chapter 30
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“town! Ugh!”
Lana struggled with all her might. However, as she was tightly bound, she could not resist properly.
As soon as Privia’s fingers touched her temples, she dropped her head as if her soul had been sucked.
“Hmm.”
On the tip of the dragon’s slender finger, a semi-transparent spherical object resembling a demon’s fire formed. Privia opened her mouth slightly, sucked it in, and closed her eyes as if savoring it.
After a while, her lips opened.
“… Guess who isn’t a demon? You have done a disgusting thing.”
“yes? Is there a problem?”
At Philip’s question, Freevia shook her head as if she was dumbfounded.
“You will know when you go.”
After saying that, she opened the portal. Now that he’s used to it, Phillip quietly follows her through the portal.
The place they arrived at was the plaza of the Black Myo village.
Dozens of Black Myo tribes had gathered. They were lined up like new recruits with expressions that showed both fear and determination.
A strange tension passed, and Philip soon found Stella.
“… Are you here?”
Chieftain Stella was dressed in black leather and carried two daggers at her waist.
“Everything is ready. We’re going to leave town and attack Nepen’s lair. It’s a warehouse in a town about three hours away from here… .”
Freevia raised her hand to interrupt Stella.
“It is no longer necessary.”
“yes?”
“Look.”
As soon as she waved her hand, the barrier of fog surrounding the village slowly began to fade. It was a barrier that had protected the village for at least a hundred years.
“uh? uh huh?”
Stella, the chief, looked at Privia in surprise, but she couldn’t bear to stop her.
He just put on a serious expression, assuming there must be some reason.
However, as soon as the barrier disappeared, signs of invading the village were felt. Philip let out an exclamation at the sight of those dressed in tight-fitting clothes typical of assassins quickly surrounding the plaza.
“ah.”
It seems that the Black Myo were not the only ones who prepared the attack land.
‘… Actually, it’s not such a bad plan.’
The reason Nepen targets the Black Myo is because they are born assassins.
Until now, after conciliating and brainwashing the Black Myo tribe who had fled the village, it seemed that they realized that something had gone wrong at the academy and decided to go after it themselves, even if it meant taking a loss.
‘You seem to have taken your two failures at the academy quite seriously. It’s a decision to take risks before things go wrong due to unpredictable variables.’
It was a bold but not bad choice. If it wasn’t for the dark blue haired dragon by his side, he would have risked his life to get through this situation.
Crescent’s purpose seemed clear.
Those who resist are killed, and those who surrender are captured.
I don’t know how many assassins belonged to it, but it seemed that most of the power was brought here, judging by the number of people in the dozens.
Then, escorted by three Black Myo tribesmen, the final boss of this stage appeared.
A devilishly beautiful man with purple skin and a sheep’s horn on his head.
Originally, dreamers such as incubus and succubus can transform into a complete human form, but it seems that Nepen deliberately chose to reveal his body.
The Incubus Nepen appeared here.
“Nepen… .”
Stella murmured.
“To break the barrier on your own, have you finally made up your mind to come into my arms?”
He crossed the plaza, stood a little away from Stella, and faced each other. Then, like a theater actor, he spread his arms in an exaggerated gesture.
“Living as a pet cat isn’t too bad. Especially if it’s a pretty cat like you, I can cherish it for a long time.”
Philip studied Stella’s expression. She opened her mouth with a rather calm expression.
“… Where is Tania?”
“Oh, you mean your niece? That cute kid is here.”
As the incubus snapped its fingers, a small girl with a hat pressed down on her robe stepped forward. She slowly approached Stella and removed the hat that covered her face.
“… .”
It was a girl who looked like Stella. Stella reached out to grab Tania’s hand.
“Tania… … .”
However, the thrilling reunion did not take place. Tania sharpened her claws and swung without any sign as she came within range.
The claws of the Black Myo tribe were harder than most metals, so even a simple swing of the hand could be fatal.
If it was an attack aimed at the opponent’s neck like now, it could have been killed in one shot.
However, as Stella was in the position of chieftain, her strength was superior to that of the other Black Myo tribe. She hurriedly pulled herself back, and Tania’s fingernails, which had barely missed the artery, nicked the skin of her neck.
As if his blood pressure had risen due to the violent movement, bright red blood sprayed like a mist. Stella shouted at Tania in disbelief.
“Tania!”
However, Tania continued to attack Stella, showing her fangs as if she were a cat. Stella couldn’t bear to attack her and backed away.
“Your kind is very interesting. He was so angry that he locked himself in the basement and tortured him for several years. Well, he came out as a cat, not a human.
Nepen’s laughter got on Philip’s nerves. When I looked at Privia, I saw that she also raised her hand in annoyance.
“You’re being cheeky on the subject of bugs.”
As soon as her finger pointed at Nepen, strong magical energy began to gather in the air. It was dozens of times more power than Philip could generate.
The magical energy soon took the form of a long spear, and the three spears shot at a speed incomparable to arrows and pierced Nepen’s body.
“Don’t worry, you know I’m special… Whoops!”
Nepen, who had been crossing his arms leisurely, was driven into the ground with the magical spear like a fish stabbed by a harpoon.
“Finding you was the hardest thing, but it’s really commendable that you came out in person like this.”
Freevia’s body floated in the air. Soon, all kinds of magic began to unfold from her hands without even a chance to breathe.
Pillars of ice, thunderbolts, fireballs, poison fog, etc. were not lethal to the demons, but they were magic enough to inflict pain.
Destructive magics that are manifested spontaneously according to the will without spells, beasts, or wands. No sage could have done something like this.
At this point, the body of the incubus was steadily being destroyed by magic close to acrobatic magic that only dragons could do.
“Quaaagh!”
“I love hearing the sound of bugs burning.”
The last magic manifested on Nepen’s disfigured body was time stop.
Incubus Nepen hardened as if it had become an ice statue, and Privia let out a long breath as if feeling relieved and opened her mouth.
“I leave the rest up to you.”
“yes?”
Philip, who had been watching Privia’s magic in a daze, asked in surprise.
“Are your ears blocked? I mean, you know how to clean up the back. Those assassins and the Black Myo tribe aren’t demons, so I can’t do anything for them.”
Freevia, who lifted Nepen’s body with telekinesis, opened the portal and disappeared.
‘No, are you really going?’
As Privia disappeared, Philip briefly checked the atmosphere.
Stella was captured by a girl named Tania and unable to do anything, and the Assassins of Crescent were confused when their leader was kidnapped and defeated.
It was obvious that if there were any commanders over there who had even a little bit of brain, they would order the first attack.
It was a fight worth fighting for, as long as the asymmetric force called the dragon disappeared.
Philip slowly put his hand on the handle of the sword.
Then, raising his aura, he ran toward Crescent’s remnants.
The aura that was as flexible as a whip quickly hacked through a space of more than three meters.
“aaagh!”
In an instant, several arms and legs flew through the air.
Some assassins spilled blood and viscera from their slit stomachs, while others had their skulls split from a blow to the side of the head.
Assassins don’t train for one-on-one interpersonal combat in the first place. It only excels at effectively killing opponents when they are defenseless.
As long as it came within Philip’s scope, it was nothing more than a simple piece of meat.
“Help him!”
A few quick-witted Black Myo tribe quickly joined.
Crescent’s assassins also came to their senses and responded, but none of them could withstand Philip’s single sword.
At least a few high-ranking assassins managed to escape his reach.
‘I have to kill them all here.’
Even if you can’t kill them all, at least you shouldn’t let them get together and think of revenge.
The information that Philip is an instructor at the academy has already been passed on to Crescent.
To get revenge on him, he could have kidnapped or harmed students.
‘I’ll never see that.’
I’d rather die here than that.
While thinking so, Philip suddenly felt a sharp sense of life. I looked down and saw his shadow wriggling.
“Hut!”
A familiar Black Myo man jumped out of Philip’s shadow and brandished a dagger at him.
It was Kane.
As if he was originally an excellent assassin, he succeeded in stabbing Philip’s breath with authenticity, but from the moment he first encountered the Black Myao, he was wary of their ability to cross between shadows.
Phillip, who managed to dodge the poisoned dagger with just a piece of paper, converted the aura that he drew out into a form of swordsmanship.
Kane hurriedly opened his mouth as if he had a hunch that he would die in a short moment.
“sleep… .”
Did you mean to say “Kkanman”? Philip thought so, and quickly and briefly decapitated him.
He had no sympathy for an assassin who lived on the blood of others. Philip bit his lip and looked for his next opponent.
“Hey, are you crazy? We were next door cousins!”
“Why are you doing this? Why are you helping the assassin?”
The Black Myo tribe belonging to Crescent seemed to have no intention of returning to their own people. Without hesitation, they thrust their daggers into the necks and hearts of their kin.
It seemed that there was a wall that was difficult to overcome between the Heukmyo who received combat training and the Heukmyo who did not.
The Black Myo tribe, who made a living by hunting and farming in the village, could not properly respond to the attacks of the Black Myo tribe belonging to Crescent without hesitation.
However, since Philip had already reduced the number of opponents by six, it seemed possible to confront them to some extent.
Philip, who looked at the war situation, soon found an assassin.
A middle-aged man with a bleak impression, he had already dealt with two Black Cats in the village, as if he had a knack for close combat, and was flying between the structures in the plaza to get out of Philip’s sight.
Philip quickly followed him and kicked the ground.
It was obvious that he would be very annoying if he was left to hide like that.
“… damn it!”
The assassin shouted and entered through the door of the warehouse located on the other side of the plaza. To catch him, Philip also had to enter the warehouse.
“Don’t go, you bastard.”
Of course, Philip had no intention of entering the dark interior of an assassin’s home ground.
He focused his mind and changed the form of his aura again. A flexible aura like a whip wrapped around the sword in a spiral, and it began to spin at high speed.
spiral sword. It was a skill that was no different from Philip’s current special move.
Although it had been neglected for a long time, an aura strong enough to scar even a baron-level demon tribe dug into the brick warehouse’s outer wall without resistance.
The sound of stones grinding and buildings collapsing resounded loudly.
When he wielded it with force, the outer wall was torn away as if it had been erased with an eraser, and the sunlight shone on the assassin’s face.
“… Wait, wait! You seem to have gotten involved in this because of Rizriel Youssef. Aren’t you curious who the client is?”
The middle-aged assassin urgently shouted at Philip.
“you do not have to know. this bastard.”
Anyway, Rizriel Youssef was almost a third party in this case. Philip just wanted to get rid of the ‘Crescent’, a group of assassins who would harass him in the future.
If it was just to prevent Rizriel’s assassination, he wouldn’t have gone this far.
Philip swung the spiral sword and completely pulverized the middle-aged assassin’s upper body. With the power that even bricks were ground, the assassin’s upper body was erased from the world without leaving even a piece of meat.
Having killed the strongest-looking enemy, now the Black Myo could solve the situation on their own.
Philip moved to help Stella.
“please… Wake. Tania.”
Stella’s movements were quite excellent even by Philip’s standards. She avoided Tania’s continuous attacks without a single counterattack, waiting for Tania to tire out.
However, in Philip’s eyes, it was obvious that Stella would tire first. Tania had no bleeding, and Stella did.
If the situation continued like this for a few minutes, Stella would eventually allow Tania to attack.
Philip looked into Tania’s eyes. There was no light of reason in those eyes that would have been quite pretty originally. It only moves according to its instincts and infused hostility.
How the hell was brainwashing that girl, Philip couldn’t figure out what it was about.
It must have been torture and brainwashing for quite a long time, and if that was the case, young Tania’s spirit couldn’t stand it.
Philip thought her mind was completely broken. Then, even if it was a little rough, it had to be suppressed.
As he cautiously moved towards Tania, Stella, who saw him, exclaimed in extreme surprise.
“Don’t hurt me! please!”
Philip didn’t even know what kind of relationship existed between her and Stella, but that earnest and desperate cry was enough to stop him for a moment.
And, unfortunately, Stella was unable to properly dodge Tania’s attack, which penetrated the gap.
Tania’s sharp claws grazed Stella’s neck. Long, sharp claws seemed to have touched an artery protected by muscle.
The blood loss doubled in an instant.
The moment her knee, which had already shed a lot of blood, was about to bend, Philip pounced on Tania.
“please… don’t hurt… please.”
Suppressing Tania’s wobbling arms and legs in order, Philip replied in a calm voice.
“I’m just going to sleep for a while.”
He pressed Tania’s left hand to his knee and pressed his other hand down on her lap, revealing an empty neck in front of Phillip’s eyes.
As I wrapped my arms around her neck and waited for Tania to pass out with strength, the strength completely drained from Tania’s body, which had been raging like a fit for a few seconds.
The black cat mixed with the cat could not bear the choke that even the lion, a beast of prey, could not bear.
After confirming that Tania had completely lost her mind, Philip took off her upper clothes to stop the bleeding.
I tried to stop the bleeding, but I had already lost too much blood. I didn’t feel like I was going to run out of breath right away, but I had to take a break from now on.
Philip sighed and jumped back into the battlefield. He had to finish off the ten or so remaining assassins.
And in less than a minute,
Some fled, some surrendered, and some were captured.
Philip catches his breath as he watches the chaotic town square.
“I was wrong. that i was wrong So please have mercy.”
I saw the Black Myo tribe, who belonged to Crescent, lying on the floor and praying. It was up to the Black Myo tribe to save them or kill them.
Now that the situation is over, I don’t want to hurt anyone anymore. Whether it’s an assassin who makes money by killing people, or his enemy.
‘I want to go home.’
He suddenly thought so.
And soon he remembered that he had come all the way through the portal in Privia.
“… uh?”