Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 117
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Episode 117 Bloody New Moon (1)
Ruata was one of the largest cities in the south-eastern archdiocese.
The surrounding land was fertile, so farming was successful, and it was also a key point for land transportation. If you went a little further down the river, you could also go to the sea through Nigerte, so water transportation was also good.
As is often the case with prosperous cities, Ruata’s main streets were still lit with oil-powered streetlights after the sun had set, resulting in a considerable amount of traffic.
Of course, this is only a story about the ‘main road’.
As you go further out of the city, the standard of living becomes more shabby, security becomes more lax, and the lights become dimmer.
Especially near the Bukmun Gate, which can be called a slum, no one cares if one or two people die in the dark alleys. Even so, the residents have become numb or have given up, so they continue to live as if nothing happened.
Someone was walking down that street at night.
He hid his bulk with a billowy robe and his face with a hood pulled down. His gender could only be guessed from his fairly long beard.
It looked very suspicious, but it was a common fashion near the North Gate. It was an area with a lot of criminals.
The man, walking by the moonlight, found a building with lights on and slowly approached it. The faint scent of alcohol seemed to reach him.
A bar known among the residents of the northern street for selling decent alcohol at reasonable prices.
The man went in there.
To be exact, only within the walls of the bar.
“… … .”
The man glanced around to see that there were no eyes watching him, and instead of going into the store, he headed straight to the backyard.
The backyard was littered with firewood and trash, and there was also a toilet and a storage room.
Knock knock—knock knock—knock knock—
The man knocked on the wall of the warehouse nine times.
After a while, the warehouse door, which should have been firmly locked, opened slightly.
The man who had been waiting quietly entered through the gap. The door closed immediately.
Inside the warehouse, which didn’t even have windows, boxes of all kinds were piled up in a disorderly manner, reaching the ceiling.
It was an illusion.
The boxes were only stacked at the entrance, and when we went back, there was a separate space set up inside.
“That’s pretty bad taste… … .”
The man muttered softly.
I don’t know what to call this, but if I had to name one, I would say it’s a visiting room for felons.
The small room had no windows and was lit only by a very dim lamp, so I could hardly see anything.
The only piece of furniture that existed was a hard chair, and what blocked the way was an iron bar. Beyond the iron bars was a chair, and the back of that was hidden by a curtain.
“Because I’ve been doing such difficult work.”
The voice came back from the shadow sitting on the chair beyond the iron bars. Nothing could be discerned except that it was resting like an old man’s.
“Wouldn’t you rather be like this? You probably don’t want to advertise your identity.”
“… … Yeah, if you do your job well, there won’t be any problems.”
The man clicked his tongue lightly and sat down on the chair. He let out a long sigh and immediately opened his mouth.
“Looking for a man and a woman.”
“What about the maintenance?”
“At least five hundred.”
“Hoo.”
The old man’s eyes glowed dimly in the darkness.
The price was inflated several times compared to the amount of money spent, as it included the cost of dealing with the dishonest business, but in any case, for five hundred gold coins, he was a very generous customer. And that was the minimum.
“Information.”
“The man has black hair. He is about half a head taller than average, has a handsome face, and a slender build.”
“By such vague standards, hundreds of people would be caught in this city alone.”
“Just look at the woman he hangs out with.”
“Is it unusual in appearance?”
“Long blond hair, golden eyes. Carrying a hammer… …Always wearing white robes.”
The old man, whose golden eyes and the hammer reminded him of a certain profession, looked uneasy at the man’s last words.
“The target is a priest?”
“I thought you said you were hanging out with a guy.”
“Ah, so you mean a pilgrim priest? Well then.”
The old man’s voice softened.
Even the most ruthless assassins do not target priests. If their parish is turned upside down, they will be immediately investigated, which makes them extremely tired.
But for priests on pilgrimage, the story is a bit different.
In the first place, since you are leaving your place of origin and traveling far away, there is no way to know if you disappear somewhere along the way.
In reality, pilgrimage was an act that the church tried to discourage as much as possible because it often suffered a miserable fate from criminals who thought it was ridiculous to know the priests.
Of course, it wasn’t common for someone to be targeted for assassination, let alone a common murder… … but it wasn’t completely unheard of.
“What do you want?”
“First of all, a man should not have even a single hair on his head hurt.”
“Is the man an ordinary person?”
“That’s… … not really.”
“… … If you know, tell me exactly.”
“… … Warrior. Not Baek Eun.”
“Even if it’s bronze, if it’s close to silver, it’s a bit of a difficult request. We specialize in killing.”
“What if it is a line that leaves no trace?”
“That’s easy.”
“Then I would appreciate it if you could bring it to me like that.”
Here, the term ‘trace’ does not mean to beat someone so that they are not noticeable, but to mean a wound that can be completely healed when a priest performs a miracle of healing.
It wasn’t a difficult order, as long as no limbs were cut off or internal organs were cut off.
“What is the level of women?”
“I know he is a high priest.”
Well, priests can only use healing and can’t use strong bodies, so they have little fighting power. The man was also said to be bronze.
If it was to that extent, anyone could have been sent to capture him, so there would have been no need to spend five hundred gold coins to request an assassination.
“You can kill the woman, but if you bring her back alive, I’ll give you an additional five hundred.”
“What’s the status?”
“It doesn’t matter as long as I’m alive.”
Even if he was a high-ranking priest, he was still at the level of a silver man, and compared to a high-ranking silver warrior, his pure fighting power was actually lacking. Assassination was out of the question.
Subjugation was annoying, but it wasn’t that difficult. If I could earn five hundred more by putting in a little extra effort, then of course I would do it.
“Of course you know that if everything isn’t done secretly, it’s meaningless, right?”
“Of course. Even if we are on a pilgrimage, if rumors spread that a priest has been kidnapped, it is not good for us either.”
After deciding on how to communicate the results, whether success or failure,
As the man stood up, he took a bag of money out of his bosom and placed it on the chair. It was the advance payment.
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
“Don’t worry, just wait.”
The man nodded heavily, turned, and left the small room.
He said briefly just before the door closed.
“Don’t even think about following me. I really hate being followed.”
The old man didn’t answer. The man didn’t wait for an answer either.
As soon as the warehouse door closed, the old man spoke softly.
“Follow me.”
“ancient.”
The subordinate who had opened the warehouse door for the man earlier immediately disappeared outside.
The old man opened the iron bars and checked his purse. There were fifty gold coins. One-tenth of the salary.
He packed his bags and returned to his original spot. There were a few more household items behind the curtain.
Although it was a narrow prison-like place, the old man was able to rest comfortably while lying on his bed.
The subordinate returned a few minutes later.
“sorry.”
“Did you get caught?”
“Yes. I’ll let you go this time, so this is really your last warning… … .”
“What are his skills?”
“It was very fast. Even if it wasn’t good enough, it would probably be at least mid-to-high level.”
“A family that could readily pay a thousand gold coins would not have sent a rascal.”
The old man didn’t seem to regret it much, even though the stalking failed. In the first place, the guy who was assigned here to receive guests couldn’t possibly be an elite assassin. He just threw it out there once, thinking, “If it works, great. If it doesn’t, don’t worry.”
“Okay. You can find out later when you contact them to hand them over. Contact headquarters.”
“yes.”
Meanwhile, the man who noticed the old man’s subordinate and chased him away continued to move cautiously afterward.
At least his senses could no longer detect any suspicious presence. It seemed the warning had worked.
After walking for a while, just before leaving the North Street.
Thud thud!
The man quickly ripped off the fake beard he had on his face and then quickly turned the inside and outside of his robe inside out. It was a robe with different colors inside and out.
I took off my hood and walked down the street again calmly. Unlike the north, the central street was still quite crowded, and I blended in naturally with them.
He went down to the southern street without stopping and entered the annex of a high-class inn without hesitation.
“Did you succeed?”
Elisa, who had been waiting a little impatiently, asked immediately. The man, Terti, nodded.
“The request was made safely. I’ve also taken care of tailing them.”
“Phew.”
“Still, you’d better be careful for a few days. This is so weird, I can’t believe you’re acting like this.”
Terti groaned as he plopped down on the chair across from him.
“I’m sorry. I wish I had done it myself, but… … .”
“It’s better than being suspicious. It’s all been discussed already. Don’t worry about it.”
The clue that Elisa had found after a year of hard work was actually quite trivial.
Thanks to that, the other party probably didn’t think Elisa would actually find something, so they left her alone.
However, that alone was not enough to uncover the truth behind Gerbon’s assassination.
Since it was only at the stage of ‘suspecting’ that one of the three siblings’ close associates had made contact with the Assassins here, it was necessary to directly control the Assassins and find evidence to prove that they ‘really’ had made contact.
But Elisa also had only just figured out how to contact the Assassins and had no real knowledge of them.
I don’t know if it’s official name or a code name, but it’s called ‘The Last Moon’, and whatever the name, it’s the most feared god of death in the southeast.
Of course, I didn’t know where the base was. If it had been discovered so easily, it would have been torn to pieces long ago by assassination victims.
So while I was wondering how to find them.
It was suggested by Lilia.
If you know how to make contact, make contact and have me assassinate you. Make up a reason for it.
If the old moon is the culprit, Terti took over in case she could recognize Elisa’s face.
“It would have been safest to just raid the contact point. There were only two of them.”
Terti grumbled. Not because he was bothered by the disguise and the stalking, but because he was worried about Galen and Lilia.
But the opinion he expressed has already been rejected by two people.
It’s safe, and we can catch them for sure, but there’s no guarantee that we’ll find out their base from the ones we catch.
That was true. Since it was a guerrilla organization, they might not really know where their base is, and even if they do know, if they stubbornly refuse to open their mouths? The Assassins might find out in just a few hours and disappear.
To catch it, you had to hit it all the way to the head in one breath.
Terti didn’t know either. It was definitely not an easy task, so he just grumbled in frustration.
“I also thought it was too reckless, so I tried to stop him… … but the bishop insisted so strongly. It’s not wrong to say that there’s no other way to definitely meet the assassin… … .”
“Okay.”
“But… … Galen gave his permission, so it’s okay, right?”
Elisha spoke cautiously.
“You don’t know much about Sir Terti or Bishop Lilia, do you?”
“That’s true. It was hard to believe that he was a bishop at that age.”
“On the other hand, Galen has been with you for over a year, so he would know your abilities the best. Wouldn’t he have given permission because he was capable of doing it?”
“I think I was quite nervous about that… … .”
“Well, it would be even stranger if you actively agreed to it. It’s not that it’s not dangerous… … .”
“Oh my.”
Terti let out a deep sigh.
“Let’s stop worrying, Lady Elisa. What can we do about spilled milk?”
“That’s right. We have no choice but to wait.”
Elisa sighed in relief.
Although they were two people whose life trajectories were completely different.
At this moment, I was thinking the same thing.
“Please, I hope nothing happens… … .”
It was clear that he was genuinely concerned about Galen and Lilia.
For some reason, there was a strange sense of stability that nothing would happen if the two of them were together.