episode_0019

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Chow thought he was lucky.

Because I found the culprit who stole the ring that I had been searching for by asking around inside a bar that I happened to enter.

I looked at the woman in front of me.

The unidentified woman was glaring at him with murderous intent in her eyes as if she was going to kill him.

‘…that woman.’

It wasn’t an ordinary look.

It was the look in the eyes of a murderer who seemed to have killed at least dozens of people.

Those who have killed someone have a different look in their eyes.

The bloody, vicious gaze was similar to the gaze of the murderers locked in prison. No, it was a little more vicious.

How many people have you killed at such a young age?

Moreover, his abilities were also outstanding.

All the knights who rushed in were skilled, but they were all knocked unconscious by the whip that woman was holding in her hand before they could even do anything.

‘I’m really curious about your identity.’

If I hadn’t been there, I might not have caught that woman.

She was that capable. But what can I do? She met the wrong person.

“…..Come on. I’ll show you that there’s a sky above the sky.”

Chou pulled out his sword and created a blade. If he didn’t do this, he wouldn’t be able to easily defeat this opponent.

When you take out an Auror Blade, most people would flinch or be shocked, but the woman just stared at the Auror Blade without moving at all, literally like a living doll.

‘There is no such thing as a young monster…’

Chow smiled bitterly.

At that moment, thinking that he should move first and trying to take his leg off, the woman’s body disappeared into the darkness like smoke, leaving behind an afterimage.

‘…..assassin!’

I could sense the scent of an assassin from the way he quickly disappeared without a trace.

‘Hurry up…!’

But it’s still shabby!

Chow, who lightly dodged the whip flying behind him, fired his aura in the direction where he felt the presence.

The auror barely passed the woman and touched the wall, which shattered and shattered into pieces.

Perhaps because she thought she had no chance of winning, the woman started to charge forward in earnest.

Chow couldn’t help but exclaim inwardly in admiration as he watched the whip flying towards him quickly.

I never thought it would be this bad. It wasn’t for nothing that the knights suffered.

If he had not become a sword master, if he had met that woman when she was a little older and more mature, it might have been a close fight. But heaven was on his side.

He was already a sword master and his abilities were one step ahead of that woman.

It was a very subtle difference, but during combat the difference became more and more apparent.

“Ouch!”

“….I finally caught it.”

Chow caught the woman’s neck, rushing towards him, with great difficulty.

Chow frowned at the sight of the woman trying to swing her whip again without showing any sign of pain despite having her neck grabbed, and threw her to the ground.

‘Are you done?’

The woman who was pinned to the ground tried to get up several times, so I stomped on her several more times. She seemed to have fainted and did not move at all.

“Sigh.”

Chow breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he had the upper hand in skill, his momentum was overwhelming.

The sight of him rushing forward without any change in expression even though he was subdued was so creepy that it sent shivers down my spine.

As if pain and such were not an obstacle to combat at all.

‘We’ll find out what his true identity is when we take him to prison.’

But there was one place I could guess roughly.

Isn’t there a famous family in this territory?

The Jack family of assassins who raise and nurture monsters.

If there’s an assassin with this level of skill, wouldn’t he be connected to the Jack family?

Maybe it’s immediate family.

Wait a minute, things are going to get complicated.

Chow frowned.

Jack was of ducal descent.

It was a neutral place that was not cooperative, but not to the extent of specifically revolting against the palace.

What if the child in that place is the culprit? Things could get complicated.

Well, the higher-ups will take care of that. Now that he has found the ring, his mission is complete.

….Wait a minute, by the way, who’s the other one?

Chow, who remembered belatedly that there were two culprits, hurriedly turned his gaze toward the wall.

It was definitely on the wall, but now I can’t see it no matter how much I look around.

It seemed that he had escaped while I was distracted by the fight with the woman.

“Fuck.”

I should have caught it…

It’s a shame, but it’s late at night.

There was no chance of catching him if he wandered around alone, so it seemed better to withdraw for now and start searching for him in earnest tomorrow by solving the articles.

Chow approached the fallen woman and took the ring from her hand. As he took the ring off, her hair, which had been plain, turned into a shiny blonde.

‘Okay, now let’s check the face….’

Chow reached out to help the woman up.

“…..!”

That was the moment.

Chow hurriedly put some distance between himself and the woman as a dagger flew from somewhere.

“What the heck, who the hell is that…!”

I turned my head in the direction the dagger had come from and saw a woman who had been standing there watching me for some time.

The woman, who was over 180 cm tall and dressed entirely in black, was wearing a black mask, so her face could not be seen clearly, but her outline was clearly that of a woman.

Judging from the way he was acting, he was clearly an assassin who seemed to be a colleague of the fallen woman.

I never thought there’d be another assassin companion besides the boy.

“Who are you! Ugh!”

The assassin suddenly appeared, came up to me in the blink of an eye, and swung his sword without hesitation.

Chow quickly dodged the oncoming sword, but he couldn’t avoid it all. The sword barely brushed past his clothes.

‘Strong!’

It was incomparably stronger than the woman just before.

Strength, speed, and skill…

‘…..I won’t give in either!’

Chow gritted his teeth and created an auror blade, which he hurled at the assassin.

The assassin stood still and stared blankly at the flying Aura Blade. Chow, convinced that he had been too flustered to dodge, was filled with joy.

‘That’s it! I won…..!’

“…..Did you, did you block it?”

Aura Blade?

The assassin who blocked the Auror Blade with just a dagger was completely destroyed.

Strong, so strong.

That was a monster of a different dimension.

After becoming a Sword Master, Chow, who had been on a winning streak, was confident that he would never lose no matter where he went.

He became a little arrogant, thinking that there were only a few people stronger than him.

I can’t believe I lost so easily…

Chow shook his head. No. It’s not over yet.

I can’t believe you’re dying because one of your Aura Blades is blocked…

My black sword is just beginning! Chow shouted after steeling his resolve.

“You, what the hell are you!”

There’s no way such a strong person could be just an assassin! He must be a master who hides his skills! Behind that mask, there must be a woman older than him.

“…….”

The assassin did not respond to Chow’s words.

It just disappeared from my sight as if it wasn’t even worth responding to.

“Fuck!”

Chow picked up his sword and hurriedly looked around.

It was the same method used by the blonde woman who collapsed earlier, but it was on a whole other level.

Unlike the woman whose presence I could sense in real time, the assassin felt like he had literally evaporated into thin air.

Chow swallowed nervously as he felt no movement, almost to the point where he thought they might have run away to another place.

It was terrifying not knowing when or where an attack might come from.

At that moment, when I was concentrating and sweating profusely, I felt a chill down my spine.

“There you are!”

Chow hurriedly swung his sword, but the fist flying towards him was faster.

“Ugh!”

Chow, who had been punched in the stomach, bent his back.

There was a crunching sound. A single punch had broken his ribs.

It was truly a brute force. But the attack was not over yet.

Unable to avoid the roundhouse kick that followed, Chow was hit and flew into the wall, crashing into it.

The wall he hit with a loud bang shattered and Chow fell down, spitting out blood.

“Ugh….”

Through my blurred vision in pain, I see the assassin striding towards me.

Am I going to die like this? It hasn’t even been that long since I became a Sword Master… All that’s left is to become stronger… I’m still young…

I didn’t want to die in vain to an enemy whose name I didn’t even know.

Before, I didn’t know the feelings of those who beg for their lives. I just felt sorry for them.

I thought I should never do that. I should die coolly when I die…

When I was faced with a real life crisis, the only thing on my mind was wanting to live.

please….

“Please save me.”

Chow, who had barely managed to get the words out, lost consciousness after saying those words.

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…..We have to save him. Why kill him?

I looked at the fainted Chow.

Even if I wanted to kill him, I couldn’t.

Chow is one of the main characters. He has to play the role of a teacher who teaches the main characters in the academy that appears in the webtoon.

If we kill her here, the future will be completely tangled.

‘I got so excited that I overused my handwriting a little.’

It’s a good thing I used my fists instead of a sword.

If that hadn’t been the case, Chow would no longer be of this world.

‘…..I really did become stronger.’

It was enough to cut down the Sword Master. And it still had strength left over.

Even the Sword Master is light, so how strong is the Duke?

Well, the Duke is one of the strongest in this world, so it would be difficult for any country.

Another big factor was that I still hadn’t properly adapted to my changed body.

My abilities have increased, but I can’t use them properly. It’s like I’m only using my existing abilities.

‘I’ll try some training later when I go back underground.’

First of all, you have to go back and look at it.

I hope Russia is okay.

I turned my head to Chow and stopped looking at the fainted Rashia.

“……you.”

….How long have you been watching?

There, Lacia, who had been pinned to the ground, was glaring at me with her red, mad eyes flashing as if she had come to her senses at some point.