A Guest Who Came in the Middle of the Night (3)

Kyle, who appeared without a sound, had a face distorted with anger.

The blood vessels that stood out clearly from his neck to around his eyes vividly showed that fact.

It was a look that even Sylvia had only seen once in her life.

,It’s just like then.’

Just before the regression, when the two people met a miserable death. Yes, it was exactly the same as that time.

,…Are you hurt anywhere, Sylvia?

,Yes, yes…. I’m okay. Mother seems to be safe too, thankfully.

,That’s a relief.

Even while seeing her son taking care of Sylvia first, instead of herself in this situation, Roxanne could only wear a bitter expression and couldn’t say anything.

Perhaps Kyle wished that she was dead instead.

,Is that Kyle Lionheart?

,You recognized me despite everything.

Meanwhile, the two surviving Watchers, as if they had agreed on it from the start, looked at Kyle, who had suddenly appeared, and continued speaking together.

They were trying to act nonchalant and putting on an act, but in reality, they were extremely embarrassed.

He must have passed through the barrier without getting caught, but how did he know and come all the way here?

I would have understood if there had been a commotion, but it all happened in just a few seconds.

It’s an incomprehensible response unless he was watching this situation from somewhere.

,It was obvious that you bastards would target Sylvia. Did you think I wouldn’t prepare for that much? Eyes of the Dawn.

,…!

,…Indeed, you expected it from the beginning.

When Kyle pointedly opened his mouth as if he already knew their identities, one figure’s face twisted, and the other figure, presumed to be a man, nodded as if he understood.

Only then did they begin to see the faint black magic power rising like heat haze from Sylvia’s body.

From the beginning, the barrier must have been a trick.

It seems that they had cast a magic on the target early on to sense the surroundings, or they had taken measures so that the caster could immediately recognize if something happened to her.

Jeobeok. Jeobeok.

As Kyle gradually got closer to them, the daggers in the Watchers’ hands trembled faintly.

They receive thorough training to not lose their composure in any situation, befitting their role as Watchers, but even so, they can’t completely erase their emotions.

From the overwhelming murderous intent and magic power emanating from the man in front of them, it felt as if their survival instincts were screaming at them to run away.

,What a monster.

He’s barely reached the age of majority, but where did such a monster pop out from?

Moreover, the magic power felt from Kyle’s body was very foreign to them.

It’s not just that they feel threatened because he’s an excellent magician.

The dense magic power, which seems to be based on their Main God and the Main God’s main power, felt as if their whole body was being crushed just by facing it.

,That power, it’s quite familiar. Where did you get it?

Chwareureuk─!

The man asked a question, but Kyle replaced the answer with silence and cast magic.

The dark shape that rose from the floor covered the two people like a wave.

Chiik.

Somehow, they managed to avoid it with their nimble movements, but they felt a chill as they watched the hem of their robes, which had touched the wave of magic power, melt away like metal touching hydrochloric acid.

If they were hit by that, even the option of barely surviving and returning would disappear.

It was also a scene that showed that Kyle had no intention of capturing them alive to obtain information in his head.

If so, even if they give up on completing the mission, they should at least achieve minimal results and return.

,…!

Kkeudeok.

In response, the man with a slightly higher position among the two gave a signal to his companion next to him, and the other party, who understood this, immediately took out a purple sphere from his bosom.

As Kyle narrowed his eyes, wondering what that was, and continued to confront them.

Pueong!

When he threw the sphere to the floor, purple smoke spread out in all directions in an instant.

The contents were none other than a highly poisonous substance that had been turned into gas.

Furthermore, as the purple smoke spread out and even obscured their vision, the two Watchers sensed that their turn had come and rushed in from both directions.

,Kill the witnesses and take the target by any means. Kyle Lionheart will have to be postponed.

Originally, the order given to them was to kill Kyle Lionheart and bring Sylvia Eleanor to headquarters, but that would be realistically impossible.

If so, they decided to take at least Sylvia, who was the biggest target, and one aimed at Roxanne from behind, while the other reached out to Sylvia.

They were trained to be able to move to some extent even while drinking poison, and their eyes were so good that they could distinguish even the movement of a rat in the dark, so it was not difficult to move in this poisonous smoke.

It was a connection made with only short glances and signals, but it was very quick and accurate.

However.

Pueok─!

,Keuheok…!

,Keheuk…!

There was something they had overlooked: obscuring Kyle’s vision was not very meaningful in the first place.

Kyle, who had already grasped their movements thanks to his unique and excellent magic power detection, cast a spell early on, and the flowers blooming on the ground rose up massively, and the thorns embedded there pierced their bodies.

Hwiing─!

As the two people died without even screaming, a huge storm rose from Kyle’s feet, who was watching indifferently, and swallowed the poisonous smoke as it was and disappeared.

Pulseok.

,Kolk! Kolk!

Only then did Kyle, who thought everything was over, kneel on one knee and cough roughly.

Because the speed at which the poisonous cloud spread was too fast, he had to protect the two people first with his magic power, so he was late in protecting his own body and inhaled some of the smoke.

He was somehow casting a spell to slow down his metabolism to suppress the spread of the poison, but his body was a little numb.

,Ky, Kyle! Are you okay!?

,Yes…. I’m okay. More than that, are you both safe?

,Yes, we’re safe thanks to Kyle protecting us. Both me and Mother.

,That’s a relief…. Keulleok!

Damn it.

He tried to act as calm as possible in front of Sylvia, but Kyle gritted his teeth because of his body, which was tilting without any tact.

Still, it seems that the incident has been settled for now, so if I just go back and recover as it is….

Swiik─!

It was the moment when he let his guard down and a very short gap was created.

The remaining four Watchers, who had foreseen this situation early on and were hiding far away, popped out of the darkness.

,Keuk…!

While barely supporting his numb body due to paralysis, Kyle somehow squeezed out magic power in that short time. It seemed impossible to use big magic in this situation.

That’s why, like before, he tried to use the vines that were blooming around the garden to massively overgrow them and tie up those bastards.

,Damn it!

,He still had strength left…!

,What a monster…!

The three Watchers who were caught groaned in agony and tried to escape from the restraints, but as they had consumed the Demon Soul Pill to pass through the barrier, they could not squeeze out magic power and could not shake off the vines’ binding force with just their physical strength.

,Wait, three people?

Meanwhile, Kyle’s eyes widened as only three people were caught in his sight out of the four people who were clearly caught by his sense of energy for some reason.

The moment he barely leaned his body back with a feeling of disbelief.

,Die, Kyle Lionheart!

The Watcher, who appeared behind him without even a sign, was about to stab Kyle’s heart with a dagger as it was.

Sylvia, who confirmed this, belatedly ran forward, but her reaction was too late and the situation was far from her reach.

It was the moment when Kyle sensed that he couldn’t avoid this.

,Kyle!

Pueok.

Roxanne, who had rushed in urgently, screamed her son’s name and blocked the Watcher’s path, and the splattered blood covered Kyle’s face and vision.

Kyle didn’t even realize what was happening now.

Did Roxanne save him by sacrificing her body now?

Why?

Didn’t you think of me as your son?

That’s why I didn’t think of you as my mother either.

Why are you pretending to be a mother only at a time like this?

I don’t know.

But the most incomprehensible thing was his own emotions.

Kwaduk─!

,Kueueok…!

His head is filled with all sorts of letters and becomes hot as if it’s melting.

When Kyle came to his senses, the collar of the Watcher who had stabbed Roxanne’s chest with a knife was already gripped roughly in his hand, and a bizarre sound that should not come from a human’s mouth and bones was echoing.

Kyle couldn’t even guess why he was feeling anger.

Teolseok.

,Mother!

Soon, Roxanne’s body fell helplessly on the flower bed, and Sylvia rushed towards her.

Kyle, who glanced at this, focused on the enemy in front of him again.

When he slightly released his strength, the only surviving Watcher opened his mouth with a sneer, as if he could breathe a little.

,Keuheuk…! It’s a sword smeared with poison. It means your mother is doomed.

,I heard you have a bad mother-son relationship, but I guess you’re still pissed off that your mother died. It was an interesting sight…. Kkeuaaaaaak!?

A scream of pain flowed from the mouth of the Watcher who was continuing to speak.

Kyle reached out and gouged out the man’s eyeballs as they were.

,You seem to like talking with your mouth, so I’ll leave that alive. What you just ate will be your last meal.

,Uueup…!? Uueueueueup…!

Then, he roughly shoved the eyeballs he had just pulled out into the man’s mouth, and forced him to move his jaw to swallow his own eyeballs.

The man, who sensed his death, tried to commit suicide by biting the poison hidden between his teeth.

Pusyuk─!

,You can still talk even if you don’t have a few teeth, right? It’ll be a problem if you die.

,Kkeueueueeek…! Kkureureuk…!

Kyle put his hand into his mouth and pulled out all the poison hidden between his teeth by pulling out his healthy teeth, then knocked the man unconscious, cast first aid magic, and sealed his hands and feet.

Then, he immediately turned his body and approached Roxanne, who was lying on the floor.

Fortunately, the poison hadn’t completely spread, so she was still looking at him while maintaining consciousness.

,Ky, Il…. Are you okay? My son….

Even in a situation where her life was at stake, she reached out and looked at Kyle first, and he felt a mixture of emotions at her actions.

He himself did not know why he had to feel such emotions towards this resentful mother.

He just had a strong feeling that if he let her die like this now, he would regret it someday.

,Young Master! What on earth…. Heoeok!

,…Leave the cleanup to me. I will take Mother away quickly.

,Yes, yes! We will inform the Head of the Family right away!

,Please.

He stubbornly lifted Roxanne’s body even in a situation where he was also poisoned, entrusted the cleanup to the guards who came late, and suddenly left the place with Sylvia.