Ch 121
『Title: Guys, what’s this ※ mark?』
Content: It suddenly appeared on a party member’s character?
-: Wow, amazing!
-: Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!
-『Author』: Oh haha, what is it? Is it something good?
-: If you look at your character, their Level will have gone up.
-: Your life is easy now, brat hahaha!
-: It’s a cheat.
-『Author』: No way, it’s real hahaha!
-『Author』: I was Level 40, but suddenly it’s 68（55） haha!
-『Author』: Is this a Jump Event for real? Haha!
-: Level 68 hahaha!
-: Oh haha, that’s quite something haha!
-: Ugh, damn;;; So envious. When will I win the Face Thief lottery?
-『Author』: Haha, if you play the game diligently like me, you can.
-: hahahahahahahahaha
-: Really, really, really, really.
-『Author』: But this guy’s job is Swordsman （Assassin）, what’s this?
-: Crazy, the legendary Dual Class.
-: It’s a cheat.
-: Is this not a world first? Is this person a Pro Gamer?
-: Teacher, do you currently have a job? We at Challenge Gaming would like to offer you a position.
-: How is the pro offer line “unemployed?”
-: Am I watching the birth of a legend right now?
-: Please, give me an autograph!
-『Author』: No, damn, look at these guys freaking out.
Something seems strange.
-: Let’s quickly send them into combat and test the character’s Performance?
-『Author』: Yeah, yeah, I know. I absolutely won’t send them on a Sortie.
-『Author』: What is this, you bastards?
-: I miss the innocent you who was just happy…
-: Thus, another innocent Newbie is lost.
-『Author』: No, damn it.
They did everything as they pleased, beating the drums and setting the tone.
-: Quickly take care of that, yeah.
Otherwise, the other party members will also die.
-『Author』: ?
-『Author』: Other party members ‘also’?
-『Author』: Also?????
-: This is the level of holding a knife to someone’s throat to make them write the comment ‘Legendary’, but I let it slide this time.
-『Author』: Could it be that my party member’s character is dead?
Then what happens to the Swordsmanship Trait they had?
No, how did I raise this guy, damn it.
-: Damn it, a party member died, and you’re looking for Traits first? Are you really the Party Leader?
-: You are not worthy of having him.
-: It finally came to this.
-: This is Haze or something…
-『Author』: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
What the hell is this guy, why is he so strong?
-『Author』: No, I’m about to be wiped out trying to take down this one guy!
-『Author』: Is this really a Level 68?
-: It’s Level 68, but it’s a full 68.
-: That guy roughly ate the ridiculously overpowered Artifact called ‘Faceless One’s Remains’,
The more faces they steal, the stronger they get.
-: If the Face Thief is Level 68,
Isn’t that almost the strongest among the Face Thieves you can encounter?
-: I think so? From what I know, they were 68 after stealing the Hero’s face.
-: From there, eating Special Forces Commander Toua and reaching Rank 8 is the Final Stage,
-: That Final Stage is a Random Event,
The difficulty is like a late-game Destiny Quest hahaha!
You even have to fight with one party member gone, so it’s really ridiculously difficult.
-: Wow haha, then it’s slightly better than the worst-case scenario, yeah.
That’s a relief, man.
-『Author』: Ah, damn it! My main party is wiped out, ah.
-: Or not?
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Dray said to Herself, “Why are you surprised?”
Lisir, on the other hand, wanted to ask.
“Then, isn’t it amazing? They say you watched and copied the Rank 7 Unique Swordsmanship on the spot. Sir Dray, aren’t you amazed?”
Having said that, Lisir nodded in admiration.
As expected, once you become a Great Noble, the world you live in and your Perspective seem to change.
I mean, the way they treat such incredible Abilities so casually.
I suddenly feel proud of myself.
Who am I?
Dray, Sir Mastien’s friend.
Wow.
Toua, beside him, showed a similar reaction to Lisir’s.
“Dray. You’ve become an incredible Big Shot while I wasn’t looking. A Face Thief is nothing to you?”
“No…”
Dray, wiping his face in frustration.
Toua stared blankly at Dray.
Then, after looking at Lisir once, she spoke to Dray in her characteristic blunt tone.
“Anyway, judging by this person’s reaction, it seems that this person helping with the Face Thief expulsion is your personal whim that wasn’t agreed upon, Dray. I’ve told you many times. Refrain from pushing those below you. You may be trying to give them an Opportunity to show their Abilities, but from their perspective, it could be an overwhelming and unreasonable request that’s hard to refuse.”
Dray, having finished wiping his face, said with a seemingly wronged smile.
“Ah, I know. I know. It’s truly sound advice. But, this time, it really wasn’t like that! That friend, although they seem clumsy on the surface, in reality, it’s beyond words!”
It was a tone as if boasting about a treasure whose immense Value was hidden behind a shabby exterior.
“…”
The Talent Scout’s boast causes Toua’s Gaze to turn to Lisir.
She observes him more closely with that glaring, cold Gaze.
Lisir remembered Toua’s words from just now.
I think I’m feeling a little overwhelmed and unreasonable right now.
The Interest and Expectation shown by two Great Nobles.
How heavy can this be?
It was an honorable thing, more than happy, that someone like Dray completely trusted him –
But he couldn’t shake off the feeling of being embarrassed.
“Sir Dray, just in case, may I ask ━ is that Face Thief a Black Mage?”
“No. That’s not the case, so don’t worry.”
“Oh…”
“?”
“?”
Toua and Dray’s Eyes briefly looked diagonally upward.
Did I say （hear） something wrong?
Why the disappointment if they’re not a Black Mage?
“Sir Dray, I am truly grateful for your complete trust and Expectation, but I’m not sure if I can be of much help in this matter. I am an Assassin’s Guild Master, who killed a Hero Candidate and copied the Unique Skill of a Rank 7 Swordsman on the spot.”
“Yeah. I understand. I’m thinking that way in my head, for now.”
“You’re thinking that way in your head? Then why━”
“It’s you.”
“…Why me? Oh, wait. I’m an Assassin’s Guild Master?”
“What, do you also know how to use assassination techniques? So you understand the habits of assassins?”
“Really, what do you take me for? That’s not the case.”
Dray. Enough.
Toua, unable to stand it any longer, was about to rebuke him.
“That’s not it, I received something from an assassin a while ago. I think I put it around here… Ah, here it is.”
Lisir rummaged through his belongings and, as if taking out some junk, pulled out a dark red piece of parchment.
Toua strained her eyes and looked intently at the parchment.
No way, it can’t be what I’m thinking, right?
“Oh, could it be the Black List?”
Dray said quietly from the side.
Toua almost let out a sigh unconsciously.
The Content of what Dray said in a flat tone was absurd.
Black List.
It was a kind of Authority and power given only to a very small number of people in the Assassin’s Guild.
The moment they, the so-called Black List, write a specific group or a specific name on the Item.
The target is designated as the top priority target of all assassins belonging to the Guild.
For example, it’s an Item that can move the entire Assassin’s Guild.
In public opinion, assassins are considered a symbol of Disgrace who will stop at nothing for wealth.
However, that’s a perception created by criminals who call themselves assassins.
Traditional assassin groups move to protect traditional Values, completely separated from the mundane world.
It wasn’t easy for mundane beings to contact them.
This included Powerholders with wealth and power, and even Great Nobles at the pinnacle of continental power.
That’s why Toua was surprised by Lisir’s previous statement.
That he, a mundane being belonging to the Grey Tower and interacting with various Nobles, had a personal friendship with an assassin.
She could somewhat understand why that picky Talent Scout was so eager to introduce him to her.
However, Dray’s subsequent reaction made Toua’s understanding meaningless.
‘This guy, why is he acting like this today?’
He suddenly asked Lisir if he could use assassination techniques,
and if he possessed the Black List.
Dray’s actions, which completely excluded the element of ‘Reason’ in his thinking, were beyond unpleasant and reached the point of raising questions.
“Black List? What is that?”
As expected.
Lisir tilted his head at Dray’s question.
Toua closed her eyes tightly, calming her dwindling patience.
Regardless, Dray excitedly told Lisir.
“Simply put, it’s like a Death Note? A Treasure of assassins, where you can kill one person without fail.”
“Dray, enough━”
“Ah, I think it was something like that.”
“?”
Toua, exhausted, tried to dissuade Dray and looked at Lisir.
“What are you talking about? The Black List is not something an ordinary assassin can possess.”
“The assassin Lisir knows might not be an ordinary assassin. For example, a Master or an Elder━”
“Right now, are you trying to say that an ordinary Wizard from the Grey Tower has a personal friendship with the Assassin Guild Master?”
“Ah, come to think of it ━ I think he introduced himself as the Master.”
“See! I knew it! Lisir, what did you do? What did you do to receive the Black List from the Assassin Guild Master?”
“It’s nothing, I treated his Illness.”
What kind of insane conversation is this?
Toua’s cold Expression softened into Confusion.
She widened her eyes and spoke.
Although she didn’t know the reason herself, very cautiously.
“Th-that’s not something you can receive just by treating an Illness━”
It was a correct statement.
If you could receive the Black List by treating an assassin, every clinic and Cathedral would have one.
“Well, wasn’t it an Incurable Disease that no one could cure?”
Dray casually said something nonsensical.
“Yes, somehow, that’s how it happened.”
And again, Lisir responded casually to that nonsensical statement.
“Enough…”
Toua felt like her brain was melting.
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At the same time.
“Ugh…! Ugh…!”
Magnus, the Second-in-Command of the Devilan Knights Special Forces, a Rank 7 Swordsman, was facing a man.
Blond hair and blue eyes with a faint, glossy color.
He was a young man with a gentle Impression.
He smiled faintly and said.
“Come to think of it, we haven’t introduced ourselves yet. Pleased to meet you. My name is Lisir.”
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