Becoming a Hunter in a Dark Fantasy - Chapter 92
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Episode 92: Assassination without anyone knowing
“I’ll be watching you guys. Behave yourself. Got it?!”
After a long commotion, Gail, who had been fussing, calmed down.
Even though you call yourself an uncle, you can’t stand it when other people call you an uncle.
It seemed like a symbol, but Elwin swallowed it skillfully and soon spoke to Gale.
“Didn’t Gale tell me that before?”
“Huh? Me? … … What?”
Elwin added, laughing bitterly at the bewildered look of not having any clues.
“Why, what happened in Nevera Valley before? When Gale ran away without me knowing, you saw the Depicchio submarine upstream of Nellie Falls.”
“Ah~ That’s right, that’s right. I saw it clearly then… …!?”
Only then did Gale remember, and he shook his head and flinched. Then he rolled his eyes to look at Narhan.
Elwin didn’t seem too bothered by Gale’s escape, but…
“… …Run away? How dare you run away, leaving your master behind?”
His fervent fanaticism must have been different.
“Gail, is what I just heard true?”
“I’m sorry. Please just spare my life.”
A sinister aura seemed to spread from Narhan, who was smiling brightly.
Gail was honest. A quick confession was the only way to survive.
Elwin and the Sphero members paid no attention to the two people who were kneeling on one side, raising both hands and scolding each other.
Nero chuckled at the blank expressions of Yana, Hake, Candela, and Suin, wondering, “Is this right?”
“That’s what I was really concerned about. I went to see it once when the Clover Company business was over.”
“What part were you concerned about?”
Sercia asked.
“Well, there are a number of reasons. If I had to pick just one, it would be the submarines.”
“Is it a submarine?”
Elwin rested his face between his habitually scythe-shaped thumb and index finger, tapping the armrest of the seated gentleman with his other fingers.
It was a habit I always had since I was little, whenever I got lost in complicated thoughts.
“I know that Deficio risked his life to assassinate Mr. Azen, but it’s obviously strange that he would even mobilize a submarine, let alone an airship.”
“Ah! That’s right… … That’s right. It’s not cost-effective to use it in a waterfall, let alone the ocean.”
The sea is vast and deep. There is no way to know what lies beyond the deep sea.
On the other hand, waterfalls are shallow in comparison, fall from above and eventually reach the bottom.
“It takes a huge amount of capital to build a submarine. Even though the Nevera Valley is considered one of the most rugged terrains in the world, it is not deep enough for a submarine to dive.”
Unlike airships, submarines could be built to one’s heart’s content even if one was not the highest authority in a country, as long as one had the financial resources to do so.
Even in modern times, with advanced science and technology, the unknown depths of the deep sea were an unsolvable mystery. Even if there were mysteries and magic in this world that ran counter to science, it was difficult.
‘Because all kinds of monsters lurk in the sea.’
The monsters that appeared on the ground could be cleaned periodically by people coming and going. Because of this, there were many that were relatively low-grade.
‘Ordinary humans cannot survive in the sea.’
That is why the monsters that are not eradicated in time will stagnate and stagnate, eventually transforming into higher-level monsters.
Except for a few major shipping lanes, there were few areas of the ocean where humans could operate with confidence.
‘But such safe sea routes are monopolized by powerful hegemonic nations. It may be okay to use them once or twice, but it is not easy to pay the expensive fees every time.’
So people invented it.
How to travel across the sea without attracting the attention of the monsters that roam the surface.
-Deep sea! We’re moving through the deep sea!
The monsters are beings that only prey on humans. They do not come down to the dark deep sea where humans do not live.
And so the ‘submarine’ was created.
“Wait a minute. The submarine was upstream of Nellie Falls… …!”
When Sercia shouted, realizing something at that moment, Elwin nodded as if it was the right answer.
“It means that Deficio ‘deliberately’ moved it there. He brought that huge, heavy submarine all the way up the Nevera Valley… … . Anyone who looks at it thinks this is strange, right?”
Elwin’s cool, calm gaze turned towards the young men.
“So when I went there, the submarine was nowhere to be found, and those people were just tied up in a spider web. Maybe it was Gale’s doing?”
“Eek!”
The frightened people hid behind the candela again, not even thinking of meeting her gaze.
“I checked the newspaper and found out that those people are not part of Depicio.”
“What? You looked so suspicious?”
Gail, who had been listening to Narhan’s nagging with her hand raised, was startled.
It was because they were all different types of people, wearing black masks and black clothes, that I thought they were Deficio without a doubt.
“Well, for a Depicio, his actions seemed a bit lacking.”
“Mom, not enough?!”
The water people who were trembling behind the candela erupted. The water person who looked the most confident among them shouted.
“We are the vigilantes of the Batavil Tunnels, who even stop crying children!”
“… … a new recruit from the training center created by.”
“… … candidate.”
“Oh, okay.”
“Gail concluded, her voice growing increasingly quieter.
“To sum up, it’s just a bunch of rascals, right?”
“What the hell?!”
The people were about to get angry again and protest, but at that moment, a strong fist struck their heads.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Kwaaaaak!”
“Ugh, Captain… …! It hurts!”
“Oh my. Is that the first thing that comes out of your mouth?”
“Sister. Are you guys familiar with them?”
Gale asked Candela, who was looking down at the people who were holding their reddened heads and complaining of pain. She answered.
“Uh. These guys. They’re the youngest members of my vigilante group. I haven’t seen them in a while, so I thought they were holed up in a cave doing some training or something… … They’re on the surface?”
Candela tilted her neck crookedly and her eyes flashed fiercely.
“And disguised as Depicio? How? No, more than that, these guys are just! Don’t you know how scary people are! How dare you come up to the surface! Are you in your right mind?!”
“Ugh! That’s it, Captain… … .”
“Oh my! No need to ask questions!”
“Heeeeeeek!”
It took some time for Candela, who had been running wild and disciplining the youngest children, to calm down.
“You. Tell me the truth. How did you end up on the surface, why were you disguised as Depicio? I clearly warned you not to go outside without my permission.”
“Ugh! Captain. That’s… … .”
As Candela was shouting fiercely, a gentle voice intervened.
“Horned lizard. Don’t scold them too much. They probably don’t know the details either.”
“… …Cat burglar. What do you know?”
“I know more about everything than you do.”
Nero smiled wickedly and said while wagging his tail. Candela frowned.
“You guys, you went into a cave deep inside the maze, right? The entrance is blocked by thick tree trunks.”
“Oh, that’s right! That’s the cave we found by chance while we were looking for a training location.”
“This time, I’m going in with the determination to become a full-fledged vigilante! I’m saying this with the determination to train hard!”
“But as soon as I entered, strange lights came out from all directions… … When I came to my senses, I was on the ground, right?”
And after defeating the black masked men who rushed at them as soon as they saw them, he said that he cleverly put on the clothes and pretended to be on the same side.
Although they were still young, the men Candela had trained thoroughly were capable of defeating even the lowest of Deficio’s men.
“And then all of a sudden, you tell me to move a big lump of iron?”
“I followed what I was told, but then I knocked down the guys I was moving with and was about to run away… … .”
The eyes of the young men turned towards Gale, who was already standing there.
“I got caught by that old man.”
“I thought they were enemies so I rushed at them, but I got swept away in one go.”
Candela rubbed her forehead as she looked at the gloomy people.
“… … Wait, wait. So you’re saying that you didn’t leave on your own, but were teleported?”
“That’s right! We feel wronged too, Captain!”
“We didn’t do it on purpose either! We were so worried for days that we might be caught by that vicious murderous group!”
The one who sided with the people who were complaining was Elwin, who had brought them here.
“We can prove it. Just 30 minutes ago, me, Nar, Nero, and the others were on the surface. How do you think we were able to enter the tunnel so quickly?”
“……no way?”
Candela, sensing something hidden, asked back in an anxious voice. Nero answered with a wry smile.
“The maze between the surface and the tunnel is so complex that even a native would sometimes get lost. That’s why Depicchio took advantage of that and created a secret ‘portal’ deep inside.”
“what……!?”
Candela felt goosebumps all over her body for a moment. She had no idea!
Portal is a magic that connects the coordinates of two designated locations, allowing free travel between distant spaces.
It was a useful means of transportation, but to use it smoothly, several complex magical devices had to be created ‘in advance’ at each connecting location.
“That means… …!!”
“You notice now?”
Nero chuckled sinisterly as Candela’s face turned pale.
“I was planning to erase your tunnels at any time, any time. Useless resources, useless talents. Anything that has lost its value will be disposed of.”
At that moment, Nero’s bright yellow eyes flashed with a murderous light.
“The assassination was carried out without anyone knowing.”
“… … .”
“That is Deficio’s basic policy.”
Nero’s usual laid-back attitude felt so out of place that it felt like a deep darkness was brewing in him.
The damp and eerie aura unique to those who take human lives as their karma.
“You’re still the same. I thought you’d changed since you became a hunter.”
“Nyahahahaha! Do you think people can change? Their essence doesn’t change. You stupid horned lizard.”
Candela clicked her tongue as she watched him laugh leisurely again.
She let out a long sigh, looked away as if embarrassed, and then bowed her head deeply toward Elwin.
“Yes, Mr. Lwin. Thank you. They are always a headache because they are troublemakers and a bundle of trouble, but… … they are precious children.”
“Daejaaang… … !”
The number of people who were moved by those words was a bonus.
“No. I’m glad that my kindness was well received.”
Although Candela didn’t say it directly, Elwin could tell what she meant.
‘I guess he’s thanking me for not killing those suspicious looking guys like Deficio Knappul and bringing them back to Candela in good health.’
Elwin smiled. The purpose of keeping those people alive was to win Candela’s favor, or even to blackmail her. But that wasn’t all.
“Actually, their spirit was a great help to us.”
It also had its own meaning of gratitude.
“Thanks to you, we were able to prevent the worst from happening.”
“Did it help? Prevented the worst from happening? … … Those kids?”
“colon…….”
“Ugh. Captain, this is too much… … .”
At the sound of the highly suspicious voice, the people surrounding Candela lowered their eyes as if they were disappointed.
“I found the Depicio submersible floating downstream of the waterfall and ordered it to be recovered.”
Suddenly, Elwin said with a hollow laugh, as if he was in awe.
“… … That submarine was full of ridiculous things.”
From the tone of voice, a mixture of bewilderment and absurdity was evident.
Then, a lot of curious looks gathered around him.
“What is that?”
“Huh? Kid, you had something so surprising in there?”
“… … ?”
In particular, the Spero members who knew Elwin’s true identity could not hide their curiosity.
Everyone in the room focused on what he was going to say without making a single sound.
“That’s true.”
Finally, Elwin opened his mouth.