Chapter 49: Uninvited Guest (9)
Reaching the South Gate, I faced the Guard Team Leader as always.
"Seeing you often these days. What's the matter?"
"I have so business outside for a mont."
"Is that so? Have a safe trip."
The Guard Team Leader let pass quickly without any particular words.
Leaving Winter Castle, I walked endlessly towards the east.
I didn't have a particular destination.
If I had to na one, I'd say it was a place as far away from Winter Castle as possible.
A place where, even if a gunshot rang out, it wouldn't be heard at all from Winter Castle.
Thanks to the massive demonic beast subjugation order implented by Winter Castle, I didn't even see the shadow of a demonic beast while heading east.
This was because even the packs of demonic beasts that occasionally appeared near Winter Castle had been wiped out.
1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours.......
Thanks to moving at a fairly high speed, the sight of Winter Castle, which had been over the horizon, completely disappeared at so point.
Arriving at the forest to the east, I stopped my steps there and began to prepare for camping.
'This should be far enough.'
I had left no small number of traces while coming this far.
So, if I waited here, so sign would soon appear.
And how much ti had passed?
The sunset had already settled, Eoduksini spread all around, and night arrived.
When all around was dyed in darkness, the only light was the single bonfire lit with the Fang of Blazing Fire.
It was then.
Rustle─
A presence felt through the bushes.
And it was distinctly different from the presence of a demonic beast or animal.
"Just co out."
The visitor had no intention of hiding, as a human presence was soon felt from within the bushes.
"...My, my. I wondered where you were going all of a sudden, but it was a lure. For soone of my stature to make such a rudintary mistake."
The one who subsequently revealed himself from between the bushes was, naturally, soone I knew.
Dennis.
No, Anonymous999.
"What is your business here? I don't recall inviting a night guest."
"Haha, seeing as your speech has beco shorter, you've finally beco a bit more like a mage."
"I have no intention of showing respect to an uninvited guest."
"Uninvited guest... Haha, I'm an official guest invited to Winter Castle, you're being too harsh."
"Does this place look like Winter Castle?"
"That's true as well. A wise answer to a foolish question."
As soon as Dennis gestured, human presences that hadn't been revealed until now were revealed from all around.
I already knew that Dennis hadn't co alone.
'As expected.'
After the subjugation of the Mage of Blazing Fire, my reputation had spread considerably within Winter Castle.
In other words, there was no way Dennis, who knew about those rumors, would have co here alone.
"It would be best not to resist uselessly. I already know the stories that you wield thunder."
"And what about it?"
Dennis smiled lightly and revealed his armor.
"Do you see this? Its armor is made by weaving the leather of the Thunder Beast Vakumbara and the tendons of Svaikun. They are all materials with extrely excellent electrical insulation. Of course, my subordinates are also wearing the sa thing."
Look at this.......
It seed he hadn't revealed himself confidently for nothing, as Dennis appeared to have prepared a solid counterasure against the Mage of Thunder.
Certainly, with materials of that level, he would be able to gain a clear advantage against a mage who wields lightning magic.
'Assuming I really am a Mage of Thunder, that is.'
Ignorant of that fact, Dennis, believing he had the upper hand, smiled brightly and stood before .
"Vell Blackwood, there is sothing I want to ask you."
"Wasn't the boring riddle-like conversation all over?"
"No, this ti, you could say it's because of the real reason I ca here. The Orb of Winter... you have it, don't you?"
So that was his purpose.
"What is that?"
"Haha. Didn't you say the ti for riddles was over? I'd prefer it if we could just go about this easily."
"What if I say I don't know?"
"If you insist on drinking the punishnt, then I can't help it. I'll find the Orb of Winter myself. From your corpse, that is."
With that, n wearing the sa armor as Dennis began to reveal themselves from all around, one by one.
One, two, three, four.......
'At least over ten.'
It wouldn't have been easy to equip over ten people with gear made from Vakumbara and Svaikun, and as expected, the financial power of the Pegasus rchant Guild seed to be no small thing.
"I also have sothing I want to ask."
"Go ahead."
"I see you know about the dangers of the Demonic energy dwelling in the fragnt. In that case, are you not taking the fragnts?"
"...I see, so you were a player after all. I knew it."
"The answer?"
"Of course we don't. We, Bellerophon, are a gathering of those who wish to collect the fragnts in order to prevent the misuse and side effects that arise from them."
Bellerophon.......
I seem to recall seeing that na briefly on the Guild Bulletin Board.
In other words, the Bellerophon Dennis was talking about must be a guild of users related to the Pegasus rchant Guild.
"In the end, isn't it just that you want to monopolize the fragnts under a plausible pretext?"
"It doesn't matter what you call it, as the just cause lies with us anyway. We have no intention of clarifying every little misunderstanding."
"Ridiculous."
Dennis spoke.
"Vell Blackwood, I also have one last thing I want to ask personally."
"What is it?"
"That can't be your real na... what was your in-ga nickna? A mage of your caliber, I'm sure I would have heard of you at least once."
"Are you curious?"
"Yes, very."
Then I have no choice but to answer.
"Cain."
"...Sorry?"
"My nickna is Cain."
It's a little much to say it myself, but the nickna Cain holds a great many anings in the World of Justice.
Enough to make the one hearing that nickna doubt their own hearing.
"Wait, Cain, don't tell ...!"
Startle the opponent, and catch them off guard.
It was the most basic tactic of a surprise attack.
Not missing that gap, I took out the Colt garrison B-09 that I had summoned in advance in my breast pocket and aid it straight at Dennis.
"A, a gun?! What─"
Dennis's bafflent couldn't even continue.
Because the trigger was pulled much faster than that.
Bang!──
With the gunshot that rang out, red fresh blood scattered in the air.
"Kkuaaaak!"
With Dennis's scream, blood spurted from his right shoulder.
It seems he reacted in his own way the mont he saw the muzzle.
Unfortunately, I had failed to kill Dennis instantly, but it was nevertheless clearly a fatal wound.
"K, kill him!"
With Dennis's cry, his subordinates rushed in from all sides.
'Where do you think you're going.'
The armor made from Vakumbara and Svaikun materials has excellent electrical insulation, but conversely, it is quite weak against physical force above a certain level.
Like, for example, a gun.
It ans that although Dennis had prepared thoroughly in his own way, it was a complete misjudgnt.
Click-
There was no need for precise aiming.
Because the living target boards were rushing towards like moths to a fla on their own.
Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Each ti the trigger was pulled in succession, Dennis's subordinates who were rushing towards collapsed like falling leaves in the autumn wind.
"Keoheok...!"
"Aaargh! My hand! My hand!"
"Kkeureuk......."
A gun was that kind of object.
Although the size of the bullet was nothing special, it was a weapon that poured out an enormous amount of impact from the explosive force of the gunpowder's enormous kinetic energy, an astonishingly efficient weapon for murder.
"No way. No way... How, in this world, a gun...!"
Dennis watched his subordinates collapse, screaming his head off.
"Block it! Block it, I said!"
However, I had no intention of letting Dennis off either.
Click-
As soon as I pointed the muzzle at Dennis, other subordinates rushed towards .
I could have shot Dennis if I wanted to, but the problem was that if I did, I would be attacked by the subordinates.
'Tsk, too many hindrances after all.'
But there was nothing to be reluctant about.
If there was sothing getting in the way, wouldn't it be fine to just get rid of it?
Bang!
Ba-bang!!
With the trigger being pulled continuously, the forest that had been dyed in darkness flickered with the light of the bonfire and the flas from the muzzle.
Just as I was pulling the trigger at Dennis's subordinates like that.
"Got him!"
Two of Dennis's subordinates, who had stealthily appeared from behind , grabbed my body.
It wasn't that I hadn't noticed their presence at all, but as I was dealing with enemies swarming from all sides, I had unavoidably allowed them to approach.
"Well done! Hold him tighter!"
Dennis shouted in exultation and tried to approach , but I had no intention of ekly letting myself be held by them.
"Where do you think you're grabbing?"
[‘Haima’s Curse’ is activating.]
[Due to ‘Haima’s Curse’, the wearer’s blood rampages.]
[Physical abilities are enhanced by 20% due to the ‘Haima’s Curse’ effect.]
[Resistance to the ‘Bleeding’ status effect is reduced due to the ‘Haima’s Curse’ effect.]
Kkudeuk, kkudeudeuk.......
Blood vessels stood out all over my body, and my muscles swelled and surged fiercely.
As soon as I swung my arm, the subordinate of Dennis who was holding my arm was sent flying.
"Uwaaak!"
"You stupid bastard! Don't let him go!"
Seeing Dennis's subordinate sent flying much more lightly than I expected, I couldn't hide my bewildernt for a mont.
'Hm?'
Originally, even with the power of Haima's Pendant, it would have been impossible to shake them off lightly.
But for so reason, with a single gesture of my hand, Dennis's subordinates were thrown off.
For , who knew my own lowly physical abilities better than anyone, it was a situation I couldn't help but be puzzled by.
'Is it because of the Demonic energy?'
Demonic energy is a dangerous aura, but if one can fully control it, it becos an extrely powerful weapon.
The enhancent of physical abilities beyond common sense must also be because of that.
'Well, whatever it is, I have to see it as a good thing for now.'
After all, the dangers possessed by Demonic energy were aningless to .
Click─
Grasping the Colt garrison again, I aid the muzzle at Dennis's subordinates.
"S, save ...! I don't want to die! I don't want to diiie!!"
One person per shot.
After changing the fate of six people with just six bullets, there were now less than five of Dennis's subordinates remaining.
As fear was spreading among those remaining like an epidemic, there was no one who dared to rush at .
Click, clack.......
Regardless of that, I leisurely took out the bullets I had put in my pocket and filled the revolver's cylinder.
The revolver was loaded with six bullets, and now it was ti to reload.
"N, now! He's reloading! Attack now!"
Dennis, who knew about guns, scread his head off and shouted, but naturally, there were no subordinates who would follow that order.
No matter if he shouted a hundred or a thousand tis that now was the chance, that shout wouldn't reach the subordinates infected with fear.
"These worthless bastards...!"
I aid the muzzle straight at Dennis.
"Then let's end this."
Just as I was about to pull the trigger without hesitation.
An unknown power wrapped around .
[‘Magic of Plunder’ activates.]
[You are being stripped of the ownership of the weapon, ‘Colt garrison B-09’!]
With the sudden anomaly, the Colt garrison B-09 that was in my hand disappeared.
'This is.......'
I knew what this magic was.
'Magic of Plunder.'
It was obvious who the caster of that magic was.
The Magic of Plunder was a magic that could only be used by making a contract with the Demon of Greed, and the Demon of Greed was a demon that was often in a very close relationship with rchants.
"Your fooling around... ends here, you dog-like bastard."
His composure from just before was nowhere to be seen, as Dennis panted, even mixing in vile curses.
While aiming the Colt garrison B-09, which was originally mine, at .
"Hoo... yeah, I admit it. Making use magic... you were pretty good, Vell Blackwood."
All magic has a price.
Especially the Magic of Plunder that Dennis just used, as it was magic that directly stole the opponent's wealth, its price was also imnsely large.
Just as I thought, Dennis, who had used the Magic of Plunder, did not look fine.
He had begun to limp on his left leg.
'He paid a muscle or toe on his left side as the price.'
He hadn't suffered an injury to his leg, but the fact that he suddenly couldn't maintain his balance ant just that.
"I don't know how on earth you got a gun... but this must be why you were called the Mage of Thunder. It's the end now."
Dennis aid the Colt garrison B-09 he had plundered from .
A touch-and-go situation.
But Dennis had made a mistake yet again.
"You should have pulled it right away."
"Cut the bluff! There's nothing you can do now. Where is the Orb of Winter? Ah, it doesn't matter if you don't tell . I can just find it on your corpse."
"You seem to be mistaken about one thing."
If Dennis had plundered the Fang of Blazing Fire at my waist with the Magic of Plunder, this fight probably would have ended with my defeat.
Because the biggest constraint I made when I signed the contract with the Demon of Blazing Fire was the contract to offer my life if I lost ownership of the Fang of Blazing Fire.
In that sense, the Magic of Plunder was practically a major weakness for , a very dangerous magic.
'Of course, there's no way Dennis would know the details of such a contract.'
That's why Dennis made a mistake like the one just now.
"Only I can use that."
Dennis doesn't know.
What happens to a weapon summoned through Weapon Summon when it is resummoned.
That the complete ownership of a weapon summoned through Weapon Summon belongs only to .
[‘Weapon Summon(??)’ activates.]
[‘Lv.1’ weapon is summoned.]
[Summoning weapon, ‘Colt garrison B-09’.]
As if to prove that fact, as soon as I used the Weapon Summon trait again, the previously summoned Colt garrison B-09 disappeared, and a new Colt garrison B-09 appeared in my hand.
"Wh, what!"
Dennis, who instantly beca empty-handed, looked at with a face full of astonishnt, his triumphant expression from just before gone.
"Let's end this."
I have no intention of creating variables by hesitating to pull the trigger like Dennis.
Everything must be certain.
Because that was the most important way for to survive in this world.
Click-
Bang!─
With the pulled trigger, a gunshot rang out.
"This, dog-like─"
With a black hole appearing in the middle of Dennis's forehead, Dennis's body crumpled powerlessly.
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