As if it was so hard, he was furious.

A groan was heard from around him. The assassins knelt down on the floor one by one, grabbing my neck.

They scratched my neck and chest obsessively as if they were wearing an invisible noose, but soon became very calm.

Reed slowly got up. The jewel on his necklace was vibrating dangerously on his chest.

He laughed hoarsely.

“I almost lived a good life.”

The darkness spread out in the shadows swallowed up the light of the world.

My vision went black.

✠

[<System> ‘Prophecy of the End’ has ended.]

“......!”

My consciousness violently awakened. I gasped as if I had just been pulled out of the water.

“Ilet Rodelin?”

My ears picked up the strangeness in Reed’s voice. It was like the dissonance of an out-of-tune instrument. I looked up, not being fooled by the expressionless face that seemed calm.

99%.

I immediately swallowed the blood and summoned my divine power.

What if it was extremely poisonous? I burned my 8th-level divine power and poured my healing and detoxification skills to the max, and my body instantly returned to normal.

“Whew, I almost died.”

I dabbed my mouth with a napkin. Blood flowed out instead of food sauce.

[‘The Words That Build the World’ is relieved.]

I deliberately acted calmly and looked at Reed again. Looking at his still cold expression, I felt like I needed to soothe him with words.

“Don’t drink wine. It’s poisonous.”

“Poisonous.”

“Yeah.”

“...You.”

“It’s okay.”

Only then did Reed’s world destruction index drop. 70%. It’s still sensitive, but the drop is large.

It’s a bit unbelievably immediate feedback. Thinking about it, the image of Reed I saw through the ‘Prophecy of the End’ was also unusual. I need to organize my thoughts.

But not right now.

<Eyelet.>

Agnes’ low voice warned me of danger. There was also the future that the prophecy showed me.

I saw the assassins who had been disguised as guests slowly rising and forming a siege.

“They seem to be from the Night Eagle Guild.”

“......Did you even prepare an assassin?”

“Reed, I’ll take care of this.” 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

I need to vent my anger a little.

I took out Serpens from my inventory and held it. As soon as I drew my sword, the blade of the plainclothes sword split and spread out like a whip.

“Huk!”

Suddenly, the three assassins in front defended with their swords raised, as if to show that they were elite, while being embarrassed by the expanded attack range.

<That's pretty good.>

That's all.

I immediately retrieved my plainclothes sword. It was faster for my legs to kick the floor and head towards them than for the blades to clasp together and come towards me.

In an instant, I closed the distance and put my left hand into my inventory to take out Europa. I used the sword I had in reverse to simultaneously slash several people.

"Keuk!"

They didn't kill them.

As expected of elites, even though the three in front were knocked out, the rest of the assassins didn't panic.

On the contrary, as if this was their chance, they surrounded me in a circle and pierced my neck with five blades at the same time. I jumped high to dodge.

I escaped the encirclement area as if I was climbing over a huge obstacle. I looked down at the assassins for a brief moment as I floated in the air.

The five sword tips were neatly gathered at the location where my neck was.

Now that I think about it, it was a good conductor of lightning.

“Divine punishment.”

The lightning that fell through the ceiling was evenly distributed along the swords. Everyone flailed around for a bit and then calmed down.

Eight.

With a thud, my two feet landed on the floor. I turned my body halfway and blocked the sword tips rushing toward me using Europa’s sword face as a shield. In the meantime, I struck the other two with the elasticity of my sabok sword.

“Kkeuuuk!”

“What the hell is that swordsmanship... bang!”

I kicked the ankle of the guy who was standing there with his sword blocked. I swung my hilt at his exposed back.

That made eleven.

The remaining guys seemed to be starting to panic.

“I didn’t say you had such strong escorts......!”

“I was fooled...... kekekeke!”

After taking care of three more, he looked around. There should be five left now... ... .

“What? Where are the rest?”

“Here.”

At Reed’s feet, he saw the assassins lying face down in fear.

“I said I’d take care of them.”

“It’s self-defense.”

Well, the assassins’ target must have been Reed in the first place.

<No matter how you look at it, it’s excessive defense?>

They were all trembling as if they had been subjected to an extreme mental attack. I wonder what they were doing quietly behind me.

In that situation, Reed pretended to be weak.

“Shouldn’t you have protected the magician well, sir?”

“You’re a magic swordsman.”

“I tried not to take out the magic sword as much as possible, but if you recognize me as that position.”

“No. I’ll protect you well.”

Let's give it a little bit. Reed smiled, satisfied.

"But Eyelet."

"Yeah."

"I think there's one left."

"That's right."

Reed and I nodded toward the counter. Judging from how he'd kept his presence a secret up until now, he must be a pretty good assassin.

However, now that the surroundings were cleared up, we, the losers, were too much to play hide-and-seek with.

"Come out."

He seemed to be holding on.

"You're going to drop lightning? There's no one to hit it with, so just endure it alone."

The night sky was clearly visible through the hole in the ceiling. It had been clear until just now, but thunderclouds were gathering like coils, spitting out fierce sparks.

The divine punishment I use is borrowed from the divine, so there's no need to gather clouds, and it can be done even in a dry sky. I wasn't the one who caused that natural phenomenon.

"Do you like it?"

“Yeah. Good job, Reid.”

Appropriate threats are good.

It seemed that it had worked on the other person, as he slowly appeared from behind the counter.

“It’s been a while, big sister.”

A boy with gray hair who looked like a young man greeted politely.

He put his double daggers on the wooden counter and made a surrender gesture with his empty hands.

“Yeah, Ash. It’s been a while.”

It wasn’t that surprising. He was also a member of the Night Eagle Assassin Guild.

I put the hand I had shaken lightly on my chin and pretended to be deep in thought.

“What’s going on, Ash? Wasn’t it a lie that you said you wouldn’t touch anyone around me?”

“I didn’t know that it was a request involving big sister. That’s why I didn’t attack and just quietly stayed behind the counter!”

“Do assassins these days not even properly research their targets?”

“I only confirmed that person’s face with the far-sighted magic. I could tell he was a bad guy just by looking at his eyes, so I couldn’t even imagine that he was someone who hung out with my sister. Why on earth would you hang out with such a pathetic villain?”

I could sense that Reed was feeling uneasy. It was natural, since Ash was an assassin who had tried to kill Reed repeatedly over the years.

“Do you know each other?”

I didn’t have a chance to respond.

“Yes! You saved my life in the dungeon, Sister!”

“Just let me die.”

“You’re being harsh.”

“You talk too much.”

“I’m just trying to be nice to my sister. Last time I did this, she was really cute to me.”

“...... Did you cute me?”

Reed turned his head and looked at me. His eyes were serious, as he was asking for a pointless confirmation.

It was obvious who to take between the two bickering sides.

“Yes, Ash. I remember you being so cute.”

“Ugh, ugh! Who, big sister.”

He wrapped the Spirit King’s harp string around Ash’s neck.

You little brat, why are you teasing the ultimate mastermind who’s trying to live a good life? Do you want to see the world end?

He said, squeezing and releasing his breath.

“Now, our little Ash. Let me ask you something.”

“You want to interrogate me? That’s because my credibility as an assassin is.......”

“The client is Odelit Marcellion of the Magic Council, right?”

“I can’t tell you!”

He nodded vigorously.

“That was great just now.”

“Thank you.”

“The client killed us and asked you to dispose of the body?”

“I can’t tell you!”

Nodding again.

I looked back at Reed.

“That’s why he’s so cute.”

“Yeah.”

I took back the Spirit King’s harp string that was tying Ash’s leash.

“Now go, Ash.”

“Huh?”

“Why? You don’t want to go alive?”

“No, that’s not it. Is there a warning or message for our guild or something......?”

“Anyway.”

I smiled.

“We’ll see each other again soon, what?”

“......Well, something feels ominous, Sister.”

Ash shivered as if he felt goosebumps.

“Go quickly. Before I change my mind.”

“Yes.”

He took the assassins with the space teleportation stone and disappeared.

“You’re using the space teleportation stone to go to a nearby place.”

“What can I do? I can’t reveal my base.”

Since the situation was over, we had to leave as well. The dessert served here was also amazing, which was a shame.

I opened my mouth, grumbling slightly.

“This is how it ended up. Reed, do you understand now? How much the wizards have come to hate you.”

It became a great external enemy that strengthened internal solidarity.

“Ah, that’s right.”

As expected, Reed didn’t show any signs of reflection.

“I don’t care. It’s not like I’ve been hated for more than a day or two. But I didn’t know they’d ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) touch you.”

In fact, he seemed happy.

“The poison was a bit annoying, but I’ve confirmed that it won’t work on you anyway, so that’s okay.”