𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟓: 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 (1)
Weekend.
Oswald was preparing to go out to enhance his team members’ power. Gilgamesh appeared and grabbed him just as he was about to go out.
“Wh. . . what’s going on?”
“Oswald, I need your help.”
“What is it?”
“I’m going to start Peacemaker’s activities officially this weekend, but I need a suitable target.”
“Why are you asking me?”
“Don’t you have connections with CID and Hecaton, Oswald?”
“Yes, but. . . you? Can’t you gather information separately?”
“Not. . .yet.”
” . . . . . . “
“That’s why I need your help, Oswald.”
“Is it possible to go out?”
“No, I plan to do it secretly. As we are a secret organization in the first place, our actions must not be revealed.”
“Hmm. . . . . . “
At those words, Oswald decided to recommend something that Gilgamesh’s Peacemaker could do. It was something he would have to clean up later anyway. . . but since Gilgamesh, the regressor, was stepping up, he would be able to clean up the right guys in advance.
‘𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 3𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦? 𝘖𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘈𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘯?’
In terms of dangerousness alone, the 3rd prince was the most annoying. Like the Cardga of Truth incident last time. . . . . . Not too long ago, sending students to call him was also a bit annoying.
“Let me help you punish the Chaos of Truth cultist. According to intelligence from the Red Cross of the Church Information Department, there was intelligence that Marquis Starbion, the security commissioner of Central Sword, is a truth cultist. Coincidentally, the 3rd Prince Douglas is suspected of being a truth cultist, and since Marquis Starbion is one of the forces supporting the 3rd Prince, there is a high possibility that he is clearly related to the worship of the chaos truth cult.”
“Marquis Starbion. . . . . . “
The first head of the Starbion family was originally from the northern barbarian tribe. He surrendered during the Northern War of the Empire and received the title of Earl, and then he continued to rise through the ranks in the military.
As time went by, the Earl of Starbion, who entered the Sword in this generation, was promoted again and again to obtain the title of Marquis. Currently, the title of Earl was inherited by the son of the Marquis Starbion.
“By the way, the Earl of Starbion may not know whether his father is a follower or not. Also, the Earl of Starbion is a devout believer of Thor, so I recommend that you use that to your advantage.”
The father was a Chaos worshiper, and the son was a believer who followed the divine lineage.
“How unusual. More than that, a believer of Thor. . . . . . “
Thor was an illegitimate child born from Jupiter’s affair with a giant female warrior. Thanks to that, he was classified as a lower god of the nine divine series and was not treated as a heresy.
“Then, I’m busy. . . . . . “
Gilgamesh grabbed Oswald’s shoulder as he tried to leave again.
“Aren’t you going to do it together?”
“I have something to do. . . . . . Let go of me for a bit? It’s almost time for the train to leave.”
“What’s going on?”
Oswald finally got angry at Gilgamesh, who was clinging to him so persistently.
“It’s a personal errand. o let go!”
“Then. . . let’s make an appointment for next time.”
Looking at Gilgamesh who was unable to hide his disappointment, Oswald regretted calling himself a regressor for nothing.
Oswald, who barely made it to Central City Station in time for the train, hurriedly boarded the train. Since it was a distance that wouldn’t even take a day, he didn’t need to spend a lot of money on a 1st class seat, so he took a seat in 2nd class.
After half a day of travel, he arrived at the Glorious Dukedom, where there was a shadow cloak for Royman.
Oswald, who got off at Glorious City Station, went straight to the outskirts and increased Jason’s size.
Kyaaa!
Oswald, who climbed on the back of the enlarged Jason, guided Jason to fly to his desired destination through his Familiar Communication ability.
The place they arrived at was a ruined city. This was originally where the capital of the Kronen Duchy existed, but. . . after the Kronen Duchy fell, the Empire left this city in ruins.
This was because it was an example for other countries. It wasn’t necessary to do that anymore, but. . . the cost of cleaning up all these ruins and rebuilding the city was greater, so it was left alone.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴.’
Skaven had settled in the underground of the city, and monsters like kobolds, gnolls, and goblins, as well as bandits, had settled on the ground.
Originally classified as demi-humans, goblins and gnolls, but since they did not hesitate to eat people, they were eventually reclassified as monsters.
The humans who lived mixed with such monsters were not in their right minds.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘋𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵. . . 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. . . 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱.’
In order to prevent the recurrence of the situation, the city had to be pushed away. . . but as I said, the cost of demolishing it was enormous, so the Duke couldn’t just do it rashly.
In the end, all the Duke could do was designate the area as a restricted area and control the flow of people.
Oswald descended straight into the ruined city and soon jumped off Jason’s body and reduced Jason’s size.
Kuung.
Oswald landed on the floor. Then, Jason, who had become smaller, entered his arms.
Oswald, who had descended from the sky.
Currently, Oswald was wearing a demon hunter costume, and because of that, the bandits shivered and avoided his gaze.
It was the same with the monsters. They also knew very well about the prestige of the demon hunter.
As he was walking across a long distance, people appeared, blocking Oswald’s way. They were all wearing red coats and did not distinguish between monsters and humans. And Oswald knew them well.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘈𝘹𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴.’
Aka the Axe Faction.
This ruined city also had its own rules and order, and the ones who established such order and discipline were the ‘Bloody Axe Corps.’
They recruited members regardless of gnolls, goblins, humans, and barbarians, and grew their organization. In particular, the boss leading the ‘Bloody Axe Corps,’ Kaidu Okotani, was an orc who had become extinct in the western part of Titan. He currently survived in the eastern part of Titan under the name ‘Yaksha.’
“What brings a demon hunter to this scavenger?”
Scavenger.
It was what they called this city among themselves.
“Did I come to a place I shouldn’t have?”
At his low voice, the members of the ‘Bloody Axe Corps’ shivered.
“W. . .Well, of course it’s not a place you shouldn’t come to. It’s just that many people are uneasy about the hunter’s visit. . . . . . “
“If you don’t block my way, I have no business with you.”
“T. . .That’s right. . . . “
“But when are you going to stop blocking my way?”
“W. . .We’ll get out of the way right away.”
The ‘Bloody Axe Corps’ very kindly made way for him, and Oswald passed them and moved forward.
Oswald, who was moving forward without hesitation, soon entered an alley and turned in several directions from the alley to arrive at a ruin.
This was the accommodation where the Kronen family’s assassins once stayed. Most of the treasures were left behind as they left in a hurry due to the Empire’s invasion.
Normally, the Kronen family would have visited it. . . but the people of the family who had information about this place had died, so it was no exaggeration to say that it had been virtually cut off.
As he was rummaging through the ruins of the assassins’ guild, he sensed a movement through his sensory level. Oswald, who took out a revolver from his magic pocket, turned the muzzle toward the place where the movement was detected and pulled the trigger.
Taang!
Peoreok!
“Kirik, please spare my life!”
A goblin who survived because he was not hit on purpose.
Judging from the red coat he was wearing, he seemed to be a member of the ‘Bloody Axe Corps.’
“Didn’t I tell you not to disturb me?”
“Kirik, I was just following orders.”
“Then you have nothing to say even if you die.”
“Kirik, please just spare my life.”
As the Empire occupied almost the entire western part of the continent, the common language of the west became the imperial language, and the intelligent monsters also learned the imperial language.
In particular, gnolls and goblins, who were once classified as demi-humans, abandoned their own language and learned the imperial language, and now they could not speak any other language than the imperial language.
“What can you do for me if I spare your life?”
” . . . . . . “
The goblin, who couldn’t answer in the end. . . . . . Oswald finally pulled the trigger again, and the goblin’s body exploded and died.
Since they must have heard the gunshot. . . probably the guys who were waiting nearby wouldn’t dare to approach.
Anyway, Oswald, who had been clearing the wreckage for a while, soon exposed the bottom of the ruins. Originally, it had to be opened using a proper device. . . but as he struck the floor with all his might, the floor cracked and soon collapsed.
Thanks to that, Oswald, who was on top of it, fell into the basement and soon landed in a long corridor.
Oswald, who dusted himself off and got up, began to walk along the corridor as if he was familiar with it, and soon reached a dead end. There was a door at the dead end, and originally something had to be activated here as well. . . but Oswald just smashed it with brute force.
When he broke the door and entered, he saw various assassination weapons on display. Starting with the ‘sleeve blade’ that could be worn on the wrist and hidden in the sleeve and then used to surprise and kill the opponent, there were various daggers, arrows, and crossbows.
‘𝘕𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴. . . . . .’
Aka sniper rifles.
This was because even amateurs could handle most of them just by pulling the trigger from a distance. That’s why assassins placed more emphasis on gunners.
‘𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘥.’
It was a perfect weapon for surprise attacks in close combat. Furthermore, all the things here were weapons made of mithril. That was why they did not rust and maintained their best condition even after a long time.
Oswald swept all the weapons in this place into his magic pocket. Then, finally, he took out a cloak from a large box. This cloak was also a cloak made by drawing mithril like a thread, and it was imbued with shadow magic.
‘𝘐𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.’
After getting the shadow cloak, Oswald went back along the corridor. There must have been other weapons scattered somewhere in that place besides that. . . but since they weren’t very important, he left the place alone and left.
Some time later. . . . . .
The ‘Bloody Axe Corps’ approached this place and soon entered the corridor Oswald had entered.
After that, they were able to get their hands on a huge amount of weapons. Of course. . . most of them were just old-fashioned cold weapons. . . but in this scavenger, it was a very valuable treasure to get even this level of weapons.
Oswald unintentionally helped the ‘Bloody Axe Corps’ expand their power in the scavenger.
Oswald, who left the scavenger, raided the nearby lich’s dungeon while he had time. He fought the lich using Blood Daemon and Plague Grimoire, and in the process, he acquired the magic staff the lich was holding.
The staff was imbued with the magic of ‘Mana Drain’ and ‘Time Acceleration.’
‘𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.’
Oswald, who thus collected artifacts that would enhance the power of Royman and Alicia, returned to the capital, Central.
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