To Be a Power in the Shadows!

Gordo, who infiltrated the interior of the castle as a covert squad, was searching the treasures of Count Ragitta.

"It's not here. Quinton, how are you?

"Neither do I. That means - the warehouse up there."

Goldeau and Quinton pined down the stairs leading up the hallway.

"Find it now! When they're all gone, it's their turn next."

Tulpicano reprimands him with a look of impatience.

"Mr. Tulpicano, you'll be fine. We still have time."

Gordo said to forgive him and went up the stairs.

Quinton and Tulpicano followed later, and they found a warehouse-like door.

"Hey, what are you guys!

"Out of the way."

"I'm sorry, you're dead."

A guard notices the intruder pulls out his sword, but two Gordo and Quinton are promptly rendered powerless.

"What are we gonna do, we don't have a key?"

"No problem, slash"

Goldo wraps his golden magic around and cleaves through the sturdy iron door.

And I lit up the warehouse with pine lights.

"What, this is-"

But what was there was not the treasure they expected.

It was like a part of an organism.

"Is this... a finger?

Dried black stuff.

There are sharp, long nails on the tip.

But it's too huge for people's fingers, maybe bigger than Goldo's arm.

Its monstrous fingers were anchored to the pedestal in a wide warehouse.

"The treasure... where is the treasure! I don't need this creepy stuff."

Tulpicano kicks the pedestal and walks around the warehouse.

"What about my treasure?!? Where is it!?

"Mr. Tulpicano, you have a loud voice..."

"Shut up!! All you have to do is find the treasure as I say!! Look, where's the treasure?"

Suddenly, Tulpicano stopped moving.

From the thick belly of Tulpicano, the nails of a dry chemical were protruding.

"- Nah! Mr. Tulpicano!!

"Shit!!

The slaves, Goldo and Quinton, move to protect Tulpicano regardless of their will.

But Tulpicano bled out of his mouth and remained deadly.

Gordo and Quinton stopped moving and looked down at Tulpicano's body and black fingers. The black finger remained pierced through the tulpicano, sucking as if to drink up its blood.

"What, this guy..."

"I don't know. But you better not get your hands on it...... we're leaving!

Tulpicano is dead. I can't find the treasure.

There is no longer a reason for them to be here.

"Sorry, but I can't let you get away with this more than I've seen"

That's when a low voice rang from behind them.

"Who is it!?

"Are you - Count Ragitta!?

"Well, you know me..."

It was the castle owner of this castle, Count Ragitta, who was there.

At first glance he is a middle-aged nobleman everywhere. But the spine stretches, with no wasted meat attached. The eye light is sharp and grasps Quinton and Gordo's behavior.

Quinton, be careful.

"Gordo, I know"

They carefully distance themselves. But the exit is behind Count Ragitta.

"It's something that has added a lot of trouble to my work. All I had to do was give it to the church..."

"Church......? What do you mean? What the hell is this finger?"

"Huh... this is definitely the treasure you've been looking for"

"That this is the treasure...?

"For those who see value. Well, let's end the chatter."

Count Ragitta pulled out his lower back sword. It is a sword used in action. It is not for the swordsman.

"- Be the sacrifice of Diabolos."

And a little wind blew.

"Gaha!?

"Grr!"

Blood erupts from Quinton and Gordo's body.

The two poked their knees.

"Wow - are you still alive?"

They were the two who received an unstoppable blow in the eyes of Count Ragitta, but they were barely responding.

Gordo perceived the danger and jumped back, and Quinton pulled himself back with an inquiry.

That's what stopped them.

But only those two survived. The covert squad that was infiltrating with them was still turning into meat chunks.

"Ku, Quinton... are you all right"

"Hey, I don't know..."

But the two wounds are deep.

Stand up, put up your sword, but next time you're not going to be able to prevent it.

"Were you underestimating me a little - no, my arm fell off? Either way, we're done next."

Count Ragitta put up his sword again, and the two faces were distorted.

"Damn, I was freed from slavery because of it..."

"I thought the dojo wasn't bad either..."

That's when a huge amount of magic exploded outside.

"What-!"

"What the heck is this -!!"

"What magic -!?"

Looking up at the night sky through a small window.

There it was, a giant black rose.

"Is this, Rose...?

"It's a rose of magic, awesome magic is concentrated..."

"Nah - such a 'black rose'!? Stupid, why -!?"

Count Ragitta was so wolfish that he dismayed Goldo and Quinton.

The appearance of the Count staring at the 'Black Rose' with his eyes open was not unusual.

"Impossible! Why, the key hasn't..."

And a black rose floating in the night sky smashed.

The crushed rose falls as a petal and also descends to Goldo and Quinton.

The petal melts by touching the two right hands, leaving a black petal mole there.

"What is this?"

"My wounds are healing -"

Magic overflowed from the two people who touched the petal, causing serious injuries to heal instantly.

"Power overflows..."

"This power, the hell..."

From Gordo and Quinton, black magic blows out like a masculine flame.

"Ko, this is the power of the legendary 'Black Rose' -!! So much magic, I just have to finish it here!!

The Count, driven by agony, was attacked by the two of them.