“There! Everyone, chase him!”
Soldiers were tracking an intruder crossing the palace.
At the end of a dead-end alley, they had cornered him and, without a mont’s hesitation, began stabbing him with the weapons in their hands.
And the opponent accepted the attack with his body without avoiding it.
Knowing his body would be rcilessly torn apart, as if he wished for it.
-Boom!
With that, his body exploded with the impact, spreading smoke in all directions.
Feeling their vision obscured by the smoke, one of the soldiers, as if frustrated, threw his weapon to the ground and exclaid.
“Damn it! It’s a fake again!!”
Unique Ability: Complete Replication.
An ability to create a clone that completely replicates the user’s abilities and ego using magic, making it possible to create or disturb an army of dozens on one’s own.
Moreover, unless the main body was defeated, the clone could be recreated multiple tis.
In essence, if they could not find and kill the main body, they would be endlessly tornted by the spreading clones.
“The main body… Where is the main body?!”
“Don’t focus on finding the main body, subdue the clones! If even one clone slips through, the Crown Prince will be in danger!”
What was most dangerous about this ability was that the clones could do everything the main body could.
Unlike illusions, the clones could pose physical threats such as assassinations or battles, which ant that even the clones were not to be underestimated by the soldiers tasked with protecting the Imperial Family.
“Protect His Majesty’s chambers!”
“Evacuate the Crown Prince! We must not let the enemy escape at any cost!”
The invasion of such a dangerous entity turned the Imperial Palace into a battlefield in an instant.
Amidst the chaos, a shadow that had climbed the outer walls to reach the rooftop began to flutter the cloak they were wearing and spread their arms wide as if to show off.
“Everyone, look this way~!”
The mont they heard that solemn voice, everyone on the scene turned to look.
Standing atop the tower was the leader of the revolutionary group Nihil.
Regardless of whether it was the original or a clone, they recognized him as an entity that must be eliminated upon identification.
“Though it may look like a vagabond wandering wherever the wind takes it, inside is ard with a secret weapon forged from the sorrow of the cowardly populace!”
Amidst the focused attention, the speech continued majestically.
Soldiers drawn by the speech rushed to surround him, yet he did not flee but continued to recite poetry.
As if to express that he would never bend his convictions through that act alone.
“That dagger will slash through injustice and corruption like a whirlwind, shattering and utterly destroying them, all for the sake of revenge… for the sake of a rciless vengeance that will one day protect the miserable and the righteous, as it embraces the ground while looking towards the light~!”
-Clank, clank!
The sound of armor clashing began to echo from all directions.
Along with this, ard forces filled the area around the tower, and snipers, revealing their shadows in the windows, began to aim their arrows at him simultaneously.
In the sky, a do made of magic blocked the retreat path, and soldiers climbing up the stairs prepared to target his now inescapable rear in a critical situation.
“Pleased to et you, followers of the corrupt empire. I am the leader of the revolutionary organization Nihil, which will soon overturn this empire…”
Yet, the clone, holding the sa convictions as the original, still unabashedly revealed his existence, speaking towards them.
“I’m known as ‘B’.”
With a deanor so confident, not a hint of embarrassnt could be felt.
“…Byeong-bin, are you still doing weird things?”
“It’s not Byeong-bin; it’s B.”
“No, you are Byeong-bin. Park Byeong-bin.”
“Don’t call by such a stupid na, my dear friend.”
The leader of Nihil confidently responded after his solemn speech.
But no matter how much he denies it, the real na I knew him by would not change.
“Hey… even if you don’t like your na, should you speak so disparagingly about the na your parents gave you?”
“And you, aren’t you always dissatisfied with your own na? It seems like you’d still freak out if soone called you ‘Woo Hyo’ now.”
If you’re going to make a comparison, make a proper one.
I’m saying don’t call by a stupid na when I have a perfectly good one, and you’re asking to be called by a stupid na because you don’t like yours.
“No matter what you say, my conviction will not be broken. The letter ‘B’ is already engraved deeper than my heart, becoming an inseparable entity from .”
“…Don’t bring up convictions about consonants.”
“B is my conviction, my justice, and everything… It ans that B essentially represents .”
Damn lunatic.
Of course, there were many eccentrics among the heroes by nature, but this guy’s concept of adopting a consonant as his identity was on a whole different level.
Though he speaks solemnly and behaves gentlemanly, his obsession with the consonant ‘B’ almost feels like madness.
If he could change the font of his words, he’d probably convert all characters containing ‘B’ to Gothic. Damn ‘B’ enthusiast.
“…Well, that’s just like you.”
As frustrating as his quirky nature was, watching him brought a certain peace of mind.
Even though he had beco a rebel and our connection was completely severed, the person himself hadn’t changed, as evidenced by our trivial conversation.
“Have you been well all this ti?”
Hero Park Byeong-bin.
Despite holding the position of a hero, which often led to arrogance from excessive rewards, he had hoped for an egalitarian relationship with everyone around him.
Unlike the consistently taciturn Tae-yang or the venerable Ja-seong, who couldn’t be treated lightly, he was, in a way, like a ‘friend’ with whom trivial banter was easy.
“You must have heard news about from ti to ti, haven’t you?”
“Yes, there’s no one as infamous in the empire as you.”
I haven’t looked it up directly, but I’ve paid close attention and checked carefully whenever I ca across them.
The newspapers, influenced by the Imperial Family, portrayed him as a vile being, but there likely weren’t many who took that content at face value.
The humanity gathered in this empire was here not because they saw value in living for the corrupt ruling class, but because they had no other choice.
“It seems like your work is progressing smoothly, seeing as you infiltrate the Imperial Palace as if it’s your own house.”
“Haha, if I seem at ease, it must an I’m doing well. After all, those who stand before others must never show a disheveled appearance.”
Park Byeong-bin chuckled softly as he smoothly adjusted his mask.
For so reason, his voice carried a hint of bitterness.
Despite nonchalantly infiltrating the Imperial Palace and feeling his popularity rise day by day.
“Yet, despite feeling that, it seems you don’t actually welco .”
“…Well, I’m not a revolutionary.”
He must have sensed that it would lead to confrontation.
I quietly raised the weapon in my hand and asked him firmly.
“Your target is Vivian, isn’t it?”
“Yes, the charming woman with two B’s
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