Chapter 48 – Assassination Family Raven (6)

After killing Willis Butorante’s son, no one came out to confront him.

I clearly disclosed the reason for that person’s death, and the person who came to seek revenge must be thinking once again about whether he is spotless.

Is it worth sacrificing your life to avenge that person? There were quite a few people who came to the path of revenge, waited for the assassin, thought slowly, and then turned back.

The path of revenge only allows one to vent one’s anger at the risk of one’s life. Even if one were to succeed in killing the Raven family’s assassin, the dead man would not return anyway.

There is no need to attach much significance to this road as it was created by a crazy murderer with the intention of killing people on his way home.

However, the paladin over there wearing black armor doesn’t seem to have any intention of backing down.

He made it clear what the high-ranking priest had done, and the Holy Kingdom only expressed regret, so what did he say?

“Cian Raven. Why did you kill those people?”

“Because you tried to kill me.”

There is no particular reason.

If there is another quest, I have to return to the Raven family to clear it.

The paladin took out the long sword he was wearing at his waist.

“Was that high priest a good person to you?”

“Priest Bertien was a person who healed countless people. Losing such a person is a great loss to the Holy Kingdom.”

“Are you saying it’s okay to sacrifice a cow for the greater good? Even though there are women who died after being caught up in that man’s magic and women who were molested?”

“But taking a life is taking away the opportunity to atone. It’s not right.”

“Okay. We were just doing you a favor.”

White sword energy formed on the sword the paladin held with both hands.

His armor was damaged and defiled, and he used divine power.

I don’t know what the gods of this world do, but they don’t seem to care about the actions of those who use divine power.

I got rid of a long sword made with Weapon Craft and held the sword with both hands.

‘What kind of assassin is this?’

I ran out first and swung my sword.

Kaaaaang!

As the sword made of shadow collided with divine power, it began to eat up my mana.

Both me and the paladin will consume strength, but I think I will consume more.

Using calmness and insight, I repeatedly parried and slashed the attack.

Kagagak

Cracks slowly began to appear in the armor due to my one-sided attack.

The Paladin, who realized that he could not win in a battle of skills, parried the attack loudly and retreated.

“Haaa!”

The paladin cheered, and the divine power emanating from the sword became stronger.

I don’t think it’s dangerous to try to achieve victory by clashing swords like before, don’t you think?

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-gag

I had no choice but to dodge because there was no way I could block it even if I used the black insight wrapped in divine power.

The power is strong, but the swing speed is slow, so I can find an opening, but I can’t see a way to defeat it without taking damage.

At that time, a man in a black coat walked out from the end of the road of revenge.

“Tsk. Are you having a hard time with a Paladin idiot who can’t even figure out who to aim at? Cian Raven.”

At the sound of a voice coming from behind, the paladin woman immediately turned the sword pointed at me behind her back.

“I, Cairendal Raven, killed the high priest of Bertien. Paladin of the Holy Kingdom.”

“You? Clearly, the person who escaped from the Holy Kingdom’s siege was Cian Raven!”

“He’s just a fool who can’t even escape from the scene of an assassination.”

Pabababak

The paladin’s body was blocked by thorns made of shadows rising from the floor.

“High priest Bertien was tied up like that.”

Kyren Dal Raven gently squeezed one of his hands.

A long, sharp thorn stretched out from the shadow formed in the hand.

Puuk

The shadow thorn that flew at very high speed created a small hole in the paladin’s heart.

Even though he was holding a sword filled with divine power, the paladin slowly began to die due to the difference in power that he could not handle.

“He died from a hole in his heart. Of course, exploding his body afterward was a joke. Shouldn’t the Holy Kingdom be widely informed of the death of the Bertian high priest? Haha!!!”

The sacred power in the paladin’s sword gradually began to fade.

If it were Kairendal, I would have left him to die from excessive blood loss like this.

I cut off the paladin’s head with the sword made from the shadow I was holding.

The short-haired silver-haired paladin’s neck fell to the ground, and then his body fell near his head as Kyren Dahl retrieved the shadow thorn.

“It’s a bad taste. Cairendal Raven.”

“It’s late. Come in quickly.”

The quest was cleared by crossing the corpse of the fallen paladin and passing through the path of revenge.

『Quest』

〈Return to the Raven family.〉

-Completion: Shadow Mastery (F) -〉 Shadow Mastery (E)

【Skill: Shadow Mastery (E)】

【The shadow leaves no trace.】

【One. Shadow Craft: Materializes shadows.】

【2. Shadow Armor: Protects the body by condensing shadows.】

【2】

【Cyan Raven-(28%)】

【Level: 3】

【Combat Power: 341】

【Holding skills: Shadow Mastery (E), Dark Spirit Sword (E)】

【Waiting for quest (2/2)】

Cyan Raven has recovered to the state she was in before drinking the poison.

Shadow Armor is a technique that uses mana to create shadow armor to protect yourself from attacks.

Basically, you can gain additional defense by casting a shadow around your body, but the most important thing is that your resistance to shadow magic increases.

You cannot deal with the Raven family assassins until you learn this skill.

If you can use shadow magic like Kairendal Raven, you can use overwhelming power as if you had just killed a paladin in an instant. From the moment you can use shadow armor, the shadow magic from earlier will no longer be fatal.

That’s why Kairendal Raven made a big deal out of the Holy Kingdom with the intention of killing me.

“You came back alive and well. I heard that you were unable to kill even a single Holy Kingdom knight and paladin. Isn’t that a lack of skill?”

“There’s no need to kill anyone other than the target, right? All you have to do is get out safely.”

If they kill all the witnesses, what’s too inefficient for the Raven family to do something like assassination? If you do it, you’re half right.

There is no need to further increase the family’s notoriety.

“For something like that, it took a long time to come back.”

“It’s enough for me to come out alive from a trap that would kill me.”

“Next time, I’ll have to do my best to use it.”

Kairendal Raven said with a grin.

This crazy guy openly says he’s going to stab me in the back?

As Cian Raven’s assimilation rate increases, it seems we can understand why she wanted to kill Kairen Dal Raven.

The Raven family’s land beyond the Path of Revenge was quite large.

Since members of the Crow family also live together, it would not be wrong to say that the two families actually live together.

Although there was such a large land and many people, there were only a few combat personnel staying at the main building.

Before the emperor intervened, nearly a hundred assassins waited for a client to sacrifice their lives, and each time they sacrificed their lives, the assassin died.

Wouldn’t the empire have been a better place to live if we hadn’t questioned validity?

If you kill and kill a lot of people who deserve to die, one day there will be no more people to kill.

‘I’m being consumed by crazy thoughts.’

I kept thinking that Cian Raven was a dangerous guy.

He was kind to the women of the branch family in the safe house, but other than that, he was the type to kill people without hesitation when given a mission, without interfering with his personal opinion.

Using self-establishment, we set an assimilation rate limit of 50% in advance, but we have not yet achieved Cyan Raven’s assimilation rate to 50%.

It is important to survive here for the remaining four days in order to use Possession Return, but you must be careful not to be consumed by these crazy values.

The place I walked to with Kairendal Raven, whom I wanted to kill, was Gajujeon.

Terrace Raven, the head of the crazy assassin family and the father of Kairendal Raven, sat in the head of the family and greeted us.

Her long black hair that reached her waist was brimming with black energy.

Terrance Raven, who saw us with an expressionless face, slightly lowered his head, and we immediately knelt down on one knee.

“Meet the matriarch.”

“Meet the matriarch.”

Terrance Raven spoke to the two of us kneeling in front of the matriarch.

“Kairendal, why did you go down the path of revenge when you weren’t even returning?”

At that moment, a huge feeling of pressure was placed on Kairendal Raven next to me.

“Because I am the target of that paladin’s revenge.”

Kyren Dal Raven answered Terrance Raven, blood pouring from her mouth.

“Was there any intention to take away Xian’s joy?”

It may seem like a strange question, but it was a very important question, as he was the one who found murder to be his greatest joy and was the craziest person in the Raven family to attain it.

“Yes. There was none.”

With that, the reprimand against Kairendal ended.

“Sian, you’re late to return.”

“I’m still not good enough. I’ll work hard.”

After hearing my answer, the head of the family looked at me for a moment and then looked at the whole.

“It has been confirmed that the mission to assassinate the priest of the Holy Kingdom has been completed. Please stand by for the next mission.”

“Yes, matriarch.”

“Yes, matriarch.”

On the way out of the matriarch’s palace, Kairen Dal Raven wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

I opened the door without saying a word and came out to see a blonde woman standing there holding documents.

Although she was wearing light clothing, she had a slightly different appearance from other people she had seen so far.

What slightly detracts from her beauty is the indelible tiredness on her face. To be precise, it is mental fatigue.

“Princess Rosette.”

Because the royal family verifies the validity of the Raven family’s selection of assassination targets.

“Kairendal.”

Princess Rosette looked at Kairen Dal Raven and slightly lowered her head, looking at me and saying.

“Xian, you have returned now, but can you go on a mission?”

“If Cian Raven says he can’t go out, can I go out?”

Kairen Dal Raven spoke for me, but Princess Rosette shook her head.

“Kairendal, first erase the blood stains from around your mouth before speaking. And this time I have clearly realized that if I send you away, things will get complicated, so that won’t happen.”

“Oh my. You have completely lost trust in Princess Rosette.”

The assassination of the Holy Kingdom’s priest was also brought to light by Kairendal, making it difficult for me to escape. It must have also reached Princess Rose’s ears.

After saying that, Kairen Dal Raven showed a hint of disappointment and walked past us.

After it passed us, it would have returned to normal.

“Xian, let’s go in to see the Raven matriarch.”

I just arrived and left after seeing the family head? I felt like refusing, but a quest came to mind.

『Quest』

〈Perform the Raven family assassination mission once.〉

-Upon completion: Enhance Shadow Master (E)

This damn quest.