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Chapter 255
Gae Bolg
The slum district of the Arken Empire.
A dark city contrasting with the splendid commercial buildings centered around the boulevard.
A forsaken place where Althea's light doesn't reach.
"The air here is always filthy."
A man grumbled.
W ё b n̈ ӧv̊ ĕ l̀ Ӗ numа̇
Leather armor stained with filth and cloth clothes that hadn't been properly washed.
Anyone would say he looked like a slum gangster.
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No one would notice he was actually an imperial knight, so perfect was his disguise.
Wet Clopfield.
An elite knight of noble birth who had walked the elite path, gained trust, and had a smooth road ahead of him.
For someone like him to be playing vagrant in a place like this was something that should never happen.
Eñu m ӓ
The order given to that knight was simple.
-Isolate and protect the target. This is a mission only you can accomplish.
It was a Class 1 Secret, and even among high-ranking officials in the military, few knew of this matter.
Because it was important work, Wet demonstrated his knightly spirit.
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They call it knightly spirit, but really he had no choice but to obey orders.
Wet entered the sewer quietly, holding a paper bag.
Е ǹú ṁ а. і d̄
It wasn't as bad as before since he'd cleaned it up a bit, but a sewer was still a sewer.
Wet walked through the winding sewers and finally arrived at a place that couldn't be found unless someone deliberately searched for it.
When he knocked on a stone wall, a sound echoed as if beating a drum.
The people inside thoroughly verified his identity and let him in.
Two guards standing in a short corridor saluted.
"You've come, Captain?"
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"The isolation target?"
"Same as always."
"A disgusting bitch."
Two guards shaking their heads in disgust.
It wasn't that he couldn't understand their feelings.
He passed the guards, opened the second door, and went inside.
En u ḿ а
Inside was a technician who made things.
But it was on a completely different dimension from a technician's room filled with commonly known advanced tools.
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The place was no different from a trash heap.
Even the desk was made of trash, and what she'd gathered was all trash.
With her nose buried in that trash, she was muttering something.
If you didn't listen closely, you'd think she was practicing black magic.
Еnũm а . ĩ d̆
"Brought food."
The muttering voice paused briefly.
"Throw it this way."
The knight threw it beside her too.
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Whether she was hungry, the woman immediately examined the contents.
Just as he was about to turn away after delivering the food.
Еn̆ umă
"Wait."
The woman flicked what the knight brought and threw it at his feet.
"This isn't it."
"Salt bread with mayonnaise. I brought exactly what you wanted. What's the complaint?"
"Too fresh."
A reasoning on a different orbit from ordinary humans.
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"I definitely told you to buy mayonnaise on the verge of rotting, and salt bread hardened rock-solid."
"....."
"But the salt bread you bought is warm and soft. The mayonnaise isn't just fresh, it's downright savory."
"....."
"Looks like you can't even do one thing you're told properly?"
The man tried to ignore it.
Е̂n̊ úḿа̇ . і d
"Well, I guess that's why you're stuck in a sewer like this."
That finally exploded Wet's emotions.
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He relocked the door he was about to leave through.
He strode over and grabbed the head of the woman fiddling with a bomb.
"Looks like you need another lesson."
Wet's beating began.
Wе́ b n̆ о̀v̈ê l Ė n u̇m̄ а_
Being an elite stuck in a sewer monitoring a crazy woman was incredibly stressful enough.
With that woman getting on his nerves, he at least needed a target to vent on.
He persistently attacked only the most painful spots that wouldn't break bones, and the woman couldn't resist and just took it.
Blood-curdling sounds echoed through the isolation room.
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The guards knocked on the door a few times asking what was happening, then went quiet again.
There were no screams of pain or pleas for mercy.
Е́ n um̊a
Just the sound of thuds and crashes ringing out again and again.
Nosebleed flowing like a burst faucet.
Thinking he'd hit her enough, the knight lifted the woman up.
She was surprisingly light for her appearance.
"Come to your senses now?"
He figured showing her this much would make her useless stubbornness disappear.
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He wanted to see Gae Bolg trembling and bowing her head.
But Gae Bolg's eyes weren't dead.
Her green eyes shone.
"Will that... kill me?"
She was smiling instead.
"If you're gonna kill me, better do it now."
Е nu̇ ṁ а
Nosebleed streaming down, but her face was creepily smiling.
Different from the bluster of men just acting tough.
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This woman genuinely enjoyed this situation.
She seemed to take the fear of death as entertainment.
He didn't like it.
Her acting like she knew he couldn't really kill her constantly scratched at him.
Ѐ n̈u m̌ а̂.і̊ d
And in reality, he couldn't kill that woman.
Because he was an elite knight who faithfully carried out his superior's orders.
"Crazy bitch....."
The knight let the woman go.
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"Cowardly bastard."
The woman kicked her legs laughing, mocking the knight.
Ӗn̊ u m̆ а̂
She blew out the flowing nosebleed with a huff and started touching the mana stone again.
Muttering as if the beating just now never happened, she immersed herself in work.
'Can't understand why they keep a crazy bitch like that alive.'
The elite knight had already grasped her personal information.
Her charges were astonishing.
'Attempted murder of a noble.'
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Attempted murder of a noble carried a heavier sentence than patricide, absolutely no survival.
Even among nobles it was like that, let alone commoners.
Yet she survived.
That's how much this woman's actions shocked all nobles.
The noble she attacked was Marquis Pellus.
As a financial noble, he was militarily weak unlike other nobles.
Е̄ nū ṁ ȧ. іḋ
But with immense capital, he had no shortage of money to hire people to protect himself.
With his silver tongue and capital, he succeeded in hiring the most renowned mercenary group as his exclusive guard.
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That mercenary group's name was Aegis.
As the name suggested, they boasted they were an impenetrable shield and threatened that no one could touch Pellus.
The public naturally thought so too.
No one thought to attack him in the first place, and it was only natural no one thought to breach him.
Е̂ n um̄а́ .i ď_
Who would think to lay hands on a noble's body?
And for a skinny girl like she had nothing but bones to break through burly men and elite soldiers was like throwing eggs at a rock.
'But she did it.'
She broke through the guards alone.
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'With just a few firecrackers and dye....'
She toyed with the elite soldiers, confused the guards, broke through in an instant, and when she reached Marquis Pellus, her action was stamping a red handprint.
E ǹ u m а .і̌ d̊
Nothing else besides that.
At that time, the woman said this.
-Pierced through.
The woman didn't run.
The flustered elite soldiers belatedly caught her, and she laughed loudly shouting.
-If you call yourselves Aegis, I'll call myself Gae Bolg! Call me Gae Bolg from now on!!
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The heart-piercing spear, Gae Bolg.
She called it a tragic demon spear that would even kill her own family.
A woman who should've died by rights didn't die.
Though Aegis failed, their reputation wasn't exaggerated or inflated but definitely built on trust.
Gae Bolg's raid had potential that couldn't be underestimated.
So following the law, they tested her on a few things since she was too valuable to just kill.
Е ṅu m ä
As expected, she had superhuman abilities.
Her dexterity was remarkably good.
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She purely used intuition to create mechanical devices that craftsmen would have to study head-scratching to make.
They looked crude on the outside, but she made tools that could screw someone over at the most perfect timing.
Regardless of the client's intent, everything always worked out exactly as she intended.
Thinking she might be useful someday, that situation finally arrived.
W е b̃ n̂о̄v ӗl̊ En u̇m̊а̄
He managed to secretly bring in a few magitech rifles and dozens of magazines,
And prepared to make something based on those items faster than anyone.
One of those was that round object over there.
Modified from a whole cylinder, it looked like a magazine at a glance, but its color was different.
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The woman called it a grenade.
The knight had read about magitech grenades in records.
Ŵ e b̃n̄ о̀v̈eĺ Е̂ n uḿа̀
'Records said it spews mana?'
The bursting shockwave was fatal enough, but the pure mana spreading over a wide area paralyzed monsters' nervous systems, creating moments for close-range spearmen to shine.
But what was visible now wasn't blue but condensed purple glowing faintly.
What's the difference?
The knight unconsciously reached for that object.
"Better not touch that?"
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Gae Bolg said without even looking back.
Like she had eyes in the back of her head.
"If someone with no manners like you touches it carelessly, the whole area will blow away?"
"Something this small?"
"It's not the explosion I want, but it's enough for that. If you want...."
She turned her head.
W̃ѐb̀ n̆ оv̈ еl̆ Ѐn̆ û ṁ а̂
Mockery mixed in her eyes.
"Wanna test it?"
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The knight's impulse squirmed strongly at those words.
He felt it when beating her too, but the woman had a power that scattered human reason.
A man who never refused a challenge.
But Wet didn't touch that object.
Ẇ е̂ b̄ n̂ о̂ v̌ еl Ènũ ḿ а
Upper management's orders were that he could touch the woman, but must not touch the object.
'When the day comes to dispose of her, I'll kill that bitch most painfully.'
Promising himself that future, Wet focused on monitoring her.
That was when.
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The muttering stopped, and like a dog hearing a sound, she stiffened her head.
"Hmm~."
W е b n̆ о̂v е̂ l̀ Е̃ṅ ũ m̆a
Watching the door with interested eyes, she grinned.
Just as he was about to question her intuition, Wet understood the reason for her behavior.
'No presence felt.'
Two guards were outside.
Their presence disappearing without a trace meant they'd been taken out.
Wet stepped back from the door and drew his sword.
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He thought they'd break down this iron door and storm in.
But unlike expectations, everything proceeded quietly.
Something black climbing up the iron door.
It transformed into a hand shape and simply pushed the latch open.
The door with only a mechanical lock opened very easily.
The door slowly opens.
Ѐṅu̇ m̃å. і d
The man stayed tense, bracing for a sudden attack.
Even until the door fully opened, there was no ambush.
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Instead, what met his eyes was clear.
Two guards collapsed limp,
And four suspicious men who'd easily subdued them.
Despite being attackers, they came revealing their identities with remarkably bold attitudes.
W̃ еbn̊ о́ v́ е l Ė_nǔ m ӓ
Wet recognized one of them instantly.
A face rarely seen in the Empire, but there wasn't a single noble who didn't know his face - he was that famous a human.
Tall with gray hair.
And eyes like deep lakes that made you hold your breath just meeting them.
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He walks in with a noble's bearing, step by step.
Wet asked him.
Е̊n̆ u_m̀ а_. і́ d
"Aren't you the Regent of the Valdrova Grand Duchy?"
"That's right. And you?"
"Just one of the gangsters in this slum with no connections. Why would the Great Dragon's partner grace a place like this?"
"Well, you know that too, don't you?"
There's no reason for him to travel all this way just to shake down gangsters in a slum.
He let out a hollow laugh.
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"Even within the Empire few know, truly a Regent shrouded in mystery."
"There's no eternal secret in all the world."
"I won't break easily."
"That's what you think."
Ferda gestured lightly.
Then a handsome young man with brown hair stepped forward.
Wе̂bnо̊ v ѐl̂ Ѐ n ũ m а́
He wore similar leather armor but stood before him holding a dagger shorter than a shortsword.
"Let's see how well a slum gangster fights."
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"With that unpleasant face, you must be Sir Swallow."
"Nice to meet you, nameless trash."
"Read the report, heard you were Ferda Regent's guard but failed."
He sneered, poking a sore spot.
W̊ еb̂n̊ оv̂ е l̃ Е num̄ à
"Still got your head attached despite failing with a knight's title."
"Honey traps aren't just for women."
Jed retorted with a relaxed face.
"Besides, no damage from a guy who got demoted after crippling his peers and got abandoned by his colleagues."
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"What?"
"What elite knight would take a mission monitoring a crazy bitch in a sewer like this? You're more naive than you think?"
Wė b n̄ ӧvеl. Е̄ n u má
Wet's face hardened.
"Dirty talk: Jed wins by decision!! 1 score ahead!"
Penelope standing behind chimed in while munching snacks.
"Try failing to protect your lord twice!"
Finally unable to endure, Wet lunged at Jed first.
Jed's dagger blocked his sword.
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The vibration ringing from the first clash was felt distinctly.
This wasn't a duel but a life-or-death battle.
"This bastard! Your reputation for beating juniors wasn't empty!"
In strength, Wet had the advantage.
But Jed had the technique to overcome it.
He slightly twisted the blade to deflect the attack and drew another dagger with his free left hand, aiming for the man's abdomen.
Еň ú m̃ а̌
"Petty tricks!"
A fight between a textbook knight and a heretical knight using tricks.
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He had advantage in reach and strength, yet strangely Wet was at a disadvantage.
Since it was a pure one-on-one, his pride started crumpling like paper.
'Me, who built fame walking the elite path!'
He couldn't believe he was being pushed back by some street nobody of unknown origin.
Е̂ num ӓ .і̆d́.
But soon he understood his defeat.
He'd been bewildered by the running mouth and failed to properly watch the eyes.
Those eyes were a beast's eyes, far from frivolity.
Serious, sharp eyes were pressing him.
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The certainty of victory Wet felt collapsed.
'I lose!'
Е̇ n̆ ů m̃ ӓ
Until the final moment of the confrontation, he'd never once thought he'd lose, but now he was thinking exactly that.
How to escape this predicament, his head spun endlessly.
"Head down!"
Gae Bolg's shout.
To Wet, it sounded like salvation.
Her talent might manifest at this moment.
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Wet lowered his head as told.
But nothing happened.
Gae Bolg in his view was just sitting on the desk grinning.
No one was on his side from the start.
"You son of a bi—."
Thwack!
Е̂ n̄um̃ā .і d
Jed's hook landed squarely on Wet's jaw.
Wet's jaw twisted severely.
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