Episode 30

The words that appeared momentarily were Felton, Riverrun, and Survivor.

After digging through the stack of documents, I found the request and read the contents in an instant.

Then Deltron sneaked up and stole the mission order.

“This came as a payment. It’s a Felton sword commission, so the allowance is pretty good. But it can be a bit dangerous.”

“It’s just a tracking request, what’s difficult?”

“Because the target is the survivors of Riverrun, and we have to operate in the Everfilt family’s territory.”

At the words of the vice-captain, I nodded softly.

It was an order filled with all sorts of information, but it seemed like he knew the next thing without reading it.

Felton Sword Street was to the southwest of the Revius Continent, but Everpilt was to the northeast, on the exact opposite side.

Since the Bertos Empire occupied the center, it was not easy to extend its influence to the other side of the continent.

But the target is a survivor of the incident 20 years ago.

‘I can’t just leave it alone because it’s difficult. Those cruel Feltons.’

The beasts could not completely wipe out the descendants of Riverrun.

Because the people who were out of the country went to sleep.

There were still survivors hiding all over the continent.

‘Is it one person… … . They don’t seem to be the ones Abigail found.’

If that was the case, I felt like I had to take part in this mission all the more and meet my target.

If Felton or Everfield found survivors and reported them, it could have had tragic consequences.

It was necessary to prevent the information of the descendants from being passed on to those beasts.

I took out the mission order and looked back at Deltron.

“I will take on this request.”

“Oh! Really? I’ll give you a lot of support. I’ll even pull out the maximum security.”

Then the deputy manager smiled and nodded.

Returning the break and taking on the troublesome mission, it was a welcome thing from the position of the deputy manager.

But I wasn’t on a mission.

‘I’m going to find a member of the family.’

For some reason, I felt spleen, but at the same time, the corner of my mouth went up slightly.

This is absolutely not because of the high cost of the mission.

Are you laughing at the thought of saving someone from my family?

Oh, it’s true.

* * *

Having been guarded by Deltron, I immediately left the Marquis of Pennant.

To get to the Everfield border, it took about three weeks to travel from the eastern branch.

If I ran as fast as I did when I went to Black Rin’s Island, it seemed that I could arrive within two weeks.

Curious about the safety of the survivors, I ran like crazy.

If the horse gets tired while walking, he casts a recovery spell on it, or stops by a nearby estate to buy a new horse.

‘Are these bastards filthy fast?’

The travel time was cut in half, but Felton’s knights had already started searching.

Perhaps it was because he was a survivor who had been looking for a trace for a long time, but he seemed to have a strong will to pursue it.

‘Fortunately, it seems they haven’t found it yet.’

I looked at their reaction and went straight to the commander.

As unknown personnel approached, there was a slight commotion in the encampment.

It was hiding deep in the mountains, but it looked like it couldn’t understand how it came.

Sureureung.

“You’re unlucky. To come here all of a sudden.”

“If you noticed, you should have turned it off on your own. Haven’t you heard that curiosity shortens life?”

Two knights from hiding near the camp burst out and pointed their swords at my neck.

I noticed their presence long ago, but I didn’t take any action.

I’m not here to get revenge on the Feltons today.

Of course, he was going to do it verbally.

“Do you want to hide like that and not get noticed? It’s not good if it becomes a habit to eat it raw.”

“What’s a sloppy mountain corpse?”

“If you wield it, you die.”

Wheein.

The wind that blew from somewhere calmly pierced the gap between the Felton Knights and me.

He swears vigorously, but he couldn’t move.

It was because the chaste aura emitted by Mahon was strangling his entire body.

Felton’s knight froze as he pointed his sword at my neck.

“Isn’t it you guys who did the request? You shouldn’t treat the person who came to help.”

Taaang!

After I finished talking with ridicule, I snapped my fingers and struck the sword face.

Then, wouldn’t the sword body, through which the aura subtly flowed, suddenly break?

Spinning round and round, the blade flew high into the sky and stuck into the dirt floor.

Only then did the frozen opponent retrieve the half-sword and hesitantly retreated.

“Huh, huh!”

As the atmosphere turned chilly, I shrugged my shoulders as if I had nothing to do.

Before long, someone’s booming voice came from inside the camp.

“He’s an honored guest. Serve him respectfully.”

“Yes!”

Seeing the knights immediately change their attitude, it seemed that the owner of the voice was the commander.

The guy with the broken sword still had a bewildered expression, but the rest of us treated me as if they were scornful.

Upon entering the barracks following the guidance, there was a large knight sitting there with puffy eyes.

He was big and had thick armor, so he seemed to be looking at a giant from some legend.

Of course, it looked more like a monster than a giant.

He swept up his short-cropped blond hair and pulled his neck out to look behind me.

“Did you come alone?”

“yes.”

Felton was a family that made a thousand dollars soar inside him every time he saw him.

They were the ones who directly trampled on the family, so I didn’t know if I felt that way even more.

There was an unfortunate incident at the entrance, so I decided to stick with my initial attitude.

“Speaking in a half-spoken language from the beginning, you mean you belonged to a great family and didn’t even learn manners?”

The commander reprimanded with an uncomfortable expression.

Contrary to his appearance, he seemed quite self-controlled.

Of course, the corner of the opponent’s mouth was trembling slightly.

It’s probably Felton’s side that’s urgent right now, so you’ll have no choice but to hold back your anger.

“When did you say you saw me? It’s an honorific word. If you mess with me, I’ll just say half words.”

“Huh…… This sent a tired person. First of all, the search comes first, so I’ll skip the attitude.”

“Anyway.”

The commander gritted his teeth and inflated his lower official, then sighed and continued.

“It’s going to be a massive operation, and we don’t need more people, do we? As you can see, we only have 30 people.”

Seeing that it was on the other side of the continent, Felton’s Swordsmen could only put in one knight’s corps.

The fewer the number of seekers, the better the situation will turn in my favor.

Wasn’t that why he didn’t come without an informant or even an assistant assassin in the first place?

But I didn’t just come alone without thinking.

There were enough excuses in preparation for such a situation.

“This is the territory of the Everfield family. It is inevitable that we will be burdened with a large number of personnel.”

“That’s it, but where else can you come alone? Or are you already pursuing?”

“We’re only chasing one survivor. Do we need to come in droves? We can just go and find them.”

My answer, which seemed insignificant, made the other person’s face look absurd.

However, he soon put his right hand out.

Apparently, Landsvalger was not as active in the subjugation of Riverrun as Felton, so he seemed to agree to a certain extent.

“It’s too late. Herbert, vice-captain of the 3rd Knights.”

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Judging by the fact that he did not reveal his last name, it seemed that Lee was a descendant of Felton.

How do you find out?

‘There’s no way a direct descendant would be the vice-captain of the 3rd Knights at that age. Besides, it looks only tier 4.’

If he was a direct relative in his mid-to-late 30s, he must have held a higher position than Lee Yi-jae.

Even Isabel, the least talented among her immediate family, is a first-class agent at the age of only twenty.

“…”

When I didn’t answer and just stared blankly, Herbert frowned and then nodded.

It was as if he found out too late what his mistake was.

Asking the name of a person who came with a mask on, what kind of case is this?

As expected, the Felton Sword, which was made of muscle even to the brain, was human-like.

“Oops, you asked something useless. Please be sure to ask.”

“I’ll carry out as promised. Just don’t interfere.”

“Could that be? I’ll do my best to help.”

“That’s what gets in the way. If you walk around with your armor jingling for no reason, won’t your target notice it right away?”

“…”

“Just staying still helps.”

As if my tip had worked properly, Vice-captain Herbert’s expression, which he managed to calm down, was disturbed.

In fact, the knights who only knew how to fight did not even try to chase.

So, like when going to the battlefield, he must have worn blue armor.

“Everyone, just pack your leather armor. This will be enough.”

But Herbert seemed unwilling to remain still.

After giving orders to his subordinates, he took out the lightly dressed knights.

“The last trace of him is in the northern mountains. The chase ended there.”

“When we find the target, we will fire a signal flare. See that and come back.”

“Well.”

After briefly fixing my mask, I moved toward the forest to the north of the camp.

Apparently, the survivors of Riverrun were trying to go to the Holy Church of Krause.

Because the trail continued to the northwest.

Although the traces were sparsely erased, it was not a difficult pursuit for me as a special agent of the assassination squad.

The problem was that they were chasing after me.

‘Ah, it’s so soggy.’

If this happens, all plans go awry… … .

Even if they didn’t wear armor, Felton’s knights were swordsmen who couldn’t easily deal with them.

It probably won’t be easy to deceive their attention and get the survivors out.

Of course, I was going to do the hard thing.

‘Isn’t this a great opportunity to test Baek Yeong-dun?’

If you spread the distance properly and cast stealth, Herbert’s knights will turn on nothing but vain.

As I was moving along the trail, I secretly stimulated Mahon to raise my aura.

But that was just then.

“I found it!”

Couldn’t you hear someone’s cry from the foot of the mountain?

It was slightly off, but it was roughly the direction I was following.

Then Herbert, who quickly followed, spat out a word and passed by.

“I’m sorry about this. I didn’t expect to find it so quickly.”

As the vice-captain took the lead, the knights passed by and laughed.

It must have been because of the commotion at the camp entrance earlier.

‘Are these idiots’ eyes disrespectful?’

These guys can’t look pretty, but they’re even doing unlucky things.

It was as if sparks flew out of his eyes for a moment.

However, I couldn’t punish them right away.

Survivors were more important now.

‘First, let’s check if it’s true.’

I rode straight up the foot of the mountain and quickly climbed up.

The reporter was close enough to the encampment to hear voices, but the scene was quite far away.

Well, if it’s that close, there’s no way even the stupidest Feltons can’t find it.

When I arrived at the scene after a while, I was able to confirm the appearance of the survivor.

The one who confronted the six knights with his back to the cliff was a fairly familiar middle-aged man.

‘… … !’