Chapter 161 – A Monster Lives in the Shadows (04)

At first, I couldn’t recognize him because his impression had changed so much, but when I looked at his trait, [Heavy Destruction], And if it was a golden trait, there was only one person.

Gordon.

He was one of my friends who played with strength and muscle in the swordsmanship class with Kay.

‘Aren’t the circumstances too good to be happy?’

I wanted to at least say hello, but while Inori was settling down, I couldn’t take more than two steps behind her.

This room itself was a well-lit space for entertaining outsiders, so it was also a place where [Shadow Ninjutsu] Was restricted. In particular, my [Shadow Ninjutsu] Was not specialized for hiding, so I couldn’t hide properly without Inori’s help. Because I couldn’t do it.

That’s why I’m currently stuck in this position behind Inori’s her back her her her, hiding in her her shadow her her her her.

As if sitting itself was uncomfortable, the fat nobleman brought cushions and made them into chairs, before he opened his mouth.

“Wow, you’re still beautiful. [Shadow Family]’S head.”

“…”

I don’t know if it was her greeting her or if she was sincere, but Inori didn’t really want to answer, so she just rolled her own black eyes and glanced at her nobleman.

The thin, nervous man next to him seemed to be his adjutant or staff member, and Gordon seemed to be guarding them.

“As you know, members of our royal faction are currently pursuing the heir, Duke Davin.”

“Duke?”

Inori asked back in a slightly puzzled tone. To others, it may seem like you are just asking without emotion.

As far as I know, the only ducal family in the kingdom is the Renellian Dukes, so even though the Renellian Dukes may have started a rebellion, how can it be said that another family is claiming to be the Duke?

“Since you have royal blood, don’t you think you deserve to be treated like a duke?”

If there are Sailians, they must be a distant collateral royal family that is not mentioned.

The fat noble was massaging his leg and urging his adjutant to speak. He was probably a subordinate of that Duke of Davin or a nobleman with the equivalent of a face madam.

“So, for the efficient unification of the royal faction, we have decided to integrate the members of the [Shadow Family] Into the power of Duke Davin.”

What they are saying now is overstepping their rights.

Even in the first route, where Cylian is still intact, the [Shadow Family] Is pro-royal, but not completely allies. Even if they were allies, Inori would help me alone, and it was not a cooperation where the entire family would help.

‘Of course, in a situation like now where I have become close friends with the entire [Shadow Family], I don’t know…’

“…Who made that decision?”

Inori seemed to be quite angry at the moment, judging by the slight tremor in her voice, but without the others noticing, only Gordon went from crossing her arms to placing her hands on her waist.

It seemed like they were trying to prepare for an emergency, and the fact that Gordon came in armed without even taking off his armor and his means that he expected this from the beginning.

“Of course, it’s Duke Davin and his staff. Currently, the royal faction lacks a focal point and lacks information. Now that you have faithfully proven that you are not a ducal faction, let’s put the other nobles’ words in order, Duke Davin. Come under your command and use your strength for the duke.”

“[Shadow Family] Will remain neutral.”

“Where is neutrality in today’s world? Are you an ally or an enemy? Until now, you have risked your lives and assassinated and helped against the ugly thugs, thereby blocking the public opinion of the nobles, but if this happens, you will not be able to protect us either!”

“We [Shadow Clan] Have been promised autonomy since the clan settled here and that no one outside the royal family can give orders to [Shadow Clan].”

“The situation has changed. And hasn’t Duke Davin, a member of the royal family, ordered it!”

Inori’s words made her stop talking, but the fact that she reacted like this …

‘It’s not even collateral’

In fact, there are cases where the royal family is wiped out and the succession is passed to a collateral line, but the fact that Inori comes out like this probably means that she is not even a collateral line.

I wonder if the [Shadow Clan], Who are the most secretive on this continent and can hide anywhere, have no information about their lineage.

“Gordon! You should say something too!”

At those words, Gordon was stroking his chin and fiddling with a sword so large that his lips were misaligned.

“Persuasion won’t work on her. Rita was originally an outsider in her class, and if it were n’t for Aren, she would not be friendly to anyone.”

“…”

Actually, our Inori doesn’t have a very friendly personality.

He’s kind to me, but he’s the type of person who doesn’t really care about people other than those around him.

In fact, it wasn’t an insult, and Inori seemed to think she was just telling the truth, so she just sat there, not moving, hiding me.

“So you’d better go inside number 2.”

“Damn it. We wanted to get it as intact as possible. Don’t you know that Duke Davin is showing interest in Sogaju these days!”

“If you do that kind of trick, you’re going to die.”

As the fat nobleman retreated at Gordon’s stern she warned her, her man, who looked like her adjutant her, was pulling something out of his belt and reaching for her.

“I will warn you.”

Inori’s cold voice resonates.

“Because you are also members of the royal faction, we have endured atrocities and exchanged information until now. If you continue to act in a manner, the [Shadow Family] Will have no choice but to officially become hostile to your forces.”

It means that if you fool around anymore, you will die.

The fat nobleman looked back at his adjutant her in fear, and indeed, Inori’s shadow her was rising even in this bright sun, moving along the wall and growing towards them.

‘When did I grow to this level?’

If she put her mind to it, she would grind those in this position. She nodded her head as her adjutant looked at Gordon while looking at Inori, who was pulling out a [Shadow Thorn].

“I can’t help it. An intelligence organization that doesn’t become an ally is as bad as not existing…Gordon!”

Gordon put on the helmet that was hanging around his neck and lifted the heavy mace that was hanging on his waist.

It literally looked like a small steel fortress made of armor, but Inori was threatening them by pulling out [Shadow Thorns] From her shadow into the air rather than the wall.

Inori tried to subdue them by stabbing only non-lethal parts such as feet and shoulders, as if he had no intention of killing them, but the deputy took out her an object he had hidden in his bag her her her her. Br〉

“Now that I’ve used this, there’s no going back!”

Red light spreads around.

‘Demon World!’

And all the surrounding light sources are blocked, and a terrible sulfurous smell that makes you unable to breathe flows out from inside, [Shadow Ninjutsu] Is nullified, and [Shadow Thorn] Collapses.

“You can’t kill us! If we do that, the [Shadow Family] Will assassinate us at random, so we have to take them as hostages!”

Of course, Inori can’t just use her [Shadow Ninjutsu], So she pulled out her hairpin and took her fighting stance.

“Gordon! It’s time for you to step out!”

Thump thump thump!

The opponent was Gordon, and without [Shadow Ninjutsu], He was not an opponent worth fighting with just a hairpin.

Woe!

The problem is that I was hiding in her shadow, and now, as the ‘Demonization’occurs, [Shadow Ninjutsu] Is lifted and I am appearing at the same time.

Even though I didn’t have a weapon, I rushed forward and ran right in front of Gordon, who was surprised when he saw me suddenly jump out.

Of course, it didn’t mean I could stop Gordon with my bare hands.

If I hit it with a wooden sword, I could blow it all up, along with half of the building, but that would be like crushing my friend in one blow, and more than anything, [Shadow Ninjutsu] Was nullified, so I couldn’t ‘t ‘t even take out the wooden sword I had put in before I came.

But the reason I came was because of the geographical characteristics of this place.

Interior and wooden floor.

‘The [Heavy Destruction] Characteristic means that the heavier the equipment you wear, the stronger the attack power of the charge!’

Even now, looking at Gordon, who is barely running enough to collapse the tatami mat here, she steps on the tatami mat right in front of Inori, lifts it up, slams her fist into her floor, making a hole in her floor, and then wraps her arms around her and hugs her. It slipped away.

Kwasik!

“Pfft!”

As Gordon, who has low agility, was unable to change direction even after checking the entire process, the hole I created collapsed and his right leg fell out. Inori jumped on the head of Gordon, whose leg was disabled, and became his adjutant. I snatched the red bead from the hand of the man who appeared to be.

“Master!”

“Just destroy it.”

Kwasik!

When Inori hit her bead on the sharp edge of an ornament in her room, it cracked and the red energy came out.

Ssssseu…

At the same time, Inori’s [Shadow Ninjutsu] Bound their bodies, and [Shadow Thorns] On their necks were aimed at the carotid artery like a necklace binding a criminal.

“Grunt!”

Gordon pulled out one leg and tried to lunge at Inori, but I reached into Inori’s shadow his his, took out the ‘Assassin’s Straight Sword’, stood in front of him, and charged at him while casting a Dnevarin swordsmanship . Gordon looked interested. After that, he attacked me.

“How dare you…!”

Inori got angry and tried to thrust [Shadow Thorn], Which ignores defense her, into the gap in Gordon’s armor her her her, but I raised her hand and stopped her from intervening.

‘I haven’t practiced much with Gordon, so it’s been a while.’

But since long ago, when it came to swordsmanship alone, Gordon was no match for me.

Kyaang!

It was an assassin’s straight sword with high attack power but low durability due to the thin blade itself, and Gordon knew this well, so he swung the mace with the intention of breaking the sword, but I had no intention of receiving his mace head- on.

He slightly pretended to catch it and pushed his sword in, then slightly pulled out the assassin’s straight sword and ran straight into Gordon’s arms.

“Slow.”

He was a heavy armored warrior who was unstable for fear of the floor collapsing again.

Already during his school days, from the second semester onward, he no longer had to be pushed around by Gordon with his sword skills, so he raised the lower chin of his helmet with the handle of the assassin’s straight sword.

Wow!

“Pfft!”

The helmet itself was well made, but he deliberately raised his chin to shock and distract him, then used [Shadow Impartment] To grab the blade and use the handle as a hammer to hit the helmet again.

Damn!!

Gordon, who had been hit by the helmet twice in a row, must have felt that the conclusion was obvious if he had to fight any longer, so he stepped back and shook his head.

Finally, the guy lowered his mace and took off his helmet.

“Damn it, Rita. You’ve been hiding a monster in the shadows.”

Gordon’s distorted face, drenched in sweat as he took off his helmet, was smiling for some reason.