chapter 42
Enforcer (3)
Go to the location indicated in the papers and join the intelligence agents.
Even this simple-looking order contained content testing qualifications. First of all, you should be able to read the ‘location’ accurately and find it. It was never easy to find the location by simply looking at the map and description.
And there was no talk of when, where, or how to join the intelligence department agents, so in the end, it was said to find out on its own.
If you can’t figure out that much, you probably don’t have the qualifications to be an enforcer.
It is common for demons to hide as meticulously as intelligence agents.
After quickly brushing off his thoughts and informing Princess Riena and Yulia, he immediately left the academy. The school was still closed anyway, and attendance was allowed during the period of intelligence activities anyway.
There was no particular burden.
It wasn’t difficult to find the location. In the end, the basics are the same, and it’s something I’ve been through a lot in Moorim.
The map drawn in my head and the brief location written on the document were compared and assembled in real time.
The destination is Baron Artois, which is located a long way to the southeast of the academy.
Considering I’m an academy student, it wasn’t as far off as I thought.
I was going to go to the flying sword, but it didn’t seem necessary, so I used light air and ran at high speed.
how long has it been like that
The baron’s lord’s castle was visible in the distance. Perhaps because it was near the island, even though it was a barony, a small city-sized village was formed around the lord castle.
Instead of head-on, he evaded the checkpoint and secretly jumped over the baron’s low wall and entered the village.
When I expanded my senses, I couldn’t find anything special like Magi.
Perhaps this is a simple confluence.
Except for the lord’s castle, I went up to the steeple of the church, the highest point in this place, and slowly looked through the whole view of the town.
It was a small city that was incomparably smaller than Schultz, but the overall appearance was not very different, perhaps because it was also a place where people lived.
If you observe the flow of the village like this, the peaceful daily scenery and those who show disparate appearances are bound to come into your eyes little by little.
Analyze and delete the ones that are not. After repeating the process, in the end, only a small bar in the back alley remained.
“We don’t do business.”
Entering a shabby bar with Dumeta written on it, a man with a shaggy beard said as if he was annoyingly wiping his glass.
“Enforcer Carol. I just got a call from you.”
I sat down on the chair across from the owner of the bar and said.
widely.
After one glance at me, the man put down his glass, mixed several drinks, and made something and served it.
“executor? What is it?”
“How likely is it that a mere backstreet bar owner in a town this size can handle an Auror? I hope you don’t get tired of knowing each other.”
“…You are sharp. Please prove it.”
The man’s eyes, which had been stained with annoyance, suddenly changed and shone sharply.
I presented the executor’s ID that I had received in advance.
The tavern owner, who was meticulously examining his ID, took something out of his pocket and looked at it, then nodded.
“Executioner Carol, it has been confirmed.”
The man politely handed over his ID again.
“So, where is this place?”
“Originally under the Ministry of Information, but now transferred to the Department of Secret Intelligence, this is the former intelligence department’s safe house. We will directly support Executor Carol here.”
Well, it would have been more efficient to take over what was necessary than to create a new organization from scratch.
“What am I going to do?”
“Currently, Carol-nim has two missions to choose from. One individual mission, one cooperative mission.”
“collaboration?”
“yes. This is a mission with another enforcer. Originally, each executor is a judicial and enforcement agency, so it is a principle to perform a single mission, but when it is judged that it is difficult to handle as a single executor, it goes over to a cooperative mission.”
“Let’s see both first.”
“All right.”
clap.
The man who had locked the bar door went down to the basement and waddled up with a bunch of papers.
“I’ll tell you about the personal mission first.”
The man sorted through the stacks of papers, opened some of them, and pushed some of them toward me.
“The content is simple. An informant has gone missing while investigating one of the backstreet gangs in the Barony of Buresheim. According to our judgment, it is very likely that Mine was involved.”
“Can you handle this?”
“That’s right.”
“This shouldn’t be difficult. What about cooperative missions?”
A quick glance at the papers reminded me of some sort of bounty hunt.
“Please look at this.”
Except for a few documents that correspond to individual missions, all of them must have been cooperative missions, so he pulled out one of them and handed it to me.
“This….”
The paper the man handed over had a detailed description of a person.
“I am Count Valdeck. Ruler of a territory through which one of the Itinerare, the roads connecting the Isles with the major cities, has amassed vast wealth. While tracking the items favored by demons and warlocks, the trail led to Count Valdeck.”
“Didn’t I investigate properly?”
“yes. you’re right. The tribe that sent the informant is missing. Among them, there was even a first-class knight level friend who could use an aura.”
“It looks suspicious to anyone.”
“That’s right. However, Count Waldek is an Imperial Count, not an ordinary Count. You can’t touch it easily.”
“The distance from here to Baron Buresheim and Count Waldeck is… not far.”
“You know something about continental geography. you’re right.”
The man looked at me with curious eyes.
“Can I use my own discretion?”
“yes. However, cooperative missions require close cooperation between individual executors. If you need outside support, blow a little mana into your ID card and a falcon waiting in the air will descend. Then you can write the contents on the magic paper and send it.”
“Good. I think I’ll be able to do the cooperative mission alone. What if it turns out that this person is applying to a demon or a warlock?”
“Rules are rules. The basics are restraints, but it is to be left to the judge of the executioner depending on the situation at the site.”
“How far is it acceptable to leave it up to the executioner’s judgment?”
The man, who was a bit stunned, began to speak cautiously.
“We haven’t disclosed it to the nobles, but we plan to allow up to immediate disposition.”
“Officially, it should be ‘accidental’ or something like that.”
The Imperial Senate wouldn’t have passed so quickly a law to put a knife to their own throat unless the nobles were mad. I guess this is some kind of secret edict. It contains the will of the emperor.
“You know that. That’s right. And for that to happen ‘accidentally’, the evidence must be undeniably strong. Otherwise, the Executioner himself will be in pretty big trouble. Finally, when the facts are clearly determined, after that, the Royal Guard stationed in the nearest area will step in and occupy and control the county.”
“understood. It’s not difficult.”
I slowly turned over the papers while listening to the man.
“For now, let’s take on both of our missions. I will deal with individual missions first, and then move on to cooperative missions.”
“Are you all right?”
“okay. If you can’t handle this level of work anyway, you won’t be qualified as an enforcer.”
“…you’re right. You were expecting it.”
The man nodded his head in admiration.
“If I were in charge, I would have done that.”
“But the mission itself is a real situation. Personal missions don’t seem to be much of a problem… but you’ll have to be careful with Count Waldeck. The individual count has already manifested his Aura more than ten years ago, so the exact state now is unknown.”
“Even if you are a master, you are not my opponent.”
“Well… I must have said something stupid to the person who was chosen as the enforcer.”
widely.
After checking the documents, I immediately stood up.
“This is enough.”
“thank you. Are you leaving already?”
“The comprehension is complete. Let’s take care of personal missions first and come back.”
“yes. I will report to the higher up that Executor Carol has accepted both missions.”
“okay.”
As soon as he left the bar, he changed his face using Cheonmyeon Yeokgol Gong (千面易骨功), which changes his muscles and bones differently. There’s nothing good about showing my face during a mission. Even with a little modification, he changed from his usual striking appearance to a normal-looking man who can be seen anywhere.
Baron Buresheim was a territory about a day’s walk from here. Of course, this was only true when they went on foot, and without hesitation, they immediately arrived at the village where the lord’s castle was located by using a fish sword flight.
Baron Artois was the same, but this place went a step further and was much closer to a city than a village. Back alleys existed everywhere, whether in towns or cities, and the more people lived in them, the larger the residential area, the larger the back alleys naturally grew.
The target was, in Murim’s terms, a dark sword group called the Blood Dog Association. And the way to deal with the black sword group was always the same.
Just hit it and break it without thinking about it complicatedly. In particular, if only the upper head was removed, it was often divided into quarters.
“Hey, there you are.”
As I was walking down a shady and cold alleyway, I saw two thugs calling me with a crooked attitude. Now my appearance is normal itself.
That would mean that it’s a good thing.
“You mean me?”
“Then is there anyone else here besides you?”
“Let me ask you one thing. Do you know about the Blood Dog Society?”
“hehehehe, what do you and the like know about the older brothers?”
As always, the back alley organizations were often interrelated.
Without even having to listen, the two of them immediately broke their arms. If you’re affiliated with an organization that will bury informants silently, you’re not clean. I’m going to bully others with that arm anyway.
“Turn it off!”
Next, the ahyeol was sealed and the mouth was closed.
“Do you know the hometown of the Blood Dogs? Next is each finger.”
“Eup!”
Judging by the strong nodding of his head, it seems that there is no such thing as back alley loyalty.
“Guide me.”
After hearing my words, the two men stumbled into an alley somewhere.
* * *
The head of the Blood Dog Association that rules the back alleys of Buresheim. Mad dog Russ was a relatively large-scale organization that once attempted to advance beyond the Buresheim estate to other areas.
“ha….”
Of course, that was a thing of the past.
No matter how much the back alley life is a life of a day, it was also a class. I shouldn’t have done that. Russ belatedly regretted it, but it was already too late to turn it back. A man approached Russ, who was sighing as the ground went away in his room.
“Russ, is the production of the Purple Crystal finished?”
A man wearing a black suit and asking Russ with dignity. Russ’ biggest mistake in his life was being fooled by his petite appearance. I thought you were a simple sannim.
“hehehe… The lower ones are working hard right now. Please wait a moment.”
puck!
The man hit Russ on the knee with his shoe.
“Keuk… oops… I’m sorry!”
“Excuses are a sin. Didn’t I tell you to get things done quickly, even if you kill one or two guys as an example?”
“No matter how… they’re still my family.”
match!
“retort?”
“I will do anything! please….”
Holding onto his swollen cheek, Russ ejaculated. this guy is crazy Human life was considered less than the life of a fly. If you live in the back alley for a long time, you will often see such a person, but there are very few people who sincerely think like this person. Usually, all of those people were properly insane, and most didn’t live long.
This guy even had the power to be a madman. At first, I was happy because it was good money, but now it was no different from shackles. Of course, Russ had been harassing others all his life, but when that happened to him, he felt unjust and went crazy.
“The deadline is tomorrow. If you can’t do it, I’ll kill them one by one myself. Then I will work hard.”
“Just that please…”
Abandoning his pride as the head of an organization, Russ clung to the man’s ankle.
“That’s an interesting story. It is an organization of demons and dark swords.”
Carol, who had entered the room without a sign and looked at the two quietly, opened her mouth.
“…”
The man in the black suit’s eyes narrowed like snakes and scanned Carol’s whole body.
“A kid is not afraid…”
squeak.
The two legs of the man who had opened his mouth were severed and separated from the torso.
thud!
“Keuugh… yes… you bastard!”
The man who lost both legs in an instant fell to the floor and glared at Carol.
“Hee!”
Russ, who was next to the man, couldn’t accept the sudden change in the situation and stepped back in panic.
“Next is the arm. What is the Purple Crystal?”
“I think I’ll answer…!”
“Come to think of it, there’s no need to cut off your arm.”
“what…?”
Approaching the man, Carol twisted all the bones, muscles, and blood vessels and cast a Bone Fragmentation Muscle, inflicting immense pain.
“Quaaagh—!”
“noisy.”
Because Carol had absorbed both blood and demon blood, the man couldn’t even open his mouth properly and wriggled on the floor like an earthworm.
“Who… who are you?”
Seeing Carol treat the man in the black suit who couldn’t even brush his collar even if all members of the organization, including himself, attacked him as if he were a toy, Russ was about to pee, but he desperately endured it.
“There was a person who went missing while investigating this place. Do you know anything about him?”
“that….”
Russ hesitated, hesitant to answer.
“I know.”
“Hee! I… I will tell you everything!”
As Carol approached, expressing her willingness to live lightly, Russ took a step back in fright.
“It’s all because of this guy!”
Then he pointed at the man in the black suit wriggling proudly on the floor and shouted.
The man in the black suit opened his eyes at Russ.
“What are you going to do when you stare at me! You bastard, dog!”
Russ approached in a fit of rage, kicked the man in the head like a ball, and spat.
“hehehe… Nari. I will explain everything.”
And then, as if he hadn’t always been angry, he servilely approached Carol, begging for a hand.
Russ’ quick change of attitude made Carol forget what to say for a moment.