leader.
“No such thing. But I have to say it’s unexpected. Should I say it’s the first time I’ve seen a sane one? Um.”
The leader hesitated and touched the back of his neck.
“Please continue.”
Lucion hated when someone cut off in the middle, so he urged him.
“The people we are commissioned to kill are often warlocks, more than You may expect. But they usually aren’t in their right minds.”
“I know.”
The warlocks the assassin leader was talking about were corrupted warlocks.
How could they be sane?
“So this is Your first time seeing a sane warlock?”
When Lucion asked, the assassins’ leader smiled awkwardly.
“That’s right. It’s the first time I had those words mixed together. So, I was simply surprised. I hope You don’t misunderstand.”
“I don’t. I’m Hamel.”
Lucion extended his hand.
“Queit. Please take care of me.”
“Then let’s write a simple contract first.”
“What kind of contract?”
Familiar with contracts, Queit just blinked and asked.
You could only forcibly restrict someone with magical items, and in fact, those things were illegal, so they were used in secret.
The black collar on Krone, Shutra and Hellon’s necks in the past was a representative example of those magic items.
The magic in the collar would activate if you didn’t follow the order and punish you or kill you.
“As long as you’re in the organization, don’t betray it. And even if you leave the organization, keep its secrets. Such a simple contract.”
“Will I die if I go against it?”
In general, as much as the contract was simple, big things would follow if you went against it.
“Will You simply just die? I don’t know why everyone thinks that death is the end.”
Lucion giggled.
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