Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

Kanna, El, Wellington.

They can be considered a kind of NPC that was reproduced in the tower. And mission challengers did not treat NPCs as personalities.

‘If it was the same challenger, we wouldn't have done it openly. ’

They were all just bystanders, even though they could only take one.

Yoon-suk did not find it strange.

In the early days, there might have been those who denounced their actions and acted heroically.

But if the same thing is repeated several times and the cost of that good deed comes back as a loss…….

However, there will not be many people who will not be discouraged.

Moreover, it was an easy environment to rationalize.

These are not real life.

A creature made by a tower.

In other words, it is meaningless to risk and save.

And there are few fools in the world who repeat meaningless things.

However, there was something strange about Yoon-suk.

"Escort Chancellor Kanna Blitz for 45 days. The mission will fail upon the victim's death.

The eighth floor task was to escort Chancellor Kanna Blitz.

However, there is only one failure condition.

The subject was only at the time of death.

That's why the challengers were able to do such things.

‘But even if it's not that condition, I can still fail with one word... …. ’

I didn't get it.

They were veterans who reached their eighth floor.

However, they seemed to be the first reactions to this kind of failure.

Why is it the first time you've done so much evil?

On second thought, there were several hypotheses.

Either it was the first escort mission hired in the ‘mercenary’ format, or a new condition was created as the floor changed.

‘This doesn't make any sense either. ’

The Tower of Perforation is not very friendly to challengers.

I don't explain Katabuta.

It's more like telling them to push themselves down a cliff and find their own way up.

Of course, there was a possibility that victims who were simply oppressed by their power could not resist any fear.

If it weren't for Yoon-suk, the results would not be much different.

If Kanna tried to cancel the quest, they had the power to force it back.

“ ……. ”

Fluffy.

When thoughts like this get stuck in my head.

Kanna sits in the bush.

I shouted for the right to terminate the quest, but the truth is, it was so hard.

I thought about it for a while.

Soon I could see that her legs were loosened for a completely different reason.

“Where... where did they all go? ”

Unlike the challengers who disappeared on day 1.

It disappeared in plain sight.

“Was he a wizard? No, then why are those people doing mercenary work...? ”

Kanna mutters in a confused voice.

I had to.

Notifying them of the termination was literally a means of separating from one another.

Whether they went back to the castle or towards another city, things should have gone the way they were supposed to.

What do you mean, suddenly it's gone?

I didn't even think of this.

“ ……. ”

Yoon-suk also had a headache.

How am I supposed to convince her of this? What if they were all wizards who hid their identities?

Probably not

That's why I decided to take the best course of action.

“I don't know. It's strange.”

I said it in the most natural way possible, but it sounded like an absurd acting actor.

Luckily, Kanna couldn't care less about the details of her speech.

“Of course……. It can't be you... ”

She nods dazed.

And then a voice popped out from behind me.

“God, you're angry. ”

“ ……? ”

It was El's horse hiding in the wagon.

I thought that the current scenery is not good for the mood of a young child....

It was a worthless slope.

El saw dozens of dead bodies lying on the floor, and he spoke without a wink.

“They have abandoned their duty. I have no obligation as a mercenary, no obligation as a man with the power of retribution, and no obligation as a man. That's why God is angry. ”

Pure and barbaric?

I had a strange feeling of hypocrisy because of the appearance and drama that my attitude looked like in my early teens.

The child who looked at Yoon-suk two days ago and was surprised as if it was a ghost, I wonder if it was him.

“But he's different. I can tell. ”

“ ……? ”

“You're not the one who's just throwing her duties at something like money and messing with her soul. ”

At that, Yoon-suk tilted his head.

The second time I rated myself well, I felt that there was something missing from the conversation.

Yoon-suk soon realized what it was.

“Just checking, but do you think those mercenaries raided the wagon for money? ”

“Yes or no? ”

El asked again.

Then Yoon-suk could see that El was a little unusual, but only a child of his age.

However, Yoon-suk just nodded his head as he was not able to start a free sex education here.

“Yes, that's right. ”

Kanna, who looked a little clumsy, regained her senses and sent El back into the wagon.

“El, would you stop going in there? I need to talk to him for a minute. ”

“Yes.”

After that, Yoon-suk and Kanna settled a few steps away from the wagon.

She seemed to want to ask Yoon-suk a lot, but Yoon-suk quickly asked her first.

“What are you going to do? ”

Their goal is to reach Jariman Harbor. One, if you were to go back to the city from which you started and refurbish, you wouldn't have tried to stop me.

Yoon-suk's escort was for 45 days anyway.

Kanna had nothing to do with her deep involvement unless she was willing to break the contract with her.

“I can't stop here. We have to keep going. ”

Kanna said decisively.

There was no room for compromise, and his eyes were as desperate as those who had fallen to the cliffs.

I could see that there was something urgent going on.

She takes a short breath and speaks.

“I understand you're no ordinary Class F mercenary. I won't even ask you why you hid your powers. But I just want to ask you one question. ”

“Anything.”

“Rick Gersei. No, I don't know if that's even his real name... but are you able to protect us from the pagans? ”

“… Yes. ”

Yoon-suk paused, and Kanna asked again.

“I'll give you all the money that's due to be paid to mercenaries. Will you look after us? ”

What good is money here if you refuse it?

Yoon-suk nodded and added.

“But there is one condition. What's her real name? ”

I was flawed by the word "condition" for a while.

Kanna opens her mouth, letting her shoulder sag to make sure she's relaxed.

“I don't know why you keep caring about him... Elizabeth Rowen. That's his name. El is a nickname.”

Elizabeth Rowen.

Yoon-suk engraved his name on his head.

* * *

While Kanna went back to the wagon and tucked El to sleep, Yoon-suk cleaned up the bodies around him.

Then, sitting roughly next to the wagon and guarding the perimeter, Kanna Blitz carefully opens the wagon door and lowers.

“… as if nothing had happened. ”

Seeing the organized surroundings, she mutters bitterly. She sits next to the chief.

And he didn't say anything.

It looked very complicated in my head.

In the end, it was Yoon-suk who opened the speech first.

“How is Lord Wellington? ”

“I've been through hell, but the blade must have been poisoned. I will regain consciousness tomorrow, but it will take me days to fully rob myself and wake up. ”

“I'm glad you're unhappy. ”

I really thought so.

Wellington's the only one who knows the way to where he's headed, and if he's dead, it's gonna be a real pain in the ass.

“Aren't you going to ask me more? ”

“What do you mean? ”

“Who we are and why we surrender ourselves to mercenaries and why we flee. ”

“Is there anything I should know about protecting you? ”

Instead, Yoon-suk asked, and Kanna hesitated for a moment and opened her mouth to see if the decision had been made.

“… Yes. It would be helpful to know. ”

“Tell me about it, then? ”

“I'm not the one the pagans are after. El, the kid. ”

“ ……? ”

It was not at all unexpected.

I'm sure he will. This was Kanna Blitz's escort.

To be honest, though he seemed quite familiar, El seemed only to be her maid.

“Who the hell is that kid? ”

“… El is a pagan witch. The pagans believe he can be set free. ”

The Witch and the Liberation...

Even the last of the doubts were cleared by those two keywords.

Elizabeth Rowen.

Yoon-suk was finally convinced that El and this child were the same person.

That's why I felt awkward when I remembered El emphasizing "duty."

What the hell happened to her?

Why, in the future, did I dream of freedom, hating the idea of ‘duty’ so much?

Maybe…….

I didn't think I'd find the answer in this trial.

What El wanted from himself.

and whether we can truly trust and be together.

* * *

It was time to talk about Kanna's future schedules and pagans.

Suddenly, Yoon-suk was flawed.

It was because of a phrase that appeared unfamiliar and covered my eyes.

"Special challenges exist within a 200m radius.

Yoon-suk suddenly woke up.

In fact, ever since I learned about the challenge, I wanted to do it all at once…….

I've been giving up my heart since today.

The top priority, of course, is the success of the mission.

I thought I wouldn't have time to look for challenges as I had to protect the herd alone in the future.

But the assignment came here on its own.

“Ahhhh! Help me!" ”

As the radius of the phrase that came to mind got narrower and narrower, soon I saw a man chasing something from afar.

It looks like you ran all the way out here, looking at the campfire.

"Rescue James Hambledon and listen to his request.

Yoon-suk first sent Kanna into the wagon.

Then the law of the Witch made it a no-nonsense zone.

Minimum safety arrangements are in place.

Yoon-suk immediately blew a new sentence at the head of a man running towards this direction.

Then he leaped backwards as he leaped on the ground.

A man who was strangled by a collar was strangled by Sareh, but he must have thought it was better to be sleepy than to be strangled.

Whoo-hoo!

Something translucent splits the air sharply.

Yoon Seok soon landed on the ground and looked at the figure that appeared in the darkness.

‘This is how the challenge was to compete……. ’

The Horseman from Killian who was there the last time we attacked...

He was neither an Orc, nor a Lizardman, nor a demon.

It has a long horn on its forehead, but unlike the Devil, it has huge wings on its back.

‘I was surprised that even the challengers from the mission were new to the Horsemen...' ’

The exact identity is unknown.

However, it was clearly remembered that a few parties ran into each other during the last battle and only stopped tying one foot to that horseman.

Taking off the wings, horns, and body size close to 4 meters, the devil who looked like a human made a mistaken look.

Yoon-suk also smiled.

The two of them opened their mouths almost simultaneously.

“There's two more bugs. ”

“The reward has doubled. ”

Predation is a unique skill that maximizes efficiency with stronger enemies.

And we confirmed it in the last battle.

The Horsemen were the strongest in the trials, except for Yoon-suk.

‘High-speed short distance travel. ’

Yoon-suk, who expressed his power, stood in front of the dashing horseman.

I'm surprised you haven't seen this before.

I still have a surprise for you.

Yoon-suk smiled and waved his hand instead of his sword.

And…….

Yikes!

The moment the back of your left hand slaps the devil on the cheek.

Duel has been established.

Prepare yourself, the duel is about to begin.

They opened their eyes in a new place, not a forest.

It was in the middle of an amphitheater that was so familiar to Yoon-suk.