Breaking Up With the Heroine in an Otome Game

37 – Lucky or Bad (2)

*2:40 On the 12th. Previous episode, corrected for getting hit with a bow.

037

An empty lot in Yookksan Mountain, Chungcheongnam-do.

“Ha, ha, ha, lo, Roxane, this way.”

While Roxanne was walking her path of penance with Kim Deok-oh, who had been selected as her bodyguard, she was attacked by an unknown person.

They were covering more than half of their faces with black face masks.

It was a mixed group consisting of two men and one woman.

If you think about it, it was definitely not just an amateur, as it slowly approached and swooped down like a wild beast hunting for its prey.

It seemed like he was a villain with some blood on his hands.

Especially the man in the lead.

The man’s elegant double swords were like two snakes, skimming over Kim Deok-oh’s left shoulder in the blink of an eye.

The man just wiped the blood off his sword with a dull look, as if he was already used to hurting people.

‘Ugh. The wound…… His left arm doesn’t work well…….’

Kim Deok-oh is a former hero.

As the church assigned Kim Deok-oh alone as a bodyguard, his skills could be said to be quite decent.

But I could not withstand the onslaught of those evildoers.

Because I had experience fighting several evildoers in the past, I was able to deal with them to some extent, but the man wielding the dual swords was different.

That man was the biggest problem.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that man is the most powerful here.

Rather, in terms of power and destructive power, the woman holding the staff behind her and the man holding the long sword could be said to be stronger.

But that man’s strength did not come from simple destructive power.

Mixing grass and silk, swinging the sword in off-beats, skillfully applying pressure from outside the field of vision, etc.

It is not a flashy and fierce strength that is easily noticeable like a strange ability, but rather a sharp and sharp strength that is unique to swordsmanship and is not easily noticeable.

It was more difficult to see a villain who was like a well-forged sword than a villain who was obsessed with powerful abnormal abilities and wielded them without thinking.

“Who ordered this?”

It was then.

“Are you Seong Yu-ra?”

“… ….”

Roxanne walked in front of Kim Deok-o, who was wounded, with her feet outstretched as if to protect him, and gave a quiet look.

I tried my best to disguise myself to look like someone else just in case, but it seemed to be of no use.

In the end, we were attacked like this.

“Is this my purpose?”

I knew to some extent that the rumors about Sung Yu-ra were not good and that he was harassing Roxanne, but I never thought he would go to this extent.

No matter how much St. Yura felt sorry for Roxanne, wasn’t she a church member who worshiped the same God and a candidate for sainthood?

I never thought he would instigate something like an assassination.

This was clearly an action that crossed the line. She could not tolerate it, both as a human being and as a priest.

“If that’s my goal, leave this person alone.”

But who would dare judge Seong Yu-ra?

It was clear that if she rashly accused Seong Yu-ra, who had a powerful faction and influence in the church, everyone would only take a sneaky look at her.

The forces that supported Roxanne had long ago collapsed like a sand castle due to Seong Yu-ra.

I didn’t know that I should feel grateful just for being able to receive support as a guard for Kim Deok-oh like this.

That is how bad the current church situation was.

In a church where negativity and corruption were rampant, all Roxanne could do was pray to God and be patient.

“This person has nothing to do with it.”

“… ….”

Mateo Evans, the man with the twin swords, quietly looked at Roxanne without saying a word.

It doesn’t matter, la… ….

Unfortunately, I had no choice but to deny what the young nun said.

Because Mateo’s target was not Roxanne in the first place, but Kim Deok-oh.

“… ….”

In a flash, Mateo quietly straightened his sword.

He slowly poured his magic into the blade.

A bluish black energy wavered.

Now there is nothing to waste time on anymore.

Because I knew what level Kim Deok-oh was.

If you cooperate with your teammates, you will be able to kill him quickly.

‘…… ?’

But at that moment.

‘Pretending to be popular?’

A subtle presence was detected in the bushes.

It was not an animal, but a human being.

Are there more escort troops that I don’t know about?

“Who is there?”

No answer.

The bush is extremely quiet.

Mateo glanced sideways at Park Soo-young, one of his team members.

As if she understood, she decided to use the magic she had memorized in advance.

“Wait a minute, what are you… ….”

“Fire Ball!”

Roxanne, embarrassed by their sudden behavior, hurriedly raised her voice, but she was already too late.

This is because as soon as Park Soo-young shouted her short starter words, her magic was activated.

A large circle-shaped fireball rushed quickly towards the bush.

As the blazing flames and heat reached the close range of the bush, it slowly burned from the outside.

The moment when the flames were about to spread to the depths of the bushes.

Poof! Wouldn’t the fierce flames break down in an instant with the sound of a knife and then slowly evaporate like helpless steam?

“Huh? “What is it?”

A short sigh flowed from Park Soo-young’s lips.

What just happened? The fireball disappeared, right?

The villains frowned and began to quietly observe the strange man who emerged from the slightly burned bushes.

A bit of tension lingered among them.

The unfamiliar man was wearing something resembling a protective clothing with his hat pulled down, and he was carrying a large hiking bag and a pitch-black bow on his back.

He was a young man who appeared to be in his late teens or early twenties.

The man just looked at me with a cold expression, holding an ordinary-looking sword slightly.

‘Who is it?’

She wondered if it was one of the guards Roxanne had brought with her, but she also seemed perplexed.

It didn’t seem to have anything to do with Roxanne.

Then.

‘Are you a hunter?’

Looking at the mountaineering equipment and the unique recurve bow, I thought he might be a hunter hunting wild animals or monsters hiding in the forest.

‘Could it be that that man blocked the fireball?’

Because he was hidden by bushes, it was hard to see, so we couldn’t tell for sure.

But regardless of whether the man stopped it or not, the witness had to be killed anyway, so Mateo looked at Park Soo-young again.

It meant to attack.

Park Soo-young quickly used a quick attack spell.

“Lightning!”

Fighting!

Yellow electricity poured out from the staff like a spear and flew towards that man like a beam of light.

A lightning strike strikes the man, creating threatening sparks cracklingly.

Even if that man had blocked it with his sword, the electric current would have spread throughout his body and paralyzed him for an instant.

Then you can easily kill him.

“… ….”

“What?”

But the man blocked her electric shock by swinging his sword with an expression on his face that said nothing was wrong.

No, it was not simply blocked. As soon as it touched that sword, her lightning lost its form and disappeared. How on earth did this happen?

“Was he a person with abnormal abilities?”

Mateo muttered quietly.

That man didn’t seem to have the skills to cut through magic.

The movement and movement of the center of gravity when swinging the sword were quite different from the movements of a typical swordsman.

Also, the man was catching his breath slightly, as if he was already exhausted.

Because he had been doing this for a long time, Mateo was confident in his sharp eyes.

…… Unless the other person is intentionally acting sloppy.

“You two, keep that side in check. “I’ll take charge of that guy.”

After giving instructions to her two subordinates, Mateo tried to move towards the unfamiliar man.

But wouldn’t that man suddenly swing his sword at that time?

Paaat!

When he swung the sword longitudinally, the sword energy containing a significant amount of magical power shot out like an arrow and flew towards Park Soo-young.

Park Soo-young was surprised.

What, is that a sword merchant?

How can a kid look so young?!

“Air Shield!”

Park Soo-young quickly tried to protect her body with her defensive magic, but boom! With a sound, the opaque shield shattered.

“?!”

The power is considerable.

I never thought it would pierce this shield of wind.

Soon, the sword cut through Park Soo-young’s right leg.

“Ugh, ugh!”

She had been cut quite deeply, and her blood began to trickle down her thigh. No wonder my bones were hurt, ugh.

As a significant amount of bleeding occurred, Park Soo-young felt her mind go blank. Oh, no. She quickly stopped her bleeding… ….

“Whoa, whoa…” ….”

Park Soo-young took out her healing water and sprinkled it on her wounds, but because she was cheap, her recovery was very slow.

She hopped on one of her legs, looking out for that man and Kim Tae-oh. An unbearable pain was shooting through her legs. Be patient, be patient, do it.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“No, it’s not okay, so don’t talk to me.”

Lee Han, one of her team members who was by her side, spoke with concern.

Her wounds do not heal well with cheap treatment methods. She may have been a first responder, but that was it.

She had to go to a place with medical facilities for more proper treatment.

“Chief… ….”

“… ….”

Mateo hesitated for a moment at Lee Han’s call.

She felt like she wanted to retreat for a while, but she did not have the merciful personality of Seongyu.

Even if she makes the excuse that she missed her mission because of something unexpected, she will punish her harshly without exception.

She knew her cruel nature well, so Mateo could not help but hesitate.

Mateo was one of her most valuable subordinates, so she may have given her punishment a relatively low level, but not these two.

They were useful people in their own way, but to Seong Yu-ra, they were just parts that could be replaced at any time.

She might have been able to get away with it if it had been a normal mission, but since it involved Roxanne, she probably wouldn’t have been able to avoid a high level of punishment.

That’s because Seongyu was strangely obsessed with Roxanne.

Sung Yu-ra reacted more sensitively and sensitively to anything related to Roxanne than to anything else, so it was obvious how she would react if things continued like this.

“…… After.”

Mateo exhaled slowly and eventually made a decision.

All that Mateo needs to do is check the man who poses the most danger, defeat him as quickly as possible, and kill the target, Kim Deok-oh, along with the rest of the team.

‘Should I push myself a bit?’

The appearance of an unidentified man.

I don’t know if it’s the help of abnormal abilities or artifacts, but I can’t let down my guard as they cut through magic and even used a powerful sword technique.

But I don’t think we will lose.

Mateo had worked as a human butcher for more than a dozen years and had experience taking the lives of numerous people.

Among them were people with powerful abnormal abilities and heroes.

Heroes or aberrants were able to exercise various powerful abilities and mysteries, but they could not overcome a mere blade.

Sometimes people make mistakes, but no matter how many fireballs, gusts of wind, or water columns they spit out, in the end, the person using the ability was a human.

Unlike monsters, humans die when stabbed with a blade.

No matter if you are a hero, a villain, or no matter how strong you are, if you are hit in the vital area by a single blade, you have no choice but to die.

Even if you defeat a huge monster that is resistant to ordinary firearms and can crush cast iron like a piece of corn, there are quite a few people who mistakenly think that they are strong.

Forgetting that abnormal abilities are merely tools.

No matter how powerful the creature is, it is a weak creature that dies if a knife is inserted into the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

‘I’m not sure if they’re intentionally trying to make you let down your guard or not…… The movement itself isn’t that great, so…….’

Mateo was quite confident.

In the past, before being cruelly defeated by Vigilante and fleeing after losing his comrades, he had almost never lost to an opponent no matter how strong he was…… Uh?

Suddenly.

‘Wait?’

A memory of the past suddenly passes through Mateo’s mind.

‘Um, sword…… I think I saw this somewhere…….’

It was a fairly simple-looking sword, so I didn’t pay much attention to it, but I remember seeing the jade-colored jewel embedded in the nose of the sword somewhere…….

At that moment, it became a flashback to a terrible past that I wanted to forget.

– There were bugs here who made a living with people’s lives.

In the past, a young man was wearing a mask and hood tightly.

– Oh, are you trying to run away?

Inside a building covered in soggy blood and filled with the fishy scent of blood.

– Like insects, you have no sense of loyalty, do you?

Ruthlessly slaughtering his former colleagues.

– Okay, just run away like a trash person. Your colleagues will all become assholes or lose you.

The cruel memories of mocking Mateo, who had become a rag, rose to the surface.