Main Character Hides His Strength

17. Floating clouds (1)

In the crunchy darkness.

A young man in his early twenties looked back at the body tied to a chair with his hands tied.

It looked more brutal than a human, almost blood-soaked meat.

The young man looked at the body with curious eyes and picked up one of the horrible torture devices that was left beside the body and stabbed the body.

The dead have no movement.

The young man turned around and asked in an innocent voice.

“Mom, why is this guy dead? ”

Immediately after the young man's question rang in the dark, two souls appeared in the shadows.

Ilam Il Woman.

They were both wearing black robes and cat masks.

“He had a pact in his heart. ”

A woman's voice echoes through the darkness.

“A pact?”

When the young man asked, the woman approached the body tied to a chair, took off the arm attached to the man's right arm and pointed to the pierced man's heart.

“A pact in the name of the neutral god will kill you the moment it breaks. Maybe he broke his vow the moment he gave you the name you wanted. That's why his heart exploded. ”

The young man who heard the woman's explanation dropped the small knife in his hand with a long face.

“Oh, crap. It was my first interrogation! I can't believe I'm meeting that guy. ”

A man appeared behind him.

Like everyone else, he was a tall man wearing a black robe and a cat mask.

He lightly smacked the back of the grassed young man's head and said mean things.

“Shame on the family! What's wrong with you? Torture is not good enough. If it were me, I'd throw up the name we want out of that guy's mouth in a minute. ”

“Brother, don't be so mean. Our pitch is just the beginning. ”

Behind him is a black mist rising from the Smell.

The fog soon transformed into the shape of a young woman with a sixth sense body.

Black Hair and Bloody Eyes

She smiles softly and wears a cat mask.

“Everyone, listen up. ”

The first man who appeared said in a serious voice.

He reaches out his left hand and shows the back of his hand, receiving the four gazes looking at him in one body.

A lightning bolt tattooed on the back of the hand pierces the skull.

It was a plain and somewhat crude tattoo, but anyone who knows what the mark means must never forget it.

It is because it is a symbol of one of the four great families who do not rule the Assassins.

The Almeria family.

Those who are judged to be the least powerful but most vicious of the four Assassin families.

They move in families.

“This time we are enemies of the world. A monster with a power of 600. If you do wrong, you could lose your life. Be vigilant. And always be careful. I don't want to lose a single family as a father. ”

After a brief admonition by the current Almerian family, Debsi Almeira disappeared with his wife to the other side of the darkness.

Caz Almeira and Myra Almeira, the eldest and eldest, quietly followed behind their father.

The last thing I had left was my youngest, Pict Almeira.

The young man picked up the prosthetic lying on the floor, opened the dead man's jaw and stabbed the prosthetic arm as it was.

The corpse tied to the chair shook violently.

“Fuck...! Because of him! ”

The young man left the wrecked corpse behind.

A man came to the room filled with only the smell of blood a long time later.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol stared helplessly at the wrecked corpse.

‘Christian.'

His face was unrecognizable due to the terrible torture, but the prosthetic in his mouth was revealing his identity.

“Ugh... What the... I can't watch this. ”

Bertelkia digs deep into her pockets.

Kim Sung-cheol looked around.

No trace remains.

Aside from the terrible torture device and the blood trail.

It is not the skill of ordinary people.

Kim Sung-cheol felt that way.

But why?

Kim Sung-cheol stood beside Christian's corpse for a moment and thought deeply.

Soon after, he found something shiny next to a blood-soaked torture device.

Gold coins glow in golden light.

An unmanned gold coin.

Are you sure you're looking for a clue? ’

I don't know much about the world of merchants, but I heard a story once.

A talented merchant can tell a little bit of an unbelievable story about everything that's tied to a coin.

That was the only clue I could think of.

Was it those who were after me? ’

There is no other way to interpret it.

It's hard to find a humble human like a slave hunter who has no use for this kind of means.

And Kim Sung-cheol is still in a superior position.

Because the unknown enemy couldn't have learned anything from Christian.

The effect of the pact is that.

Kim Sung-cheol tied his arm around Christian's severed arm and looked at him for a while.

Not a bad friend.

There was a story I wanted to hear.

Why did you become a slave hunter?

What kind of life you had at school.

But there was no time to talk, and now he was no longer able to speak.

Chug Chug!

The flies started swarming as they smelled the corpse.

Kim Sung-cheol sprinkled oil on the body and lit it on fire.

Kim Sung-cheol was mixed into a slave street that flashed with a colorful light while leaving an active burning room behind.

I heard a shout from behind that there was a fire.

“ ……. ”

His mouth was tightly closed, but his eyes held a cool life that would even break the moonlight.

*

When he returned to the coffin, Kim Sung-cheol could see Sarah on the porch.

But for some reason, Sarah's expression is strange.

She used to treat me with a look of arrogance all the time, but today she was looking like a child who was caught up in something bad.

Kim Sung-cheol could soon find out why.

“Tsk, tsk...”

It was because she heard a strange cry behind her back.

“Oh, he was out and about. ”

Sarah let go of the celestial squirrel, avoiding Kim Sung-cheol's gaze.

The celestial squirrel, who was held in Sarah's cold hands, immediately leapt into the burinake and climbed onto Kim Sung-cheol's shoulder.

“Tsk, tsk!"

Although she was a sky squirrel who liked human hands, she didn't like the cold touch of Sarah.

Sarah looked at such a squirrel with grumbling eyes and said indiscriminately.

“No pets in our dormitory. ”

“... I'll take care of you for a moment. ”

Kim Sung-cheol said so and passed by Sarah to his room.

Sarah stares behind his back and follows him as she walks away.

“I told you not to. I'm the owner of this dorm. ”

“The owner of this squirrel is dead, so I can't help it. I'll take one day.”

She was a vigorous Sarah, but she took a step back because she said her master was dead.

“Y-yeah? ”

Kim Sung-cheol nodded.

After leaving Sarah behind, Kim Sung-cheol went back to his room.

The rugged room welcomed him as it was when he first came in.

Kim Sung-cheol laid the sky squirrel on the bed and sat down for a moment to straighten out the situation.

‘If the assassin is after me, I don't have much time. ’

It may be a coincidence, but you reach out to a few golden cities.

Above all, the presence of unmanned gold coins.

Before coming to the coffin, Sung-cheol Kim visited the tool table in front of the school once.

The owner of the hardware store seemed to be living outside the store.

There was no human intelligence inside, and there was no sign of someone breaking in.

Besides, it was the middle of the night, so I didn't have anywhere to ask.

To find out what was happening, I thought I would know something after the sun came up tomorrow.

‘After Christian's death, there's no place for information. ’

Meanwhile, Sarah has been sitting around the door of Kim Sung-cheol.

I wonder if he has something to say.

Kim Sung-cheol got up from bed and opened the door.

“What's going on? ”

Kim Sung-cheol asked with a grave voice.

After avoiding Kim Sung-cheol's gaze, she started to stare at Kim Sung-cheol.

“About earlier. No offense. I feel like I'm mad at you for not being an adult. ”

“You don't have to apologize. ”

Kim Sung-cheol closed the door.

However, when I tried to close the door, Sarah's pale hands squeezed through the closing door.

“W-wait a minute! ”

Kim Sung-cheol opened the door again.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol's cold eyes pierced Sarah's face.

“You don't have to look at me like that. I mean, um... it's been a while. So as a boarder, sometimes you have to talk. Anyway!”

She was holding a squirrel crouching in her eyes on the bed beyond Kim Sung-cheol.

I don't know why, but the squirrel seemed to like it.

Seeing that, Kim Sung-cheol suddenly remembered a scene in his heart.

‘He loved animals, too. ’

The momentary thought was awakened by Sarah's voice.

“By the way, you. I heard you were looking for a quest for the Roundhouse. You can ask if you don't know anything. I made a mistake today, so I'll let you know. ”

“What can you teach me? ”

“An unopened door to attack the Devil. ”

Sarah made a confident face.

However, Kim Sung-cheol's reaction to this was only cold.

“You mean the Devil in the Rocks? He's already taken care of. ”

“Really? What about the Skeleton Soldier in the Underground Quest? ”

“We've already taken care of that. ”

“He said...?! ”

After that, Sarah listed a few more quests, but the results were the same.

“Oh, my God... you're lying, aren't you? ”

She stared at Sung-cheol Kim with an unbelievable face.

Kim Sung-cheol, who had seen Sarah like that, suddenly thought of an idea and said.

“Do you know about the magic shop outside the school? ”

“Ah. Carbunkles? Yeah, of course I do. ”

“About the owner? ”

Sarah opens her eyes and nods.

“You mean the nice, loud man with the big voice? Yeah, I know, I've known him since freshman year. ”

Kim Sung-cheol's eyes reminded me of this.

He continued to ask questions.

“Do you know where your master lives? ”

“I know, but why do you ask? ”

“I have something for him. If you know the location, I want you to tell me. ”

That said, Kim Sung-cheol whistled to the heavenly squirrel.

“Tsk, tsk!"

Sarah's eyes were fixed on the sky squirrel.

The sky squirrel trembled because he was afraid of Sarah's attention, but later it was carried to Sarah by Kim Sung-cheol who grabbed him.

“Take care of him for a while. I have something I need to deliver to you right away. ”

“Oh... okay. ”

She holds her hands together and receives a celestial squirrel.

The sky squirrel was frightened, but Kim Sung-cheol gave out peanuts and immediately calmed down.

Kim Sung-cheol answered Sarah with a small paper bag of peanuts.

“The quickest way to get to know animals is to give them something to eat. ”

“Ugh… yes! ”

It was natural for Sarah to have information about the owner of the Magic Tool Shop.

That way, Kim Sung-cheol hurt the darkness and headed to a multi-generation building where a hardware store owner lives.

The whole room was locked up in the dark.

Kim Sung-cheol slowly approached the house in preparation for the threat, looking around with the eyes of truth while killing the pilot.

“ ……. ”

It's not too late.

The killers have not reached this far.

The owner has already fallen into deep sleep.

Kim Sung-cheol woke up his master.

The sleeping owner woke up, rubbing his eyes and confronting an uninvited guest at night.

“W-what's going on? ”

Kim Sung-cheol gave the bloodied gold coin to the owner who was astonished.

“Remember this? ”

Then the owner realized that the identity of the uninvited was a man who had given a great deal.

I had a strange thought in my head.

But nothing was more shocking than what came out of a man's mouth.

“I am Kim Sung-cheol, the destroyer. In Segan, they call me the enemy of the world. ”

As if to prove that, Kim Sung-cheol took out Arm Garaz with a legend that Dwarves were subpoenaed by their gods.

The owner saw a mystery surrounded by glorious frenzy, and he felt a shock that would take his breath away.

“Shhh... Shhh...”

Kim Sung-cheol stared at him and said in a small but powerful voice.

“Pack your things and leave the golden city immediately. Then go to the Human Empire and ask the Emperor for an audience. ”

“Ugh... ughh...”

Kim Sung-cheol pulled out a dagger made of Shark Sacks from the Soul Warehouse.

“Show this and the emperor will see you. But remember, if you tell anyone about this...”

Kim Sung-cheol's hand grabbed the bed's ornament beyond the owner.

The ornament made of copper was crushed in Kim Sung-cheol's hands, and suddenly, it squeaked like an eagle between his fingers.

“Hee-hee!!! ”

“If you think you can hide from me, you can do it. If you want to test your destiny. ”

Kim Sung-cheol turned his back on the bloodstained gold coin while laying it down in front of the man.

“Leave now. ”

“Oh, I understand! ”

The man rolled down from his bed, grabbed his empty clothes and packed his things.

After a short while, a wagon hurries through the cold night air and disappears into the distance.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol turned around after seeing the wagon disappear.

“Surprised?”

Bertelkia in her arms said.

“What?”

After Kim Sung-cheol asked, Bertelkia came out of his pocket and landed like a squirrel on his shoulder.

“I thought you'd kill me. If it's you.”

“I do not carelessly kill innocent people. ”

“That's a surprise. I saw you as a man without blood or tears. Like a seven hero.”

“… I'm not like them. ”

Kim Sung-cheol made a commitment to himself and looked up at the sky.

At sunrise, the light was shining.

‘I bought myself some time, but I don't have much time left. We need to revise the plan to quickly acquire the vision of the engineering team and get out of here. ’

His gaze was toward the tall, rounded dome.