Chapter 35: I Should Be Careful From Now On (5)
A hook attached to the roof, a rope attached to the hook, and a person hanging from the rope.
Oh right, the last one is the person hanging.
As one of those two people, I said to Jay.
“We go on three.”
“Wait. Do we go simultaneously with three, or after three ends?”
“Guess. One, two……”
I bounced my body lightly while holding the rope tightly.
The current location is above the tightly closed window on the 4th floor. The plan is to break the window and rush in using the momentum from this bounce.
If we fail, we’ll probably die, out of embarrassment.
“Three!”
I kicked off the wall fiercely and loosened the rope slightly. Jay also launched himself at the same time and released the rope up to the knot.
Wheeik!
The sound of the rope sliding within the leather gloves. My palms feel slightly hot.
And then, the tingling feeling of all my internal organs sloshing and pouring down to the ground. Towards the window with its shutters closed, obscuring the inside, the shadows of two people are swung like hammers.
Bang! Crack!
The first impact was Jay with his long legs, and the second was me. As the window opened from the successive impacts, we were sucked into the 4th floor.
Infiltration successful!
“What the! Huh!”
I rolled once and took out my crossbow. This location is right next to the entrance on the 4th floor. Therefore, right before my eyes is a magician diligently chanting a spell!
Got you!
Ping! Thud!
“Ra Bulga, Kuhk!”
An arrow sprouted shyly like a new bud on the side of the magician who finished his spell with strange words.
After confirming the magician had fallen, I threw away the crossbow and drew my sword and dagger.
Just then, Jay shouted while still on the ground.
“Everyone, charge!”
The thugs gathered below the 4th-floor entrance flinched a beat late, but soon grasped the situation and began their charge.
“Huh? Ah! Charge!”
It was the same for the defending side. The defending side reacted as the attacking side began to run.
“Uh, uh? Stop them!”
If those guys were Imperial soldiers, they would have immediately received a set of disciplinary exercises and then started. I had such trivial thoughts as I swung my sword at those rushing towards me.
“Die!”
“Humph!”
An average-sized man charging at me, wielding a sword haphazardly. For a moment, I flinched, unsure where to strike.
There are too many openings; I don’t know where to attack.
“Chaat!”
However, my body carried out the familiar movements. The side of the sword, as if it had a magnet, slapped the man’s cheek like a willow switch.
Smack!
“Kuhk……!”
Clang!
I let go of the sword as soon as it hit. This guy isn’t even a swordsman!
“Hup!”
Thud!
I swung my foot. A move that would inflict hellish pain on any man, a nut shot. Sometimes I don’t know if Levidian does it on purpose or by mistake, but every time she kicks me there, I can’t move for 10 minutes.
“Hwooerk……!”
A desperate cry of pain. Ah, I feel sympathy as a man.
“You bastard!”
Swish!
This time it was a woman with a decent stance, wielding a dagger, and a giant man with a sledgehammer. At that moment, Jay came to my side, and I said to him.
“Take the big guy!”
“Eek? I’m a specialist in women!”
“Shut up and listen!”
“I can’t do that this time!”
I glared at Jay, who was genuinely talking back, with eyes full of rage, and Jay also glared back, not backing down. In the end, I decided to offer a compromise.
“Fine. Then let’s ask her.”
“Ah! That’s a good idea! Hey, lady over there, who do you want to fight? Choose!”
The female dagger-wielder was momentarily flustered. However, thinking we were making fun of her, she charged in anger.
“How dare you joke around! I’ll kill you both!”
“Tsk. She’s serious.”
“You said it.”
For some reason, we’re in sync at times like this. Jay and I simultaneously charged at the female dagger-wielder.
I’ve heard that women have plenty of places to hit too. I remember a former subordinate who said that if you see your opponent as an enemy, you can indiscriminately slash them anywhere. Anyway, if you want to hit, there are plenty of places to hit.
First, the abdomen. It’s wide, so it’s easy.
Thud!
“Huk……!”
I dodged the dagger aimed at my neck and struck her abdomen with my left hand. She was wearing a leather armor, but the quality was so-so. Plus, thanks to my recent muscle strengthening training, my strength has increased!
Second, the legs and arms. It doesn’t matter if you cut them with a sword.
Slash!
“Kyaaah!”
Jay mercilessly swung his dagger, cutting her thigh and bicep. The dagger-wielder screamed and collapsed, and we switched positions, approaching the giant with the sledgehammer in both hands.
He gripped the sledgehammer tightly and roared.
“You bastards! Come at me!”
The distance between us was about 4 meters. Jay and I looked into each other’s eyes and grinned. The eyes of two people thinking the same thing met and passed.
We stopped simultaneously and said at the same time.
“I don’t want to.”
“Are you crazy?”
“What?”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
“Kuhk……!”
The subordinates who had come up the 4th-floor entrance were now behind the giant. By the way, it’s a bit strange to call him a giant when he’s smaller than Joey. He’s just average.
“Boss, are you alright?”
“Ah, yeah. I’m fine.”
Jay waved his hand dismissively and wiped his dagger on the average guy’s clothes. We decided that Old Man and Jay would be the leaders for tonight. I’m just here as a hidden figure.
Jay looked at the completely occupied 4th-floor entrance with satisfaction and said.
“Good! Occupy the 4th floor! Capture important figures alive! Got it?!”
“Yes!”
“Go! We have 5 minutes left!”
“Woo-waaaah!”
This raid is on a 15-minute time limit. We spent 10 minutes of that occupying the 1st to 3rd floors. We have 5 minutes left. We need to ‘leave our mark’ and get out of here within that time.
Jay said in a satisfied tone.
“Good. If we keep this up, it’ll be smooth……What are you doing?”
“Hmm, it’s not a serious bleed. Make sure to get surgery later. For now, I’ll gag you.”
“Mmmmph!”
The fallen magician was in pain but had no strength to resist. I gagged him, then searched his body and took his reagents and staff.
“Hey. This is loot. Hand it over.”
“Hoo, magic items?”
“They’re basically expensive.”
Jay happily took them and put them in his bag, and while we were collecting those expensive items, the magician shed tears, whether from pain or something else, and in the meantime, reports of finding expensive items here and there came in.
“Good medicine!”
“Hidden weapons here!”
“Whoa, moonshine!”
“Hoo. The harvest is bountiful. There’s even good medicine.”
Good medicine is a slang term for drugs. Jay stroked his chin and evaluated, and I walked towards the direction of the noise. Jay naturally followed beside me. I ordered him.
“Leave all the drugs, and take only half the weapons and moonshine.”
“Huh? Drugs are the best-selling business!”
“Oh, really? Then give up that business for the next three years. I can’t tolerate drugs, whatever else it may be. Oh, if you’re thinking of learning witchcraft, I’ll allow marijuana.”
“Ugh……You’re so strict. Are you serious?”
“I’m serious.”
I nodded.
I can understand moonshine to avoid high liquor taxes and illegal weapons for those who can’t get a permit to carry more than the standard amount. But drugs are different. They destroy people from the inside out. The final destination for escapists who simply want to feel pleasure through hallucinations.
The end is only death.
To be honest, I feel a physiological aversion to drugs.
“What about the people? They’re the most important.”
“Sigh, tsk. Can’t be helped. I’ll give it up. Hey! Are there no people?! Leave the ones who can’t move and find the ones who can! And the bastard who’s stuffing his pockets with good medicine! I’ll stuff your throat with the exact amount you stuffed!”
By the way, if you shove a fist-sized lump of refined drugs down someone’s throat, they’ll die from acute drug overdose. He was complaining about giving up something that’s more expensive than the same weight in platinum, but our goal isn’t robbery and plunder in the first place.
“We found them here!”
“Here too!”
“Jay, how much time is left?”
“Hmm. 4 minutes.”
It takes 10 seconds to go down the rope. So, it’s decreasing little by little from 3 minutes and 50 seconds. I closed my right eye and pressed it with my finger, saying.
“My eye truly reveals.”
As expected, there’s no feeling, but looking at the reflection in the Iperfect, it’s back to my original eye. Somehow, when my right eye returns to normal, it feels like more light is coming in this way.
“Gather all the ones you found in the center! Except for the lookout, take only the moonshine and illegal weapons and leave! The Big Brothers are coming!”
“Yes!”
Big Brothers refers to the security force.
A violent incident in the slums in the middle of the night. Since it’s a place with poor basic security, the security force will probably bring a lot of people. It’s all something I instigated to make them come, but we need to retreat quickly before they arrive.
“You bastards! Where’s the Baron?! Huh?!”
“Crazy……! Do you think we’ll tell you that?! Kuhk!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The sounds of people being beaten could be heard. That’s the common point between soldiers and gangsters when they capture prisoners.
They beat them up first for information.
“Kuhk! Ugh!”
“You bastards! You won’t talk?!”
The gangsters were beating the other gang members tied up with ropes, but they kept their mouths shut. If this continues, they’ll have to beat them leisurely for about an hour, but we don’t have time for that.
There are about six people captured. One of them, with a swollen face, shouted at Jay.
“Hey! Jay, do you think you’ll survive doing this?! You better stop before you get skewered with that old man!”
“Brother Harotan, the way you talk after getting beaten up while tied up really highlights your usual dignity. Puhahaha!”
The surrounding gangsters burst into laughter. Harotan gritted his teeth, and Jay said with a friendly expression.
“Well, then I’ll tell you. Where did that Baron, whose name starts with M, go? Tell us quickly before you get hurt hiding him.”
“C, Crazy bastard……You think you can still walk the nights of Ast after doing this?! Old Man must have gone senile too. Getting involved in such a foolish thing……”
“He welcomed it with open arms. And foolish? As you can see, we caught you just fine, didn’t we? It’s a pleasant sight. Anyway, you better talk before you get hurt even more. We don’t have time.”
“Crazy bastard……Are you kidding me? I’d rather die than tell you that.”
Just as Jay was about to say something, I stepped forward slightly. My current disguise is short hair, dark skin, and odd eyes. I probably look like a member of the Negna clan.
“Who’s this Southerner?”
“Hmm. Who knows. A heartless, torture-specialized killer.”
Jay instantly turned the guy into a nickname that would suit Joey 10 years later. Anyway, to play along, I took out a short dagger from my waist and addressed him respectfully.
“Master, we don’t have time, so I’ll be quick.”
“Quick? Isn’t that a bit harsh?”
“I’ll finish within 3 minutes.”
“Is that quick? Finish it in 2 minutes!”
I stared blankly at him acting skillfully.
Is he really going to do it?
Jay grinned.
We don’t have time. Let’s see your skills.
The time we exchanged glances was less than 3 seconds. I gripped the dagger firmly and bowed slightly to him.
“As you command.”
I took a deep breath and stirred my thoughts like stoking a fire in a furnace with bellows.
Remember the training experiences I had before I died to earn the title of knight. My body can’t keep up with the experience, but what I’m about to do is something even a beginner can do if they know the method.
I stood in front of Harotan and looked back at Jay briefly, saying.
“I have one question.”
“What?”
“Do you have grudges? And are there many?”
Does this guy have a lot of people who hold grudges against him? I’ve been willing to use any means necessary to achieve my goals since long before I died, but I still don’t want to harm innocent people.
Jay looked into my eyes and briefly wore a serious expression. Then, he quickly made a sharp expression and said.
“That guy specializes in human trafficking.”
“Is he left-handed or right-handed?”
“He’s famous as the Left-Handed Dagger Harotan.”
“Understood.”
I slowly approached Harotan, holding the dagger. However, I hesitated for a moment and, to the gangsters looking at me with nervous expressions, I smiled slightly and said.
“If any of you are particularly squeamish, please leave. And I’d like a nail and a hammer.”
“A, A nail and a hammer?”
“Yes.”
With that, the preparations were complete.
I recalled the training I received to become a knight, where I learned to endure and inflict torture.
We don’t have time. Let’s do this quickly.
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