Chapter 52 – Assassination Family Raven (10)

I was let in by Law Travis, who claimed he was even framed for killing someone.

Are you confident that you can persuade me to survive?

Cian Raven, whose assimilation rate has already exceeded 35%, is shouting to not listen to the story and just kill him.

Yu Xian, who takes up 50%, also thinks that he can just complete the quest, but he is only keeping him alive because he is concerned about survival rules.

I used Shadow Craft to create a sword and pointed it at Low Travis’ neck.

“Tell me. Why I have to save you even if I abandon my mission.”

“Now… Just a moment.”

Low Travis rummaged around in his waistband and took out a piece of paper.

Then I started reading slowly.

“If this continues, the Raven family will be swallowed up by the Crow family. It all started with the assassination of Low Travis.”

It is natural that the side that collects and manages information has greater and greater influence than the side that carries out the assassination.

Even if the Raven family is erased from the imperial family, I also think it would be more useful to keep the Crow family alive in other ways.

“Uh… I plan to make Cian Raven, a member of the Crow family and currently a member of the Raven family, the ‘King of Shadow’ and aim my sword at the imperial family.”

Cyan Raven reacted to the word Shadow King.

A person who has reached the limit of Shadow Mastery can be called a Shadow King, and that was the level that the current head of the family was aiming for.

I know that I am in a state where I can exist anywhere with all the shadows in the world under my feet, but are you trying to make me that way?

It’s not bad because I just need to get the skills, right?

“You’re talking about the future too far away. I wish I had the information to help you survive right now.”

I lightly decapitated Low Travis with a sharp shadow blade.

“Ugh… Is this what it really felt like to get cut?”

Low Travis muttered softly.

As expected, ‘this person’ does not seem to be Raw Travis.

He was a typical example of a man who used violence and bribed others rather than persuading others, but it is strange that he changed like this in order to survive.

If someone like me had been possessed by Raw Travis, it would be understandable to react this way, but is it possible to obtain information about the future like this?

Also, it seems too specific to be considered a guess. It feels like I’m reciting information I’ve seen somewhere.

Low Travis crumpled the paper and threw it on the floor, then looked straight at me and said.

“Mr. Sian? First, I am inadequate in terms of the feasibility of the assassination target Raven selects. The reason I committed extreme acts for several years was because my family used drugs. I could not hold back my anger, and as a result, I began to regret it. I have continued to take medication aimed at aggravating those emotions.”

“Keep talking.”

“And that drug was created jointly between Travis Dandan and the Crow family. It was a drug that was intended to make the Raven family’s assassins more emotional. The intention was to gradually bring about the downfall of the Raven family by inducing them to regret the murder.”〈 Br〉

It seems like a pretty appropriate way to take down the murder-crazy Raven family.

It feels like Cyan Raven just does what he is told to do, but the people in his family just live their lives controlling their urge to kill more.

What if people who don’t mind committing massacres satisfy their desires by simply hunting down given targets, but end up feeling regret?

Wouldn’t you be very disappointed in yourself?

It seemed like the best way to destroy someone from within was to find their humanity.

“Okay, what happens if I kill you ‘as usual’?”

“We plan to lower the credibility of the Raven family, which failed to target the real target by spreading rumors that the Crow family caused this situation through impulse control through drugs. Moreover, we will also reveal the identity of Princess Rosette, who is now making judgments on behalf of the Raven family. It will distance her from succession to the throne.”

Was the royal family involved?

Among those who are trying to become emperor, there is someone who is planning a strategy to defeat Raven and absorb the Crow family.

“Who is it? How many princes have colluded with the Crow family?”

“I can’t say that now.”

I created a sword in my left hand using Shadow Craft and stabbed Low Travis in his right shoulder.

“Big…”

Low Travis clenched his teeth and cried, trying to bear his pain.

“Why can’t I do it? Is it okay to think that everything I’ve told to survive so far is a lie?”

“You shouldn’t kill him now. He will be useful later. For now, it is important that Cyan Raven, who can be said to be the start of this operation, does not make a mistake. I was forced into a bastard due to drugs and committed violence against my sister that day. I need to find the person who really killed that guy who saw me and swung his fist as if to kill me.”

“You didn’t kill him?”

“Yes. I didn’t kill him. How can a guy who only drank and flirted with women kill a strong man while drunk? When he woke up after fainting being punched, I found out that he had been accused of murder and was in prison…”〈 Br〉

I left the sword that stabbed his right shoulder and slightly lowered the sword that was aimed at his neck.

“The Crow family’s plan is to discredit the Raven family and Princess Rosette’s reputation by killing the person who was falsely accused, Low Travis. If what you said up to that point is correct, then how could I, the assassin, become the ‘Shadow King’? ‘Are you going to become a puppet of the Crow family?”

I could feel Travis hesitating whether to speak or not.

And he sighed and said, as if he had made up his mind.

“That’s because you’re joining the Hero party.”

“Hero party?”

Suddenly the content took a very strange turn.

Weren’t we talking about the power struggle between the Raven family, the Crow family, and the imperial family?

Why am I suddenly joining the hero party?

“After you fall from power, some time will pass, and the Demon Lord will come into power and several hero parties will be created. To correct their mistake, the Crow family will downgrade Cyan Raven to Cian Crow and attach him to the hero party as an intelligence agent. Crow only pretended to provide information, but when times were difficult, he would draw his sword to protect his trading partner and do dirty work behind the scenes.”

“Is that me? What are you talking about…?”

Low Travis said something truly incomprehensible.

Why does the devil suddenly appear again?

“So, my plan is that I want to incur a debt with the Raven family and the Crow family through this matter, obtain a position as an intelligence agent, and then join the hero party instead of Mr. Cian.”

I’m going crazy.

I decided to put aside all the strange noises and ask one last question.

“Is there a separate reason for suddenly buying and accumulating precious metals at the auction house?”

“Ah. Yes. There, at the auction house, there will be a ring that was used as a token of friendship by the first head of the Raven family and the first head of the Crow family. It was probably found after the Travis family was exterminated, so I plan to collect it from now on. Mr. Sian. I was planning on negotiating my life with it if I found it at the auction before I came, but I couldn’t find it.”

He seems like a very strange person when he talks calmly about a future in which his family will be extinct.

It really seems like someone else, like me, has taken over Raw Travis’ body.

I picked up the crumpled paper that fell on the floor.

[For now, survive.]

[The assassin is Cyan Raven, coming 5 days later]

[You must purchase the seal of the first head of the family]

[Ring with a red gem – Failure]

[Interesting topic – the Crow family?]

[Should the hero and the devil talk?]

[You can only save her by becoming an intelligence agent for her Hero party]

The paper was full of a list of the stories he had told me earlier.

‘More than that, I wrote down the name of the hero. Roman is a warrior.’

The brown-haired man seemed to have quite good physical strength, but he didn’t really feel like he had any special powers.

“Who is she that you want to save?”

Low Travis thought for a moment and then opened his tightly closed lips.

“This is Rosette Yurisian.”

“I understand. I will make sure to protect Princess Rosette.”

“You have to save me for a moment!”

He stabbed Low Travis in the chest with the sword he held in his right hand.

After staring blankly at the sword that pierced his heart, Law Travis looked at me with eyes full of anger.

“Like this…”

Raw Travis collapsed with blood pouring from his heart.

He’s a possessor like me, and he also seems to know the future.

If you keep this guy alive, you can get a useful hand for a long time, but I didn’t like the idea of ​​Low Travis holding future information in his hands and using me as a useful hand.

Since I wasn’t a ‘Cyan Raven’ in the first place, the future started to change anyway.

Although that guy is still alive and can be changed further to suit his tastes, I decided that it would be better to get rid of him while I still have the advantage over him, so I killed him.

『Quest』

〈Perform the Raven family assassination mission once.〉

-Completed: Shadow Mastery (E) -〉 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.】

Although I completed the quest, the skill level did not increase immediately and the skill content did not change at all.

So does this mean that the efficiency of the skill has increased?

“Master?! What’s going on!”

A voice presumed to be a maid was heard outside the door.

I didn’t think I made a loud noise, but I guess I felt like I was being popular.

I’d like to look into that ring Travis was talking about?

I opened the desk drawer, put a handful of similar-shaped rings in my pocket, and then ran out of the mansion.

“Gasp! Someone jumped out of the master’s room!”

“Check the youngest master!!!”

“Low, are you okay?!”

The guards saw me jumping out of the room and started screaming loudly.

As the torch lit up, the clouds cleared, and even the moonlight became stronger, I couldn’t use the spirit fight, so I was in trouble, but fortunately, there was no one chasing me, as checking whether Low Travis was alive or dead was the top priority.