Chapter 408 – Assassination Family Raven 4 (29)

Feldiv, an S-class mercenary selected as a Hero candidate by the Heavenly God Church.

Even though there was information that he committed evil acts such as raping and murdering women, there was no one who would turn to the Raven family’s assassins since he came from outside the empire.

‘Even if I requested it, it wouldn’t have worked at that level.’

Compared to the Anathos he fought recently, he had some shortcomings: he had taken on the body of the angel Mithrael and was using the resort city of Yunaeln as a mana tank.

In fact, I was lucky enough to be able to defeat it by opening up the spirit world and taking out Mythrael, thanks to the divine spear Rugnil.

Excluding such abnormal circumstances, he seems to be the strongest among all people except Terrance Raven, who is of endless darkness.

He may have been gambling on becoming an S-class mercenary, but his large body was made up of solid-looking muscles, and his dark blond hair was the highlight of his awkward smile.

Feldiv, who stood in front of the people with the head of the Celestial Church while waving to them, cleared his throat and spoke to everyone.

“I, Feldiv, have come to the Yurisian Empire at the call of the Celestial Church. Recently, demons have appeared in many places in the empire, and I will begin my mission as a hero to lead the way to the Demon King from this Kurt territory.”

“Wow!”

“Long live Heavenly God!”

I don’t know why Feldiv came to Kurt’s territory and did that.

There are many imperial capitals and larger cities.

If you are planning to obtain a territory after completing the work of a warrior later, Kurt’s territory would not be bad, but since this is a world with a warp gate in the first place, you just need to be able to increase the size of the territory no matter how far it is in the corner.

If there is a reason to start hero activities here…

‘The Celestial Church still has ill feelings toward the Raven family, and there is a Shaiden here that trains assassins for the Raven family.’

Was Shaiden’s location leaked to the outside world? I decided to pay attention to that and watch Feldiv’s actions.

Of course, if there is an opportunity, I plan to assassinate him.

*

Feldiv and his companions wandered around the interior of Kurt’s territory with the temple chief and priest of the Celestial Church.

Like the Pied Piper, people gathered wherever Feldiv passed, and children looked at Feldive, who said he was a candidate for Hero, as if they were a warrior.

If he were to become a warrior, he would be worthy of respect because he possessed such power.

‘Why did such a guy do such a thing in the Holy Kingdom?’

If I had neatly put aside the murders I committed in the past by going to the Holy Kingdom and becoming a Hero candidate, the Raven family would not have received a request like this.

Did he really touch the Celestial Priestess? With this question in mind, I mixed in with the crowd and continued to follow Feldiv.

All he did was to introduce Feldiv as a Hero candidate and tell him his ambition to work hard.

Since I rooted out the devil’s invasion in advance and there was little major damage to the people, I was able to see the reactions of citizens who questioned whether heroes were needed now.

‘The biggest damage was because Shahemos erased a village.’

And that wasn’t the empire’s business either.

The incident of the demon Anatos, who had been hiding in Yunaeln for a long time, would not have been made public…

As expected, it was strange that a Hero candidate was selected and sent to Kurt’s territory.

Feldiv and his party, who had made a large tour of Kurt’s territory, stayed at the lodgings in the large Celestial Temple and entered the temple again.

To see what was being said inside, I donned a robe and went into the temple.

At that time, I felt time slowing down.

‘Being calm without even seeing the enemy…’

I immediately turned around and got out of the temple, and as soon as I got out, a huge barrier was created covering the temple.

At first glance, it was a barrier with very strong resistance to negative attribute mana, but with such a barrier, it seemed impossible to break into the temple through Shadow Dive.

‘I think it’s right to try to attack Shaiden?’

Due to excessive defense, the level of suspicion deepened.

The good news is that although this sacred barrier can block ‘normal’ shadow dives, it seems to work on my movements mixed with shadow jumps.

With the idea of ​​turning suspicion into certainty and the high possibility of it becoming an assassination site, I decided to go in.

Shadow Dive.

***

“Is this enough?”

Feldiv spoke to the slightly older temple leader with a frown.

This is a contrast to the way he was smiling brightly and giving off a feeling of trust in the Heavenly God religion when he was touring Kurt’s territory a little while ago.

“That’s right. At least it seems like we’ve succeeded in making the hero candidate’s face known to people around us.”

The temple leader looked at Feldiv and said dryly.

An S-class mercenary from a foreign country for whom the word ‘accident’ is not unfamiliar, he did what he did that day as soon as he heard that he could be forgiven for his previous sins if he became a Hero candidate.

The other person was the wife of a priest who was likely to be dispatched to the temple of the Empire next, and Feldiv raped and murdered her as he had done before.

There was immediate talk that he should be stripped of his candidacy as a warrior, but the cardinals said that it was necessary to show that such people could be reformed and made into warriors.

‘And even discarding a hand isn’t that bad.’

“Still, it’s a shame to start from this small territory. When I go to our kingdom, there are many people who trust me as much as the king?”

The temple leader knows very well why he chose Kurt’s territory to start his journey as Feldiv’s Hero candidate.

“Because we need to sanction those guys. The place where assassins from the Raven family who look down on the laws of the Celestial Church are trained is near Kurt’s territory.”

“Ah. A group of assassins in the Empire? But I also ignored your laws too?”

Feldiv said with a chuckle.

Unlike in the kingdom where there was no one who could touch her, she violated and killed pretty priestesses at will.

I had no intention of killing her, but her grip was weak, so I strangled her neck a little, and it broke, and she died.

She thought it was a good opportunity to fight the Holy Kingdom’s Holy Knights, so she stayed still and became a Hero candidate.

From Feldiv’s point of view, many people who believed in God thought that the Holy Kingdom was a dirty place like themselves.

“I decided to forgive myself for what I did before when I became a candidate for a hero, and I have no doubts about the Celestial Sect. Still, I think it would be good to grant at least a small favor as a candidate for a hero.”

“Yes. Are you saying that if you go there, it’s full of assassins with black hair? If there are women, how many of them can you rape and kill? I worked as a mercenary for the fun of it.”

“Captain, please leave our share as well.”

“I haven’t left anything behind, even though most of the branches have been broken off.”

Feldiv’s men laughed and said.

When he was in the kingdom, he would participate in battles whenever he was bored, and whenever he won, he would collect a lot of loot. Most of the loot was women, and it included commoners and nobles.

It was common for the loot to be ‘used’ and then handed over to subordinates, and Feldiv thought it was right to treat women who had given up hope that way.

“Yes. I plan to treat it as loot you earned.”

The temple leader heard stories from the Holy Kingdom about how Feldiv used the loot, and thought it was natural for an assassin from the Raven family who had insulted the Celestial Church to be treated like that.

Since the Raven family, which the Empire had been involved with, had shown a move to break away from the Empire’s influence, the leadership of the Celestial Church also thought that they could suffer the same private sanctions that the Raven family loved.

“I’m a little disappointed that my first mission isn’t demon hunting, but the thought of the loot gets me excited.”

“There has been a long story about the Raven family assassin receiving the power of the devil and using a different shadow from other people. It is up to the warrior to eradicate that devil-like family that eats people’s lives and kills others when that is not enough. It’s appropriate.”

There are still many questions about the power of the two families, the Raven family of assassination and the Crow family of intelligence, which can be seen as one, and it was very convenient to link them to evil.

When people driven to a cliff come to the Raven family, they take their lives and seek revenge in return. How is this different from selling their souls to the devil? Rather, they were worse than devils because they lost their lives without even seeing the results.

Also, the quality of Shadow Mastery, which is passed down through bloodline, cannot be mastered by others no matter how hard they try, so it was good to think that he inherited it from the blood of the devil.

“Yes, they are demons disguised as humans, so they can do crazy things like kill clients and complete missions.”

Protecting the client until the request is completed is the basic principle of a mercenary, and Feldiv believes that even if he commits a few evil deeds, he is keeping that basic one well.

To become an S-class mercenary, you must be able to continuously receive missions from clients, and Feldiv’s belief that he would protect his clients unconditionally was helpful.

I think the fact that you wouldn’t be harmed if you hired Feldiv played a big role, but that was a good sales strategy.

“When can I start work? Do you know the location?”

“We will rest well today and set off tomorrow to punish those who have inherited the blood of the devil. The Celestial Sect’s approximate location has already been determined.”

“Good. Good. Sobriety was not part of the condition, right?”

***

‘Tonight seems like the right time.’

I thought as I listened to the story of Feldiv and the temple chief in the shadows.

It looks like Celestialism will continue to be an obstacle, so I’ll have to think about what to do about it as well.